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Na. » - NEW YORK CITY. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1926 


64 PAGES 





MINUTE ON RADIO 



HAMHOND GETS PERFECT SCORE; 
^ARIEnr RAIS TTH CRmCAUY 



First Critics' Box Score of Season— Gabrid ("Sun^) 

: Sd F«i^-«8 New PlayB WWi 27 of Hiem M 
wet— First Dailj Critic to Hit 1^ v 



Wltk tte MMOA tlM monlM old 

IS t«ltl •< 11 play* hsv« opened 0b 

Broadwar. Of thia niuabar It ii^e 
ideparted as failures. 

It ia upon these failurea up to 
laat SatitfdAr that tha tanX xxWkat 
l>ox aoofo of tha *«»nit Jliila ia 
JtMised. ' 

Hammond CHerald-Tribuno") la 
th#- Itodar, teTinir a^porfaot par- 
oantaca, althoufirh Gabriel ("Sun"), 
With but one wrong out oC IS ro- 
Mewi^ haa .f 10. 

* A year ai^ Tt playa had bowed In 

at this tlma. Comparison between 
the flrat box acora Qf laat year and 
Cbla Olio cannot be made Inaamuch 
•a that summary waa publUhed 
Oet 7. 1925. while this one is a1- 
inoat a month later. However, the 
StatlBlloa reveal that the number of 
^Mttttfa remain about the same 
oyer a aimilar period, beglimlng 
Augtiat I, both yeara. 
'* Vkoteet of Hammond haTfn^ only 
"caught" ulna of thi failures is ex- 
plained through his not starting to 
offlcially attend first nights until 
Sept. «7, due to Ulneaa. Ckibrlel and 
Vrceland ("Tologram") also got re- 
tarded starts, neither getting un- 
derway in print before late Au- 
gust. 

The romalnd-er of the first. string 
men generally started with the drop 
of the hat (*'No More WomOn") 
^th Coleman ("Mirror") turning in 
opinions on more showa, 2|». : than 
any of the others. 
. Aooordhur to the Hhowa rorio#ed 

(Oontliraed on page 63) 



COUNTRY SIORE NIfiHTS 
niEGAL IN WASHIMCION 

Suprtmt Cburt IMm Againtt 
Theatre Practice— Owners 
Eqi|tet6d|o 



EDDIE CINTDR 



IS PROJECTION ROOM FOR AIM 



PAID FOR 
ISNIINIIIES 



flier kilfrjeelsdl WNkeet 
Cswelsr Ciei« 2-iiimile 

''PIuc*' for His Pictures 
"Kid BoeU*'— New Na- 
tional Broadcastiaa Co. 
Starts Epochal Etbsr Ea- 
twIaiuMQl Neva IS— Ul- 
tra P^peipnuis frees Pieiies- 

Air 



IN NEW OFFICES ATOP BUMiNG 



12 Years Late in **Pickinf Pictures''— Final Adnis- 
elott of Sliaiilil VMdevilia Head osi IvsporlaaM 
of Pictures— All>oe Seldoas Sees Vaude Sliow 



Seattle^ Waah^ Not. 1 
"Country Btore** performances, at 
which prizea are giv6a away to 
hoUMni of taoiar avmbew S w md 
with ttekeU of admission to the- 
aters, are illegal, according to a Su- 
preme Court decision handed down 
In Xlat {k>nnty. 

The decision read that the so* 
called *'ooii|ktry StoraT were a sta- 
ble. -■■■>•■•' 

It ia expo e te e ihat the theatre 
owners will raise a fund In order 
to carry on the light for a flnal 
decision to the United (fRSti* 



-el ProfresstoB 



AD English Cast for 
Eflg. Comedy Secured Here 

■■This Woman Business,'* English 
comedy by Ben W. Levey» product 
by Dr. Louis Sunfihlne, will bow In 
at the Wilbur, Boston, Nov. IS. 

The piece has an all-English oast 
recruited orer heteh^ ^ 



ERA iitW Bl# f AT 



CRITICS' BOX SCORE 

TYie key to the abbrebiations is: 8R (shows reviewed); R (r>9ht)i 
W (wrons)l O (no opinion expressed); Pet. (pereentaffe). 

SCORE OF OCTOBER 30 



HAMMOND (•^Herald Tribune^ S 

GABRIEL ("Sun") tS 

ANDERSON ("Post") It 

ATKINSON (''Times'*) IS 

WINCHELL ("Graphic") 13 

WOOLLCOTT (••World") 17 

VRIILAND (''Telegram'^ 12 

COLEMAN (*'Mirror") 22 

DA Le C ' ^A merie a w ^) ....ii g1 

MAIItLK rNews'') t1 

OSBOM rivening WoHd").......^. If 

VARIETY'S OWN SCOREi 

SR 

VAUIBTY (Combined) .•«••*.•••• M 

^- • — - 



R 

9 
14 
14 

14 
10 
13 
9 
14 



R 
IS 



W 

1 

s 

4 

3 
3 
3 
8 
5 



11 



W 

s 



Pet. 

1.000 
^10 
.778 
.778 
J60 
•7SS 
.760 
.636 
.619 

- J71 



Pel. 



Bddie Cantor waa reimburaed at 
tha f»to of list a HUmito ler hia 

bfoadoaating laat night (Tueeday) 
with the Bverready Hour over 
WBAF, the agreement ealling for 
a mlnfeBiiBi of IS mlnutea and a 

likelihood of 20 mlnutea. Since Ed- 
die also sang in a plug for his pic- 
ture. "Kid Boogi/|^jmd not^ly ^got 



BOOZE SCARCE 
i NEW YORK 



For the first time since prohibi- 
tion started on ita joke parade, 
New York la threatened with a 
shortoncd supply oC ll4u<Mr frogn 
acroi^a seaa. 

Boatload after boatlbnd has been 
seised In reeent weeka, until the 
rum runners allege that they have 
been *'tlpped oft." One boat seized 
the other day outside of New Tork 
harbor had been okayed by a yIsH- 
ing batts1!on, with another follow- 
ing shortly after making a aelsure 
of 1.500 caaea of Scotch on board. 

A couple of landing spots on the 
New England coast, prevIouHly wide 
open, hare been closed to the boot- 
leggera, with the only open land- 
ing plaOe at preaent on the Atlan- 
tic const above the CaroUnAa_A&ld 
to be on the Jerney lino. 

Muat Oeme Prom Canada 

Uneaa the approaching pcarclty of 
liquor Is filled In by truck loails 
from Canada, bootleggers say that 
imported whiskey and winea Will 
(Contlnnod on page 4t| 



A/Vaiiely' Rip 



A Variety reporter 
ed a aeoend InTttatlon for « 
hoiM-oooked MinL After tt 
he received some iaalde Inform 
matlon from his hosteaa in the 
pceae n ea of her huaband, alao a 
newapaper man. 

The wife explained that upon 
•4he flrat occasion aha had not 
used her best linen and ailTar, 
beteff In aome donht as ts a 
Variety man's table mannera. 

BspeoiaDy skeptical had aha 
been about his use of a fork. 



SOUSA AS FILM HOUSE 
PROSPECT-BIG SALARY 



B a n (ft Weekly Overhead 
Mom, llOOOO-llay Aai( 
$15,000 GuanuilM 



Souaa and hia band aa a picture 
houae stage attraction la the ohjea- 
tive of William Morris, who la In 
negotiations with Harry Askln, gsn- 
eral manager for Sousa. 

flouaa oonoert aeaeoa aa 
(Oontiaiied on page 41> 



Breaks for Bootleirxen; 

Fines on Installments 

Chicago, Nor. 8. 
Boetletflac la eommeaeing to be 

looked upon In these parts as a sub- 
stantial industry with permanently 
located cltisens evidently Indulging. 

At Rook litend the Inatallment 
plan system of paying flnes imposed 
on 'loggers has been Instituted. 
When Edward Simmons waa fined 
•8,066 for peddling liquor, he made 
a cash down payment tfC flOO on 
account to the R. I. court, promis- 
ing to duly take care of tha bal- 
ance. 

Before Federal Jttdga Carpenter 
h'^re a fine of |5 was set against 
Truman Warren for violation of the 
Volataad Aet No eoata. Warren 
pleaded he had no money to pay 
flncH. 

Whereupon a sympathetic or syn- 
thette oeurt attendant paid It for 
htak 



fti tho now e«oee of & r. Albeo 

being readied atop the *a4ttle Pat* 
aoe" building, nest door to the Pal- 
ace, New York, a lonff ehedUke 
structure ia aald to ba tlM akeleton 
of a projection room In whibh the 
head of the Keith-Albee olrenit eaa 
get a flrot ran en the F. IX OL plo- 
ture product In whleh X«A Ii BOW 
financially intereated. 

The flnal aurrender o< straight 
▼attdevfllo to YaadeTtilo aad plo- 
tursa is a matter of common goealp 
In the show busineaa, with the 
building of a projeotton room in the 
K«A h ea dgn attaw helloviiS 6s bo 
the flnal admission. 

Fifteen years ago Maroaa Loew 
had a projection roMa in hia ofSea 
and one at hia hemai Brery ^m• 
portant picture ever plajred in a 
I^ew houae waa aeen Aral In either 
one of the rooasa by Hr. Lbeir ho* 
fore booked. 

That the head of the K-A circuit 
haa gotten around to the same 
thinff IS yeara teter la one of the 
most slfrnlflcant examples of the 
changen in the variety end of the 
show buiilneaa duHng the paat 
decade. 

It is no secret that E. F. Albee, 
ezce>t for aperadie short viaita to 
the Palaee, New York, da hia tiair 
ia or out of the building, haaa't 
fteen a complete vaudevlllo dlow la 
New York in yeara • i.*^^ • 

Pres. Coofidge and His 
Home Town Orchestra 

Waahlngton, Not. 8. 
The Palace fLoow pioturea) la tt 
play the ''Old TlOM Danoe Ordbea* 

tra," / consisting of relatives of 
Prestlent Coolldge. with all haiUng 
from* Plymouth. Vt. tha home oC 
the chief ezeeutlvo of the natloa, 
week Nov. 7. 

Already the White House scribea 
are laying odda of 16 to 1 that the 
''Offlclal Spokesman" is not partlcti- 
larly pleased with this and will 
have something to say on it 

If comment la not forthcoming 
the t>oy8 are set tc nhoot a lot of 
questions at the next regular week- 
ly conference. 




GOWNS oa imXWQBJtiM 

itASli TO SAV 

"BROOKS" 

] 1437 BWOADWAY - TL1.3M0PCR 



>Auo a%oo«a>8ruMt» io sow • 



VARIETY'S LONDON OFf ICE 
5 St Martin's Place, Trafalgar Sqiiara 



FORfilGII 



CAMS ADDRESIL VARIETY, LONDON 



AUSTRALIA 



Sydney. Sept 28. 
•Tlose-Marie" Is In its IRth week 
and cUU doing turnaway business. 
It looks as tliough this musideil will 
run well Into the hot months. Wil- 
Uamson-Tait are handling the at- 
timction. 



•*The Best People" will vacate the 
Opei*a House soon, making way 
for "The Sentimental Bloke." an 
Australian comedy done here a few 
years ago* "Best People" did but 
ilt|#^ ft«r^ the theatre belnff too 
iMgefor a play of this type. 

*'The Sport of Kings" leaves the 
Palace shortly after doing but- fair 
littsineis. 

The Sydnoy public would have 
none of "The Mask and the Face" 
as presented by Renec Kelly and 
eompany at the Criterion. After 
one week business dropped and the 
production was withdrawn. "Brown 
Stlgar,** by the same company, 
opened last week for a run of three 
weeks. The latter piece should do 
^ the length of its run. 
George Parker staged thm PlKf lof 
Williamson- Tait. 



a special midnight perforinaBoe at 

the Tivoli last week. Miss Seymour 
acted as hostess. Acts playing on 
the. bill also assisted. Th* puMm * 
ance went along until 8 a. m. 

Such business is being done at 
the Tivoll with the SMitrey met that 
special after-theatre performances 
may be given at another theatre. 



"Lady Be Good" had its premiere 

at Newcastle last week. The same 
company playing "Nftnette" in Syd- 
ney this year presented the Ameri- 
can musical for Fuller-Ward. After 
its break-In the show will go to 
Melbourne for a run. 



'^hite Cargo" will be presented 
in Sydney for the third time after 
Its New Zealand tour. The show 
has cleaned up for Willteotfoa- 

Talf ■ ■ 



Sir Victor "Wilson has been ap- 
pointed president of the Motion 
Ptctili'e Distributors* AMOdatioa of 
Australia for a pfrlod of three 

yeara. . 



Business Is absolute capacity at 
the Tivoll, where Henry Santrey 
gad his band, together' with Harry 
and Anna Seymour, are the head- 
liners. Harry and Anna Seymour 
oifened seeond ' after Interval and 
tied up proceedings. Mlsa Seymour 
Is one of the finest artists in her 
line seen here for many 'a^'mbtm. 
Bantrey and his band played for a 
••olid hour and stopped the show 
cold. The act, or acts, 'can play 
anywhere In Australia and clean'up. 

"Aesop's Fables," on the same 
bill, gained many giggles. Chrlsto 
and Strand gave a nice exhibition 
tf dancing. Bluett and Mo pleased 
with comedy talk and songs. Saler- 
ae eloaed Intermission with neat 
Juggling routine. This act would 
be a good bet for America. 



Business Is a little off at 
aees at Fuller's, where the 
aighf VroUcfi^ are In vogue, 
business is fairly good. 
*FroIics" take up the whole show 
•ad. present ' gongg and sketches 
gibig Bnglish beach show llaea 



mail 
"Mid 
Night 
The 



Lee White and Clay Amith are 

touring the north for E. J. Carroll 
with their revues. Their claim 
against Wilfred Cotton has not yet 
been settled. 



E. J. Tait, of Williamson-Tait, 
has booked many attractions for 
his firm. Maurice Moscovltch will 
open in "The Fake" very shortly, 
and "Is Zat Sor* is due -In Mel- 
and "la That So?" la duo la Mel* 
feautred. * ' 

Concert- artists engaged Include 
Jascha Heifets and singers from 
Milan. Another season of grand 
opom will bo presented daring 1127 



"White Cargo," after a successful 
season in Melbourne and Sydney, 
has gone on tour. Leon Gordon is 
the featured player. Williamson 
Tait. 



MCLBOUUNC 

"Tell Me More" Is a real hit at 
Bis Majesty's. The play is under 
'9^1Uanioon-TAtt management. 

"Abie's Irish Rose^ Ig in its ninth 
Week at the PrJi|iceM and sti^ going 
strongly. Tull#-Wiurd AttraoHon. 



Leon Gordon Is finishing a long 
nin with •'WhItie Cargd^ at the 
Royal. The attraction will tour 
Mew Zealand. ' WiUiamaon-Talt 
management. 

"Katja" opened at the Royal 
Sept. 18 with Marie Burke and 
Claude Flemming featured. 

"Our Lis" is still at the Palace. 
Acts playing the Tivoli Include 
fiouthern Revue. Frankie Heath, 
ikrthar pond. Sadie McDonald. Bagr 
gett and Sheldon. Arthur and 
Darling. Prince Sisters. 

Bijou has Jim Gerald and his re 
vue. Thecala and Hunting. Dingles. 
Balma, Lesley £illiott and Storey 
and Brookes. 

Harry Green will open at the 
Athenaeum Sept. 18 in "Nothing 
WmUkm,** Production under man- 
agement of K. J. Carroll. 

Douglas Fairbanlcs In "The Black 
Mrate*' la the mala attraction at 
the Capitol. Featured also Is Eddie 
Borton at the organ. A special 
prolog .precedes the picture. 

Majestic is playing "Rose of the 
World** and "The Mystic." Rene 
Ifnzw^l Is the featured act Bital 
Ig goiior ted very good. _ ■ • , 



Hows from All tiateo 

Henry Santrey and his band gave 



Representative hi PARI Si 

ED. a KENDREW 

m bio, Ruo Mnt-DMier 



"For the Term of His Natural 
Life" (film) Is rapidly nearing com 
pletioar Bhra Novak: aad George 
Fischer are showing scenes In no 
hart, Tasmania, under Norman 
Dawn's direction. A recent report 
In Variety stated the picture would 
H prQbibite<li bejimL Jihown abroad. 
Union Theatrea backing the project, 
have stated that the film ^ill In no 
way cast a slur on Australia; that 
the picture is tnade for entertain 
ment value and could he shown In 
any theatre and in any country. 

Williamson-Tait wHl commence a 
vaudeville season in Adelaide for a 
few weeks, playing star acts that 
have appeared in Melbourne. They 
are also sending a road show to 
New Zealand next week, headed by 
American and Bnglish acts. 




LONDON AS H LOOKS 

By UANNEN SWAPPER < 



CkoMenoe to AKhur Pollock 
|g a otrange thing. Some months ago, with a view of showlac 
of Kov York's most aotod oolumnlsto how to writo a tfaoatrlonl 
column, I started writing for ''Variety.*' 

Now I read that. In the Brooklyn Daily Elagle." a man called Arthur 
Pollock, quoting some of my remarks, says, "It Is quite bright for aa 



I don't know which Mr. Pollock this one Is. Channing Is tho boti 
space hound I know. Our own William Pollock, a London oolumnisl^ 
la a dull specimen. In order to test the Brooklyn specimen, I challeaga 
him, when X roMh Vow Torii, ao X hopo io do hi a fow weOka to debata 
any theatrical subjoot with me, on any platform he ehoooes to namo. 
Or I will write against him, or argue against him, just to give him an 
Idea that Englishmen are really not nearly as stupid as Mr. Pollodi 
thiaka^thoy nrob Voaron help thia FOUoA M X ever aMMt him la diMil 



WEE GEORGIE WOOD 

Oot M, Her Majebty'o Theatre. 
Aberdeen. Nov. 1, Bmplro Theatre. 

$>I«rwcastle>on-Tyne. ^" 

NOt the above Is not me; it is Ar- 
thur Conquest as "Daphne the Ape" 
in Maurice Cowan's Musical Show, 
"King BagB." a par^t fm|>eraofia* 
tion. Arthur played "Humpty 
pumpty" at the New Amsterdam, 
New Tork, SO . year* ago. I play 
it this coming oeaeoh for Julian 
Wylie at the IMdaeo Theatre, Man- 



More Talk About the Theatre 
Sir Oliver L«odge and Q. K. Chesterton pretended to debate, yooterdayi 
tfk% gubject Of "Berkeley Square,** written by J. O. Squiro aad a yavatf 

American journalist, John L. Balderston. « 

Chesterton hadn't seen the play, however, and was windy and verbose. 
Sir Oliver Lodge talked metaphysics and was very dreary. Then the 
usual boria stood ap oad tattMd iNBik. ' 

. These debates on pliga ara now an anpopaiar footnto^ Of lioadoa't 
middlebrow drearinesa • . i 

In spite of it, "Berkeley SqaMre** hos been Improved slneo the produo* 
tion unta It poiisiesi. In oomo paHs, at leant, real brilliance. Most of 
it Is distlngulohod. - Tho l>nmn 4aoguo should oortalnly look Into tha 
matter. . •« ,• •'■ 



Addrsos: BM/JIM, London, W.CJ 



Balcqxxy JTuxedos 

Fari% Oct, St. 

ThOoo purclimiig boa or 
orchestra seats for the opera 
on subscription nights must 
have full dress (swallow tails) 
among tholr wnrdrObe aad bo ; 
willing to climb Into same. 
It's a compulsory edict. 

Tuxedos are for the balcony, 
aad any bther o*ato' that' maqr 
be around. If you aren't In 
black and whit^ you ^ can't fvon 
get on the same block. 



Why the WfiOlO Town Is Talking 

The way In which the Rothermere press is still boosting "The Whole 
Town's Talking" has caused wholesale talk among rival managers. !fho 
Motor Show opens this week, and the only referenoo la^^o *Vronliiir 
News" to It consisted merely of a boost for the Anita Loos iiureo. *9)afly 
Mail" joined in next day, with another boost. Then, a day later. In a 
story about the Shakespeare celebration at Drury Lane, John Deverell, 
the Anita lioos comedliui, was the only one starred In^thO' *Jtrwhk9' 
NewiB." 

When Lord Northcliffe, in his later days, ordered a wholesale boost* 
Ing of "The Man in Dress Clothes." not even the united circus tricks 
of an his newspapers could 'oompel people to go and see Seymour HIiokg 
act unlOSsMOiey wanted to. 

In the case of the Anita Loos faroi^ b00sts4 bfr NorthOlWo's brotheib 
the samf thing w^l happen. 



Another theatre will^open in Syd- 
ney next year. It is to be called the 
Empire and is Situated opposite the 
Central depot. American revue and 
legitimate attraeUons win bo tea- 
tured. 

An American producer is being 
Imported for the a«w . venture, 
which is undfT the maaagomoat of 

Rufe Naylpr. 

Union Theatres, in conjunction 
with Sir Thomas Coombe, are to 
erect a mammoth playhouse In the 
theatre conter of Sydney. 



The- Carrolls are now invading 
Sydney with attractions. "The Best 
People" played at the Opera House 
for a season and will be followed by 
"The Sentimental Bloke.** 

B. J. Carroll has also secured 
"The Qhoat Train" for playing in 
Anstraim. 



nCCADlLLYIirrEL 



sad 



IFisturiag )liie WWl«rV QreatesT 
ArjUstee 

t isle Amt 4paa XwrsstntaUve 




,f=^'t M." ♦ 



Wanted BOss Guilbert to 
Siiiff Only; Lawsuit 

Paris, Oct. 26. 

Yvette Guilbert and her former 

manager. Alphonse Franck. are at 

loggerheads and the local courts 
have a problem to decide. 

Engaged to play the lead In the 
musical "Amants Legitimes" in 
1924. Yvette caught cold after the 
premiere and for several days was 
unable to sing. She therefore hum 
med or recited her part, which the 
public did not appreciate. At least 
so contendk Franck. He blames the 
former divetter for the short run 
and he claims 30,000 frs. damages, 
declaring he engaged the . star to 
sing and not to recite. 

Mme. Guilbert has brought an op- 
posing suit for b reach of contract , 
claiming 75,000 frs. damages. 



25 YEARS AS TAXABLE 

• • • • . . V . . • 

Bodrd of Tax Appeals So De- 
; cides in Matter of Audi* 



Washington, ^ov. 2. 
The Board of Tax Appeals has set 
26 years as the life of a theatre 
bvllding and In ta '.ji^ttis granted 
the Auditorium Company, of Los 
Angeles; operating the theatre of 
that name at the corner of Fifth 
^nd'Ollvo streets In 'that otty, the 
right to deduct four- per cent, of 
.the original oost of the building for 
each year. 

This decision overruled tho Com- 
missioner of Intemar Revenue, who 
hod a s s e ss e d the eompany an addi- 
tMnal $7tt.0S foT tUt for the years 
1919, 1920 and 1921. - - 

In handing down Its decision the 
board states that the theatre was 

imnt la itiT sra oost of |ti4.69a. 

Facing Pershing Square, with 
values constantly mounting in that 
district, the land is reported to be 
valued at nTO.OM. 

The net return from the theatre 
property, which Includes stores, etc.. 
In the same building, reached $15.- 
9«8.«2 for 1919, $19,162.11 tor l1l20 
and $24,697.96 for 1921. 

The commissioner, in reviewing 
the cfm^t granted but tfro and one- 
half per cent. \b the rate of depre 
elation, while the board, in raising 
this rate to four per cent., took into 
oonsidoralloa Shp 'dlfllettlties In re- 
modeling mad#neoossary to hoiase 
tho theatre proper. 



When tho Prineo Qoos to s Psrty 

The best story going the rounds concerns a supper party, 8S|A tq 
been given, not many nights ago, by a famous comedian. 

Another famous oomedlani arho' arrived very lata— aad li^ta-UAi— Is 
ported to have said, "Who's your friend sitting by the* plSBb Vtfh .4 
dram, and trying to look UkO ths, Br)as» of Walesr' 

Th^ 'Mnoo's Interest In cheaper^, entertainment Is proved, by the Isqt' 
that, last ^Iroek, when he went to Andre Chariot's show, hqJiaipBd for tho< 
nali[itf bf Oie ^u^llajhers o^ "Friendly Ghosts," one of the.?* 



"I^'Wnt it p; 
They nearly 




over at a 
him . the 



«fi^»»V' ho w^. 




Yvette Guilbert won the case 
when the court stated the actress 
showed devotion in continuing play 
Ing when aiiffiirlng from a bad oold, 
and should have been praised by 
hor diroetor rather thsa sued; 



mnsH toul fee sxins 

Washington, Nov. 2. 

Though 20-odd ot|icrnations have 
cut the $10 vlsii los on passports, 
it appears that Great Britain Is 
going to make no such concession 
The countries already listed have 
cut this fee' In the majority of In 
stances to $2. 

British officials. In holding out 
blame the U. 8. Government, ac 
oording to dispatches reaching here 
due to the fhct that this country 
will not extend the lowered fee to 
British Immigrants. 

Gaby Mentbroose in N. Y. Cabarets 

Paris, Oct. 2$. 
Gaby Montbrousa lossl dhrotte* 
is booked for New Tork oabaret 
appoamnoos In Jansairy, 



From Acrobat to Manageiv 

Billy Merson. becomes an actor-manager in a iew weeks. Not man]^ ^ 
years sco ho wai aa sorobat ta a ottoaa Now ho Is a yloh man. aad 
, comedian with sufficient confidence In his own popularity to badl 

Rlquette," now to be called "My Son John." 

"Biquette" and "Yvonne* were sent on tour \^ the Italy's manage* 
ment, so that the better oao ooiitd oomo to, Daly's. "^Vonno** was ohoson« 

"If 'Biquette' la as great a success as Tvottne" was a failure — and Mer« 
son has ofiTered to bet William Qi^unt .flilOO It runs 10 months — ^It wfll 

be the Joke of the year.". 



Not So "Sunny" As June 
"Sunny." although it must be a success, because of its advance book* 
ing, is much criticized in expert circles. 
Americana who have seen It say It does not ootnpnro with the Now 

York production. Changes have been made. Alfredo's band now plays 
"Who" with variations — the way the Chinese would play it, etc, and 
so forth— -this, although (i was already songalugged 28 tinies, accordinflr 
to the reckoning of an expert accountant. 

BInnie Hale is not a Marillyn Miller. June, originally cast for the 
part, would be more suited. Jack Hobbes cannot sing. And tiMre are 
other criticisms. 



Giiilberl Coming Orcr'i 
Is in Taust* Film 

Yvette Guilbert, who has been 
doing considerable screen work 
abroad, is returning to America. 
FrenOh'slMclallBt has not boon 



in tho siatoi HI 
visit later tliftii iMsitm^^^^^^^^^ o<^bliie 
business with plessuro. ., 

Mile. Guilbert may make a "per- 
sonal appearance" here with 
"Faust," the UFA production. In 
It she plays A^^JMIgM. v 



Vaudeville Openings 

London, Nov. 2. 

Deify, French pianist, made his 
London debut at the Holborn Em- 
piro (vaudeville) l«st. night and 

pleased. 

At tho Vlcitorllt Palace (vaude- 
ville) Buddy Doyle, with AI Slegcl 
at the piano, got over niocly. Thi.s 
is Doyle's first English vaudeyillc 
appearance. H. Siegel came over 
here with Bee Palmer, they opening 
at tho Kit Cat 



OMmtm BOHAOHBIi'S 

London, Oct. 24. 
Ronacher's, at one time a leading 
European music hall, will probably 
be tumod lato a dqnce pavilion after 
the ihodel of tho BorfiB Palais 4e 



SAIUNGS 



IS (New York to London) 
Charlap Oulliror and party (Lerla^ 

thM|>?.... 

Nov. S (London to Now ToHll* 
Mr. and Mrs; 8y4 M ow t o is r~~ 

(Olympic). 

Nov. 3 (London to New YorkJlg^. 
Mr. and Mrs. G«»ne Auetin (Paris). 

Nov. 2 (London to New York), 
Fred Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Schul«( 
man, Baby Doris NIrdllngor'- (I^ 
vlathan). 

Nov. 2 (London to New York), 
Irving Aaronson and orchestra, 
Christine Aaronson (Leviathan). 




Est. 



WILLIAM MORRIS 

AOEMCT. IM.* 
ara, MORRI8 WM. MORK18. 

1560 Broadway, New York 



THE TIUER SCHOOLS 

OF OANCINQ ' • 

Leicester House, 

^10-11 Great Newport St., 

LONDON, W.C. 2 
Ttiesraphle AdarrM: 

TIPTOK8 WKSTRAND LONDON 

IMractort Mrt« John Tillar 




ItdandMf, Nov«mber 3, 1926 



FOREIGN 



VARIETY 



1 



5^ AMUSEMENT CORPS. IN U. S. 
IN 1924-OVER HALF BILUON ASSE 



III 



Income Tax SUitittic*— Legit Net Income, $139<vwv, 
000; Pictures, $33,000,000; All Other Amuse- 
menU, $24,700,00a-«0% of Cor|^ J&^ 



Washington, Nov. 2. 

There was a total of 5,685 amuse- 
ment corporations in existence in 
1924, according to the annual report 
wt the Commissioner of Internal 
Revenue covering statistics on net 
income for that year, which has Just 
been made public. 

Of these corporations more then 
50 per cent, or 3,378, made a profit 
on the year, the net income as re- 
ported having reached $71,414,964. 
or an individual net income of ap- 
proximately 121,128 for each of the 
enterprises composing the 3,378 cor- 
porations operated at a pro^ 

Amusement corporatloBS «with 
their "main business not precisely 
defined," as reported by the com- 
Biissloner. lead as to number of such 
enterprises as well as to the amount 
of net income. Under this classifi- 
cation is placed 1,798 of those show- 
ing a profit, with same totalinir IM,- 
926,341. 

, Those operating picture theatres 
constituted 1,656 of the total number 
Of amusement corporatioiM for the 
year. Of these 1.175 operated to a 
n^t profit of 116,051,798. while 481 
operated to a deficit of more than 
$2,187,000 as a group. 

Corporations engaged In the pro- 
duction of pictures numbered 295. 
with lis reporting a net income of 
$16,998,931. thus giving the produc- 
tion end of the picture Industry the 
irreater return. However, the mar 
Jority of producing corporations op- 
erated to a loss, the report disclos- 
ing 182 such as having reported a 
combined deficit of $4,525,459. 

The conamlssioner has combined 
the legitimate end of the business 
under the general heading of "The- 
atres or theatrical organisations, 
•te." Here is reported 4$S corpora* 



tions: 211 with net income «»f ill;- 
637.S94 and ItO a total defiolt:iiC U.- 

703.040. 

For comparative purposes the 
commissioner's report of last year, 

covering statistics for 1928. has a 
total of 5.446 amusement corpora- 
tions reporting, as against 5,685 in 
1924. 

Assets and Liabilitiee 

In addition to the data on Income 
the commisisoner sets forth the as- 
sets and Itabilitiea of the 
corporations reporting such. 

Of 246 picture producing corpora- 
tions it is disclosed that the assets 
of this eombtned group at the end 
of 1924 were $5,400,000 In cash. $23, 
740,000 in accounts receivable, $2,- 
066,000 as notes receivable, wiUi 
combined inventories of $44.541,i 
Fixed property Investments In real 
estate, buildings and eQUipment 
reached another $20,338,000. ^ ' 

Other amusements enterprises re- 
ported as 4,809 In number gave their 
assets as follows: Cash, $30,316 000; 
accounts - receivable, $44,$$4,000; 
notes receivable^ $8,288,000; Inven- 
tory, $11,702,000. aii4 tha fixed as- 
sets, $^70,000,000. , 

«• iMi diieloMa ttm en- 

tire amusement Industry as having 
in excess of $500,000,000 invested in 
fixed assets. 

Against its ' asseta IIm pldture 
producing corporations reported lia- 
bilities as $26,000,000 in accounts 
payable; $18,960,000 in notes pay- 
able; $262,000 as their bonded dabt 
and another $2,120,000 In mortgages. 

The other phases of amusements 
as combined reported liabilitlea as 
$67,500,000 In acounts payable; $68,- 
000.000 in notes payable; $35,000,000 
as bonded debt, ;uid $89,000,000 in 




"March Songs," Punches, 
N. Y.-Lndpi Cantn? cny 



London, Nov. 2. 

A controversy Ims arisen over the 
march song In "PrlnceesS Cliarm- 
ing," wh it'll resembles the punch 
melodr of *'The Vagabond King." 

No doflnlto action has been ttiken 
as yet despite Russell Janney, 
producer of "King," frantically 
cabling demands for Injunction pro- 
ceeainMTs against tho riirrcnt Clay- 
ton and Waller operetta at the Pal- 
ace. Waller is now in New iTork. 

While both of the *'march" melo- 
dies are more or less alike, the sim- 
ilarity is no more flagrant than in 
many other cases of such na%ltr«* 



•f 



LASH' GOOD FOR N. Y. 
ROMANCE' REVIVAL, BIG 



Doris Keane and Owen Nares 
R69|H)n8ibte for Much En- 
thutiaim in London 



PAOS 



VAiOB S 



WILL MAHONEY 

The "Milwaukee Journal" said: 

**Will Mahoney saved the show 
Monday night. No doubt he will 
save it every night, for he is a per- 
former wlio alena unaided and all 
by himself, can save most any show, 
no matter how bad it is before he 
arrives on the stage with his 1.000 
candlelight smile and his $1,000,000 
dancing legs. Mahouey is the best 
ooii jifta in iraudeviUa.** 
DIraeliont 

RALPH Q. FARNUM 
^w. 8. KeUer Ofltoe) 



GERMAN COMEDY FAIR 
AT SGAU IN PARIS 



Paris, Nov. 1. 
Cora Laparcerle inaugurated her 
management of the Scala last week 
with the three-act fkuree-oomdey 
rSmptrwii^ CXons Uva the 
Bmpimii^) bf Tvm ICIraad^ 
Macklela and Jacques Richepln 
The reception of the piece, which is 



NEW PRODUCING UNIT 

Collins and Lewis Will Do Musical 
Titled %ittle Miss Danger" 

lrf>ndon, Oct. 25. 
A new play-produclnff company 
under the name of "Productions. 
Ltd.". has Just been registered, with 
Ernest Collins and IL Lewis as 
directors. Their first venture will 
be a musical* "Little MiHs Danger," 
by Alan HUlgarth and Marcel God- 
frey, with lyrics by Roland I^igh 
and music by Dick Addinsell. J. W. 
Jackson will be responsible for the 
dances. The show, which la of a 
nautical character, will have a pro- 
vincial tour, and come tQ the West 
End later. 

The company includes Ann Penn, 
Adele Dixon, Anthony Buchell. 
Paddy Dupres. Ivo Dawson, Horace 
Lane. Miss Penn's nama Is Mlly 
Pennington, but she haa no 4**^ 
to conflict with Ann. . 



London, Nov. 2. 
•The Lash,'* following ••Children 
of the Moon" into the Royalty after 
that play had weakened in less than 
two weeks, looks like a success. It 
is a strong melodrama that holds 
a promiaa for Mew Tork presenta- 
tion. 

A father severely thrashes his 
dissipated son before the letter's 
nil.stress, thon drags him home, re- 
sulting in the boy's regeneration 
and a liappy ending. The piece was 
splendidly played by the male con* 
tlngent. 

Cyril Campion is the author. 

Another play that seems to be 
• in" is the revival of "Romance- 
at the Playhouse. The premier of 
this veteran was wildly acclaimed 
despite its tempo impressing as 
slow comparii - to the nMdem 
drama. ^ 

Dbris Keane and Owen Nares are 
in their original roles and. of course, 
responsible for the enthusiasm. 

A third melodrama was "Habit.** 
which repUced "Tlie Lash" at the 
"Q** (litUe theatre). The script 
isn't sufllctently strong to make a 
full play, althoiifli:ii is a good char- 
acter study. 



Conpght Protection 



Washington, Nov. 8. 
A oopyrlghi pmlaetion bureau is 

shortly to be opened in Paris to as- 

M.u'^ .^«K<^•^'>> • i*^** foreign authors in securing full 

really an adaptation of a German I protection fortheir works, particu 
original by Rodolpb Lothari waajlariy those ^piable to' motion pic- 



The following Uble wii iniliaia 

years: 1923. 
Legit, producing and theatre No. Income. 

^'^^^^ J^fiT ••••••••••••••eeeeee 283 

Motion picture theatr«a.^,«.;.i;itf 

Motion picture producers^ • • » . . 105 
All other amusements .... . • • . . 3.001 



111,239,831 

10.058,562 
19.152,314 



'baliiriiHi 'Hia-- two 
IfU. 

No. Income. 
4t3 $13,637,894 
l.t7f l«,tit.7f8 

113 16.998,931 
1.798 34;73M41 



MAY LEGAI.I7E AIIENS 
OVER HERE ILLEGALLY 



Commissioner Expresses Hrs 
Oesire^Wanta Bill TbriMigh 
Congrett 

Washington. Nov. 2. 
The government, if the Commis- 
aloner Oenera! of Immigration 
Harry E. Hull has his way, will do 
a right about face In handling the 
alien professionals who have over- 
stayed their allotted time in 4Mm 
country. 

Commissioner Hull states he is 
to go before Congress at the com- 
ing session and urge the paSwage^ 
of a bill to legalize the status of 
aliens. Illegally here at present. 

Several extensive "drives" have 
been made to deport such aliens, 
with one Investigation carried on 
throughout the studios in Holly- 
wood. The results of this investiga- 
tion were never made public. 

ThoHe criticising the commis- 
sioner's Idea of solving the situ- 
ation state that, as court decisions 
have held that after Ave years m 
this country an alien cannot be de- 
ported, Mr, Hull Is simply making a 
gift of citizenship, to those who 
have dodged the immigration laws 
for that period of time. 



PEGGT OHEHi'S SHOW MOVES 

London, Nov. 2. 
Peggy O'Neil in "Love's a Ter- 
rible Thing** at the Savoy, will not 
close but move to another house. 



Dollys-Moulin Rouge 

^ 

Cmiit Pttiitpnturtl 

The suit of tho Mir l^iatars 
against the Moulin Rouge, gromlng 
out of a dispute over feature posi-. 
tion, and the suit of the theatre 
against the Sisters, has been post- 
poned. 

Proliminary arpruraent came up 
last Friday and tlie matter was put 
over by agreement. 



Too Light for London 



fair. 

The action takes place in Elba 
during tl&a sojourn there' of 
Napoleas. Osaaral Combroane 
schemes an amorous adventure for 
the emperor with the wife of a 
grocer. Combro|iiie takes hia lead- 
er's piaaa at tka rendaavouak while 
Napoleon makes his escape from 
captivity. Ragidin, well known 
screen actor, playea the rolo of the 
grocer. 

The new revue at the Porte St 
Martin had a favorable premiere 
laiI'Mak, beiaf fitvmpably raoelved. 

It Is an artistic production, but is 
aimed principally for highbrows 
who like to exercise their French. 



JMNGEKS IN EUROPE 



Paris* Oct. 23. 

Bradford and Hamilton are book- 
ed for the openinji of the Apollo 
theatra next monUi. Sam Wood- 
in g's Alabam Club band is also 
scheduled to inaugurate thia house 
for Mario Lombard. 

Sebastian and Miss Kord are 
dancing at the Florida cabaret, 
whloh is part of the Apollo. 



tures, under the United States 
copyright law. reports George R. 
Canty, motion picture trade com- 
mlcaioner W mm Ba j s rf i — of 
Commerce. 

A warning has been sent out to 
the French writers that unless all 
forntalities of the American copy- 
right laws are fulfilled "no work is 
protected in the United BUtes." 

■n" ..■ ■ ■ ' mi' -ifi -,,-|||' ||-' 11-. . . 

"Bmhi GMte" !• Warmly 



Guety TinMi Badq 



London, Nov. 2. 

William Gaunt and the Shuberts 
have taken bdak the Oaletjr, sublet 
to VenrI Taunay, the young Dutch 
millionaire who had two produc* 
tion failures before quitting. 

Taunajr hM' ti^a b«usa nader a 
flve-year 



"Beau Geste,** Famous Ptayers- 

Lasky special picture, opened at 
the Plaza (pictures), drawing a 
cordial reception from public and 



'^Shavlnia* 

the Apoll 



London, Nov. 2. 
was nicely greeted at 
b night <nc iklay) with 

the performance a perpAD^ triumph 
for Harry Bercsford. 

Press favorably inclined but the 
plot too flimsy for London. How- 
ever, the piece should enjoy a 
prof)tab.le provincial (road) tour. 

"The FUtit Year," with Krnedt 
Truex. Is scheduled for the Apollo 
shortly, at which time "Shavings" 
will move to another house if busi- 
ness warrants. 



PANTAGES* ALL-ENGUSH 

London. Nov. 2. 
Payne and Hllllard are sailing to- 
-morrow, Nov. J, on the Olympic and 
Collins an<l Dean Nov. 4 on the 
Minncdusa. Thes^ acts arc due to 
open at Toronto Nov. IS on the 
Pantages time in an "All English 
Bill." 



Moss and Fontana are sailing for 
Nair York on Dec IS at the latest. 
R«y Heats is handling this couple. 



June Roper and Jack Kinney are 
held over ancthar month for the 
Tuscblnaki theatres ' in Holland. 
They are at prasSBt wcurkinff in 

Amsterdam. 



Billy Arnold ^haa aigaed a two- 
year contract for his band with 
Andre, to Play at Cannes and Deau- 
ville. 



Josephine Earle, American enter- 
tainer, appearing at the Imperial 
Cabaret, Paris, which is under the 
direetlon of Paul Farcal (American). 



Aarontpns Retdriiing 

^ ■ I^ndon, Nov. 2. 

Irving Aaronson and his Com- 
manders sail today on the Levia- 
than for New York, having com- 
pleted their four weeks' run at the 
Plasa. The lack of the necessary 
labor permits for the Kit-Cat Club 
prevented their contracted Christ- 
mas night cafe opening. 

The Commanders have been all 
summer mt tlM < 4MbtiMft#iurs, 
Paris. 



De BMr's N«w Jteq^ 

Archie de Bear will withdraw 
"K. H. V. P." (revue) from the vaMdS- 
viUe this Saturday (Nov. 6). ■ 

He will foltow it with another of 
the same type called *^a«daville 
Vanities." 



Trel^wii^'t' 4lh 

London. Nov. 2. 

Anthony Prinsep will shortly 
sponsor the fourth revival ef PI- 
nero's* "Trelcfwney of the Wella* 

This piece is due at the Globe 
with Margaret Bannerman and Leon 
Quartarmaia'^ IS Ifca lead. 




Dora Duby. playing in revue at 
the Stadt theatre, Vienna, Austria. 



THE TILLER DANCING SCHOOLS 



•New Cla9g9M 



OF AMERICA, Inc. 

226 West 72d Street 
M£W YORK 



KadlseH tSlS-S 

MARY READ 
Pmidesrt 



Nell McKay, arranging a number 

for the Empire, Paris, to open N»^v. 
19. Hal .Sherman is unable to come 
licru at that date. 



Nervo and Knox will bo nt th^ 

i;-r».pii>^ I'nrta nommcnf lny Jan. 14. 



From South America to Aualralis 

I'arla, Oct. L'3. 
Grock and partner, musical clown, 
now in Suuth America, ore booked 
for Australia and will sail direct 
from Tuunos Aires Without passing 



Chariot's Hit Must Moye 

Tx>ndon. Nov. 2. 

Andre Chariot is nefklng another 
theatre for liis revue. It is doing 
capacity at the Prince of Wales, and 
is this producer's biggest hit in 

yoarH. 

The Wales is under lease for 
"Hapity i'.o I-ucky." the Harry Fos 
ter rausical, which will open on 
Boxing Day next month. 



Lm Bill Retiring 



Foreign .••••••••••••*•.. 2*3 

Pictures 4-21 

Picture Reviews If •17-20 

Picture Prttentstions 22 

Film House Reviews 22 

Vsudsville 2S-34 

New Aets 23 

Bui^eeque v* 46 

Bur l se f W it e j i ^ ii' m « ^ 
Bille i^k-'i •'* «.• > • •SS*S7 

r* ••••••• 9w 

Mewe st^. tlid .^pilttee* • • • « • 40 

Editorials • « • • • • • 42 

Litersti 12 

Women's Pegs... ....... . 41 

Legitimate 43-49 

Legitimsts Rsvisws 47*40 

Music .50*04 

Cabarets 8S*93 

Night Clubs 62 M 

Outdeera •.•*•.•••••••••• 00 

Sportis ••*••*«•,•••••••••• 00 

Carnival Hautea.. 00 1 

Obituary 00 

Carraspendsftea ••••••••• 00 

Letter List ••••••• 67 

Inside Vsudsville.... 30 

Insids Picturss ...14-16 

Art Theatres. ........... 46 

Inside Las^* • • • • . . • 42 



teUMSSi 



London. Oct. 23. 
Leo Bill. French ventriloquiHt re- 

ccnily ir> the Stulr-s, has tli ri-lf.l 
to retire from the ntiigc. Jle will 
leave when completing a current 
IL' weeks* contract. 

The reafon is that V.\\\ has pur- 



'PRODUCTIONS' 
PI CTURE S 

GOWNS 



INDIVIDUALS 





VAKISTY 



PICTURES 



WmdaeadtLjs November 3, 1926 



GOVT DISCUSSION ON TRADE 



p. D.C-PATHE-K-A MERGER HINGES 
UPON MURDOCK'S DECLARATION 



lUitii-Albee Mmt Control Bomrd of Diroctort It J. J. 

Murdock Position — Long Conference Monday 




HARRIS, mm ASST. STAGER, 

MOSTIMPOBMil BAUe IN WNTRAa R)R I^^ 

HAYS TO DECIDE 



The two MrtinaM teetlorm 
In the P. D. C.-Patho OMrver are 

still bnttllngr over the question as 
who shall be boss ot the works if 
Ihe two eofperatlM* «ff# AnaUy 

brought together under one banner. 

Elarly this week thrr** was a meet- 
ing that lasted all day and into the 

BiHrt. t/ttHe iMIway wm aiMii 

TImI meetings are continuing, with 
the reports that J. J. Murdoclc, of 
the Keith-Albee interests, remains 
iBrm in his InalstenettlMt the Keith - 
Pathe faction shall have control of 
the board, with tho possibility that 
Miurdock to to be chairman, if the 
merser Is eompleleift; 

That is a provision in the contract 
under which the Keith organlratlon 
stepped into P. D. C, that they 
should have SO |Mr cent tep fee en ta- 
tlon on the board. 

On the other hand, the Pathe in- 
terests are qiMte certain they will 
ride to control through the bai|k- 
Ult Intereete and are shaping their 
Attack in that direction. Insiders 
Mieye that when the final show- 
4qwa eomes along Jeremiah MiU- 
hMk. the kuvest steekholder in the 
Chase National, for whom Blair A. 
Co. are supposed to be acting, will 
continue to support those that he 
.has. haA In eharse sf P. B. C 
. Tho Chlcapo faction active In the 
matter is the Illinois Trust In 
reality it is acting for fonner 8en- 
«ler MrMis^ tlio Chisago hanker 
whoso organization is holding 
500,000 worth of Roxy theatre stock 
that it doesn't want to let go of un- 
ttl It 10 Mtfo tiMt tM Rokr Is solBg 

to get film product, according to re- 
port. At present B. B. Hampton is 
representiniK the Chicago crowd. 
■^C^J'ifc^^ ^^^iiwiy ^^^^1^^' 
l^inny angle to the whol<' affair 
as far as the Keith side is con- 
trolled. They first managed to get 
lalo tho Piatko sriiolittotf titfongh 
making a deal with Kinograms for 
that organization's news fUniB. Then 
the Pathe organization to get back 
ttrto tiM KOMI teiMOO eavo^llMft elr- 
cult 20 per cent, of the stock In 
the news and in return accepted 20 
per cent, ot Aesop's Fables and 
T i pHi oitiiO Hoy toon OfOr the 
distribution of the latter, a Keith 
office inside product. Now the 
Keith organisation is virtually in 

tto poMM o fc or mmm mmu . 

The deal with P. D. C. was an- 
other one of those in which there 
was no money involved as far as the 
K*A ootfiHo iPivo ooncemed. P. D. C. 
needed the Keith houses, the Keith 
houses were ready to open up their 
screens and to act as film salesmen 
to their froaohlso hOltf s r o In the 
vaudeville booking office for P. D. C. 
if they could be "declared in" With- 
out putting up money. 

X-A got taito P« D. O. right and 
now they want to get a bigger 
chunk of Pathe without putting up 
any money in tho present case. 
TlMy iMTi hooB go«ltag something 
for nothing for so long it has be 
como a K-A habit and they can't 
reaiizo the picture business is dif 
ferent, espeelally with bankers in. 

After the Monday meeting it 
looked as though J. J. Murdock 
would possibly win out in the stand 
that he has uken for eontrol, al 
though he did not manage to put it 
over at the conf^Tences tiiat day. 



F. P.-i. MAY RELEASE 
THOMPSON'S WESTEKNS 



Kennedy, F. B. 0. Head, Com- 
iop East and May Finanoe 
' HimMlf 



CoubmI for Federal Trade 
CommisMoo Take New 
Angle m Famous Playero- 
Ladqr 

Now AdMit 
Ownerehip of 

Not ViolatioA ABti^Triut 
Law — Propose Entire 
Film Indiutrj Be Repi 
sented at General Meel- 
tn« Called in WaslUnftea 



WUlMMai OSmmd Equitable Conlniel and Got 
Yoimgstere— Mmrt Harris After 107o Commie* 
^•ion for 3 Yoan with Boys Umier Afo 



B'lLirN M€R. wnm 
FOR PUYDIG mm 



tfim Angeles, Not. 2. 

Joseph P*. Kennedy, president of 

P.B.O., is enroute to New York,, 

where he will decide whether that|COMM/S RADICAL SHIFT 
film Is to continue maktoir Trtd 
Thompson pictures or whether he 
will finance the Thompson produc- 
tions for release thronch Famous 
Playws-Lasky. 

Thompson is said to be asking 
$100,000 a picture for his services, 
with a minimum of four a year. U 
F.B.O. oan oontlniio uein^ him at 
this figure to a profit, the contract 
which expires In March, 1927, will be 
renew^. If not, tt .ia understood 
that Kennedy wlU fliianee the mah- 
Ing of the Thompson pictures and 
that FJ>* has ieUld to 
them. 

These pictures. It Is said, would 

cost around $226,000, which would 



include tlic salary that 
asking per picture. 



tOim 



INDIA FAILS IN 
JAPE MADE FILMS 



Washington, Nov. 2 
Though tho makers of illms in 
India are sending out reports that 
the Industry is becoming firmly es- 
tablished in that country, the native 
press is not convinced, says a re- 
port to tho Mothm iPlcturo Section 
of the Department of Commerce. 

Quoting a report published In 
Bombay it is shown that obsolete 
apparatus la befaMt eotd by an hot 
two companies, while the maximum 
salary of first-class players is about 
$200 a month. Iiesser players are 
roeolTliiff as low as |l for tho 
period. 

One of the contributing factors to 
the slow development of the indus- 
try, particularly In tho making of 
films for home consumption, is the 
constant danger of offending one or 
other of the Innumerable sects and 
religions found throughout India. 

Still another handicap has been 
the finding of suitable plots appli- 
cable to Bastom sottliies and ca- 
pablo <| i iaspmHa to tlo Western 
idea. 

The only hope for the India com- 
panies, it Is stated. Is to develop a 

native producer to specialize In 
comedies with tho more serious 
productions a secondary considera- 
tion;: . i ••■-^V' 



WaAiaetOB, Nov. 2. 
Government counsel In the 
Famous Players-Lasky case before 
the Federal Trade Oommissfcm 

switched their line of attack from 
the contention of their former chief 
counsel, W. H. Fuller, and have now 
made tho statomont that prodt 
ownership of theatres per se is not 
in violation of the anti- trust laws 
and, hence, is not an issue in thei 
case. 

This repudiation of the Fuller 
contention, so stressed by that at- 
torney during the supposed final 
hearlnss of over a year ago, by 
Bayard T. Ualner. now chief coun 
self with the support of Martin Mor- 
rison and Gaylord R. Hawkins, the 
two supporting government attor- 
neys, was greeted horo with 
siderable surprise. 

After tho strpnnous flfht on tho 
part of Mr. Fuller to "convict** 
F. P. on this phase it is .not doubted 
here but that the statement of 
Msosra HStosr, Morrison sad BaiW' 

(Oontlmiod on pass ft) 



ADVERTISING 
REGULATED BY 
CENSORSiflP 



Auetralia Takoe Full Aa- 
thority— 'Bootleg* Press 
Books RospoaeiUo 



Other Theatre in Same City 
but 5 Miles Away— Qppo^- 
iKion' Charged Utt 



Edward Hyman, manager of the 
Mark Btraad. Brooklyn, K. T., pic- 
ture and presentation house, sprang 
a new one on tho definition of "op- 
position." 

To run with tho BOd OrangO pic- 
ture Hyman had booked an appro- 
priate act of collegians. Having a 
week open before its Mark Strand 
date, the set filled hn with throe 
days at tho Mayfair, vaude and pie* 
ture house, also in Brooklsm. 

The Mayfair is near Coney Island. 
flTO miles from tho Mark Strand. 
Hyman declared the house "oppo- 
sition" and cancelled the act. 

It is not believed that the Mark 
Strand maaaser . osporteneod. a 
change of f eoltais and doeldod that 
the collegians were not so good, as 
he had had all his advertising copy 
in the newspapers and saw that the 
dallioa isarrloA «ttltO' a bit of pub- 
licity on the boys. Hyman was 
obliged to substitute with another 
band at the very last minute. 

Tho house manager stated that 
he thought It was unfair for the 
act to play at another theatre a 
week before going to bis house. He 
claimed that ho had understood the 
act had no bookings in Brooklyn 
and would not play anywhere in 
that section before the Strand. 

Mr. Hyaiail sddod that tho May- 
fair charged a lower admission price 
than the Strand, as aiiQ^er busi- 
ness reason. ' 



POU NE£U AnACHED 
FOR 111,000 ADVANCED 



O. M. B. H. Margraf A Co., Ger 
man finance corporation, has filed 
a I11.008.M attachment suit against 
I\)la Negri based on three notes 
totalling $11,000 dates April 1, June 
1 and Aug. 1, 192S, maturing i 
moirth apart ftrom respective dates, 
When abroad last spring the 
screen star drew the drafts, but not 
having paid them back, the foreign 
c omp an y haa started suit. . 



Washington, Nov. 2. 
New picture censorship resula- 

tlons but recently issued In Aus 

tralia gives this board practically 

unlimited powep to control not only 

the pictures tUpmseWes hut all ad- | representative of Universal ptctures 



U Aftar Coast Hmisas 

Los Aacolos, Nov. 2. 
Manny Feldstein has arrived here 
to open headquarters as West Coast 



Julian Making "Silk" 

Los AnKcles, Nov. 2. 
C. B. DeMille was to have made 
r*^^fin tSfltUd *'r* k.** to have 
been a special, released by Pro- 
ducem Distributing Corporation. 

As "King of Kings" will require 
DoMmo^ personal attsntlon for an- 
other three or four months, he has 
decided to oMsign thin picture to 
Blipcrt Julian* who will put It into 
ItsiifAliiii^^nlldiamf, with the 
poesfbllity of starring IsllO f^e 



Loew Starts for Coast 

Today (Wednesday) Marcus 
Loew with Mrs. Loew is due to 

stiirt for the Pacific Slope. He will 
be accompanied by H. H. CJIIlcspie, 
the directing manager of Moss Em- 
pires, England. 

It Is possible William R. Hearst 
will leave with the Loow party or 
Join them at Chicago for the re- 
mainder of tho journey. 

The Loews will be on the West 
Coast for about a month. 



CiMUMy'* *'Mr. Wu" 

iioo Angeles, Novr 2. 

Ix)n Chanoy'S next Ktnrrinii 
vehicle for M*Q-M will be a pic- 
turlxation of "ftr. Wu," adapted 
from the dramatic staco play of 
the same name. 

WiUiam Nigh Ohroctlng. 



vertlsing thereto. 

Trade Commissioner Babbitt, in 
reporting to the Department of 
Commerce, points out the great 
latitude allowed the board in the 
additional provision prohibiting the 
export ot any film the exhibition of 
which Is undesirable In tho publlo 

(Continued on page 65) 



circuit theatre chain. 

Universal, it Is understood, has 
set out to acquire holdings in tho 
Southern California tenrltory. It 
is not likely It will take over any 
first-run houses but "will line up 
several of the smaller neigltbor 
hood theatres In and around Los 
Angeles. 



MURTAGH IN CHICAGO 
AS GUEST ORGANIST 



Henry B. Murtagh ended n M- 
week stay at the Rivoll, New York, 
yesterday (Tuesday), leaving for 
Chicago Immediately, where ho will 
play tho Publix houses there as a 
guest organist attraction. 

Murtagh built up a sizeable fol- 
lowing personally in New York, his 
>tnu«uai rtioumMishlp 

sooof Ally* 

■iMMiaiiiMllM 



Sennett Rumors 

Mack Sennett Is still in Ne^ 

York, holding:* almost dally confabs 
with local film men. 

His plans for 1927 are somewhat 
unsettled at present although there 
are many rumors alonar the street 
as to his return to his first love, 
Famous Players-LcuBky. 



CSUZ£ ON ' LOUIS m'' 

Los Angeles, Novt. 2. 
James OuSo will diroet "Xouls 
XIV," with Wallace Beery, as his 
MXt story for Famous Playonk 

■MiilMaaiaBaiaaiiMi^^ 



Iios Angeles, Nov. 2. 
Mort Harris, asstsUnt to Jack 
Partington, who stages tho presen* 
tatlons for Publix In L<*8 Angeles 
and San ' Francisco, tried to put 
over s fsst oao oa a oonpio of minor 
boys and when tripp^ ip Imllored 
copper." 

Harris, a former music plugger 
In aan Francisco, has been aldln#- 

Partington in staging the shows at 
the Metropolitan here. A couple of 
chaps, Crosby and linker, who work 
In tho *^aB and Schenck** fashion, 
were engaged for a Metropolitan 
show and clicked on "all cylinders." 

Harris, who la under obligations 
to Publix through drawing the 
w^iekly pay envelope, decided that 
he would do a little fast working on 
his own part Ro ilM Md'of tho 
youngsters and told them he was 
going to put them under contract 
for three years. The "kids," who 
kayo not reached their majority as' 
yet thought that was great, flgiirln^ 
ho was talking "Publix n^suld put 
them under contract" 

Harris came along with a con- 
tract whl^ road that tho yo«lli# 
would be under contract to "Mort 
Harris of San Francisco for three 
years" and that during that time 
he would be ontHled^ to M perc e n t 
of their earnings and royalties 
whether it be from any stage en- " 
gagement, phonograph records or 
other sources of teoolBo t]|o< ymMhS 
might And. It was an opeii and ikhitit 
proposition for Harris, as the con* 
tract did not provide for any speci- 
fied terii OlliipiQ^Oat. Thahoyi 
took the oofMniiet Imne to their 
parents to givt 11 a discornlnit 
glance. 

Whiteman Qol Beys 

Then some one called to the at* 
tentlon of Paul Whiteman that these 
boys were a good bet Whiteman 
had the kids looked ov^ and a chap 
named Iieonard Goldstein, employed 
by an agent In Los Angeles brought 
the father of one of the boys around 
to Whiteman. Business was dis- 
cussed. The fiatheip told WbMMriaA 
that the boys were under contract 
to Publix for eight weeks, but after 
that they would be free to talk busi- 
ness. Ho thdi tuted that ho OMd 
not see what benefit the Harris con- 
tract was to the lads and that if 
Whiteman had a definite salary of- 
fer ho would ho idad to talk. WMlo* 
man quoted a salary starting at a 
certain figure and increasing for a 
three-year period. This proposition 
looked safer to the father than did 
the "Sure Thing" IlaiTls ofreri% 
and It was signed by the father. 

Word got to San Francisco wherO 
Harris and Partington wer« hM* 
Ing forth that the youths had been 
signed by Whiteman. Wires are 
said to have been sent to Goldstein 
asking him what right he had to 
interfere in their business and also 
a request that the youth be barred 
from the stages of all Publix houses. 
Then a wire was sent to l>lrhiteman, 
it is said, asking why hO had signed 
the boys when they were under con- 
tract to Publix. Whiteman in turn 
replied that the boys told him that 
they hud an eight-week contract 
with Publix only and that he would 
not begin his contract with them 
until they concluded the job with 
Publix. He also stated that the 
H.irrls contract offered ihe boys whh 
one between Harris and Crosby and 
Rinl-er and not with Publix. for 
Whom Karris was working. White- 
man said that his proposition to the 
yoimRsters was an entirely eiuilta- 
ble one while UaiTis was trying T9~ 
take 10 percent of all the boys made 
for three yrar«5 by slipping th«'m a 
$10 bill. This ' e dltl nol think fair, 
and therefore consummated negotia- 
tions with the youngsters, who will 
jom him when he plays Chicago for 
Publix and will then go Into the 
DUlinsham show with him* 



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Wednesday, November 3, 1926 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



it . . 



I 



4 BIG HLM LINE-UPS IN SIGHT 



p. D. C SENDS REP. TO EUROPE TO FINAL 
STRENCTHEN AT HOME PROGRAM 




L 





^flliam Vogel Saik— Offer Made to Film Editor to 
Pass Upon VogePs Selections — ^Want to Bolster 
I Up p. D. C Present Release List 



Producers Distributing Corpora- 
tion feels that It will have to bolster 

* up its present program of releases, 

and to that end hM sent William 
Vogel, handling the exporting of the 
P. D. C. product, into the foreign 
murket to see if he can pick up any 
"big" pictures that might serve the 
purpose of tho releasing orgaftixa- 
. tlon. 

Vogel sailed for th^ other side a 
four days ago. Prior to his Isavins. 
< MTMal offera were made to a noted 
fllm editor and one who has also 
had writing and titling experience 
with sovorai of tho big companies, 

* i» Wflf abroad and pass on whether 
' or not certain pictures that Vogel 
' might select would be suitable for 
<> MaptloB through editing and titlias 
- for the American market. 

In the trade, when it became 
known tliat this was the plan of 
P. D. C, It was remarked It was a 
rather singular confession of weak- 
ness on the part of an American 
producing and dibstributing organi- 
sation tkat It most go into tho for- 
eign market to seek material for 

* release to strengthen their own 
home-made product. 



YIDDISH FILMS; 
SIX YEARLY 



PUBUX AMD SAENGER 
IN ON MEW N. 0. HOUSE 



De Luxe Theatre of 3,600 — 
Publix Buys in — Saenger 



E» A* Relkin Forming Co. 
— 500 Theatres \ ^ 



' with 800 neighborhood picture 

houses in Jewish localities in the 
0 United States, there is a field for 
: Tlddish-produced motion pictures. 
.jr.V» llllthe demand, Bdwin A. Relkin. 
. pioneer Jewish theatrical magnate, 
>rjhas organized a new company 
i^jWhlch may be Identified as the 
t<> Jewish Famous Players, inc., if cor> 
.;(.porate details permits, cthenvlse la 
fii.U^y^ title will be sought. 
..Qr With Relkin, Jacob Rovenger, 
it Yiddish theatrical business execu- 
tive, and Ivan Abramson will be as- 
s,0qQla.ted, the latter to take charge 
, of the production -end. 
^ , Ludwig Satz will be the star of 
{the first production, "The Wild 
• Man," Yiddish theatre classic by 
^. Jacob M. Gordon, one of the most 
popular Yiddish plajrwrlfhts who 
died some years ago. 
' . Relkin, because of his association 
^^ilrith every theatrical management 
^' in the Yiddish show buslnosa, has 
, access to the choicest of Yiddish 
^. 'Stage successes and will produce 
about six pictures a year. Dual 
^ sets of prints will have English and 
^ ' Tiddish titles and captions. 



^Slums,' German-Made 

Chicago, 'KoT. 1. 

Imported Pictures Corporation's 
first release, "Slums of Berlin," 
German made, is slated for next 
week at the Randolph. 

The fllm importing company was 
recently organized by Walter W. 
Kofeldt. formerly with Pathe and 
P. D. C. as director of distribution 
-In central Europe. 



HEW CHI ASS'N HEADS 

Cl ileagu, ff> u r . B. 



Aaron Jones was elected presl- 
dent of tho Theatre Managers aa- 
' 'fiociatlon, replacing Harry Ridings, 
. who i^si^tied. Othei* ofReers are 
John Oarrlty, vlce-prosidmt : Bill 
^ ' Roach, trortsuner, 'and 'Dave Kahane, 
'secretary. ■ ' '^^ ■ ^ 



Publik TheiMi wm m^e New 

Orleans through an arrangement 
with the Saenger Amusement Com- 
pany, when the new Saenger-4iouse 
opens In February. 

An arrangement has been made 
with the Publix by E. V. Richards 
(Saenger) whereby the Famous 
Players theatre operating corpora- 
tion will purchase an interest in 
the new theatre and the house will 
playr ^ PliMtt imit showi. • 
• The new Saenger ~ Is on Canal 
street, almost directly across from 
the Lioew house. It will be named 
the flaengir ani 'luit* capacity of 
about 8,600. It will practically be 
the first house given over to de luxe 
presentation of films in the entire 
south, oufside of th* PvMbc-oper- 
ated houses te Atliuiiii liiMl Florida 
points. ' 

At present In New Orleans Saen- 
ger has three principal theatres. 
Strand, Liberty and Trianon, with 
the choice as to the clasyification of 
the houses abovf in that order, and 
in addition about 2fi neighborhood 
houses. It is also interested in 
Loew'a. which opened last year. 

Iioew^ Is ptaiylAir ft MteM policy 
of vaude. and pictures. It's the 
same policy as at the Orpheum and 
Palace (both Orpheum circuit). 

The hook up between Publlk and 
Saenger for the New Orleans house 
will give Publix a natural break in 
the jump between Texas points and 
Atlanta for the Publix unit shows. 

At the same time it will give New 
Orleans its first taste of the metro- 
politan Me4 of motion pictui^ pre- 
sentation with added stage enter 
talnment and may possibly start 
som0thing in that portion of the 
MfUth.'- 



LAID OUT 



Famous Playert-Lasky, 
Metro - Gold wyn - Mayer, 
P. D. C.-Pathe and SUn- 
ley Company** Group 
Comprise Rumored 
LitI— However, Fox, Uni- 
▼ertal, Warner's and F. 
B. O. Would Assume 
•Formidable Proportions, 
With United Artists Too 
important to Overlook — 
Picture Industry S<K>n 
Due to Shape Itself 
Among Distributors and 
Producers — Educational 
May Be Centre of F. P«- 
L. Deal. 



KIGGE THAN BARNUlirS' ALLEGED 
BY RINGUNGS AS DEdWE" 



Temporary Order Obtained in Minneapolis Federal 

Court — Final Hearing Nov. 6 — Bookings Stopped 
pn F. B. O. jPicture Released 3 Months Ago 



JUNE HATHIS RESIGNS; 
McCORMiCK BATTLE 



SAENGER AND F. P. 



It appears as though the final 

line-up as far as the picture indus- 
try is concerned is in sight. The 
control Is going to be with four big 
factions in the business, with the 
indications within the past week 
pointing to developments in Just 
that direction, from the accounts. 

What the four will be now looks 
like Famous Players-Lasky-Para- 
mount in the producing and dis- 
tributing end with Its Publlz The- 
atres for theatre operation and the 
presentation unit attractions and 
other stage acts, and with the pos- 
sibility of Famous obtaining eon- 
trol of the Educational Films for 
short subjects; Metro-Gold wyn- 
Mayer as producers and distribu- 
(Coatinued on page 40)^ 



STANLEY BOOKS 
LAFAYETTE IN 
BUFFALO 



Producer Could Not Agree 
with. Gen Mgr. Over 1$t 



' X«es AfiiSieSi lieT. i. 

The war which has been silently 
taking place between June Mathis, 
First National producer, and John 
McCormick, general manager, for 
the past six months, reached its 
height Oct. 30 when the formeir ten- 
dered her resignation. 

In a letter Miss Mathis told Mc- 
Cormick. it is said, that she could 
not make pictures on account of the 
manner In which hs hsA MSB In- 
terfering with production. The 
breach became open during the 
week when McCormick and Miss 
Mathis had a tin over OiS <S(iien 
treatment of "Here's Tour Broth- 
er,** which was to have been put 
into production this week with 
her husband, Sylvano Balbonl^ as 
director. McCormick insisted that 
he. did not care for the treatment of 
the story, and Miss Mathis pointed 
out that she would use it or the 
picture would not be made so far. 
as she personally was concerned. 

A meeting was held at the studio, 
with New York being called, and 
Balboni was relieved. The story 
treatment was turned over to Carey 
Wilson for rSeMUptag S«d Ihs pro- 
duction to Ray Rockett for super- 
vision, with Millard Webb ansaged 
to direct. * 

-A sort of feud has been in exist- 
ence between Miss Mathis and Mc- 
Cormick ever since the former su- 
pervlibd the Colleen Moore produc- 
tions of "Sally," "Irene," "We Mod- 
ems" and "Denert Bound." Several 
wide J>reaches, and they broadened 
whenl^Osi^y WUso* was' added 
to the staff, as the latter is said to 
hSVjS been called in by McCormick 
(Continued on page 41) 




Washington, Nov. 2. 

The Navy has gone in for taking 
stunt, niotion pictures. Friday ^Ltst 
Jamas cnark jumped '^^iM an areo- 
plane 4,000 feet in the air to land 
via the parachute route. He had 
aitached to his chest an automatic 
mst4«R pNrtUfe camera that "shot' 
the descent 

This is the first official attempt at 
such a film. It is to be developed 
by the Mt«r nepartmsst'Siid Shown 
first in ths Wastitn«tsi| tilctnre 
theatres. •. 



'Opposition* House Plays 
'Namo' Attractioat in 

■ • 

Opposition to K.-A. 



Irooades,' F. P.'s Most 
lUMly Saper Picture 



Los Angeles, Nov. S. 

Famous Players-Lasky expended 
$2,100,000 in the making of "Old 
bonsides," the biggest amount it 
has yet invested In any one super 

picture. 

Ov^r 11,000,000 was due to unfa- 
vorable weather while the company 
was on location* at Catalina Island. 

The company went over there for 
four Weeks and was compelled to 



The lAfayette, Buffalo, formerly 

booked through the Gus Sun Agen- 
cy, is now being booked through 
the Acme Agency, booker of the 
Stanlay houses, jack McKeon has 
been supplying the Lafayette with 
'names" and "features" for several 
weeks, although no official an- 
nouncement has been given out. 

The move l.«j important in view of 
the current strained relations be- 
tween Stanley and Keith's. The 
lAfayette was declared "opposition" 

(Continued oh pitge tl) 



U ROCQUE LOANED 
TO ItESURRECnON' 



iths: 



rem&in iUimst fuur llHlh 

It is reported here that the 
F. P.-L organlratlon at French 
LicK convention waxed enthusiastic 
over the picturSi 

Th« picture will have its New 
York premiere within the next six 
weeks in New York. 



Loo Angeles, Nov. 1 

After six weeks' search for a man 
for the leading character In Tol- 
stoi's "Resurrection," Edwin Carewe 
has borrowed t^oik LaRocque from 
C. B. DeMille for the role. 

It is understood that Carewe paid 
DeMille $50,000 for LaRocque's 
se f v in e i n thi s p lQ twi« e. It wss also 
agreed that LaRocque be starred as 
his DeMille contract provides for 
that. 

Dolores Del Rio will play oppo- 
site. 

r»rof1urtIon will start In two 
weeks at the Tec -Art Studios. 



Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
Dimitri Buchowetzki has been se- 
lected to direct "Anna Karenina" 
for Mctro-Goldwyn- Mayer. This 
Russian story was filmed about ten 
years ago by Box Oifice Attractions 
and no# IS ttllisrstssd fif Mong to 
Fox. 

Paul Bera is adapting the^jMunL 

Producer and Magaane 
Splk Expkiitiiis Ei^^ 

Los Angeles, Nov. S. 

Famous Players-Lasky and Lib- 
erty Magazine will each spond 
ilOO.OOO in explolUng *Xlf«'s Great- 
est Mistake," a prise story of this 
magazine, being made Into a screen 
production by Bddie Sutherland at 
the Long Island Studios. 

It has not been decided In what 
way each of the concerns will spend 
their pledged $100,000. 



WUlio Robyn on Tour 
After 6 Yrs. at Capitol 

Willie Robyn, who has been at 
the GspltoL N#w York, for six 
years, has 'opened on a picture 
house tour as a single, booked by 
Ted Braun. 

The latter Is also handling the 
Three Dennis Sisters, now rennit<Ml 
after prr)fessionally stparated for 
some time. 



Minneapolis, Nov. 2. 
The R I a g 1 i n goBarhum Ctrcus 
owners were granted a temporary 
order restraining further exploita- 
tion and exhibition of "Bigger Than 
Bamum'st** F. B. O. film relsase; iir 
Judge Joseph Molyneaux in U. S. 
District court here. BMnal decision 
will be rendered by the same court 
Ndv. 0. 

The Rlngllng Brothers, through 
their counsel, John M. Kelley, filed 
the suit for an injunction against 
the fllm producers, distributors asA 
cxhiWtors of "Bigger Than Bar- 
num's" on the grounds that the 
''Whole Intent of the picture Is t0 
deceive the public into thinking it 
is a production connected with the 
plaintiffs and a picture of a portion 
of the plaintiffs' circus.** 

Named as defendants are M. 
Finkelsteln and I. H. liuben. theatrs 
operators here; Flhn Booking Of^ 
flees, Joseph P. Kennedy, president 
of F. B. O.; R-C Pictures Corpora- 
tion, subsidiary of F. B. C, and 
others, mostly distributors and es*^ 
hlbltors In this section. 

The complaint states the adver- 
tising slogans, "RingUng,** "Ring- 
ling Brothers,** "BamSni,'' ^Htafnssi 
and Bailey.'* "Wodd's Greatest 
Show," "Greatest Show on Earth,** 
etc., are the property of the com- 
plainants and hsvs been since thS 
establishment of the Rlngllng 
Brothers' show, the purchase of the 
Barnum and Bailey «utflt In lltT 
and the combining oC ths tiiM#4Mli» 

m Ills. ' ' 

Deceiving 

That these slogans and like slo- 
gans are used m exploiting tlM 

picture and in the picture Itself is 
charged. In the picture a character 
is "Jhek Rang) in" and duHng the 
course of the film the circus de* 
picted is called '^e Great Ranglln 
Combined Shows," the charge being 
that "Jaek Ranglta** and the naoM 
of the filmed circus are "deceiving^ 
in being prototypes of John Ring- 
ling and the Rlngllng show. 

In comment ' the eemplaint refers 
to the picture as "misleading In the 
fact that as a portrayal of circus 
life it is inferior in quality and dis- 
paraging In Its Influenoe on ths 
public," "is a misnomer," "features 
imaginary incidents, giving them 
the color and pretense of fact, that 
experience and sound circus man- 
agement must guard against in de- 
serving and preserving the public 
good will.*' "presents % sickly, sor- 
did and untrue theme," which theme 
Is also called "wholly repugnant to 
the spirit of showmanship tliat has 
marked the growth sn4 develop* 
ment of the cirstts Si^ir BlpifUsg 
management." ' 

^ -Fire** Cemflaint ; * 
As a fire on the circus lot' Is a 
high Mght of the picture that phase 
is regarded as something "the high 
class circus has always conttnu- 
ously, cautiously attA MSlPUSIjr 
guarded against.** 

"To the circus as an institution,* 
the complaint contends, Is toto, 41 
Is damaging, degrading ittii' hstsi* 
ful." 

In naming damages resulting, the 
plaintllfs ask a sum ex'^eedlng 

$100,000. 

•'Bigger Than Barnum's" was re- 
leased and played in New York 
about thrcjb months age. 81nee II 
has b^'cn exbiV itod throughout ttlS 
country. With the temporary re- 
stralnment in effect, bookings have 
been cancelled until the anhl 4s* 
cislon 

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P 1 C J U R E S 



Wednesday, Novembtr If^ 



GRAUMAirS VITAPHONE'S RAN TO 
mono FOR THE FIRST FIVE DAYS 



Met.» at L. A., Dropped Below $30»000 Last Week 
f With 'You'd Be SllrprUed^-lowll WatSiiriiriied 
WMb^ lloiMiB^ at Loeir^ to $26,500 



Jjom Ang«les, Nov. 2. 
(Drawing Population, 1,350,000) 
t'osisy lii^iits or something ot the 
sort put « damper on trade in gMi 
eral here last weok. Weather rather 
fi-eaJcy mid the tlrat run picture 
houae men had ewm to "bank" oh 
It for the Blackening up of trade 
Another excuse advanced was that 
the cut rate tranaeontinental toiir- 
Ifits had left the state. Probably 
When the new influx of tourists ar- 
rive, iibeut Nov. IS, the managers 
•will not have this excuse to offer. 
Metropolitan for the first time in 
mOhtht slipped below $80,000 with 
Raymond Grilllth's "you'd Be Sur- 
prised." with Griffith one of the beet 
bez office magnets the town has. 
Million Dollar, which had the Hearst 
battery of papers working in full 
force to sell "The Temptress," 
skidded around. 18,000 on the second 
week of this Cosmopolitan produc- 
. tlon. 

Ifoew's State under the condi- 
tions had most gratifying returns 
with "Four Horsemen." getting 
around $26,500 on the weelc. This 
OMO moved over to the Criterion this 
woek,. wlMra^t la inuwjoI* fartfllsht 
•otjoum. 

Qrauman's Egyptian roopaaod 

"Wednesday nighty adding the Vita- 
phoBO to its fjoreeii attraction of 
**DOB Juul." It wms a big night and 
15.50 top prevailed. The customers 
W«ra. weli rewarded and got more 
tftiU'tliey ezpeeted, with the trade 
a^ the house being capacity for the 
bAlance of the weeic 

*«Bardelya the Magniflcent** la sUIl 
on -the downgrade at Carthay Circle 
witti house getting all refidy to 
. libliiieh fltir campaign on ''What Prlca 

mar*' 

Estimates for Last Week 

Biltmoff« "Ben-Hijr" (M-O-M^ 
(l.lM; 28-$1.60). Thirteenth week 
held up, around $12,000. Three 
we«ks to go living up to Variety's 
pMMstlon of 1« waaks. 

Qraumsn's Egyptian — "Don Juan" 
(Waroar) {IMNi 60-|l.M>. Re- 
opened with vftaphona Wadnaaday 
nrght at $5.50 top for premiere. Qot 
easy ISO.OOO on first fiVa days. • 

C#Hhay Girala— "Bardalya the 
Mirninccnt" (M-G-M) (1,550; 60- 
$iMkh Run looking as though ap- 
fMiolilBg atop Hitaii aodo. 
110,600. 

Forui^— «**Wiiming of 
Worth** iVr, A.) {lM9i SI«T5). Hit- 
ting along at very good stride, with 
Ted Henkel prolog helping. Third 
Week, around |1L500. 

Loew's 8tate— "Four Horsemen** 
<M-G-M) (2.800; 25-$l). Relsaue «. 
natural here. $26,500. 

Metropolitan — "You'd Be Sur- 
prised" (F. P.-L..) (8.505; 25-65). 
RiyniMI 'Orlfflth respontfihla - for 
draw. Around $29,000. 

Million Dollar — *^Tho Temptress 
<M-Q-M) (2.t00: 26-76). ^aarat 
publicity for second week not so 
strong as first, with trade dropping 
IS^OO to 114.000. 

iFigueroa — "Bigger Than Barnum" 
<F. B. O.) (1,600; 26-75). Excep 
tionally good week; around $6,500. 

Criterion— "Duc^iM^s of Buffalo" 
(F. N.) 1,600;- 25-35). Motion 
toward boz office rather slow. $2,400 

Uptown— "Poker Faces" (U.) (1,- 
900; 25-76). I^aura La Plante and 
Kdward Everett liorton liked in this 
neighborhood. Better tha«i $7,000. 

(Copyright, 1920, by Variety, Ine.) 



$3^ and GMmes 

Makes Sft. John Normal 

8t. Johns, N. B., No% 2. 
Only one of the local picture 
houaes functioned at an increase 
over the regular scale for last week. 
OutstandinK In Ozploltation for the 
WQOk was that in behalf of **Three 
'Bad Men,*' Foz. at the Queen Square 
for four days. Tliroe youths em- 
l^yad in a local livery atfible from 
wfimi three nags were hired were 
a.MHigned to these mounts in cos- 
tumes representative of the three 
leading figures in the film. 

I'arlj was armed as well as cos- 
tumed and morning and afternoon 
aAd trio, always together, cantered 
• through the local streets. 

Eatlmatea for Last Week 
rmperfal — (1,600; 16-35) 26-26, 
•tJreater Olory" (F. N.); 27-28. 
"Wanini^ Sex** (M. U. M.). coupled 
With "Shadows of Doubt," Biograph 
relic of the past. Dlfferenoea be- 
tween paat and present in films. 
lt-80, rrha Quarterback" (F. P.). 
- phHt RaHoWe'en costiuna contest 
for fanciest and grotesque exhibits. 
Around $3,900. 

Unique— (#60; 25). 25-27. "The 
Runaway Express"; 2«-30, "Fight- 
ing Boob," Bob Custer western; 
1060, 

Queen 8q.— (900; 10-35). 25-26. 
"Unknown Holdler" (P. D. C); 27- 
H, *'7hraa Bad Men" (Pox). Kor- 
mHjr Wfffcly thraa-hlll houaa, spa- 



GRIFFITH FILM WITH 
SISSLE& BLAKE, $15^ 

Topped All in Off Week at 
Minr>eapolis — 'Dearest 
Enemy' Did Poorly 



If InaaapoUiv Nov. 9. 

Amusement business decidedly 
weak last week. "0aaaeat Enemy." 
the first musical ahow of the sea- 
son, played to very poor patronage 
at Uie Metropolitan. Iteapite unani- 
mouB anthnslam af arltica— and of 
customers who did go — and friendly 
aid of the newspapers with special 
intervtawa with Helen Ford and a 
picture stunt or two. as well as ac- 
tual appeals in the editorial columns 
of soma of 4ho papers, this ihow 
didn't draw the first half. In fact, 
George Ford was looking into h 
$6,000 cbaaln up to. tha laat.half^ 
waok. 

Ifini^aapoUs al^jiraya per lea up on 
finding « good ahbw In town the laat 

of the week, and this patronage on 
"Dearest Enemy" was sufficient to 
pull it out about even.. It waa re- 
marked in discussing the situation 
that "Dearest Enemy" had a bad 
"spot" the Met schedule coming 
just a week ahead of the more 
widely heralded White's "ScandaU" 
and right after "The Big Parade." 
which brought pretty nearly a rec- 
ord in recaipta at tha Mat for two 
weeks. 

At th€^ other legit house, Shubert, 
the BaJohridge (atock) Players did 
well wfOr **0iBVenth Heaven.** Marie 
Gale returned to the company as 
leading lady after two years, and 
was given a most flattering racep- 
tion. 

The vaudeville and picture houses 
didn't do anything to brag about, al- 
though not complaining. Manager 
Harry Hirsch of the Qayety (bur- 
lesque)) had his own show. "The 
Band Box Revue," on. display, open- 
ing with a midnight Saturday show 
after shipping the preceding com- 
pany oh its way. Ha haa had a 
nlea week*s run. 

Estimates for Last Waefc 
State' (2.040; 60). "Syncopating 
Sue",(F. N.). Corinne Griffith film; 
with Sissle aKd Blake in corking 
good stage act. Buslnaaa r^|»ortil& 
"very good'*; $15,500. 

Gsrriok (l.SOO; 50). "Tou'd Be 
Surprised" (F. P.). Raymond Grif- 
fith: Garrlck Melody Makers as 
stage; good; about $7,000 

Strand (1.700; 50). "La Boheme' 
(M. G.). Lillian Gish: good CTOUgh 
to wanaut holding over; $6,600. 

Lyric (1,200; 35). "Forerar After" 
(F. N.). About $1,800. 

Hennepin-Orpheum (2,825; 50) 
"Dancing Days" (Chadwlck); pic- 
ture featured this week with (Joe 
Mendi) chimpansee, principal 
va\idevine eftarlag; fairly good at 
$17,500. 

Aster <896; 25). "Last Frontier" 
(P-D). $1,100. 

Grand— "Men of Steel" (1st N.). 
He-run; good draw; $1,100. 

Pantages O.600; 50). "The Lily. 
Picture Incidental to vaudeville 
featuring Frank Van Hoye^i, always 
strong draw 
ovgr $7,000. 

Seventh Street (1.480; 60). "Lure 
of the Wild." Plctura one of units 
of vaudeville program; about $5,500. 

Palace (1.600; 50). "College Boob" 
(Lefty Flynn); picture filler be- 
twf^n musical tab shows; $6,000. 
(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, ii>c.) 



NEWMAN'S $16,700 FAR 
AHEAD ON C GROSSES 



Mainttreet JNd $14,000-^ 

Pantages, $7,800— 'Poker 
F9C|$' Off at S3.500 



Kansas City, Nov. 2. 
(Drawing Population, 650,000) 
Two popular screen heroes but of 
widely different type, Dix and SiUs. 

rara tha bast hata laat waak. It 
wma tha Malaatvaat** ifth «BnWar- 
sary ealabrgtioB. Tha ''pow^s** cut 
the vaudevilla to three acts, the 
house having presented five acts for 
years until a few weeks ago. The 
Newman., however, ran considerably 
ahead of the Orpheum's house. 

The reviyal of tha "Four Horse- 
men'* at^the Royal failed to develop 
the draw expedited. Tha manage- 
ment had received hundreds of let- 
tera asking that tha picture he 
shown again and on the strength of 
them probably anticipated too much. 
After the Saturday opehing buiii- 
neaa slacked up for a couple of days 
but gained a yttle Wednesday and 
Thursday, and the picture was hejd. 
ovar in conformatVoii with th^ Jiouse 
policy of two waalM 6r Magar 1^ 
each showing. 
At the Liberty, Universal , house. 
Poker Faces'* was a decided fiop. 
The press returned favorable no- 
tices on tlie Horton-La Plante com- 
edy, but there was no response and 
tha returns were very meager. The 
Monday Bl^t busineaa at tha New- 
man was swolleii b'y a theatre party 
of 1.050, consisting of the membars 
of the Missouri Padflo Railroad 
Boosters' club, which was promoted 
by Jven Franklin,, publicity director, 
and clalmad to M tha largest the- 
atre party avar mttovdiag « pkstura 
theatre. 

For the current weak OUda Gray, 
making her first appearance in Kan- 
sas City with the "Aloma" picture 
at the Newman. Soma tOO.OOO f^ieces 
of extra advertising and literature 
have been put put, and'Uo-ups made 
with many aiii»attitlii Qfina for pub- 
Ucfty. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Mainstreat— ' Men of Steel" (1st 
N.) <t,260; 26-80-60). Fifth anni- 
versary. Lobby tastefully decorated. 
Tluree stage acts. Milton Sills' hosts 
of admirers turned out. $14,000. 

Liberty —"Poker Facee" (U.) (1,- 
000; 25-36-50). Klbler's Musical 
Malda addad stage attraction. Pic- 
ture got away to bad start Saturday 
and never recovered. Complimen- 
tary notices by revlaivara. Bwalnaaa 
pretty bad. $3,500. 

Newman— "The Quarterback'* (F. 
P.) (1,890 ; 25-40-50-60). Ander- 
son's "Milady's Shawl" Publlx stage 
unit, and' Foursome Quartet, added. 
Publix offering tuneful, colorful and 
good entertainment. Ken Wldenour 
with his "Singing Class'* had 'em 
warblipg all weak. Aa an extra bit 
Edna Kirby. appearing at a local 
store through an advertising tie-up> 
appeared In person, and a short 
trailer, showing her arrival and 
welcome to the store, was screened. 
A tieup with tha store for a lingerie 
and fashion display on mezsanine 
twice daily proved Interesting to the 
women. All in all a busy week, with 
business holding up nicely. $16,700. 

Royal — ^Four Horsefiien** (820; 
25-40-50-60). For some reason pic- 
ture did not open as strongly Satur- 
day aa expected, but Sunday busi- 
ness satisfactory. Reissue failed to 
show much strength, although prob- 
ably stood up better than ordinary 
program ptotora wottld have done. 
$7,800. 

Pantages — ''Sweet Rosle COrady." 

Vaudeville. Another case of having 
hard bill to follow, as "Three Bad 
Men.*' Which preceded proved big 
draw. While title of Irish-Jewish 
opera should have proved attractive 
to Pahitea. they did not respond s'o 
strong, and the opening was only 
fair, with remainder of week same. 
$7,866. ' . 

(CopyHght, 1926, by VarUty, Ino;) 



ITS ALHAMBRA. mWAlKE WITH 
ACTS, $2P0- JOPPED TOWN 



New CojpibiiMtlMMi JPolkgr jRinming Rafged Over All 
Lofral Show Bueinese — ^Ahead of Orpheum's Best 
BiU Obtiaiuible to $91,5(M>~Wu€oiisiii, $19$a0O 



WILL KING HURTING 
POROAND FILM HOUSES 



EOWLAHB AS ABXAHB 
lioa Angelea. Nov. S. 

Gilbert Rowland will play the 
leuding male role in Joseph M. 
Schenck's production of "Camille.'* 
which Fred Niblo will direct 

Norma Talmadga ta tha titla roW. 



clallsing hi three and four-day runs 

rof< ntly V3xploitation In favor of 
"Bad Men" more comprehensive 
than In past: 11,600. 

PalSce^-<560; 20); 25-26, "The 
Auction Block' (M. G. M.); 37-28, 
"Lermlne of Lions" (Warnara); 29- 
30. Man from Red Oulah** (F. B. 
O.); $400. 



Qaiety— (500; 20); «8*26. **(}ent!e 
Cviloju'-' (Fox); 27-2S, "Auction 
Block" (M. G. M.): 29-30, '^Lorraine 
of Lions" (Warners): $300. 

Opera House (1.200; 15-85). 
House r«H>pening for pictures after 
hon.«ting dramnTic rep. for six weeks. 
Two nii'turt*". e irh for three days. 
(Copiriill^ 192e, by Variety, ina.) 



Doff /nrack OupobMi; 

State, N. $13,800 

Now Orleans, Nov. 2. 

Last weelk was disastrous in the 
film ttniplis. Another dog track 
opened to wean a.way the nocturnal 
amusement aaek^. 

Show business bettor watfh tho 
dog tracks, for they're '*niglit en- 
tertainment.** possible of mainte- 
nance and operation within a 
square block, and they do "cut in" 
on the box ofllce. 

Loew's State, nearest to the new- 
est track, was off over $2,000 last 
week, the house falling below $14,- 
000 for the first time since opening. 

l>ut It had ft very wesK ptetora in 

"Blarney.'* * 

"It Must Be Love" brought the 
Strand a fair week, the feature 
grossing a trifle more than $4,000 
notwithstanding Colleen Moore is a 
favorite here; that is, if there is 
such a thing as a favorite in the 
worst picture town in America. 
Tha Tudor haa fhllaa away to 



Comedian Doing $10,000 at 
60c Top— Rivoli Way Off 
.With AM'n Vaudci 



Portland, Ooe.. Nov. S. 
(Drawing Population, 810,000) 

3usines8 was nothing to get hys- 
terical about last week, including 
the Liberty, which had.liarry Lang-' 
doB*a «^Tha Strong Manu^Tllil '^wn 
dpaa not aaan to tako to l4MBgdon 
as "Tramp, Tramp, *Tramp,** at the 

same house, also failed to impress. 

It seems that the opening of the 
Will King shows at the Music Box 
theatre, formerly the old Pantages, 
has ipterfered with tha downtown 
picturi^ftousea. At tha.praaant tlhio 
King is playing to capacity, averag- 
ing ai^und $10,000 in a l.SOO seatef 
with a €0-cent top. 

Rumor states that the Rivoli, 
which for the last 14 weeks has 
been showing Western Asaoelatlon 
acts, together with first-run pic- 
tures, will close Nov. 20 for reno- 
vating, and Will probably open up as 
a long-run house. This site, since 
it instituted the combo policy, has 
not Saan hltttag aa it ahouM. n« 
last few weeks were very low. 

The Majestic, holding over "Va- 
riety," aailad along «t a fair clip, 
while thiB People's; with "Fascinat- 
ing Youth" and a apeciai U^up with 
a weal danaa hall, clicked td>tfiMt- 
able intake. The Columbia on it's 
second week of "The Black Pirate" 
fell a' Wt, but' waa okay, while the 
house is plugging "The flaming 
Frontier" aa iU following "run" 
fll|». 

The Broadway had a great week- 
end and Idborius Hauptmann. new 
musical director, no dowi ^nm 
mainly responsible. The flftDH W^ 
"The Amateur Gentloman.'* 
EatiMMMisa fat" Laat Weak 
Broadway (2.600; 40-60). "The 
AaoAteur Qentleman" IF, N.). House 
seesiad to taka on sow llfo with 
Liborius Hauptmann as musical di- 
rector; Hauptmann popular locally; 
weak brought good gat% Faachon 
and Haroo fopm •« ■1 1 0 Jl ipli; 
000. - . ■ 

Liberty (1.900; •f#-8S). ^e 
Strong Man" (F. N.). Comedy is 
rioi but looaUtiM do not seem to 
take td baby-mad eomadian; poor 
at $6,400. 

Rivoli (1.000; 66^60^. "Hard 
Boiled** (Fox). With Waatam Am- 
soclation vaudeville acts, house la 
not hitting the ball; theatrf former- 
ly di l.uxer and avldantly Mit by 
cheaper combMKIitt v iwl^ tf»y 
off at $4,600. 

Majestic (1,000; 50). •«V)kHety^ 
(UFA-F. P.). Holdlnj? own in third 
week; took drop over previous 
weeks; **Nell Gwyn** announced as 
a coming "run" picture. 

Psopta's (936; SO-46). "Fascinat- 
ing Tduth" (P. P.>. 'He-up .with 
dance hall and making movies on 
the stage, with local gsplranta atim- 
ulated; $4,000. 

Blue Mouse (800; 26). "Across the 
Pacific" (Warners). At two-bit 
grind hitting average gate; has 
built up regular quarter trade and 
business usually at aamo weekly 
dip; $2,900. ' 

Columbia (S60: 60). "The Black 
Pirate" (U. A.). Fairbanks picture 
in second week still clicking; 10- 
cent admission increase brought 
extra gate; house has bought fol- 
lowing "run" pictures for the com- 
ing season. "The Circus." "Spar- 
rows," "Four Horsemen." "Flaming 
Frontier," "Pirate," $8,000 and held 
for third we<>k. 

(CopyrisKt, 1926, by Var|a||r, ||ie.) 



nothing and the Saengers have 
slipped "Variety" into the theatre 
this week at 40 cents to bring back 
the house to something approaching 
normal. In other words, they're 
sacrificing $5,000 in first-run poten- 
tial profits to ra-oatabltok a tottor- 
ing house. 

Estimates for Last Week 
State (3,600; 60)-^"Blamey.** Very 
slender picture, doing but $13,800, 
much below the State's average. 

Strand (2,200; 75)~-"It Must Be 
Love"; $4,200. 

Libarty (1,S€0; 60)— "The Quar- 
terback.** Football fans not' very 
loyal. Just $3,700. 

(CopyriflHt, 1S2|, by Varioly, Ifia.) 



' . ' MU>vaukee. Nov. 2. 

If you hear a loud laugh from tha 
middle waot. kaow tbst it to WX^ 
waukaa. 



having the time of their Uvea 
watching the battle for business' in 
tha downtown rialto. They are not. 
only laughing but attohdlag .tho 
shows. Tha grosses for the past 
week say that Milwaukee's theatra 
war, though a silent ona, to.dimvliiS' 
tha eustomera downtown, away 
from tha neighborhood housaa. 
which had^ baao hurting tho 
theatros. 

Dtia to Pantages bringing in hia 
biggest acts for tha Alhambra and 
that theatre playing the best Uni« 
veraal picturea procurable, othsr 
houses, notably the oombinatioot 
vaudeville and movie places, . aro 
strengthening programs. £vah bet* 
ter pictures ara being alMiToi In a^ 
thesjK houses. 

Heretofore wildcat films and Inda* 
pendents were considered aufHcienb. 
to round out the bills, but now only 
"namea** on the stage and screen 
are looked for. 

That the Alhambra has made In*, 
roads Into every branch of theatrf- 
cals here is evidenced by the fact 
that even a burlesque house, Sim*" 
press, is digging deep for Ideaa to 
draw 'them in. The house, with a. 
top of 60c., provides a two-hour 
burlesque, three acts, f eaturo , fllm*- 
serial, two comedies and extra at- 
tractions, including wrestling, coun- 
try fair, shape, shimmy and physical 
culture contests. 

Last week's grosaea gave the Al- 
hambra tha o homNm again with 
$23,500, bftlaglsg Ms w i M o m wooli^o' 
total. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Alhambra— "The Penalty" (U.) 
(3.000; 15-25-35-50). Lon Chaney 
always big here. Thia reissue, with 
Pantages acta ta addition, had their 
end in the draw. $28,500. 

Garden — "Marriage License** 
(Fox) (1.000; 36-60). Dropped oft 
again, not so much due to stiif com- 
petition aa to weakQesa of the pic- 
ture against "namesf ta two w«eka 
previously. Around J$3,900. 

MsJestie—"OevU ^ Horse" fPatbe) 
(1.600; ll-fS-^40). Strong aaooela- 
tion bill given equal break In adver* 
tialng, although picture again fea* 
turoff. SS,100. 

MarrilV-"Three Bad Men" (Fox) 
(1,200; 36-60). Big picture with big 
exploitation packing this theatra^ 
Again banner week, close to $7,200. 

MiUar—"CoUege Boob" (F. B. O.)! 
(1,400; lS-S6-40y. Ahothar eombln- 
ation house making game scrap for 
the business. Though not hittini^ 
top iNrMM dotag irell vndar dlrenm^ 
stances. Around $6,800. 

Strand— "Gay Deceivjar" (M-G-M> 
(1.^00; 16-36-60). Threw ta «ztr» 
picture, Mabel Normand in "Rag- 
gedy Rose" (Pathe). House also an^ 
nouhoad out In noon-tlma parformf 
ance to 15c. for few shoppara aUS. 
lunchers. Around $6,900. 

Wisconsin— "Mismated" <F. N.)" 
(3,500; 25-50-60).- Big stoge show, 
"Opera vs. Jasa," featured abova 
picture, at dai githtly te draw^ 
$18,200. 

Palaco— ^'Clinging Vine" (P. D. C.) 
(2,400; 26-50-76). Orpheum acta 

still main draw here. Best obtain- 
able are being booked. Around 
$21,500. 

(Ca pyrif ht. 1826, by Variety, Ino.)^^ 

FifiM Niitlonal<b rtadl rilm Ea^lf 

It is reported that when "Just 
Herbert" is finished by Fhrst Na« 
tional that it will be the last pro^. 
ductlon to be made thIa year ta thf' 
east by F. N. 



THBATSX BSAOnrvt. 



uM 



POURTH WEEK 

SAMTKL aoLowm 
PreMnta 

nttmt Knro's 

Proda^tfon 

"The Winning of 
Barbara Wfrtk 



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with 
tad roleman 
Vllms Bankr 

Episodic Frvsontation 



1rCD HCNkCL 

AWsowcMtsma 



Wednesday, November 3, 1926 * 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



INGRAM'S FUHL UM CAPITOL; 
ENiaJSiyiADL m RIVOU 



Nearly Everything Fell Off in Dull Last Wedc at 
Kmw York's Big HouMt^fModa Madk Bart 
Showinga— Tarade* CerUin of $1,000,000 !•! Yr. 



ytcturji liouMs was off all along tho 
lino Umt wook. 

Only house that approached any- 
thing like normal was the Capitol, 
where Rex Ingram's "The Magician" 
drew $54.344— not what it should 
have been, in view of tho name of 
the director and tho author and 
their boz-ofSoo drawing pooaiblU- 
tloi. 

Tho Strand, with •'Tho Prince of 

Tempters," held over, failed to get 
above $30,000. Both the Kivoli. with 
T«ndon/' British National picture 
starring Dorothy Qish. and the 
Klalto. with "Kid Boots" and with- 
out Eddie Cantor In person, felt a 
slump. The former got $23,400, 
While the latter played to $17,500. 

At tho Aotor business went up 
last week, and "The Big Parade" is 
l^ow certain of passing $1,000,000 
torn Ha flmt year on Broadway. Last 
week showed $19,871. The little 
Cameo with repertoire got $5,140, 
while at the Central "The Scarlet 
Letter- played to $11,632, showing 
It continued slipping at the box 
office. 

Griffith's "Sorrows of Satan" iki 
having a strong advertising cam- 
paign placed behind it, but last week 
failed to show real returns from it 
at the box office. Gross was $10,118, 
while at the Criterion "Beau Geste" 
experienced tho first drop of its 
run on Broadway when the business 
went off about |tOO, with receipts 
$14,852. 

The two Warner Bros, attractions, 
•^tter 'Ole" at the Colony and 
"I^on Juan" at Warner's, bot;^h hav- 
ing Vitaphono bills In conjunction 
with the Alms, drew big money. 
The former climbed a few dollars, 
setting $88,286, while tho latter 
dropped off somewhat, to $24,230. 

"Ben-Hur," at the Embassy, also 
•uttorod a dropb totting |T,717. 

Last Wook'a Botimaioa 

Aster— "Big Parade" (MG) (1.120; 
|1.10-$2.20) (50th week). Last week 
business went up again here. Now 
certain million-dollar mark will be 
passed for tho flcat year of run. 
Lant week $19,871. 

Cameo — Repertoire (549; 50-75). 
$6,140.75, with daily change of old 
pictures. 

Capitol — "Tho Magician" (MO) 
(6.450; 50-$1.65). Rex Ingram's lajt- 
•st lasted but single week, getting 
$54,344 — couple of thousand better 
than "The Temptress" did on its 
•ecibnd week here. 

Central — "Scarlet Letter" *(MG) 
(922; $1.10-$?.20) (13th week). Took 
another drop last week, going to 
$11,632.75, about $400 under wook 
before. 

Cohan — "Sorrows of Satan" (PP- 
!») (1,111; $1.10-$2.20) (3d week). 
Reflected general slump along 
street, getting $10,118. with some 
fairly good newspaper advertising 
•a it. Looks to pick up some this 
^Oek, and with campaign behind it 
nay. build into fairly strong box- 
ofltco attraction. 

Colony— "The Better 'Ole" and 
Vitaphone (WB) (1.980; $1.65 -$2.20) 
<4th week). Business went up few 
dollars. Matinees are only weak 

roint. night sell out $33,285, lift of 
10 over first full week. 
Criterion — "Beau Geste" (FP-L) 
<812: $1.10-$2.20) (11th week) Lit- 
tle diop last week, business off 
about $300, but Still surprising gross 

of $14,852. 

Emba»«y— "Ben-Hur" (MG) (596; 
$1.10-$2.20) (44th week). About 
$800 drop, but business sufficient to 
keep picture in hou.se to profit Will 
be continued Indeflnltely, and prob- 
ably run well Into second year be- 
fore withdrawn. Got $7,717. 

Rislto—"Kid Boots" (PP-L) (1,- 
§60: 85-50-75-99) (4th week). Final 
week. Run ends Friday night, when 
first performance of "We're in the 
Navy Now" at midnight benefit per- 
fenhance for American Christmas 
fu'hd. Cantor's leaving after two 
weeks felt at box offleo, and gross 
dropped to $17,500. 

Rivoli — "London" (BNP-FP-L) 
(2,300; ff-BO-TS-OO). This British 
National production starriner Doro- 
thy Gish proved distinct disappoint- 
ment as to picture and at box office. 
Last week down to $28,400, $6,000 
under previous week. 

Strand— "Prince of Tempters" 
(Kane-FN) (2,900; 35-50-75). Held 
over for second week without hav- 
ing done business enough first ^eek 



t o - w a j rant it being retained. I^st 
week $29,700, below average of house 
and $5,000 under Its first week. 

Warner's— "Don Juan" and Vita- 
phone (WB) (1.360; $1 65-$2.20) 
(13th week). About $500 drop here 
last week, but buBlaess still strong 
enough to keep picture In until hit- 
ting $10,000 under what it Is now 
doing. Last week. $24,230. 
(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, Inc.) 



EDERLE, AT $1S«000, 
mED' PROVIDENCE 



Weather Againtt Houset— 

Neither 'Sparrows' or 'But? 
falo' Stood Up Last Wk 



Providence, Nov. 2. 
(Drawing Population, 300,000) 

Gertrude Ederle pulled close to 
$15,000 at Fay's last week. That, 
in brief, was the leading reason why 
the first-run movie houses got only 
average business or worse. 

She queued the crowds for over 
half a block from the theatre at 
almost every performance. 

Poor weather for indoor business 
also helped to plunge tho grosses. 
It grew too warm here. Friday and 
Saturday nights were especially bad, 
with the last-of-tho-wook rush to 
see Ederle, a big prizefight on the 
first evening, and tho college popu- 
lation out of to#a for tho Dart- 
mouth football game. 

In addition, and for the first time 
this season, tho vProvidenco Opera 
house actually gave the rest of the 
show shops some real competition 
with Sam H. Harris' "Loose Ends." 
It opened at the Ritz In New York 
last night. Usually the opera house 
is barren. 

"Sparrows" did nothing unusual 
at the Majestic. The Mary Pickford 
picture was a disappointment Con- 
stance Talmadge was liked every- 
where but at the Strand box ofllco 
in "Tho Duchess of Bufiais^^ : 

Last Week's KiHmatss 

Majestic (2.500; 10-40) — "Spar- 
rows" (U. A.) greeted with inverted 
thumbs. Kids, howovor, llkod it 
Average at $6,500. 

Strand (2,200; 15-40) — "Duchess 
of Bufltalo" (1st N) widely admired 
and seemed to lack nothing for ap- 
peal. Competition probably held it 
down. "The Man In the Shadow" 
(Hartford) rather shoddy crusade 
story against circumstantial evi- 
dence. Ordinary at $6,500. 

Rialto (1,448; 15-40)— "Syncopat- 
ing Sue" (1st N), with Corinne 
Griffith, billed with short subjects, 
felt general onus of Bdorlo act. Off 
at $4,000. ^ 

Victory (1,950; 15-40)— "Gay De- 
ceiver" (M-G-M) average, possibly 
suffered mite firom "Don Juan's 
Three Nights" preceding week at 
another house, fairly similar in tone. 
Tsacas Streak^ (U.) good Hoot Gib- 
son stuff, liked by this house's au- 
dieaoea. Barely fair at $6,000* 

This Week 

Majestic. "Prinoo of Tempters"; 

Strand. "Ace of CadO"; "Winning 
WaUop": Rialto, "Baglo of the Sea." 
"Lion Tamer"; Victory, ''Midnight 

Sun." 

(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, ino.) 



TOPEKA OFF ^^NOSTRUM'^ 

Alsa Walked Out on 1^ 
"Paradtsa" 



(Drawing Populationb iiiOOO) 

Topeka, Kans., Nov. 2. 
Week of weak pictures and poor 
business. "Mare Nostrum" at the 

Orpheum was the biggest but 
Topeka never has liked tragedy. 
Despite heavy advertising campaign 
business only moderate. 

Bright spot was "Bo's Tour Old 
Man" at tho Jayhawk last three 
days. Some of the weakness Is 
ascribed to political activities, but 
a Kansas eleetkm Is really a milk 
and water affair. 

Estimate For Last Wesk 

Jsyhswk— (40; 1600); "You'd Be 
Surprised," with home talent pro- 
log, did not surprise. Business fell 
off; Last three days "So's Tour Old 
Man" pulled week's business to 
about $3,100. 

Orpheum— <40; 1200) : **Mare Nos- 
trum," unpopular and went Into 
red despite big advertising. For 
week bare $1,200. 

Cozy— (25; 400); "Footloose Wid- 
ows" only mildly amused. Full week 
approximately $1,000. 

Isis— (25; 700); "ParadlRf;" de- 
clared Sills' worst picture and bu.sl- 
ncj?s about worst B ' liua thgatt^r 
changed back to feature per Week 
policy. $900. 

(Copyright, 1928, by Vsrltty, Inc.) 

FABNUM, ''WESTERN" STAE 

A new series of 12 two-reeled 
"westerns" Is being made with 
Franklyn Farnum as the star. 



Mdfs $46,000 Wilk 
'^VYovOUMao" 

Boston, Not. 2. 

Specials hare been booked into 

two of the legitimate houses. Vita- 

phono and "Don Juan" are at the 

Colonial, opening Fridajr, and last 

night the Tremont opened with 
"Beau Geste." Each scaled at $1.50 
top for the night performances, with 
11 top for mats aad iw« akows a 

VUO. $46,200. 

The Metropolitan and tho State, 
regular big picture houses, con- 
tinued last week to turn in excellent 
business, with waiting lines at each 
house during tho week. It is not 
believed that the arrival of tho two 
new feature pictures will eat into 
the business at these houses as they 
seem to hava a waU««otabUshod 
following. 

Last Week's Balimalsa 
Metropolitan (4.000; 25-50). W. 
C. Field's picture, "So's Tour Old 
Man." packed them in. Bouse also 
carried a Frank Cambria stage ro- 
Tue. 

State (4,000; 25-60).— With *Vlam- 
ing Frontier" and Al Herman's 
Minstrels on stage very fair week. 
(Copyri ght, 1920, by Variet y, Ino.) 

TEMPTERS' $7.01)0 
OUTRIGHT FLOP 
IN FRISCO 



Whitenwn Sent Cidif., 
wMi $25,000, Into LmuI 
for 1st Tiine in Yewrt 

■■ ■ ■ ' "' ■ '" I ■■ ■ ■ ' 

San Francisco, Nov. 2. 

Not a picture of any box office 

strength on the street last week 

with the exception of "Beau Geste." 
pMying to reserved seats at the St 
Francis. The California's big gross 
of around $25,000 was due to Paul 
Whiteman's preseneo. Its screen 
entertainment was "The Silver 
Treasure," a Fox release ^nearly six 
months old. 

The Warfleld had a "cheater" and 
suffered in proportion; down around 
$20,000. The Granada was also in 
the squawk division with "Eagle of 
the Sea" proving to be small excite- 
ment in this seaport 

The second and final week of 
"The Prince of Tempters^ was bru- 
taL It was a starvation week tcfr 
the Imperial, with all efforts to 
prove there was nothtog offensive 
to the picture futile to check a con- 
trary sentiment among Roman 
Catholics, who predonitnata loeally. 

Isltmataa fsr LmI Waak 

California — "Silver Treasure" 
(Fox) (2.200; 35-50-76). First Fox 
pieturo to play outside Pantages in 
months. Just incidental to Paul 
Whiteman'a second and fare- 
well week. Whitomaa practically 
equalled first weelc. with pace to- 
ward end indicating might beat first 
grosik Bettor than $50,000 on fort- 
night Over $25,000 second week. 
Tremendous every way figured and 
first timo this hooso has led strost 
in recent years. 

Granada— "Eagle of tho Sea" (F. 
P.) (2.785; 16-80-61.71). Unezoep- 
tional. Around $20,000. 

Imperial— "Prince of Tempters" 
(F. N.) (1.460; 26-66-66-fO). This 
one out-and-out flop hero. Religious 
angle dangerous and lovemaking 
funny so fSr as Saa nmndsco was 
concerned. Second WOOk; doubtfttl 
if $7,000 reached. 

8t Frar*c?s— "Beau Oeste* (F. P.; 
2nd week) (1.375; 50-$1.50). Pub- 
lix still hopeful of long run, but 
doubtful if pieturo can survive be- 
yond six-week average of town for 
road show l>ioture. No decision on 
Vitaphoiie. supposed to follow. 
"Beau" holding up nicely as third 
week entered. Second week esti- 
mated $15,000. . Matinees suffering, 
mostly women not fiocking to 
"brotherly" love story. 

Warfield — "Don Juan's Three 
Nlght.<' (F. N.) (2.630; 35-50-65- 
76). Town likes Lewis Stone, but 
not like this. Estimated $20,000. 
(Copyright 1926, by Variety, Ino.) 



SAYINa ''STORM'' FOR BARRY 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Is endeav- 
oring to buy the screen rights of the 
Langdon McCormlok play "Tho 
storm" from Joseph M. Schenck. 
Tho latter is reluctant to part with 
the story, as he is flguring on using 
it as a starring vehicle for John 
narr>more. 

With Barrymore having made 
two costume pictures for War- 
ners and now making one for 
United Artists, Schenck teoia a tab 
the type of "The Storm'' would be 
a good one for him* 



HPSTAGT AT CHICAGO. $m 
WITH FIUH BIZ OFF IN LOOP 



Even Paul Asli Slipped $2,000 at Oriental. Only Got 
$47,000— 'HonwDMi' Arm*d Ut% 2d Final 
Week, $12,000— Yitaphone. Good at $28,000 



STANLEY WITH $27,000 
AND FOX DID $20,000 

Grange Film in Small Karlton 
Mutt Have Cost Ptentyf 
Despite Record 



Philadelphia. Not. 8. 
BusinsoB uausiially good la the 
downtown houses last weak, but 

easily the feature was the recep- 
tion given to Red Grange's "One 

Minute to Play." Booked into the 
Karlton, small-oapacity, weekly- 
change house. Grange's picture went 
like wildfire. He played Saturday 
at the Sesqui stadium 4n a "pro" 
game. Result was gross of $6.000 — 
double the house's normal business. 
The picture is being held over. The 
Karlton has a capacity of only about 
1,000 seats. 

Colleen Moore in "It Must Be 
Love** waa the Stanley feature, but 
there Is no doubt that tho added 
attraction, the third "Stanley Frol- 
ic," had a lot to do with the excel- 
lent business. Oross not far undor 
$27,000. 

The Fox might have suffered on 
the heavy picture competition, but 
the rather weak feature. "The Blue 
Eagle," was offset by the big names 
on the surrounding bill. Leo Car- 
riilo won a lot of atts n t|oa, and 
there were others. 

Isllmatos for Last Wook 

Stanley" (4,000; 85-50-75)— •*It 
Must Be Love" (1st N). Colleen 
Moore has gained large following. 
"Frolic" also responsible for waolrs 

success. About $27,000. 

Stanton (1,700; $5-50-75)— "Bhick 
Pirate" (U. A.) (4th wook). flS,OM. 

"Sparrows" this week. 

Aroadia (800; 60)^"Doa Juan*s 
Three NlghtiT (1st N) (1st week). 
Business good, Darrymore's "Don 
Juan" not been shown hers yot 
$8,600. ■ 

Aldlne (1.600; $1.66) — *'Beau 
Geste" (F. P.) (8th week). Business 
steady at $10.26t. Claim of much 
more mada. May stay a«tv jlipil 
December. 

Fox (3.000; 99)— "Tho Blue BaglO" 
(Fox). Picture didn't mean much, 
but surrounding bill, with Leo Car- 
rillo topping, sent g^sa over $20,000. 

KaHton (1.110; 50)— "One Min- 
ute to Play" (F. B. O.) (1st week). 
Real sensation of week In small 
house, easily breaking house record. 
Over $6,000. more than twice usual 
week's average. In football season 
this feature might have stood up 
alono la big theatre. It was in this 
city last year that Grange clinched 
himself on his first eastern appear- 
aneo as tho star player the mid- 
west said he was. 
(CopyH flht, 1>26> by Varie d, It^ 

BUFFALO DISAPPOINTIIEIIT 

Hip Beet at »23,000-Bufyslo . Loow's 
and Lafayolto Off 

BnfEalo^ Not. t. • 
While short of anytht^ Mom* 
bling the unusual, takings at BufTalo 
box offices last week preserved high 
levoL B u s l p s as bottar tbam aver- 
age. 

The card at the Buffalo was gen- 
erally felt to be unsatisfactory with 
the picture, without definite fault, 
simply did not seem to catch the 
public. 

Contrary to expectations. "Stella 
Dallas" at the Lafayette failed to 
get much. Only fair business reg- 
istered. 

Last Week's Estlmatee 

Hip (2.400; 60). Slivertown Cord 
Orchestra and **]>oa Juan's Throe 

Nights" (1st N.). Or^ostra sent 
takings skyrocketing for best week 
house has had In month. |S8,000. 

Buffalo (3.600; 30-40-60). "Men of 
Steel (Ist N.). Welsh Choir and 
Mereor and James. Oood bill, but 
lacked In punch. Business Btsady, 
but short expected. $24,000. 

Lafayette (3,400; 85-50). **8te11a 
Dallas" (M. (I. M.) and vaudeville 
Pict ure o ccupif'd center with vaude 
out of advmistng an d r unni n g Itnc- 
up. GroHn for from satisfactory. Ks- 
timatcd $17,000. 

Loew'e (3,400; 35-50). "Flaming 
Frontier" (U.) and vaude. Dropped 
into also-ran class in.st w<'ek. De- 
spite much additional exploitation 
with several tie-ups, qnlot at $18.- 

000. 

(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, Inc.) 



Chicago, Not. S.^ 

Traditional week-before-electloa 
was much In evidence at picture 
and legit theatres. Most of tiie film 
houses had not made any prepara- 
tiona to offaot tho customary dropb 
as an average quality of picturoa 
prevailed throughout the loop. 

With its fifth anniversary, tho 
Chicago bettered the previous 
week's gross by several thousands 
through sheer exploitation. The pro- 
gram offered little support for tho 
special occasion. Norma Shearer'a 
name la ''Upstage" being tho only 
come-on In the billing. One of the 
weakest stage shows in months 
didnt help any, M grosi |4i,M*. 
notwithstanding. 

"Kosher Kitty Kelly" at the SUta* 
Lake oouldn't wIthsUnd tho shnnp^ 
giving the houa an under-average 
gross of 119.000 with Orpheum 
vaudoTltla. AU of tho Orphovia 
circuit's houses now carry advertis- 
ing in tho ploturo pages of tho 
dallies, with tiM film foaturod* IMM 
without any real drawa aft 
State-Lake so far. 

ViUphono and "Dom Juan** at 
McVickers dropped a few thousand, 
but made a good showing when 
the general slum9 la consldofod. 

It is the opinion around town 
that tho releaao of "Tho Four 
HorosomoB** was sot for too lata a 
date to get the business expected. 
By tho timo this film got into tho 
Roosotelt praotieally every Valon* 
tlno picture had been played to a 
fraszle throughout tho city. In Ita 
second and last week at tho RooaO« 
velt, "Horsemen" took in $12,000. 
"The Black Phrato," now, preceded 
by heavy advance billing. 

"My Official Wife" got off to a 
good start at tho Orpheum. although 
the papers were unanimoua 
treating it lightly. 

Fourth and final week of "Men of 
Purpose," American Legion film, got 
$7,000. The opening week of this 
film, attended by heavy baUyhoolaf^ 
was a record of $12,000. 

Tho Oriental, Paul Ash's domain, 
donated $2,000 to tho slump, drop- 
ping to $47,000 with "Subway SadlaT* 
in support* 

Esllmatss for Last Week 

Chlcsoo — "Upstage" (M-G-M). 
(4,100; 60-76). Fifth anniversary 
show lined up as weak for special 
occasion; still better than average 
with $45,000. Norma Shearer credit- 
ed with draw. 

MoVIckero— ViUphono-''Don Juan" 
(Warner), (2,600; 60-$2). Barry* 
moro's biaa nocking for als faS 
weeks now; $28,000, good. 

Oriental— "Subway Sadie" (F. N.)« 
(86-€0-7f). FMI Ask dropped %U 
under capacity, ott WOik far 
gent; $47,000. 

Monroo— "Tlia Couiltrr BayaMy* 
(Fox). (978; 6d). LMIIa Wlir Mr- 
age with $4.10f. 

Orphoum ^ my Official VtUtr 
(Warner). (776; 60). Good stsH 
with $10,800; notices not so good. 

Ilandofpli — "Men of Purpose* 
(Veterane* Film Service). (650; 60 ) 
Fourth and closing week. StiU hold 
good with 17.000; Aaiorioaa Logics 
carried on own sales campaign, sell- 
ing tickets at bootha and through 
mall, besldaa at thoatrow 

State- Lake— "Kosher Kitty Kel- 

as oxpiMNk ^nOilsa ^wont ' uaiow 

average with $19,000. Poor loop 
business helped hold it down. State- 
Lake's trouble Seems to boltshylmi 
attitude; trying to pose as picture 
house after eatablishing itself as a 
pop vaudeville theatre. 
(Capyrigli^ liM^ by Varlaly, lno4 



III 



Adi Insured for $750.1 
% & & L MaiafeiBait 



Chicago. Not. !• 

In one of the largest life insur* 
ance deals In Chicago this year, 
Balaban A Katz have completed ar- 
rangements for a 1760,000 policy Ml 
the life of Paul Ash. 

The theatre men have a five- 
contract with their "ace." 



MAJaMONT, FB££ LANCE 
— L os Aagolos , N o y . > . 



Percy Marmont's contract wttk 
P. P.-L . entered into * year ag% 

hnfl expired. 

The actor has Joined the ranks oC 
free lancers. 

Mnrmont made five pictures un« 
(\or tho P. P. contract, the lattsi 



"Man Trap. 



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VARUETY 



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1lf AN»G SEX' AMD 

Under $20,000 at Century- 
Embassy, S11,000» and Mat, 
S89OOO1 Best Showings 



Baltimore. Nov. 2. 
The week brought som«» surprises 
In the lirst-run picture lliioup. 
"Miiuuatest" ut tho HivoU, was 
PMnid luid 4liB't do anytkLos out- 
flaadtec at Ike Imx •Sm^ "The 



Wan las Sex," »l tha Loew-Cr*atury, 
alto failed to stampede t^« fek 

Two houses reported unusual 
b«8teMft. Kmbaasy, with "The 
Quarterback." and the uptown flrst- 
rua Warner JietropoUtan, with 
**Privata Isay Mvrpby." 

Ettimatet for Last Week 

Century — "WuninK Sex" (8,000; 
25-76). Norma .Shearer apparently 
atiti far fruD K e. a«rety im tkla 
town. La8t week her latest ran 
into at iff oppoaitloa and Kuve 
ground. Main damage to matinees 
and 0Kur«d larirely in tbe ffdiieed 
cross. Well under I29.000. 

New— "One Minute to Play" <1»- 
800; 25-50). Well advertised and 
started oil welt but slewed up 
greatlr. Only ftfer at aboot 

E m b a 8 s y — "The Quarterback" 
0.4M; 3»-C0K Drew wel) wilb ex- 
ceptioA ef BatMrday Mtlnee. 



Around $11,000. ♦ 

Waraar-Met.— "Privaie Isay Mur- 
pky^ 0.att: OmoM bet for 

racial reasons. Outstantftn* week in 
spite 9t opi^oMtitn. About $8,000. 

H t p»edrome — *'M«nry Oavattcr'" 
and vaud (2J!00; 2&>40). Show gtn- 
erally liked but buaineaa followed 
grenera) trend and eft. Afe«K l^.&M. 



1&-85). House la now running on 
strletly sec«Ml-nHi poUcy wklli top 
sealed jtoura to 9itk Oppaalllttt to 
Boulevard, another 24*nMi house In 
the north-central sectlMk Latter en 
sylft week polity. M te wJ^^t 
I3.M0. 

Garden — "The Bhte Eagle" and 
vaude (2,8««; 25-50). Strong vaude 
bill aided and publicity heavily ex- 
ploited "Bltie Eagle." Malntahaed 
three- w cek Skverac^ when general 
tread 



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lanyBOQ ^^SPECIAL^ 

F. F. rtleaaing '^tark Lave," Flus, 

Show 

Nov. S. 

*nWark X«va'* a stsry of the Ksilli 

tucky mountains made for Famous 
Players-Laaky by Carl Brown at a 
coat e€ areuad la C«l«« to 

bs reltaaid as a *%psclal.'' It Is 
ahaed far loai^ leeilll tlia iMf'Sit* 
ie& 

Whh each print el the piciure a 
lecturer ' will be carried, who will 
converse ah tl vrnwinds. 

"The Big Parade" is generally 
construed, as having b^n one of tbe 
chespesc *1ipS6la1iir* ever timMri 
at a eost sf around tttM tfc^ 



PaiKC» $18iSO0> Neariy 
Doidifed Any Otter Hmise 

Washiarton, Nov. 2. 
(miisttd White Poputstioiu 380^- 

ooe> 

Sverxthinr was scain the Palace. 
The combination ef Rnhiioe'. Wee 

WllKe Robyn and **The Temptress" 
proved too mneh for t)M^ elher down- 
town hoQsea '■•■r::->>-'r„v 

Rubinoir^ hisclK to fhr a repeat, 
scored even tnsre emphntieal^, if 
possible, thsit «a pvelviMs visile 
while Robyn. tsa eewMlai sab* 
fftantfaUv to the draw* 

Con t roversy ever the «a re- 
ported elsewhere, did not develop 
here» the picture cettlac splendid 
notwas' as wen as - 
getter. 

Last Week*a Cslimatea 

Cr^fcumhia — Maiy Piehtard lo 
^' g ^a ri s wa '^ 411. <UMa; SMS) 
IMsappeinted en flrst weeh with t 
SlLtatw hence I6.3«« of second week [ 
not nnexpectea. 

Meirepolitan— "Gii^h>" (P. XI C) 
Art lAndr^'a Orchestra i%JfAA\ 
40-60). Not op to ' pMvtias wsSh; 
about 

PahKe— The Temptre«wr' tC. M- 
G) and RubineC also Wee WilUe 
Robyn. (2^39«; 3S-M>. Rise in tern- 
pesatare givlns town almost sua»- 
mer heat cut aheri tadicaUions et 
early part of week, for record 
breaker. Went te ftasot. however. 

iUal«e->*'Miani«rht Sun** CUJk (1,- 
STS: S&-5a>. Jieus<» tn. ''dunaia'' 
RenMieRllna wtiii incident In instnl- 
lation of sta«i hShMT seiM. liSS* 
week IS.1ML 

Thn W. C. Rnndv' innnsaftlan at 
the eoVared uptown Lhtcehi is not 
ent as hnpne Isff. 

V tn 



Crawfords at Paramoiut 

Chicago,. Nov. 2. 

Mr., and Mra Jesse C^rawfora wttl 
leave fhr New Tortt after Cmw« 
ioira stasss si the Chisagn Nov^ ll» 
They are to be featured at the 
organ In the new Panuanaat thea«« 
Ire. ^ • 



. Los AP < > >eH N9V. t., 
Bmaeia has hsea seleetsd 

by F. B, O. for the Feed in "Mother;* 
Kathleen Norrisf widely read stoiy. 
Ne dhreeter or snppertlBg cast an* 




•ft 



Pan! Ash' 
Thie Weelr 



Columbia^ 
cent'*': Met 
Paifci.ce. •*War 
lajr Ftonttea" 
(Cbpyrlaf^ 



Kscalfl- 
aon" 




EMcfaell Picture 

Loe Angeles, Nov. t. 
]Mia-€to)awYn>]ktaser 



final 

Kelly, 
Haines. 

It in an osiginnl sSory sd hanebaU 



raRb jack 

NORTH 

Tbe Bwdun Baatbkster 



•f-.i. 



NOW 

STRAND. NEW YORK 




Direction WM. WORRfS 



fMAT pwuLAM smoHH: CCmBUAft 

HENRY FINK 



Have Jaat ISsasd Witk FUrCHOU smI KAMO to le Pmtwei^ 



Rent Wkat tb Lk IkaM' M H S^: 



pie 



antl Mjuraa lMli«v« thsp haiw scorv^ an«tiMr 
sicnina Hearr vuau ttua aopelar alaciag .... 
thie week at Loew'a atafte TaeaSrsw Aad I S s i i ev e aa too; tw 
he m a rval — laiasa, wtth a rMt veraimaBtx* wlthMU the eld 
et a er aMMMiue aMke-an. Vtaa wkie dnens veer 

aaat« la med. t» la^ mt. m» hae a woaSwftf pe i staa iai , and 
•vavythime be aaid or aid »e«MS te «IMi fli*oni aiavt te teish. 
He works fast anil clean; haa aa exceptional alBslJie voioo fer 
a •«>iviedian. Wken fte Mins a balLud aJt tlie cloM •£ bia act 
thaw <4ooTn«il to Iht a tear in (>v«ry note. 

••I i>«r.swittlly havo n<»r«r eti|oy«»d an act a«ywh»»r» am I dM 
BSnry Fink Ut0t nlsht: aad. iudflring tioaa the appiaaite and 
«*B(Mti.-Cfi he rnceivud from tho audl«nc«>, he waa wlutt, I aalelU 
laraer aa owr-nt^ht sensation. 

"VoteoaM to AiinUMo. Mr. Fiuk! Wa aeed. stoer asia 
liko ro«. ABd« X Miflh% add. Pancbom and 
itu4*tod toe hoiae Mch goo^ pkobora." 




VMal 

In Care Of 

FANCHON A MARCO 

TU FINEST People 1 Have Ever Worked For 



W^dimdigr, Novmbcr J, 1926 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



V / ; , i i > i 



AMUSEMENT STOCKS WAHING 

ICnON DEVEL0PMEN1S 




All Ittuet Molioidett in Dull Market — ^Loew Main- 
teiM Good Lavn Following Declaration ol $1 
Emtf Prt i i o Otf to Now Up^ 



Traders »canne(S Monday'* market 
In vain for «om« forecast ot a ten- 
dency elth»r ti9 or dowii. Tht Upe 
no hint. Ttiere was a mild 
rally In the la«t hour, but it dldnt 
go far enoui^h to mean anythlnir In 
A tuU MMrtMi that faiM ta raadi 
tha minion -share m^rk. 

Frahably Ix>ew gara the beat avt- 
danfta oC armaese. With the an> 
tiatmoamattt »iHng avt last 
of tha daclaratlon of It on the 
quarter, It was to be aTi>ected that 
there would be liquidation. No evi- 
danoa at aaytlite af the aart 
out. The stock heM to the level of 
44 about midway at its narrow 
tradint; area. 



The action of the dlreclom in 
voting tha extra dlatrlbutkm had 
baaa forecast with all oartahitT and 
disooaatai. *Uoarever. it to usuaI 
in developments of this kind for 
traders la close oat speculative 
llnaa wHm tiM road nawa to a«t. 
tn the case ot I^ew's a atronc paol 
which is supposed to have pUtns for 
the lone IHiU abaorbed all ofterine^s 
tar tha turn. ■ 

Famaus Players got into ntthet- 
low cround at 122H Monda»% but 
recovered to 114 at the close. This 
ta ka Ma pPiBMit aaototance 
point durinc a vacUlalini: market 
such as has been the rule for more 
than a fortnight. 



tm many qaartera tha faitiira at 
the amusement atoeks to do any- 
thing, had been attributed to the 
pendancy ot election. Out of yes- 
terday*a rsaatta at tha Mto It to ex- 
pected market opinion will evolve 
some more definite outlook. Brokor- 
asa aplnion waa osixad aa to which 




Monday was tha Itth day of the 
y«ar, with h imavar tmiar « mil* 
\km MhaMik Vhto taaalto thai tha 
ataslaa httera tha taat » r a atdaatlal 

eleotlaii turned over almost exactly 
the same total, around 9M.004, 
while the Wednesday after election, 
IIH 



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Kasliaan K«^k 
V^moua Player*- 

Do,, iwcf . iR^ ,■••■,•>««•••«•,« 
rirot Nmt'l. lac i>r»r. f|k44).... 
>>Mt riUn cimm A («>...«.....• 
lf-0*M.. rrrt. <1.M) 

Pict. Caattst (1. 

orpiiMim nn . . . . 

lUilH^ Kxch. c\^mm A <S> 

Shub^rt T>«»atr.';. {!>) 

Vfiiv. Pjct. 1« 1 r»f . iB^.. 
WaiMr Bros, claiia A.... »•»«.» 

cult* 

Jf^aiailBSn Scat, r.ew (tl. ....... 

XW.. «um. i»rpr. <s> 

Balab&n A. Kals . . ...*f «*•• 

ViliM Intp^t 

f>>x Tfc«itr«, cUn A. *>»«.«««. 
lieiv. Pict •..•.«••..«•..•* *• • 

BONDS 
B. ir. Keitii (i!;xcSaiia*) 

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ti>« 

is 

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2S% 
«7% 



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MUESrONE IS REHISED 
WABNEK INJUNOION 



Court Virtually Says Director. 
Did Not Come to Equity 
with 'Claan Hands' 




Xioa Aacalea, Nor. t: 

IfOtlis Milestone, picture director, 
has been denied an Injunction to 
restrain Warner Brothers from no- 
tifying other picture prodiieara and 
exhibitors that ha still to consid- 
ered under contract to them, by 
U. S. DiMtt-ict Court Judge S. J. 
Henaihg. 

In hto opiniaa, Jadga Henalhg 
said: 

''Milestone doca not occupy that 
place which equity reasoned a 
plaiatUt must occupy In order ta 
have a writ of temporary Injunction 
before trial ot an actlan. Milestone 
was under contract with Warner 
Brathars and for aome re4tson did 
not keep up to It.^ terms. Ho was 
sued for breach of contract in Su- 
perior Court aad oaataaaad Judg* 
roent in the amount of |300,00f 
which hia empioyara naught trow 
him as damages. 

**Than he Med a patlttoa la bank* 
ruptey. scheduling tli** Judgment as 
one of his liabilities. According to 
the application tor a temporary in* 
Junotlon mad by Mllaatone. It waa 
after thto accurt^ence that Warner 
Brothers corporation sent out a cir- 
cular letter informing other pro- 
ducers at MMtion plotureathat MUa* 
stone was atlU considered to be 
under contract with them and that 
if ihay employed him legal action 
would result.** 

Mileetone had been loaned by 
Warner Brothers to the Harold 
Lloyd corporation at a salary at 
$l.lit a weak, whito thay vara »ar> 
Ing him |40a. After tha Uoyd pte* 
turn was about three weeks under 
way. Milestone, upon hto attomay'a 
odvla% wanted aut. ntoftog that 
Warners had broken thair contract 
with him by not paying him his 
salary personally and iaatoting that 
ha aoUaat It at tha aaahtor'i 
at Warner Brothara Studtoa, 
he was working two aMIaa away at 
the Lloyd studios. 

M lto ato^s wm aat aadtotvar «a 
octain more work in Amerloa. Ha 
is planning to loave ittxt week for 
Kuropo whers he wiU remain for 
tour yeara or Mttt aaih jirtid 
the Waniarj ototm ha waa undar 
ocntract. 

It to undarMoad Mtkuiona is llg* 
wiing ap dlMatlag Ibr 0FA In Mil 



Topdj and Em* for Uo Ao| 
Bo MerrttTs Scanario 

XiOa Aagatos. Nov. 2. 
Tha Duncan 81ster« have Mlgnad 
a contract with Joseph M. Sch^nck 
to make "Topsy and Eva'* for 
United Arttots. This contract to 
aald to be contingent on Hchcnck 
securing from First National the 
screen rights to the picture. It to 
undaratoad ha had dona ao. Tha 
latter orprantzatlon bought the pic- 
ture rlKhts six months affo from 
aKcnta of the Duncan Sisters, with* 
out getting th^aenrlcas ot the tot<- 
tcr for It at tA time. 

niunchc Merrill has been brought 
in to make the screen adaptation 
of the story. Tha Duncan Qirta 
w*»ro unnt»l<» to a»{re« on the treat- 
ment of the story with the First 
National ofllbtote and no contract 
was signed. 



Tom Persons Agui h MP. 



Los Angalta, Nov. t. 

Tom Persona, a pioneer film pra* 
duoer in Hollywood, has returned 
here to again engage in screen pro- 
duction. 

Persona photographed water 
scenes for "Monte Cristo" here In 
IHt. and helped organise the first 
pidiira compahy a« tha Paalta 



ni£N£ RICH IN *'£XP£RI£NCS" 



Los AngeleH. Nov. 2. 
Irene Rich has been au^igned by 
Warner Broa. to tha lead In "Doa't 

Tell the Wife." 

It In an adaptation of Hardou's 
"Cyprlonne." I'aul Stein will di- 
rect. 



Opposite Lsngdon 



l/os AriKcles. Nov. 27 
Alma Bennett has the principal 
feminine role oppaatta Harry Lanf* 

don in "Long I'anls." 

Cladyn Rroekwell and Al Rosopa 
are also in the cast. 



'1 




VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wediietday, November 3, 1926 



F. P-'S STRONG STAFF 
OF SCENARIO WRITERS 



€«hiilb6rg Built It Up— Two 
More Added— Una 

List of Names 



Los AngelM. Nov. S. 

Famous Players-Liasky has the 
itroBtMt mad largMt M«iutrlo writ- 
fng staff of any picture organization 
on the West Coast fiver slnca B. 
P. SchulberiT became tli« taMeutlv* 
iMAd of tho studios here he has 
been adding the best writers ob- 
tainable to his staff. He also re- 
cruited from the ranks of studio 
Mi^losrees in other eapaoitleo two 
writers who have registered among 
those who appear as part of the 
Imlts which made the 10 best pic- 
turoo thla year. They are Iioulse 
Long, former chief film cutter who 
did the original script of "The 
Campus Flirt." with Lloyd Corrlgan 
end Ethel Dohorty, who began as a 
•erlpt clerk and participated In the 
writing of "Behind the Front" and 
^Mantrap/* 

WitiilB the past month there have 
been over 12 new additions to the 
Staff. They include Samuel Hop- 
kiiia AdamSp Mwta Jiiatiis Mayor. 
Bernard Vorhaua and Jessie Bums, 
Doris Anderson and Gladys Unger. 
Among the other writers doing their 
eiiores at tlM Hellyweod atudto aro 
Theodore Benedek, Harry Carr, Jack 
Casey, Lloyd Corrlgan. O. C. Drom- 
Cold, Dorothy Egan, Alice Byton. 
Mniy FMak% OHftrioe Vtoftlttiaan. 
Jules FurthmaiM, W^BdheiB CHttons, 
John F. Goodrich. Elinor Olyn, Tom 
J« Geraghty, Herman Hagerdom, 
Cart Barbangh, Leeloii Hubbard. 
Earl Bouche, Alfred Hustwlck, 
Joseph Jackson. Jullen Josephson, 
Robert N. Lee, Louis Lighten, Hope 
liartBfft R Boars Lobs. If as Ifarein, 
lolm McDermott, Norman McLeod, 
Reginald Morris. Herman Mankle- 
Wics, Erich Pommer, Lojas Biro, 
A|ieo PoUoek, Thoodoro Shaiia, Wil- 
liam Shea, E. Lloyd Sheldon, Geof- 
frey Shurlock, B. M. Somlyo, Keen 
Thompson, Robert N. Lee, Hector 
Tumbull, Dfacfe WOson and Fetlz 

Most of these writers are working 
on the stories which are to com- 
Irtsto thm ItN-ST riliass scl\odiila. 

Marshal McCarthy Sdk 
S500.000 m life losarance 

Former U. B. Marshal Thomas 
HsCSrtby, always popular and a 

mixer with show people^ has Insured 
the lives of Bob Vernon and Lupino 
Lane to the amount of $600,000, with 
JQducatlonal Films tho bonefleiary 
Tho picture distributor's desire is to 
protect its Investments for tho stars' 
productions. 

liaMbel McCarthy Is aeUvsly on- 
gaged in selling life Insurance. He 
is the vice-president of John A. 
Eckert & Co., 80 John street. New 
Toffli, a largo eonoem dsirotlBji eon 
siderable attention to tbs MVttsn 
p^oturs .j^ii^ur^n^s yfilA^^ 

N. Y. toL.A 

Herman Robblsp 
Marcus Loew 
Jack Raymond 
Henry McMahoe * 

Chas. McCarthy 
Virginia Lee Corbin. 

Moeta Ben. 

Walter Wanger. 
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Jannlngs. 
.Eric Pommer. 
Manrlts «ti1fir. 

Marion Davies. 
Carl Lacmnilc. 
Carl Lacmmle, Jr. 



Hairard^ ButiiMMCaiine 

Requests Wolf to Speak 

Boston, Nov. S. 
M. K. Wolf, fssldoat manager for 

Metro-Qoldwyn- Mayer Pictures, has 
been requested by tho Dosji of tho 
Graduate School sC Bosleias Ad- 
BUtnlstration of Harvard University 
to CO*operate to the extent of meet- 
lag with the sales class in tho new 
oourso on 'Tbo BusIboss 9€ tbo 
Theatre.** 

Mr. Wolf is to familiarize the 
class with the distribution of mo- 
tion pieturos. 



UFA Pkiyer Engaged 

Tbs latost of tho UFA pleturo 

playing colony to sign over hero Is 
Willy Frltsch, engaged by Joseph 
Schonck for a new United Axtisu 
picture. 

Mr. Frltsch was 
In "The WalU Dream.** 



Ashor Unit Buslnoss Msnsgop 

Irving Asnor has hoon appointed 

a unit business manager for Fa- 
mous Payers-Lasky Studios. He 
held a similar position with First 
National urban 9. F. 
a prodttosr there. 



Tlioe# 2 IfwpweeiMae 

G«l Out lUallo Times' 



Tbose tw<s lii e pi sss lb lo pnb- 
UeltF bsnni% l4Mly an« Mo- 
Inemey, at tbo Rlalto^ No^ 
York, slipped otw another of 
their nifty aowspaper stunts 
last Bigbt wben tlMy flooded 
the town from i4th street to 
Washington Heights, and from 
Id avenue to Riverside Drive 
fHIb mjm eeplsa eC the 
Hialto TUnes," saado to ap- 
pear similar to the *T>ally 
News," with the scare-head 
««BUth Wtawi" 

The paper was gotten out 
as an advertising stunt for 
''We're In the Navy Now," 
openint «t the Rlalte aatar- 
day. 

This Is the same team that 
nooded the theatrical district 
with hnltatlen eep i s s eC "^a-' 
riety** for the opening of the 
ploture ef the same title. 



daiide QilliB«wmtsr fer "Varbed 
Wlrob- Pete ltagif> MKt for 7. P. 



KariDaM'a WifeDeaerted 
Befofe Hia Ttoad^ Hit 



Angeles. N«r. 1. 

A dtvevoe waa gmnted Kart Dana, 
-sum" of *The Big Parade," from 
Bmma J. DnM^ m tha gronnd ef 
desertion. \ 

flto aUeged his wife left him to 
1124, while bo was working as a 
carpenter, and before be entered 
piotureSi 

3 New Scenarists 

Los Angeles, Nov. S. 

Metro -Gold wyn- Mayer has added 
three new scenario writers to its 
staff— 8ada Cowan, who Is tn do 
one adaptation for Irving^ Thalberg; 
Paul Bern, assigned to the next 
story King Vldor wiU direct, and 
Bentrlea Van, who is tn werk on- 
der iha dte aa t idn aC Bmr Em! 

Soreen *'Qertte's Qsrter* 

Los Angeles, Nov. S. 
«HHttlnc Gertie's Garter," Wilson 
Colllson's stage play of the bed- 
room variety, will be filmed by 
Metropolitan, with Mario Provost 
In the lsa4ln« role, m Mig|» ai»- 
per wHI direet 



MARINES' GUARD DUTY 
MIPS UP mARAfiUA' 



Xion Angeiea, Nov. S. 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has halt* 
ed the production of "Nicaragua," 
to have been the second Col. Tim 
MoCoy ^lotnra. Thin waa brought 
about by the U. 8. Marines, who 
were to have furnished the back- 
ground, being called on railroad 
and man proteotlon duty. ' 

M-G-M had Invested about |40.« 
000 In preparation on the story. 
Besides MoCoy, SUleen Pringle and 
Matbllde Oortont were engaged. 

W. S. VjanDyke, director, is now 
working on a story based on the 
American Revolution. It is expect- 
ed the atory wlU be in ahape about 
Nov. 15. when mroduotlon will be* 
gin, with the company possibly go* 
ing on loca^on In the middle west* 
It Is Intended to make "NIeara* 
gua" when the Marines return to 
their headquarters at San ilMbliK^ - 



I 



Richard Rosson directing "Blonde 
or Brunette,'* changed from *'An 
Angel Passes," and ntarring Adolpho 
Meftjoii for F. P. 



JteM Meredith Deserted 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
Bess Meredith, scenario writer. In 
filvate life Mrs. Wilfred Lucas, was 
granted a divorce on the ground of 
desertion by Superior Judge Hol- 
ler. N 

. Miss Meredith told the court that 
following a trip to JBurope In 1124 

•Lucas wrote he no longer loved her, 
and when she returned from abroad 
he failed to resume marital rela- 
tions. 

Kathleen Key, screen actress. 
Ratified fo^ the plalntUf. 

Lilffan Wafker^i ahort Romaiioe 

Lillian Walker, motion picture 
star, opened In vaudeville last week 
at, a K-A house In a dramatic 
'illc4teli ontltled' tiewns" by Wll- 
llsk MbdHrEr, Tlweo podple In sup- 
pwi. 




PTCT'U'R'E'S 



VARIETY 



11 



ItlLE WRIIER'S mUS 
BUT NO SCREEN CREDIT 



Al Boasboag Borrowed by 
f . P. to Re-Title 'Navy' Film 
Pr#vkMis Writers on It 



Lrf>a An««l6«, Not. t. 

Six different title writem were 
tuied by F. P. Jm to accomplish the 
tltUoff oC '^Wo'r* in the Navy." 
AfUr an of th«r tlltos woro toaltti 
over, P. B. O. was asked to loan 
Famous ita crack title vprriterc Al. 
Boasb•ri^ ■ 

' This they 414 aikl BdatfbOrff'iMiAo 

practically a tiew set of titles and 
the ones which will be used in the 
picturo when released. 

As contracts had been made with 
the other title writers providing 
•creen credit for their work on this 
9letiM Boalberre name wiU not 

OR tlM 



Warners* production will start 
•hortly on "Dorft Tell the Wife." 
adaptation of Sardou's "Cyprlemie.** 
Paul Ludwig Stein directs. 



Soulh Wales Tax 25% 

Washington, Nov. t. 
The New South Wales tax on 
ploture profits wni be assissid at 

the rate of five shillings to IS for 
the year ended June SO. 1925. ac- 
cording to a cable lo the Depart- 
ment of Commerce ftrou ComflMir- 
cial Attache B. G. Babbitt. l^dBey. 
It equals 25 per cent, 

TOUHO COOGAN S BOUTINE 

Lbs Angeles. Nor. S. 
Jackie Coogan has entered Urban 
Military Academy boarding school, 
where, in compliance with regula- 
tloa4 the juvenile star to now mak- 
ing his own beds and shlniim, Ills 
shoes. Jackie is 12 yenrs old. 
He lately was accepted into the 



A yRTXTlTl nCTURE 

with Raquel Meller again back in 
New York for her second stage ap- 
pearance, a Mm Wkteh she made 
some time ago; entitled "For Her 
People," is now being oOereA to 
New York exhibitors. 

Tho Capital Film BadMaio Is 
handling the diHtribution. an inde- 
pendent concern headed b]r.|Ierman 
Gluckman. 



Gene Towne, Title Writer 
Givm S-Ymt Cenlrael 

X«o« Angel—, Nov. 1. 

Gene Towne, 22-year-old gag man 
and title writer whom First Na- 
tional brought here from New York 
on a three-moath trial at tii4 end 
of his third week was given a five- 
year contract by M. C. Levee* ex- 
ecutive head of the studio. 

Towne proved himself by titling a 
feature picture in one -day and hav* 
ing all of the titles accepted. 

GUUCX'S 1ST COAST TRIP 

Paul Gulick, publicity director for 
Universal, left for Vnlversal City 

Saturday to confer with studio 
heads on production plans for the 
coming season. This is Gulick's first 
trip to the coast In IS years, which 
is the length of time hn has been 
with UniversaL Ho will roniala a 
month. 



Hermand's Crook Play 

Lios Angeles. Nov. 2. 
Mabel 'Normand will be featured 
to a orodk by Hal JtoiMi. «r|lh 
Crelglitmi liiiriMr » t» Wi H e 

her. 

Leo McCarey will direct. 



Lloyd Hamiltons Part 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Ethel Hamilton has Just been 
awarded a divorce from Lloyd 
Hamilton, scif < n comedian, after 11 
years of wod(N ii life, by Judge I.«ee 
Stei^hens in Uie Superior Court 
hers. The suit set up desertion as 
grounds tov the plea. 

Hamilton m.-ido a settlement of 
$15,000, the Hamilton home and ali- 
mony of f 100 a week as lung as his 
es*wlfe remHins 



Lum u wuxm xarkiimi 

Los AhgolOs, lifor. I. 

I^ura La IMante. screen star, and 
William Selter, director, both under 
contract to Universal, will be mar- 
ried here Nqv. 14 in the Hollywood 

CongregHtional Church. 

The couple will take a two weeks' 
honeymoon. .;■ V;"/::^' ,;"': ; 

Leonird Directing Paree 

I«os Angeles, Nov. 2. 

"His I^ast Affair" is the new name 
for "After Ail," which Robert Z. 
Leonard will dtreei for M. O; 

It is an original Frencli farce by 
F. Hugh tierbert a^ut JPloroiice 
Ryersou. 



■ S. ^. 




FILM PRODUCERS PUT 
UeUQH UP TO lUlYS 



A. M. P. P. Survey — Member* 
Say They Abide by 
Hays' OaciskHi 



lies Angeles, Nov. 2. 
A spsiBlftt meeting oC the Associa* 
Ubtk Pksturo Producers 

sunroy 

of tho aiiiMi M to wbother they 

had boon appro;ioTuMl by any union 
olllclalsi regarding the reprisal meas-, 
ures that four International the* 
atrical unions threatened to take 
against theatre owT\ers interested 
in the production of pictures in 
California unless the producers 
unionUed -tkolr slwtlos 100 percent 
by Dec. 1. 

None of the producers here ad- 
mittea having been approached and 
all stated they would abide by any 
action Will 11. Hays takes. They 
ail seemed to feel that it was en- 
Ms affair aad that ho had 
suflftcient data available on the mat- 
ter as to iprorfcing eondiUons on the 
coast. . 

Hko giest regular meeting of the 
Association will be held Nor. 10, at 
which time the proposition of or- 
ganizing a new booking oflSce for 
prinelpal players wHi bo taken «p. 
Fred W. Beetson, secretary and 
treasurer of the A. M. P. P.. is out- 
lining a plan of operation which be 
figures mombors of the association 
wUl endorse so that the new book- 
ing ofiice can begin to funetian 
about Jan. 1. - 



Loa Angeles, Nor. t. 
HMrorsil. geoor^ng to reports Is 
prepared to speiUl a largo amount 

on the next four starring vehicles 
in which Mary Phiibln is to appear. 
Tho organisation has flfiired out 
that it must have an ootstandlng 
feminine star and is groomfa^ Ifisa 
Phiibln for that position. 

The first production Is .to be 'Xiea 
Lyon" from the story by BrodjT, 
scheduled to get under way Nov. 15. 
This -picture was listed to start 
about twb months ago» but held up 
on account of story -treatment. 
Though no director has been se« 
lected it is understood that £d* 
ward Bloman will handle the mega- 
phone. 

The next will be a super-Jewel 
on the Shakespearean play, "Romeo 
and Juliet." After that will come 
Victor Hugo's 'Thm Man Who 
Laughs" and then the. Bdna ForbMT 
story "The Show Boat." 

It is expected that when the lat- 
ter picture Is made a good portion 
of the Mississippi river boat shots 
which Harry Pollard does not use 
in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" will be 
emplored. * ; 



S. Taylor Leaveg M.-G«-M. 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
• 8am Vaylor Hao gs^mrod hto eon* 

nectlons as a director wIthM.-O.-M. 

Taylor came to the studio Inst 
March to make "Exit Laughingly." 
Beatrice Llllle's starring film. ^ It 
to<*k him eight months to get th« 
picture out of the way. Workirrg 
on a flat compensation, he did not 
feel like remalnUur oil the samo 
plan any more. 

It is understood be will join Fa- 
mous Flayers-Lanky. 

Taylor, before going to M.-O.-M., 
had directed Harold Llos^d In all of 
his pictures for Pathe. 

Taylor Is negotiating to dtarect 
Mary Pickford In her next vehicle 
for United Artists. Work Is now 
going on for the story, with shoot- 
ing ezpeetod to start br the end of 
thin month. *. 



'"GMle^ al Fomm 

Los Angeles, Nov. t. 

John P. Goring has booked "Beau 
Oeste" to follow •The Winning of 
Barbara Worth" at the Forum. Tl»e 
picture will open at that house 
early In Diecembef. 

Kdward Olmstead.of the exploita- 
tion department, comes on from 
New York to handle the pictsiro. 




Los Angeles,. Nov. 2. 

Jobyna Ralston, screen actress, 
has announced hor engagement to 
Richard Arlen, screen actor, under 
(ontraci to Famous Players-Luskf* 

They will marry in January. 



IS 



VAKIBTY 



LITERATI 



M«e{«dd«ii't N«w 

Itacfadden PubUentipiif* Ine., 
pal^telim 9f tb* Graphic and a 
miiitiar of magaslnM, bava bought 
a buliatnff covering an entire block 
firont on Hudson street in the 
Greenwich Village section for the 
centralization of their interests. 
The company is reported to have 
paM 11^500,000 for the building, on 
Trinity Corporation land, and has 
arran^red to pay a net annual rental 
of $30,000 or $2,520,000 for the 
period of 84 years. 

Tho Graphic office will move up 
to this new building from 25 City 
Hall place and tbe ofllcea in the 
Macfa<!^den building on Broadway 
.Will ba abif ted downtown. 



vioue, but Turner's contentloa Is 
that it is only *'vlle." 



Theatrical Columnist 
*TootIight8" is a new daily col- 
umn in the St. Louis "Times/* It 
is anonymously written by **The 
Prompter" and is composed of per- 
sonalities about the house man- 
agers, press agents, ^t aL« Jibout 
the city. 



O«\0. Metntyre's Income 

About 11 years ago when Odd 
Mclntyre reached New York, he 
secured a $35 job reporting on the 
>ih^ing Mail," then under the di- 
rection of Henry L. Stoddard. Kot 
BO long afterward the $35 reporter 
was dismissed as an incompetent 
Ifaff^ litMrly and after Stoddard 
had leased his "Mail" (to have it 
come back to him) the "Evening 
Mail" disappeared in on^ of the late 
Frank Munsey's buys. 

O. O. Mclntyre meanwhile re- 
mained in New York. The other 
day he renewed a three-year con- 
tract with the McNaugbt Syndicate 
that is said to guarantee the most 
famous columnist $1,600 weekly 
with a percentage based on a slid- 
'tng ' teale of tbe gross proceeds of 
his syndication. Additionally Mc- 
lntyre is contracted to deliver ar- 
ticles to five magazines, including 
tw# itf ilia Hearst group. 

Mr. Mclntyre leaves shortly for 
an extensive trip which will take 
him to old Mexico and over the far 
W SS C . He will return to New York 
In time to make his usual European 
sai^iaf ^Ata. around Jan« 4. - 

'"0^1 Oalortd llawsprlnt 

An of the bulldog' editions of New 

York morning newspapers formerly 
printed on colored paper, are now 
being issued on regular white news- 
print The "News" and the "Mhr- 
Jrof** experimented with all colors 
irtlUt tb« night edition of the 
"AtBerlcan** was peacb cttlor. It has 
not yet been decided whether the 
night editions of these, morning 
papers will continue to he pripted 
m MfQlitkm paper perttianaiitly. 



Fay Compton's Memoirs 

Fay Compton, English actress, 
has written a book of memoirs 
titled "Rosemary." Alston Rivers, 
London, will publish. Her brother, 
Compton Mackenzie, novelist, is 
writing an introduction. Miss 
Comptoa** father waa Bdiravd 
Compton, a noted actor. 



King Paridonlng Ibanez 
It Is understood a pardon win 

soon be forthcoming from King Al- 
fonso of Spain for Vicente Blasco 
Ibanes. the foremost of Spanish au- 
thors, who Is in exile from bis na* 
tiva country tot seditlotts vttar*' 



ances. Since fleeing Spain, Ibanes 
has been mostly in Paris, with also 
occasional trips to other points. 

Zbaaaa baa BMBtloned the forth- 
coming pardon to friends, with the 
report that tbe King himself inti- 
mated it to mutual acquaintances. 
The Spianisb author is known to 
have a regard for his King, and 
vice versa, but does not like the 
way be lets otbert f«ii tba eouatry. 
and baa Mid so. 



Authors' Rights in Equity 
Universal's free "adaptation" tor 

the films of a circus story, "Span- 
gles," written by Nellie Revell, has 
brought up a point of equity anent 
tba rights of aa author, playwright 
or scenarist in having a creation 
garbled in the adaptation. Miss 
Revell soM kir atory without res- 
ervations. Leah Baird, former film 
star and in private life the wife of 
Fred Beck, producer of "Spangles" 
for U, did tba Boenario. 

Miss R*»vell has consulted her 
personal attorney, William Gross- 
man, of House, Grossman & Vor- 
baus, relative to taking, action to 
prevent the picture's distribution or 
for the elimination of her name as 
author. ^' ■ - 

While an author is concededly not 
a competent oritio of bla own. work, 



thfi question of eqtiSty is involved 
since the use of the author's name 
in connection wltb aaetbar' atory 

may entitle the writer to some pro- 
tection in advertising and billing. 
However, the author should seek 
protection In tba original saM 

contract, it could be said, and not 
after production has been made. 
In the Re veU- Universal case the 

authoress eomplaina of tbe dlitor- 

tiOB of bar story, a not tmusual 

grievance in itself la autbora and 

producers' relations, but this in- 
stance goes beyond the average in 
that much of the original was not 
used, with obaraotara ebangad or 
raplaeed. 



Grierson's Articles 
Famous Players and tbe "Motion 
Picture News" ara going 60-50 for 
a series of articles written by John 
Qrierson, Snglish publicist and so- 
ciologist, appearing in' tba "Newa.** 
Grierson originally came over here 
for the purpose of doing research 
on the public reaction on news- 
papers. Recently, ha found- 4hat tbe 
movies offered an equally interest- 
ing problem and has Just completed 
a nationwide survey of the indus- 
tiry. He has been here nearly two 
yaani updar tba* official sanetion (Of 



Eotlish Editor Greeted 



A tribute dinner was tendered to 
Busiest W. Fredman, editor of tba 
Fttm Henter of London, at tba Bilt« 
more Hotel last week. 

The dinner was sponsored by the 
A M. P. A. so that American ukQ^ 
tion pletttfa prodneing flnns might 
have an opportunity to personallF 
thank the London editor for the 
support he gave American -made 
f lima in England during tba rcoattl 
turbulent agitation against anyttlllV 
except home products. 



the British government and expecta 
to ratuni to bis natlTa baatb abonft 



Just before he died, Henry T. 
Finck, dean of American musio 
critics and for 4S years on tba atatt 
of the New York Evening Post, 
completed his memoirs. Funk A 
Wagnalls will publish them soon. 



Charles Hanson Towne, for years 
of ..the, American Play Co,, tells ^of 
hiii career as an«,editor and autb9r 
in "Adventurea pi Bditing," wbkh 
D. Appleton * Co. will publiab. 



<«Hollywood Life," Civil MaUer 

Lopal entanglements between 
Eklwin Carewe, picture producer, 
and K. J^. HHfch, banker and florist, 
husband of Kathleen . Clifford, 
screen actress, will have to be 
settled in the civil courts so far 
aa -BlalHet Attorney Keyes of Los 
Angeles is concerned. He refused 
to grant both parties complaints 
charging each other with em- 
bezzlement af' moneys that tbey 
claimed were jointly InvoRted in 
business affairs. None ot this 
nubney, If is said, was invested in 
"Bollywood Life." a picture maga- 
zine that both promoted, as 
Wheeler-Reid, owner of that pub- 
lication, paid both oft for tba stock 
they had Hit aa^^rpHsa some 
time ago. 

Carewe is said to be prepared to 
brhif a |&00j»00 llhel and defama- 
tion of character suit against Illltch 
for the 'barges of embezzlement 
made agahist him* and will call to 
the stand Miss Clifford to repeat a 
statement she made to District At- 
torney Keyes, denying that the pro- 
ducer bad doila liiy lllegitmate acts 
in the bttstntoa jlransaction of the 
couple. ^ 



•urns Mantle's tstablished Annuel 

Dodd, Mead & Co. will hereafter 
bring out "'^urns Mantle's annual 
*'Best Plays." The dramatic critic 
of the New York Dally News 
switched publishers boenuse of a 
higher royalty olTer, the annual 
play anthology having established 
4toall M a valuable literary prop- 
arty. 



''Much Ado" Barred Prom Mails 

The October number of "Much 
Ado," published in St. Louis, has 
been barred from the mails. Its 
MMari, Hailr Turner and Alice 
Martin, are out on |2,Ddt bail, 
obaiwad with mailing obscOne mai* 

too* ■ ■ 

' • l < i " jiit Issu e > ^ s a r .e p Hwt s i a 







Twenty Qcaii^ From Tiffany for J 

Always Dependable ; 








**THAT MODEL FROM PAUV •uggcttcd by the Gouvcrneuf Morrit 
•tory •The Rigbt liver ^ ' 

A comedy drama of tn unusual tbecac. 
With Bert Lytell. Marcelinc Day. Eileen Percy. Ward Crane. Craufurd 
Kent, }4m Pupont, Arthur Hoyt, Otto Uderer» NcUic-gly 9«k^, 
Dircc ud by louit J, Csi nier. " ^ , 

nO^tAT SBA," sugcettcd V tHi Louit los^ Vaaec Mry 

"Mainspring." 
A tense, dramatic story with an unusual triangle theme. 
Witb Huatly; Gordon, Lowell Sherman, Jane Novak, Natalie ]Ciafiloa« 
Join Scaadii^ Billy Kent Schaefer and WiUiam It' WaUiac. 
V l>ir< cud by LovU J. Q^ witr, - 

•TOOLS OP PASHIONJ;' tugcesud by tbe Ocorfc lU i i a lifcC lti Mr 

story **Tbe Other Woman.** 
A story of a modtm (bMa^^f Jiff ki ft |fKffol|l Abd Uf 

quisite setting. -" v • r '-^ J . - 1;.' 

Wl^ Mac BiMcb, Maiailine Diy. Tbeodoia Voa 11^ RoUfI Oln; 
Hcdda Hopper, Rom Dione and Albert Roccardi ' 
Directed by Umer C. McK4y. 
The director of the phcoomeoal Tiifany succeat ^'SquU For Sables/* 

Harvsfd^ for the screen. 
A STORY OP COLLBGB LIFE BXEMPUFYING THB 
SPIRIT OP YOUTH, ONE OF THB OUTSTANDING PIG- 
TUiB AGHIBVIIIBmi OP W YBAft. 
Wkh MafcsUne 'Day, Chsriei Detsoey, JaaMs Harrisoo, Duaae 
Thompson, Brooks Benedict, Kathleen Key, Edna Murphy, 
Robert Homans, Craafurd Kent, Charles Wetlesley, Gibtoii Gow- 
land, Lawfoffd Da vi dson, Pat Harmon, Williaai A» Gwiall and 
9 University faaibaB tcsrs. Dheciid h Mmi Tk$ r$ 9^ 

Uadsr the f m o n s t tuperytsion of A» MmlM^ - 

'"JfOSSELYN'S WIFE,"* from the novel of the' satM aama by 
Kathleen Norrtt. 
A drams of modem social complcxbist, 
Siarrtnff PAULINE FREDERICK end s supportinf ' case induding, 
Holmes Herbert, Frssmsa Wood, William A. CsrroU, Armsnd 
Kalis, Gsrmslita Getaghty, Joeephiae HiU, pat Harmon and Ivy 
• UviiniieBL' 

''SIN CARGO,*^ by Lsete Reakk Brown. 

A famaacic, sdrtiac draaaa of the 
WMi SUtley Mason, RabsfC PiaBsr, Bsrl Mslealfe, Lawfoid Davldsoai 
Gertrude iW, Pat Harmon, Wittjiii B, Wijaipi 
Jamss M#ck and K. Nsmbu. -.v;^,;':,; • 

Dktui h Loati A Css nkr ' 

•THE HRSt NIGHT," by Frederka Sagot. 

A sidesplitting, rip'roaring farce cpintdy with i thmwftnd laiighi 
and two thousand chuckles. . 

With Bert LyteU. Dorothy Dcip^ Hirry Myert, PkMcrick KoVcft, 
Walter Hicrs. Lila Leslie, Jmm Mftck, Hatel Keener. Joan Sund« 
•ng and NclUiK J4|; B|kcr. DirfcMd ky JU^^hard XIiMpi. 



**ONB HOUR OF LOV^** based on the story of the same fume by 

A powerful love drama in a' setting of beauty and grandeur. 
^Uh Jacqueline Logan, Robert Frazer, Duane Thompion, Mildred 
Harris, Monugu Love. Huel Keener, Taylor nolmcs, Billy 
^ Bklchcr. Hcary 8«lk»y and WiUiUi AM^^ 

r Dir ected by Robsft Flo fey> > 

^WBDHEADS PREFERRED,'' by Daoglss BconMn. 

An hiisf ions, fina comsdi". 
WMi bfatjorie Dew, Theodore Bh% Biyiii|ii HtehrtA^ OnF 

PImirald attd Lean Holmes. « >^ ; 




WICHANTBD ISLAND,** suggested by the ilory 

>^ : ^'*Tht Double Barreled Author** by Gouvtrneur 'Morris. 
A huBiaa intiml fOttttttic drama. 



r^VfiGHTNlNG^*t by Zane Grey. 

A snpfrfof draiM b y the famous kuthor o f >dic wfld ovtdooii 

^"WILD GBB8B»*^ Aa tipidif ••e«^#f ifct SMna naMa>f 

Martha Ostenso. 
ONE OF THB MOST INTENSELY HUMAN NOVELS EVER 
WRITTEN, WITH A BOOK SALE OP OVER A HALF MIL- 
UON. THB MOST ENTHRALLING HUMAN DOCUMENT 
OP AN UNUSUAL PHASE OP UPB. 

The sdsputioa by A. P. YOUNGER, who k fssnonsibla for 
' such masterpisces ss **Br«!«yi al H^fVifdi'* **Saala rof. giMp%** 
and **Collcge Days." ' 



*niB BROKEN GATE,'* suggested from the novel of the same naoif 
by Emerson Hhugh, author of *The. Covered Wagon.** 
' An intriguing story of Ufa In a small con uaiMrity. 

«<fLAMING TIMBER.** 

A gripping romantic st ory of the great N orth Woods. 

*^SQUADS RIGHT,'' by A. P. Younger, the suthoV of the adsp. 
^ ; utioa of **Brown of Harvafd,** <«Wil4 Gesse»** "CoU^ 
Days" and **SouU For Sables.*' 
Tlw sciaandngly fans^r adventures al i ^Bagfcfa" who Itiad to 
aaake the world **Safe For Democii|||^ lalsnbiaflsd with 
^asflt thsahs a^d nalanaaft idaaaMa 

^ ^^^^^^^^aw ^^^^^B^^^^^F ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ "* 

wfONG OF STEEL.** 

A vMUi dfaMfttlc ^ pModo favolviog tho ,gili|pO|/#f Big Botbuair 

^WOWBOUND.** 

* A picture 

ataadarda. 



tho ytb|MVftt iiMilMi|9 olfaiM oMdcm fftffil 



«THB UPB OF A WOMAN,** by Guy Dc Maupassant. 

The atpcy oC ft ■Woma n*s heart by the mast er csaftnaaa of MqfL 

•TALfi Of a vanishing PEOPLE,** by Rex Beach. 
— ^A highly dfamtiRj yisode in the life of a c olaffal lac c. 

•nrllB tlUSBAND HUNTERS.** v 

A fast moving comedy drama invhlving the careers of tcveral 
amsMa sad tlisir leaidaute arev. **sBan.** 



TIFFANY 

IProducUonsjbc 

^^^^^^^^^^ 

Tiffany E*ckmt9t Everywhere 
•f •pply Is Ham Ofca dked 
1S49 B ra w im tf , ifm fsrk 



storr ^ concernlner Ximeo Semi^ 
McPberson, the California cvang^r 
list, -published in a littie p^per 
fA^ted in San; Diego and dKMaMd 
idait^^atinely In ^lipp ,iUigeles. Post- 
PtiSiMier "O^rxoml J^ew, in a docifilon 
sent the St. Iiouis postofllce, ruled 
tfcifti tftO Aftlelo Is lowd and lasel* 



t -1 



Wednesday, Novtmber S, 1926 



PICTURES 



Jfamy Qovk RmucHds 

I«oe AngtlM, M«v. t. 

^amMQulilc iiuMiilliv of *nPhoto- 

p^/* returned hmre from Chicago 
tbla week to rtcuperate from an op- 
•ration for appendicitis. Quirk will 
remain here for another Ave weekft 
before returning east. 

Quirk was stricken with appen- 
dicitis when he left here after re- 
turnliig with the rMnaina of Ru- 
dolph Valentino. At the time of 
Valentino's death, Harry Houdini, 
who died Sunday, remarked to 
Quirh and 8. Oeorga UUman, man- 
ager for Valentino, that oa« could 
never tell when the appendix would 
get them. Houdini stated that that 
day he had taken out a $250,000 life 
Insurance policy and axhlbilid tha 
policy to the two men. 

Quirk, that week, took out a im,- 

OM. poller. 



Franklyn't 2-lleelera 
' IHiria Franklyn plans to malt^ 11 

two-reelers, comedies, and in addi- 
tion to a cast of four principals 
there will be It dancing girls. 



VAUBTT 



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. 1^ 



refcRcd 
Picf ures ^ 



Mn. Fldler Chaiies P. A. 
Hwband With Cruelty 

Lioa Angeles, Nov. S. 
James If. FIdlon one of the many 

free-lance press apt nts In Holly- 
wood, Is having a legal tilt with his 
brtde of aeven months, who has 
brought suit for divorce on grounds 

of extreme cruelty. Mrs. Fidler was 
lormerly Virgiinia Hoy^ picture 
actress. 

Fid:er some time ago devlaed a 
scheme to Induce the picture writ- 
ers on the Los Angeles dally news- 
papers to write special storlea for a 
magazine devoted to the Interests of 
his clients that Fidler contemplated. 

He auked each of the writers on 
the daUlea to accept |2S a week. 

The head of the dramatic and 
picture department of the largest 
morning newspaper here called in 
three membera of hto atatt supposed 
to have been on the payroll and in- 
formed them they muat not do this 
work. 

With the embargo pteeed mi the 

stunt. Fidler Is said to 1|alM:4lieoil- 
tinued the magazine. 

His wife is asking 1500 a month 
alimony and counsel feea* Fidler 
also placed an advertisement in the 
newspapers here stating that he 
wouM not bo reapoaslblo tor any 
debts contraete* %r Ma ^Nl» iM «lld 
after Oct. IT. 



Washington. Nov. t. 
Trade Commissioner Perry J. 
Stevenson. Johannesburg. South 
Africa, la urging the Depa itaa a u t of 
Commerce to direct the attention of 
the American manufacturers of pic- 
ture house equipment to the exten- 
sive building program Of ffea JtlHean 
Theatres. Ltd. 

These new undertakings include 
two now houaea In Johannesburg, 
one In DIaCarmaritsburg. while 
otherr are contemplated In Cape 
Town. Blomfontain. Port Elisabeth 
and KImberly. Ifans also the re- 
modellalB and renovating: of aeveral 
old houses in theue cities. 

Following the working agreement 
between the Mareua lioHr Ihteriata 
and the African Theatres. Ltd.. as 
previously reported, th^ manner in 
which Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Is ex* 
plotting ita pi^lttffea thMKMlhottt 
South Africa la the sub^ of aiam- 
ment. 



6 Foreign Mades Reported 
S(aU t# U. ft IndMiindiinfti 

Washington. Nov. 2. ' 

Lee Bradford Corporation. Amer- 
ican agents for Gaumont and 
Qainaborough Pleairi« ;<OMt Brit- 
ain), has sold six of Iti plttures for 
exhibition in this country under in- 
dependent bookings, says an of- 
Holal fopert ta th* Department of 
Commerce, quoting Lee Bradford, 
president of the oacppmtiam Wli* is 
now in London. • 

Mr. P i mdi flird la ta»W fd aa atat- 
ing he is taking "Mademoiselle from 
Armentieree'* and "The Lodger." 
two British productions, back with 
litai to Amarloa* 



M«cM«lw, hj RequMt, 

Will Worlc on "Kinga" 

Los Angeles, Nov. 1. 
Hennr MaoMahei^ <f Hm X. J. 

McCarthy oflSoea. New York, has 
arrived here on an extended busi- 
ness trip, in' connection with the 
FaolOe Caaat engagemoBta of '*Ben- 
Hur.** also to prepare the prelim- 
inary press and advertising cam- 
paign for I>eMiUe's "King of Kings." 

MacMahon worked on the pub- 
licity campaign for '*The Ten Com- 
mandments," and DeMUie was jo 
satisfied with hia work at that time 
that ba pravallad vpoA 1. J. Me- 
earthy to release Ilia fVftter OBtil 
about New Tear's. 

Mrs. MacMahon accompanied her 
huabaad;^ 



Sam Woody AiMOcmto 

Loo Angelea. Nor. t. 

Sam Wood has been appointed 
associate producer of F. B. O. by 
Joseph P. Kennedy- Ho will fane- 
tioa along with Edwin King, now 
the studio head and aola producer 
of all production. 

Besides acting aa aaoociata pro- 
ducer. Wood la to make torn fea- 
tttfi pletairM • year. 




AH DrrmrATioMAi. ritrrim hri 

UJMS of BERLIN 



RANDOLPH THEATRE, CHICAGO 
jwiMfUd Pla t ufn C arpa rai lan • • • 



•an Frsnelsce 



Danish Co.'s 'Quixote'; 
Mfies Offices to Paris 



Washington. Nov. t. 

M. T.au Lauritzon. directing for 
the Danish 'Co., "PalladlcMn." has 
just completed the fllming of "Don 
Quixote" (Don Qolchette). 

The nim was commenced in Feb- 
ruary last in Spain and is intend- 
ed for a special, reports Ueorge 
R. Cant3f, trade commlfaloae^ In 
Parid. to the DeparllpMMi #f OiBi. 
merce. 

WhUe Mr. Qanty sets Uie "Pal- 
ladiaai** company as having offices 
In both Paris and Copenhagen. 
Commercial Attache H. Sorenson 
reports that thla company, prop- 
erly known aa *'Oaaak WOm Indus- 
trl,** has but recently removed its 
entire organization to Paris. The 
reaaon for the removal la atated to 
ho that several new productions 
are to be taken In the aaiitharn 
parts of Kurope. 

Thla Danlah company la one of 
that nation's few producing units 
and is a stock company wtth a 
capital of aoo.oao crowns. 

Though the otiahi organlaatlon 
has been moved to Paris. Mr. Soren- 
son adds that an exctiange wUi be 
eontinued in Copenhagen. 



nf MOUTH BAID SB! 

Bt, Lotda, Hmf» t. 

The Plymouth (Vt.) Old Time 
Dance Orchestra, headed by John 
Wilder, undo of President Coolidge. 
opiMied ita tour of >ial«ra house 
dates at Loew'a State. 

The combination carries 14 vet- 
eran musicians playing old-fash- 
ioned tunea. 



ExtofflioB Trial Doc 7 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Mrs. Mary Dolan. mother of lio»e 

Mary Dolan. 18 -year-old screen 
actress, and Frunic O'Neil. assistant 
dirfH't(»r, will not go to trial until 
Dec. 7 on the charge of having at- 
tempted to extort IfOO from Davo 
Allen, head ol the Central Caating 
Corporation. 

The trial wa8 set for this week, 
but on ac^^unt of the illness of Mrs. 
Dolan. who alleged that Allen had 
endeavored to attack her duui^hter, 
the trial had to be postpuneO. 

R. Donaldson on First National 

Ro1[>ert Donaldson, formerly Los 
Angelea OMtnager for United Preas. 

has been added to the First Na- 
tional publicity department by 
George Landy. 



Gagging for 'TUIm'* 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
Hobart Henley put Into produc* 
tlon "Time the Toiler/* Marlon Da« 
vice' next starring vehicle for 

M.-O.-M.. this week. In the support- 

incr cast are Matt Moore, Ralph 
t'orbes, George K. Arthur, Bert 
Roche. Gertrude Short, James 
liradhury and Kstollo ClVke. 

Tim Whelan la the gag man on 

the pii't ure. 



DICK LEIBERT 

ORGANiST 



Ld©w*» Palace 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



LEWIS HERMAN 



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HELD OVER FOUR WEEKS 
Witt M Ash. Ormlal Thattre, Oieagi 

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PICTURES 



PFTT. OFHOAL BANS 
SUNDAY MIDNUE SHOWS 



Theatre Men Will Battle to 
Retain New Local Fad— 
Houeee Effected 



Pittsburgh, Nov. 2. 

To the long list of "don'ts" and 
"must nets" already inflicted upon 
Pittsburghers by Director of Public 
Safety James M. Clark in the mat- 
ter ot amusement and entertain* 
MBt was added another laat week. 
^ iftteet edict yrebiblU any the- 
ater from preeenttac ebows which 
begin at one minute after mldnlybt 
on Sunday. 

Sunday midnight shows have been 
a new fad here this season, sev- 
eral burlesque and movie houses 
flndimr it a highly profitable idea. 
The order, which affects nearly a 
score of theatres throushout the 
city, followed a conference between 
the safety head and Superintendent 
of Poliee Peter P. Qahib. A few 
hours later the orders went out to 
the various police inspectors. 

This order will result in the usual 
battle. Seme owners and manacers 
have planned to irive their regular 
midnight shows and will institute 
court action if interfered with by 
the police. The city law department 
was appealed to. and It was sug- 
gested that Sunday ends at mid- 
niipht and that the entertainments 
ai% in iiiHiyr belnr held on Mon* 



Law of 1874 
Plrector Clark said that the mid- 
liliftkt shows eonstltuto a violation 
of the Sunday blue laws of 1874. 
generally considered a joke in these 
days. Several managers pointed out 
that they do not open their doors to 
sell tickets until 12:05 o'clock Mon- 
day morning, and the shows,, they 
isald, do not start vtttll nearly 1S:1S. 



Paramount't First Stage 
Show WUl Opeii ^Id' 

Xi !• gst that the Rivell, Kew 

Tork. will continue with the Pub- 
lix policy for one week after the 
opening of ^the new Paramount. 
Tho later event Is to oeeur Nov. 
19. according to the present sched- 
ule. Work has proceeded to such a 
stage that It now appears as 
IbHWrt the theatre wlll be In resdi- 
nesa on time. At present there are 
three crews working on a 24 -hour 
schedule to finish the Interior. 

The policy that will prevail win 
be the regrular Publix. of a contin- 
uous performance with four de luxe 
lierformances daily and five Satur- 
.day and Sunday, to a popular seals 
of admissions. 

The reason for continuing the 
RivoU for an additional week Is 
that New Haven will start the same 
week as the break- in town for Pub- 
lix units, and the show for the sec- 
ond.week of the Paramount theatre 
win bo the first to play the house. 
Puramount's first stage show will 
opjen "cold" in New York. The 
shioiir frofli the XUvoli wHI fo to 
New Haven while the Paramount*s 
first week's show will go to Boston. 

'"The Popular Sin" Is stiU listed 
as tka inltisi sereen attraetlon at 

t I 'l . 



Wanger Back on Coast 

. • :■ I<os Anpeles, Nov. 2. 
Wmsr Waagsf baa returned to 

tlie Famous Players^lAsky lot here 
after six weeks* absence in the east, 
following the F. P. convention of 



Wanger Will leinaln bore until the 
holidays. 

On the train with him wese Bmil 
Jaanlncsb Brio Palmer, supervising 

director, and Maurits Stiller, who 
will direct Jannings In his first pic- 
ture for Famous. 



XDBIS CANTOR'S NEXT FILM 

Los Angeles. Nov. 2. 

Sddie Cspitor's second starring 
fllm for Mmotis Players-X^sky Is 
to bo "Xove Letters." The picture 
will be made at Uie Wcs^ Coast 
studios, with production scheduled 
to start Nor. St. 

No director has been selected. 
Kddie Sutherland, who directed 
"Kid. Boots." may again handle the 

mefHyki 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON PICTURES 



Mothers of gliis under ago breaking into pictures will find the going 

hard if tliey do not desist in hold-up tactics. Recently a young girl 

and her mother, living In a Los Angeles hotel, are said to have owed 
confllderable room rent. A gagman for ono of tho companies saw the 
girl and took her out to the studio. She was immediately placed under 
contract by the company to play the leading role in a feature comedy 
with a star. The rolo WM one that gave tho virl a great opportunity. 

The mother was told her daughter was wonderful, and before the pic- 
ture was half completed began annoying the head of the organization. 
She wanted more money. She wanted conceRRlons, featuring in the 
billing, etc. The studio bead informed her that they had placed the 
girl on a three months* eontmet at a normal salary and th^t if her 
work in the picture would stand up it wou)d make her daughter and 
at the same time increase her salary at least 1,000 per cent. The mother 
stated the company would not be able, to do any such thing. The result 
was that when the gUrl had completed ber work In tho picture, the com- 
pany informed the mother that they did not care to exercise their option 
on the girl's services. Now. the girl is freelancing with one of the in- 
dependent companies, possibly getting double the salary she got in ber 
first picture. But the big produeeri art timid about ettiploying ber as 
she is under age and tbtr ip«r ili^^ ber 
contract at any time, ' ■'-y 

One of the sweetest pieces of advance publicity ever given a picture 
has just been handed to Famous Players tor *Tbo Rough mdors*) nnd 
''Wings/' by tlM KiUMM City **8tar.'' / 

The paper sent its picture editor to iia ^toaio^ wbero'tbo pictures 



are being made, for a special story. In the Sunday edition it .icd 
a two-page story with pictiires and- Also with additional pietu.ts In 
the gravure section. 

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who was responsible for the Rough Rider 
organisation, was for a short time an editorial writer for tho "Star:** 
While he has thousands si admirers in the country, ho was almost 

worshiped in the mid-west section and the paper carried tho story 
a straiieht feature without any suggestion from the picture people. 



IFDRS XATTONI WITH V 

Another of the UFA principals to 
ftign with ^yiigrican casts is Andre 
HimmK with Univei-sol. 



Joe Gcrbracht, picture theatre man of Amesala., and bead of the 

Gerbracht Aeronautic Corporation, escaped possible death or serious 
injury when his plane fell about 600 feet. Jennie Mitchell, passenger, 
also escaped unhurt. According to Gerbracht, tho motor went dead 
and he did not have suttelent sp si d ttt* gUdo to (Mf The plane was 
net 



All offers made by picture and theatrical interests to acquire the 49- 
year lease held by Capt. James Churchill at 49th street and Broadway 
apparently have gone by the board, duo perhaps to the cash price that 
Mr. CburiBblll demands for the propeiEty* 

Tho old Churchill restaurant comor, now a Chinese dining place, movio 

men believe would make an ideal picture house ^ithout much expense 
in its transformation. As a legitimate house they figure the cost would 
be double if not triple, with pictures considered the logical tenancy. 

It Is ui^lcritood Churchill wantg a million doUnrs for bis 4t-year leaser 
with cas9iL.ifNr ii ^i^^ cvw* 
.^^at^ed» ••■ , 

The rumor that Gene Tunney, the heavyweight champ, wanted to 
do the George Bernard Shaw novel, "Caahel Byron's Profession," is 
correct, although It Is doubtful If bo oter wilt ^ 8baw bad turned down 
outright oOers of |B<KO0# and moro lor gonio od bis old works. Tunnsy 



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T 'HE choice of 
all parties! 
Swept into box 
office on a plat- 
form of bigger 
profits for ex- 
hibitors. Read 
why leading ex- 
hibitors vote for 
Warner Win- 
ners! 




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TUItod ilM oflioM of the Th««lit CKlfli, %1M ooBtroto Hi* ihaw stuff 
lA thif MWtnr* to iayestisat*. 



^Ona of tho biggest independent producers who spends considerable 
dme in Qermaoy and in Now York, while away from his studios on the 
«mt ooMt, turn in his Mnploy at tiM studio aa offldal lotter writer who 
I'VU |I7S a week. Th« man is known to all of the employes on the 
i5t, as are his duties. That, however, does not seem to bother him any 
lo ha makes reports of all activities, political situations and squabbles 
his onyloyer wMrtver iho latter majr be by maU each day. Some- 
ttaif* tbw renoirta run aa lout as SO.MO words. 



Independent Aim schools in New Tork appear to be fast dlminUditaf 

As far as can be learned only one seems to have survived the present 
summer. The school that is sticking is classed as a "producing stock" 
propositiOB la whieb stock Is soM In .the making of Alms. 

A studio executive on the west coast, known for his ability to operate 
Ml tho unit aystem as well as a business basis, has the following stori 

going the rounds about him: 

The producer entered Heaven and after giving it the once-over, ap- 
proached SL Peter and told him it could be operated on a much better 
baslS^ St, Peter wahted to know what was wrong. The producer said, 
•Everything.- JSt .Peter then told him, -U you wUl submit a plan. I ll 
be ver:^' happy to show it to God." 

About a week later the producer came back submitting a 35-paga 
manuscript St. Peter glanc«d at the first page, stated the plan would 
not do and that he would not dare submit it. The producer Insisted and 
•aid, "Read the thing through. It has a lot of good ideas." 

St. Peter stopped him short and replied. "God wouldn't be vice-president 
::or anybody." • • 



SI 



brla on the ore of Ms departure from Chicago for New Tork to assume 

the position of general director of production and art for the Publiz 
Theatres. The event was attended by Cambria's former associates and 
executives of the Balaban 6c Kats organization. Morris Silvers acted 
as master of oeremenlsa* A platinum wrist watch was presented to 
Cambria, and another to Katherine O'Brien, who will ooatlaue as bla 
secretary in New York. 

Cambria entered Balaban & Katx* employ 10 years ago, going there 
from New York, where he had t>een collaborating in revues and spec- 
taeles, 



Helen Foble Greets 
Francis Koblitz in Court 



A midnight banquet In the Bborman hotel was tendered Frank Cam* 



A mighty yelp made by the picture exchanges handling features and 
short subjects relative to their doalinps with several of the independent 
circuits doing business in and around New York. Where certain rentals 
are marked up which the SKchanges claim they can make a little profit, 
the circuits, whose combined operations cover principally all the houses 
considered worth while out of the big combos, haggle, dicker and barter 
to the extent that the exchanges rather than keep their pictures out 
*'8Ubmit*'' ts gifts the olroults tho "break.** 

In one circuit quarter the man who handles all the film booking is 

considered hardboiled. A number of salesmen liave been ordorcnl out of 
his oihce When tbey inf.is.ts4 on holding 9XkA9 certsip submitted rentals. 

When Marcus Loew's Metropolitan and E. F. Albee theatres were built 
in Brooklyn. N. Y., everybody over there thought there would be no 
more hbuseli designed to surpass them in size and capacity. Now comes 
William Fox. who started work last week on another expected to be one 
step ahead of the others. Eight buildings which includes the old 
Co wp^rth wait . building are being razed at the intersection of Flatbush 
avenup. Livingston and Kevlpis streets. 

The new Fox theatre will have 230 foot froilts«a mlMai^ on 
Nevins and 195 or Flatbush avenue. 

This makes the second Fox house that will be built there this year, 
its new Savoy openinff recently. 






ELECTS 26 







"PRIVATE IZZY MURPHY 

is best bos office production we have had in 
Aroo yoan* Wo broke all records vrilh this 
pietnre! Second week opened to bigger busit 
ness than fursi week/* 

. ORPHEUM THEATRE, 

Chicago^ IIL 

**MY OFFICIAL WIFE 

ene of finest productions rdeased in months. 
Irene Rich surpasses evenrthing she has eirer 
done. Going over exceptionally well at box 
office. ^Big resulU when shown over our 

^^^^ WEST COAST THEATRE, 

Los Angeles, Calif. 

"ACROSS THE PACIFIC 

went over to excellent business. Everyone 
inunensely pleased* Good comments from 



entire audienee.' Kmp them eonimg as good 
as tiiii ener QLYMPIA THEATRE, 

WoiMster, i4aio»; . , 

"MY OFFICIAL WIFE 

great picture, doing tremendous business. 
Patrons' comments excellent CongratubM 
tions! hf^^ 9^^ 

STATE THISATRE, 



^•ACROSS THE PACIFIC 

opened new Capilot Theatre last night. This 
it immovi pictiw^ real box office bet 
Andioiice snnirty wiU over picture. Glad we 
have Warner Winners under c6nttacl« 
Thanks to War^r Bros.** 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^ Q 
r Lincoln, Neb. 




The 17 days he spent in tho 
Tombs was somewhat offset when 
FYands Koblits. S6. landscape ar- 
tist, of Chicago. loft the Special 
Sessions courtroom last Friday and 
was irreeted by a hearty kiss and 
hUff frtfm Helen Foble, movie set* 
rcss. Despite tho crowd arotmd, 
Misa Foble did not hesitate to show 
that she certainly thought well of 
the younff artist 

Koblitz, who has a workshop and 
display garden at M North Michi- 
gan boulevard, Chicago, was given 
a suspended sentence in Special 
Sessions after being convicted of de- 
frauding the Waldorf-Astoria out ot 
a board bill for $138. Probatibn of- 
ficer Jacob Licliter, after Inform- 
ing the Justices that the bill had 
been settled, told of Koblitz com- 
ing bn from Chicago to attend tlia 
World Series. He stopped off al 
Philadelphia to see the champion- 
ship fight The hotel bill contained 
items for room rent, meatt, Talet 
service, phone calls and tips ts 
waiters. Lichter said. He was ar- 
rested Oct. IS on the complaint ot 
William K. McDertnott, credit man* 
ager of the hotel. Unable to ohtaia 
ball he was confined in the Tombs. 

After nearly three weeks in the 
Tombs the artist phoned the movi« 
actress who visited him at tho pris- 
on. He also sent letters to promi- 
nent Chicago friends who in turn 
coAimuniteted with the probation 
officer vouching for Koblits's good 
reputation. 

' Iiichter also learned that iCobllta 
had done work for many prominent 
professional people including Kthel 
Barrymore and when the latter 
teamed of Koblits's predlcamsiit 
she immediately arranged to havt ft 
lawyer look after his intere8ta» 



Carl Laemnik's Welatnie 



Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
Carl LaemmtS's return tb Calt«^ 
fomia was made the occasion for 
the biggest demonstration ever 
given an arriving film magnate. 
Produstioii aetfvltsr at Uwtrsreal 
City was virtually at a standstill, 
nearly everybody at the plant, from 
the highest executivef down, going 
SB inasss to the Santa Wi aiMam 
to greet "Uncle Carl." 

As Mr. Lamaelle, accompanied by 
his son, Carl, Jr., and his daughter, 
Rosabslle^ stepped from thd'trati^ 
Rabbi Ifagnin. one of the welcom- 
ing committee, offered a prayer of 
thanksgiving over the film mag- 
nate's almost mirasakms rseofMir 
from the ailment which nesMy took 
his life while in London. 

When the cheering died awajr. 
Laemmle was p r sssnted with a 
huge silver loving-cup, the jotet 
gift of the Writers' Club, the Wam« 
pus, and Directors' Association. 

Ths welcome donMastratton was 
under tho supervision of Henry 
Henigson, general manager of Uni- 
versal City, and Harry Zehner, as- 
sistant geBsraf InaBager, - 
Mr. Tiimmls expects 1m 
winter hsrsu 



- By special arraaTMMMl wUk JL 

Witmark A *Sons the "Mother 
Machrce" song on their catalog has 
boon made tatq a Fox feature pio- 
tiire, with Joaa Pbrd handling ma 

megaphone. 

This special has Belle Bennett, 
Nsll Hamilton, ViOtor Mcl^gen, 
Tod MacNamara, ' Ethel Claytott 
and Constance Howard as Its prin- 
cipals. The screen story was writ- 
tea by Rida Johnson Toung witli 
tho adaptation by Qertmda'^^inr. 



■4 



U. A.*S L. A. Theatre 

12-8tory Building 

Los Angeles, Nov. t. 

The new 12.000,000 theatre to be 
erected here by United Artists will 
be a 12 -story structure, on a lot 
ISO feet teeing on Broadway be- 
tween 9th and lOtIi Streeti*; by lit 
foot in depth. ' 



GRAB EUM BUmfEB SUSPECT 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
Suspected by Sheriff W. 1. Trae- 
ger of being the chief source of 
supp ly of bootleg liquor to tlic. Holly- 



wood nim colony. Al Froltns was 
arrested at his home following a 
raid personally oondtictea -by tha 
sheriff. A large quantity 0|f hij^ 
prafie stuff was seized. 

Frcltns claimed his stock was all 
pre-war liqtior for his o#n ttoo 
and will fight His casS. 



VARIETY 



FILM REVIEWS 



;0'S YOUR OLD MAN 

Or«tory La Cava ProdvcUon presented 
Pamoos Playara-Utaky. aUrrlas W. C. 
VltH AUm 4oyc« and Cbarlcn 
At tba RivoU, New 
Ing time 67 



luci BlikM** •••••••••••• C« Pl^<^ 

_k Alksa Joyoa 

.raaeth MwdHaon CharlM ROMrs 

LllM BlabM KlttlfU.IMflMrt 

Bist)«« ......Itorrla R*rr^ 

Murchlaon Jull* K*Ipn 

Prank Mon^yi»«ry 

.Jerry Sinclair 



•••••••••••*« •••• < 



Iflne 



Boys, h«i« Is a combination tbat 
»r laue:bs and gaga would bd hard 
> beat. W. C. Fields In ".^o's Your 
Hd Man" it In tho (unniest picture 
baa made to dato. H« is ono ond 
the combination; the other t« 
Iregory La Cava (otherwise Mr. 
[cAlpin), th« MUB« who directed a 
lUlns of Richard Dix picturts that 
rere sucb outstanding hita. 
, In **8o*a T«iir OM Man** no great 
[outstanding comedy wallop, but It la 
series Qt hiunoroua situations and 
Lugh SMMplMtaf blU that follow 
[along in an endless tntm from tM 
Ibeginning to tha end. 

Th9 story looks as though it 
light have had the benefit of the 
Italian hand of one Tom 
»ralit]l^ leads up to a point where 
jFields can logically Introduce his 
Ifamoua golf game. That piece of 
{business provea funnier on the 
Iscreen than on the aHmtb imd that 
iBeana a whole lot. 

But don't believe the golf bit Is 
[the funniest kick in the picture. 
iThere are others and lots. Fields' 
bit with a trick pony will 
a wow to any andience, and his 
{pantomime In the stateroom of a 
[Pullman, where he is relating to the 
[Spanish minoess the svents leading 
up to bis prsssnt stats of dsjsction, 
is as clever a piece of film acting 
land direction as have been seen In 
|a long while. 

Fields la Sam Blabee. a glazier In 
[a smaU Mow Joroey town. Bo lives 
I in a liiiuil o d «owb Mt'Ot «t koose 
I with his wife and daughter, the lat. 
tor a prottjr girl oourtod by the son 
of tho wouBiF Mttfohtsona Tho 
day the story opens young Murchi- 
son calls to inform the girl that bis 
inothor tar imNl to irlsit her that 
[afternoon. 

Mother arrives and all goes well 
until Pa Bisbeo comes in from tho 
shop, which is back of the house, 
and where he has been celebrating 
with a ooupie of cronies. 

He gums the worics but tells the 
haughty Mrs. Murchlaon that in a 
ooupie of days he Is going to be as 
much of the social elect as she Is. 
He has Invented .an unbreakable 
glass for automobiles and has been 
aalced to demonstrate. It bo£oro a 
oonvsntion of automobile' men In 
Washington. Ho< goea there, hav- 
ing his flivver oquipped with tho 
Class. pariM It In front of tho Iwtol 
while ho goes in to see the commit- 

In the hoteL When he returns 
armed with bricks and a hammor to 
go throoch with tho tost ho pisks 

another fllwer, smashes the glass, 
then solocts aaothor with tho fame 
iilo aaC^to MAp* oifroot. BMiot 

heat it without getting his own car. 

Rotuming home on tho train he 
io el^ s s to ond It all by tho poison 

route, but hia battle is Mnashed. 
A few minutes later, when tho train 
fiveo a larch, lie Is thrown into tho | 
stateroom of the Spanish prlnceaa. 
Noting a t>ottle of iodine on the 
table before her, ho bolloveo sho is 
ready to take the same rottto; and 
star tea to dissuade her. 

As he relates his story her sym- 
pathy is aroused and she registers 
a mental reservation to help the I 
disappointed man out. She doe§ 
not inform him who she is, but tolls 
him he may call her "Marie." ; 

On the train with him were a| 
couple of the village's old women 
goaaips. They spread the story of 
his ride with a woman in a Htate- 
jroom. It is around «tho homo town 
mm WlMIIfO bofOtO'ho is baelK Ave 
minutes. To get up courage to go 
homo he seeks out his serious 
drihking pals atttt tho UM itoio ai 
bat that lasts three days. Mean- 
time the princess has announced 
her intOBtloa to visit tho llttio town 
and the social elect arrange a re- 
ception but are flabbergasted when! 
she aaka for "Old Sam.*' Tho party 
starts for hia home and runs acrosa 
the old boy headed that way him- 
self, he having purohassd a pony i 
to present to tho wlla ao a poaco 
onering, 

that polst Oh tho afonr toils 



SYMPHONICl 



of tho aoceptanco by society of tho 
Bisbees, for the princess remains at 
thoir home, and Sam is ssloctod to 
too off the first ball at tho oponfaig 
of the new Counti-y CluU That 
heads into the golf game. Atop of 
that thoro arrhros tho chairman of 
the auto men's convention, who dis- 
covered the real car and tested the 
glass for himself, found It was as 
claimed and is ready to lianA OVOr 
a million -dollar contract. 

Fields Is groat and one doesn't 
have to say more. Charlea Rogers 
looks aa though he is going to be 
a better and better bet as he de- 
velops, and Kittens Kcichert is a 
girl that will bear watching. Alice 
Joyce is looking a little as though 
she were going In too strenuously 
for reduction and it is showing In 
her face, although alia Sivog a OMk- 
ins porf ormanco. 

But it is Fields and ttie funny 
bits well directed that will send this 
ono over. Right now It might be 
claimed as a wow of a burlesque on 
the visit of Queen Marie and all the 
mors appreciated bofamat of this. 



John Stono wroto **Thirty Below 

Zero," original story, for Buck 
Jonoo. Robert Korr wiU diroot for 



official censor 
Owon Davis' 
for 



Maldeo Crawford, 
for Univorsal, adaptl; 
noTol. 'Vowaro of 
Zjk Jnanto* 




TAKE IT FROM ME 

Universal-Jewel preeected Carl LAem- 
mle. atarrlnc Reclnald Denny. Adapted 
from tbm muelcal oornedy by WtU B. John- 
•tone aad W. R. Anderson. Directed by 
WlUlMB SeHsr. at tSe UlPIJodrome. New 
York. wMk Msv. 1. Bsaalag Uom, m 
mlnutMk _ 

Tom Efgatt •••• Reginald Denny 

Omoe OmOSB...* „... Blanche Mebaffy 

Plok Hendrlckj. Jr. 

▼as »•««•• •••......».. JfS^ 

Crtus Ckabb •*^*">*"i!t**?''' 

Mtes Abbott »liel Walee 

Owen Ftoreythe ,,,,,J«a» Tollay 

Mrs. Porsythe .^^''f'" 

Taal Driver Tom O'Brlan 

Best picture the Hip has had to 
date from the standpoint of real en- 
tertainment to tlie typo of audience 
that that house la drawing. It haa 
laughs and laughs are what vaude- 
vlUo andlonces want. O eo mln g i y the 
Hip is getting more of a vaudeville 
crowd than it is a picture audience. 
Reason must ho that the picture 
fans are wise tho moment they look 
at the title and the release as to 
tho valuo of a seroon attraction. 
However, the Hip's box ofllce this 
wook with tho Denny picture should 
idiow aa Improvonmt. 

"Take It From Me'* has been 
adapted , to tho screen In a nuuiner 
to lend a ooupie of added thrills. It 
opens with a race track scene and 
from there goes into the department 
store whore tho biggest psirt of fihe 
action is laid and a fashion show 
is so very well worked out it is a 
real asset It la at least different 
$km fMhIbtt ihow anglo. Inel)t 



dentally tho exhibitors oan work 
out a fashion show with it to ad- 
vantage. They don't know enough 
about the picture business over at 
the Hip yet to take advantage of 
this kind of a lead, so they did not 
have one this week. 

Denny plays the hero who has a 
department store left to him by an 
uncle to be bis, providing ho can 
run It for three months and dmw 
a profit. 

Playing opposite Denney la a lit- 
tle girl,- Blanche Mehaffy, who. if 
given a chance, is going to make 
her mark in films. Sho Is of the 
Marie Prevost type, but younger and 
prettier. 8he can troup, too, and 
in this pleturo f og lst o r a liko a alU-. 
lion dollars. 

Lee Moran and Ben Hen- 
drlcka, Jr., play ez-TaudorilUana 
who are the pals of tho hero, while 
the fortune seeking flanoeo of the 
hero is handled by Jean ToUey, who 
fails to impress, although tho role 
is rather an ungrateful one. 

Wttliam fleiter dlroeted and 
turned out a picture that keeps 
moving, although some of his com- 
edy stuff at the counters' seems to 
have been dragged In by the heels. 

But the picture Is "there," and It 
will please any audience. Fred, 



VHarto ViriganBa has been a^^ed 

to the cast of "The Waiter from the 
Rits," Raymond Griffith's next pro- 
duction for F. P.-Lb. dfaroeloi ' 



SYNCOPATING SUE 



Aaher. %nall A Eogers praaent Coiiaae 
arlflltfe hi the aoraen vanlaa- br Adelaide 
HaUteea 9t RaalMkl Q—*if wit»m play. 
DlrMted by RMmH Wallsea. - — 



by yiret Nstianal. mesalsg tisM fft aln- 
aataa.^ At IhO MpOSd, MOW iQHfe, WSSk 

Oct. «1, ■ 

0uan Adana. .Oninne Orlffltli 

Bddia Murphy • Tom Moora 

Arthur Bfnnett RockUffa Fellowa 

Joe Horn Lee Moran 

Marve Adama.. ... Joyoa Oompton 

fea adlajly y * • « ■■Oawrtlias Hart 
liiivirta' .■sMMMkisa* • • I 



A highly ontertatainir light 

edy translated from stage to screen 
with a good deal of skill and played 
amusingly by a cast of favorite film 
players. Nothing particularly lm« 
mmm^' ^fmmiik hnt- tiMM very 
natural and MMIfito peopto maintain 
interest consistently through a 
longer-than-ordinary picture. The 
one flaw ie a tendency to gag In 
titles, due probably - to a desifo ta 
pull easy laughs. ^ 

Tho produotton Is too good In all 
other respects to employ cheap 
tricks of that sort. Here again is 
observed the tendency of the en* 
lightened school of producers to de- 
part from the cruder methods of 
film drama. The story Is in- a 
cheerful comedy mood and it main- 
tains Just that quality throughout. 
At one point there was an obvious 
opening for one of those he-man 
fist fights, but the director declined 
tho invHalloB ip4 allowod Ma vHttr 



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Pot inimyii^ly YioMMfi I 

1X)NPON^ is the second picture from the star-diroctor-pK:^ 
ducor combination that^.. uMbdo Iha succosilul ^ell Gwyn." 
A fsut-movingy strictly modern love-melodranuu With Paul 
Whiteman and his band, and the famous Kit Kat girls. The 
Ni Y. Times caDt it ^emphatically mteroiting with iti start- 
ling contrasts drawn from the life in a roaring metropolis/* 




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W«ttaM^y* Novwttbtr 3, 1926 



F^ILM REVIEWS 



VAKMTY 



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to flow on »mootliljr t§ a 

Aniah. Thl* U tho bottor way. 

There are several touobee of ao- 
phlsUcated high comedy, m la the 
incident of the hard-boiled girl 
piano player from tin pan alley 
tlufflniT about her visit to the thea- 
tre manager amons ber frieode, al- 
though the visit was a failure. The 
attitude aleo of the hero toward 
his swoetheart la alao authentic 
Broadway. Always the atmosphere 
ia oonvittc^nff and never theatrical. 
Whiefe to net as ooauaoa in screeB 
plays as It should "be. 

Susan plays a piano in a Broad- 
way sheet muslo store, and of 
Ofurse. has stage aspirations and 
hates ivory banking for a Uvins. 
Bidto la a trap drummer who comes 
to Broadway looking for a Job. He 
rooms in the same boarding house 
mm Sue. They become acquainted 
Whaa they both start for home from 
tba same i»pot,Nand the girl has her 
fellow lodger arrested as a flirt be- 
cause she thinks he is following her. 

From that unpromising beginning 
there springs a love affair. Susan'ii 
piano thumping so irritatee a thca- 
tro manager who has his office 
above the music shop that he sends 
for hw. Ho gives her a chance, 
more to further his own unworthy 
designs .than because he thlnics she 
will aialra an actress. As a Bern- 
hardt Oman nr a flop and she scorns 
to vamp the manager, who turns his 
attenttoa to her sister. Meanwhile 
Bddlo has mads good on the quiet 
with the leading: cabaret orchestra 
of tho town and has a <>*ii^t|^ |q 
feafl with ti to London. 

Sue leoms that her sister has 
gone to the manager's apartment 
ailktf foes thither bene on a rescue. 
When Eddie learns wher6 Sue is, 
he decides on the London trip, in- 
stead of srashhir Into the man- 
ager's home for a rough and tumble 
as the old screen teefajilqiis would 
have had it. So whea aB is straight* 
ened out, Eddie is on the Beren- 
garia Jutt moving out of the dock, 
when Sue eat^es up to him to teU 
. him she loves hfm and all is welL 
* This lajrs tho foundation for a 
laugh inir flnlah with Eddie tetiViim 
' l^to the water from the steamer 
dieck and Sue taking a header from 
the dock to meet him, while a Jsss 
hsuod firom the orchestra throws 
MMa his bass drum as a Uvs pre- 
server, making the flnal 
iDomic one for a change. 

Corlnne Qrifllth never has screen- 
ed a lovelier picture. She hero dis- 
icloses a quiet knaA for polite 
(OSSMiy that gives her^ a new and 
ialtogethr charming aspect. Tom 
Moors has a typical role^ done In 
hii bs^ style. Marjoris Rambeau 
appears as herself for oas brttt 
ta the mnsfo shop. 

Tha Dietara lb bsst flttsd for tha 
high ciaas clioatele. It may be 

S sad skpstl^ 



change bills, especially tn the 
houses where there is a double fea- 
ture policy. It has a naam In 
George Walsh that stands up well 
enough in front of the houae^ and 
on the whole there la saongh aetion. 

Secret service affair that has to 
do with silk smugglers working tn 
with Chhiks. Walsh, as ths hero, is 
a rookie member of the S. S. and 
runs down the band when all the 
experienced operatlvsa hava failed. 
Love story raas aloB« wttH the 
action. 

Wesley Buggies, who directed, 
got the story moving In the early 
chapters and kept it moving right 
to the finish. 

Ruth Dw3^ plays oppostts ths 

star, doing well enough with what 
was assigned her, but Walsh ia the 
ptetursb iMMk dl Cardl. cabaret 
dancer and also a member of the 
S. S., cop|;>ed the honors .between 
the two women. Brian DtmleTy, as 
the heavy, failed to get over, but 
Lucian Prival, an assisUnt heavy, 
bora a most marked rsssmblaass to 
Von Stroheim in some of the di- 
rector's early picturs acting daya 



LADDIE 



jQMpk P. Kenadir prianta Qmm Btratton 



Rupert Hughes will write the! 
tiUes for "Old Ironsides." F. P. sps-i 
cial which Jamea Cruas dtarsstsd. 



sad Strvotsd 

by iamss Lm MssIuui. Story adapted by 
jMsetU Fortar MMbss. Dlstrtbutsd by 
rua Booking omoM, at the Sualoy 
Uieatro. Now Tork. one day, Oet M. R«a- 
ftins tlmo^ TS silssloa 

Psvl StaatMi DftTid Torronco 

Uttla Sister a«ne Ktratton 

Loon Stanton John Fox. Jr. 

Mother Stanton ..•*••. Eulaii^ Jenson 

<::an<laco •••••• ASKi* Horrtns 

I^addle Stantoa ••••• John Howers 

Pamela Pryor.. Beaa Flower* 

MaliloD Pry or .Arthur Clayton 

Mrs. Pryor .Fannie MMgeley 

asbwi Fsgor.. •«....*. RMMffd Voa Sariy 

Here's a picture that stands on 
both legs, thanks to ths type of 

story, ita homey, wholesome atmos- 
phere and cleanlinesa With the 
screen surfeited with other kinds o. 
stories. "LaddleT staadg sal llks a 
ueacon light. 

It's not an ozpenslve production, 
although it has a long cast. There 
isn't a single city scene, aside from 
one "shot" or two supposed to rep- 
resent inside residence. It Is all 
confined to the country where two 
"farms'* ars ussd to carry ths sattrs 
romanea 

Barring several exceptions, the di- 
rection holds well, the basic idea of 
Mrs. Porter's story being adhered 
to without It becoming too pronchy 



or dry. 

James Leo Meehan has done him- 
self proud with a story that man> 
of the high-hat dirsotors would have 

scorned to handle. 

As Mrs. Porter wrote stories that 
dealt mainly with kids, this one ha.o 
a child angle that cannot be denied. 
And with the children having a 
mighty big part in Its geaoral enact- 
ment It is a certainty that the pic- 
ture will make its beat score In th- 
neighborhoods and add forthmr t'^ 
its luHtre In the theatres oatslds the 
bipr cities. 

There are two lova stories, with 
the windup having a most intcnsr 
dramatic moment when an ennif?o ' 
father starts gunning for. file »or 
whom he beUevH M dimMtd th< 
family. 

Several •sreneB seem a little ex- 
aggerated and on© out of aplomb 
Is where Laddie is plowing with 
flowers In his hat and on the har- 
ness, ahd he is wearing a collar, tie. 
ete. 

PhotograT>hlcally splendid. Somr 
>f the big acenes are nicely con- 
nected, this adherence to contlnuitv 
another f on ther for Meehan. 

The cast balances nicely. John 
Bowers and Bess Flowers make f 
handsome, youthful couplf*. Very 
exctilent work sTw*' Hoyjm bv n^n*» 
Strattaa and Joha Fox, Jr. Ksrfe. 



APRIL FOOL 

Produced by torn Zllballst frona tho play 
'An April Sbowor," bv Mssr AUaa WoelC 
and Aloxoador Osrr. DliesCod by Nat Rossi 
UUoo by IssBoo Madlooe; ftalsrlBg Alo«« 
aador C«n>. Roloostd by Cbsdwtofe Pie* 
tnroB Corporotton. At LmW*s Now York, 
ono day. Oct. 2a Resaliw time. Tt mloa 

Alesaador Carr Jacob Ooodmao 

i>uaiio Thnmpaon Irma (><K»lnian 

Mary Alden AnutU Kos«a 

Rnyniond Keane...... Leon .steinfeld 

Mr. Applebaam , Sntta Eldwanla 

Nat Curr ••••••••..Molaha Ulutit>urff 

Jopeph A(>i>l<»besai*...,*,*.a>lwanl rhllliua 
Tho Cbildroo...... ....... Pat Moore, Haby 

Fssfy sad Looa Holi 



Jewish comedy drama with laughs 
due ta abis titling by Jamss. Madi- 
son. 

Alexander Carr should never have 
consented to tie up with the weak, 
sloppy story from which "April 
Fool" was adapted. As Jacob Good- 
man, presser in an east side shop 
who is flrcd for letting a pair of 
trousers burn while engaged In an 
argument over the relative merits sC 
a book. Carr is given every oppor- 
tunity to let loose on pathos, but tlia 
picture is very dull at the t>eginning 
while the story lacks the concen- 
trated continuity which would have 
made this a really big film. 

Jamea liadison, resi>onsible for 
the titling, may be given fuU srsdit 

(Coatiausd on page tt| 



A GmtlcBuui of Quality 

^oolMrRasslM producUoii. pr«aaat«l by 
mtm Ktrtar, released by ComaaoowMiltlt. 
ajo^r by H. H. ^rmmlAmn, dtractad hf 
waator Runted Utioo hj Uarbort CHttk- 
eurrlns Qoorso Walsk. LoeWs 

bill. Ono day, OSI. Sk BMSaiag tSSa 

So mlmatoo. 

-Jkck Baantng. ;.«.Ooom Wslah 

Michmn CSBnBty.«,»««*M«*Brisa Dttalory 

jX4irl dIjQsMi 

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A little independent production 
that- serves its purposs well enough. 
It has got- pvBsh ^fii>^g*t ta aMifea it 
worth while OB any o( Hm dnttr 



CAPITOL 

a isso Blallsa by irs|. SDWARD BOWni 

JOHN GILBERT in 

KING VIDOB'S Predaciloa 

**BARDELYS 

The MAQNIFICENT" 
CAPITOL OBAND ORCHESTRA 



tranU 



B WAT. 47th Bt. 
ntr. JOS. I'LUNKKTT 

NOW PI.ATINO 



CORINlte GRIFFITH 

la ''SYNCOPATINQ SUE" 



LOEW'6 

STATE and METROPOLITAN 

B'way at 4t St. Brook lya 

Douglas Fairbanks 
in 'The Black Pirate' 

— TAUDBTIL!.* — 



WARNER 
RROS. 



WHH* Howard 

Elaia 



and 

STDCRAPUN 

In "Tho BETTER 'OLE" 

Colony TheaS'Si 



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MARTINELLI 

M iwk* tammm. Anu Cmm, N. T. 

Fhllhmnnonic Orch. of 107 l«d by 
Henry HmdUtf, Mat. OpM-aChorna 

and JOHN BABR YMORB 

in 'DON JUAN- 

WarnerTheatreJia 




BRED IN OLD 
KENTUCKy 



Diitrihuted hf 

GREATER 



Directed by EDDie miJXM — 

'^Bred In Old Kentucky"' Means 
Dough at Your Box-Office! 




FILM BOOiONO OFFICBS 



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PICTURES 



PICTDRE POSSIBIUTIES OF PUYS 




•Th« Ladder"— Fairly 
LAQMR" (Romantie cotttima play. Brock Pamberton, llanfl- 
Held). All kinds pottibiUUes for a screen spectacle of costume pagean- 
try, depending only upon voerue for that stylo of offering. Just now the 
costume play .U . iu at)«yaoce. Action lends Itself better fo the picture 
IM^bpiik Mii fifiliiiit: t«clmi«tto ttan to atace trditMit Oao •piM»de 
'Villi MS aiigia fcut nitiiPiliilg. 

They All Want Something"— Favorable 
•THEY ALL WANT SOMETHING" (Gantvoort. Comedy, Wallacks). 



I^r OMvantionat higlibroir hobo plot that can b^ doctored vp Into fttlr 
program feature. As a play, Broadway longevity quettlOB ffy iroeiri 
•0 leclt prestige wUl mean Uttla. Play Iron noT«|. 

^iiUa^— Unfavorable 

"KATJA* (Shuberts. Operetta, 44th St.). Shubert Importation of 
British operetta success which looks like American flop. Familiar mythi- 
cal kingdom and revolution plot, rather trite and went out of date with 
«ha iptMilil and Qebrgo Walsh singie*haQd«d.Xodbts of 

^ ■ / '-^B Abet 



complilnMit 
terial 



«Qon«lo OrafWV-^jnfavorablo 
"GENTLE QRArrim'' (Comedy, Sam H. Harris. MusJo Box). This 
play centres around the /all of a girl of gold digger propWlUea. Its 
love Interest Is light and comedy not important elemont. > 

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•'Seed of the Brute"— Unfavorable 
*'8£1!:d op THB BRUTS" (W. a. Brady^ Jr., and D. JD. "Wlman- 
Uftlo)^ Kolhlns hmei tcm tM tUms. The sUge piece dopendg on dirty 
laaguasa'siii tba pidt 9^tmn oft tUesltiinacy ttarovhout. 



The River* Delayed; 

Doris Kenyon 111 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 



The Judge's Hpslband'*— Favorable 
*THE JUDGE'S HU^MNQ" (Comeds^ Lee Ifhubert MUi St). Novel 
SItuaUons, chM ot wliMi flnda « wOflMui court as the lead and Ann Bork the tngenua. 



Back From Frmdh Lick 

Loo Angeleo, Nor. t. 
Famous Players-Laaky dtiesates 

to the convention at French Lick 
AJ Rogell will probably direct^ have returned. They Include B. P. 
The River.** to be Sam Rork*s next . SCbulberg, IC. |L Ho|In||an, . Fred< 
release for First National. It la ^ Harris, Arch ^vo and Gvrrol 

' Peacock. 

With the returned party also 
came Charles McCarthy* head o{ 
publicity and advertising in the 
New York office. The latter is here 
for a two weeks* stay. Wallace 
Beery also la hack, having boon the 
only star of tho oOMt itildloo St the 
mooting. , ^ 



from an original story by Sir Pat 
Bastings with the screen, adapta- 
tion made by Jane Murfln. 

On account of the illness of Doris 
Kenyon. who is to play the feminine 
lead, production has been deferred 
untn Nov.vS9. 
Lewis Stone will play tho male 



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CINEMATIC TReAT!~R<>$e P);|Hvjdc, N. Y Jowmal 



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4— TQPjGRADE INTERTAINMENT!-P«i^^ Smith, N. Y. Eve. WoWd 

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5— AMAZING AND 9EAUTIFUL!-Regma Cannon, N. Y. graphic 




ACIAIN iHQWS! QililUSl-Mavdaiint Hall, N.Y. Times 




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— CORKING^ MELODRAMA l-Roscoe McQowen, N. Y. Daily Ne«v$ 
10— UNMISTAKABLE QENIUSI-Lonella Pars<ms, N. Y. American 



ADMIRABLY DONE!-^H. David Strauss, N. Y. Telegraph 




Unanimom Praise! 

ANOTHER BIG BQX^FFICE HIT ¥^OU 





oldwyn 



Brewsto* Marries Corlist 
h^MiMieiida INm 



Loo Aliioloor Not. 1. 
Eugene Brewster,- publlohor of 

movie magrazines, got a **10-da7 
Mexioan diyorce" and within 24 
hourp aftonrard . manM r Corlla* 
Palmer, defendant in an alienatioii 
of affection suit which the first Mrs. 
Brewster brought against her ro* 
covering |2i0,000 Judgment in ^ 
New York courts. 

The marriage occurred Oct. 27 at 
Bnsenada, Mexico, with Larry 
Wheeler and bis wife Allono Boar, 
picture actress, the witnesses. 

The day before the wedding 
Brewster received word from Mex« 
ico that bio divorce docroo firom 
his first wife would be granted that 
day. Bven though the millionaire 
pbbllohor was reported engaged on 
a deal to ^1 hto throe fMbllcatlon* 
to another fan magrazlne publisher, 
Mlsf . Palmer was given insU-uctloM 
to get roady for the nuptials, 

The trip to BInsenada took 24 hours. 
"When the couple arrived there and 
applied for a license they were told 
that according to. thO MOKlcan law 
they would have, to w.ait 12 dayo 
after filing the application hofom 
they could marry. .. . . V 

BretfMer woUld have nppa pf this, ' 
He talked to the n)ayor^o| the town^ 
who. as all Mexican ofilclals, are 
ready to listen to "hurry-up" Amer*> 
lean reak>ns and was granted ib 
special marriage permit, l^rly that 
evening Judge Esren C. Covvublas 
performed the ceremony, with, the 
couple starting right baoic for'Rol. 
Ijrwood to break the newa 

Brewster if is said expects to got 
rid of his publications shortly and 
enter on the career of a sooaorlo 
writer. He also figure that the 
scandal regarding the contract Mlsa 
Pahner has with Metro -OOldwyn* 
Mayer has died out and that now 
as his wife the company will glvo 
her a chance to earn hoc $260 woOk*'' 
ly oalary by acting. 

B«ni M Cdnlai^ Man for 
M-G-M, N. Y. and Coatf 

• Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Paul Bern has been, given a sim- 
ilar position MiiVti *M^tro-d<>]d^^« 
Mayer to the one that'^Walter Waa« 
ger. holds with. Famqus. Players^ 
iLaskj^. Born Is a fomi«> writer and 
director, having made pictures for 
Famous and Metro. His duties will 
be contact between the home office 
Of tho coihpany In New York and 
the production officee oq tho ooaot^ 
as a sort of general production 
manager, without conflicting with 
tho otudio executives such' as B. 
Mayer. Irving Thalbeiii^^afty lipC 
and Hunt Stromberg In Uielr pfo* 
ductlon actlYlUes. 



^ "PpIiioo 'o^ Clowns," Original 

Los Angeles, Nov. tT . 
First National purchased aii 
original story from Arthur BdmUnd 
Ca,rewe entitled «*The Piince of 
Clowns." It is for- Milton Sills and 
produced at the First National Btir* 
hahk otiidloo. 



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Aid Hb ORCHESTRA 

After a 8{x Weeks' C^gaoe/nent 
On the West Coast 
Opening en the Cast Coaet 

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AT 

Natropolita^ Bfiloi 

(PubUx) ■ . 

NOVEMBER 6 



Mr., JAldBt F. CdiiLXSPn 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



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4j)Mi Aivel«8, Nov. 2. 

IBitiBt Ltibttaoli will befftn thepro- 
jNetian of "Old Heidelberg" at the^ 
■Jletro-Goklwyn-Mayer Stuaios Dec. 
1. The production, . it la said, wllf ' 
eoet arottfid-l700,Mi» with Rjunon 
Npvarro and a possiUllty of Nmntoa 
r Shearer In the lead. 

Hans Kraely. borrowed from Jo- 
ptpli M. Behenek. BUUIe tlie adapta- 
tion. 

Costumes are Jbeinf designed andl 
will be brought over from Germany 
1>ir Alle Huber, oaatiuiia apeciallat 
with UFA. 

Dr. £«riQ Locke, associated with 
XHibltaoh when tha latter was with 
Warner Brothers; wlU fttnetloa as 
production manager. 

Lubitsch ezpecu to have the pic- 
ture eyt by Feb. 1. On Feb. 19 he 
will be compelled to begin his worit 
at Famous Players-Lasky under his 
new contract. 



Ken Maynard's 2d Series 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

First National has exercised its 
•ption with Chaa. Rogers on a sec- 
ond series of Westerns starring 
Ik Ken Maynard. The action fol- 
lowed pre-vlewing by First Nation- 
al Offlcials of the second of Uie 
first series of Maynard pictures. 



"RUBE" 
WOLF 

f ANCHON & MARCO'S 
LOEWS STATE 

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WestCoast Ikatres^Inc. 



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at L. A. Depot 
To Greet Janniiigt 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
A big reception was accorded^ 
th'<^ party o* Famous Players-Laskyl 
officials Sunday when arriving in 
two speciAl .?are from New York 
and French Clck. £mu Jannings 
was the espeelal cause for the turn- 
out and ovation. The Santa "^Fe 
dopot was all bannered and deco- 
rated, while Uieatre ushers from 
Publtie houses formed a court of 
aonor for Janninpra to walk througli. 
Later the German artbr was taken 
to 4he hotel by a motor cycle escort. 

There were over C.OOO at the 
depot, including all Famous Players 
siars, with Harold XJoyd at their 
itead. 

In the party arriving were B. P. 

Sehulberg, Koy Wagner, Monta 
Beil. Monte Katterjohn, Wallace 
Beery, William R. Fraser. Benja- 
min Glaser, Milt Hoffman. Eric 
I'ommer, Kauritz Stiller, Charles 
McC'irthy, Arch Reeve and others. 

Also arriving on the train were 
Rolert Vigttola and Mrs. Harry 
lUpf. 



SAWV WITH BAIETMORS 00. 

Los Angeles. Nov. t. 
Gavin C. Hawn, former local rep- 
resentative of a fllm trade paper, 
was appointed publicity director of 
Featuro Prodttettoai^ tho John 
Barrymors company* suoceeding 
Don Eddy, who resigned recently to 
Join the Harry Langdon organiza- 
tion. 



••0001 Plreellno *Cla%v* 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
King Baggot has one more picture 
to direct for UnlrersaL It will be 
**The Claw.** taken from the South 
African story of the same name, 
written by Cynthia Stochley, 



mas O&IFFITH'S NEW ONE 
Los Angeles. Nov. 2; 

Preparations are now being made 
to launch early production of Miss 

Griffith's next, "Purple and Fine 
Linen," an adaptation of May 
Edginton's story of the same name. 



Charles Ray's Engagements 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
Charles Ray has been selected by 

Fox to play the title role In "•Willie, 
the Worm," by Florence Ryerson. 

Itls reported Ray has been chosen 
by First NatIsM for the sUr role 
In **The Butter and BfS Md 
"The Poor Nuf 



'HeUo Biir Held Back 

Los Angeles. Nov. 2. 

F. B. O. announces the temporary 
postponement of production on 
"Hello, Dill' and the transfer of 
Ralph Ince. who was to direct, to 

the direction of Viola Dana's new 
feat«iii» **8alvation Jane.** Produo« 
tion *on Ihis ptoture starts shortly. 



Brmndf Keaton Mgf« 

Harry Brand, United Artlst'a 
publicity representative on tho 

coast, has been made general man- 
ager of Buster Keaten Productions. 



Lloyd's Director Break 

Los Angeles. Nov. 2. 
>ZaroId Lloyd has hid consider- 
able trouble with directors on his 
current picture. He started with 
Lc\ii8 Milestone and Ted Wilde. 

Dtr^cting flist, Milestone' walked 
out when he claimed that the con- 
tract on which he was loaned by 
Warners to Lloyd had been broken. 
Wilde continued aloQO until last 
week when he wag * •IrlilliB by 
pn^'unonia. 

liioyd then brought forth two of 
his gagmen, . 1m Neal and Kit 
Home, and let them handle the 
megs phone. 

Lloyd expe;:ta to finish the pic- 
ture In three weeks. 



18X UNIX JKHnSIT'S 

Los Angeles, Nov. t. 

The first unit to start at the Mack 
Sennett studio on its reopening was 
the Del Loffi company, which has 
started on a two -reel comedy. 

Other units will' begin within a 
week. 



MOB ILAGXTOr SIOiaiD 

LosvAngeles, Not. 1. 

Gardner James, picture actor, 
will marry Marion Constance Black 
ton, daughter of Stuart Blackton. 
* yletiira producer, X>eQ. S9. 



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FILM REVIEWS 



Wednesday, November 3, 1926 



APKL FOOL 

(Ooatia— d from PM» lf> 

for Mvtait the pletnr* from otrtain 

failure. Madison's titles make up 
for the lack of "gaga,'* auapense 
and taiteroot la tlw otonr. The 

titles make the rivalry of Apple- 
baum (Snits Edwards) and Good- 
man for the head ef Amelia Rosen 
hl.ariously Interesting instead of 
ludicrously stupid. "Marry me and 
rn let you wish for anything you 
irant," pleads Applebaum. while 
poor Jake Goodman is mali£rned in 
screamlagly funny terms. 

Every sub- title in the picture car- 
ries a laugh and these laughs will 
carry the picture. Nat Carr» as 
Moisha Qinshurg, a marriage and 

dooa H U p e rf e c - 



A scene in the early part of the 

Sicture that getSi a laugh is where 
[•Mia to tnrtav to sell Jake a 
dreamy nag and a delapidated wagon 
ior |fO. Jake finally makes an 
afler. ''For the wagon and the har- 
ness I'll give you 16 but if I must 
take the horoe too I give only |4." 

This plctare wm he a amaoy- 
ffitliv la MBie — et t owa 

R04ng in "Sunrise," P. W. 
dtrocting for Fox Fitans. 



Bryaat Washburn for "Beware of 
Widows." Mniardo Webb dlreeUng 

for U. 



DANGEROUS VIRTUE 



Lss aistfTJ prodvetlM. l e l — — J hf the 
Aywos Corporation. No prodttc*r m* dl- 
d«etar Min«d. Alfred J. Hitchcock crod- 
with •dlUac and tlUlnc. At LmWs 
Kea TMfc. DooUe f«atur« Mil. Oei. Si. 
OM day. Eaaalas ttes. IT aaaetsa 
Beatrioe Aeilsr.k*'*;.*«**i.^*la»e M<yvak 

Leon de WtUsm «»».».l t a t w lck Ward 

8onla Rottbotaki JttlaiuM Johnaen 

Marc da RouauavlUs Bugb Millar 

Laura Waatowray .O b ifcr s Janalass 

Sir NaYlUa Mawtae ...Milw Xaaadar 



Oaa af tba atHklac liimpUs of 

why Britlsh-made fllma are not ac- 
ceptable to American audiences. 

Just a piece of Junk and far from 
worth|» even a place on a double- 
feature bill at Loew's New York. 
Incidentally, the SUnley. a 26c. 
grind house further down the 
street, is giving better screen en- 
tertainment In the main than does 
the New York at 40e. Despite this, 
the New Tortt to almost iavariably 
crowded. 

''Dangerous Vtetue" to Just a 
piece of film junk and nothing more. 
The answsr to apparent that no 
producer or director to credited, and 
the note that American editing and 
titling were tried to whip it into 
shape, bat even tksa tfMia was 
nothing that ooaid ba doft la iive 
the picture. 

The New York's audieaea toughed 
at it and practically hootad It fk'Om 
the screen in derision. 

The story to a muOh-lavohrsd tala 
of a cold E^iglish maid engaged to 
a hot- blooded Frenchman. She re- 



pellod hto affection even though 
they were engaged. To test him. 
she has a girl frtoad who to her op- 
posite in type when the Frenchman 
returns from a trip home. When he 
arrWes she lafarms him that she 
has decided to call off the engage* 
meat and at the opportune moment 
tha frtoad wam te. 

Immedtotely the fiance flops to 
the other side and in a short 
time he aad the frlead are en- 
gaged. Then comes the wedding. 
However, It seems that the 
^friend*' had been compelled to act 
as a decoy for a gambling den in 
London and thto she confesses to 
the man that she Is to wamny, in a 
letter that is to be handed to him 
prior to the ceremony by his former 
flaaoee. flhe. howarer. laito in her 
mission and he does not get the let- 
ter until after the ceremony. Then 
he thinks It was a trick on the part 
of the girl who discarded him, and 
he turns on th' bride as well. Ohe 
oommits sBtoMs while sUIl Ui her 
wedding finery and the cheated 
groom swears vengeanos. 

Two years totcr he returns to 
England, after having spent the in- 
terim in North Africa, to wreak his 
vengeance. He again toys suit to 
the hand of the Bnglish girl who 
once spurned him. and she recipro- 
cates hto seeming affection. 

Finally he tells her that with two 
people so much in love witli each 
atMr there to no necessity of mar- 
riage, and the girl after some 
thought practically consents to be- 



come his mistress. At the finish it 
ie disclosed to the man She didnt 
intend to trick him but retained the 
lettsr to shtoM her frtoad. It was 
only delivered after iha had 
swooned and the servants had 
taken tha note from her hands 
while she was a nc o as o l oas aad de- 
livered it to whom it was addressed. 
That patches things up for the 
happy ending. . ^ 

TM whole to atrodoudy east and 

acted. Jane Novak never does get 
started, and the best performance 
of the entire oast to aaatrlbmad by 
Jataaaa JohaMB. CMadira ^aaalags 
haa last a Mt la twa aesaes. War- 
wlck» as the hero, from hto per- 
formance here would never find a 
spot before the camera In America 
in a leading role, as "Variety** 
(film) Indicates he might, and the 
heavy contributed by Hugh Miller 
was an out-and-out tough. Miles 
Meand^ had an ungrateful role 
which he proceeded to butcher In 
most approved manner. 

Thto to one to lay off of unless you 
want to fdiow your audience how 
badly pictures can be made in Eng- 
land, or otherwise write a new set 
of titles aad treat it as a comedy. 

Fred. 



Ralph Ince was placed under long 
term contract to direct for F. B. O. 



Gertrude Carr under new aoatract 
to write scripts for Fox. 



Freclinaii's 14 Points 

Mtebnel 





(If a. 506 Straight from ^ 

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I liave never been brave enough to say the remarkable thit^s about any picture 
Mf e Ernest W« Frednyan says of M^li^ Sttogofl.^ And yet Mr* Fredman, of 
nimlUnter & Moti<m Picture News of Londoni is an unusually cooservative critice 



Just rciad iMiiift^ !^ points he makes with reference to this Mighty Picture! 







esc 


n 







Ihlfa S'^^'SeldoQi in the histjory of kinematography has this production been equalled/' 

|i9a 9^**The producers liave lavbhed a foltune <m its making* for it has some of 

themofi^f^^ 

Mpa 4 ^^^The picture literally throbs with thrills that follow in swift succession/* 

NOt S^^Tremendous battle scenes in which thousands of the Latvian army take part, 
die buniingof townibfeiuAeii tiding are features^pf this wonder productkme"" 

.'*■'■'■*■'. • . ■ ■ . * * 

Na. a-!'The camera and technical work is astounding*^ 

lll^ most thrilling scene <»f all is the fi^t between two meut which for 

V sheer strength and suspense is one of the greatest fii^it scenes ever 

portrayed in a motion picture/ * 

NOa S'^^^Some of the finest acting ever seen^on the screen is to be witnessed in 

... ■^^vJ."-^ ■ ■ this, picture/' : : 

Mia 9^**Ivan Moskin's acting throughout is m^g|lificent^and in the fight scene he 

^^^^^^^v^^ o is Uter#y immw^ 

^Oa S0~'* Every artist in the cast lends wonderful characterization to his part*** 
^•a Il ^^^A mighty production conceived on immense lines/' 



N0a lai'^ ^A stupendous picture literally packed with entertainment value/* 

l^*o IS'-'^'All through the film there are any number of big moments*** 

N«e M'^he whole produc tion is so eat l irallitig tha t it is c er i 

success* It is one of the greatest box office attractions of all time/* 

Whewl There*^ a mouthful for vou! And every word of it is true* If v 



Justice of Ae Far North 

<t a. a Bff«MelB tke MorsMB Dawn pro- 
iesUis, **iiMUae ef Mm Vkr North." story 
aad dlraeUoe b]f llomaa Dewe. Aa AicUe 
■iisdrsitu At llM OoiMibes, Hmt Tork. 
OtI. m OM aur. RslesMd by CoIamMa 
Ple tet wi Ompw Inmnlne Um*. ftT mla«t«a. 
Ueitak AMIhv Jnmintt 
Wamba ••i. •••••*•••. ••.•...Marcia Manon 

Nootka .• liaara ^Vlnter 

Mike Burka • Cbuck iui«n«r 

Issy Uawkina • Max Davidaoa 

Dr. W**llfl. . .' Georc* FlBh«>r 

lAMnr Turaona .KaUiartna r»awn 

BrokeB Noaa McQee Steva Murphy 

Oatside the Cohimbus theatre tha 
name of Max DaTidson was the only 
principal played up in the blliinff. 
Thla was tha bouse biiUng, aa 
DairMMn playa a Meoadarar role to 
ArtlMr ^aaalaefa aad othara. 

The best kaawn of tha pletura la 
Chuck Relaner. In this thrUIer of 
the Far Mortit Mtaer plays tha 
heavy.' 

One of the best actors in the pic* 

tara waa a dor, Hsk.** 

. It is aa oat«and*ont love story of 

the frosen north, that part where It 
Is really frosea. and the mala char- 
acter llyea In an Igloo. 

A brilliant hit of screen woric is 
done by Mr. Jasmine as the Eslcirao 
hero, and esoeptioaal woric is also 
performed by Misa Manion as Warn* 
ba and Miss Winter as Nootka. 
These characters are made to stand 
out all the way. Reisner mattes a 
corkias wiUain aad kaows his heaTy 
oats. « 

An American romance is woven 
Into the story that makes such a 
hero out of Umluk, whose Arctio 
sweetie Is coaxed from her huppy 
ice- padded drawing room by the 
man in heavy winter clothing. Only 
an illiterate, uncouth Esky woman 
could stand for a sheik with • 
makeup like Chuck Reisner'a 

Davidson, featured in the billing, 
played lasy Hawkins, rascally part- 
ner of ^rks^ ta the fur business, 
Izzy and Mike cheating tba BSsklfUSa 
out of their fine bides. 

Some flue pbotographle shots of 
the wild animalH of the Arctic seaa 
and several thrilling climaxes. 

Corking buy for any neighbor* 
hood. Not a ooetly picture in the 
making but has scenes that give the 
story unusual locale and enough 
melodrama to dlaaa it along to 
bully results. 

And that dog. Dak, bears watch- 
lag. He will poke his noso right 
along with any sC tba others bet? 
tar known. * Mark. ^ 

PLEASURE GARDEN 

Released throuffti Artlae Picture Corp. 
AdapttK] from the ooval by Oliver Sanda. 
Featuring VirylDia Valll. with Carmeletta 
Geraghty alsw bl!lcd. Alfred J. Hitchcock, 
director. At Loew's Msw York Oct* JM: 
one>half double bill» — 
about to nlaatas. 

A &kppy chorus girl picture, prob- 
ably Jatended for the sappy sticlcs 
where they still fall for this sort of 
a chorus girl story. Those are about 
the only places which could use 
"Pleasure Oarden," other than tha 
one-dayers» and Loew's New York, 
a one-dayer, doubled it up with 
*Dangerous Friends,'* even worse. 

It's a tale of the smart chorister 
and another, the latter fresh tv^m 
the oouatry. Hie eharus girl from 
the country proves the "smarter" in 
that way. About the film's best vir- 
tue is that it has been kept eleaa. 
Tlie title, possibly attractlire to the 
balcony low-brows» is merely of the 
aaaia of the t b e atr a where the cbo* 
rus^ girls are engaged. 

Thoroughly foolish story, illogical. 
Implausible, which also ukes in- 
Carmeletta Oeraghty's dancing. 

Virginia Valli played a rather 
sjmipathy-getting "good" eborister, 
but that only in looks, with little 
else to look after. The male pria* 
cipals performed fairly. 

Independents might t>etter side- 
step these 80c. stories. They don't 
make good picttnres, and that goes 
double for most of the Indies. 

With the "Prince Ivan** character 
In this one, maybe the foreign mar- 
ket was in mind. In that case, and 
another version, the picture might 
tell a different sales prioe tala 
abroad. ' Bituc. 



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^Wednesday, November 3, 1926 



FILM REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



Aih' SUge 

U9k hk U L Hoiiie 

"Panl Aahf aehem* of fllm 
^pttM ttlns* hnM reached Long 
d. . Wlien th* new Capitol, 
Lipiiff - Island, opens Nov. 
I,' built and operated bj Irvlnx 
iiener, there will be ata^ presen- 
tations built up around Ted King 
and his Diploma* band. 

The opening program will have a 
••flash" revue staged by Ned Way- 
n and a vaudeville bill booked by 
il. KNifl. Tho King btad wUl 
bi|r 18 men, changinir tbatr ma- 
gical program weekly. 
Leaser's bouse seats 1,900. It will 
mmwA by Mmt blmsalf for 




irmMomo TO eoAcrr 

Los Angeles. Not. 8. 

Warner Brothers will begin erec 
tlon of the building to be used 
ior tbo produetloa of Vitaphone 
programs and accompaniments. 

At 'present the work ia being: 
done *'in the Manhattan Opera 
Mwtm, VmUr twik^ hut when Die 
new building Is finished here the 
base of the * production wUl be 
transferred. 



PAUL ASH 

NOW AT 

BALABAN A KATZ 

N«w Oriental Theftlr* 
CHICAGO 



2 Garwui Piehnres 
Reidy for RdMM Here 

Two big picture "speciala." made 
by UFA In Germany, "Faust," nlne- 
reeler, designated as *'a poem In 
animation/' and •'TartuCte** IThe 
Iraposter") In seven reels, renamed 
"The Gilded Hypocrite,** are now 
lined up for American presentation. 

"Faust" will be distributed In the 
states by Metro-Goldv^yn-Mayer, 
whilo •The QUded Hypocrite" will 
be rel e a m by Famous Players- 
Lask.y. 

The former cast comprises Emil 
Jannlngs as Mephtstopheles. Gosta 
Ekman as Faust, Camllle Horn as 
Marguerite, Wilhelm Dieterle as 
Valentine and Yvette Guilbert as 
Aunt ICaHlMi iDlrocted by F. W. 
Mumau. 

The second, also directed by Mr. 
Mumau and adapted from his farce. 
*The Imposter,"* baa Lll Dagorer 
as Elvira, Orson by Werne Fuet- 
terer, Andre Mattonl as the Cousin, 
Lucie Hfllch as Dorlne, Rosa Va- 
lettl as the housekeeper and an old 
njan by Hermann Picha. Apraln 
UBA has Jannlngs cast in the title 
role. 

Mme. Dagover will t>e remem- 
bered as playing Brunhllda in 
"Siegfried," brought out In New 
York b«riM Uiiiii afo.' 

Both films may appear in New 
York before the holidays, "Faust" 
likely showing ahead of "The 
Hypooiito;** 





Carew0 luid Kath. CUflFord 
in "HoHywood Life* Jam 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Edwin Carewe, picture producer, 
and Kathleen Clifford, screen ac- 
tress who With her husband, N. K. 
niltcb, owns a number of flow«r 
■bdfgr bare, are In legal dUBeoltles 
on account of a Joint venture they 
had In a picture publication called 
'^Hollywood Llfo.** 

It led both parties to the district 
attorney's office asking for com- 
plaints of embesslement against 
each othor. 

Miss ClifTord asserted sbo had 
lost $40,000 In the magazine vonturo 
while Carewe claims he lost $80,000, 
and tbat nifteb, a bank offlclal, was 
responsible for the loss. 

Both factions Insisted that com- 
plaints be Issued by the district at- 
torney with Carewo and initch al- 
most coming to blows. 

The district attorney finally sug- 
gested that he be allowed further 
tlm» to iBirastlgate «. the criminal 
diarges made by both. There Is a 
possibility that the matter niiqr bo 
thrashed out In clvU courts. 

Brandts' 2 New Houses 

William and Harry Brandt opened 
tbotr now BlltiMTCi on New Lots 

avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 29. 
and the Stratford will open about 
Nov. 10. Both houses are of 2,000 
capacity and to the ghetto section 
of Brooklyn, one in Brownsvlllo and 
the other in East New York. 

Both houses have refrigerating 
systems. Willy Pogany designed 
the stage decorations. With the two 
new houses opened the Brandts will 
bi^ «liib tlnfttrtb la Brooklyn. 



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Every player piano oompany is 
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Fim HOUSE REVIEWS 



GRANADA 



(SAN FRANCISCO) 

Ban FkmnolBCO, Oct. 28. 
Saturday matinee and boainiesH 

terrible. Looks like the recent 
price boo»t to 6r.c. Saturday Is cut- 
tin^j In badly with the townspeople 
^unwilling to pay 65c. fur Saturday's 
matinee whM iPir|i^^« 
coata Ha.' No parUtftilivr aiiiM 
or effect on Saturday night busi- 
ness, 65o. l>efng the prevailing price 
then In tho majority of th© big 
Market street show shops. Publix 
•Will probably have to hold off on 
the Saturday prlce-klting until after 
six. 

Show opened with new* reoi and 
the nows reel opened with shots 
of tho new Paramount theatre in 
Times Squara^ New York, and a 
semi olose-up' oif Adolptt Zukor 
flvlnff tho big 26-8tory edifice the 
onee over from his automobilo. 
Then a Qrantland Rice Bportllght 
a\iigh H*t Cartoon comedy and the 
usval trailers about what's Inlay- 
ing at the other Publlg bouses in 
town. 

Stage act. ''Moonlight on the 
Ganges." prettr much raglilAtion 
stuff about average as regards 
merits and demerits witb tberun 
of Granada presentatlona itueli 
for the eye and ear but no laughs. 

Somehow the comedy in the 
Granada auge aota la always left 
to the punch line song singers. And 
this Is a long way from being sure- 
llr« in Hijeetlng bumoe. "Puneb 
lines" frequently lack punch. They 
did last week with Lee Kent and 
•van Pissy Barnitf^ wasn'i to 
snul*r, on the giggles. J^igfy. aatiMIy 

''^iS^iSb/^lp^ m IMM. not an 
that codid be asked In Anesse or 
artistry and ratber atareotyped In 
deliVary; but ablo to strvn a ttkn> 
lele and coon-shout a song for to- 
sults. On a basis of result-getting 
aha musters now and iMMrid bnlM 
for tha future. 

A year of four and five a day 
baa a4M tmmaasur^bly to Peggy 
Bemier'a stature as an artist. 
Nature gave bar- a squeaky, off- 
key votos^ but It's affaatlva Ima way 
she talks a song. Her members are 
mostly aU about dangerous daddies 
but tba aiaBilailty ef tbeme does 
not interfere with ber being tre- 
mendously popular out b«re as in 
Chicago wbara aba started. It was 
a happy exigency that closed the 
"Big Boy" show in the Windy City 
•▼er a yaar ago and mada Paggy* 
Al JoisQU'a.big gifl te .tli#;Mn* 
bouses. 



Venetian Rk1e».*' Publix unit staged 

and devised by Paul O^card. 
Several short 8Ubj€9ta jMfd News. 



r Rivou 

New York, Oct. 30. 
Corking comedy film feature in 
W. ©. Fields "Bo's Your Old Man," 
surrounded by a Mil of mighty good 
entertainment, makes up a program 
at the Rivoll Ibis week that runs a 
little over the usual allotted two 
hours. The llrst performance Sat- 
urday afternoon run a.s smoothly as 
though It b«d b«ea playing tor a 



HauptauuM is tba laadersblp of tbe 
orcbeatrft g| tba mnf. 9>^^W«y 

theatre. 

Hauptmann comes into this new 
bouse after two directors have 
wielded the baton and Is a atralght 
concert director, flrst, last and al- 
ways. Portland audiences Uke this 
form 0f mnsle, aaS at (ha gpaolng 
show Hanptaann waa gtran an 
ovation* 

Tbls waek*a abow oonalatad of 

"The Amateur Gentleman" (F. N.), 
together with a Fanchon and Marco 
revue, and Oliver Wallace, organist. 
The latter Is causing much talk 
with his original organ novelties. 

Opening the review, after a selec- 
tion of numbers from "The Merry 
Widow" by Hauptmann's Melody 
Artists, were the Oib«on Sisters. 
Theae two girls did nicely with ec- 
centric and soft'^shoe buck dances. 
In the deuce spot was Charles Wells 
in a rural offering who clicked after 
a few mommta of dull laugbter for 

Albert MacGal- 



In addition to the feature picture I his Introduction, 
the outstandars were Harokl Yates livray delighted bts audltora^ witb a 
and Coouei^' Xawley (New Acts) few good vdaai nnmbar*. wbila tbe 
yiano and song, and Murtagh with Crosby Bothers, announced as late 
a series of parodies to well-known from tbe musical "Patsy," held the 



melodies, on the organ. Botb tbe- «»xt to abut Jab and ewe through \the 12 corypb 
atre features geWMIi vbitvUr Wltb Iwlt^ colors on their dancing. 

11.11 Aiir^P I I Ending tlie stage show was 
XeXg the sbW there Was a Warner and Meade, two girls of 
combination of overture and show- considerable avoirdupois, in a sing- 
ing of a two-reel Taclvilcolor nov- M"* turn. Miss Warner put ber pop 
elty entitled •'The vSlon- (Sbort big 
Films Review), one of the Eugene Meade proyat , SA g^Will^nt 
Rotb series. Tba prelude w»d the P»«"o accom panist 
picture running M mlnntiA ' Tatea > 



and Lawley followed 

Tbe. iUKoli Movievents ran nine 
mintfteg with !• shots. Seven were 

from International ; Pathe, three. 

Murtagh entitled his offering 
"For No €k^ Baason at All." tak- 
ing a lot of gag parodies and click 



•TRAND 

Nenr York, Got. II. 
A feature of somewhat over aver- 
age footage and « Mark Strand 
FroUo tbat runs half an hour (Pres- 



feature* 



''''4'^: r^^JiL'^St^lJiSml"' f^ entatlo^) l^iVe litur UmV In the 
about 12 vmum artd pceaeded the variety In the surrounding lUm nro- 

T^"' I gram. A short magaalne subject 
called-**Tbe aame*a tbe Thing" was 
run In at tbe end, while tbe news 
topical cut down to three or four 
shots divided between Fox and 
Pathe. 



m 



PRESENTATIONS 

» 

(Extra ai i rad i cns in picHtrm ihrnatrms, wkm net 
pi*efar«g» ii^ffl bm carried and dmecribed in thtM dmpari* 
meni for thm general informaiion of the trade.) 



MARK STIUND FROUO 

30 Mins. 

Strand, New York 

A first rate Specialty show with a 
wealth of produetion baekgrannd ia 
hore packed Into half an hour. 
Many an evening of vaudeville baa 
had less intrinsic entertainment 

Fbr tbe starter Kitty MeLaugblin. 
soprano, doea "Only a Rose" aa a 
solo before a drop representing a 
shallow vase filled with flowera. The 
vaaa la ^ transpavaney. Lighted 
from 4>eblnd. it d l gc lpsea the ballet 
doing a lively waits, all In crino- 
lines and Mme. Klemova leading 



Jack North stopped the show next 
with . bla banjo turn. He baa a 
voeal trick of jassing bla aonga and 

a ^uiokr way of getting to tbe audi- 
ence with brief snatches of talk. 



ahowing "Brick" Bnglish and his 
band, who played a hot number. 

Oaaar Mrlor agnta mag, Hite Ubm 
with a bevy of girls, and then 
"Rube" sent all three bands Into 
aotion together. Tl|e tip of t^a 
pytmmlda opened, ravaallng a pretty 
girl in a rose bowL For a Saal 
a double ladder, pyramid shape, *en^> 
twined with flowers, was lowered 
from tbe fllea with girls hanging to 
the rungs, and suspended between 
the ladders 'the Aerial Bartletta, 
who did a few feata of twirling and 
moutb holding 

Ifa a wbala et m 
abow. 



"GYPSY ROMANCE** (36) 
Si no i no, Da no i no. Patter, Muelo 
|Q6 Mine.; Full SUge (Spaeial) 



Rita Owin, again at tbe Strand Chicago ^ 

and Ita apparent fttv^te. did better! The acene opena in a gypsy eanp 
#lth her groteaan^^ dancea than layout wVik' WaUer' Fdntlng, m 
^o^utw'^'^ '''^^^I'^^^y rtnging -^ypir 

Jack Dwiny cornea frwm tba Ctab 1®^"!**'*^'^^ *' ^o'^^*"" 
Frlv^Uty with ^ Un^n r ^ » ^^^^^ ^<>»^f- «^ 

tra. accomplished jassists. in thelj^^*''^*^ ""^^^ J^' 



more polite kinds of melody. A neat 
trick, of special raliia for. a bouaa 



ture b 
atead. 



■tm saoS 



^iKAMSAS^OItV • 

<MIDiliQHT raOLIO) 

Kansas City, Oct. 27. 
''Standing Boom Only and NO Re- 
funds" doeant seem to mean a thing 



«^.^«J^ Flrolic Jack Denny with 
hia Cniib mvolltar orebeatra of ten, 
billed as a flrst Broadway appear- 
They bave aeveral very neat 



ance. 



of the Strand grade, was the inter- ^ 1'*!?*'*^ JfJiI* 

weaving n| a popular jass theme * •PeciaWy singer, eute UtUa 



and phraaea ef a atandard melody 



girl. In blond, enria, consists of 



("Humoresque" and a current nmn. JP"5 dance on "Baby F&ce ' 



ber). S^mphasis Is placed on the 
violins and piano for the most part, 
although there la a capital backing 
of br as sae, far yrotty aflaat aC lMr* 

mony. 

The orchestra playa half ita ron- 
tina a«t near tha fboU nag tbeA 



that goes over. Helene Heller, look* 
ing a^ cbalrfnlng- Ita ever, bad te 
take three encores with *Td Lova 
to Call Tou My Sweetheart." Miss 
Heller's work In t^e B. de K. housea 
baa brought ahention. Her school* 
ing with Paul Ash gave her stage- 



around the .Newmtp bas «Mb at 12 i aiVa'ngeme^ta'Tid ^aSiit ajpw- , . 

^^^Jw^HL. *w . ^J*nce that recommend themaehieato «*^*"«^ "P*^® «P^ia"y Poople. 

iWTien the urat or the /i>dnlgbt { picture houae preaentation. Including . Miss Owin and. Oeorgle 

S![fJ*u'^£''**"? "^"^ "'^^^ * P'«n*y ^ «£*S* of pace in the • young dancer with gome 

^V^S^Jt!M^^2S^Y*.!!'l^^lSSl\^^ ^ sensational remarkable step* in the Russian 

w5ffd^!liJTS,^SI?t£?^?J.Mii^f^ ^o*- part cut 

Institution. ^ eccentrks dance by Rita Owen in' "^W*"^ 

Last Saturday night four lines another return engagement, and a 

fi*^^!ft& ^» h»nio "Peclalty by Jack North. It 

tba Ueket wMow, waiting for the I was the latter picked out by the 
house to clear from the regular | audience Sunday night for « gbow- 
sho#. Half a dosen policemen and! stopping demonstration 
a large number of bonse attaches 



retires back on a movable platform, T'Sk '^nowledge essential in dealing 

' 'with picture house audiences. 

George Riley, affecting a *nithp^ 

ing" manner and generally gagging 
ith Paley, geta all the laughs in 



kept the lines in order. land Covinne Orifflth In "Syncopat 

Onqa i^flide. however, the bunohling Sue" (First NaUonal) as the fea 



PYRAMIDS (85) 

Eoyptian Spectacle 

'HViUiam Tell" for the overture I ^ Minsb; Full SUge (Special) 



„^„^ let lobae, abd from a quiet, dignified I 

Istoar and Walker, man and wo- J***^^*"* where all proprieties are 
man. , sang ballads charmingly, but i««25^ Irtace became 

later danced unnecei^rily and with- | • ^ almost lao 

out sufllelettt abUKy to match tbetr ?«[ school kids, cut loose; 

neatness at song. After looking ?J?^ **!?!? .^*»*^.*f ^f* 
sweet and prljna donniah in a duet ^"fy eertalnly did go to1t_ 
the girl reappeared later In the act ^ smashing ■bow the house 

in a gold fringe costume and did a ^i*S&ISSi^^S^^^^ 21% 
routine of crawling spliU that lust L'V*" eatefiwa youtb. with icbool 
didn't go with ber earUar impres- I college yells, wise cracks and 




#Ion 
oomedy. 



Tbia team la item- fgnaffsl I ouier manuaaiauc 
inw WW ¥> *?^^S^^|feaii3r ramarfcabla. 

tba 



^ (OMIOAOO) 

Chicago, Oct. 29. 
Eddie CantOi*'s name must mean 
aemetbing in tlilg flalntty. With 

Bennie Krueger absent from tho 
Tivoli. attendance, waa as good as 
with the band master theaa. This 
rotating policy of inreeentatlons, be- 
tvseen the Chicago. Tivoli and Up- 
town. Is very much to tbe liking 
of the ' Uptown dfstrlct. It gives 



All eonatituUng a cunsplcu- 

ment. 

'QARDKN OP DRCA|iS» fl^ ' 
PubHx Praeertlgllgii. ' ' - 
12 Minwtat. / • 

BoHa Petroff baa devlaed and 
sUged a very effecUve "sight" of- 
fering in thia praaentatlon. It is 
• igtody in ndrUa statuary hi a 

Ken Franklin, publicity director | moonlit garden, wlQi the subjects 
for t ^t^N ew^ M^lt, Jta ^ ^j'* . I statuary coming to life in 

and •aii aa fMMlar M eerenony, | the dream of a little art atudMt 
although there Isn't much of that; | jhe WbS ^ M pJSTpie.^ » 



Leaw*a Slade, f jm Anga ld a 

Fanchon and Marco's "Pyramids" 
Is a big flauh act, by long odds one 
ojf the biggest ever attempted here- 
abouts. Not oai iMit three bands 



tha show. Rttey ia a good al^« 
I around, who can sing comedy aong|| 
as well as ballads. Besides running 
in and out at iptervala he doubleb 
with ICIsb Heller hi a ballad, old 
but still good. Soma downing en* 
sues during this number, after 
{which they finish in straight, scor* 
ing to quite aa axtant. , 

Rde Cleanor Ball and ber brother, 
Michael Ball, present a nifty musi- 
cal bit. using tbe violin and cello 
las instrutnents; ThIa ntinnber dldked. 



other manifaatationa, tha affair la 



Eddie Rogers, the eccentric aero* 

are used on the stage, playliig dwicer, did but one number.^ 

simultaneously at one point in the "f^"*^ hurt himself the week pre- 
program. Dancing girls galore and y*<>««»y- ™« ™* 
the favoritea. Oeoar T^lor and | **** "^"^ there. 

Rose vaiyda. maka a aomblMtlon st^^^^^^^^ .^^'^fSl?*?*^®'^®' 
hard to beat. |ofteil-at the night dumi here, prove 

It is a colorful spectacle with the |^**^^ much at home and in place on 



girls attired moetly in 



or 



the stage. Their adagio apecialty 



shimmering veils, and a wrprise 7" •*~*^S^1.^"' 



finale tbat draw tbundereua ap- 
platiaa^on tha^pening day. 
Hube** Wolf and his band played 



in appearance. Tliegr ai^a also thara 

at the flnlab, in a fast gy1i>sy dance, 
with the girls in the Isackground. 

Aside from Ben Paley, averyone 
in. the ghaw warfca hard to pwt lha. 



balbid singer hasn't a abow. but the ^poUo. Venus. Terpsichore, a ^Tfa^^ J^t ,^f^SSlil^« thing over. Mr. Paleys actlvltlea 

dancera and musiciana put .their «J0MP of thrtm g lrla jm the bearers r^J^» *^^ ^^j, ^ 

efnC over. . of the yns s lMS at placed up Oriental costume and aeven slave j,^^,^ ^ ^^^^^ 

Saturday night the show opened stage in the center land two gfx>ups ^*"" standing before sewn g^ingor Hia InaMUtv ta do anv* 

with a chapter of Ctene Tunpey's of three glrla aaeh aa the beaawsl"*y" ^ containers in two. Lhlnff but stand and look wIha tm 

serlal. -TI,e Fighting Mbrtne.- and I of to^^^ W | Two dancteg gUrl. from tha Sun- [gl^^jfj;;;* ^^^^ 



tbe bufich went wild. Commui^ity 
singing; with Ken Widenour at the 
organs was next. They would h'ave 

sung all night , if Ken bad played 



There Is alao a atiitva et mualc. P^ chorus did an effective Bgyp- formers. 



those tmable to attend the L.oop for tbero. Talk about your cho 

and south side hiMMWr a chance to msesl ; When that Newman mid- 

see the atM gli(i#|. at tha Up- night crowd get started, they sing! 

town. Following can^e a neat' .dancing 

Matinee attendance is partlcu- revue by Qlni^w H »ge n and lieg 

larly good here, considering the sise "Redheads." 10 youngsters present- 



whlch supplies the excuse for a 
violin player and for the music 
which' tba statues dance to after 
they come to life, afttMggll t^e or- 
chestra also piaga ga iMportaat 
part here. 



tian number, with six "mummies* 
(scantily clad girls) emecffing from 
the eaaketo and "Rube** Wolf mak- 
ing his appearance from the center. 
"Rube." with Oriental gown and 
turban, did a brief d&nce burXesque 



Loop. 



UNDER MKXICAN SKIES (tO) 
8 Mine.; Pull Stags 
Eastman, Rochester, N. Y. 

The always popular appeal of 
Mexican music, girls In flower- 
colored gowns and youths In tha 
breeches and gaudy blour^es of 
fighters has been used to good 

^^^^^ ^^^^^ -..w » advantaga In gn elaborate preaaa^ 

Th<° overture Is "A Gyi^y FflTn- | one^'yem u ""^^ ^t** frequent .applauae I ^^^^^^^^ ^*th another song number, I tatlon feature at the ISastman. 

" i>rrianirA.i nnH int^cnrotoH • to tHo stcppers, * | Interruption and the man's manner I '®l^**''?<i Dorothy Adair In a| Like all Mexican scenes, there 



There la 'gvonp daaeing. *aolo that got a lot of langha. 
dancing, and a most remarkable' ^ blackout uont tha eccne to full 




tasy," arranged and interpreted by 
H. Leopold Spltalny. Spltalny did 
rot appear In the pit at the per- 
formance of this review and the 
conductor who replace^ him did 
very well. Featured in this num- 
ber was Eugene Cibelli, tenor. Ci 
belli sang the solo version of "Gypsy 
Sweetheart" in a smooth Hnd mod 
ulated voice. Koiio.>in'j: citu'ill. Wal- 
ker Stewart, x^iophonist, played 
several selections together with the 
orchestra and alone. Boyd Senter, 
who knows' how to handle a clar 
inet, featured- two solo numbers, 
both pop. and "Black Bottomea" for 
an encore. All three aoloists worked 
from the eleratod platform «f tho 
orchestra. 

On the stage, the church scene 
from "Faust" was colorful and well 
staged. Marie Herron, soprano, and 
Arthur Iroparator, basso, played 
u«rita and M'*p*''«'>«P^'*'«'«' r**- 
apectively. Miss Herron has a 
voice of umisuaJ qiuUity and allud- 
ing, while Imparator Is a finished 
•Inger. 

At the organ, . Milton Charles 
(New Acts) kept in harmony with 
ttm of the progrnm by pLaylng 
iHeiir of numbcra Another and 



Beveral numbera Were given bytof handling the girl is little short i^^^^^'t solo dance in which con- are songs of that plaintive Spanish 
Paul Tremalne's orchestra, whlclb. of reOMUritaMa T tortious played an Important part. quality, banjo strumn^ing.- galea at 

also played for the "Redheads." and On the whole tbemfsentatlon Taking his stand at the base of laughter, lively chatter and a eon- 
then Franklin sprang a surprise by looks decidedly effective, ft at least the pyramid, "liube" stamped his|stant milling about of the char- 



In trodttdttg the Foursome Quartet 

on the current Newman bill. Thef^e 
boys are showmen as well as sing- 
ers, and the. gang j|albted down, 
gave MioBft attentioa and wanted 
more. 

Following came the Royal Hawal- 

an Orcht'Htra anil then tho i>rovi«'W 
of "Aloma of iTio South Seas," 
Which opens at the house Oct. 80. 

A lot of Hhow for 60r., but that's 
what the night owls want. They 
pack tho house. Saturday night at 1 
o'clock they were still bnyinp tlok- 



has the distinction of being differ- 
e«t.-' 



Charlie Morrison, Kelth-Alheo 
agent, is confined to his home with 
a cross between appendicitis and 
Intestinal grippe. 

Phil Taylor, K-A producer, Is 
back at his desk alter several 
months* illness. 



ets in spite of the "Standing Room I J^?^^^^^' six-yaar-old son 

omy anii No Refunda'* VngSlaa r' u^l 

' ously injured when his thl^h was 



BR0A 1>W AY 



(PORTLAND, ORB.) 

Portland, Ore., Oct. 21. 

Local Importance wnj< uttachcd to 
the debut of Liborius Hauptmann. 
formerly condnctor ef the Rivoii 
theatre orchestra, when Harry Ar- 



fractured while at play • and was 
removed from his Bayslde home to 
>hc PlushlHK <Ij. I.) IIo.«<plln]. 

Jackie Tallman (Talluian and 
Kerwin). In private life Mrs. Pat 
Kerwin, recovering in Indianapolis 
from two recent opcrntlona. 

Vivian Duncan, musical comedy 
atar. recovering from a minor 



thtw, general manager of the two,^ . . ^ . 

hoiMies (North AmerTcan), pii^maM ^ ^ ^* AfifelM. 



•liube* 

foot twice, which opened eliding | acters to. give the eflTect of motion 
doors In the lower section and -re- 1 and animation, which at least aa 

vealod his band. "Rube" and the j the stage Is supposed to represent 
band boys put over a comedy num- I an atmosphere peculiar to Mexico 
ber. "Me, Too," that caught on. I or Spain. 

Angelina Armento, tumbler, lived I Among the principals who have 
up to his reputation as the fastest | solo bits are Charles Pennlca, banjo 
tumbler in the world and electrified 1 strummer, who pulled down a good 
tbe crowd by bis speed. The glrla I hand; Marlon Burbank, jremig eon- 
flocks of them, came on for another | tralto with a voice unusually full 
dqnco specialty, after which Rose and smooth, and Clair Kramer, 
Vaiyda sang "Sleepy Head," getting 1 tenor, newcomer in the Eastman 
the number over In her usual telling I ranka Another pleaaing aplaoda 
fashion. Roae and *'Rube" put on is the dance number headed by 
a comedy dance and acrobatic num- j Thclma Blracrec and Jeanne Hur- 
bcr which, aided, by "Rube's*' broken I vits. The number consisted of soma 



garter, had the audience In howla 



A secona aectlon^r the Pyramids Spanish steps. The mtrste^ I ncludes 



opening revealed Thelma O'Connor's 
gills' band seated above tbe regu- 
lar bouse orchestra. Twelve danc- 
ing girls, aided by four other cho- 
rines, garbed solely in heads, did an 
effective number, and then the third 

■eetloa gf . tb9 . pyciinld 




axoellent rhythmic Ungo and ather 



"Cigarette." by J. H. Densmore and 
an adaptation by Frank La Forge 
of two Mexican folka aonga ""Tha 
Swallow " and "Ask of the Stars.'* 
The act was produced by Ben 
Webster, presentation director of 
thd^ JSMtiiMin stgfC, 





Wednesday, November 3, 1926 



NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



VARIETY 



CARR P^l^* 

Dancing 

• Mint.; Two 

WmUm (•». V.) 

CMT and Parr, billed as English, 
do a comedy dancing turn with the 
emphasis on the danclnir* One U a 
comedian, aalthar slnga, and If both 
do talkf M seemed. It may baTO 
been sotto-voiood romarka to OBO 
OJiother. 

Their dancing forte is the close 
formation with bo oztraordinary 
etopo. but a little rah rah atiiS in 
dancing to a medley of American 
melodies at one time and to "Yan- 
kee Doodle" for aaothor daado. Tho 
boya aro reported over here but a 
couple of weeks, so their stepping 
appears easily adjustable. That is 
about the dancing it is. 

In closo and other f ormatioiia fPir 
dancers, any kind, theso Unitod 
have a few of their own. Those 
good American dancers layini: off 
this week, pleaso bold up but ono 
auMd. Wbat a mobi Mm. 

•HAW and CARROLL (•) 
Seng and Dance Revue 
24 Mine.; Three (Spoeial Set) 
Broadway (V. P.) 

Act is simply billed as a team 
without "company" donotatioii ap 
behalf of the supporting auartot 
Shaw Is Carl, who three years ago 
Impressed with his youthfulness as 
an unusual stepper; Carroll is Joan, 
A ooikiely, ahapoly danseuso who oan 
wear clothes and knows her gro- 
ceries generally. 

In support are dual pianistes, one 
of whom -Tarbles a pop ditty with 
gusto. Tho other's voioo is not bad. 
but she lacks the volume of her co- 
pedal pounder. Incidentally they're 
a corking two -piano team and sus- 
tain tho tompoa ozeollently. There 
la also a male dance team, in them- 
selves quite distinctive, offering leg- 
mania of high calibre. 

The featured male member of the 
team, young Shaw, is tho individual 
highlight, however. He steps with 
distinction and unction, impressing 
With the certainty of his ankleology. 

Tho act In toto ts high calibre 
and an excellent flash on any va- 
riety program, vaudeville or pic- 
tures A collegiate double was a 
aiftr, Shaw in oxaggeratod Oxford 
bags later topping oft aloao with an 
acrobatic dance solo. 

The male team, looking natty in 
Frenchy uniforms, registered, as did 
tho pianiat^io with *'Byo By« Black- 
bird.** la tho former number Miss 
Carroll completed the picture with 
an attempt at a French lyric, the 
lingo sounding very mudh to tho 
fioboken Francaise. Alono sho im- 
pressed with a Russe squat solo, 
and that means plenty, considering 
the general banality of vodka torp- 
^t^orean propaganda thooo past 
few theatrical seasona 

Everything about the act is ultra: 
the rose- boxed set, the freshness of 
tho musical aeeompaaimonta with 
thflr careful deviation from familiar 
and tho routlao piopor. 



MARVEL REVUE (6) ; ; 
Singing and Dancing 
It Iffina.! Full (SpMlsO 
Amorioan (V.»P.) ' 

This Italian or Spanish revue In- 
cludes a mixed quartette of vocal- 
ists and a mixed dancing team. The 
act ia ■umptuouaty produood and 
runs to the classical and semi- 
classieal, nothing of the pop or Jass 
variety being included. 

Several of tho vocal oporatie oz- 
cerpts got over nicely, due to the 
well blended voices. The dancing 
team did an adagio that compares 
favorably with tho best. 

An ensemble finish, the quartette 
singing and the dancers offering an 
adagio waits, completed an act thctt 
fulled heavy applauia. It's a class 
flash 'turn for the pop bills where 
they seem to eat up this sort of 
thing. Cos. 



YATIS and* LAWLEY 

risno and Songa 

0 Minutes 

Rivoli N. v., (Pet.) 

Two boys who will fit anywhere, 
big time or revue. The singer is 
especially good and haa clasa in 

addition t<J a corking voice. He can 
put over a touch of acting when 
necessa ry. 

The boys put over three numbers 
in effective manner in this picture 
house and scored heavily. The first 
was a double entitled "We Know a 
01rl.*» with a slight touch of double 
entendre. Tho second a solo 
"Yvonne" and the closing another 
double "If I Hadn't You" the latter 
jyp wore sure flra with thoau- 



-THE FINAL REHEARSAL" (•) 
Musical Comedy 
30 Mina.| Pull Stago 
PifHi Ava. (V-P) 

There are three prlnolpala and six 

good-looking choristers In this new 
production turn of C. B. Maddock's. 
Standing out from the field are Ma- 
honey and Cecil, aalS to haO from 
the west. 

Miss Cecil l^as a voice of promise, 
such as has been 'heard ia girl acts 
before, and she is well appoaring. 
She first flashed It after a travesty 
bit, warbUng "In Love With Rose 
Mario." Out in •*ono** tho team 
dished out the best bit of the *'Final 
Rehearsal." It was a lesson in kiss- 
ing, funny and so well done that 
thosr probably used it themselves 
previously. 

Mahoney is the act's comic, 
handling a number or two with tho 
girts. Best of ^ that portion was 
called "There's a Little Syncopa- 
tion in Every Land," which brought 
out four of the choristers interna- 
tionally dressed. 

For the final Mlas Cecil led with 
"You and Your Ukele," nothing 
much of a song, but lifted by her 
high register finish. 

The girls then were brought on In 
doubles, a sister team idea In three 
sections. The rehearsal feature was 
used principally at tho start, with 
a stage manager ordering the people 
about and the stage partially bare 
for a time. A comedy bit was in- 
troduced When an oxtra girl was 
called from the audience and told 
to watch her step as she climbed on 
the stage. She replied, "I always 
do." Before that the manager told 
the audience not to smoko, make 
cracks or give applause. 

"The Final Rehearsal" is costumed 
with exceptionally good taste. It ts 
the girl act idea in general with 
some new ideas and is hkppy in 
having the aforementioned team. 
It might do right well for tho pic- 
ture houses and that might be a 
hint for Maddock tp try l^is hand in 
that field. : 



THREE SWIFTS 
Club Jugglers ■ " ./"■„'.;•;■'' ■ 

15 Mins.; Two 
Palace (St. V.) 

A swift club* passing: turn with a 
bit of comedy, just a bit of the com- 
edy hut mueh passing. In faot the 
repetitious passing prolongs the 
turn about four minutes. It may 
have been the swiftness of the work 
that suggested tho name of tho aot 

Club Juggling and passing In big 
time vaudeville have been looked 
upon as obsolete for a long while. If 
a revival such as this is duo, those 
English boys, as supposed to be 
and who sound as thoygh they are, 
may fit in. But to the older vaude- 
vlllo patrons thojr will not appeal 
as anything new or novel. Ameri- 
can acts have accomplished all that 
they are doing with the speed in- 
cluded. Somo of those natlvo club 
juggling turns may now be In the 
sticks over here, possibly wondering 
why jrhen they hear about thla 

Comedy la dorivod in a primitive 
manner, firstly through bringing 
one of the boys from the audience 
onto the stage, after an announce- 
ment that a mishap occurred to one 
of the trio. Afterwards misses to 
accentuate the passing, which they 
don't do. as the passing will al- 
ways spesk fbr itself. 

About the only strange Item is 
that each of the club jugglers talks, 
thereby taking them out 6f tho 
"dumb act" classlflcatlon. At least 
the talk suffloos to a|t#at thoir Brit- 
ish nativity. \ , * 

Programed to open mi Aaw the 

aot appSMwi Jis^ i atl^ l>alace. 

iBiNio. 



THE MORIQADORS (9) 
Juggling 

14 Mine.! Throo 
HIppodromo (V*P) 

ft Isn't long before ono appreci- 
ates why a family of Jugglers holds 
forth on the rostrum when vaude- 
ville economics brings to mind the 
many single and doublo dub pirou- 
etting acts. 

The Morigadors perform in un- 
usual style. Their club work and 
Plato Juggling, parUoularly tho 
former, is best appreciated by 
actual audition. The man's in- 
tricate juggling of 10 candles pro- 
pelled from a candolebra and caught 
again In their respective sockets Is 
no small individual contribution 
among other things. 

T li e el ew n juggl e s is the Itt^ynttmti 
of some rapid-fire cross-stage 
hurlinp of the pymnastlc properties, 
and also scored on his own. 

The act Is probably a standard 
recruited from the outdoor field but 
can be made a standard In any In- 
door auditorium, including a "spot 
in a jriTM of Winttr fiardis or 



ARTHUR PRINGS CH 
Ventriloquist • 
IS Mine.; Three (Special Set) 
Palaoo (SI. V.) 

It's nearly 20 years since Arthur 
Prince of England set foot on an 
American stage, and Monday night 
at tho Palaco ho lookod not a day 
older than bo did aa a dabosair lad 

in 1907. 

Since Prince first played over here 
to score his sensational hit as a 
ventriloquist, this country haa aeon 
many a Prince doing ventriloquism 
under different names. Among ven- 
triloquists Prince has had as nuiny 
imiUtors as Goorga K. haa Had 
among dancers. 

In the current turn Mr. Prince re- 
tains the deck set and sailor uni- 
forms with hla •'dummy," "Jim," as 
on his previous visit, not 20 years 
ago. The dialog remains much tho 
same with but few changes. 

8U11, it all aounda fresh as Prinoe 
does it. To this generation ot 
vaudeville goers Arthur Prince will 
appeal as he has been, and is, tho 
pramlor ventriloquist of tho world. 



ORA (1) 
Trapeze 

• Minci Pull Stago 
9th Avo. (V.-P.) 

Ora is a skilful woman gymnast, 
performing upon a single trapeae 
and single horlsontal bar. * ' 

In the six minutoi Ora. la oon- 
tlnuously performing, on one or the 
other. She does a great quantity 
of athlotle Work la that period. 
It's too msdh for any ono person. 
A male assistant Is there merely 
to assist and does nothing else. 

In her trloka or bar f oata tho 
woman is superb. She is remind 
ful at times of that remarkable 
Pedersen brother. But much is 
taken away from bor excellent per- 
formance through the "grind" of 
it. With four minutes In somo way 
interjected for stalling purposes to 
permit Ora to feature her best 
tricks, and they are all best, she 
might become a valuable vaudeville 
card. 

Her work on the high single hor- 
izontal bar Is almost startling. The 
bar is about 15 feet from tho floor. 
Sho has ono trick of swinging 
around on a knee hold that appears 
to defy gravitation. A giant swing 
concludes, but that is really the 
least of what sho dooi^ fUMIgh, 
of course, spectacular. 

That this woman is a perfect 
aerlallst is proven by tho ease with 
which she balances herself on the 
high bar, between tricks, without a 
foot or hand hold, nonchalantly dry- 
ing her handa or tho bsr. 

In figure Ora Is also attractive, a 
slimly built girl for such hefty acro- 
batic work. At the commencement 
tho trapoaa la aospoadod from the 
bar above. Her tricks upon the 
single trapeze are swift and dlflH- 
cult. The man removes the trapese 
whoa Ora a oo o nds to tho bar abovo. 

Ora Is worth looking after over 
here. She's entitled to a lltUe 
coaching, not ia work or appear- 
ance, but In ahowmanship. Now she 
will Impress as a hard worker, 
whereas sho is probably ono of the 
boat alaglo aoriallato te America at 
praooBt sad AS It s islnlsnerk 



AMALIA MOLINA and Co^ (1) 

Spanish Revuo 

IS Mino.| Pun Stago 

American Roof (V-P) 

Assisted by five marimba players 
in Spanish attire^ a dancing partner 
and a malo alngor, thia rovuo fol- 
lows familiar channels. It opens 
with a double tango by Miss Molina 
and a male, followed by a song by 
tho malo vocalist sung la Sifettlah. 

The musicians have a number 
next and Miss Molina Bo]p dances 
a "tambourine tap" dance next 
Her costumes are beautlfuL The 
singer next in the Inevitable ''To- 
reador" number, sure fire to drive 
tliem to the smoking precincts. 

Tho act, if there Is a demand for 
acts of this tjrpe, which Is doubt- 
ful, qualifies as an average one of 
its kind. It meant little hero clos- 
ing tho first halL Css» 



PULLER and STRIKSII 

Contortive and Songs 
7 Mine.; One and Twa 
Brosdwsy (V-P) 

Tho man ia an unusual contor- 
tionist, working "straight** and pcr- 
formlnpr hlfl human knots with fetch- 
ing simplicity. Tho maneuvers and 
manlpnintfons of lil a body are be 



''AROUND THE WORl^ 
Song and Dance Revue 
20 Mine.) One and Full (Special) 
HIppodfomo (V-P> 

A mighty cleverly eoncoivod aad 
elaborately staged flash revhe. con- 
taining singing, dancing and a lot 
of novelty stuff. Four principals 
and four chorus glrla, but thoso are 
not the usual type of choristers in 
vaudeville. They can and do dance. 
All four are capable of doing a toe 
specialty, two showing what they 
have in that particular line. There 
are four distinct full-stage sets, and 
during the periods for changes, a lot 
of aetloB Is "ono," 

Lottlao Lowe and Robert Sargent 
are really starred while the feature 
honors go to William Pollard and 
Estes Jones. Which of the 
latter two is the dancer, he 
is the best bet of his kind that has 
come along since Tom Dingle first 
appeared. This boy has everything. 
Tho singer Just about ftlla ttio pic- 
ture well enough to be accepted, 
while tho Lowe and Sargent combi- 
nation la a wow. They pin on an 
adagio in the Chlneao acene that is 
about as fast as anything that has 
been seen in many moons. On the 
strength of this alono thoy would 
qualify tor any rovuo on Broadway. 

Opening with a whirling jglobe of 
the world with Lowe and Sargent 
'sittln' atop of the world,** the 
singer oSsn an In tr o diiet toa, after 
which tho boy dancer hi a Dutch 
costume and the girls costumed to 
represent Spain, Russia, Italy and 
Hawaii, coma Into "onoP* far a mm- 
ber. This is followed by a alnglng 
and dancing bit in which Lowe and 
Sargent and the singer work in full 
stago bo0oro a small aot Vha two 
men do a fihrtation bit with the girl 
In song with sho to choose between 
the singer and the dancer for ber 
aireatM& H Ig pretty «Si 
tlvely wovkad oat 



In "one** the dancer and one of 
the girls of the quartet that forms 
the chorus do a specialty. It clicks, 
and Chen tho Chineso aoona. ThIa Is 
a black draped scene with lanterns 
and Chinese hangings. The four 
girls pull their toe stuff hero, after 
which tha ■onaatSoMl Sdagla 



along. In "one** again, the boy 
dancer offers a solo specialty, in 
which ho shows that he la ja whirl- 
wind* ■ 



The final fuU afaga sot la la Ooa- 

goland with the girls as Hottsntots, 
and the boys all stepping furious 
with them. For a finish, a nifty 
fSriSfptt svir ss'iB 



encore. 

This is fast enough to bo the 
added attraction for any big time 
show, and good enough juat as It 
standa for any of the big picture 
houses to fill in tha 
tation as a unit. 



yond description In thOir manifold 
twists and ])f»nds. 

The woman's voice is not particu- 
larly opera diva, bat eonslderlng 
It's an opening act, much is over 
looked. She presides at the piano 
In accompaniment in between her 
opening and closing baUads. 



ROBERT CHISHOLM 
Australian BarHona 
12 Mins.; Three mti^ 
Psiaeo (St. V.) 

A baritone. Robert Chlsholm, from 
Australia (making him ellglblo on 
aa aS-BBgUih bUl) sang throo 
BUBibw% ttio first in character and 
sounding Frenchy. It was a straight 
and war song. His beat was about 
TvomM^" and tUoro was aaoth«>. 

AOMHoaa va udi f M S issal look 
pretty la Australls ta bring a bari- 
tone so far. How far Mr. Chlsholm 
may go in American vaudeville will 
never ba iMsMaid by tho No. t spot 
at the PalaoOi Whatever the bari- 
tone has; and at least he has a good 
baritone, that spot could rula him 
aa a alngi# SMiSht finger. 

Witii holghth aad what eould ha 

seen of his features through the 
character majcet.p when the singer 
took his several bows (regardless of 
tho two-bow rula), tf ha aouM as- 
pear' In his proper person for one 
song thht might. Iialy hSm immeas- 
urably. Miirn^, 



DAPHNK POLLARD (S) 
Sctnss 

21 Mins.; One and Full Stage 

aial Sola) 
Palace (lit. V.) 

At the ralace Monday night tho 
bill was set for Daphne Pollard, aa 
waa tho atago— and tho audtoncob 
Miss Pollard closed the first part, 
the sixth turn and the first woman 
to appear on the program; also tha 
first comedy aot of any ImporL 

And yet without aU of this Mlsa 
Pollard, upon her American return 
visit, would have made it Just aa 
easily. As a low comedlonno, of 
much pantomime and motion with 
her diminultive size for further aid 
she couldn't miss in vaudeville over 
herob that vauiavllla whteh haa 
driven all of bet AHMlMsa rtvala 
into productions. 

The Pollard act runs in sccnas, aa 
they say in England or Australia, 
and Daphne Is from both comitries. 
The first, however, was written by 
Paul Qeraid Smith, a New Yorker. 
It la callaS'^«#*iifbaiy*a Waioome.- 
and should be repct»ducod in moving 
pictures In Congress. The set is of 
the Battery landing off Ellis Island 
Miss PoUard'a firat song (8mlth*a) ia 
the best in Its lyrics, with tho oon« 
eluding line, after recounting tho 
miseries of the "quota** for immi- 
granta. basing about "two cases of 
likker could get In quicker.** 

After that, it is dialog and "busi- 
ness" with the customs inspaotora 
and tha boy (girl) whoas.SMUa affort 
Is to blow her nose and il ilMlll horn 
at the same tima. Bha iSitVar sUasod 
onco on either. 

After If isa PoUard'a 'atock aong, 
"Nancy.** sho mat into her otlMT 
stock skit (or scena). "Wanted, a 
Man," with Jolo*s shadow In tho 
distance againat tha statue In Tra- 
falgar Square OS ths dMi^ ThaTa 
Miss Pollard's sure-fire, not Jolo 
nor the statue, but the skit. It's the 
height of low aamedy and abaurd- 
ity, snd how ihig girt can wham It 
over. Tall mas imd gM ss MNpiM*^ 
assistants. . 

▲ comedy olean-up, now as al- 
ways taKifsiidavUlib Bfesik 

WILL AUBREY AMP 0^ M ; 
"Show Businees" 
SongSf DaneeSf Cemsdyt Rovuo 
It Miii.1 Ona snd Pan 

Amsriesn Roof (V-P) 

This one was produced by Al 
Davis and Bd Newhoff and was 
bant around Aubrop, Bit tha isilm 
artist In the world to surround. SbK 
choristers, evidently from' recent 
cabaret circles, a malo dancer and 
a juvanilo comprise tho caal^^ 

A thread of plot at the opening 
when Aubrey as aa old legit and 
the asalo dancer aro thrown out oC 
an Imaginary roatamraat Jvat te 
time to run into the manager of a 
travelling company, cancelled bo* 
cau ao thoy haven't a leading man. 
A hacpOn is struck. Tho talk dur- 
ing this porilon Is unfunny although 
Aubrey's hokum Shakespeare, rem- 
Inlseast-^ aid asartat clMuraatar 
men, got so^e laughs before tho 
tolerant robfites. Tho dancer'a 
dialogue contributioaa juat misssd 



LES GELLIS and CO. W 
Song, Dance, Balanolng 
13 Mins.1 One and PsN 
Broadway (V-P) 

Les Gellls are a male team, prob- 
ably brothers, whose acrobatic spe- 
cialty la tho baokbona of tho act 

The two women do harmless song 
and stepping and a special pit con- 
ductor abets the general proceed- 
ings. Throwing tho trtmminga away 
would still leave I^s Gellls Just as 
ofrectlve with their novel lifL pedal 
and general aero work. 

The opene r is aa attemut at nov 
eity with the Gellts as bellhops In* 
troducing a "package" to the audi- 
ence, the parcel giving forth the 
female supporting team. 

A *'stew" number was a corker, 
and the closing body whirling topped 
everything. 
Act eloaod hero and Is good fare- 



Tho aat haps to fan suge for two, 

numbers by the juvenile, backed by 
tho chorus. A sister eccentric ac- 
rsbaHai fain aila bp tho mala 
whammed over with salesmanship 
for pop houses but not elsewhere^ 
and a Swiss character song and bit • 
topped by a yodia by Aabray fol- 
lowed a bit later by a medley sing- 
ing and banjo contribution by tha 
same player. Both landed solidly. 

Aubrey, after tho opening; buUda. 
Hla forte Is ballads, his methods 
old tlmey but sura. Ha hga aa ex- 



MRS. miBiiU; •catT 

Monoleg 
5 Mine.; Ono 
Acadsmy, Chicago 
RvaoaU BoMt haa boon eanvlctod 

of tho murder of a drug clerk la 
Chicago and has had a last-minute 
post|K>nement of death by hanging 
sovoral tlmea. A fow naontha aga 
his wife was stopped by police from 
starving herself in a glass cage la 
a local theatre. The sum of li oenta 
was to hava boos charged for tha 
privilege of watdiing her, and sha 
was to turn the money over to her 
husband's defense fund. 

The Academy, playing W. V. M. A. 
vaudovUlok featured har and gava 
her tho entire electric sign outside. 
Her Ave- minute talk was a plea for 
the life of her husband and a do- 
tiunoiatlon of Chleago'o judicial cya* 
tern. She ^^t^ *^ •MwA fff^t fHf f 
ropular act. 

In tho lobby they were selling a 
pamphlet, said to havo been writtea 
hy her husband, for 25 cents. Its 
♦ itle Is "In the Shadow of tho 
Rope." It gives Russell ticott's ver- 
sion of the murd^ In dflall. 



VASIBTT 



VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS 



Wtdacidfty, Noftmber 3» 1926 



ALL-ENGUSH BILL 

(PALACE) 

How about an All -American bill 
now or thenr 

This All-English bill at tbe 
KeUh-Alb«o Palace In a repeatar. 
not in all of Its acta, but In sehame 
and title. 

It appear* to be a standing gyp, to 
eitCh tlia Bnrlteb on the fly and be 
•ttre of a matinee crowd at the Pal- 
•ea on off-matlnaa daya at tlte legit. 
Perhaps that |0 im til* Monday 
matinee aoalt at tM PaliiM li tto 
highest. 

Or it may bo a job agalM Hkm 

lay-offs of the LamhH, and it's cer 
talJily something against the Amerl- 
oitti ky«olftr la iw ni irr l Ha. 

Hundreds of American acts walk- 
ing the street or liguring up next 
waak, both waya, and bera ia an 
all-English bill for the centennial of 
vaudeville, if you believe everything 
dopes out. 
But 85; a wise cracking agent re 
marked Monday evming: **Tho Ont 
Ita years are the hardest and now 
maybe K-A will go to work." As 
tha all-£nglish drew a capacity 
house and early Monday night, 
wouldn't an all-Americun maybe 
draw in the Americans? It's worth 
trying to get the Americans to pat- 
ronize the Palace, and it's apples 
this week for $3.20 <$S.90 Sunday). 

*^untry Store** at the aeO taudo- 
vlUe house of the country! 

A numbered ticket goea with every 
seat eoupon. Drop ona in the box 
and if you hold the right number, 
the Apple Growers' Association will 
send to your home "A Box of Won- 
derful Apples." Not a barrel nor a 
bushel, but a BOX. How many? 
Count *em. But first find who is 
drawing the number. If you see 
thf K-A boya mioiolUaf^ aWPloo this 
Ufaek, guess! ■ ' 

Jhe unlucky ticket that went with 
th'ls seat coupon was No. 87.764. 
That was Monday night, the second 
performance, so the Palace must 
have sent up to Proctor's at Troy 
for some of their left-overs from the 
last 10 **CouDtry Storea" 

For the first performances of an 
all- English bUl, It's useless to gauge 
applause. Monday evening the or- 
chestra sotfnded all- English, too. 
They applauded anything, and this 
Is what they applaadod: 

In 10 acta on the program were 
exactly 20 people, figuring in piano 
players and assistants. 

Of the first six acta In the first 
part but one woman appeared, and 
that Daphne PoUard <lla# :ilMs). 
closing the first part . 

Among tbei other first part turns 
ware two two-maa daafttog acts, 
daacing much the same, bat ant of 
tho turns holding songa. 

In the flrat yart two other acts 
were single men. one a singer and 
the other a ventriloQulst, following 
aao another. 

As an all-English bill it was the 
poorest lay out ever placed on tha 
Palace aMgra. 

In the second half of four acta, 
nothing but women, excepting the 
BMis danola^ iMTtaor of a toam. 
Two of the women were Maria Ca- 
hiU and Cissie Loftus in aaa act. 
If Mario Cabin to BaglMii; fmust 
have moved over lately. A couple 
of earlier turns, but English^ looked 
aa^lhough thoy-had bo«a ~ 
the billing allsgatlur la 
crabbing. 

lar yoars at tho Palace there has 
been no bill without a foreign tint. 
Try an all-Amerlcan and bring 
down tho vain blcstlaga thai have 
boon strivott far aa laac and fruit- 
lessly. 

Miss FoOard got tho hit of tho 

»how. Next came the dual woman 
turn of the Misses Iioftua and Ca- 
hlU. This was fanny la «Mr •*OM 
Flower Women." Two has-beens 
talking over their operations past 
aad jaosent A stdo bit rockod the 
house and Miss Cahlll asked Miss 
L«fiu8 what had become of Nora 
Hayra. Miss Lollai aaiwilpat ' iho 
heard Nora had gone Into a convent 
Then the gag, **Jewiah Convent? " 
with anothor, *inio aoTir niarrlid. 
did ' and the answer,. •Vdh llW 
children wouldn't let her." 

MiPH Shields followed, it boiag said 
the English girl upon her »*etum over 
here refused to take her first pro- 
gram position, opealag tho second 
part and going into next to closing 
insteud. Miss Shields started some- 
what slowly, but flaishod a strong 
hit with her Englislj, French and 
Aanertean "Susia" A peach in male 
togai Miss Shields was aiwaya In 
front, and kept there to ask forbear - 
aaco for tho closing turn, danoors. 
Gasloii aad Aadroe^ now, but at a 
disadvantage through the position. 

It's a dance turn of merit, but 
docldodly Bnglish In tempo. Tho act 
should be seen In another house and 
spot, as it couldn't hold thia home 
going audlonco. The principals have 
aoaso catches In their adagio work 
, that border oa tho sensational It 
' la a altsr thay wola tkoa opottod. 

In h«r own single act Miss Lof tua 
— gave t^ uaual Imarossiens to much 
reception, recoiving plentiful flow- 
era, as did also Miss Pollard, and 
Miss Pollard was the first on the 
i)rogram with a speech. . • 

Tato' oundat bill to ao fOMlgn 
r that avan tbo Pathe News was all 
■A forolga Monday, mostly shots of soi- 
1 diani»ar atber aolema aiiaaa*^ — 4 < 
• Can* and Parr (New Acts) were 
tho opoaora with tho Throe Swifts 
difgir Acta)« Mag aa ald-ttea aet 



for over here in a club passing turn, 
although making it more modern 
through Ulk and attempted com* 
edy, with Robert Chisholm (New 
Acts). Australian Baritone, third 
wholly smothered in the position 
and Arthur Prince (New Acts), No 
4. always the urbane Arthur, cer- 
tain of himself and making it cer 
tain, while the DuFor Boys (2) are 
back again, also doing their double 
stepping, even though they had to 
follow the other two hoofers. 

The new Paramount opens 
Nov. 19. 

Llaiaillftig, Pat, dearr dime. 



STATE 

(Vaudo-^icts) 

Good show at the State this week. 
Packed house and standees Monday 
night with the screen feature. 
Douglas Fairbanks in "The Black 
Pirate" credited for the draw. 

8ts acts that looked good on 
paper played ovtll better. The 
combination is a good buy for the 
money, and tho answer why the 
Hippodrome has ahroady labeled it 
opposish. 

Palermo's c:anines, class dog act, 
manipulated by mixed team, opened 
and more than held that spot 
through clever manipulation of the 
canines and the stunts of the latter, 
especially the balancing feats of the 
Jeweled collarod animal. 

Jessie Millar, next, scored with 
her instrumentation, employing cor- 
not, piano aad acoordlon, sending 
over hot pop numbers with the 
latter that made her a cinch hit. 

Monte and X^yons, wop dialos* 
ticlans. held trey to a nicety with 
their admixture of comedy bhatter. 
Toeallsing aad playing of Instru- 
ments. The preliminary small talk 
plants th^m with the duo getting 
right after tho mnsleal staff and 
holding to finish. 

Cook and Oatman, mixed team, 
next, also contributed thoir share 
of comedy In a bride and groom 
number for open^, with the song 
Interspersed with comedy chatter 
that set them pretty. After that 
into a straight aong routine that 
pleased for tho romalador of their 
time on. 

Hawthorne and Co<Ao, nut 
comics and swlng-ovors fnom the 
K.-A. Circuit, proved a wallop in 
next to shut, getting over surpris- 
ingly well In this big house despite 
their offering being one better | 
suited to 



Langdon, tampered Barry's some- 
what similar attire, and tha acts 
don't jibe when placed within tO 
niinutas of each other. Lots of head 
work In this layout — for the picture 
houses. If the shows don't keep 
'em away pugilistic patrons will. 

And the doorman stopped two 
clean -looking youngsters after they 
had their tickets, asking "When 
were you IB?** Ho would have done 
better to let the- kids in. They 
needed 'em. and two refunds are 
two refanda at thia house these 
days. 

Matinees are brutal with 300 peo- 

gle at a Friday matinee giving the 
ouse an estimate break. Half a 
house Monday night. 

A couple of more disturbances and 
there won't be any youngsters to 
turn down. But give the doorman 
credit. Ho was right. They need 
guardians up there. 15 or over. 

Tho Zclllaa Sisters passed quietly 
with aerial work la opening. Rus- 
sell and Marconi failed to get much 
through their accordion and violin 
ducting, while Jimmy Russell, aping 
Langdon as near as possible, walked 
off to very light applause. 

Campbell ran into the flreworkH 
over which he had no icontrol, al- 
though certain lyrical feting' drew 
a rumble from the balCony, where 
they were ignorant of the listicufCs 
below. Campbell drew a heavy 
hand when finishing after five songs. 
Most of it was from downstairs and 
seemed a token for his having car- 
ried on during the warfare. Johnny 
Barry ran away with the ahow in 
tho dosing spot* Mlaclag up gaga 
in revue-like blackouts, while stick- 
ing to a comedy catch line, sent him 
home easily. 

The K-A boys had better dig out 
that educatHmal reel on how to han- 
dle chewing gam la tbo thea t re ■ ■ 
and add a aaapla af paragraphs. 

BMg. 

AMERICAN ROOF 

(Vaude-Piota.) 

They dropped one act eit^o Roof 

tho first half due to the length of 
the feature picture. *^arlety.'* The 
picturo araa probably responsible 
'or the business, near capacity. 

Jako IjUbin kaowa that Roof 
bunch and has thorn figured Just 
right. Jake's prescription is to save 
his heavy comedy turns for tho sec- 
ond half of tho bin. 



leave name and add 



at the box 



The bill this first half runs to 
intimate houses because j thia formula. Masters and Grace, 



of the comedy undertono asides 
employed and supposedly ad Ub 
wisecracks, but which seemed to 
carry far out at the Monday night 
shuw without straining on the boys* 
part- Tbe nutty routine of chatter 
got them from the start and held 
them with the collection of antique 
instrumenta that followed, sending 
them into a panic of laughter and 
with the boys smart oaoagli to give 
them sufTlciency. 

Rose and Moon Revue, 19-people 
dancing flash, pg o ^ o d tooth dress 
and diveraifled stepping in tbe 
closer. Rose and Moon are a mixed 
toam that know their stopology and 
demonstrate It, but do not hold the 
act to themselves, providing oppor- 
tunity for. oovOfal of tho mixed 
octet in support to uncork some 
clever solo as well as ensemble 
work. Tho act Is a fast ono^ taato- 
fully costumed, adequately mounted 
and a good bet for this spot on^any 
of ■ 



81ST ST. 

(Vaude-Piett) 
Polite and refined vaudeville 
draws class audleneoa. Bo some of 

the booking men claim. Monday 
night two men half way back in 
tho list Btroot'a orchostra stood up 
and took a swing at each other. 

Craig Campbell was on and doing 
a quiet song. Tho girl uslMra tore 
for help; elderly women In the 
vicinity became unnerved; the male 
portion of tho houso staff strolled 
down the aisle to quell the rum9tt% 
and Campbell kept on singing, 

Tho pubUelty attendant to tbo 
vehement sock quieted he of the 
flsUo urge, but ho might aa well 
havo lit It goh as whsa ho sat down 
bis opponent took him from the rear 
with a woU-tUaod push to tho head. 

Tos, ahr, aoUta wudeviUo— but 
bring your gang! 

Maybe tho boys were fighting 
over the box of apples in tho raffia. 
"National Apple Week," lOOth year 
of vaudeville, the aauco that goes 
with that and a bad flyo-act show 
for the current week — not counting 
what the odmlsshm payon auiy 
pull on the sido. 

The scrap thing was the second 
time tlie usherettes felt duty call. 
Both Instances came during Camp- 
bell's sojourn with his pianist. It 
didn't do thia singer any good, 
naturally, nor the house either. Tbe 
previous disturbaaoo was trifling. 
Just a couple of youngsters talking 
their heads off in the balcony foyer, 
but audible aU over the lower floor. 

What they really needed Monday 
night up hero was a piano with a 
nickel slat, gamohody aUght have 
danced. 

Not a step on this bill, ynlaai you 
want to count Johaay Mtrf^9 aaa* 
ceptlon of a buck, and that lAust 
kMt aH of to aoconds aayway. Bo-, 
sidoo tha Barry ii o m dH ^mmp'^kM 
were Russell and Burke la Harry 
Laagden's "Johnnys New Car.** 
B ma eira aMtatrla makeup, much 



bowayor, In third position, aro a 

comedy turn, but tbe girl handles 
most of it. Tho act ia novel in 
setting at leasC Tho pair make an 
entrance, he Hding a bike, and she 
sitting on a trailer behind. The 
girt *^uts^ all ever the place and 
makes them like It. Maulers does 
straight and also turns in two neat 
dances In doublos with her. 

Ahead were Sang and Ah Chung, 
duo of pleasing singers in Chinese 
costttBM. TiMy formorly appeared 
in a quartet billed as Orientals. 
Tho turn without tho latitude al- 
lowad for Chlnoas, would qualify aa 
light. A sure fire finish retained 
from the old turn ia a double Scotch 
song aad daaeo with one member 
revealing women's under- apparel 
beneath his kilts when ho spins. 

WUI Aubrey aad Co. (Now Aets) 
closed the first half strongly In 
"Show Business," credited to Dar- 
bey Aroaaen. 

After intermission the Fen wick 
Girls opened to a recaption and 
closed to strong applausa from oao 
section of the house. Tho presence 
of a couple of employees of a music 
puMlshor may hava oxplalaod It. 
The boys need no rehearsal. 

Wilkins and Wilkins, sure-fire 
duo always^ held tho next to closing 
position and walked off with the 
hit of the biU. What a straight 
woman that blondo Is! Tho matorlal 
dr.esn't count with this pair; it's 
delivery, feeding and personality. 
They novor muff a point and aovOr 
talk on a laugh: Wilkens' tap- 
dancing is flawless. Most of the ir 
cross-flro was familiar but dMMbr 
big returns aided by the man's 
mugging and the w<»nan*8 excellent 
toning. 

Watklns* *'Clrce La Petite." a fast, 
clean, snappy dug and pony turn, 
closed the vaudeville portion. The 
leaping; greyhounds, three in num- 
ber. Include "Blue Boy." announced 
as tho champion or the world in- 
doors. He jumped C feet. 10 inches 
on the Roof with a very short take- 
off. 

June and Irene Melva opened In 
a swift, likable xylophone double 
turn. The girls after a numbttr on 

the xylo. play upon bottles con- 
cealed behind a drape. When thi.s 
Is lowered the lineup of boose con- 
tainers Is good for a lau^h. The 
music from the anLi-Volsteads 
sounded sweeter than any combina- 
tion of bells and also out- toned the 
xylophone. They liked the afit^here 
for two aacoros. 



office. Tho apple growoflT ^fHifl- 
tlon is making its annual dma. 

At this huuse In particular this is 
all-fun w§ek, so stated on tha house 
bills, which probably meant the 
first half show. Fairly successful. 

That was so bocauso Dr. Rock- 
well himself was present. Dr. Rock- 
well, press agent of the spinal col- 
umn and knight of the tin whiatic 
The doc was a tiit fast for tho na- 
tives, but there were plenty w^ho 
got him, and the giggling was gen- 
eral when ho toe^ hia broawlng 
exercises In accompllrillnff tho 
finale of the "ovorture.'* 

It seems as though the doctor was 
best when en.sconsed In a chair, so 
that the "blood shall leave my legs 
and rise to tho tonsils for tho hem- 
orrhage of hokum." Not only in his 
own act but during that of tho 
dancing Merediths, who closed the 
[show. They are always on the bill 
with Rockwell, and his observations 
of their terpsichorean efforts while 
he was planted in an upper box seat 
got aa much if not more laughter 
aa when tho doc was on the stage. 
The Merediths are neat workers, 
but it's a great idea for Rockwell. 

C. B. Maddock brought out a new 
turn, "The Final Rehearsal (Now 
AcU), which showed directly ahead 
of Rockwell. On third to rather 
good effect was Grade Deagon, who 
now has Charles Cannefaz -doing 
straight. The routine foUowa close- 
ly to that formerly presented by 
Miss Deagon and her former part- 
ner. Homer Dickinson. Cannefax 
has developed considerably in the 
last year and seemed a very good 
foil for the little "nut girl." 

Allan Reno (New Acts) was sec- 
ond and the six-act show was 
opened by tbe Blum Trio, one of the 
neatest of acrobatic trios, who 
moved down from the Palace, where 
they closed tho show last week. The 
feature picture was "The Campus 
Flirt.'" Business Monday night good 
but not capacity. ibee. 



5TH AVE. 

(Vaude-Picta) 

At Ubis point and elsewhere it is 
anple week, so those were reminded 
who dlanced at a booth in the 
lobby., A fellow with haysoed 
olothoa waaM proffer a glass of 
cider If asked, aad a basket of ap- 
ples was sent to tho patron ho'kling 
tha ticket aumber that aomebody 
dt^w backstage to save time. 

At least. Dr. Rockwell announced 
the aumbtr and told tbe winaei' to 



HIPPODROME 

(Vaude-Pcts) 

Looks like the show of almost 
tliree hours for 50c. if making more 
of a hit with the men than with the 
women, judging from the audience 
at the HiM>odrome Monday night. 

Lower floor of the big house was 
filled as curly as 7.46, and 76 per 
cent, of the audience wora men. 
That being true also at tho mat- 
inees, from reports made on the 
house It would indicate that tho 
combination vaudevUle and picture 
policy is taking the pUco of the 
burlesque show la tlm ailoetlOBa of 
the men. 

Just why the women are passing 
up the Hip ia something of a mys- 
tery. They give Loew's State a 
good play. It is possible that they 
don't, know where <tb avonua la or 
it's too Tar from Broadway. 

This week's show proves to be a 
mighty good little vaudevlllo bill of 
its kind. Entertaining, and the two 
outstanding hits of the evening from 
the six acts offered wora WlUie 
Solar, who singled down next to 
closing and cleaned tho audience 
(they asking for more aroa after he 
had made his usual speech) find the 
flash act, "Around the World" (New 
Acts) which preceded hhn. Tho lat- 
ter was a solid hit and is a corking 
turn to be considered for a picture 
house presentation as it sta|ids with 
only eight people, but people who 
can do things. They looked as 
though they flUod tha big Hippo- 
drome stage. 

Julius LenEberg and his small 
aggregation of musicians tried their 
beet with two minutes of an over- 
ture and then played the accom- 
paniment to tho Pathe Newq Reel, 
tho Hip management trying to give 
the impression that this news reel 
is something special through the 
medium of a bpecial aimouncement 
for it. It didn't fool anybody. 

Opening the show the iM Varrc 
Brothen and Miss Plngree man- 
aged to intei*est. Miss Pingree 
doesn't mean anything to tho act 
but the two men certainly doUYor In 
acrobatics and comedy. 

^ ^..-ge Rosley and Helen Qunther 
presenting "A Group of Songs" 
fared decidedly well on second. The 
pair harmonize nicely and look good, 
although it wouldn't hurt Miss 
Qunther to smile occaaionally and 
try to Impress the audieneo that 
ahe really enjoyed trying to enter- 
tain them. There were five num- 
bers contributed by this pair, a fea- 
ture of the turn being the rapid 
changes which they made through 
underdresslng. The latter possibly 
not understood by the audience 
and therefore the idea clicked. 

Handera and MlUlm in "This and 
That" were a comedy hit with 
eccentric stuff. The boys worked 
hard and kept the audience on edge. 

Closing the show John R. Agee's 
Performing Horses proved to be 
most interesting, and the work of 
tbe trio of broWns earned frequent 
applause. Agee's opening with a 
corking looking black caught the 
fancy of the audience, and when he 
started to work the three horses 
without commands the audloaco 
was i^dy to believe everythhlf that 
he told them about the act, 

Vnlvorsars feature. "Mm It ffeta 
Me.** with Reginald Denny sUrred. 
proved the comedy hit of tho bilL 
Laughs galoro for tt. 

Whole show rag twa hours and 
5t minutes. /Ytd» 



BROADWAY 

(Vaude- Plots.) 

No question about the Hippo* 
drome hurting this heretoforo 
money maker. The merit of the 
show this week with a Fiist Na- 
tional-Colleen Moore feature, not 
sensational, but above Broadway 
average grade, seemingly cannot 
competo with tha lllp*a M-cont 
admission scale. 

At least two of the acta at the 
Muss house currently can step into 
the Palace, if one proceeds on tho 
ancient premise that the Palace is 
a graduation into faster company, 
and click as resoundingly aa they 
did at tho Broadway. 

Five of tho seven acts ara now 
and all worthy, including Fuller and 
Striker, The Four of TTh; Shaw and 
(Carroll Revue; Fenton and Field 
(new skit) and Les Gems and Co. 

In between, "Amateur Night in 
London" is a sure-fire hoka act that 
permits for a multitude of vaude- 
ville sin dependent on the facility 
and mental agility of the box- 
"plant** and his audible commenta- 
tions on the Inferiority of the gosh- 
awful "entertainment." One of t6m 
pulls a fast one by switching to a 
sympathetically effective tenor, tho 
change of pace from tho anslsttng 
sextet's studied putrl^nsoa mittna 
for happy returna. 

Lillian Morton, an energetic pop 
songstress, got to 'em strong, fol- 
lowing the "amateur " turn. She 
should eschew tho balhids and go in 
only for the novelty and the comic. 
She registers particularly strong 
with the dialect. 

Colleen Moore's "It Most Bo Love" 
is below her standard but above par 
on the Broadway's flicker sehodule, 
this house, along with the allied 
Keith, Proctor and Mosa theatrea 
experiencing a dearth of availabla 
film matorlal. . AbfK 

WTH SI. 

(Vaudo-PMaliJ 

Among the privileges enjoyed by 
residents of the middle east side 
is that of relaxing In one of the 
58th street box seats and reveling 
in screen announcements of tho 
good things the house is going to 
have tho last half of the week. It 
gives ono something to anticipate 
and practice in relaxing in one of 
those kitchen chairs is warranted to 
steal one agalaat tho other adyarai- 
tles of lif*. ■ 

This week to make it even harder, 
they screen a long trailer provided 
frea of cost to the management by 
the Apple Growers' Association, 
showing an acidulous old gentle- 
man drinking cider. This is to ex- 
plain that Oct. 30 to Nov. 6 is Na- 
tional Apple week. What It has 
to dp with a vaudeville show, you 
can search this faithful reviewer, 
unlesa KeithrAlbee is promoUiMI « 
dry campaign on its own. 

After they had propositioned tho 
customers for a repeat later in the 
week, they put on a six-act bill, 
mixed in quality and mostly very 
small time. Three turns were new 
— Nita Calvi. straight singer; "Al's 
Here,." singing comedy sketch from 
Charlea B. Maddox's workshop, and 
Janot Rippen Revue (all New Acts). 

Belleclaire Bros, opened and 
proved to bo tho boat specialists In 
tho ruanlng. This pair of finished 
gymnasts are the last word in hand 
to hand acrobatics. One item of the 
routine Is a half turn !n the air 
by the top mounter from a hand- 
to-hand to a hand -to -foot hold. 
They havo a great applause finish 
in an elaborate mochanical ap- 
paratus that takes them fron *'oBe'^ 
to full stage. The top mouatsa 
slides down a chute. Koes through a 
loop-the-loop and "flies" to a hMd* 
to-hand catch. Spectacular. 

NIta Calvi was No. 2, a very light 
number anowed under partly bc- 
cauao It waa tha second number^ 
without comedy. "Al's Here" helped 
by holding laughs. Joseph £. How- 
ard couldn't miss with his routine 
of "the songa I wrote In the good 
old days," especially here, the para- 
dise of old timers. Anita Case at 
the piano and seconding Howard in 
his songs with an impressive so- 
praao la a yalaablo aid, both by her 
voice and her classy appearance, 
thily she didn't take tho trouble to 
drees very well for this data. How- 
ard starts with a couple of Irish 
dialect stories, only fair in sub- 
stance and manfter of telling. Raw* 
ever, they liked him riotously. 

Smith and Sawyer have a nice 
looking young woman who does the 
feeding to a rather self satisfied 
young man. The talk is rich tn 
puns and heavy gags that have 
served the profession In general, 
but the talk routine has a eort of 
flash merit, partly beeaime It la put 
over with supreme self confldenco 
by the young man, who is a com- 
posite of George M., Bert Wheeler 
and Jack Osterman. They finish 
with a fair eccentric dance and a 
comedy number and of course, draw 
applause. 

Janot Klppen'a Revn* r!ftii#d_the 
bllt "Campne wSf^^miMkM^ 
Daaiela waa the ieatara. Capacity. 

i(a«k. 



If Yai Das'l Mntt^ k 
VAUm Dw't AMie 



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Wednesday, Novmnber 3, 1926 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



25 



KEHlfa PHniY. POP POUCY; 
BUT ( BIG TIMERS LEFT 01 EAST 



<Grin«r.PerforaMaM in Oam of Old«tl Kmdi's Big 
Houses — John Royal Made K.>A. Managing Di- 
rortwr W-t of Phihwldpliia Staakf** Etfoct 



BIFF! VAUDEVnUAN'S 
REKY 10 1330 ACM 

Herbert Standing of 'Blondes' 
Btto Hit from La Pearl of 
Fantaget Company 



AL ROGERS AGENT. ARRESTED 
FOR EXTORTING $1350 FROM AQ 



' Kelth'a, FliUadelphla, om of th« 

oldest and larrlving straight (2-a- 
day) vaudeville houses, will go Into 
a grind policy similar U UMrMace, 

inforinatioa. 

The appointment of John Royal, 
manager oC the Palaco, Cleveland, 
a* manag^T»g director of all the 
Kelth-Albee booked houses west of 
Philadelphia and Harnr Jordan** 
departure for California last wedt, 
ara aaJM^ilo ba the forerunners of 
the new policy In Philadelphia fol- 
lowing its operation in the Cleve- 
land home, a whUe atephant untfl 
tt dropped straight Yaudevllle for 
a ''grind'* oombinatien VP^Qjr* with 
the usual cut In soaie.. 

Accordtav to tnalders the K-A 
Stanley ultimatum for Philadelphia 
prevents K-A from t>uilding in that 
city or inoreasing the capacity at 

The Itoat attempt to get away 
from the straight vaudeville policy 
in Philadelphia was seen last sum- 
itfsr, when tha house played !• and 
li nets tasttad «i 

act bill. 

The departure was said to have 
l asu ll e d in a differenea of opinion 
between Harry Jordan and B. F. 
Albee as to the wisdom of the pol- 
icy. Albea was reported as against 
any dev tat lea from tk* latular big 
time policy. The same condition 
existed at C!eveland, but the losses 
at the Palace were so tremendous, 
aeeordtav la rapart, pap vaude and 
pictures were expertiiMlltad ,w(^l as 
a summer policy. 

The immediate laaraaa* til %«sl« 
ness is said to have convinced the 
K-A head that straight vaudeville 
was '*shot*' when confronted with 
pop vaude and pletura appoaltioa. 

With the change In policy at 
Philadelphia, but six twice dally or 
big time vaudevUle houses were left 
aii the X-A eimilt. Theee are the 
VlkhMie and Riverside. New York; 
Albee, Brooklyn; Maryland. Baltl- 
more^ and Keith's at Washington 
tfad Detroit^ 

I I i 11 .1.1... I 

■'IHnRE AND HEATH 
UAmi.F.'OiSOUIU 



Short Stops and Long JiMipt 
Too Much for Veterans— 



EUGENE RARRON. AFTER 
4 YEA^ (pvr 

Aoouiod of Defrauding Mu- 
iMans and Show 
••-•^^^ Folks 



Eugene Barron, SI, violinist, who 
has played in vaudeville, was ar- 
rested after a four-year search on 
the charge of grand larceny. Elmll 
Bloch/ of E2S West 84th street, ar- 
rested the violinist in a restaurant 
at SM atreet and Tth avaaua. Ae- 
cording to Bloch's stariT to detec- 
tives James Stapleton and Louis 
SchaefCer, of the West SOth street 
station, Barron ambesaled 
from him. Tha specific complaint 
against Barron y»g Iha alltt d 
ceny of $2,000^ 

The detectives tald newspapermen 
that Bloeh atated Ihdt almost a 
score of musicians and theatrical 
people have suffered at the hands 
of Barron, and the aggregate amount 
wiU laaeh possibly mtMl 
was arraigned in West Side Court 
before Magistrate Corrigan and 
held in $6,000 bail Cor further exam- 



Los Angeles. Nov. S. 
Harbart Standing, member aC the 

'Xlentlemen Prefer Blondes** cam* 
pany, and Roy La Pearl, of a Pan- 
tages vaudeville road show, mixed it 
on the train frMi 8aa Vranelsco to 
Los Angeles and ataadlng Is aald 
to have taken the count. 

According to the story of the 
▼audevilllans on tha trmla, fMand 
ing. who occupied a ohair In the car 
with the Pantages troupe, started 
talking shop. In his remarks he 
disparaged ^udatnia and vaude- 
ville people. 

La Pearl, traveling with his wife, 
both members of the Pan bill, took 
exception to tha patroalsliig atti- 
tude of the legit aditr aad d^bAted 

the matter hotly. 

Standing, so the tale goes, 
chanced Cima aaustla to belUcereat. 

In the exchange of swings that 
ensued, he found himself on the 
floor. Rostilities stopped there, it 



Gray Family Alleges 'Kick Back' Weekly of $125 
Out of $400 Salary— Aogert Held in $2,000' Bail 
for Trial— Barrel horn Paniagae Ot^: 



nmmwmm 
mmuNGOFc^^ 

Marie Salisbury and Sally 
Brannix Saw Murder— Ac- 
tual Murderer Eaoapetf 



•C' ■ 



Mclntyra and Hidth a»u wilh- 

iflrawing from the southern com- 
pany of "Greenwich Villaga FUliiaa" 
to return to vaudeville. 
^ 9he caoMdlaaa ata alflaclag alaag 

Wkh the road show until a has 
been suffllcleatly strengthoatd to 
warrant their departure. 
Mclntyiu dnd HaalM wttMNiwai 

Is reported through amicable agree- 
ment, with the comedians unwilling 
to brave a siege, of short stands and 



0aTe Stanper Ranknipt; 



David Stamper, composer, appar- 
antly sought to hide his Indent! ty in 
aitanr a ToluatAry petition In bank- 
ktlptcy by cluing his occupation as 
that of "promoter" and his address 
*t 110 West 48th street, without 
nentioning the Friam aub. 

Stamper acknowledges, among 
other indebtednesses, an item for 
11.000 in alimony to his wife, whose 
address la gtyea as In Brooklyn. 
N. T. Ther« is also a fl.SOO lia- 
bility for the Greenwich Village 
love nest** on ISast 0th street, 
which figured In the Stamper and 
Leedom (Edna) romance which cul- 
minated when tha pair were mar- 
rttd recently. 

Loula Bernstein, tha music pub- 
lisher, and Henry Waterson. ditto, 
are down for |2S0 and $1,200 each, 
they loaned Stamper; Wil- 
liam Morris, mo on a Idaa: M. 8. 
Bentham. |150 loan; R. Hammel, 
♦5th street and Sth avenue. Jeweler, 



Barron, with long hair, refused to 
discuss the charge with reporters. 
Ue appeared unconcerned about his 
arrest Ha was arMalai Hi 
dining. Bloch told detect! vea that 
he has sought the violinist since 
I>ecember, I9ii, Barron is alleged 
to have been absent UrBii tiiii city 
since that time. 

In West Side Court when Barron 
was arraigned were about six com- 
philnants,n sUted Assistant Diatrtat 
Attorney Charles White, who alleged 
they have been duped by the de 
fendant. One orchestra leader who 
asked that his name be not disatosed 
aMiaiie hi had been vlacaaiaed to 
the tuna at daroMl thoMdhd dol- 
lars. 

ifMetacka 

aaoav«h« ta ataplaton 

and Schaeffer, opened elaborate In- 
vestment offices at 1540 Broadway 
in 1012. He had been operating only 
a ahort time. W dttta wm wm 

appointed and his clientele was 
principally musicians and show folk 
whom he had met as an artist. 

Ha' artarailtd thMi ai 

They bought securities from him. 
ThiH all occurred between May and 
December of 1922. When his clients 
sought thilir dIaMn ihtr fNM ptK 
off from time to time, according to 
the sleuths. When the district at 
tomey's ofllce with the Attorney 
Generara oflloe began hR taftiatlga- 
tion, according ta the datiettvas. 
Barron "blew.** 

Bloch was passing the restaurant 
where Barron ivaa dinlht. Hji mw 
the former violinist He rubbed his 
eyes to be sure. Into the restaurant 
went Bloch. He seised Barron by 
the nape of the naek and yelled for 
the "coppers.** The detectives hur- 
ried to the restaurant f lid ralifyfd 
Bloch of his quarry. 

Banran gavs hia ad^rw M IN 



sireei i 

iriYITAPHONE IS 

opposmoir- 

Artists TM^ it KUg*— 
'Bfbck Down' on lUdto 



That Vltaphone and other talking 
pictures are throwing a scare into 
vaudavma and theatenad to further 

cut In on the limited supply of acts 
Is evidenced by a brand new clause 
inserted in tha Keith -Albee con- 
•tractA'' 

The clause reada: 

"The artist agrees that he or she 
will not appear for the use of the 
Vltaphone or any alhOr devlee fcr 
synchronising moving pictures and 
the voice and actions of the artist. 
If the artist breaks this agreement 
the managar haralh nay caaoal this 
agreement fdrtwith.** 

The declaring of the Vltaphone 
"opposition" is not going to be taken 
seHouirty by arttaliii aeearding to 
the K-A agents, in view of the back 
down of the circuit in Its banning 
of cabaret and radio acts and then 
w^loamlag them. 



R. ARm RhMt Ctt 



^iebard AUahk vaude actor, was 
discharged from Bellevue Hospital 
last week after having been there 



asphyxiation, he says. 

Allen was removed from his home 
at 9 Charles street, Greenwich Vil- 
laid, iMMiaeelalli. Tha actor laid 
tha bijiaii t» ia faulty gas burner. 



A saatanoa of flroai TO years to 
life Imprlidnmant was imposed on 
Marcus MhllttrtfT* fUrwisiir In 
Mdartlli^ It Is claimed, and nlfht 
club waiter, for tha klUtng of Po- 
liceman Oaear Oehlerking and the 
holdup of a speakeay at S40 West 
40th street on Aug. € last. Mc- 
Murtry, nattily dressed and with a 
sneering smile, received the sen- 
tence Thursday from Judge Man- 
cuBO in General Seasions. On his 
plea of guilty to murder in the sec- 
ond degree tha tl-year-old bandit 
received a term of from 20 years to 
life and for the robbery SO to SO 
years. 

BafiBra sentenoa waa pronounced 

Judge Mancuso questioned several 
witnesses Including Clarence Dona- 
hue, proprietor of tha *%peakaasy,' 
and Maria Salisbury, actress, who 
witnessed the shooting of Oehlerk- 
ing, from the window of her apart 
ment at SOO West 4Hh atrset Dana- 
hue described tha holdup of his 
place when McMurtry and another 
man armed with revolvers entered 
They got llOt from aoM at the 
patrons and tha cash register anc 
ran. Donahue and others chased 
the bandito to Sth avenue. The lat- 
ter flrad aavaral aheOa and thaoa at-^ 
tracted Oehlerking. The ofllcer or- 
dered the thieves to halt and fired 
a shot in the air. The unnamed 
gunman flrad aeveral ahota dtiaeUy 
at the ofllcer and the latter dropped. 
He died almost instantly. 

As JdcMurtry was fleeing up tth 
avenua a aeao ad policeman at- 
tempted to stop him. When he re- 
fused to halt the ofllcer shot him in 
the leg. The bandit who actually 
shat Oshkerliag aosaped. 

Miss aallebury and her room- 
mate, Sally Brannix. dancer, who 
also saw the shooting, told 
Judge that Oehlerking did not 
tempt to shoot the bandlia ho^t .Arid 
his gun in the air. 

••This man must have been' filled 
with dope," Miss Salisbury told the 
Court. "The officer did not fire at 
them but they deliberately turned 
and fired directly at hlm.**^ 

Tha actreoa haa appeared In Win 
ter Garden shows and was in 
Gold Diggers" and "The 
gin." 



"Wildcattlng" Al Rogers, erst- 
while Pantages vaudeville agent, 
speat laal Tuooday aicht ia a 

prisoa a^il floatiriia hto arrest at 

his West 4<th street office on 
charges of extortion filed by Mrs. 
Jane Gray, billed In vaudeville with 
her seven children at **The Gray 
Family." Rogara wha (Ofdorad haM 
in $2,000 bail. 

Meantime Rogers' name has been 
erased from the Pan slate forever- 
more and orders issued that never 
again is he to darken the doorway 
of any braneM at tha Atntagao Clr- 
calt 

Mrs. Gray's charge Is that she 
forced to "kick back" |1S& 
wee k ly of her •400 salary ta Al and 
that she was Imposed upon by 
Rogers as the latter told her he 
getting but half of what aha 
**klck^ng hhok,^ flvlad tha 
other half weekly to tha Pahtaaea 
ofllce In New York. 

When Mra Gray stoppod in to aea 
Ed Milne In charge of the New 
York Pan office on her last trip 
east, Mrs. Gray told him that she 
had had a pleaaant trip, enjoyed 
playing the Pan time Immensely, 
but that she had not saved a cent. 
Her impression that half of her 
**ooaunlasloa**; ip aHiMM was betaid 
reUyed back ta tlli fia fiie^ 
dissipated. 

When discovering that Al had 
baia lnniaia tha wdifct^ Mra.Oray 
entered the charge of extortion. 
She added that Rogers had repeat- 
edly threatened to cancel her book- 



mnr'MIUST EXPLAIN 



flirittiii .^fi— f GiyU7 



A rumor says that a Christian 
Science Theatrical Guild is in proc- 
ess of formation or about to form. 

It will be the fourth sect guild In 
the theatre* If eventuating. The 
others are Catholis^ Spiscopalian 
and JeWlalb 



the 

at- 



LOEW AGENT IS 
mm W BY 




"The 
Deml-Vlr- 



Harry Saks Hechheimer. tbeatrl 
cal lawyer, will have to show cause 
today (Wedaeoday) why he should 
not he punished for contempt of 
court for failure to pay Mrs. Nellie 
N. Hechheimer 1590 accrued ali- 
mony. 

"Hecky" was ordered to make 
good at the rate of $40 a week under 
a separation decree of June 2, 1024, 
the $40 assessment to continue until 
his wife remarried or until he had 
expended 111.500. Not havlnp? done 
either, the attorney's wife wants to 
know why Hechheimer Is in arrears 
16,000. 



Carr and Psrr, English Osneero 
Carr and Parr. English dancing 
team arrived in this country re- 
cently aad nade thair dohet on the 
K^A OkMit laol 



MABIOH STOKES' OWH SKETCH 
Marion Stokes, daughter of Harry 
Stokes, Chicago hotel man, and 
known heroelf as a beauty and 
writer, will enter vaudeville In a 
sketch she Is authoring. 

Mrs. Stokes waa prominent In 
New York society as tha wife of 
Henry Berolzheimer. son of the 
head of the E^agle Pencil Co. They 
were divorced a few years ago. 
Since then sha haa been writlag 
and studying for tha atago. 



Weelej Barry's Single 



WeMlev Barry. pictures, has 
sheived his flteib act and b #i^|Mif ~ 
ing a new single for vaudeville. 

In the flash Barry was supported 
by Billy Barton's Orchestra. The 
latter will routtaa aa hot a( Ita own 
lot vaadovttlai 



Goodwin Denies Accuser^s 
Murder Charsre fai la A. 

SanU Ana, Calif., Nov. 2. 

The Rev. Philip A. Goodwin, of 
the American Catholic Churoh, who 
took a short flier la 
fore his ataca 
rupted by hia arfoot aa a oharsa of 
murder, took tho wltaeos stand in 
his own defence and flatly denied 
that Joseph J. Patterson, the man 
he im accused of slaying, aooom- 
panied htaa alttiar ta ar from San 
Diego on tha trip that was asserted 
to have ended In the killing. 

The former priest directly contra- 
dicted tha teatlmoay oC hIa co- 
defendant, Albert , Dewey aaines, 
who hOd tha murder at Goodwin** 
door. 

DIaelatailnv any haowladca of 
how Pattaraon met his death, Good- 
win wove a chain of circumstances 
that hurled suspicion straight back 
at Oaines. his own aoeusor. 

The State is seeking to prove 
that Goodwin and Gaines murdered 
Patterson, with whom Goodwin was 
known to ho on friondiy torma* and 
-appropriated for hia ownuaa 
and effects of the dead man 

Goodwin was arrested for the 



crime last July In tho N. V. A. club 
ho«aa ta Naw Toclc. Tha trial hare 
It eontUittlaa* 



Smith Met Wns. 
Cyjipy in Alloy of Pm«» 
Wal2SikSlraal H 



Eddie Smith of the Mark Leddy 
agency complained to the Loe^ 
booking offlclals yesterday that he 
was slugged and beaten up Monday 
night by William O'Day, maaagar 
of Proctor's 125th Street 

Aocording to Smith, he was wait- 
ing te Ihd hSoy whdi ODay ap- 
proached and said, "Which one of 
you is the Loew agent?" Smith 
alleges he said, "I am," and was set 
upon by 0*Day and beaten Into un- 
consciousness, he claims. 

Smith Hays the manager followed 
him to the street after he got up. 
and made disparaging fOfttaftoi 
about Loew agents In genoraL 

Appeals to the police were also in 
vain, according to Smith. The as- 
sault, according ta imlth, was wit- 
nessed by Nal a^b^lk iCalUi-Albae 
agent and aa anHoyf )iC a mvale 

publisher. 

Tha aUey at Proetor'a ISith Stcaet 
ia aa oaa thohlpra prag o o t y. 



Xmi WiMk'S BllAKDOWl 

' San Francisco, Nov. 2. 
Leon Navara^ raeantly rellored 
from tha leadership of West Coast'^ 
T and D Theatre, Oakland, suffered 
a nervous breakdown last Thurs- 
day at tha St IVaaela Hotel hera 
and la uador tha eara at phyolclana. 



HYSON and HARRIS 

GIERSDORF SISTERS 
OAatrroN ■orn, CAwm 

Waabinstoa. D. O* 



nooKKI» BT 

Ed Dhvidow A Riifmi LeMaire 

»F« Mew Tstfe 



VASISTY 



YJinrEVILLE 



Wednesday, November 3, 1926 



OWNERS' CANCELING THREATS 



RESUMES ASSTl ROAD SHOWS 



^1 



F«w 'Death Trail' Hoom* Uft Object to DiMontiii- 
uance — Deal Made With Orpheum to Fill Qut 
Acts' Tioic Due to Previous Cancellations 



Thoiq^ Warned of Thi^, 



LEO CHENKO THOUGifr 
WRONGLY ABOUT PROPS 



Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

The Western VaudeviU« Man* 
tLgen' AMoclation hM fmaM its 
•Vsath trair tsar flrom ChlMto to 
ths Coast, alMtndonsd duo to the 
association having lost West Coast 
Theatres, Inc., bookings and those 
of a number of theatres in southern 
<;attftrf!»^ Ths route was tempo- 
tiurll^ suspended In Pueblo, Colo., 
with acta turning back to Chicago 
from that point; It is said, while 
tlioss fsw bookings which rsma^ned 
for W. V. M. A. wero mads from ths 
hoB Angeles office. 

The theatre owners whom the as- 
*eOe1atioB rstalnad on tho tour b s g a a 



IM Aagolss, Nov. S. 
After Variety had warned all of 
the theatres around Los Angeles 
that a young man using the name 
of Crasmor and supposedly connect- 
ed with the show business had been 
robbing dressing rooms of actors in 
theatres about Southern California, 
the doorman of the Orpheum al- 
lowed the individual to slip through, 
with the result that the dressing 
room of tho Weaver Brothers was 
entered «Bd $47 taken. 

The man told the doorman he was 
a friend of the Weaver brothers, 
and the doorman permitted liim to 
enter the dressing room while they 
were on the stage. The feminine 
member of the Weaver Brothers act 
n * ■ 9 OA A SI I happened to enter the dressing room 

lipOnS ftl L06W 8 Otatef Nov. | whlU the young man was there. He 

made the excuse to her that he was 
in the wrong room and left. She 
immediately diseovered the theft 
and shouted to the doorman the 
room had been robbed but mean- 
time the thief had gotten out 



Albertina Rasch Causes His 
Amst for Removing Goods 
From Storago 



GENE TUNNEY BOOKED 
AT ROOO BY MORRIS 



29;— Contraoted for 



dene Ttmney will debUt i« «be 
show bttsiiwM Nor. n, m9m ^ 
direettoa of Williaai Morrie and at 

to rebel against the discontinuance I |7*H0 weeldy for his itMie 
of the road shows and are said to lioew*fl State, New York, 
have threatened to cancel their con- -K-mninn nM»>m^hiv 

trmets unless they wete broucht ^ champion wiU probably 

appear upon both the Loew and Pan- 
tages circuits. An arrangement was 
reached foi the theatrical starring 
season between Dudley Field Ma- 
lonok Tvnney** penottal eouBael and 
represenUtly«b tlM cihaavp liilM«lf, 
and Morris. 

. Morris is said have Tunney un- 
der a St w»W contraet. 

It will bo a somewhat different 
turn than pugilists have heretofore 
presented. A film will be a pcurt of 
it. with a talk hw TimiMy and lllas- 
trations qf famfw |lm>l0P»-to 
tha prise rin|p. 



tbfnffti Rather than lose' these few 
houses, it Is reported that W. V. M. 
A. decided to continue the tour to 
the Coast 

The shows now go from Pueblo 
to Phoenix, Ariz., where they play 
four days. The units then go to 
Tufison for one day and then lay off 
a week. After this comes Hoyt's. 
Long Beach, a full week, when the 
shows are cut up, with two acts 
playing two days and three aets 
threi days at the Yost, Santa Ana. 

So as to be able to fill out the 
time (on account of recent oancel- 
lations which indttded the Mission, 
Saata' Barbara, three days, and 
houses In Hanford and Tulare, one 
day each) a deal has been made 
with the Orpheum people whereby 
tho latter eirenit is to take up part 
of the time of these acts and play 
them at the Hlllstreet and Orpheum, 



MAKING AGEmS 
RUN 'TniMBERS 



New Sdianie to Make 

Vode Actors 'Give Up' 



▲ brollias aokemo has been 

hatched to take more money away 
from the acts appearing for the 
Keith-Albee or Orpheum Circuit or 
both. It Is to have the N. V. A 
house organ iMue a special number, 
alloting a week each to the various 

- ^ • n 1 -v> I vaudeville agents booking in the 

BiChy Craig llreaICa JJOWnl elreolt^ offtoee. with the agents te- 
<TlAnKlA«1> T«*A flftsm I ■tructed to force the acts they rep- 
JJQUUieu XUU vFluril i resent to advertise in the "«nA<»iai« 



Over-sealousness took its toll 
on Richie Craig, Jr., who has been 
Los Angeles, and^he Golden Gate I ordered to rest up for a month or 



and ' Orpbsmn. Baa Trandsoob as 
part of the reignlar Orpheum road 

shows. 

Also lost to the W. V. M. A. and 
Orphettta CItroQit this ssasba wiU be 

two West Coast houses which 
played this. type of f vaudeville last 
season. They are located in Fresno 
Ittd Stoditon, a spUt weak. In the 
tliture these houses will be booked 
by M. D. Howe, chief booker for 
West Coast out of his Los Angeles 
•flda» with- the acts being obtained 
from the Bert Leve^r and 
A Harris Circuits. 



Johppy Dodey Deserts 
Vaidefw Pk^^ 



Johnny Dooley, after vainly try- 
ing to seeare a reasonable salary for 
Ills new comedy act from straight 
Taudevlllek has decided to play pic- 
ture houses. He opened at the 
Branford, Newark, la his new act 
this week. 

Pooley was placed by Max Hart 
St will contl^ to play pietvra dates 
aini independent vavde* 



two as a result of OTsrwatklas Wm- 

sitt throagli his ndiitdMA engage- 
meats, doubling from "The Ram- 
blers" into three or four llight clubs 
all at one time. 

CraiTs schedule of ailiv<4lMatia 
performances at one time reached 
a total of eleven different night 
clubs, making, his appearance on 
the circuit for a asMi* «t Si s rt s l - 
ties at each stand. 

As a matter of duty, Craig opened 
at the new Paddock (formerly 
Wigwam) FrNUu ttlsht as aMMkar 
of ceremonies* ba| |lai?ai tM week 
for a rest. '- 

Complications of la SHPPS forced 
Craig out of ^Wo JlliMilMir Whteh 
he. will not rejoin iMitll bask firom 
his health rest 



specials. 

Agents will be selected in order 
and instructed, presumably with the 
sanction of E. F. Albee, who may 
have suggested the scheme. 

It is' calculated by the promoters 
of the '*blaokJack" plan to have the 
"specials" run into a series of 
"numbers," lasting as long aa there 
is another agent left who has not 

Ida astti "(^me 



Myrio and Desha Haad 

Film House Unit 

Gene Myrio and Mile. Desha, 
dancers, have been aigned for 14 
weeks by Publix to head tho next 

John Murray Aaderaaii Ipli 

opens at the ne^ 
York, Nov, 19. 



New 



Myrio and Desha are another 
standard turn to swing to irtcture 

TamUy Upstairs' as Tab| J-^.lr.Ji"/-^ ^thfillS^ 



Useless Advertising 
Heretofore the "advertising slug" 
on the' K.-A.-Orpheum actors has 
been in the N. V. A. 4)rogram and 
the house organ, wherever acts 
could bo found that would stand for 
it In this : manner, besides the 
free performances K-A and Or- 
pheum acts are forced to give for 
"beneflta,** the acts figure quite an 
actual loss during the year. They 
consider the enforced advertising aa 
of no value whatsoever for their 
promotion, exploitation or publicity. 

The K-A ottoe* which generally 
steers any money-getting Idea from 
acts, has no Influence with acts 
on any other circuit inclusive of 
the Loew, Pantages and picture 
house chains. The K-A people are 
limited among the N. V. A. mem- 
bers to those acts pjaying the 
K-A or Orpheum bookings, with 
none of the other circuits seemingly 
in sympathy with the methods em- 
to Biake actors advertise 
their win and uselessly. 



Charged with tho larcency of 
"drops" and costumes valued at 
1290. Leo Chenko, 31. of 244 West 
4Sth street was held in $1,000 bail 
for the action of the Grand Jury by 
Magistrate Abe Rosenbluth In West 
Side Court. Chenko, the husband of 
Alexa, dancer, was arrested by de- 
tectives Patrick Maney and Charles 
Stapleton, of the West 47th street 
station, on tho complaint of Mmc. 
Albertina Raach, producer, of 113 
West 67th street . 

Mme. Rasch declared that Chenko 
went to a wax^house and seized the 
"drops" and costumes. She learned 
that he was using them in a re- 
hearsal at tho Metropolis theatre, 
142d street and Third avenue. Ac- 
companied by the sleuths, Mme. 
Rasch went to the theatre and found 
Chenko directinf a rehearsal* His 
wife was present statad the detec- 
tives. 

The "choristers" were directed to 
remove the costumes by the sleuths. 
Chenko was placed under arrest 
The costumes and scenery were 
taken to the police station and 
brought to West Side Court the next 
morning. Chenko languished in jail 
overnight His wife sougbt to get 
bail for him. 

Mme. Rasch explained that she 
and Chenko were to bo on a presen* 
tatlon in October. The act never 
materiized. Something went wrong. 
The costumes and scenery were 
placed ia a storehouse at S70 West 
43d street by Mme. Rasch. Re 
cently she learned that Chenko was 
using her property in the rehearsal. 
She made <demaads tot them but 
was unable to recover her goods, 
said the sleuths. 

Chenko Claims Rights 
Chenko denied the larceny charge 
He stated that the property was his 
as much aa the Mme's. He said 
they were to put on a presentation. 
Ho said ho was fired. 1 created the 
idea of those costumes in London. 
There is no such idea," indicating 
photos of the costumes of a hoop 
skirt ^ was to bo paid for my cre- 
ations. I have aoTsr recelvad 
penny. 

*1 did get some money when we 
rehearsed for the show. The money 
was not for rehearsals but te lodge 
and feed us. When I was fired I 
had yet to be paid for my idea." 
Chenko, when aidced his occupation, 
said he was a producer of wude- 
ville acts and presentations. 

The court told Chenko he had re- 
course in the civil courts if he 
wanted the property without taking 
It without the Mmo*s consent fk»om 
the storehouse. 

Chenko's wife was astonished 
whia her husband was held* 



LOEW HANDLING 
NEW ROCUEUE'S 
FIRE6ENEHT 



T^wn Walks Out cmi 
Keith-AIbee After 
Many Years 



Arrangements have been niada 
for the annual Firemen's Benefit ia 
New Rochelle, N. Y., for the Mareua 
Loew ofTlces to handle its presen- 
tation. In past years the benefit 
has been conducted by the Keith* 
Albee offices. 

Just what has happened nobody 
seems to know or care up New Ro- 
chelle way, as this time there will 
be no split of the proceeds with tho 
Larchmont, N. Y., fire laddies. 
Larchmont Is the summer home oC 
H F. Albee, who personally so* 
cured a lot of personal praise and 
credit for putting on the firemen's 
show in the past and also making 
it possible for Larchmont to get a 
"GO -50" break on the benefit divvy. 

The New Rochelle benefit will 
take place in Loew's New Rochelle 
theatre and everything connected 
with it, aside .firom the entertain* 
ment will be aa out-aaA-ailt Ksw 
Rochelle affair. 

The fire boys in New Roehsna 
are tickled pink. Previous beneflta 
handled by the Albee people were 
given in halls and the box office re* 
turns held down as a result 

When the Police Department te 
New Rochelle gave their last ben- 
efit it was also handled by Loew's. 
who took it away from the Keith* 
Atboo crowd after Biaay years. 




Nance 0*Neil is returning to 
vaudevlUe under direction of Albert 
Lewis in "The Iron Lady," by Hugh 
Stange, author of "Glamour," which 
Z<ewls is also producing. The lat- 
ter is a legit player. 

Lewis Is also preparing a tabloid 
version of "The Family Upstairs," 
an adaputlon of the Harry Deif 
comedy which had a brief run at 
the Gaiety. New York, last season. 



Dressing Room Robberies; 
Loew's Goarantees No Loss 



Circuit and was offered a route but 
not eaongh Mk^; 

Berlin Not on Vita 

Irving Berlin has contradicted the I VsudevUIIans plaving the Lyric 
fast flying reports he intends mak- and U. 8. theatres «| Hoboken. N. J., 



Ing a record for the Vitaphone. 

The report stated the Warner 
Brothers had offered Berlin 150,000 
tor 10 minutes of recording. 



XfiMPLETOm S4IISHED 

The Templetons deny they are 
playing the picture houses because 
of a row with Kelth-Albee. 

A questloa of salary was their] 
sole Inducement to leave organized 
vaudeville for the night clubs and 
later the picture houses, handled 
by Arthur & Lyona 



MOBT DOWNEY'S ACT 

Los Angeles, Nov. t. 

Mort Downey, who withdrew 
from the "Music Box Review," after 
one performance, opened Monday 
in a prolog at the Me^POfiblltan. 
Publix house. 



-Lane-Bollerman Apart 



Madelyn Lane and Maryon Bol- 
lerman have split as a Taudetllle 

team. 

Miss Lane4wiII do a new net with 
.Leo Flynn, while Miss Bollcrman 
plsaa < iMading an act of .her 6wn 



Thurston "Does a Dempsey" 

Howard Thurston, magician, who 
was severely burned about the face 
some months ago while performing 
one of his fire feats. Is back la New 
York entirely recovered. 

After tlie accident tho nrnglClan 
had his face lifted and scars re- 
meved by a Qhlsafo plastic sur- 
fion* . 



the last half of last week were 

robbed of personal belongings and 
clothes that had been left in the 
dressing rooms Thursday night. 
Among those who suffered losses 

were Dewey and Roprcrs at the 
Lyric and the Pour Cotton Pickers 
at the U. S. Other turns were also 
robbed. 

It was the third time turns have 
lost property at the U. 8. 

The Lyric (Loew's) assured the 
acts the house will make good if the 
stolen property isn't recovered 
within a fortnight. The U. 8. is 
booked via the Robbins agency, 
New York. 



Mauds tlllott an rilm ttsgo 

Maude Elliott, concert contralto, 
has been booked for a tour of Pub 
lix Theatres by Alf T. Wilton. Miss 
.Xniiott will appear with a John 
Murray Anderson presentation unit 



COLLINS WITH WILTON 



Coming North to Reeume Bookings 
— t>orothy DaM Also in Agency 



Johnny Collins, former Keith 
booker, will Join the staff of Alf 
Wilton within a few weeks. Collins 
is now at Sarasota, Fla., in the real 
estate business.' As soon as dispos- 
ing of his interests he will Journey 
north. 

Collins was formerly associated 

with Wilton when the latter was a 
Keith agent. Prior to that he was 
one of the best bookers in vaude- 
ville and rated highly as an as- 
sembler of acts. 

Dorothy Dahl also rejoined Wil- 
ton this week, in charge of the pro- 
ductions department. Tommy Jack- 
son and H. Krafts, formerly With 
Wilton, have left to Open an agency 
of their own. 



Edgar Allen Woolf 

Acain Writiiig Skito 

A former and prolific writer of 
sketches for vaudeville, Edgar Allen 
Woolf. has again returned to tho 
field. 

Mr. Woolf, when active In vaude- 
ville, was in constant demand from 
the highest salaried acts and 
"name" debutants into variety, for 
their materiat lil^t or heayy, te 
playlets. 

At present Woolf acts are in re* 

hearsal by Nazlmova, booked by 
Jenie Jacobs; Vera Gordon, booked 
by Harry Weber; a fVancine Larri- 
more playlet, placed by Al LewiSb 
and a Prolog for Florence Waltoiw 
booked by Charlie Morrison, be* 
sidee special vaudeville material 
for DeBaven and Nice. 



Liszt's Niece an Act 

Maria Liszt, grand-niece of the 
composer, has opened a tour of the 
Keith-Albee Chrouit 

Hermlne Phone booked the turn* 
one of her first important bookings 
since leaving the Independent ranks 
to become 
with K-A. 



EU DAWSON WITH W£STON 

Ell Dawson has resigned as gen- 
eral manager for Jack Jordan, in- 
dependent agent and producer, to 
become affiliated with William 
WoPtnn, Pnntages agent. 

Dawson succeeds Barney Wil- 
liams, who has retired from the 
show business for real estate^ 

Stoker- Nestor Producing 

Floyd Stoker and Ned -Nestor 
have formoJ a producing partnor- 
ahlp to turn out acts for the K-A 
Circuit. Stoker was formerly a 
K-A agent before going west to 
manage a theatre a year ago. 



Done in OU' Wtth 4 

The Ike Weber office haa 
branched into vaudeville producing. 
It has in preparation "Done in Oil," 
four-people comedy, sini^ng and 
dancing turn with Frank Finney, 
Lillian McNeil, Wally Crawfleld 

and Sidney Bruce. 

The same office is readying Mme. 
Sherle and Company, five- people 
posing act, three girls and two men. 



Qolden's French Dsneers 

^ Meyer Golden has imported Con* 
stantinova and Baikoff, dancers 
from France, to join "Panorama," a 
musical revue along continental 
lines. 

The revue is in five scenes and 

has nine people. 



•ereen Actrees' Skit 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Helen Jerome Eddy, screen ae* 
tress. Is rehearsing o one -act play* 
let with which she will shortly tour 
the Orpheum circuit. 

The skit was written by Ralph 
Culver Bennett, former assistant 
State's Attorney in Chicago. 



J. C Morton's New Partner 
James C. Morton has formed a 
vaudeville partnership with Harry 

Rueu. 

Morton's wife, Mamo, formerly In 
the family turn with Jumes C. is ill, 
necessiuting the shelving of the 
farmer turn. 



• 

Wednesday, November 3, 1920 



VAUDEiVILLE 



VARIETY 



2? 



[DESPIRATEFQRHEADLINERa 
^ K-A BOOKS RANOmRET ACT 



lb AMlole Rmwue at Palace, N. Y.— Doubling 
from Club— Booking Breaks 2 K.-A. ''Rules''— 
Analole Scored K*-A. at Night Qub's Premiere 



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Tbtt Kelth-Alb«e cireuit has r«* 
WMd ItMlC on iU "No night olub 

or radio actu" rule, due to tlie de> 
•ertiona from the straight vaude- 
TiUo ranks of acta. It has booked 
Anatoto Frledlana with his Club 
Anatolo Revue to double Into the 
Palace. New York, with other Now 
York' K-A houses to follow. 

The Palace date Is for Not. St 
with Frledland and hla entertainers 
set to headline at the house that 
^eek in additiop to their regular 
nppen^nneig at Club Anatoie. 

Frledland has been broadcasting 
three times a week for the past 
year from his night club, hence 
eomes under both the ndn-rAdto and 
Bon-night club classification. 

The booking of Harry Snodgrass 
recently by the Keith-Alboe circuit 
was another instattciie oC the famine 
in acta breaking down aU. of its 
•Rules'' barriers. 

The ^edland booking recalls 
the opeiltnt' of the dub and the 
subsequent unpleasantness when 
Odette Myrtle, booked to open at 
the club, was pulled out by the K-A 
peogAe. TIm elub owner in a speech 
' upon that occasion made severe 
and disparaging remarks about the 
circuit. 

The booking of Harri' ItfehiMUi > 

and his Entertainers into the Palace 
was said to have resulted in fiddle 
Barling being hauled, "on the 
cearpet*** . although the act went In 
on short notice when the house was 
desperate for a headliner. Kichman 
was also billed at the Coltmy, a B. 
fi. Moss chouse, and never . played. 
It being said at the time that the 
KrA people had asked Moss to can- 

21 the act, not caring to establish 
e if r e ced e nt after th« teiining 
rule. At the present time, accord- 
lag to the vaudeville agents they 
(meaning Keith's), are ^lad to get 



IF NOT VITAPHONE, 
POP SUPERS AT SHEA'S 

Change in Policy at Big Timer, 
Buffalo, Expected— Lost 
Money with K-A Bills 



WALTERS IN BOSTON 
ABSORBED BY K.-A. 



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Boston. Nov. S. 
The Iiewis Walters Agency is now 

allied with the Iteith-Albee Boston 
E!zchange. Lewis Walters entered 
the K-A Boston office last week, 
after operating an Independent 
vaudevilto ' booking agenoy for 10 
years. 

The absorption of the Walters 
ftgenoy by Keith's and the placing 

of the houses formerly booked by 
Walters in the Keith Boston office 
Will enable that circuit to play more 
ftctt In and around Boston and New 
England. 

It is understood Walter.*? will con- 
tinue to book the houses he is con- 
Aoeted with. 



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SbamaB Prather Dead; 
Hit by Street Car 



Detroit. Nov. 2. 
Sherman Prather. tall comedian 
pith the nred La Belne act. died at 

live o'clock Sunday morning of a 
fractured skull. lie was hit by a 
■treat car Saturday night while on 
Ilia way home from^ the theatre. 

Remains were Khippe«l yesterday 
to Prather's home 1^ Jackson. 



Bufbtlo, Nov. 2. 

• While it Is denied by offlclals of 

the Shea-Publix local theatres that 

the Court Street, Shea's present big 

time vaudeville theatre, will play' 

the Warners' Vltaphone, it seems 

settled that there is going to be a 
change of policy at that theatre. 

It may go into the pop combina- 
tion vaude and pictures or three-a- 
day, from reports, or else Shea may 
try a large super picture. '*Beau 
Gestet." "Big Parade" or "Ben Hur" 
is mentioned for a run in the thea- 
tre, displacing the vaudeville en- 
tirely. 

It is said that any picture play- 
ing the Court Street will do so on 
a percentage basis. Whatever ne- 
gotiations were on for Vltaphone 
were along that line, it is claimed. 
Vltaphone fs not prepared to play 
in an ontsMe house at present, it Is 
reported, playing only in hotises 
Just aow controlled by the Wamera. 
8hea Refused bet * 

IflM Court fitreet jtarted the sea- 
son with big time onoe again, 
against even Mike Shea's judgment. 
Mr. Shea said that as he had played 
Mir tima so lonr in Buffalo he did 
not oare to make a change until 
necessary. When an offer was 
nuide to wager that big time 
couldn't last In the Court Street be- 
yond Thanksgiving. Shea replied he 
didn't care for that bet. 

Publlx (Famous Players) is in- 
tereeCed with 8hea also la the Court 
Street It is said the I big theatre 
operator did not wish to take sides 
in the prevailing opinion last sum- 
mer about a' continuance of big 
time at the Court Street, but thought 
when the time came to change he 
would either plroe a stock company 
in tlM theatre or play a reserved 
seat picture policy, with a possi- 
bility United Artists would take 
over the heatre for the latter pur- 



NINE MORE HOUSES 
FOR FAIiY MARKUS 



Fally Markua, Independent vaude 
booker, has added nine additional 
stands to kif books durtnc the past 

week. 

FeiUr are spilt we^ hoiilBesi, which 
give the booker a better average on 
split week bookings than any of his 
competitors. 

Also, one house swinglag tftom 
the Keith-Albee books tO the lade - 
pendent booker. 

The acquisitions include: Palace, 
East Orange, N. J. (formerly K-A 
booked), playing five acts on a split 
week: Dyker, Brooklyn. Ave acts, 
split week: Strand, Lakewood, N. J., 
four acts. spUt week; Boitoa lUad. 
New York, four acts, split week; 
Park, Lehighton, Pa., four acts, sec- 
ond half. The others are the Ter- 
minal. Brooklyn: Interboro, New 
Vork; Nutley, Nutley. N. J., all oT 
which play four acts Saturdays and 
Sundays. 



ORPHEUM. JR. MANAGERS GOOD,' 
REPORTS-^CED OUT IF BAD' 



Hwrry Fetter lUutiM M Manager of Rivaria, Cki> 
cago— Wouldn't 'Doctor* Reports on Kahl— 

Booked BiU* to Pi«a«e 'Cut' Kahl 



INDL AGENT TURNS 
DQWH'A^Sf FRANCHISE 

Sam Roberts in Chioago Re- 
fuses Proffer for 2d Time — 



Mich. 



Kraft-J:;ck6on Agency 

H. Krafts and Tommy Jackson 
©f the Alf Wilton Agency are re- 
■igning to embark 1ft thefar own 

agency business. 

KrafU will handle the bookings 
for kets in the picture houses, with 
Jackson continuing In the' placing 
of acts in legit production. 

In addition, Jackson is playing in 
^Sroadway," having created the 
role of Dan ICeCom la the current 
-hU, ; 



10 SCENES IN NEW ACT 

Harry li. Watson is to 1)8 fea- 
Wired in "Bag of Tricks," which C. 
B. Maddock la assembling. 

The act Is In 1% scenes and Will 
car 



The Court Stret has lost money 
since opening with the Keith-Albee 
big time vaude booked bMlk ; 

Sindair Lewis Objects 
To "HobdMiiua" as Tab 

The tabloid edition of "Hobemia." 
which Harry Onint was shaping for 
the vaudeville, lias been called oft 
through Sinclair Lewis, author of 
the elongated Tersion. unwilling to 
permit its adaptation for vaudeville. 

Grant had negotiated with agents 
of the author and had made an ab- 
breviated adaptation with I-ewte re- 
ported later as dissatlsfled nl the 
idea of the condensation. 

The original version of "Hobo- 
hemla" was produced by the Green- 
wich Village Players at the Green- 
wich Village. New York, eight years 
ago. It had but a moderate nm. 

, _ . 

Fibu Frst at Prodsr's 

Albany, N. T., Nov. 2. 

F F. Proctor has begun to fea- 
ture pictures over the vaudeviUe 
bills In his Albany, Troy And 
SchenecUdy houses. 

Proctor has no vaii.levllle opposi- 
tion except in Albany, where Ollie 
SUcey'ft lUJestio kM live acts ftwn 
aft IndepMident agency! 

— fi tll 01. ' M UflllTEn 9 MJ ^ 

C. Sharpe Minor, havlnpr Fhclved 
his former 1 0.000-pound organ, 
found impractical to set up and 
transport, is now nsittg a 2,260- 
pound portable organ and h.as been 
tendered a K-A route through the 
;ency. 



SILVERS QUHS 
Xm ASSH 



Booking Metkods Driwo 
Out Valuable Booker 

Chloacob Ndv. 1. 

S»m "CuV* Kahl and his assist- 
ant, R. J. Lydiatt, are slowly driv- 
ing the best of its employea away. 
The latest otf» to leavo la Morris 
Silvers. He Joined the association 
some 10 years agOb opening a cafe 
and cabaret department and then 
originating bo^klatf aatg la tlia plo- 
ture houses. 

At one time Silvers was supreme 
in the cabaret bool^b^' of Chicago. 
With various Interferanoes, this de- 
partment degenerated into nothing, 
with Silvers opening up a new 
branch of Vaudeville and picture 
house bookings. 

Silvers controlled this field In the 
association until "Cut** started tear- 
ing the bills Apart on n Saturiay, 
causing so many disappointments 
the pictura house biilnMi drl|to4 
away. 

It waa only through flllverfP riMor 

ability and knowledge that he held 
the Balaban &. Katz bookings, the 
Blank boolcinga and many other In- 
depeaAeiit plotvrt hovsen. 

Silvers was recently notlfled that 
all acts that he booked must first 
be subnlltted to KahL This not 
only nado H pogtlMa for "CmV to 
refuse to allow oertain acts to play 
the Silver picture houses, but also 
gave Kahl a foothold in knowing 
where every .Act* wMi* 

Probably the smallest trick Kahl 
played was to have a picture house 
advertise a certain act and on the 
previous Saturday swltoli that act 
to his own vaiid«vlll» fhefttre te the 
same town. 

Neither Lydlatt nor Kahl ever in- 
formed StlVM ofllclany Co discon- 
tinue booking acts but Rahl in his 
own inimitable way let It be known 
by ' just wiping the names off the 
picture house books. 

Under these circumstances Silvers 
resigned and will continue as a 
booker with the Balabaa ft Kats 
houses and the LubUner ft Trlns 
people, besides looking after other 
independent picture houees* 

When seen, SUvsta* refused to 
BUiko a •tatement, asking It be 
made plain he has left the 
with the best of feelings. 



OklOMro, ITdv. t. 

Sam Roberts, one of the beat 
known agents in the west, has for 
tho second time turned down a 
franchise or a partnen^l^ in a 
franchise to book with the West- 
ern VaudeviUe gn4 Qrph^um Cir- 
cuits. • ;'--*--'^---'>^'v;. 
. Jtecantly Roberts was proposi- 
tioned to form a 60-50 partnership 
With one of the older and estab- 
lished "Ass'n** agen61ee to mbvo in 
and share ImmeMateUr in , all the 
business. 

Roberts turned it down without 
hesitation, saylns ho tip r eaea t e d 
tactically the very same list of 
acts with all other circuits as this 
particular agency was representing 
to the Aa«*n Mi OrphMm J«nlor 
circuit and that In most instances 
he got the act for less than the 
Ass'n could as the aota knew what 
they wem gotav*!* Mi# dOl 
weeka 

Roberts aloo showed that it cost 
him less on the week to hook aota 

on the outside than It would if he 
was a franchised agent, with their 
peculiar way of sending four wires 
for nentatlve datoo" aai "hi the 
event" alsA bringing forth the ar- 
gument that there was too much 
"slip back" money after getting 
dates m tim 
clreulta. 



TMtOmEMOUjyaWlOg 



O'Connor and Wilson Together 
Johnny O'Connor and Jimmie 
Wilson have reanltad a> h t-aot 

The team dhMofvatf when O'Con- 
nor went into "Amerlcaas AH," a 
legit play since closed. 



TAKE A CSAIOS» OVXBIOfE 

Independent houses with 
limited output for vaude hills 
are working 'Take a Chance 
Week" overtime in their houses 
to test the gambling instincts 
of patrons. 

The film feature only is billed 
with the vaude portion held 
for the "pig-ln-bag" arrango- 
ment. 

Shows cheaper than usual 
are looked in and locals in 
outlying districts falling once 
or twlcow 



The Meyer North Agency lias been 
suspended for two weeks from book- 
ing privileges for the Loew Chroillt 
by J; H; UMm for .Ui»mH> af 

rules. 

The infraction Involved waa that 
the agency had failed to ho repre- 
sented on the booking floor at the 

given hour Monday. An act booked 
by the agency had been unable to 
appear through Ulneas. Mr. X^uhln 
had been unahia to r s a e h either 
North or Joe Klaum. his assistant 
The' spot was filled elsoii(here and 
the suspension fallowed. 

Pan^t Portland Opening 

Portland, Ore.. Nov. t. 

The new Pantages theatre is due 
to open here about Nov. II, and 
Rodney Pantagea haa arrived to-aa- 
pervlse the event J. A. Johnson, 
long with the Pan cirouiC Is to 
manage the hous*. and Carl Wer- 
ner will handle ite publicity. 

Gertrude Oderle wUi fa» tha paa* 
mier blU. 

Henri C. ZioBel, ohlal oigaalal for 
Faatagea, wiu praaldft elf lha lM|r* 
board In this house. 



K. C. BuMlfar Uray Cir. 

KaaHui Oily, War. t. 

Paul Tremalne'a Aristocrats of 
Modern MumIc. a 10-pleCe band that 
has been making a reputation lo- 
caty hi tha past year, ^haa bean 
hoofca# for the Bert 1>vey circuit, 
and opened at the Palace^ Ldttle 
Rock, Ark., yesterday. s 



Chicago, Nov. 2. 
A in.'thod of Sam "Cut" Kuhi in 
handling reports of the vaude bills 
booked by hhnssif fa aaafhaa tha 
New York OrphOOai olllee is re- 
vealed in the frequent switch QC 
managers at tiie local Riveria. 

The house haa been a flop flnan* 
ciuUy since the Orpheum bouglit 
a half interest in it from Balaban 
ft Kata. A parade of managers in- 
cluding cnarence Wllliama, who 
lasted three months; Everott Hays, 
a similar period, and Harry Fetter, 
the latter foread to resign after 
seven moatha 

For many years it cotild not be 
understood why business feU off in 
Orphean Janlor houaeg hooked by 
Kahl. Bvery report froai thi house 
managers were 100 per cent, on the 
shows. The worst an aet ever got 
was •Ifood;'^, 

It is now disclosed that a Kahl 
lieutenant in the association would 
phone the manager of the theatres 
along theaa llaea» "Yea laallae that 
the No. 2 act was booked by Mr. 
Kahl and we expect a report on it. 
Tou also know that Mr. Kahl has 
peraanaUy seen this aal aafl thinks 
It very good." 

Fetter, when an act waa bad, sent 
la true reports te the New York 
and Chlaaga aaeaa. After a'aaapie 
of these reports tha manage* was 
hauled "on the carpet** In thf as* 
soelation and IMtwlad outr for dar- 
ing: to criticise KahTa judgment. , 

Following this one of the Chi Or- 
pheum eauoutlvea called up Fetter 
and aatdr 'nPThy 4$ yoa pick ea 
Chicago booked acts; don't yon 
realise that Kahl's judgment can't 
be wrong, and if wrong, that he la 
tha raomnata aai psrsoaal friend 
of Mr. Heiman, our president, and 
that you are only outklhc It taugh 
on yourself 

The folowlag day Kahfa ci^fiaa 
phoned Fetter that .the No. t an4 
dosing acts at the Riveria wer«. 
boolced by Kahl and that no mat- 
tar what tha aMMagar thodght, 
Kahl knew they were great and that 
Kahl himself would be out and 
night to report on the show.** 

The managai^a orOara being to ra* 
view the matinee, he failed to wait 
for Kahl and sent in a had report 
on the No. S act. Five days later 
Fatter waa moved from tha houaa 
and offered the assistant manager- 
ship of the Xrflttoola. Ila re/used 
and resigned. 

This will probably be (he ftrsi in- 
sight the Orpheum Circuit direc- 
tors and president have ever had 
Into the real raaaans back of fha 
business declina at Madison, Rock- 
fonl, Champagne, Davenport and 
the remainder o.' the former money 
nakani hi tha Orpheum. Jaalar 
branch. 

It may also explain why the re- 
ports on the sltowss booked Into 
these houses has aways been "good" 
with the houses steadily losing pat- 
ronage, also why "Cut" could with 
such assurance produce house re- 
ports on hla "caad* ahows while 
blaming the house managers for the 
drops at tha box ottlcaa. 

Fladi Acl Called OIF; 
Coat Becker |800 CmIi 

Joa Tennwr^a flaidi. featuring Oall- 
fofnla Ramblers orchestra, blew up 
last week, leaving Tenner's partner. 
Bam Barish, holding the bag for 
loaasd on tha rmtm, tt had 
phiyed two waaka af "ihawlag" 
dates. 

In addition to the lost sum 
Bariah alahna ta hava gana good for 

10 tuxedos for the band, but fig- 
ures he'll get the latter as soon as 
he locates the boys. 
Paople In the act agree that Tea« 
paid them for their 



LEAVES ACT FOR SHOW 

Jack Mundy will not be projected 
with C. B. Maddock'a vaude act, 
"Tha Final RehearaaV^ having 

withdrawn last week to Jump Into 
the southern company of "Urcen- 
wich Village k'ollies." Mundy joined 
tha latteri attraottoa la •oraatoa. 
Pa., last week. • 

The i'iidUock act will bo sent out 
with MtAhoney and Cecil heading 

the cast. 



LEAVES EOAD FOR ACT 

Juhnny Stanley, playing Hobby 
Clark's original role In a road com- 
pany of "The Music Box," has Riven 

his notice, ofTfctl'e at Dan*»ury, 
Conn.. Nov. S. and will return 
vaudeville in a new act. 

The revue company taken out by 
f'.f'orro Wlnts Is playlns one nlxhl- 
ern 1th the artists having taken u 
Malar/ cut following protmotcd 

&p«u« Of h^4 trtislnaiif 



VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



Wednesday, November 3, 1926 



AGENTS' POWER OF AT1T ANGI£ 



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Otherwise Acts Must Sigii Playing Contracts in 
Perscm^^PrlBTentive Against Oiile Jumping — 
Afents Powerless Otherwise 



C9i»ieliiiiUaii« mgtnU protecting 
tli«Biaelf«ii . ' iiti^Btt oonsequenoes 
ii%«B mik^ their books walk out 
liter jkho at«nte liavt okayed dates 
are tiow reaulriiiff acts to vest them 
iptith power of attorney for protec- 
tton In future. 

r This new angle was arrived at 
UMiea the V. M. P.^ A. ruled that 
only such protecUon would here- 
after excuse an agent if his act 
failed to show after the agent had 
sitasd a eon tract 

The "power of attorney" angle In 
this instance covers only a legal 
permission for the agent to act in 
mevotialion of a theatrical en«a«e- 
jnent and will stipulate such If actu- 
ally put into practice. It is figured 
that such a designation will have a 
.nibral effect against ^contract Jump- 
kig, which has been particularly 
IbLgrant in the independent field and 
which has caused many agents rep- 
resenting :lkie 'Yun outs" plenty of 
trouble. 

< Without such a designation, the 
'Sffillt* oonfess that they are power- 
less to act when a^Nict which they 
have iKKrtMKL one #0t fails to 
show. " ■ ■'■} 

Whetli^ or iiot the acts will 
acquiesce to such an idea is an- 
other thing. If not, bookers will no 
longer recognize agents' signatures 
eontraots, but wUf demand that 

ytha act sign In person. 

> The latter arrangement would 
work against acts out of town that 
i^rents havo been in the habit of 
okaying at the eleventh hour for 
subsequent dates, but the bookers 
Will take no more chances on agents' 
Mgnatures unless the agent agrees 
to be flnnnclally responsibls for 
Wflkouts When they occur. 

Spim Opens Piiblwrgh 
Itnidilfff ExUbitors 

Arthur Splzzi has opened a Pitts- 
branch office to book the neighbor- 
hood picture houses throughout 
Psnnsyhrania. Tha demand by the 
lesser eVhtSttors prompted the new 
office. 

Many of the smaller houses are 

now adding stages and stage facili- 
ties and the avenue for stags acts 
is accordingly widening. 

Arthtti^ BptasI has resumed book- 
ing relations with Locw's and has 
placed Charlotte and Peterson, 3 
Andreini Brothers and AI Iientz 
With tha Xittifli Sidney-booked 
houses. 

Lentz opened this week for a 
••run", at the Grand* Pittsburgh, 
prior to taUpt tip ^ Loew book- 
ings... 



Ass'n Vande Oat at 
RivoK, Portland, Ore. 



Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Rivoli theatre. Portland, Ore., has 
fflven the Association 30 days' no- 
tice of concellatlon of its vaudevilft 
contract. ' ' 

The notice sent to Ben Piassa by 
Harry Arthur, stating that week's 
stand vaudeville of the Association 
type was causing the house tO lose 
plenty of money and that it eoiild 
not afford to proceed with this type 

of show. 

It is understood that Bert Levey 
vaudeville will follow. 



Fanchon & Marco Revues 
Shove Out Vaudeville 

■ . e 
Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Pantages vaudeville will be with- 
drawn from the Dome, Ocean Park, 
Nov. t. It played the house four 
days ' a week. 

In its stead. West Coast Thea- 
tres is presenting Fanchon and 
Marco revues, to open Nov. 10 and 
play the last four iafi «C ffteh 
week. 

This house originally was an 
Association stronghold until 
over to Pantages to book. 



ROGERS ARRESTED 



(ContiWMd firoBi page U) 

of os S iBS L - If sha *'dtdat eome 



West Coasf s FttU Week 

Los Angeles, Nov. S. 

The West Coast Belmont, at Ver- 
mont and First, inaugurates a 
new policy Oct. 27, a full week 
seven acts and first run pictures. 
Night performances will only be 
given Monday to Friday, inclusive, 
with a continuous show Saturdays, 
Sundays and holidays — price sched- 
ule of 40c for adults and 15c for 
children will prevail nightly and 
Sundays, with a special IS« and 
10c matinee Saturdays. There will 
be a weekly change of vaudeville 
starting each Sunday, supplied by 
the Bert IjeVey office. 



Coney Holmes' Agency 

(Chicago. Nov. 2. 
Ooney Holmes is opening a 
vaudeville agency in the Temple 

Theatre building, Detroit, where he 
will books theatres independently. 



3d Mgr. at Keeney 's, Ebnira 



CAmira, N. T., Nov. 2. 
Th« third change in managers oc- 
curred at Keeney's when Frank 
Gordon succeeded .Toseph Dcasy, re- 
called to I^ewToilc. ' 



Chorus in Youngstown 

Chicago, Nov. 2. 
Hippodrome. Toungstown, O., will 
have a stock chorus of 16 local girls, 
appearing In conjunction with the 
theatre's regular program of six 

C. W. Miller, manager,* came to 
Chicago to engage a producer for 
the programs. 



EDWMUM' PBOTEOES 

Gus Edwards and his "RItz Carl- 
ton NIglits," routed by the Loew 
Circuit opening at Loew's State, 
Buffalo, Nov. 1, include Nitca V«r- 
nllle, Lcota and Lola Lane, Doro- 
thea James, Reynold Sisters, Vir- 
ginia Martin and Ray Bolger. 



•^UNDERWORLD" FOR VAUDE 



Paul Armatopag's. 'Ro 
DIMerwort^^lr M * bfr 



noa of.thf 



^;i|ildeville by Charles Brokata, a« 
sctciaied.JwUh. tho late plajtwrlghtn 



NEW ANN CODEE UNIT 
A new unit revue written by 
Frank Orth -and feaZuring O^ Sad 
Ann Codec, Florence Vernon and 
"The Four of Us," a male quartet. 

The unit, known as the Ann Codee 
Revue, will be staged as an after- 
piece following the regular vaude- 
ville specialties of the pri ncigal s. 

Thurston Cancels 

Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 2. 

Howard Thurston, the magician, 
cancelled all outside engagements 
and appearances while playing here 
at the Welting. The magician Is in 
poor health and is following his 
doctor's orders. 

Opening night, Oct. 25, tha cur- 
tain was delayed 25 minutes when 
a cable which was under test with 
a coo-pound weight broke. 

The audiehca waited untU the 
damage had been repaired. 



Lee Moran Remarnring? 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Superior Judge Stephens has 
granted iinal divorce papers separ- 
ating Lee lloran, comedian, and 
his wife. 

It Is leportod Moran Is !<«hortly 
to marry again, ]>u^ no announce- 
ment has been MSde as to wlib the 
Bsxt If rs. ICogrSlI wiU be. 



GOLDEN BAND IN VAUDE 

Ernie Golden and band, number 
ing 22, which has been both a hotel 



lor 'ahtf 'WroaSlSiiUAt ^^MtM trora 



Making long jumps aU over the 
comitry with aa eight-people act, 
Mrs. Gray often found it difficult 'to 
meet expenses and pay over 80 per 
cent, commission from her salary. 
. Na Halp ^mm 
The sudden arrest caused Rogers 
to send an & O. 8. to Pat CTasey 
but in view of Are alleged uncon- 
WMtlcmal activities in the past in 
connection with theatrical folk Mr. 
Casey could not help Rogers out 
of tha jam. « 

According to Milne, Pantages 
eastern representative. Rogers was 
never an authorised Pan agent. 
When Alexander Pantages came 
east and selected his list of seven 
duly authorized agents Rogers was 
not included in that^ist, Milne said. 
Hla natta was mentioned but the 
Pantages circuit head dismissed 
him from consideration.. 

Mr. Milna was ealled upon last 
Wedneeday by the District Attorney 
to be ready to testify with regard 
to Mrs. Gray's contract with Rogers. 
Mrs. Gray says that sha never 
signed a contract with Rogers and 
that she can prove it. The Pantages 
office rule is that all acts must be 
booked by contract with the signa- 
tures of the actors. Milne says that 
he got a contract from Rogers, dated 
in August, 1921^, apparently signed 
by Mrs. Gray. Tha contract looked 
okay and the Pan ofnce accepted it. 
Family Lined Up 
At the West Side court the Gray 
family, including Masle, JSnnie, 
Dollie, Madge, Ruth, Leonard and 
Bill, filled the stage. Mrs. Rogers 
put m a demand for' $1,850 from 
Rogers. After the charges had been 
made and the defendant ordered 
held in bail, the Gray family lined 
up*lmtsida taa eouirt house in order 
of else and had themselves photo- 
graphed fgr fht 2<«ir York "Amer- 
ican/*. . 



Ass's Abandwis Fair 
Dcgt; $J(H),000 Lost This 



Chicago, Nov. 2. 
Tha Asseelation and Otrpheom 

Circuit held a meeting Friday aft- 
ernoon, deciding to abandon their 
Fair Department. 

This dedsioB had bean expected 
for some time. 

The Association's Fair Depart- 
ment is said to have gone 6ver 
$100,000 in the red this year. 

Probably the biggest failures 
marked up to it Is. that they went 
aflir 'tiM Ka Mlitx XUm business, 
putting the d igi artin eBt la wrong 
all around. 

Earl Kurtz, of Indianapolis, was 
fb g i iii i Hi am ri laat manager. 



OU Reliables" Shopworn, 
$0 Ojae Changes Agents 



The Dixie, Manayunk, Philad^- 
phia suburb, is booking acts from 
New York through the Walter 
Plimmer office at a higher salary 
than it paid in Philadelphia. In ad- 
ditloa la tha rallraad fat« and bag- 
gage. 

Philadelphia acts are Just as good 
as those they are booking from New 
Tork, says the l>ixie, but the *'o1d 
reliables" of Phllly have played the 
Dixie so of taa tlliay becoming 
"shopworn.* * - 



New House in Springfield 
With No Operator Named 

Sprlnglieid, ni., Nov. S. 

With March 1. ^ik»xt. set as the 
data for completion of the new 
$2,000,000 theatre at this hard roads 
junction, the natlvea are wondering 
who is going to operate it. 

The Great States Theatres, Inc . 
is tiia outfit sponsoring the 8,600- 
aeaJt&t, but Orphcum circuit hang- 
ers-on say that the Orpheum will 
have it when the first bell rings. If 
any contract has been entered into 
to conduct the place the local folks 
don't know about it. 

There is not a legit house in 
Springfield and has not been since 
the old Chatterton was closed. Ru- 
mor says the Majestic, local vaude- 
vlUe^ win serve that purpose when 
thaatns la onansd. 



MAIM IN CONSIRD 




Allianosk O^tOOi^OOt. OwBUT, tmith Thaatreg, ^a.. l4|iotta 8mi 
AMhitects, Robt. a Marsk A Aarfo^ lae.* Oahaibas^ O. ~ " ' " 

not stated. 

Chicago.— (also iMkUroom) $$,000,000. 8.. 8. oorner Soath parkway and 
47th street Owners. Syndicate, H.^ M. A X* MaglastolB. ijigliltects. Levy 
ic KleUi. Policy not given. 

Chicsgo. — (also hotel, stores, offices) $5,000,000. 8. W. corner fSd aa4 
Maryland. Owners, Andrew * William K s rx ss. Architects, Crane A 
Kiehler. Detroit, and Chaa M. Bettls. PoUey not glTaa. 

Cincinnati. — (also stores, apartments) $7S,000. Eastern avenue aaA 
Carroll street Owaar, Jarooia M. Jacksoa. Architaot, J. J, WUkang. 
Pictures. 

Detroit.— (also stores, offices) $SS0.00t. Qraaaflald aad Oraad Rlysr.! 
Owners, Apdr«w Saovl St John Motflio, Boorasb MIoh; Anhllseti O. W4 

Brandt. Policy not given. 

Kansas City, Mo^(also stores^ . apartments) $40,000. S$05 Swopa 
parkway. OWBer» Mrs. Rose Tedana. Arthlteot, CUfton B. aioaa. PoUey 

not given. 

Kennett Sqiisrs, Pa. — $500,000. Longwood avenue. Owner, 8. 8. Dtt*- 
pont. Architect, Bt William Martin. Policy not given. 

Long leland City, N. Y#— Owner withheld, cars of architect, Harold & 
Patton, New Tork City. Exact location, value and policy not given. 

IMillorton, N. Y. — Main street. Owner, W. B. Lawrence, care of archi« 
tect, G. K. Kingston, Bridgeport, Conn. Value and policy not given. 

Mllwaukea^Calao stores, apartmanta) |TM,«00. NaUonal. batwaea 
21st and 22d streets. Owner, National Laytoa Qo^' cara of architaet% 
Dick & Bauer. Policy not given. 

Milwaukee^(also stores) $800,000. Teutonia avenue. Owner, Badger 
Bldg. Serviee Oo.-^ Areliltealiif' Paaaook A Frank. Policy not given. 

IMonroe, Wis.— (also stores $150,000. Owner. Fisher Paramount The- 
atres Corp., F. W. Fisher, president, CThicago. Architects, Wolf & Ram-' 
stahl, Milwaukee. Site and policy not given. ' 

Newark, (also affioes) Bsoad aad Rector streets. Owner, Wil* 

Ham Fox, New York City, 4^nQlrtte«t, Vhoa. W. Lamb. New York City, 
Value and policy not given. 

New York City.-^$225.000. SI Canal street. Owner, Ludlow Operating 
Corp., Marcus Loew, president Architect, Thos. W. Lamb. Policy aat 
given. 

New York City.— (also stores, offices) E. S. of Castlehill avenue, N. 
of Westchester avenue. Owner, I,. Langer. Architect, Wm. Shary. Valua 

and policy not given. 

Ptliiadel phi a.— (Peoples, alteration and addition) $200,000. Kensington 
avenue and Cumberland street. Owner, SUnley Company of America, 
J. E. Mastbaum, president. Architect, Hoftman-Henon Co. New policy 
if any not given. 

Rochester, N. Y.— (also stores) •$65,000. Driving park and Dewey ave- 
nue. Owner, Exhibitors Theatre Corp., J. G. SchulU in charge. Archi- 
tect, Lieander McCorU. Policy not given. 

Sanduaky, O<^(also stores, ofllces) $1,000,000. S. W. corner Columbus 
and Walter streets. Owner, 8elts Theatra Co. Architect, W. P. Whitney. 
Chicago. Policy not given. " ^ , 

Wtaleyvills, Pa^(also stores) $100,000. Main street. Owner, Colum* 
bia Amusement Co., A. Pott«r. president. Ardiitaets, Shtttto * Morrisoa* 
Erie. Pa. Policy aot gifaa, ^ 

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if 
/t 



WMCA. Hotel McAlpln, New York, 
will j-etum to vaudeville for a tpm^i 



in th^' dri^raai productloh of thOTdpeinhg at the Hlppodrom^, Maw 



MASUA TJJR Aim 

Loa Aagalei, Mbv.'t. 

Mrs. Edwin Talt of Manila is In 
Los Angeles booking free acts for 
tiw -Manna Territorial tUr, io« be 
Mi Pii. Ifib ' 



Pluiiier Goug After 



Walter J. Plimmer has annexed 
three new stands for which he will 
book vaudeville commeiacing Nov. 1. 
The list Includes the Opera House, 
Cohoes, N. Y.; Opera House, Ben- 
nington, Vt., and Park, Mechanlo- 
vine, N. T. 

Pllmmer's annexation of the new 
houses is indication that he is again 
going after independent vaude 
stands, in addition to his string of 
picture presentation houses. Plim- 
mer went in heavy for the latter 
last season, practically to the ex- 
clusion of the straight vaude stands. 
Now he la angling for both. 



Ed Hayman Retires 



Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Bdwin C. Hayman, former west- 
em vaudeville booker and part 
owner of Kedzle theatre. Chicago, 
has retired from the show business. 

He is making his home in Holly- 
wood. 



Joe SuIKtmi Back 

Joe Ballivan is back in good 
standing in thrlCeith-Albee Vaude- 
ville Exchange, 

guUlvan is handling acts and has 
with him his former assistant. 
Firank l^evlUe. 



EZIA lUUlUUDS' BSTQBN 

Blla Shields, Amerieaa msto im- 
personator who became popular In 
England before making the grade 
in this country, will arrive here 
shortly from AXistralia. 

Miss Shields has been routed by 
the Kelth-Albee Circuit. She will 
play her native city, Baltimore, 
week of Nov. IS, her opening date. 



Rosenthsis Building in Dubuque 

Dubuque, la., Nov. 2. 
The Rosenthal Interests, opera- 
tors of the local Majestic, plan a 
new theatre on Iowa street. 

The Rosenthals hold options or 
title to practic ally all property in 



tha block. 



Quits Vsude for "Mechanicals" 
Irving Kaufman, playing vaude- 
ville with his brother, Jack Kauf- 
man, will hereafter devote all his 
ttasa> to radio a pp easancoa aad^ *'me»^ 



New Frisco Theatres; • 
Or^beani and Erlai^er's 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Joe Toplitzky. the Los Angeles 
realty man who built the Orpheum 
Theatre here In asso^clatloa wltH 
Ralph Plncus, is prbihotihg a com- 
pany in San Francisco to build a 
new house for the Orpheum on tha 
site of the Columbia Theatre, for- 
merly the Tivoll^ aad one of :Frisco'a 
landmarks. 

The expected destruction of tha 
old Columbia is to take place about 
Jan. 1. A new Columbia will ba 
erected and leased to Ek'laagar by, 
the same promoters. 

The Columbia is to be similar in 
construction to the new Orpheum la 
Los Angeles, having a seating oa* 
paclty of 2,700 on two floors. 

The new Columbia is to be a 2,000 
sial House. 



V 

li 



Houses Opening \ 

The Royal, Orange, N. J., has )< 

added 5 acts the last half booked by i 

Frank Belmont through tha Jack * ^: 
Llnder Agency. 

The American, Lodi, N. J., for- i* 

marly playing presentatloh features , 
only, is using four acta 



raOATUR'S HEW P0IICIE8 

Decatur, 111., Nov. S. 

New theatre policies become ef- [■ 
fective here In the Lincoln Spuara ; 
and Empress, Oct. 24. The Empress 
switches from vaudeville to stock ; 

with the Gilford Players as the at* 

traction. 



Larkln-Sunshinc, 2 Act 

Larkin and Saxton hav^ dii^olved 
as a vauda team. Pete Larkin has 
formed a new alliance with Marlon 
Sunshine and will shortly open in a 

new act. 



Leo Hayes' "Single" 

Leo Hayes, survivor or Hayes and 
Mundy, dissolved when Jack'Mundy 

went in the road company of 
"Greenwich Village Follies." will 
shortly return to vau d eville in 



new siagtef aad dancing slnglab 



' Australian Singer OpeMlng 
Robart Chllsolm. Australian singer, 
will make his vaudeville debut la; 
4hla.sountry at^a-K^aith^Albea hP 



I 



W«*ws^7> NovMnbtr S, 1926 



▼ASIBTT 



LONDON SUCCESS 



READ 



W TH» IIANT AMKRICAN STARS IMPORTED THIS YEAR 
MOm 18 80 UKBLT TO BECOMB FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN 
m ORACaS OF ENGLISH MUSIC HALL PATRONS AS 
ISaMa FRANKUN wbo was th* tpeclAl ftttractloa at the Victoria 
PMdAM iMl wmik. NM oalr it Mlii FranUin an adept at patUng otw 
har aattrial, Irat htr OuBm tbmmt rwy happUf flta la with Engiieh 
tm$m Uk thai diiacUiM, a hapfaalac Ml foe treqaeat vllh AmarleaK 
iPliilan to mt tarlalir ttait. BUM Fraahlla It bouad to beoome hlghlr 



terlal, aud all her work is performed in a Tital way that malcea for 
complete succeti. She is iosi the type of artist to appeal to SafUth 
audieacea." 

"Tm 8TA0V (OptalBf Wttk ait Titltrla PalataU 



90»«lhr oa thit tide.** 



"RBraRav,** LoidiML 



'An American Ck>medienne/ is the program's description of Mist 
Irene Franklin; she is a great comedy artiste with a keen sense of tha 
burlesque, and wonderfal clal expressions. Her voice intonations, too. 
are clererly worked. She made a pretty little speech of thanks at 



"We had some well deserved praise to bestow on Irene Franklin, tha 
American oomediennt, in this place last week. She has Quite caugSft 
the fancy of Victoria Palace audiences with her breesy style of tua 
and her good natured burlesque. Her little burleaqoa Of AmtrlcaA 
guttar girl teatlment makes for rare entertainment." 

'THE STAGE" (2nd Week Victoria Palace). 



the dote.-* 



'ERA" (Opening Week at Victoria Palace). 



*lr«BO Fraaklla redaetd tho aadltaoa to tha Ttrgo of hytteric\ 
with htr fluttjr toags which aha pata afar with ta^h laftetlaot gooA 
Att of htr material It agotUoat* ^ 
liOimON PaRPrnmBR" (Opaalag W9t(k Victoria Palact). 



•The dittiactlon of btlag featarad two wttkt la tuccetaioa at a 

music hall U a rare one nowadays, but Irene Franklla hat achieved 
It at the VictorU Palace where the is reptatiog her snccett this week. 
Happily she has an attensive repertoire and andiencet are oatai^ 
talBod with a variaty of tongs.** "ERA- (Sad Wt^ Victoria Ptiaca.) 



// 



"Irene Franklla waa ratalTtd with rapture by thota who had stea 
her last week." 

"LONDON PERFORMER" (2ad Week Victoria Palace). 



Irtno Franklla-^tho Americaa toiaodloaao— ooeapitt a leading plaoa 
In tha earrent prograaiiBti and aulckly stepptd Into the good grtcea 
oC PltnUeo aadleaoet oo Moaday ofoalng. Sha haa toaio amutlag ma* 



"Mitt Fraaklia eaptart^ itr 
tht ttagt.** 



from the llrtt momoat 
«1/>ND0N STAR.' 



"Mitt Franklin, that Incomparable American, it back knd she is i 
funny at Ofor." "LONDON EVMNINO NEWa** 



Opened for one week at the Victoria Palace (week of Sept. 27), was held over for a Aecond 
wedt by Mr. John Hayman# 

Immediateljr engaged Iqr Sir Oswald Stoll for two wedu for the London Coliteimi, to bo fol- 
lowed by two weeks at the Alhambra* 

Also engaged by Sir Walter Peacock to appear at the Riviera Supper Club for four weeks. 

Also engaged for four weeks at the Empress Roonu and return engagement at the Victoria 
Palaee. ' 

Many thanks to Mr. Charles Gulliver for his offer for tho Palladium Rovuop /'Lifot'' which I 
was unable to accept owing to other bookings. 



Address:— Care of EMPIRE TRUST COMPANY, 28 Charles St«, London, S. 

P. We are having ^yyonderful time. I have had my hair bobbed, and Jerry likes it 

RENE FRANKLi^ 

AND 

JARNIGIN 





Management, WILLIAM MORRIS 





so 



VARl£Tir 



VAUDEVILLE 



V^ tdaeaday, November 3, 1926 



INSM STUFF 

ON VAUDEVILLE 



In like nine weeks Keith-Albee's New York Hippodrome ha« been 
Open It has played three P. D. C. feature films. Every other feature 
Vleture there In other weeke have been of aom* other and ttntolated 
intnd. 

When K-A and Q^pheum hooked up with Producers' Distributlns Cor- 
poration (DeMille). the gaff was laid down to outside vaudo bouses 
booked through either circuit, "requesting It" that they sign wltll P. D. C. 
for their feature picture supply for this season* Usual flowonr prooilses 
accompanied the "suggeation." 

'Rouse managers unattached to either K-A or Orpheum other than 
through booking relations Immediately rebelled. Several sent back word 
they had made business connections with other picture distributora that 
precluded following the "suggestion" for a P. D. C. contract In some 
Instances managers^ld make a partnership deal with an oppoidnjr dis- 
tributor in preference to strtnglnc itlons with K-A or Orphoum with a 
^. D. C. contract. 

Although K-A played three of the P. D. C.'s oi;ly at the Hip. but one 
Of those tBree has appeared in any of the Kelth-Proetor houses la New 
York. 

In another section of Variety this week apppears a news story of P. 
D. C. having been obliged to ship an emissary to Europe to scour that 
OomtfeT for possible foreign feature films as fill -ins for the P. ZX C. 
current season's program, an angle not approached In any of the Utora- 
tUfO sent out on behalf of P. D. C. through the vaude aftlUatlons. 



About a year ago Charlie Carrell» Chlesgo agent, rseolvod a tattor 

from an actor In Kansas C!ty who said he was playing the Orpheum 
theatre there and would Charlie be so kind as to break bis Jump to 
Chicago? Charlie would. 

y'^^^* mused Charlie^ '1io*s good enough for the Orphouiai» iifs good 

enough for me." 

Carrcll heard nothing more from the actor until about three months 
later, when another request, this time to break a Jump out of Keith's 
Temple, Detroit, was made. Again Carrell granted the request. A man 
booked into the Temple, ho consldsred* ought to i^et Along all right la 
one of the Carrell houses. 

Several more months passed before Charlie received another letter finom 
the actor, who this time wanted to break a Jimlp out "Of the Orpheum at 
Minneapolis. Charlie pondered. "This guy seems to play nice dates,** 
he mused. ** It's € pity I never heard of him." Then, letting discretion 
iot the better of his generosity, he checked up on tho actor-correspond- 
ent and found that tho letter writer hadn't iflayod any eC the tbeatrss 
he had claimed as on his louts^ FurthermOfSb Ml ei|# MMft lM>to 
heard of him. ' • . . - . ^ 

CMVsll got peeved. Re sent a scorching letter ta^ Hu^ actor, bawling 
him out for misrepresentation and raking him up and down for getting 
dates on false pretenses. Carrcll received an answer to the hot epistle: 

"It isn't the dates I'm looking for," read ttfe soothipg reply, "it's tho 
breaks.". 



Nils Granlund, the N. T. G. of radio and one of the best known an- 
nouncers in the country. Is working a good magazine story around him- 
mm bad manner of living. Besides bis radio work In addition to other 
duties with the bamenso Loow Cbrealt, KUs Is an Invotorato HgM Mfo 
ftound. Not now and then as most of the fools do who go to alfbt 
elubs more often than they should, but Nils goes every night. 

N. T. O. is also a producer of cabaret floor shows. He has been ex- 



tremely suoeessful at that also. At present he has shows In two of the 
best known night clubs la the Square. He's always at either one or 
tbo other or another. It mfT^ H who a ho starts bla radioing and that 
lakes him bite algbt stube ae wfU. for WHN baadloe eabarote as eeaa- 
merelal ether accounts. 

It may be S or 4 or 6 In the morning when Nils starts for home. And 
his home Is a lO-acre farm at Bam/say, N. J^ on the Tuxedo road. There 
ho wateboa bis aian ailUi tbo eows^ take tbo eggs from tbo bsniUry and 
Nils la person feeds the pldgeons bo sells for iquaha. Oa tbo Qvaalund 

farm are two lakes. Nils' personal property. 

That's his nightly racket, that N. T. G.. probably one of the flyest guys 
who ever hit Times Square, and a flyer in fact as he's an aeroplane bug — 
an algbt la a night ohib to wake up on a Htm with BOt # porsoa or bouse 
within a mile and a half. He does his nighty routtao roUfloiludsr, rOtum- 
Ing to his office about 2 or 3 the following afternoon. 

It's all made possible because Nils, although admittedly a night hound, 
baa aovor teetsd Uquer. 

A recent story la Variety about grafting bookers la tiio pop vaude- 
ville division was mistakenly read by some of the house managOflnentB 
r.s inolusivo of the Independeni fleld. The story indicated that the graft- 
oni wore la the faaiily department of one of the largest of vaudeville 
booking oiBooi la Kow York. The Indopobdoat booklae amrket Is fbbrly 
free of any vldous graftefs sueh as Variety's story polatod at 

The ordinary or customary close relations between bookers and agents 
or tho frlendUnoss of either with acts are never noticed by this paper. 
Those rdatloas aro^qaito all right and a part of the booking business. 
But where bookers^ such as those referred to in Variety's story, attempt 
to ruin vaudeville managers through standing in with agents who in- 
crease salaries, to ''split up" the difference and acts standing for both 
booker aad- agoat to do so, it's about time to halt tho pracUoo. first by 
refereaoo aad eoooadly If H doosu't atop to moatloa tbo aamoa of the 
grafters. 

Pop vaudeville managers often wonder what Is the matter with their 
business and profit when the plain truth is that the booker of their 
hottso la alialibt tbobr proUt through saddling ogpeeelvo ialarioe for the 
•ote.te" ■ 



■ V \ •• • 



On the evening of filr Harry Lauder's opening performance last .week 
at tho Century, New York, Lauder, during his turn, suggested the audi- 
esprosa a Oboloo of songs, fiomeono la the oontro of the house 
eallod out: ;. ,;;:4,. ' !^ 

*Bbni% why doa^ yen do your «ld stuff?* : v • v ^ 

"Whose stuff do you think I am doing?", demanded Lauder, advanc- 
ing to the footlights. He had mistakenly Ulterp^oto^ tboroiavM^ as '*Why 
don't you do your own stuff?" k 

With no answer from the out-front questioner, Lauder eontinued; 
^Ott mind your own business and ril mind miite. If you want to a^ 
me anything else come around to the stage door." 

There was a division of opinion with the first nlghters whether the 
question had contained "old" or "own" but it's pretty well settled it 



»>.■. 



CavtalB Irving O'Hay, soldier of fOrtuao^ eae tluo aolor and after- 
dinner sx>eaker of note, turned down a tempting political Job. It meant 
nothing more than making a dozen speeches on behalf of the New York 
Republleaa candidates, for *which ho was to get |3,000. 

Aa aa adatiror of <3ovemor Al Smith, the proposltloa worried O'Bay. 
After lostaig sleep considering the proffer, he turned It down eold. As Irv 
put It afterwards: 'Td have voted for Al anyhow, ao bow oould I take 
the other side's money?" . 



JUDGMENTS 

Ethel Barrynioroi Frances Jk Osw 
Dressmakers. Inc.; $2,082.20. 

Emit Coleman* Bisrrits Casino. 
Inc., J. B. Shupper Co., Inc., and 
Jacob Shuppori Bi IfargoUos ft aL: 
13.100.87. ^ 

Topical Films Co., Film Ltbrarvb 
Ino., and Herbert Miles; Ideal Mov- 
ing Picture Co.. Inc.; .$3,811.78. 

Q. Townsend Melbourne and Stage 

^5-* ^^''P'i J>enys Wortmani 
$868.70. 

Satisfied Judgments 
_ Brunswick- ialke-Cellender Co. of 
IV. Y4 A. Snvirstetai: $4,144.80. 



1 



BIBTH8 

Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Ehnde, at their 
home In Newark. N. J., Oct. 6, 
daughter. The father ki manager of 
Proctor's, Newark. 

Mr. and Mrs. J. N. LAraia, at Loa 
Angeles. Oct. 27. A daughter. Tho 
father is orchestra leader at tha 
Morosoo thoatroh 

Mr. aad Mrs. Joseph Rapf. son, at 
Good Samaritan hospital. Holly- 
wood. Cal., Oct 28. The father la 
manager of wardrobo dopartmoat at 
Metro*Gk>Idwyn- Mayer studio. 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Emerson 
Cook at their Jackson Heights, L*. I., 
home, Oct 87, soa. Mow arrival la 
Charles Bkaoraoa Cooic, Jr, 



Nella St Clair's Revival 

Nella St Clair will shortly reVlva 
"WUlie's Reoeption," previously 
shown and withdrawn. 

The piece will have an entire new 
cast, including BttO Russell 
Fred Garland. 



BITTIK 



CHAS. 



CORBin ■ RANKIN 

Originators of the 



CHAIN DANCE 



BOW With 



Orj 



ANAY WR^CHT 



VAUDEVILLE PRODUCTIONS 
tbW Broadway^ New York 

Alwajt In ourfcet for 

Sood _ Ul«nt iMl jMtwlal 



EAS1 

PAT OASIV AttaOV 



WEST 

siaoa ASBWOV 




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BIRTH OF THE BLUES 
"THIS IS MY LUCKY DAY" 
''BLACK BOftOM" 

Have Been Illegally Employed for Stage Use Has Reached Me 

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MAKING HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA 

HENRY SANTREY 



HARRY 



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SEYMOUR 



THEIR ORCHESTRA 



EXTRAOQDINAttif A mmNCEHENT 

Qujin^ ta the ^eosational (^usinesa 



and HIS Olj^gWSTRA. 



AND mLODT. 



H«rrr Eickar4^ 

Tir«H ThMtrM. Ltd. tSO. 
Twiet D*Uy. S pja. tlOfift ^ 
vMk fttlsaction. TIm MgtMt 
event la Tli«§trie«l HiitotT <» 
Aoitrallm. HiQ«BY SAHTKBY 
and ■!» OrcliMtrsjWilh HABRY 

CRAMMB. 



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(w« Th« F«»O u» . A merican 
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TRBY. Aiid-lita Oreba«eHi with 
HARBY AND ANNA 8BY. 
JfOUR. In their New Shear. 



npng WiMldOi 
<Mb0rM.A P«rnr«r ' 
Hilda NttiMB 
Artliiir * Darliav 

IntarvaL 
Broee Green 
Henry Santrej A his 
OrcliMtra» with 
Harry aim Anna 
Seymour. 



Hilda Nebott 

Menry Saalrey aad 
hie Ofdmtra witk 
Hairrr and Asm 
•SejfBMNir* 
IntervaL 

Bruce Green 

Fanta^i 

Osborne 9l Perrytr 
Flyinv WiiukSllf 



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WENTWORTH 



"THB FILM WEEKLY** 
(September 9, 1»H) 



Tivoli Bill of Two Theatree, Derino 
And Original Innovation 

VV>r the first time in ^he fcletory of 

Australian theatres, tlie Tlvoll pro- 
gramme will be presented, during 
the .week, at two Sydney theatre*-^ 
TivoU and Palace. 

The grreatost tribute paJ<l by Hen- 
ry Santrey is to be found in the ne- 
oeaeity for presentingr his a:ct in two 
theatres in order that tho overflow 
audiences experienced at the Tlvoll 
since the advent of the hand can be 
accommodated. Therefore, com- 
mencinpr from Saturday. Santrey will 
appear at the 2:30 and 8 sessions at 
the Palace, alternating: his time to 
m~tTr vMt l l tli e scf'ond half of the 
Tivoli. The vaudeville acta will 
also do their switch. Santrey will, 
after Saturday, only appear At tlie 
Palace Night sessions. 



THE 
TALK OF 
THE 
TOWN 



lii erenr station of life, Sydneysldets 

are talking about the famous American 
combination, Henry Santrey and his 
Orcheetrs. with Harry and Anna Sey- 
mour. T|iO]r marie the flrit oeeaslMi 
in theatrieal history 'where a show has 
proved too big for one Theatre, result- 
ing in it playing in two theatres — Tivoli 
l;tO and t, sad Palace t, p. m. nlgHtijr* 



TO PLAY AT WENTWORT^ 

The Wentworth'is a hive of indastnr tlists 4sire, Srhat with the aew 
ballroom under way and expected to be ready by October 1, and the 
advent of Henry fiantrey and bis wonderful orchestra, which la now 
playing at the Tlvoll and Palace Th'eatrea For' this occasion, a 
special Fiiige is being designed, on which to arcommodato this re- 
jnarkahle combination of instruments. Oor^icous lI^^^ltIn^: effocts and 
attrar tivc sotting will be features of this band's mldnlfrht perform- 
ance. The band will play directly after their evening Hhow, com- 
mencing at 11 o'clock and coBtlnuing until t the following morning. 



THE DAILY GUARDIAN" 
(September 11. 1926) 



WHY TURN THEM AWAVt 
It WM this question that resvlted la 
the 4tool8lon to pUy Henry Santrey la 
two theatre! — the Tlvoll and the Palace. 

Since Ihe advent of the famous band, 
three weeks ago, hundreds have had to 
be refusAd admission to the Tlvdl prao* 
tirally at every performance. 

The stmultancoun pt.-iyinc of the one 
attrartion at two theatree — by a proceaa 
of nwitrhing over — is unlQIM Itt Austra- 
lian theatrical history. 

Mr. Santrey will contlnua to appear 
twice dally at the Tl toll— after nooa and 
eventar Tha aeaaea at' the Palace be- 
sine this afternoon. Thenoeonwarda he 
will play there nightly, with a matinee 
eeery .Saturday. 

ft will 1>« Identlralljr the same band 
proKraiTjmf! with Anna and Harry Hry- 
niour In Bonjc, «lafii<- and <urn<(l) -at 
both thoatron. Mr Sanfroy will niipply 
tho llrst half of tho bill at the I'alacf. 
Tho ;it c (.ri.l, at the Tivoli. 

Not j.r.'. In, ly the snme will be the 
v,iu<l' viiln iinir al the two theatres. 

Toii.iv. Of,., me rir,d IVrryfcf and the 
KIyiri»j Win .Shi 1 1.1 wiil a ppe ar at the Tlvoll 
and I'alaco. ~Tn addlllAll. 11 lllS 1 If UU 
only -Hrlan Lawrance, Bsale Fratae, and 
the Sinclair nrothers; and at the Palace 
only — liruca Green. Hilda Nelson and 
Fantaat. 




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VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



Wednesday, November S» 192^ 



HOUSES OPINING 



Th« P«rk. Xistsh, PaM four acts 
the iMt half» booM by FiOlr Miv- 

klUL 

The Star. Amity villc, Ti. I., open- 
td last week with four acts Satur- 
mid flundaya» ; 

acta on a split week. 

The K-A Family department 
(Harry Carlin) will book the Sun- 
«ir ooaeart Mlla at tMi Fulton. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., beginning this 
week when Jules Leventhal takes 
possession of the hoUM for a stock 
policy as the weakly policy. 

Mike (ilynn's new MIneola (Long 
Island) theatre wlli not be ready 
for Ita anticipated opening Nov.. 1. 
■fflMve lu neaii «Ofk yet to be done 
on the new fiouse and It now looks 
aa though Mike's opener won't 
until after the bolidaya. The 
Iflneola will play iaatiMrfiloleses 
and vaudeville. 

The Mayfair, nineteenth link in 
the A. Schwartz chain of Brooklyn. 
M. T., theatres, is open. Seats f,000. 
located at Coney Island avenue and 
Avenue U, Brooklyn. Plays straight 
pictures first half, with' five acts 
last half booked by SiHi Bernstein. 

The Fabian Interests have se- 
cured practical control of the the- 
atrical situation la Kackensack. 
R throach aa^titiiif^^ lha larrlc, 




taken over from Henry Otis. It 
will play live acts oa the last lialf. 

booked through Harry Shea. 

Rugby, seating 1.800, 82S Utica 
avenue. Brooklyn, owned and op- 
erated by Edward Spiegel, opened 

Oct. 28. 

Morris Kunisky's new house. Ten- 
afly, N. J., opens Nov. 16 with 
straight pictures. 

Bay theatre^ Bath avenue, Brook- 
lyn, is open. 

Armistice Day, Nov. 11, will see 
the opening of the new Strand, New 
Britain. ConiL, another link in the 
Hoffman Brothers' chain. Seats 
2.500. Six acts and pictures. 

The Rialto, Jersey City, *N. J., 
opened Oct. 25. It's a N. J*. JCha- 
atrical Enterprises house. 

The deal between the H. C. Miner 
interests and Robert Sterling anent 
the latter's acquisition of the T^lb- 
erty, Jersey City, for independent 
vaudeville Jias been called off. The 
house will be taken over .Nov. IS by 
Moe Ginsberg, who will operate it 
with straight pictures. Ginsberg 
had held option on the house prior 
to Sterling's negotiations. 

Fulton, Brooklyn, N. Y. (formerly 
Loew's), will play six acts Sundays, 
beginning next week. The house 
playa ^HunaUa gIMIi li M»>'iNHikly 
policy. 

The Lyric, Hackensack, N. J., re- 
cently acquired by the Fabian inter- 
ests, ioaa ftmn • aMiM Mr t» a 
full week stand, with bills booked 
by Lawrence Golde out of the K-A 
office. Five acts and pictures. Be- 
tare tmiftsfer the haM Wti^eA 
dependant* playing Hva ioli 
days and holidays. 




FRANK VAN HOVEN 

Carlton Miles, dramatic critic of 
the MINNEAPOLIS "JOURNAL,- 
reTtawlng Paatagaa ihaaira daring 
Frank Van Hoven'a second week, 
wrote thusly of "tha mad magi 
clan's" act: * 

"Mr. Van Hov«n. of th« vnflniahcd 
maslo tricks and ceaaeleaa comment on 
bImMlf and th« world. th« asaursd stage 
prsaonca and the husk j Volca that dropn 
latp a note of plaintive eomplalnt in the 
final words «f ^thf saeeeh. is with w 
aiaia, this tiaM er tie fpaategem wher« 
he ease more praetteee his vareaaed 
oraalty on tho youths who carry the 
huge caka of loo about tho atage and 
whom ha introduces, one to tho other, 
with the grave court e.sy of a diplomat. 
Another might Imitate the Van Hoven 
method, yet never equal the personality 
that is as distinctive In its vaudeville ap- 
peal as that of Chaplin on the screen. 
Van Hoven remains one of the Inezplica- 
bio headllners of the variety field, a per* 
formor who may bo watched acala aad 
agaia aad always with lateffiM.'* 





V 




79 



MABBUOES 

Hasel Vei t to Al Ve^ Got 28, in 
Chicago. Miss Vert la of Vart and 

Batchelor and dlvoroad Wifa of Billy 
Batchelor, her present vaudeville 
partner. Verdi la of Coacia and 
Verdi. 

Alfred Mirovitch. pianist, to Mrs. 
Mercedes Olds Hucker, divorced 
wife of Joseph Rucker, Jr., broker, 
in Oakland, Cal., Oct. 25. 

Theodore H. Silbert, treasurer of 
the Hopkinson, Brooklyn, N. Y., will 
marry Esther Itskowits, daughter of 
David Itskowits, l«7t 4tnd atraat. 
Brooklyn, N. T.. Dec. 21. Theodore 
is the son of Jacob Silbert; now ap- 
pearing 'at the Garden Theatre, 
Philadelphia, and Uaala 0ilbart. 
playing with Ben Ami 4t tha Irving 
Place Theatre. 

Paul S. Stein, director Warner 
Bros.' west coast atvdloa, tp Olga 
Kuntze, German . opera singer* ,ln 
Los Angeles. Oct. 26. ' r 

Ernest W. West, ' pmfessionally 
Billy West, sereen comadlanj to Jean 
Allison, non- professional' -ftk Los 
Angeles, Oct 27. 

Allen Walker to *'Bu^bl9S~ Sl^elby, 
respectively master." of ;^€^<(^onles 
and entertainer at the Cbana Club. 
Oct. 29, in New York. 

George Drezel Biddle will forsake 
the anavM tot*^ ibr -auiiMaca' ta Joan 
Kaufman in December. Miss Kauf- 
man's fathei^ la president of the 
Chatham-Phenix Katlonal Bank, 
New York. 

Larry Sheen; l^:^A^ I[l(mm,:io 

.^delQn Ah|[V* 

ENOAOEMENTS 

Glenn Anders and Lotus Robb for 
"The ConstaiTt Nymph." 

Leni Stengel of Berlin Is to play 
Adlemh in the forthcoming Prov- 
Incetown Playhouse prodvetloh of 
Princess Turandot." Harold Mc- 
Gee, ~ George Brown, J. Eidward 
BrombatVf Victor Sharoflt ^and Mu- 
riel CaMgvali for tha aama produc-^ 
tion. 

Complete east for ''Oertle,*' to be 

produced by Gustav Blum: Con 
stance McKay, Pat O'Brien, Edward 
Reeaa, Jlmmle Scott, Bnsha Cook, 

Jr., Marienne Francka, Allen Nagle, 
Carrie Lowe and Waldo Edwards. 

Cast for «*Up the Line" includes 
Florence Johns, Louis Calhern. MtiX 
colm Duncan, Frank Andrews, Dor 
othy Estabrook, Lsmba Berry. Regi- 
nald Barlow and .Qarry McCuIlum 
Due in New York about Nov. 15. 

Beatrice Thomsan, English ac- 
tress, in title role of "Constan 
Nymph.** Other members of the 
cast include Glenn Anders, Miss 
Warring - Manley, Olive Reeves 
Smith, Paul Ker. Helen Chandler. 
Louis Sorin, Flora Sheffield, Claude 
Rains, Lotus Robb, Edward Emery, 
Jane Savllle, Sidney Paxton, I^eo 
Carroll, Mary wniiams. J. H. Brew- 
er, Loretta Hlgglns, HafnTs Jones, 
Katharine Stewart. 1*^7^^ ^ 



by Monte London, 270 Madison ave- 
nue. 

Moaart Production Co., New York 
City; $7,500; manage theatres and 
opera houses; Frank V. Storrs, H 
Ray Goetz. George D. Sullivan. 
Filed by Schlesinger & Schlesinger. 
17 East 4 2d street. 

Hicksvilie Amueemant Corp., Ne\^ 
York City; motion picture films 
and cameras; $7,500; Henry Llman, 
R. LefT, Leslie Lester. Filed by 
James Rosthal, 12 East 41st street. 

L. H. Pictures, New York City, 
motion picture Alms; 100 shares 
common, no par value. Melvin Rob* 
bins, Charles A. Springstead, Aus- 
tins L. Kilkenny. Filed by Boaa * 
Paskus, 128 Broadway. 

Movietone Corporation of Amer- 
ica, New York City; theatres and 
motion pictures; 100 shares com- 
mon, no par. I'oroy HelUger, George 
Blake, W. B. F. Rogers. Filed by 
Saul E. Rogers, West 55th st, 

8. A. Q. Producing Corp.* New 
York City; theatrical property; 
$2,000. Nathan Schulman, Louis 
Goidbersr. Filed by Charlea W. 
Groll, 1440 Broadway. 

Wyona Amusement Corp., Brook- 
lyn; theatres; $80,000. William and 
Harry Brandt, Sigmund Welter. 
Filed by Samuel Kahan, 358 Fifth 
avo.. New York City. 

R. F. L. Amusement Corp., New 
York City; real estate; $100 shares 
common, no par valae. Florenea H. 
Schwalbe, Irving Barry, lb Stoller. 
Filed by Abraham J. Halprin, 170 
Broadway. 

Miniature Auto Corp., Brooklyn; 
operate amusement rides and speed- 
ways; $5,000. B*rederlek C. Mitshow, 
Albert Lenkey, Aimee R, Klein. 
Filed by Silberman & Steinfeid, 
Montaioa' St. 

Dissolutions 

Theatrical Conceesions Co.* New 
York City; filed bsT At Ohreenstone, 
1547 ^roadway. 

-Washington Heights Theatres, 
i^av Tmt €lty ; filed by William 
Felllbarg. 5440 Broadway. 

Massactiusetts. 

Stoughiaif OAfila»» Theatra Oper- 
ating Co., Boston, theatres; cap- 
ital, $100,000: Benjamin M. Siegel. 
Cambridge; Kathnm A. Ifaal^ohald, 
Framlngham, and IIMqa E 
Steeves, of Somerville. > 

^uthbfidga Theatre Operating 
Co., Boston; capital, $100,000; Ben 
Jamln M. Siegel, Cambridge; Kath- 
ryn A. MaeDtMMild» Framingham, 
and Maston YB. MNiyfa^ flomarvUla 



OIneyviile Theatre Operating Co- 
Boston; theatres; capital. $100,000; 
BeaJauin M. fliegel, Cambridge; 
Kathryn A. MacDonald, Framing- 
ham, aad Marloa B. Staavea, SooMr* 
villa. 



NEW ACTS 

Jack Henjry, vaude comic, ia 
shalvihg hia owi^tum to appear in * 
George Ohoos 10-peopla rerua. 

Fisher and Gllmore have a hew 
act written by Blanche MerrUl. 

Law Fine, Hebrew comedian from 
burleaque haa formed a vaudeville 

partnership with Hazel Alger and 
Burke Caporal in an act written b^ 
Geiia Conradw 

Bert Wheeler and Noal Francis, 
two-act. Miss Francis was of tho 
Ziegfeld "Follies." Wheeler's Arst 
reported new partiiar, Kitty Whita^ 
the cra<tk Black Bottomer, aoaepted 
a cabaret engagement in New York 
prior to entering a production. 
.Ijee Arma«M»ng haa left Hamr 
Watson's act to form a vaude part- 
nership >vlth Bob Nugent, from bur- 
lesque, the new combination short- 
ly opening la a new act. ^ 
Nedra and Vida Negri Co. 
Danny Qrahani SAd Edna 
Fleurette. • ^-'^ a c; . • 

The next Albertlna Rasch pro* 
duction for vaudeville will be 
titled 'TJance Visions." Sodona, 
last in vaudeville with Elizabeth 
Brown, featured. 

A condensed version of "Th© 
Gingham Girl" Is now In rehear.sal 
for vaudeville. The cast of seven 
Will Includa Ida Bahliailb awlttmar 
and athlete. 

Frances Redding will In future 
appear as a single act in vaude- 
vllla. She waa formerly half at 
the team of Franoaa aad; 

which dissolved. 



Michigan Vaudeville 

Naia{ers Associatian Iti 



0XA9UK MACK. Omi. 

J»8 John R St. 

Boolniif Actt Diiroel 




W€k for MRi 

mil MO, goinMi^ ^htm^m 

to our og €t i i / 

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HERE HE COMES! 

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DON SANTO 



STEl>riNO A MEAN 



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Thia DsuM oa Any AmerieM Stas* 

WoWl HOW Hfi DOES ITI 

Featured In "Whirl of Syncopation*' 

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AftTltTIIY > PKRtONALITY 
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ANNOUNCEMENT: 



, ^ TO MT MANY FRIENDS IN THE PROPESSION:— 

tV ' ^ ronnocted with th« IIOTKL MANX and thei NKW 

tfOTKL f:OIiDKN HTATK, Hiwi rranclitro, as thoalrlral ninnnRer, 
•nd would b« plea««t to iiee or hMur from any friend* In the pro- 
.,^fes|i|on^ Jioth hott|i ace looatea oo* Moek from Marktt 8tre«t. 
' ^nricf Is ear aiett^, .. . iincoroiy. 

AL HOFFMAN 



JTEW IHCdRPO&ATIOHS 
New York 

Albany, Not. t. 
A. L. A. Film Trading Corp., New 
York City; 100 shares common no 
par value; A. Leonard, IL Oarat, E. 

Bre^atein. Filed by mMtiHi Bom* 
haml, 1640 Broadway. 
Lanfl laiaiMl Playere, Bempatead: 

theatrical performanotei IIO.OOD; 
Antolne RicclardU Bebaatlano 
Prosela, Lueaa IMeca. Filed by B. 

E. Burston, 475 Fifth avenue. e 

.Beclchardt'e Theatre Tiekat Serv. 
iee, Ntw Tork City; real eatate and 

theatre ticketa; fS.OOO; Samuel 
Beckhardt, J. Specter. FUed by 
Loula J. Bchwarta, It Park Row. 

Miracle Enterprise Corp.* New 
York City; thea^ea and motion pic- 
ture houaea; IiOttla Barman, William 
L. Price. Filed by Monrla ^MTalt 220 
Fifth avenue. 

Buck Enterprieee, New Tork City; 
lltorary works, photoplays and mo- 
tion pictures; 500 aha^aa common 
no par value; Marldtt L Elkln. 
Mollie Salit. Anne ElcheL Filed by 
Nathan Burkan, 1461 Broadway. 

Uptown Enterprises; 100 shares 
common Hb par valuta aUna aa pre- 
cedlniT. ■ 

Ameteur Motion Ricture Equip- 
ment Coi;p., New York City; motion 
picture machines and apparatus; 
$300,000; L. L. Cook, C. R. ^chreiner. 
Filed by C. W. Gadld, IVt West 
69th street. ^ i 

Artfred Amusement Corp., thea- 
tre managers, New York City; 
15.000; Arthur Pokelner, I'otcr 
Lewis, Florence Abramson. Filed 
by Louis Phillips, 1560 Broadway. 

Wooden Kimono, New York City; 
control theatres and places of 
amu.sement; $80,000; Robert M. 
Bentley, Jacques FroeHch. Filed by 
Harry Ginsberg, Corona. 

Beatrice. Amusement Co., Auburn) 
manage theatres; $20,000; Paul and 
Carline Paulvin, Al Sterling. Filed 
by James F. Qtilftley, Auburn. 

Tarlino Amuse ments. Brooklyn; 
theatres and opera, houses; 2,000 
shares $100 each;- 200 common no 
par; Ocorfro W. Vuuse, Thomas E. 
Morrissey, J. F. Jordan. Filed by 
Joseph S. Boyle, 4S Broadway. New 
York City. 

Fleetwood Thiatre, i^ew York 
City: thentrrt proprietors,' $37,500; 
S.'imn -l W, I'ass, John 8. Mosko- 
witz, Reuben R. Reubenstein. Filed 



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REVIEWS 



JAZZ TIME REVUE 

(Mutual 

Klttjr Madison abow, stared byt Bert Ber- 
(rand. Prlnclpnls coinprlB^, be«id«« Miss 
MadlMB, Mltty Devere, Joe Hill, Jack 
2lyaii» Irrinf Jacob*. Bertha Nlaa .mnd 

On* of the dullest entertainments 
Dn the Mutual wheel at the Olympic 
this season. People never onco get 
Into the burlesque spirit, and. worst 
of all, the chorus, average for ap- 
pearance, is listless from start to 

flnlsii. 

Some idea may be gathered from 
the fact that every principal at one 
time or another crashes Into a dra- 
matic bit, either a scene or a reci- 
tation. Most of these interludes 
are recitations, and the semblance 
of a dramatic situatlQE ia worlced 
up for each one^ * 

Some dim Idea aeems to have oc- 
ctu*red to some one that if the 
drama is prospering: on the Colum- 
bia iHieel It would be a good idea 
to slip a bit of the legit into a bur- 
lesque show. Nothing could be far- 
ther from the truth. Vtf» hHMi la 
terrible. 

In the first part a setting of a 
apeakeasy Is used for no other rea- 
aon than to frame a background 
tor one of those *'Tou mado me 
what I am today'* bits, a sloppy, 
maudlin scene involving AUna M^n- 
tiigue and Irving Jacobs. 

Ih the same half they staged an 
army camp in France for no other 
purpose than to give Jack Ryan an 
opportunity for a sentimental bal- 
lad and another dramatic recita- 
tion. In both scenes there was 
some attempt at comedy, but it fell 
fiat because of no real material, and 
if there had been there were no 
comedians to get It over. 

Mitty Devere makes up Irlah« but 
liis brogue sounds indre like Maine 
Btate rube than anything else. Joe 
Hill essays Dutch in make-up and 
dialect, but theVe fstt't a real laugh 
In his whole performance. 

In lines and business there Isn't 
m particle of ginger, flie perform- 
ance is thoroughly clean in these 
two respects. Only approacl^ to pep 
la In the dressing of mi ehbrtM and 
iiMBien principals in a couple of 
mmbers, and, of course, the usual 
loose hips, although they'll tkot 
nearly as loose as the average. Since 
the show's not f unny^ it would be 
expected that It ^ftuM bt pretty 
gingery; but it's not, and the fipOKe 
Buffers by the same measure. 

Kitty Madison Is the owAer af an 
epulent figure. She did one number, 
a Plck-out ftffair in the second part, 
iMt eame tteareat 'to punch. 
Wearing not much except beads 
and a small Jacket, she brought 
three or four of the girls forward 
for an individual bit, each taking 
oif her little jacket for a demon- 
•tration of the shakes, with Kitty 
shimmying for the finish, also mi- 
nus the Jacket. It was mild enough, 
but, at that, the customers got Uie 
kick of the evening out of it. 

There are fewer numbers than 
usually go to a burlesque evening 
in this production, but they go in 
Strong for scenery, representing no 
irery great cost. The time is taken 
Hp with the dramatic bits men- 
tioned and specialties. The latter 
usually are just burlesque bits ex- 
cept the dance number of Miss Mon- 
tague and Jacobs, both of whom do 
a hard shoo routine tkat looked 
fairly good. 

For the rest there Isn't a dancer 
In the troup unless accepting the 
hip waving as dancing. They didn't 
even do that with any great en- 
thusiasm. 

Miss Madispn's pick-out number 
Is listed as a specialty, and so is a 
comic song bit with Devere alone. 
The only thing that made them 
Specialties was the lowering of the 
drop in "one." The material would 
be a casual bit in most outfits. 

The two soubrets, Bertha Nina 
and Mi5?s Montague, are slim, active 
girls. They fihould be able to tear 
TO a lively dance, but at the per- 
formance witnessed tkey didn't 
Costuming Is averiig«» Ruih» 



BURUSaUE ROUTES ] 



nop omr wABsno 

As the result of two arrests of 
Kew York property men for having 
prep guns in their possession which 
weie slated to do service In local 
productions the International Alli- 
ance has issued a warning to all 
Pt09 men to make certain of having 
a license to oarry or use prop guns 
hereafter. 

In the two specific cases, one of 
them was straightened out but the 
other Is still ponding. 

The gun complex comes under the 
Solllvan law provision wliicii m^ko.«< 
s permit iiecessary* 



HiLION AL£XAiiJ2£Bu 



Presents 



TiffiEE GINGER-SNAPS 

ALWAYS WORKING 

OtKMtiM NAT MORTAN 
•uitt 310 Pukllelty tldi., New York 



MY GIRL 

(OQLinau) 

Mary White Nana TCKln-d 

^hj'"' Jean Mcrriti 

B«tty Brown. Hi'»> June 

Bob White Bert Matthews 

Oliver A. R. "DUk" Bell 

Cynthia Reddlnr Flo. B Perry 

Harold Gray ,...^.Al Knight 

w*^"- Pj.Q ''**" ........CTeorge Henry 

(j'i'*es»» t«»lCarvyne Morgan 

Vl'*'*' •••••^••^♦•••.» .Edwin Ouhl 

Judgp Black... V««.»««»;^„«**;*.Ed Dev«ld« 

Mrs. Brown... ^^v».»i Vlra Rial 

Jlminlo BIu«..^««V....*. Sal Mason 

A. M «j< >B >p4>,», ,,>^,..., ..|t | j ) tai i a a 

•Ttfy Girl,** Lyle Andrews former 
musical comedy which ran at the 
Vanderbilt two years ago. didn't 
quite make the grade on the Colum- 
bia Burlesque Circuit, where thev 
like their entertainment In large, 
luscious homeopathio 4es|> iitther 
than concentrated. 

Hurtlg Sk Seamon, who repro- 
duced this opera for the Columbia, 
stuck religiously to the original 
book and numbers. TlMtPlA Um Its 
weakness when diSMil 10, tO 9k iMpr- 
lesque audience. 

The first act. wlitch Is talky, left 
them mildly puzzled. The second 
act, with its broad farce comedy 
situations, mveii ince burlesque, 
went very much better, but the boys 
were disappointed in the chorus. 

The ehorines, It tii HuMfeisr, never 
wiggled a hip and In other respects 
failed to live up to ^e best tradi- 
tions sf burlesqiieb IPhey would 
have stood for the book If the gals 
hadn't played them false. lastaad 
the young ladles 41d An tmltation 
of the original musical comedy 
chorus which frolicked in this espe- 
cially eleaii mUf^l, and the boys 
on the shelves became very restless. 

The cast, considering the buck 
top llmltatloBS of mdst of the Co- 
lumbia houses, compared favorably 
with the usual road company en- 
seftible. Bert Matthews, a whale of 
a dancing light comedian, stood out, 
as did Flo Perry, who used to be 
half of a vau^sviUs sister net, and 
Edwin Qiihl As th# boij^tlsgiliig In- 
truder* 

The rest of the cast wias adequate 

and far above the burlesque aver- 
age. The producers didn't stint on 
the payroll, also ^rrylng tlieir own 
orchestra to do Justice to the score. 
Two of Baron Von Shillag's musick- 
ers pulled a dM l »s t #e en tUS' sets, 
a la the Vanderbilt Idea, but still 
the customers refused to warm up. 

If It wsrs possible and permissible 
for some author who knows bur- 
lesque to hoke up the flrst act and 
if the p fodu fe i lf S would turn the gals 
loose and interpolate a couple of hot 
numbers, the show would probably 
satisfy In Its new e h vlrsi ime ikt 

Pati'Ick Rafferty staged it and did 
a very credital>ie Job. The dancing 
novelties of the original production 
were all retained and reproduced as 
far as the talents of the ^current 
oast permitted. In this respect 
Matthews probably outdistanced 
any of the other members, turning 
111 several hodilng contributloiM that 
would stand up In any lisuss re- 
gardless of the scale. 

The dtlglnal scenierT was twed for 
the two acts, giving tho offering an 
attractive background, and it seemed 
many of the original costunUi wiere 
retrieved or those of the former 
principals copied. This was true of 
the costuming of Bee lone, who 
handled the former Marie Saxon 
role of Betty Brown and wore an 
all-blue edstume resembling MlsS 
Saxon's. Incidentally Miss Jone 
danced gracefully and nimbly* but 
was a bit out of ber eleito^kit when 
vocalizing. 

Summing up, "My Qlrl" as Is 
probably Will not last on the Colum- 
bia. It isn't viperous enough and 
the chorus are working under 
wraps. Rewritten It wMd iM^e a 
gr^at chance, for tb* east Is there. 

Con. 



$50,000 Damage Suit Om 
Warburton, Yonkers 

Summons and complaint in a 
ISO.OM damage suit against the 

Warburton Hall Association, own- 
ers of the Warburton theatre, Yon- 
kers, N. y., ha* been served by Ju- 
lius Leventhal, president of the 
Harmydan Amusement Corporation, 
lessees of the theatre, to recover 
the amount mentioned through 
closing of the house for AllSted 
public safety violations. 

Leventhal. acting for the corpora- 
tion which he heads, states in the 
complaint that he took over the 
Warburton for a term of years, as- 
suming cccupanry Sept. 20, when 
the house opened as a Mutual Bur- 
lP5^qiip Circuit stand ^ ith the Stone 
and rillard show. At the end of 
the flrst week licventbal was noti- 
fied several vlolations^bad boon on 
the house and tliat the license 
would be suspended pending the 
lifting. The theatre has been dark 
Hince. 

L^vtnthal claims hin lease Incor- 
porated a clause claiming that the 
theatre t^as f;ce and clear of all 
viola tloni". 



COLUMBIA 

Nsv. • 

Aloma of tlis SOuth Beas Oa>'ety. 
Washington. 

Around the World— Olympic, Cin- 
cinnati. 

Bi^ Sensatlonr-Columbla, New 

York. 

B / M Show — Gayety, Rochester. 
Bringing Up Father— Lyric, Day- 
ton. 

Broadwajr Brsvt ti e s Qayety, To- 
ronto. 

Cooper. Jlmmie — 8, Lyceum, New 
London; I, Stamford, Stamford: 10, 
Poll's. MerMen; 11-It, Park. Bridge- 
port. 

Danciag Aroiuid— Byperlon. Mew 

Haven. 

Derby Winners — Hurtig & Sea- 
men, New York. 

4-11-44 — Columbia, Cleveland. 

Give and Take — Gayety, Pitts- 
burgh. 

Gorilla— S-10, Temple, Syracuse; 
11-13, Colonial. Utica. 

Kosher Kttty KellT -« Casino, 
Philadelphia. 

Let's Go — Orpheum, Paterson. 

Lucky Bambo— Miner's Bronx, 
New York. 

Marion. Dave— Gayety, Boston. 

Merry Wblrl* Tha— Iqroeum, Co- 
lumbus. 

Miss Tabasco— L. O. 

Mutt and Jeff Honssrmoon;— Ca- 
sino; Brooklyn. 

My Girl — Empire, Newark. 

New York to Paris— L. O. 

Not Tonight Josephine— Palace, 
Baltimore. 

Powder Puff S^llo— IBmpIre, To- 
ledo. 

Rarin' to Go — Qayety, Buffalo. 

Red Kisses — Empire. Brooklyn. 

Sporting Widows — Casino, Boston. 

Uncle Tom and Eva— 8-10, Van 
Curler, Boheneetady; 11»1S, Capitol. 
Albany. 

Watermelons — Star and Garter, 
Chicago. 

Watson. Sliding Billy— Smphre, 
Providence. 

White Cargo — Plaza, Worcester* 

Williams. Mollle— L. O. 

Wine, Woman and Song — Gayety, 
DStfOII* ■ 



IRWIN'S DAMAGE SUIT 
DISMISSED IN COURT 

Fred Irwin's flOO.OOO damage suit 
against the Columbia Amusement 
Cq., waiting its turn for a'lmost six 
years to be tried, was thrown out 
of court last week by Justice Will- 
iam Harman Black, who ruled that 
no contractual basis for the suit 
existed. 

Irwin's allofrcd life enfranchise- 
ment with Columbia as a major 
wheel producer was held to be but 
a 10 -year agreement with five-year 
renewals. 

The Columbia's defense was Uiat 
Irwin had shown up 15 minutes too 
late at one stage in which to ex- 
ercise his extra flve-year renewal. 

Irwin's "Big Show" and "Majes- 
ties" were Columbia wheel stand- 
ards fr'^m 1909-1919 nnlil the pro- 
ducer encountered a falling out with 
the circuit. 



2D STOCK HOUSE 
TO QUIT AND 

S1KAND 



Chelsea Owes Players 
Week's Salary — ^Agents 
May Demand Deposit 



MUTUAL 

Band Box Revue — Empress, Chi- 
cago. 

Bathlas Bsaiitiss— <lajstT, Balti- 
more. 

Bright gf sg O ay»ty, ScratitoD. 
Cunnlnghaps 1^ QuMg^Btmpnu, 

Cincinnati. 

Dimpled Barlings — O ay sty, 
Wilkes-Barre. 

FinneUt Carrie— Qayety, Brooklyn. 

WMm vt Plea sur e H <lward, Bos- 
ton. 

French Models— <layety, Milwau- 

Frlf«»lltlii (|( 1127— Star, Brook- 
lyn. 

Ginger Qlrls— Oarden, Bultolo. 
Good tMa ]>svlls—Suteb Spring- 
field. ^ 
Happy Hours— Hudson, Union 

City. 

Hello Paree--Oayety, Omaha. 
Hollywood ioaiidals — Mutual. 

Kansas City. 

Jazz Time Revue — Savoy, Atlan- 
tic CHy. 

Kandy Kids — Garrlclc, Des Moines. 
KuddUng Kuties-— MajesUc, Pater- 
Son. ' 

Laffin* Thru — Park, Erie. 
LaMont, Jack— Lyric, Newark, 
tiand «f Joy— ^roeadero, Philadel- 
phia. 

Midnight Frolics— Grand, Akron. 
Moenllgbt Maids— Oanrlck, St. 

Louis. 

Naughty Nifties— Gayety, Mon- 
tresi. 

Kite Life kk Paris — Mtitual, 
Washington. 

Over Her e Cadinae, Detroit. 

Parisian Flappers — Aotdemy, 
PitUburgb. 

Round the Tswn— L. O. 

Sky RoolMtS— Corinthian, Roches- 
ter. • 

Smiles and Kisses-Gayety, Min- 
neapolis. 

Speed Girls— Gayety, Louisville. 

Step Along— I, York, Pa.; f. 
Lancaster: 10, Altoona; 11, Cumber- 
land, Md.; 12, Uniontown, Pa.; 13. 
Washington. 

Step Llrely Olrls-^Mutual, Indi- 
anapolis. 

Stons and Plllard— S. Allentown; 
9, Columbia; 10, Willlamsport; 11, 
Sunbury; 12 -IS, Reading, Pa. 

Sugar Babies— SsToy, Syracuse. 

Tempters— Olympic, New York. 

Vamps of 1927— Kmpire, Cleve- 
land. 

Louis Forlan Not Fined 

In last week's Variety the name 
of Louis Fortan appeared In the 
Metropolis theatre story as the 
manager of the burlesque stock 

there arrested for permitting an 
Indecent performance and lined |500 



or to serve SO days. 

The name should have been Irv- 
ing Fordhan. 

A Louis Fortan Is attached to 
the William Foz circuit. He is at 
. present managing the Star, Xew 
i lork, for the Fox oflllcos. 



Marg^ie Pinetti's Cabaret; 
Retired From Burlesque 

Margie Pinettl did not open as 
"runway" added attraction at Hurtig 
& Seamott*s, New York, last week 
as scheduled. Isabel Van and her 
Bight Cuties at the Yorkville, Hur- 
tig & Seamen stock burlesque house, 
moved Up Instead and will remain 
as an added attraction to the weekly 
change Columbia Circuit shows for 
several weeks. 

Miss Pinettl has temporarily re- 
tired from burlesque, opening a 
cabaret In Brooklyn, N. Y. This Is 
Miss Pinetti's second cabaret ven- 
ture, the former one having been In 
Greenwich Village, New York, which 
the burlesque actress conducted 
three years ago when appearing as 
soubret with the Mlnsky stock at 
the National Winter Garden. 

Miss Pinettl bowed out of the Vil- 
lage venture when one of her host- 
esses was sentenced to a term In the 
workhouse. Miss Pinettl was also 
arrested at the time on a charge of 
maintaining a disorderly resort but 
acquitted after a hearing la JefCer- 
son Market court. 



aOOO in rues Paid 
By Stock Borlesqw Co. 



Three women and four men, for- 
merly with a stock burlesque com- 
pany at the Grand theatre. Grand 
and Chrystie streets, were given 
heavy fines with the option of spend- 
ing their time In jail, following 
their conviction In Special Sessions 
of giving an Indecent performance 
last September. They paid the fines, 
aggregating S1,000. 

The defendants and Uie sentence 
imposed on each were Grace Good- 
ale, SO, actriess, of 41 St. Nicholas 
terrace, 150 or ten days; Anita Rose, 
28, 1102 Longfellow avenue, $50 or 
10 days; Mae Baxter, 24, of the St. 
George Hotel, Bast 12th street, $80 
or 10 days; Nick Elliott, 118 East 
168th stieet, manager of the the- 
atre, IGOO or 60 days; Walter Brown, 
comedian, Hotel de France, West 
49th street, $200 or SO days; Maurice 
Le Vine, actor, of 242 West 49th 
street, $100 or SO days, and Sam 
Mitchell, actor, of the St George 
Hotel, $50 or ten days. 

In imposing the sentence, Justice 
Herbert, presiding, said: 

"There is only one good thing to 
say for you people and that i» that 
you have no previous record. Your 
defense was that your performance 
was a work of art. In our opinion 
it was a filthy exhibition of the nude 
body. 

'We hope that In the future you 

will find decent employment, even 
though you may have to work 
harder. If you come before this 
court again you will be sent to Jail 
for long terms." 

The seven were arrested on Sept. 
16 last. 



Principals and choristers of th# 
stock burlesque at the Chelsea. Nsir 
York, are left high and dry for S 
week's salary due through the pre- 
mature closing of the house two 
weeks Ago and subsequtet dispoeseg 
action for back rent. 

The stock house was originally , 
operated by Solly Fields until a 
week previous to the ooUapse when 
a new group headed by Jack Gold- 
berg took over the stock. The lat* 
ter outfit operated about two weeks 
in the dark about back rentals aai 
threw up the sponge. 

Most of the Chelsea company had 
been recruited from the Superior, 
New York, which ^had blown up a 
week before. As things stand tha 
burlesquers are at a loss to ascer^ 
tain who is responsible for their 
"stranding" and are threatening ta 
place their claims before the Labog - 
Commissioner for readjustment. - - 

2nd Stock "Bust** 

This Is the secdnd New York 

stock burlesque venture to "bust/* 
owing salaries. The other was the 
outfit at the Metropolis, operated by 
Irving Fordhan. ' Tha. latter asU 
lapsed after Fordhan and others 
were Indicted by the Bronx Grand 
Jury. * 

These strandlngs and babltM^' 

Juggling of burlesque stock Ten* 
tures, for the most part laid to short 
bankroll operators, are making bur- 
lesque performers skeptical. ilSMrts 
supplying talent for the stocks are 
lUlvocating a "gentleman's agree* 
ment" which If adopted would re- 
quire the posting of a $2,500 bond 
to Insure salaries for performers , 
booked or refuse to submit people. 

The agents specialising In ban* 
dllng burlesque talent figure tblg 
will have an effect In keeping sharp- 
shooters out of the burlesque divi- 
sion as It has kept "turkey'' riiofur 
operators out of the legltlmats . < 
branch because of a ilinUf^r .fif* 
quirement by £kiuity. 

Ekiulty has no JutMlsttott' S^ 
burtesqua. " . * , 

Inspection Tonr of Mahul 

I. H. Herit, of Mutual Burlesque^ 

and Emmett Callahan, his assistant, 
are on a 10-day inspeetton tour s( 
the circuit. 

Herk and Callahan will take dif- 
ferent routes, each taking half of 
the list and will confer on recom- 
mendations. If any, whan retumlng 
to Kew York. 



SAVOY, 2-A-DAY 

Syracuse, Nov. S. 
Savoy, local Mutual burlesque 
house dropped to two shows a day 
this week from a "grind" policy. 

Pictures were cut from tho pro- 
grams and the liouso re-scaled 
week days, the top advancing to 75 
ttom 50c, with seats reserved. 

Siindnys tbrrc performances Will 
be given witii plrturr h .'I'Mod. 



Auctionsers Dismissed 

MftftiBtratfl HW f ihiuth in rr v n i 

Side Court dismissed complaints of 

auctioning txfUr KUirlown, proffirr ^1 
against I'aul Mushnick, 1112 Broad- 
way, Joseph Apple, 133 West 42nd 
stre. t. and Ilany Graves, 111 West 
4rnd street. 



Burlesque CIiAnges 

George Levy has supplanted BoS 
Collins with "Step Lively, OlrliP 
(Mutual). 

Vi Penny has succeeded Bessia 
Brooks with Rubs Barnstela's 
Bathing Beauties Beintir' iMu* 
tual). 

Billy Iligloy. comic. Jumped frSB^ 
"Derby Winners" (Columbia) to . 
"Speed Girls" (Mutual), replacing ~ 
Bud Cameron with tha. latter show* : 

Billy (Bumps) Maek, who ra- 
cently closed as featured comlo 
with "Nife Life," opened this week 
as featured comedian with the stock 
burlesque at tha Mace, Bsf* 
falo, N. Y. 

Roy Cowen has replaced Chlok 
Hunter as straight man wHli 
"Bright Eyetf" (Mutual). The Uttat 
withdrew last week because of ill- 
ness, but will not return to tha 
show. 

Kd, Quigley has supplanted Georgd-^, 
BroadhUTHt as featured comic with 
"Powder Puff Frolics" (Columbia), 
having Joined the show on tour last 
week. Broadhurst Is playing sev- 
eral weeks with the Mln«ky stock at 
the National Winter Garden, New 
York, having gone in on the stock 
assignment this weSk. 

I'aul Ryon hnn replaced Jack 
Ryan with "Jazttime Revue" (Mo- 



tual). : 

Graco Wasson has surrceded 
r.rtira ^'oUpi wUb "Happy Uoura" 
(Mutual). 

Vincent Scanlon has supplanlai 

Tom Phinips with Stone and Ftl- 
lurd Show tHutual). 



V A K I S T X 



PRESENTATIONS-BILLS 

THIS WEEK (November 1) 
NEXT WEEK (NMwbflr 8) 



Shows carrying numerals aucn aa (10) or (11) indloata op«Bia« tkto 
•«k. on Sunday or llotiday. as date my ba. nwt wssk CIt) «r CMl. 
th split wtaks also indloatad by dataa. 

An ttfwist <*l MfoM nana sirniflea act Is new to city, dataff • aaw 

ceappearlng af»cr absence or appearing for first tima. 
Initials listed after house? for booking affiliation are; 
Pictures (Pc) -Independent (In) ILI***"' ^^^^ 

Pantagee (P) Interstate (It)^ Keith's (K) 

Orphaum (O) 



Bert Levey (BL) Aaeociation (WV> 

Where no initials arc used with aaaia of theatre, denotaa bouse U 
without regulat booiclng affiliation. 

Picturee include in claasiflcation picture policy with vauderllle or 
Meaeotatlon a* aAlttoet Independent Includes those pop vauderlUe 
Cnmdtrtllt nti'* pSetursai thaatrea amuatad wltb ao veoeral bookloc offloa. 



LONDON 

This Week (Nev. 1) 



CHI8WI0K 



bplre 



Mpire 

Jack SUkckji 
Alllaoa Tp« 




Mb Wiltea 
Keaaedy * Ceppla 

Ivor Vlnior 
Plnard Sla 
Ir«a« Franlclla 
Noal & Horace 
Oolden 8«! 
Neil McK&r 

COLISBVM 

Harrr Weliig 
■ AD WallWSS 

FlacoriR 
Loa Jull 

Hlppodi 
"Baaajr" R«t 



*'Jast for Fua" Rev 

STRATFORO 
mmptn 
Jack Hyltoa Ai 
Harry Tate 
Albert Whelaa 
J W Rickaby 
Samoijr ShleMe 



UUr Morris 

Ooorse A Bailor 
Buddy Doylo 
Moaa Grey 
Victoria Olrle 
Deaais t 



«XI« Beete" 



PanI Aeh 
Milt Watsoa 
Bert Tucker 
Felecia Soret 
Irene Taylor 
Mike Howe 



(1) 

Mark Plaher Bd 

Ben Blue 
Vale A Stewart 
Mildred LASalle 
Beatrice Oardell 
Jack Kolly 
OoaM Dancers 
"Prtvau Marphy" 



<S1> 
Ted Leary 
O Delbrldse Bd 
•yWeoter Jk Wertb 



0IIfOUfllATI» O* 
8wlM Oatdea (tl) 

Roberts Sis 

CUBVBLAND. O. 

ABsa im 

Phil Spltalay 
Joe Termini 
• TlToit Oirts 
Rady Wlodooft 
Carollaa Aadrews 
Charles CalTsrt 
"Qaarterback" 

Pwli aad MSB ftl> 

Anselo Vitale Bd 
McArt 4k SkiUman 
Tea Are** 



Capital (SI) 

S woffles Saxetet 
Natleaai f 



Walker * Maacet 

C H BlUoU 
AustraUan Boys 
Burr a Hope 
Oeorffo Haid 
Auatlo Ce 
Adrieaaepael 
D'Arty 



**Beop Daadat" 

PROVINCES 

(ENQLAND) 



Bmpirs 

■raest HastlaiS 
Will CummlR 
Hilda Qlydsr 
O 8 Melvin 
Gillie Potter 
Dorrie Dene 
*Beaffler Bros 

.Jeaa Aadraws 



INGHAM 



'Briffkter BUckp'i' 



'Blff Boa*' Rot 
UVHRPOOL 



•XMe Lady« 



''BHffhter Loadoa" 



ATTRACTIONS PLACED 

EVERYWHERE 

PRODUCTIONS 

PICTURE THEATRIC 

VAUDEVILLE 

CABARETS — REVUCB 

HOTELS " 

RADIO 

RECORDS 

CLUBS. 

cbiiCKirrs 
MpnoN pief uMs 

OUTOOORS 

ALF. T. WILTON 

In reap orated 

11560 Broadway Bryant 2027-1 



Leo Porbetein Bd 
Argentine Kleata 
Oumansky Ballet 
"The TemptToor' 

WeoUake 

lot half (tl-l) 
Charlie Molaea Bd 

Vodbita 

•iCampua Flirt" 
td half (S-«) 
Charlie Meleea Bd 



Praak Piaaey Co 
•Tho Uiy" 

PfTTSBUBOH. PA 
(tl> 



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lay's (Sl> 

Joe Priseo 
**Peeeyer After" 



NOTHINCI 
SUCCEEDS 

LIKE 
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8BR 



ROEHM & RICHARDS 

Straad Theatre Buildlaff 
Broadway A 47th Street. N. T. C. 

LAOKAWANNA mt 



Gilbert Arery WLm 

td hall (11-14) 
Toodtss A Todd 
Praak A Whltaup 
Saxtoa A 
Rita Ooi 
Oaaslooa 



1st half (•-!#) 
Barlee 

Bobby Vaa Kara 

Rita Oonld 
Canslnoa 
(One to fill) 

. Sd half (ll-l«> 
1 A I 'Melra 
Fox A Maybeilo 
Wilton A Weber 
Fulton Parker Bar 
(One to All) 



Idea 

"Tin Ooda" 

Vpitmm 

Geo Btolbors Bd 
"Private Murphy" 

MINNEAPOU8 
(MaU (U) 

• Teiga giagere 



(Bt) 

Johaay Deeley Oe 
Noaette 

Lenoras Jewels 
"Paradlae" 

Moeqao (80) 

Huston Ray 
Valyersal caieraa 
Trlaes eC TSoiftfai' 



lit) 

Charles Tobias 
Bernard A Hearie 
Clemona A Marcy 
"L. Woif Returns" 



Baras A Veeaa 

PHILADBLPHIA 

Hay's (SI) 

Julian Hall's Bd 
Hall A Dexter 
Liowis A AaMe 
Doa Aeatia Ce 



8T. U>TJIS. MO. 
MDsseart (U) 

Davo Yln^ 

Oms Mulcay 
Carolynne uaBuez 

n. PAUL, MIITM.I 

A Blake 

TOBOMTO, CAM. 

VwUmm (SI) 
Wallace Bros 

WASaTOll, D. c 

iBMBia m» 

W C Handy 
Handy Oreh 

IfetMpemaa (SI) 

J IPAIIseaadre 
Peace 8ia 

"Syncopatlns Sue" 
(1) 

Cliff 



1st half (S-W 
Dillon A Marg'rtte 
Art Stanley 
Marah Montffomery 
Roffors A Doanelly 
Cook A Shaw Sis 
(One to aU) ' 

td halt (11-14) 
Hubert Dyer <3e 
Rose CVHara 

a Walasr S 
aoh'fer A Beralee 
Bahioek A Dolly 
M'vla Praaklya Co 



4 Oaertaers 
Chilton A Thosaas 
Oook AOati 



Toay Otap Oe 
raa Jk 



Doaevaa 
Rose A Mooa Rot 



let half (t-ie) 
Poasial's Meakaya 
Poreaae A Oliver 
Sharoa Stsph'as Oo 
Mae Usher 

y 



VAixAA, t; 

Moiha (SI 

Aanbier Bros 
Mealy A 4>arBelia 
L.-P A Statsasaa Co 
Wlaofem A Brlssoo 

Bamett A T Rot 

BVANSP'Ut. IND. 
, Vletery (•) 

Chaadea S 

Mary Dan is 
Savoy A Mana 

LeVan A DoUes 
Knoch Jaya 

HOBOKBM, M. J. 



1st half (S-iei 

LaVlffas Toaas 
McCart A Bradford 
Praak D* A more Co 
(Two to All) 

Sd half Cll-14) 

Fenwick Girls 
West Gatea A H 
Alice T^awlor 
(Two to fill) 

JAMAICA, li. I. 

1st half (tat) 

Watkla's ClrcQs 
West Gatea A H 
Henry A Moore 
Marie Sahbott Ce 

coae u HI) 

td half (11-14) 
Gordon A Day 
Art Stanley 
Burns A Wllaea 
N A O'Verga 
Larry's Bnt 

LOMBON. CAM. 

I^oew 

let half (8-ie> 
Jutta Valey Ce 
Weir A Peacock 



Pastages | 



TOBOHTO, CAM. 

l isai f l i (•) 

Bster Pewe 

Btnlly Darrell 
Hall Brmaino A B 
Trombettas 
Maaqueradera 

HAMU.TON, CAM. 

Pantasos (t) 

S Reddinftoas 
Howard A Roes 
Francis Reaanlt 
■dwln OeorK<^ 
Lada A L«aaale8 

MIAOABA FAI.I4I 
1st half <t-ll) 

Dias Sla 

McDonald S 
Oalran A Marga'te 
Mullen A Francis 
Bert Bhepard 

td halt (lt-lf> 

JudTa Talhw 
Diaa 

Weir A Peaeech 
(Twe ta au> 

1>BTB01T, MICH. 

Besoat (S) 

Robettaa A Deesan 
Nee Won a 
PlslMr A Hurst 
Slssle A Blake 
dawalag Areead 



(•) 
Haalay 
Jella Curtlse 
Busch 3l8 
Ray Haffhea A P 
Bobby MeOeed 



atrata Bis 



Ce 



Polly 41 Os 
(One to aU) 



TACONA. WA8K. 
Paatagee (g) 

Torino 



Parge A Biehards 

Rhapaodlans 
Watson Sis 
t Melvtns 

JX>MOTIBW 

fOBlagee (g) 

Uttlo Piplfas 
Ireao gtoaa 
Jolly Thosplaas 
Ashley A Sharps 
Dance Pashtoas 

SAM imAMClSOO 

Paataaos (8) 

Osaie A Llnko 
Wlnsfletd A Jeaa 
Tom KoHoy 

Vox A waitoffs 
Alls A PalHaaa 

I<Od AMOBUM 

> hAie a is (g| 
Pan jnght Otab 

Billy Garasea 
Burnuoa 
Roy LaPearl 
4 Pale 

Bfewa'a Oreli 



my 

Boa Bornio Orch 
Dick Lelbort 
•^ar Paint" 

Plymouth O T Or| 
'Vo's Y'r Old Man" 

Rlnlto (SI) 
*'Flamlnt Frontier" | 

nraU (SI) 



S999g||ppBpS 

WHEN 

PLAYING 

PHILADELPHIA 



JACK L UPSHUTZ 
TAILOR 908 WalMt Sl 



ORDER 
MONDAVt 
FINISH 
SATURDAY 



Sd halt (lt-t4) 
The Barlee 
Just Waits t 
Chaae A LAToor 
WUkeae A Wilkons 
Jap 



Lmv 



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let half fiflfl 

Clintons 

Alice Lawlor Co 
Bum a A Wilson 
N ft a Versa 
Ph Whiteside Rev 

2d half (11-14) 
I I.<ondoas 
Peroahe A Oliver 



fld half (11-14) 
Boa A Helmar 
DaVal A Symeada 
Hamate Sla A g 



I^w <g| 

Welaa 3 
Furman A 
Morsaa A Grey 
MeOrath A 
Madera Rev 

MII.WAVKKE 

IMT (S) 

Arnold A Plorenca 



-Ho No Nanette" 

BRISTOL 
BIpi 



Mexlee" 
Palace 

"The Apache" Rev 

MEWOA8TLB- 
OM-TYMB 



•*0a the Dole" Rev 
BDIMBUBOH 



MBWPOMt 

Bmpiro 
"Scenes A Scr'ma' 

MOTTIMOHAM 



OI^ABOOW 
AlhMnhra 
tint Joan" Rev 



Fred Daptea 

S Bobs 

Broalua A Browa 

Kiroy S\m 
Madsp Kennedy 
Chaa Ulrlck 
Paddy Saunders 

HANL.BT 



nmsiia 

POBTSMOUTH 
Boyal 

"Aloma • Rev 

gA|.POBD 



MoGeo Sis Bee 
Laalee Pleaer 
•Priv laay M'rphy" 

Vpiowa (1) 

Beaaie Kreuger Bd 
Bathias Boaatlea 
Johnny Parkias 
Ch'berlala & Hinea' 
'Ducheaa of Bur' 

BALTIMOBB 
Ceatary (1) 
W Willie Robya 
Gladys Beed,^ 
"Boa of 8helk<" 



Dee Molase (tl) 

Hacel Edea 

DBTBOIT, MICH. 

Capital (SI) 
Ishasft J4 



(tl) 
Jack Ruasoll 

UM AMOBLBS 



NBW TOBK OOT 

Amsricaa 

1st half (t-ie) 
Louise A Mitchell 

U ft B Coll 
Rae Walzer 3 
Ford Dancers 
Broadway Boaaeo 
l^nbln Ldwrle A M 
Cook's Cireae 
(One to mi) 

3d half (11-14) 
T<oulae A Lrf>ulae 
Briatol A Belle 
Wen Talbert Rov 
Dewey A RegotS 
Jahflslaad 
(Thrse to ail) 

Ave. B 

let half (t-ie> 
LaDoux A Lioulae 
Juat Waite t 
Al B WhlU 
Jay Xohaaon Bev 
(One to fill) 

2d half (11-14) 
Hyland's Birds 
Sands A Praaksl 
M'Oevitt KeMy * Q 




*'Lauchint Stock' 
gOCTHBBA 



•Miee Peree" Bev l *Ia "Mias Baager*' 



Palaco 
'Vk—ti0" Rsv 



'Past Steppers" 



Picture Theatres 



KBW TORK CITT 

Capttoi (SI) 

Joyce Co-es 
Relaad Gaerard 
Chester Hale Girls 

Pierrot-Pierrette 
"Bardelys M'saift 

BhUto (ladet.) 

>MiAa Canter 
Ooorge Olsea Bd 

*'Kid Boots" 

BlvaU (SS) 

Tatee A Lawley 
Gardea eC 

Ren of 

Renova 

Florence Rudolpk 

Mollle Dortd 



•Ve's rr Old 

MmM (M) 

Plunkett's Prolle 

Kitty McLaughlla 

MUo KMevB 

M Dake 

Jack Kerth 

Rita Owin 

d I>eaay Oreh 



Georsle Halo 
"gyaoopatiag gas' 

CHICAOO 

Belmont (1) 

Ben Paley Bd 
Heiisr A Rtley 
Ball A Bro 
Corlnne Arbuckls 
Bernard A Gary 
Eddie Rosrera 
Gould Dancers 
"gtrongmaa" 

Capitol (1) 

Al Short Bd 
Arabiaa Tr 
Loals Hermaa 
Barl Howard 

Doree I^allo 
"Ace ot Cada" 

Chlrage (1) 
Olaat Plaae 
"Quarterhaeh** 

Hardlag (1) 

Art Kaha Bd 
Maariae 
Ban A BeU 

Harold 



(1) 

OalIC NIshthawks 
Psto Larktn 
'Diplomacy" 

Ofrdea (1) 

Lake A Dseker 

Howard Sla 
Wood ft White 
Sherlock ft Clinton 
Alezaadsr Sis 
"Mystery CMT 

Metrepolltaa (1) 

Sokolove A Lyons 
"Woman Powsr" 

New (li 
Holt A Weirs 
*«Por wivse Oaly*' 

■lees (i) 

Popita Granadoe 
H Holbrook Ca 
*'PrtaMe TeaMH'^* 

BOSTOir 

Metropolltaa (tl) 

Themy Oeorrl 
Bnroyard Ponies 

"Kajlo of Sea" 

Buffalo (31) 

Perslaa Garden 
Thorns* Sax-o*tette 

"Kid Boots" 
(7) 

Barnyard Follies 
"Syaeopatlng gus' 



1st half (Sl-t) 
Goae Morgan Bd 
Hallowaoa Party 
'Campus Flirt" 
3d half (|.f> 
Gene Morsaa Bd 
Bpedalty 
'Tla Oedr* 



(Indef.) 
Carli Elinor * Bd 
Les Masniflquo 
Marliya Mills 
Bmlle 

Robert Courier 
Arnold Oiaser 
Atlzar Marque 
Koa'oft'a Daaosre 
Ali a Modele 
"Bnrdelys" 

Bsyptlaa ( 
Vttaphoae 



Pirueroa 



(St) 

Orch 



A «ew*d 

(Two to All) - 

Xiacola 8a. 

1st haiC (l-14> 
Hubert Dyer Oa 
Rose O'Hara 
IPItas'n&oBs A fiery { 

(Two to fill) 

2d half (11-14) 
J A J Olbaon 
Mildred Pealey 
Marah MaatgeOMty] 

Clinton ft Reepei 
(One to fill) 

KaMeaal 

let half (t-14) 

Randow t 
Mabel Draw Cte 
Nat G Haiasi Oe 
Mtltoa Berle 
(Oao U ail) 

td half (11-14) 

Loulae ft Mitchell 
B'dman A Rowland! 
Da via A Nelson 
Gilbert Avery Bev 
(Oae te gu> 



SUITS POR PALL AND WINTER 
IN SXCLUSIVS MATERIALS 




id32 B'way. at 50th SL. N. V. City 



Browa A 

Dobbx Van Horn 
(One to All) 

OHIOAOO 



Kins Bros 
LeMeau A Touns 
Renard A West 
Harry Bcee 
Cafe Madrid 

ATLAMTA. OA. 



Wyoming 4 

Harry Coleman Co 
Meyers A Haaford 
4 



Paatacea lil 

Oxford S . , 
tOaao 

Rice ft Werner . 
Swartz A Clifford 



HsrberU 
Helea Moretti 
Browa A LaVelle 
Marty White 



DR. ALBERT S. EPFS 

Surfoofi Oantlsl 

1570 BROADWAY, NEW TORK 
PeWiaiar aslMiet _ rbase ; ObiaSsrlst 4eif 



BAE BlDOik M. T. 



Juaa DuVal 

(One to All) 

Bealenurd 

1st half (t-lO) 
J~A J Gibson 
Curry A Oraham 
Hush Herbert Ce 
Davis A Nelsoa 
Boh Larry'e Bnt 

td half (11-14) 
Kovslty Cilatoaa 
Milton Boris 
Nat C Halns Oa 
Mae Usher 
(One to All) 

'Dotaaeey 84. 

1st half (S-1»> 

Toodlwn ft Toflfl 



1st half (1-14) 
Charletoa A gh'ldsl 

Pulton Parker Rev 
WUkeas A Wllkenaj 
Jungleland 
(Two to All) 

Sd half (11-14) 
Randow S 
BAB Coll 
Labia Lowrlo A 
VaadsvlUe Ltd 
(Twe to dU) 



<t) 

Maasean Tr 
Marks A Bthsl 
Clay Crouch Co 
Hohby BCanshaw 



1st half (l-lt) 
3 Londons 
8 A A Chung 
Srh'ter A Bemica 
Rloh A Adair 
Wea Tslhert Bee 

td half (11-14) 
Walkin's Circus 
Curry A Graham 
Sharoa gteph'ae Ce| 
Henry A M s a t e- 
Daaee Bevele 

BIBMIMOHAM 
Bliaa (•) 

Hon s 

Keane A White 
Tates A Carson 
Marcus Sis A Co 
Jack Wilsoa Ce 



Orpheasi (8) 

Erie PhllUra 3 



25 BxlO PROFESSIONAL PHOTOS^ 

Pr»OOF» SCBMITTBD 

H. TARR, 1687 Broadway ( 

Tdoghoaa Calanbas 4m • V 



(SI) 

M Fiaher Califs 
"Misaea A Kisses" 
Kins A Beatty 
Sully A Mark 
*'Subway Sadis" 
(T) 

"Tou'd Us Surp'd" 

Lafaystto (81) 

Matt Shelvey 
Bob Adams Oe 
g McAllistsr 
Bd af Matleae 
« Paato Girls 
*'One Mia te Play' 



Hip Hip Hurray 
"filxirer Barnum's" 

Forum (Indef.) 

Teil ilenkel Orch 
Rplnodic rreaent'a 
"Barbara Worth" 

Loew'a State (tS) 

Rube Wolf Bd 
Oscar Taylor 
Pyramids Idsa 
Cas^ef 88 
" T hi e e Withis * — 



(tt) 

Bddis Psabody Bd 
Radio Revue 
Mort Downer 
Packard Six Orch 
Loo Kent 
Jimmio BlUud 
"Kid Booiar* 



Praak Whitnwa 
Dewey A Rosera 
P ft T Sablnl 

Dance Revels 

2d half (11-14) 
cuff Jordan Co 

rhnrloton ft Sh'ldn 
Droadway Homoo 
Chabot ft Tortlnl 
Ph Whiteside Hev 

Oroelsy Sg. 

1st half (t-10) 
Cliff Jordan Co 
Mildred Feeiey 
Kerr ft Rnaiga 
Dabcock A Dolly 
ciintoa A Reeaey 

(One to All) 

2d half (11-14) 
Ponslni's Moakoye 
Blta ghlrloy 
Mays Bart A P 



Rlva A Orr Oreh 



lat half (8-10) 
J A I Melva 
Pox A Mabsllo 
Cameroa A How'd 
Vaudevills Ltd 
(One to fill) 

Sd hnlf (11-14) 
Nettle Janowflkl Tr 
Mabol Drew Co 
Uuth Horbert Ce 
T Hahlnl 



(Oae te ail) 



1st half (S it) 
Gordon A Day 
Maya Burt ft F 
Masoa A Gale 
Wlltea A We¥er 



C A O Moratl 
Margaa A Lake 

Married Life 

Coulter A Rots 
Al See Bd 

BUFPALO, M. T. 
Stole (d) 

Belasai S 
3 Orettoa 
Casey ft Warrea 
V A S Btantoa 



OUTBLAND. O. 
Staled) 

The Worths 
C H 4 
Frankte Keloey Co 
Maaea A Owyane 

(Oee te mn 



Lo«w (g| 

Strebol A 
Marda A 

McClusky ft Peters 

Smith Hart Co 
Moore ft Mitchell 
Miller Giria Rsv 

MHWARK. M. 1. 
State (•) 

Ruby Latham S 

4 C!hoo Dandles 
Klmberly ft Paso 
Ruth Roye 
Geo Sohreck Ca 

NBW ORLEANS 
Creeecttt (t) 

Kismet Me 

Keo Tokl A Tokl 
Cham'lain ft Barle 
Blaon City 4 
Jack Powell Eat 

MOBPOLK. TA. 

Mate (S) 

Tom Daviea 3 ' 
Clark A Croaby 
James Kennedy Co 
Preasler A Klaiss 
Maryland Clegiana 

pbotiipmob; b. i. 

BSMIP (•) 

3 Rilvera 
A ft L Wilaon 
Juat a Pal 
Cardiff A Wales 
MarM PlSher Bev 

flOBOlfVIK OAN. 

Teage Mi It) 

Louie Lee 
Beasley t 
Will H Ward Oo 
Nat Nasarro 
Speak B S Bev 

WAMrOTOM.B.C. 

Jjttm (S) 

Achillea ft Newm'n 
Oechan ft O'retaon 
NIolaon ft Warden 
Al H Wilaon 
W MfPharlan R<»v 

WOODIIAV'N. L. I. 

WlUard 

1st half (t-11) 

Npllle .TarowakI 3 
Ulla HhLrley 
Boy Scout 
ChHbot A Tortlal 
(One te til) 

td halt (11*14) 

Dillon ft Marif'rlte 
a ft A Chunx 
Kerr ft Snnlgn 
Kemper A Bayard 

Ford Oaaeers 



IMBIAXAPOMS 

Pantases (S) 

Four Harttnla 
Frank McConville 
Farroll Taylor 
Baras A Braehllt 
T^p Tip Taph'kers 

MILWAUKRB 
Paatagsa (S) 

Kate A Wiley 

Aaron ft Kelley 
Kddle Carr Co 
Elcota ft Byrne 
Piralea' Treaauro 

SnMNBAPOLIS 

Paatages (S) 

Geraldine Miller 
Dollie Dnmplia 
Voma Raworth Co 

Corbett A Barry 
Johnson A Baker 

8P0KANB. WASH 

Matagas (t) 

Alma Duval 
Paris 8ts ft A 
Joe Jackaon 
Vaa Hovoa 
B ii d i l Al Oea'egan 

tBAWUIL WASH 

Paatasea (8) 

Lady Alice's PeU 
Loadoa S 
Caraaaa Barker 
aaas Llaffeld Ce 
(Oae to ail) 

YANC*TBB, B. C. 
Paatagse (8) 

Tankarakss Jape 

Joe Grlffln 
Jarvis Rev 
Faber A Walea 

(One to All) 

B'L'OH'M. WASH 

Pantasos (8-11) 
(Same bill plays 



BBAOB* OAIw 

Hayt (8) 

goheppe* Com dr 
B mparers of gong 

Dousiss Chsr^es Co 
Raymoad Wylla 



OCBAM PK^ OAtb 

Psat sg s s W 

Lawtoa • 
Oahhy Daval Oe 

Hafter A Paul 
Baby Dodo Held 
Anthony A Rogatg' 
Jay Kay Olrla 

SALT LAKB 
Paatagsa (8) 

Maaalag A SSmb 

Mary Roilly 
Hlrseh Arnold Ce 

Frank Slnc'alr 
Mojrley A Anssr 



Pantagea (Sy. v 

Daaciag Fraaks 
Ted Leelle 

Bmmett O'Meara 
Dainty Maria 
Chas AltheS 
Felvols 

OMAHA. NBB. 
Paatagsa (8) 

Bmma Raymead 

PAP Haasoa 
M'Cm'k A Wallace 
BIsas Bd 
Naacy Pair 



(S) 

4 Glovsrly Olrle 
Pela A TaasfSjA 
Davey J a m l eaea 
J Barke Mergaa 
Mack A Corel 
Cosmopolitaa Bev 



Takewaa 

Ford ft Whltey 

Jan Rubinl 



BOOKED 

THIS WEEK 

STAMLBT aad WILSON 8I9TBBS 
LOBDaad WIUW. 
COULTBB 



Direction ICABK J. LEDDT 

49th 




BATON B'OR. LA. 

Cdambla (8) 
Romaine A Caetle 
Pablo Do Sarla 
In Wrons 
R ft D Dean 
Laae Travsre 

B'RM'tiHAM, ALA. 

MaJesUc (8) 

Tho Harlenulns 
Shields & Peluney 
Howard ft Llnd 
nilly Sharpe A Bd 
(One to fill) 

DALLA8, TRX. 
Majestic (6) 

Herbert Bolt t 

Villa A StrlfSO 
Nunny Kins 
Kva Clark 
Parisian Art 
40ae te Alt) 



PT. SMITH, 
Jole (4) 

Wheeler A Whe'ler 
R )dy Jordan 
Daniela ft KormaS 
Radloloity 
Holland Paataay 

FT. WORTH. TKX* 
Majestic (8) 

Brvet A Dell 
McCarthy ft Moore 
MaomI Olase Ce 
Jsd Dodo; 



NOV 

Laaa dasa 



OALV8TON, TBE. 

(•) 



Amaraath gis 
Bd Miller S ■ 
Al K Hall 
Miss Amerioa 
Arthur Atexaader 



W«^csday, November 3, 1926 




VARIETY 



JIaJmUc (6) 
, Wilbur OlrlU 

2lay A Kildnff 
W»lly SbarplM 
(Oa« to ftU) 



lat lutlf (€-f) 
Wb««ler St Wh«*tor 
ll«dy Jor4»n 
X>ftnUla * K*nmas 

BoUand FantMy 
2d half a«-lt) 

B«dmond & Walla 
Chaa Da RocIm 
Croonadara 
BMtia Clftlra Rav 

HBW OX'NS, LA. 

Orphaom <•) 

Oaorga L BrowB 
I'ommy Rellly Bav 
X^a Oroha 
DaWoUa Xte«l«r 



I Janalcya 

SAN ANT'O, T£X. 

lUleaUe (•) 

T & V Patta 
Louia Londoa 
Rock Jk Bloaaom 
Stan Stanlay 
Barry Carroll 



lit half (6-9) 
SalbinI A Albert 
Jean Granese 
Laiik a Ualay 
Texaa 4 
• Jaulaya 

M half <f.ll) 
Gabberta ' 
Fred Hughea 
Lane A Harper 
Grant Gardner 
Tlllla La Rua Rav 

WICHITA, KANS. 

MajMtlo 

lat half («-S) 
BentD J3ro8 
Gertrude Moody 
Laaa * Barpar 



MAX HAR-r 

Books Picture Houses 



1560 Broadway 



Now Yorki 



Nail O' Brian 
Foros * Barfuorlte 

Orphevm 

lat halC (C-f) 
Oardaara' CliasnpB 
Haley A Joyeo 81a 
Day A Maxlso 
Vofunteera 
Carl Roslnl 

2d half (10-13) 
Salblnl 4c Albert 
#oan Oraaaoo 
LaaV'A Halor 

1*0X00 4 



Grant Gardner 
Jr Ripplea of 1926 

2d half (10-13) 
Knox A Stitaon 

Haley & Joyce Sla 
Stan Hughes Girls 
A A F StedRian 
(One to fill) 

WICHITA FALLS 

Columbia (•) 

O A E Parka 
Mllla A Huaur 
Kerr A Weaton 

B Honey Boya 
B SherlfC Co 



Assockttito 



OHICAOO 
Amerlcaa 

.Sanday (7) only 
yiooer Co 
Fraaoea Kennedy 
CThrao to flU) 
lot half (f •It) " 

Claek Bros 
Campbell & Sum'rs 
Bon'cha of Melody 
Bay Ward Co 
fOao to Ml) 

Sd half (11-11) 

BafClnaP Moako 
Beth llayb Co 
Ber'dinu D^O'va Co 
(Two to nil) 

[■ Iteglewood 

. lat half (7-10) 
Tyler A 8t Qalr 
Back A Redding 

Jacks A Queens 
Deering A Noel 
<OBa to All) 
td half (11-13) 

Billy Maine Co 
Campbell A Su'mrs 
Bon'cha of Melody 
(Two to fill) 



Ist half (Y*19) 
Unusual 3 
M'Connel A West 
Jack Norton Co. 
Barr Mayo A R 
Dance Flashes 

2d half (11-13) 
Belmont Opera 
Ferwaoa * t'dl'd 

Pinched 

Fred Lewis 

Mlmi A Pomme Co 

Lincoln Hipp 

1st half (7-10) 
Billy Maine Co 
(Othera to fill) 

2d half (11-11) 



caJiMFAidir, lix. 

Orplienm 

2d half (11-lt) 
A I Tneker Bd 

(Two to mi) 

DAVENPORT, lA. 
Colombia 

iat half <T-lf) 

HuRhes A Montie 
PInto Bennett A F 
ITaunted 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (11-18) 
Lucy Bruch 
Tower A DarrcU 
(Throo tA All); 

DECAlHDiknX. 

Empveso 

1st half (7-10) 
Murray A Irwin 
Gordon A OrofI 
Cbaney "(k Fos Co 

2d half (11-lS) 
Darling 2 
Bparling A Rose 

Carl Freed Bd 

DBS MOINES, lA. 
Orpheam 

lot half (t-10> 

Tobey Wilson Unit 

2d half (11-13) 
Musical Geralds 
Jlnka^A Ann. 
Ranntod 
Adamo A BaaA 
Dancemania 

DVBUQVB, lA. 



1st half (7-10) 
Lucy Bruch 
Debell A Vine 
Authora A C'para 

2d half (11-11) 
Sankua A Sllvera 
Pinto Bennett A F 
Billy Champ Co 



Wo Are Making Aadloaooo Scream ETtry 
aiMw With Onr BOMoa and Jnllot 

HARRT MART 

CARDIFF and WALES 

XVONt 



Deering A Noel 
Baek to HlckaviUe 
(Three to fill) 

Xajoolle (Y) 

Oroh A Adonia 

gaven M'Qu'rie Co 
. joyoland A D'Wry 
Barr Mayo * R 
P«a Qttlxatio Rev 
(Othera to mi) 

^ AURORA. ILL. 

Fox 

td half (11-13) 
Bradnas 

Brooks A Powers 
llaooa-Dlsoa D'crs 

BLUINOTOK, JUL. 
Majestle 

Xat half (7-lt) 
Darling t 
iParling A Rooo 
Carl Freed Bd 

Jd half (11-13) 
Murray A Irwla 
Gordon A Orott 
Chanlcy Foa Co 

CD. R Arii Mi, la. 



Majoatle 

lat half (7.10) 
Newmans 
5»ka A Ann 
Tower A Dorrell 
J. A D RUi 
Billy Champ oa * 
•Id half (11. n> 
Tobey Wllaoa Unit 



mrmrriJaii tm. 

Grand 

lat half (7-10) 
Roaemoht Tl^ba 

White A TIemey 
Alex'der A S'tos Co 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (11-13) 
Booth A Nina 
Bdwarda A Lilyan 
Rich A ChorTa 

The VoyagoiW 
(One to nil) 

OALK8BI71IO, ILL 



1st half (7-10) 
The Parlalennea 

(Two to nil) 

2d half (11-18) 
Sandy Lang Co 
Cahlll A Wella 
Panl Tocan Co 

OD ISLAND. NED. 

Mojeotle 

2d hn'f (11-lS) 
Harry Keaaler Co 
(One to nil) 

IL\STINGS. NEB. 

Kerr (12-1S) 
Borde A Robinson 
(One to fill) 

JOIJET. ILL. 
Rlolio 

1st half (7-10) 

<?tarfl Oth^T Days 
Lucille B'ntine Cu 



2d half (11-11) 
Saul Brilliant Co 
Deao A R'hello Co 

#OPLIN. MO. 
Bloctrio 

lat half (7-10) 

Ketch A Wllma 
Stanley Hughes Co 
Min.-ftl A Cook 

2a half (11-13) 
Warden A LaCoate 
(Two to nil) 

KAN. CITY. KAN8. 
Electrie 

lat half (T-10) 
Trovato 
(One to All) 

2d half (ll^t) 
Fox 2 Co 
Xohnny Himan 

■AX. OITT, MO. 

Malnstreet <7) 

Mahon A 3cott Co 
(Othera to fill) 

UMGOLN, BBB. 

Liberty 

lat half (7-10) 
Bernard A Morrltt 

Geno Collins Rev 
M'rlce A Rothman 
Royal Ilunga'n Or 
Johnuy Herman 

2d half (11-11) 
Debell A Vina 
Sid Styno 
(Three to .fill) 

M.\DISON. WIS. 
Orpheum 

1st half (7-10) 
Cody & Bro 
Swift A Gibson R 
Guy Rarlck Co 
Howard Har'a A L 
Lomas Tr 
(One to nil) 

2d half (11-13) 
Kirby & Duval 
Har'gton Iley'ds Co 
Har'ngton A Green 
Harlequtnn Rev 
(Two to <tll) 

MILWAVKBB 

Majeetic (7) 

Valentine A Bell 
Vernon . • 
Variety Pioneera 
Ferris Sis A Waite 
The Rookie 
Sampael A Lenbart 
<Qil^ to fill) 

mNNBAPOUS 

7th St. (7) 

B &^ Browne 
Kajlyama 
Qulnn Binder A R 
(Othera to fill). 

raoBiA. nx. 

Falaco 

1st half (7-10) 
Saul Brilliant Co 



2d half (1113) 
Johnny Murphy 

Guy Rarick Co 
Val Harris Co 
Lomar Tr 
(One to nil) 

ST. JOE. MO. 

Electrlo 

1st half (f.lO) 
Harry Keaalor Co 

Bid Btyne 
(One to nil) 

2d half (11-13) 
Bernard A Morrltt 
Gene ColUns Rev 
1 Flying Harporr 

•T. LOUIS 

Grand O. H. (7) 

Hector A Pala 
Hoffman A Lamb't 
Baail A Saxe 
Frank W'msley Co 

In China 
(Three to nil) 

ST. PAUL 



1st half (7-VO) 
Snow & SiRworth 
Teeman & Uzzie 
Adama A Rash 
Harlequinn Rev 
(One to Oil) 

2d half (11-13) 
Vaude Doctor 
Hughes A Montlo 
Wedding Ring 
Herbert FayO Co 
Banjoland 

SIOUX CITT. lA. 
Orphenm 

1st half (7-10) 
Vaude Doctor 
Herbert Faye Co 
Banjoland 

2d half (11-13) 
Toeman A Lissle 
M'rlce A Rothman 
Royal Hunga'n Or 
(Two to nil) 

SO. BEND, IND. 

Palace 

1st half a'-IO) 
Johnny Murphy 
NcU Roy Co 
Purdy & Fair 
Braille & Pallo R 
(One to nil) 

2d half (11-11) 
Q A A Schttler 
3 Senators 
Hartley & Pat'rson 
Howard Har's A L 
(One to Sill 

SP'GFIELD. ILL. 

Majeatle 

1st half (7-10) 

Booth & Nina 
Jean Boydell 
Val Harris Co 
The Voyagers 
(Two to nil) 
2d half (11-13) 
, Freepnan A Seym'r 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. A. 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

1560 Broadway. New York 
Bet. 4eth ond 47th Sts. 
TMa Woaki Mdaon Cole. The Skatelles 



Hunter A Percival 
Mlml A Pomme Co 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (11-13) 
Unusual 3 
Jean Boydell 
Primrose Minstrels 
Jerome A Gray 
Fraiifc Baxter Co 

FiUbvOAH, KT. 

Orphenm 

lat half (7-10) 
Tahlkawa Broa 
Harvey Tlllla A W 

QUINCT. ILL. 
Washington 

1st half (T-lf) 

Sandy Lang Co 
Cahlll A Wella 
Paul Yocan Co 

2d half (lL-13) 
Tho Farlalannaa 
(Two to nil) 

BpCKFORD, ILL. 

Palace 

lat half (T-10) 
Kirby A Duval 
Har'gton Rey'ds Co 

Har'gton A Green 
Mason-Dixon D'crs 
ftm to All) 



Jos B Stanley Co 
Rosemont Troubs 
(Three to nil) 

SP'GFIELD, Ma 
Electrlo 
1st half (7-10) 
Fred Hughea Co 
(One to nil) 

2d half (11-13) 
Judy A Lorens 3 
Ketch A Wllma 

TOPEKA, HANS. 

Novelty 

2d half (11-13) 
Trovato 

Minettl A Cook 
Blpploa of Iflf 

WICHITA, KAN. 

Orphenm 
1st half (7-10) 
Grant Gardner 
Gertrude Moody 
Ijine A Harper 
Ripples of 1920 
Bento Bros 

2d half (11-13) 
Knox A Stetson 
Haley A Joyce Bla 
A A F Steadman 
Stanley Hughea Co 
(Oaa to All) 



Orpheum 



DIvoraey (1) 

Ballantlne Co 
Gerber's (laietlcs 
Plckarda Orch 
swift A Glbaon Rev 
East A Dumka 
The Florenla 
Joe Dnrcy 
Roger Will lama 
Bud Snyder 

i Palaea (1) 

Alh n & Tork 
Thos J Ryan Co 
George Dormonde 
Elaa Bral Co 
Charlotte 
Ross Wyse A W 
(One to nil) 

Blvlera (1) 

R Vlntour Co 

Val Harris 
The "Waper 
W & -T Mandell 
Owen McC.ivney 

State-Lake (1) 

Aileen .Stanley 
Jolinny Murphy 
Small A Mays 



Jft<^K Wftrwuriu 
Oroh A Adonia 
Uracelia A Theo 
(TWO to fill) 

Tower 

Id half (4-7) 
The Voyagera 

Brtllantino- Co 
Kajayania 



H'rlngton A Green 
Boat A Damko 

DENVER, COLO. 

Orphenm (1) 

Harry Burns 
Pleasuresrekfrs 
Marlon Wilklns Co 
Harry Fox Co 
(Three to nil) 

HENNTIN. MINN. 

Orph'on* (1) 
Morris A Campbell 
Sybil Vaner 
Diehl 81s A McD 
Julian Klfingc 
Wilfred ("lark Co 
C<iynr * Frrncli 
Willie Hale Bros 

KANS'S CITY, MO. 

Orphomn (1) 

H Tlmberg Co 
Roger Williams 
Harry Bolmoa 
Rosita 

Qallarlnl Sis 

The Rebrllion 
(One to nil) 

LOS ANGFXE8 
— mil Bt wa O (t) 

Fisher A OHmore 
Hal Nictnan 
Hayes >1arsh A H 
Ix>ttle Ath'-rtoi) 
Bert Lytell Co 
Riifh Budd 

Orpheum (1) 

Thomas J Ryan 



Pompadour Bal 
P it< rnon Midgets 
MnrKit HoKeduti 
Keaiio A Whitiivy 

MILWAUKEE 
Orphenm (1) 

The Paris! onnes 

Bd Conrad Co 

Bessue .Hayakawt 

The Wag»r 

(Two to fill) 

OAKLAND. CAL. 
Orpheam (1) 

Lshr A Mercedea 

The Seebaoks 

Jcannip 

CamiUe a Birds 
Bill Robinson 
Seymour &. How'rd 

PORTLAND. ME. 

Orphenm (1) 
Ferry Co 
Krafts A LaMont 
London Paris A NT 
B A J Pearaon 
Lloyd A Brlce 
Bmeot Hiatt 

ST. LOUIS. MO. 

Orphenm (1) 

DjvIs a Pelle 
Baby Oranda 
Gordon's l>ogs 
Jack Norworth 
Sylvia Clark Co 
Hamilton 81a A F 
Gollerlnl Sla 
Johnny Murphy 
Kitaro Japs 
Rooney A Bent Rev 

St. Lonia a) 

Shaw A T^e 
Kitaro Japs 
Rooney & Bent'Rov 
Baby Grand 
Davla A Palla 
Hamilton Sia A F 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Golden Onto (1) , 
CanlUe'a Birda 



Great Leon 
Frank .Silver Bd 
Nan Halperln 
Cuby A Smith 
Briants 

Harry Thurston 
T A A WaUlnian 

Orpheam (1) 

Count Btrnivici Co 

Weaver Bros 

Dora Mauf;hn 
Roy CumminfTs 
Crontn Hart 
Dooley & Sales 
Rhyme & llt•a^■on 
Walter Fehl Co 

SEATTLE 
Orpheum (1) 

Joe Mondl 
4 Foys 

Chaa Foye Co 
Dave Appalen 
Meehan's Dogs 

Sun Fong Lin 
Les (ihcy.zis 
Aunt Jeminta 
Sally Ward Co 

VANCOUVR, B. C. 

Orpheum (I) 
Tyler Mason 
Ingenues 
Sun Foi^g Lin 
Bert T^Vey 
M'jehan's Dogs 
Snoba 

Rose & Thome 
Hewitt & Hall 

WINNIPEG, CAN 

Orphenm (1) 

Bd Jania Re^ 
Jonea A Rea 
Rae .Samuela 

Joe Mendi 
Coscia & Verdi 
Wilton Sis 
Paul Kirklaod 
Keane A Whitney 



KotitWesteni ] 



CLEVELAND 

Bead's Ulpp 

lat half (T-10) 
Monty A Parti 
Romance 
Marie Stoddard 
Kelao Broa Co 
(Three to' fill) 

2d half (11-18) 

Cromwell Knox 
Frank Hughea Co 

Harry Breen 
0 Leianda 
(Three to All) 



Grand Riviera (7) 

Worden Broa 
Wincheater A Roas 
Bongo of Rivera 
Davla A McCoy 
Royal Peacocka 

LaSalle Garden 

1st half (7-10) 
Belm't Canary Op 
Tabor A Green 
(One to fill) 

2d half <ll-it) 

Mortenson 
(Two to nil) 

FT. WATNE; IND. 



lat half (7-10) 
Cromwell Xnos 
Prlmroae Somon 

Rooney A Bent R 

2d half (11-13) 
Purdy A Fain 
Braille A Pallo 
(TWO to All) 

HAMMOND, DID. 

Carroll A Gorman 
Fashion Hints 

BUNrGTON, IND. 

Bnntlngton 

2d half (11-13) 
Alphonae Co 
(Ono to mi) 

INDIANAPOLIS 



1st half (T-l«) 
Synco Show 



2d half (11-13) 
Kelso Bros Unit 
(One to nil) 

LKSINGTON. KT. 
Ben All 

1st half (7-10) 
Chuck Haas 
(OtherH to nil) 

2d half (11-13) 
Van de Velde Tr 
(Othera to fill) 

UMA. O. 

Fanrot O. H. 

Ut half (7-10) 
Myera A Nolan 

Princeton A Tale 
Cath'ne Sinclair Co 
(One to nil) 

2d half (U-IS) 
Musical Hunters 
Hart Wagner A L 
Romance 
(Ono to fill) 

MFNCIE. INT>. 
Wyaor Grand 

Ist half (7-10) 

Markei A Gay 
Hartley A I'at'non 
Hart Wagner & L 
Angel Bros 

2d half (11-13) 
Princeton A Talo 
(Three to fill) 

TBB. WTE; IND. 

Indiana 

lat half (7-10) 
Oaaman A Grey 

Rich & Cherie 
Helen Ifiggins Co 
Nick Hufford 
Al Tucker Bd 

2d half (11-lt) 
Synco Show 

WINDSOR. CAN. 

Capltd 

lat half (7*10) 
Musical Huntara 

Harry Breen 

Frank HuRhes Co 
Bertram A. Saxon 
Cook Morton A H 
2d half (11-13) 
Cath'ne Sinclair Co 
Myers A Nolan 
Em'son A Baldwin 
Mario Ftod<lard 
Lafay'te D'ph'o Co 



KodrAlbee 



NEW TOW cm 

Broadway (1) 

Fuller A Striker 
4 Of Ua 

Am't'r NIta Land'n 
Lillian Morton 

Shaw A Carroll R 
Fenton A Fields 
I^s Gellis 
Bussey A Case 

CoUaeam 

• td half (4-7) 
Lorraine Sis 
(Others to nil) 

Slat St. (1) 

Zelta Sis 

Ruaaell A Marconi 
Johnny'a New Car 
Craig Campbell 
Johnny Barry Co 

6th Ave. 

td half (4-1) 
Franko A Towneo 
Jarvia A Harrlaon 

Wright Dancers 
(Two to nil) 

Mtb St. 

— t d half ( 4- f) — 
t DeOeaceht Broo 
Bill A Oenelvo 
Weber A ClaStOA 

4 Rocket a 
(Two to All) 

Ferdhaan 

2d half (4-T) 
Cardoaa 



WAG Ahearn 
The Test 
(Three to flU) 

Fraaklta 

2d half (4-7) 

Wyeth A Wyna 
A Roblna 
6 Mongadora 
Hackett A Delmar 
Nlaa Cardonl 

gl pp od r ama <1) 

LaVarre Bros A P 
Ralshy & Ciunther 
Handers A Mill* n 
Around the World 
Willie Solar 
Agee'a Horaaa 
(§) 

Reed A Duthers 
Modlnas Rev 

5 Pet'''>n 

Clemmons Hawal's 
Tom Smith 
(Others to flU) 

Jefferson 

2d half (4-7) 

B' trend A Raleton 
Bryaon A Jonea 



Questions of Var'ty 
(Three to flU) 

Patoco (1) 

3 Swifts 
Carr A Parr 
Hobt Chlshoira 
Arthur Prince 
Dufor Boyo 
Daphne Pollard 
Ella Shlelda 
Cecilia Loftua 
lA>ftus A Cahlll 
iiaston A Andres 
(S) 

Brown A Wh'Uker 
Arthor Prlnco 
A Robblna 
(Others to All) 



2d half (4-7) 
Vic Laurta 
Tom Smith 
Petite A Leanne 
(Three to All) 



<1) 

Ryan A T^ee 
O tler & I'ony Boys 
Haynes l/man A K 
Edgar Bergen 
Robey A Gould 
H Leonard Bd 
Roder A Maley 
Roberts A Velio 
(«) 

DuFor Boys 
Eddie Nelson 
Robt Chlsholm 
Jean Acker 
Ella Shields 
(Three to All) 

Royal 

td half (4-7) 
Janet Childs 
Murray A Maddox 
Clemon'a Hawal'na 
(Three to All) 

CONEY ISLAND 
Tllyoa 

td half (4-7) 

■VVner & Mary Ann 
Al A IS Frabell 
(Three to All) 

FAR ROCKAWAV 

Columbia 

2d half (4-7) 
Margie (Mifton Co 
Moore A Powell 
Davis A Daraell 
Marie Vene 
Steppe A Knowlea 
Webb's Ent 

BROOKLYN 

Albce (I) 

Siamese A Trado 2 

Stepping Out 

Ann Suter 

Ledova 

3 t: Fllppen 

Brown & Whlt'kar 

Kodak Sis 

Donals sis 

(8) 

Lonlaa Wright 



Exp Jubilee 4 
II J CoBley Co 
Tarellla Ctork 
Morrlaaey A Mur'y 

ALTOONA. PA. 

MUrhler 

td half (4-7) 
Bob Fulgora 
Bompa Tr 
At 4 P M 
(Thraa to All) 

AMST'DAM. N. T. 
Blalto 

2d half (4-7) 

Rekoma A Loretta 
(.Others to nil) 

ASHKVII.LK. N. C. 

rias* 

2d half (4 4) 
L« H A Dupreece 
i;uth Carmen 
Bartow A Mack 
Kay Huling Seal 
3 Weber Oirla 

AUBURN, N. y. 
JleffrrooB 

2d half (4-7) 
Helen A Her Folks 
Jerome A Newail 
Lola Arllno A Seals 
3 Vagranta 
JAB Pago 

BALTOiapBi MD. 

BlPFodffoma <l) 

De Vlllo A Lane 
Melville A Stetson 

Wallace A May 
KHz Brlce Bd 
Branch A Bellad'a 



<1) 

Powell A Whl'e'h't 
Jean luiCross 

Harrison A Dakln 
Sully & Thomas 
Helen MacKellar 
Jack Smith 
Ktanisloff A Oracle 
The Zieglers 
BAT Hickey 
(8) 

5 Matadors 
Ethel Davis 
Burns A Allen 
Bd Leonard Co 
Paul Sydell 
Sen Murphy 
Follies Girla 

BTEB F*L8, PA. 
Begent 

2d half (4-7) 

HanHon & B Sfs 
t'layloii K- Clayton 
Burns & West 
(Two to mi) 

D'GH'MTON, N. Y 

BInghamtoB 

2d half (4 7) 
Frank Richardaon 
Olaea A Maok 



J. J. SIIUDERT Presenta 

BILLY GLASON 

in ''GAY PAREE'' 

■M BOUTB 



V uo r qan 

Gretfa Ardln»» 
Wilfred DuBols 
(TWO to All) ^ 

IfStli SL 

2d half (4-7) 

Joe Howard 
I Colleglana 



4 Karrya 

W O Ahem . 
Dr Rockwell 
Dunnlnger 
(Three to AH) 

Bnshwlrk 

td half (4-7) 
Pierrot A Sehofleld 

Winifred A Mills 
Ginger Snaps 
Cole A Snyder 
Eddie Davis Girls 

FbU bnah (1) 

t Stenarda 

Du Gallon 
Kitty Doner 
Nance O'Nell 
Reed A LaVere 
Petite Rev 

Oroenpoini 

td half (4-T) 
Freda A Palace 

Adel'de Herman Co 
Fraley A Putnam 
(Throo to All) 

Orphenm 

2d half (4-7) 
LaPetlto Jeany Co 

Harnett 2 
Dan C?oleman 
Csrri'y A Jean 
Walter James Rev 

Prospect 

2d half (4-7) 
Murray A Charlotte 
Teck Murdook 
Alf Loyalo' Dttfi 
Dotson 

(Three to All) 
RIverhft 

td halt (4-7) 
The Vaggea 
Irving chaney 
Stop Thief 
Jimmy Luraa Co 
(One to nil) 

AKRON, O. 
Palaeo 

2d half (4-7) 
Slo Tahar Tr 
Hyde A Burrell 
McCoal A Doom 
Thero 7 Olria 
H»n Murphy 
The Meyakos 

lot half (t-lt) 

(Same bill plays 
Youngstown 11-13) 
Mr A Mrs Stamin 
Will Mahon«y 
Vlanuel 
Sylvia Loyal 
(One to All) 

ALDANT, K. T. 
Proctor'a 
td half (4-7) 



fl 9» ffe A li i i a 

Iu>vor A- Sultan 
Martin A Martin 
(Three to All) 

ALI.FNTOWN. PA. 

ColonUI 

2d half (4-7) 
Martida 



Old Homoatead 

(Two to All) 

B*ll1COHAM, ALA. 
MiUeatle 

2d half (4-T) 

Jack" Ryan 

De Wolf K'dler Co 

The Gabberts 

Jos B Stanley Co 

Wilson Bros 

BOSTON 

Keith (1) 

Fay BlllOtt A K 
Frakaoa 
Femandoa Oroh 
Mr A Mra Barry 

Toto 

Elliott A lATour 
Beverly Bayne Co 
Ann <'odee 
Tho Harringtona 
(•) 

TIrmI 

Carr A Pair 
Kramer A Boyle 
Jimmy Lyons 
Harry Holinan 
Margie ("llffton Co 

New Boaton (1) 

Niblo A Spencer 
Kd White Co 
Herh'-rt Neeiey 
I/Urr.arr 

Thompson A Kemp 

Gordon'a Olympla 
(Seollay Sq.) 
(I) 

Borne Comforta 
Dwyer A Orma 
Thrlllera 
Dalton A Craig 

Ktai Look Hoy 
Virginia Rucker Co 

Northlano A Ward 

Oordoa'o Oljmipla 
(Waah. St.) 

(1) 

Morgan A 8bel<1on 
Carnival of ' Venice 
Perry A Wsgner 
l.rawr'oe A M'AI'str 
LeFleur A Portia 

BBIDOBPOBT 



2d half (4-7) 
Clark A O.Neil 
Trinl 

Russell A Wynn 
Olga A Morselli 
Will A Iva Holmes 
Bob Martin 

FaH'f 

td half (4-7) 
Rodeo Rev 
Keno Keyea 
Stanley A Blva 
( T w o t o A ll) 

BUFFALO, N. T. 
HippodroMO (1) 

H Naurett Co 

Derlckaon A Brown 

fliffortl A> Marlon 
Arnaut Bros 
Kdith Clifford 



L'kford's TIson Bd 
Jana A Whalen 
BrtarCa Nov 
(I) 

The Fraakaona 

ChapeMe A CMeton 
Theo Roberta 
M'Lallo.i A Sarah 
(Others to flll) 

Sheo'a (1) 

King A Beatty 
Misses A Kisses 
(Others to nil) 

CAMDBN. N. J. 



2d half (4-7) 
Norman Ac Norman 
Matinee Idols 
Dolmar Rev 
Vaughn Comfort 
l>el Ellwood 

CH'L TON, W. VA. 

Keiarse 

td half (4-T) 
Alberta Lee 
Sampson A D'uglas 

Btllie Baker 
Claire Vincent 
(Ono to All) 



Milt Collins 

A & V Gypsies 

Lew Koa.-< 
Kovhlor A Edith 

KIJ/ABKTU, N.J. 

Kits 

td half (4-T) 

Cole A Min.s Rev 
E H SUatlelle 
Al's Hero 
4 Kadex 

Watta A Hawlar . 

BLMIB.%. K. T. 

Mnjestlc 

2d half (4-7) 

Cold Medal 4 
Nathano Bros 
Mary Cook Coward 
Sherman V Hymaa 
10 BnKllsh Rockota . 

ERIE. PA. ^ J, 

Erie '' '' ■* ■' 

2d half (4-T) 
Paul Rahn Co, 
Bobby Adama * ' ^ ' t\ 
Mayo * Lynn 
West A McOinty 
(Two to All) 



BERNINE SHONE 

INCORPORATED 

BOOKING FOR KEITH-ALBEE 
AND ORPHEUM CIRCUITS 

1660 BROADWAY. NEW YORK 
Suite tot Bryant till 



CINCINNATI. O. 

Keith (1) 

Sylvia Loyal Co 
Stewart A Ollvo 

BlMy Shone Co 
Sargent A Lewie 
Nicola 
4 Camerons 
Johnny Regay Co 
C«) 

Willie Weat McO 
Coogan A Caaey 
Mack A Rosslter 

Dancers Clownland 
Allen A York 
Bottdlal A Bernard 

Palace (1) 

GuiUy A Jeanny 
Manuel 

Nixon A {fans 
BilliH Regay Co 
(^ullinH A Peterson 
Hong Kong Tr 
Sid Lewis Co 
(I) 

Janet of Fraaeo 

Oscar Martin 
Gen Pisano 
Carl M'ColIough 
Casper A Morrisey 
6 Beaucaires 
Kokin A OalcttI 

CL'KSB'O, W. VA. 

Kearae 

2d half (4-7) 
, Warren A O'Brien 
Drlaeoll A Porry 
Ward A Mo watt 
Oxford 4 

CLBVBLAND, O. 

Itilh SL a) 

Oen Plaano Co 
Meehan A Newman 
Sagcr MIdfley Co 
Mel Klee 
• Beau cat rea 

Rule A O'Brlaa 
Billle Regay 
J RMS Rev 
Hill A Marglo 
Sid Lewie 

Firtaaa (t> 

Les (;aienoa 
Stroud 2 
(N>oKan A Cagoy 
Will Mahoaey 
Hectofv A Hollbr'k 
(S) 

T>ie Digatanos 
liurnt A Vogt 
Irene Rirorado 
Jean BedinI 
Hello Good by Rev 
A|ror A WlhMn 

DAYTON, O. 

Keith 

24 half (4-7) 
^rt Hughea Co 



FAIBM**^ W. VI^ 'm 

■ Fairmont . 

td half (4-7) 
Raif A Harrlaon 

Jackl" A BiiUo 

Dolly K ramer 
MSclioii Uros 
Rose K ress 4 

(iLKN.S K'LS, N. T. 



2.1 iialf (4-7) 
KnofT liros 
Moran A BarrOA 
Ruth Sla 
(Two to AH> 

OD B'PIDS, MICB. 

B«mon» Park 

2d half (4*7) 
Denno Slo A * , . ^ 
Packard A Dodg# .. ' > - 
B A S Mathewa 
Hoy Byron Co 't^^ 
Boyle A Delia 
Aces & Queens 

1st half (1-14) 
(Same MU plays 

Toledo It-lt) 
Dollle A Rllllo 
Flirtations 
4 Bfil Hops 
Neil Mack 
3 Worcesters 

GBBENSB'BO. PA. 



2d half (l-f) 
John Orma 
M'La'hIin A 
BondlBl A BeraatA 
4 Cllftoa Glria 
(Oao to SID 

HAR'SRl RG, ^ 

State 

2d half (4-T) 
Ed A MortOA 

Pall Mall 
Jr Orph No • 
(Two to nil) 

HARTFORD, CP. 

td half (4-7) 
A A ('. Falls 
Reed A Lucy ' 
Lain MoOHMMll 

Palace 

td haM (4-T) • 
Jaok Stroooo 
Martella 

Roy A Maye Rev 

Al Bernlvlcl 
li A B Qorman 

HOLYOKE, MASa» 



2«f half (4-7) 
Stanley A Atree 
Tell Talea A 0*119 
Milt Dill 
Miles Oliver 



CHAS. J. FITZPATRICK 

HERMAN GREEN, Astociate 

Loewy Fox, Amalgamalod 

Circuits 
leO Want 4etH Straat 
HEW YORK CITY 
Bryam imi 



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Maud Allen Co 
Frank Farron 
Orvllla Stamm Co 
Permane A ShoUy 
4 R« ratios 
(I^uisvllle split) 
iHt half (8-10) 
Joe DeLier 

Raymond Pike 
Cun'gham A Ben't 

Nicola 

Kody A Wllaon 

DKTKOIT, MICH. 
Toaaplo (1) 

Downey A Clar'ge 
Lytrll A Tant 
Dolly A Billy . 
A t' Astor 
PMdie Leonard 
Murray A Ch lotte 
Herbert's Dova 
(8) 

Ares A Queens 
HaiK A Howlanda 
Htrud 2 

Herhtrt Warren 
Anna Fitzin 
Mayo A l^gnn 



The Kennnys 
KASTON. PA. 
Abie's O. H. 

td half <4-T) 

\\ avhijrn's Show 
i Mb r * Margie 

(Continued 



Bntta caVagh A T 

HTGTOS, W. WiU V 

Orplienm 

2d half (4-T) 

Billy arrell 
Can McCullough 
Physical Culture 

Coh.nial S«xlet 
Green A LuFelle 

INDIANAPOLIS 

Keith (1) 

Dancer Clownlaa4it<W 
Kokin A Galettl 
V A E Stanton 

Ayer A WI'mmii 
Royal P( icork Bd 
A A P Hteadnaa 
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(8) 

Bobby A<lams 
Douney A Ci'dfOT 
Dare A Wahl 
A C Astor 
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Billy Hhone 

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VARIETY 



SPORTS 



Wfdnetday, November 3. 1926 



FOOTBALL 



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With th« annual upMt •pldemic 
la full sway football vlctorlM are 

becoming phantoms that seeminKly 
Ught here, but flnall/ perch there. 
Fri«dinan« spuming field goal« to 
heave iNMilNi for touchdownn, whlrh 
the Navy smothertnl. brought Mich- 
igan'* '26 winning atrealc to an end, 
Columbia roM from tha depths to 
strangle Cornell and Missouri 
spoiled West Virginia's gridiron 
year. These events dominated last 
SMMfday** pirprtsss. 

ViM Aiilbr and Illinois triumphs 
were not unexpected, although that 
tha Cadets would go over 20 poinu 
In the Bowl was not vtmk a dream. 
Zuppke's outAt found Penn's hid- 
den ball and kept it pretty well In 
mldflsld, but the Pointers rolled up 
fl points without throwing a pass 
and scored another touchdown that 
a penalty frustrated and which 
might have taken the total to 40. 
Tho Navy chained Toot's horde 
overhead and on tlie ground, when it 
had to, and carried enough punch 
to score decisively over the much- 
Iwraldod wootenion. And that 
cleaned that up. Saturday's games 
undoubtedly .pushed the Service 
olevens to the fore so that tickets 
for their Chicago meeting the end 
of the month should bring fabulous 
prloss. Not forgetting that West 
Fblnt htm yet to get by Notro Damo 
in order to meet the Midshipmen 
with a clean i^Iate. The Annapolis 



and has more versatile ball carry- 
ing Individuals to call upon. The 
Tiger figures to come through be 
cause of its backfield material, with 
the game to be a terrlflo battle that 
will possibly sap the Tiger enough 
to give Yale an edge the following 
week. Harvard also may be in bad 
shape for Talo, Inasmu^ as follow- 
ing Princeton it must take on 
Brown. However, it's likely that 
Cambridge will allow Brown to 
romp rather than Impair Its <dianoss 
In the Bowl the following week. 

Chick Meohan and his rejuve- 
nated New York University outfit 
Cace a major scrap with Carnegie 
Tech coming to town. N. Y. U. was 
practically forced to the limit by 
a scrappy Fordham team and must 
bo at least H per oenL hotter If 
the Pennsylvanians are to be taken 
in turn. Tech plays hard football 
and *lf injuries do not interfere 
It looks as If tho Wht Torkefs 
are due to drop their flnt game, 
maybe because they're Just In be- 
tween low and top form at this 
time. Pennsylvania figures eom* 
fortably over Penn State, as does 
Lafayette in playing Rutgers. No- 
tre Dame, too, will probably be able 
to loaf a bit against Ihdialui. 

Sorappy MatfnoOi 
West Virginia and Ptttabnrgb. 

however, will make a line scrap of 

it and dpspitf* MiHsouri's 27 points 




FOOTBALL WINNERS 
AND PROPER ODDS 



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QAME8 
Harvard - Princeton 
N. V. U.*Carnogie Tech 

Pittsburgh W. Vs. 
9yf aouse - Georgetown 
Notro Dsme-ltidiana 



Georgia Tech- VsnderbiH 
Miohigsn-WfSConsin,v : y 
Lafayette- Rutgers y ' 



WINNERS 

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Princeton 
Carnegie Tech 
l^oMMyfvania 
West Virginia 

Syracuss 
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jMichigan : 

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ODDS 

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Even 
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(Copyright, 192tt, by Variety, Inc.) 



oiitflt can more or less ease up now 
until tho Army gams, Oobrgotown 
being the only tightening «p morssl 
on the sailors' program. 

And there'll be plenty of football 
around again this week. In tho Saat 
V Iho Princeton-Harvard fireworks 
will dominate the field despite 
both teams having taken it on the 
•obAOl has potontlally 
gpads, the Crimson 
Struggling to adapt itself to a new 
coaching system and the Tiger 
g^oklag to #voroomo first string In- 
fW^t**- ir'»rvard showed power In 
downing JJartmouth, yet Army's 
high score against Tale offsets the 
Ml «ehlevement of beating the 
Green while that team balances this 
viewpoilnt by its splendid fight 
against Brown. So eomparatiye 
scores, October form and **the 
dope** In general means nothing. 

Cambridge Game Favors Vale 

The early fall rumors of Harvard 

dropping Princeton have been 
proVii sn r o — > u s, bat It's doubtful 
if the Jersey boys will ever get 
away from the implied slight. 
Thnt's ys^rs old now, anyway. Both 
%MUM wil muster all tho foroo at 
their command for this contest, and 
if Uorween's lads do not perfect a 
forward pass defenso before Sat- 
urday they'll be In for a rough att*^ 
OrBOon. On paper Harvard appears 
to' have built up a stronger Une, 
but with tho return of disabled 
varsity men Princeton should cut 
this adyantage down to a minimum 



against tile former team ia.>t week, 
the Vlfginians rata a vote of con- 
fidence against the Smoke Town 
boys. Another team that'll be kept 
busy is Syracuse In taehsg Gtoorge- 
town* although the upstaters should 
come through. Northwestern is 
counting on rigid resistance from 
Purdue, and will undoubtodiy got 
it, but has enough stuff to strut 
and take the long end of the score. 
Likewise, Georgia Tech and Van- 
derbllt. Tho Qoidoh Tornado has 
blown hot and blown cold this sea- 
son. If Tech feels sufficiently lusty 
this Saturday another win to hi the 
ofling. And tho ingredients are 
there to create something of a 
breese, hence Vanderbilt is picked 
to lose. 

Michigan must hide its Baltimore 
blushes in crossing swords with 
Wisconsin. The Ann Arbor team 
is ovktontur sufforing from setf- 
confldence that comes with well 
seasoned material which has read 
abouk itself a good deal. Unless 
that moralo is broken, ov altmmed. 
Wisdonsin may overcome the odds 
and turn in another surprise. But 
that's tho second guess and of no 
doflnite value. Friedman, Molonda 
and Gilbert failed to gain ground 
against the Navy, but one aspect 
of that game Is that Michigan must 
haye been expertly and minutely 
scouted. There'8 too much sound 
football material under Yost'i or- 
li rito any otbof team In the 
country en a favorlto over these 
boys at this tim^. 



I' jkffkey-Delaoey May Be 
r 1st Bout at New Chb 



A 

k ■ 

• a' . 



Jaok' MuiHt*r and Jack Mitnoy 

mar tm tho first fighters to open 
the new Jack Funuzy boxing club 
S4th Jit j 'eet and Paik avenue. 
Bitti aro cRmtondofg Ibt tho hMfy- 
.Knight ' ofaamplbnsllipw Tho eon- 
verted Armory is ozpootod to seat 

^ AllhdBgh the fight articloB hare 
mit'.bgon of^ned, it Is accepted 
fltntri the ring ln<>iders that Fugasy 
bag / this match under control for 

IMS Mw elitb. 



Eddie Meyers on the Ice 

Everybody in the picture business 
la rooting for Eddie Meyers to cop 
all championship honors In skating 
this winter. 

Bddio, who has takon a liking to 
tho film business sad did somo ush- 



ACE DEFEATS 

M^W AGAIN 

BY JACK PULASKI 
"Ace* Hudkins, that blonde 
thatched scrapper who leaped into 



Grange appeared there in perKon, 
has started his indoor skating plan 
to outstrip Joe Moore and other 
Champ skaters by wtenlnsHm one 
mile Class A handicap raoo at Ice- 
land. Now York, the opening week. 

Meyors seems faster than ever 
and Is going In for hard tralslag. 



metropolitan fasM tost summer by 

knocking the fkvorlte. Ruby Gold- 
stein, cold, came through to win 
from Phil McQraw at the Garden 
Friday night. 

It was a return match. At their 
first meeting when Ace was awarded 
the decision it was generally ques- 
tioned, ringsiders in considerable 
number figuring Phil had won. That 
was at Coney Island also, where 
Ruby dhrod. 

Th Garden was packed (and for 
the second successiva week) and 
there were plenty present who 
thought MoOraw shoidd hayo boon 
given a draw. 

However it was plainly Hudklns' 
match. Ho sent Phil to the floor 
for a niao oaiint la the fourth round 
with a left hook, and McGraw was 
groggod up. Yet Ace could not again 
seriously smack him. McGraw took 
thb -first throe rounds and tho crowd 
was yelling its head off. After the 
knockdown the battle was not so 
oaeiting, but thoro was aotloa up 
to the bCU la tbr itib aad final 

round. 

Hudklns' right eye was cut iu the 
third session. Ro took plenty ok 
socks on hs chin too throughout 
the melee. Had McGraw a lustlci' 
wallop the coast mauler would have 
hit the cantai, b«t tboli If Vfktt was 
a hard socker it's a cinch Ace 
would not haTO gone against. him 
again. ' ' " - 

MoQraw'a l^tghting Heart 
McGraw has a fighting heart, else 
he would not have accepted the re- 
turn date so quickly, nor Would he 
have permitted Hudklns to dome la 
at Phil only weighed 1S2 

pounds and it looked as though 
Paddy UuUlns took tod milCb of a 
chance haying his boy handicapped 
to such an e^ctent. Hudkins' style 
of boring la and leaning on op- 
poBoam, taade the weight fttetor all' 
the more Important, tt waa per- 
haps a case of the coin so far S's 
Mullins and MoGraw were con- 
cemsd. 

There were two 10 -rounders, the 
semi-final bout of that length com- 
ing to a sudden halt in the 
second round, wbia WOT T^itrolle 
fiattened H. Martines, Spanish 
lightweight, who is credited 
with outpointing Johnny Dundee 
in Cuba last year, ^ba foreigner Is 
a shifty boxer and possessed of no 
mean punch. But it did not measure 
up to Petrolle's. Tho ending was 
sudden and many in. the arena did 
not see the knockout wallop. It was 
a left. Clipping uppercut dead on 
the point of the jaw. Martines had 
started backward as he caught the 
sock. He went completely across 
the. ring, falling backwards and re- 
mained auspeaded on the sBtotl of 
his back over the lower rops^ his 
head hanging downward towards 
the working press. There he re- 
mained until ooaated out Re was 
carried to bte comer and revived 
but when walking out of the arena 
he didn't know what it was all 
about ahd did not boUevo he bad 
been ptit away. 

It was claimed Martinez struck 
the back of his dome on the metal 
edge of the ring when he flopped 
through the ropes. Ills handlers 
said his head was cut thereby and 
that he again weat "out" after 
reaching hta dressing room. ' That 
he was hit on the Jaw by Petrolle, 
however, is certain to those in a 
p oaHtwt y'^ see the seek. 

A Pippia 

The first If -rouader was a draw 

and it was a pippin, with Sid Bar- 
berian and Tom Farley the contest- 
ants. A battle of southpaws it was, 
with both having: the better of it 
at some time in sach round. They 
got a great hand with Farley the 
fayofVto beo aas e of his f^meness 
and slighter build. Sid is a ru^pred 
fellow and took it. So did Farley 
and perhaps more so for that mat- 
ter. 

Now that Iludkins has settled the 
issue with McGmw he might 
sample Jack Bernstein, who doesn't 
cars If Ace comes In at 14# pounds. 
Somehow all the boys are dodging 
Jack who to back In the pink. 

"TIGHTWAD HILL" 

San Francisco, Nov. Z. 
"Tightwad Hill." the bluff over- 
t«>«%M»>y tit^ trui Ytaity ti t Calif or- 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON SPORTS 



Boebee's Rodeo ftopTacee Tex AuetlaTs 

In other years the New Tork rodeos in Madison Square Garden have 
been staged by Tex Austin. A new rodeo is to be held in the new 
Garden Nov. 4-lS, under Tea Richard's direction, and Tex Austin has been 
displaced by Fred Beebee. 

Tlie prise list is given as 140,000 which sounds within reason com- 
pared with tlie higher amount announced for previous Austin shows. 
Thto oat coming is annouaeed as a benettt for the Broad Street hospital. 

, * * ' ■ . 

Niok the Greek Broke Agsln 

Nick the Greek has gone west once again and broke. His recent 
vtolt east was a holacaust for him. NIbk to said to have loat on every 
thing, including the world sertes and tha ftght Dempaey cost Ntck 
(1 OOfOOO from , reports. » 

In the west the Greek will probably recoup. He generally does out 
thers^ But the east has been a Jlax to him for a long while. His ability 
to r.iiAe large stuns of money hastily has gmaoed many people who know 
of it. Various sources are haphacardly mentioned, but- nO pns TOalljT 
knows where tho new bank roito come from. 



nia's stadium In Berkeley, whore, 
in former seasons, penurious fans 
were accustomed to gather by the 
hundreds f^r a flraa Tlow at foot* 
hall games, to to ba roped oC^ for 
the big games. • 

Standing room will relatt at $1.10 
a pato at Ht^ 



Celu>«ibia Billing Football 

Columbia University in New York Ih adopting showmen methodii to 
draw attention to its sporting events. At Fifth avenue and 42d street 
it has a huge painted board announcing the football schedule at home 
of tho Columbia eleven. 

The sign is in blue and white, the Columbia colors, with a changeable 
spot for the opposing team and the date o£ the game to be played. For 
the game scheduled agjalnst Coraeli on Oct. 30 at the Polo Ghrounds tha V: 
name of C^orneH 'to paiatod la rod and wlitte. the Colora of that seat aC 
learning. ' . ^ ■ , " ^ , • ' ' ■ t- - 

Frisoe Promoter* Poll Bbort >^ ' 

Figures obtained on the week's lM>ut8 in San Frdmclsoo indicate that ; 
although the receipts were good and the bail park where It was hold 
was filled to capacity the promoters were holding tlie bag when was 
all oyer. WUlle Rl^le, TStoTaa off'^ths ring game, and Charles Mew^ 
man, former theatre manager of San Francisco, did the "promoting" ^ 
with the Tod Morgan- Johnny Dundee go, the first "world's champion- -A 
ship'! scmp the western city has ha4 in over 10 years. The gross is said ' 
to have been divided as tpUows:<<. . ' '-^.r '-^ k'"'-. 

Sixty per cent, flghters; If par dtet, taxcai If ;s# ei^ ilUr^ 
10 per cent, promoters. " 

The 10 Iter cent was not aufflcient to cover l^e expenses of promotion 
It to reported. ■>.■•■ - 

Cockfights on Long Islsnd 
C9cki:iglUing is in the bstUng throes of a revival on Long Island. A ' 
cockpit down there, .said ta hM IH l^e^^ UMi «|ilf|^ 

sports from far and near to bet on their birds, fiflth heavy 
reported.. The fights l^iifM ^h Sunday only, wttfc-f^^ i^ptralk 

PhU Beott on Fightsrs Laying <Hf 

Tho day after the Dempsey-Tunney encounter in Philadelphia, one of 
Variety's Londftn coiTespondepts ran Into. Phil Scott, the British heavy- 
weight, who had been endedvoring to secure^ a ^^ontest with Dempsey 
and who has 'now Issued a challenge to 'Msaoy^ ' 

Coming on the fall from grace of the former world's champion. It 
was recalled that Scott had boxed with Dempsey last year at a hug/i 
benefit organised by Harry Preston at Brighton, England. Scott said 
he hotfced Dempsey was <<s6ft^' ^ 'fillk^-Wiu^-'hti was due to meet 
his Waterloo if M went up against any tough proposition. "You can't 
lay off for three years without growing soft," said Scott. "You must 
keep fighting all the time, and the more you fight the harder you get." 

Beuiiing thto ooafersatloii ta^bla wtfa, ▼hrtsty't B Mif i af fi a it i< 
greeted by |lia«|ol|biVlB«: *^ the ttsw champion our old I H sa d gmak 
Tinneyr^ ;• •. 

^iiHfsi^ 

The state of Callfornto next mbnth will cfecide at the polls "yeS" oTv 
■no" on horse racing. There is a widespread sentiment in favor of 
measure No. 6 on the grounds that with the sport of kings legalized, 
California will be In a better position «*tO fight Florida oppotfHIbil.^ Oft 
the other hand there to a strong party against the measure. 

The Hearst pagavp bra stroagly against the lagalliiatioa of tha parl« 
mutueto. • ' 



"Uttle Boy Blue" and 
His Pale JNm €hM^ 

Bud Oorman, of New Xorkt ' trtm 

awarded a decision over Harry 
Persson, heavyweight boxing cham- 
pion of Stireden, 6n a foul in the 
fifth round of a scheduled 10-round 
bout at Madison Square Garden 
Monday night. Bud was the most 
surprised person in the place when 
the referee pushed the big Swede 
back to his corner, alth'ough he had 
repeatedly asked the. referee to stop 
persson from hitting too low. Next 
to Bud. Persson reglstarod tttoubaai 

evidence of surprise. 

The Swedish champion had the 
best of it from the first- round* 8^ 
is light on his feet and fast with 
his forearms, and giting the im- 
pression of a trained kangaroo. He 
lands 'em hard and fast. Oorman 
was gasping for breath in th© third 
round and seemed worried in the 
fourth and fifth. Then Bud started 
to ^Mnch and landed Mght taps on 
Perason's back in clinches. This ir- 
ritated the Swedish champion to 
the degreo whence he began to hit 
Gorman without regard to boxing 
rules. 

To. Judge from Harry's perform- 
ance Monday night the heavies have 
nothing to fear. The Swede is bet- 
ter than Qud Gorman, but that is 
about alL 

"Little Boy Blue.** of St. Paul, 
easily copped the enterCanIng hon- 
ors of eveniuK. When tha de- 
c iaion was handed to his opponent, 
Yato •Okitn, at the end of the 10th 
round, the cuHtouicrs almost wept. 
Earle Blue got right under the skin 
of the mob when he walked into 
the ring with a pale blue gown with 
the legend "Little Boy Blue" on 4ts 
back, and a skull cap of the same 
color. 



Earl started tho first round by 
sending Okun to the canvas. Both 
of the men were fast on their feet, 
but £}arl carried the fighting into 
hto ^kpponent's comer. 0>ktta to a 
cool boxer, heavier than Blue, aad 
surer of himself. Blue won seven- 
of the 10 rounds and knocked Okun 
out for several seconds twice. Bat 
he tired faster and at the end of 
the 10th Okun seemed to be as 
strong as when he entered the ring-. 

Godfrey 80 Lbs. Heavier 
Oeorge Godfrey, colored, met Jack 
Townsend. colored, substitutinir for 
Bill Goethe. Godfrey seemed about 
20 pounds heavier than VHomson 
and Just carried the latter through 
when he could have finished tlio 
fight in the fifth round or even 



Horses and Attendanb 



WaHhington, Nov, 2. 

ICxamlner Burton Fuller has re- 
ported to the Interstate Commerce 
Commission that the American Hall- 
way Express and SoUtheaHtorn Ex- 
press companies' rules are unreason- 
able as to carrying, without chftrge, 
attendants with race horses, polo 
mounts and phow horses. 

Tlie examiner recommehds that 
the commission order the express 
companies to carry no fewer attond- 
nnt.oi than as follows: 

Horses Attendants 
(Per Car) (Per Car) 



4 and l e ss inm i m 8 

5 and over 4...,t.....*. 4 

0 and over f 



Polo Mounts and Show Horsss 

S and less 1 

12 and over 6.. S 

1$ aad oyer... t 



WtftitwHy» NmmlMr S» 1926 




HMES SQUARE 



39 



HOUND THE SQUARE 



•<Beer*' 8windl« 

A laugh in the night clubs during the week wai of a proprietor who 
liad an especial «vanlng In tight calling upon a club he knew carried 
food boor and aakint the loan of a keg. Tho olub stated It had but 
three kegs. After persuasion the proprietor was loaned a keg. He took 
the kef to the sidewalk without precaution and placed It In a taxi. 

An officer standing by asked what it was. The man replied it was 
fioAr boor. Better take It to tho station house for analysis mifiottod the 
ofHcer. Not necessary, said the night club man, as he had |»ald but 
$16.50 for the keg and It couldn't be reel beer at that price. 

Tho officer insisted, whereupon the proprietor mentioned everyone be 
kBoir at tho noarest station house. Tho officer thought that was nsotoss 
as he was not of that station. Then til* proprlotor «Ud how about a 
little stake and the officer listened. 

Going back to his own place the night club man, pondering orer the 
|ll.iO ehargo, dooMed upon an analysis for hlaiMlf Mid f0imd b* hftd 
ptirehaaod noar-bosr la fact. 



More ''Stew'' Stuff 



Th« BOwest **steW* around 
the Square Is about the regu- 
lar who woke up with a fierce 
hangover, blinked, turned over 
in bed^and saw the cat walk- 
ing across tho Persian rug. 
whereupon he put on a plead- 
ing expression and hoarsely 
called to the eat: 

'^iU you pleait llMi ttfMip- 
Ing your feetr* • > 



EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES 



Frank Jandrew Diet 

la CitT PriMn Cdl 



700- Seat Legit on 46th Street 

It's not decided yet what will occupy the sitff of the two houses at 
161-15S West 46th street, owned by Liouls Bernstein, the music publisher. 
Mr. Bernstein leased the property to 8. Laaarus with tho provision an 
office building would be erected. Latterly Lazarus decided uprni a the- 
atre. He found one of 700 capacity could be built. Bernstein consented 
provided the bouse bad a full stage and played legit shows. Thoro the 
natfop btntof at prostBt. ' 

■ ' . , , , ■ " . , ';.'''»■''.■••'■ 

Prominent Englishman May 8^0 Coatt 

R. R. Hydo maj accompany the Marcus Loew party to California, 
starting today, or go as far as Chicago. Mr. Loew invited Mr. Hyde, 
who Is a director of the International Industrial Relief Conunission of 
England. Tbo Duko of York Is ehairman of tho CommlastoiL It was 
through tho Duko that William Morris met Mr. Hyde in Englaiid. IiOn* 
don, introducing him to Mr. Loew in New York the other day. 

Tho English visitor was advised a trip to the coast would be a highly 
odueatlonal jaunt for him. Ha likod tho Idea bwt fotiiid It dUBeult^io 
releaso a railroad Journey that required four days. Jtt Jtai^^ 
tha two wst distant points wore 12 houm iMEt. 




Colored Show Folks **T«ken»* 

That many of the colored show folks and entertainers in the night 
olubs aro being taken for much of their dough in San Juan Hill, *91ack 
Bolt^ OB the upper West Side in the number guessing racket resulted 
lA .tho arrest of three Negroes on the charge of having slips in their 
piMsession. The trio were dispharged In West Side Court by Magistrate 
Abraham Rosenbluth. 

Word rooently came to Inspector James S. Bolan that "games** were 
wide open on the "hill" and that the colored actors were dropping 
money at it. The inspector assigned detective Bart Druery to make 

arrests. The latter after receiving Information wont to an apartment ^^^..^ ^ 
at 207 West 62d street on the third floor and arrested Lady Bailey, 21, fl^ piaoo bo had applM iir a po 



The bureau of licenses, District 
Attorney's office and the police de- 
partment have begun an Investiga- 
tion, said Assistant District Attor- 
ney Charles White in West Side 
Court, into the methods pursued by 
many employment agencies on (th 
avonuo. following complaints of Job- 
less folk who have paid deposits of 
16 to secure Jobs and failed to re- 
cover the money when no Job was 
forthoomlng; ' 

This statement was evoked by Mr. 
White during the arraignment of 
Joseph Wise, 84, of the Coffey Em- 
ploymont Agmicy, Mt fth avenue, 
charged with assaulting Victor Cob 
ham, 216 West ISOth street, when 
tho latter essayed to recover his de- 
poaR. Tbo maglatiato found Wise 
guilty, fined him $25 and directed 
l^im to return Cobham the IS. 

Cobham testified that he paid the 
usual IS for .a Job. He stated that 
he went to half a dozen places di- 
rected by Wise. When he got there 
the Jobs had boon llUod. 0o de- 
clared that ho spent mudb carfare 
to distant parts of the city. Finally 



Frank Jandrow, 4T. Spanish War 
veteran, customs houso employe and 
recently picturo operator, died In 
his cell In ^est Side prison trom 

a heart attack. Jandrew was mar- 
ried and lived at 784 8th avenue. 

He was pronounced dead by Dr. 

Jennings of Bollevue Hospital. 

Jandrew was arrested the night 
before. He had been sentenced by 
Magistrate Bernard Douras in Night 
Court for 60 day<? on the charpe of 
Intoxication. Jandrew had Just re- 
ceived his breakfast. When the 
Jailer returned to collect the dishes 
he found the former operatof 
parently lifeless in his cell. 

. :. . ,1 "ill ,|V I , •■ iiMi " 

Fight p Tdlage Nigbt Clnb 

Charged with having a revolver 
in hia poaaeaaloa, Sam Schats, a 
dellcatossen doalor of tho Bronx, 
was arralfMt tho Tombs Court 
laat mday and hild ti|l i|atl for a 
hoartaiff. In tho meftatlmo^ Jamee 
Carlo, of Evergreen avenue. Brook- 
lyn, is In the hospital suffering from 
Jterious stab wounds as a result of a 
brawl la tho Rudolph Club. 107 Mac- 
Dougal street. OreenWtcb 1W«S« 
last Friday morning. 

A phone call was sent to the 
police of the Mereor street station 
a fight was taking plaeo In the night 
club. The police hurried to the 
scene and found Carlo In a critical 
condition. 

In his automobile at the curb the 
police found Schats. In tho car wsb 
a loaded rovolTor. Schats declared 
he knew nothing of the fight, ex 
plaining he was waiting In his ma- 



HOTEL ASTOR MAID 
CONFESSES RING THEFT 



ho despaired of getting the Job and I chine for one of tho girl entertain< 
d^^naadod tho fitm «f hit «opda|t | era to ttM dm% 

He was told, he said, to get the 
slip given him by the agency. The 
slip, Cobham aaid, ho gave to the 



207 West 62d street; Mary Rogers, 31, dressmakor, m IklkBt Uth Street, 
and Arthur Daniel, 31, 209 West 62d street- 

According to Druery, ho found several hundrod slips on tho trio. Itome 
ait tho silpa wore In tho apartment. Druery's information was that the 
apartment was the one the colored show folk were "playing." In court 
tho defendants denied the charge and they were freed for lack of evi- 
dence. ••^ \ 



Oouldn"! Tako Down 

On aeeount of an ancient elvio by-law which provides that an elcc- 
trlo sign cannot be re-erected once removed from any building In Times 
Square, the new Miller building at the corner of 46th street and Broad- 
way was transformed without the removal of Its two larso Mt0trla gIfBS* 
^Is require much gittliNr mcomd. Tho aigaa brtet » tWF IMt iMSMl 
rental. ^ 

F. P. Only Show People in New Paramount 
No oflUces are being rented to show people In the new Paramount 
building. Arthur S. Brady, tho Paramottia biilMlnf rentlns agiOtaUtes 
that Famous Players will occupy six ot ttM 'lf"l0|#|r . flOOff • MfiiS ,«Wlf 
alz floors and tho pyramid to be let 



"Western" Star from Regular U. S. Army 

TUn McCoy. Lieutenant^ohmel, U, 8. A» retired, is the ofllclal Army 
HtCister listing af Tto MoC^ «t|r of •%oatOf|ia" for Moli^-Cloldr 

wyn-Mayer. ^_ • ». 

In Col. McCoy's first picture for M-G-M, exhibited la New York » 
couple of weekrago, tho Colonel «i isveral things In his performance 
that other •'western" picture riders have failed to do. Among them was 
his use of the Indian sign language. Also a caption stated that the 
McCoy character in the film had much influence with the Indians. 

When Col. McCoy was at a northwoitOMi aw ipoat to charge of 
his cavalry troop, it was recognised that his standing with the Indians, 
any Indians of that section, was such that all overtures or negotiaUons 

between the government and the Indians were entrusted to CoL McCoy. ^ • 

There are friends of the Colonel in Now York Who havo aeen him talk 1 3 CaUght 111 OpmBI 

with tho rod men In their own hand language, long before OA Vm^m 
dreamed that some day he would be a celluloid luminary. ^ 

Not even a middleaged man, the Colonel looked much younger before 
the camera and for a first picture appearance, did splendidly. - 

The most Importont angle of a film star, whether women like Wm, 
appears to have been settled by a couple of women who saw •War 



sition. When going there he was 
told they had destroyed the paper 
When explained this to the agency, 
he told Toportera, ho was. Mormed 
that he couldn't get his money back. 

Pleadings were futile, he said. He 
then stated ho was struck by Wise 
and fired from tho agency. Ho sum 
moned FatrahMMI Oaorsa lOOffMr of 
Traflic B. 

Tho latter plaood Wlao vndor ar- 
rest Wise admitted he had struck 
Cobham after the latter seized him 
by the lapel of tho ocat and refused 
to rsloaao bim. Ho d^lod Hio tale 
told by Cobham. He stated that the 
acrency had an excellent reputation. 

It was then that Mr. White told 
of tiM tevostl«atloa mom being made 
by the three departments. White 
stated that the District Attorney's 
ofllce was flooded with complaints 
of Cobham's aatWOb White stated 
that the Coffey agency will be listed 
among those to be investigated. 

Patrolman Homer told the scribes 
he was busy adjusting complaints 
of victims who have been fleeced In 
other employment agencies on 6th 
avonno. *They oi ma to mo,** oaid 
Horner. *^d tell n^e they have paid, 
their last $6 to get a job. When they 
receive no job and ask for the re- 

tun of tMr d i pait t Ihor are nah- 
ta tlM atreot** 



Algosqim's ChambennJiid 

Aniilid Jar Theft 




Smoking Apartment 

As a result of a tip that opium 
waa being smoked In an apartment 
at 200 West iOth street MrM of 

Broadway, Detectives Harmon and 



Libuse Lands at Last ^ y^^ : 

Frank Libuf^c Is at the Casa Lopez, the New Tork night club, WboCO 
he is chief entertainer. Libuse came here from Chicago. 



It is tha third 



€hanco ho has had in New York. iMifc.Ubio to a cabaret His first two 



Paint,'; the initial McCoy picture, at Loew's American. ^They wero atilH^^ech, Narcotic Division, went to 
arguing half an hour afterward M to Iffco iAW h^ |the place and arrested three men 

and a wttaaatt found tbore. 

When the detectives entered thoy 
said they found Bruno Carti, 21, 334 
Broome street smoking tho contra- 
band drug. Also to tho room wa^ 
Pasquale Rago, 22, who said ho was 
a pugilist and fought under the 
name of Patsy Rago. 

While the tlotitha wiro making 
their Investigation and confiscating 
pipes and other smoking parapher- 
nalia, Frank Nastro. 24, said to rent 
the apartment and Marie Johnson. 
21, came Into the place. They were 



were fiUlures through the calMMPeta ^Ing. At Lopes's he #PPC#w to 

have landed, and hard. ^ 

In Chicago Libuse is a standard. New Yorkers who aaw him there in 
various cafes could not understand why he clung to Chicago or the nUfht 
life belt He has a half dozen comedy routines or more, and Is «dopt at 
a raft of entertaining stiint.«. ^ ..v^-. 

Libuse was a member of an orchestra In a Chicago cabaret wnen 
-discovered." Libuse really "discovered" himself. He asked a booking 
•gent to give him a chance to play a solo in the orchestra. While play- 

ing the solo ono evening he started to clown, unaware of what he was questioned and arrested 
doing, but climbing up the wall and going anywhere he could tako hold j The three men were charged with 
With one hand. 

The agent told him to keep that In and he would receive $15 more 
Tireekly, but must remain in tho orchfstia. Libuse then ^^^^^ 
«ing. After that he mentioned he could dance. And after tnai no was 
an actor. 



R uby < I O¥>sws as Wss 



Trom night club to legit has accomplish*^*! a metamorphosis of pro- 
fessional name trom Ruby Stovcns to Barbara Stanwlck. ^^^f* 
Stevens, she was one of Ziegfcld's glorified girls, and also well-known in 
the cafes, having been with Anatol FrIedland at the Club Anatole all of 
last sea.'son. For leglt. In "Tho Xoos' " at the Tludpon where, in a caoarei 
•nteruiner role, she is Iden tilled as Barbara Stanwlck. 



possessing narcotics while the wom- 
an was charged with vagrancy. De- 
tectives said they found in Naatro'a 
possession three tins of opium and 
ho admitted to Maglatrato Brodsky 
he was an habitual user. Rago In 
sisted he was not guilty and de- 
manded a hearing. Illfi case was 
adjourned until today (Wednesday). 

Miss Johnson was dismissed be- 
cause of lack of evldoneo. Tho other 
two were hold for trial in iJpccial 
Sessions. 



«, m 108 
East Si attrtoli, Mployodvf^^ 
last fcuy ii o ii tii •tUftir JtiiH Al- 
gon^ta. irtta tiriMtd to \tf hotel 
by Detective Patrick Money and 
Charles Btapleton of tho West 47th 
street station on the charge of petty 
larceny. Through her attorney. Ell 
Johnson, tho defendant plead not 

guilty, waived examination and was 
held for trial in tho Court of Spe- 
cial Sessions.- Ball of $fOt was fixed, 
which the defendant obtained 
through a surety company. 

Ever since Mrs. Blaess haa boon 
era ployd at tbo hotel there have 
been a series of larcenies from 
guests, according to the manage- 
ment They decided to plaoo an 
oporaliwp of a prlvato detocthro 
agency in the room. Henry Rodney 
was so assigned. He simulated 
sleep. Presently Mrs. Blaess came 
Into tho vbom ta oloaii. 

She sang to see If Rodney was 
awake. When there were no pro- 
test Rodney testified he saw her go 
to his trouaora ttUd OBtract a |l bill. 
Then she went to the dresser, said 
Rodney and "lifted" a $10 bill that 
was marked. Rodney jumped out 
Of bod and isli oi tbo maid to the 
hgjl. Rodney said she had thrown 
the $10 on the floor of the hallway. 

Maney and Stapleton then went 
to her room in East SSth street and 
found almost $1,000 worth of wear- 
ing apparel and miscellaneous 
jewelry, which the sleuths alleged 
had kma atoloa fvooi tMH. 



Stole $2,800 Gem From Mrs. 
Riesenfeld — Flirted with 

ManandLo8tlt 



Confessing aha bad atolaa H 

seven-atonod diamond ring boloiic* 

Inff to Mra. Hugo ltloooafo|d» IBt 

Wail iTth atroot wife of tho di« 

rector. Anna CroUc, 19, a maid, of 
613 Spruce street Hazelton, Fa^ 
was arrested by Detectives Bert 
Maaklell and John WaUOt Woat 47tli 
street statlco, on a chargo df grui 
larceny. 

According to the story told to tha 
sleuths on Sept 18, Mr. and Mra.; 
Riesenfeld were guests at the Hotel 
Astor and occupied rooms on tho 
sixth floor. During their absence 
tho maid entered tho room to dean, 
and while In there went to a dresser 
drawer, finding a jewel case which 
contained the ring, yalued at $2,800. 

She disappoarod without waltto# 
to collect her salary. When Mrs. 
Riesenfeld discovered the ring 
search was then begun for the maid. 

Saturday afternoon Maaklell aaA 
Walsh were in the Biltmore Hotel. 
The information they received con- 
vinced them the girl they 
tooking for was omployod 
After looking over the various maids 
employed they picked out the Crolio 
glrL She readily admitted she had 
wbrked at tho Hotel Astor at tM 
time the ring was stolen. 

Later when taken to the station 
house she began to cry and said 
sho bad taken tho ring. Sho aaM 
sho nooded some clothes and had 
no way of getting them unless she 
stole something and obtained money 
to that manner, iha told tho da- 
tectlves that tho ring was stolen 
from her by an unidentified man.— 
She said sho was riding on a 
subway train whoa a man flIrOad 
with her. She said he admired tho 
ring and offered her $25 for it She 
said sho declined and suddenly when 
tho trito roacbod tho liiriaMf ■ tf H 
station, Brookllyn, he faa tnm th* 
train and disappeared. 

When arraigned before Magistrate 
Rosonbluth to Weot SMo Oovrt tha 
was held until today (Wednesday) 
for a further hearing. The detec- 
tives said this Is not the fhrst tima 
the young woman haa boon to troa* 
ble. and they are not certain that 
tho PMUisylvania address is corrode 



BALLYHOO IN VILLAGE 

mm 




An mitnnora oi baUyhooa aM ba« 

tag employed by Greenwich Village 
cabarets these nights to entice any 
stray business tato the ncighbot^ 
bdod by mistake. 

The modes of street exploitation 
range . from tho uniformed sand* 
wich linen to "rube" and other coa« 
tWBod charaetora, Thoy bftYO glym 
the Vlllada MMpr #9 i( * 

oamival. 



Cimlfi Hein Smt Away 

Charles Heln, 20. of Sutrem, 
N. Y., son of Mrs. Ethel Ryan, for- 
mer burlesque actress, of Koans- 
burg, N. J., waa sent to the State 
Hospital for Delinquents at Napa- 
noch by Judge Mancuso In General 
Sessions, following his Indictment 
for grand larceny. 

lie was also wanted for bJgamy, 
but duo to his mental condition was 
not Indicted for that oflfcnso. 

Hein's third wife, also Indicted 
with him for the theft of $2,000 
worth of jewelry from^ a rooming 
house at 260 West 97th street, was 
given a suspended scnt^noe on hfr 
promiso to return to her two ebr- 
dren by a former marriage. 

That Hein had married thtee 
womon wltho'jt troubling to divorce 
either became known following bis 
arrest en tho theft charge. 



T. J. McBride May Be 
B'ways OM MardHOt^ 

ror the Broadway Association's 
celebration of the Tercentenary of 
the founding of New York City, It 
floata ao far haYo boon entered by 
Broadway business men, and If 
more aro expected this week. 

Ten bands have been donated fbr 
the parade In addition to the offer 
of the Edison Light and Power 
Company to change the present 
lighting of the street to a goldoa 
glow. 

Warner Brothers and Famous 
Players are entering three floats 
each; Roseland (dance hall) Is to 
enter two floats and provide a spe- 
cial display In front of their build- 
ing. ar.d the Eighth Avenue Ass<;t^ 
elation and Staten Island CbamboF 
of Commerce hava alao promlaod to 
enter floats. 

Workmen are now reproducing a 
model of tho old Longacre farm on 
the marquee of the Astor Hotel, 
reminiscent of Times Square's cow 
pasture days. 

The aisocUtlon Is now trying to 
And the oldest merchant on Broad- 
way. To date, Thomas J. Mc Bride, 
president of MeBrMe's th ea t ao 
ticket oflRce company, oooms to 
qualify. He has been In business 
on Proadway for 83 years, starting 
as a newsdealer and theatre ticket 
agent in 1878. 




4 M 



MEWS FROM THE DAILIES 



This d«partnitnt MAtoiMt r^wrltuii UiMitrieal n«ws ittmt as pub- 
lished during Ik* wtsk in Iht daily papsrs of Nsw Yortc, Chieaoo 
and ths Pacific Coast Varioty takss no ertdit for thPM ntws ilfmsi 
•ach has bssn rewritten from a daily papsr. 



NEW YORK 

Annuftl meeting . 9t the Lamba held 
Oct. tl mftd ^ffiewi elected for Che 

' ensuing yt ar. Directors are: Arthur 
Byron, A. O. Brown, Frits WUllttina, 
Gene Buekf Malcolm Wllllami, three 
years; Hulph Morsran, Oscar Shaw, 
two years; James J. Ryan. Thomas 
W. Ross, one year. Officers elected 
were: Shepherd, Tom Wise; boy, 
R. H. Burnside; corresponding see* 
retiurr^ Joseph Santley; recording 
8ecretar}% Arthur Hurley; treasurer, 
Walter Vincent; librarian,^ i*rieatly 
M^MrrtOMi* 



than a decade iigo* woa awarded 
175.700 by a Jury In her breach of 
promise f^uit aii^alnyt Dr. Junius Mc- 
Henry, nerve specialist. The court 
decided It was too nueh and re- 
duoe« thP puai to 

J. P. McEvoy has left for Africa 
to get material for "Hnllflujah, Got 
Hot." colored revue, which the Ac> 
tora Theatre will produce Uililit In 
the season. 



Dora Darling, of Los Angeles, Id- 
year-old picture actress, denies she 
is the widow of Harry I. Kats, 
wealthy diamond merchaent. who 
wiui mystertovaly murdered two 

"Just Suppose,** a film with Rich- 
ard BarthelmeM that parodies the 

Prince of Wales, has been iPtltled 
"The Qolden Youth" In England, 
where It la hetng privately olHwed 
to exhibitors in the English prov- 
inces but has not l»een shown to 
Undon erftkip ar l ^i i l i : jMthth* 
it 



Marcus McMurly, 21 -year-old 
night club "sheik,** has been sen- 
tenced to to years in prison for 
complicity in murdering a police- 
man. He got 20 years for the mur- 
der charge and 60 years on convic- 
tion of robbery at the point of a 
gun. Marie Salisbunr, actress, tea- 
tifled against him. * 

Oerman soreen stars average over 
30 years of age. according to the 
Film Almanac Just released. Some 
of the female stars have protested 
against the figures in the Ahwsass 



Opera 

Comique opens Its season at the 
Jolson. New Yprk, Nov. 22 with 
"airolle-OlrolIlL** 



Although Derliners can remain in 
night ehths niidP eafes until three 
a. m. on account of a new ruling, 
most of the burghers still go home 
at 1.S0, leaving the proprlstars and 



First National Pletvres,' Inc., re* 

pbr(^ed a gross Income of $6,349,181 
f^ the Quarter .ended July S as 
compared to |5,tSf .4S0 for the same 

period last year. Net profit was 

ftlMM, as dilMlMt I44«.7|| iMt 
year 



Chorus boys are getting work in 
London as male maanequins in off 
hours. They are paid at tlHl-WBe 

'William Anthony MoQulre has 
gone to the Adtrondacks to ftniah 
his new play, '*A Bad Penny.** 

Mme. Louisa Tetrasaini. 52, mar. 
ried Pietro Vernati Oct 23 at Flor- 
ence. Vernati is 20 years younger 
and was the tenant of the sii^gM^a 

home in Rome. 



"The Gay Life," satirical comedy 
by James Forbes, is to be produced 
by the DraMMMg f lWSltr^ iM« In 
January. 

The Prince of Wales is a great 
devotee of the English version of 
I- tiMKCharleston, and ftaaoM it at all 
«t wa London cabarets lia, ir|iiMt 



An BtlsahafhiMi 

let** In to be produced at tha 
wich Village theatre Feb. 1. 



Slgraund Romberg, Dorothy Don 
nelly and William A. Brady are to 
select principals and chorus for the 
"Proud Princess** |hls (Wadnwiday) 

afternoon. 



Myrtle Arger, TaudevUle actress. 

is suing the Rltz. Port Richmond, 
S. L, for $1,000. Owing to Injuries 
received In the hausSi VIW Arger 
claims she was jiblIgM ta canosl 
engagements. 

Jacob Ben Ami has started re- 
hearsals of a revival of "The Idle 
Inn.** 



Laszlo lAkatos, Hungarian dra- 
matist, arrives in New York Satur- 
day to witness rehesrsals oC Ms 
phiy^ "Head or Tail.*' 



PIkln's Kentucky Club band 

has been added to the.oaharet setns 

In "Black Boy." 

Mary Garden will present John 
Phillip Sousa with a gold baton 
Sunday night at the Ohloaga audi- 
torium, in commemoration oC his 

72d bhrthday. 

The New York Photo Editors* 
association was organioed Sunday 
night at a meeting in the Hotel Mc- 
Alpin, for the purpose of getting 
better working arrangements with 
promoters of pictorial events. 



Alice AllsIng U out on fl.fOO baU 
on charges of assaulting Betty Sul- 
livan. Alice is the proprietor of the 
Submarine Night Club on 8th av- 
eaue^ where the flght took place. 



Dr. Walter Davis, Boetoa dentist, 
married, ia being sued for breach of 
promise by Oene Biiiington, night 
club hostess. Qene wants $60,000. 



Rehearsals for "La Locandiera** 
began Friday. Eva Le Oallienne 
end her company will present this 
^med^ at the X4th Street^ thsatre 



Loew'H, Inc., declared the regular 
dividend of 80 cents and an extra 
dividend of $1 per share on Its stock 
at a meeting held Oct. If. 

The new Earle. Atlantic City, Is to 
formally open Nov. 8. The stage Is 
40 feet wide. 26 feet high and It 
feet deep. Ten fully ^^M^i^ped 
dressing rooms. 

Rosa Ponselle. operatic star, won 
a verdict in the Supreme Court 
against William Thorner, her sing- 
inir master, who had sued her for 

|t,000. 

Augustus Thomas presided at the 
annual meeting of the Dramatists' 
Ouild. A resolution was passed 
provldln){ for the maintenance of 
■t^ Guild by assessing each mem- 
IMr |C waelEir* 

Mae West, author and star of 

"Sex," has leased Daly's Theatre 

for her new play, **The Wlekad 

Queen." 



Genevieve Tobin ffave a dinner at 
Sherry's Sunday night in honor of 
Bsn W. lisvy, London playwright. 

Benjaaslno RIcoio, operatic tenor, 
dons -overalls tonight (Wednesday), 
to sing the Figaro Aria from the 
*'Barber of Seville,** In aid of the 
National 

Eddie Cantor and |Iarry HerSh 
fleld will act as associate toast- 
masters next Sunday night at a 
dinner of S,Mf , marking tte opening 
of the tenth anniversary campaign 
of the Federation for the Support of 
Jewish Philanthropic Societies. * 

Seventeen patrons of the Rocka 
away Tearoom, Valley Stream, L. I.. 

were fined $S0 r.ich on a disorderly 
condu ct chan ce, and the proi^rletors, 
PatrMIPHba and Thoi 



detectives^ was laataaCly klOsA la sa' 

Jerry Logan, actrsss, was held in 
$1,000 bond after driving an auto- 
mobile ufioa the sidewalk on Michi- 
gan avenue and severely Injuring a 
ptdestrlnn. The machine Is owned 
by Pierre Nutteyens, owner of the 
dies Plerra, a alglil aliih. Miss 
Logan .<«id she awwrvai lp a«*9ii a 
taxicab. 

Mrs. Samuel Insull and *'The Run- 
away Road'* received ascellent no- 
tices at the hreah4i lit the OUver 
theatre. South Biad. 



vy^llowiag t e stim ony in which 

cruelty was cliarged. Judge Hugo 
Pam indicated that ha will award a 
divorce to Hiasl IHraari frosti Carl 
W. Johnson. The pair wed in Oc- 
tober, 1114. Miss Bernard was ssen 
here in tha vay Laaiplilsr hiUMBg 
beauty company. 

Efforts are being made In Cincin- 
nati to locate relatives of Mrs. 
Fanny Gage, once a well-known 
opera siagar, wha dis« |a abaearlly 
there. 



tiM writer claimed wars hand ga 
two of hsr hooka. 

Albysius Faust, one of the owners 

of Peter the Great, film canine, will 
not be deported by U. S. Immigra- 
tion authorities, but his brother, 
Edward Faust, will be sent back to 
Mexico. Evidence tvas submitted 
to show the former had been legally 
sdmitted to this country, whlla the 
older brother had not. 

Robert Lawrence Smith, also 
known as Zane R. Southern, serv- 
ing a life term in Folsom prison for 
the slaying of R B. Mack. Los 
Angeles theatrical booking man, was 
divorced by his wife, Violet June 
Southern, over whom the shooting 
of Mack is said to have occurred. 



Irene Delroy, principal of the "Q. 
V. Follies." current here, was sub- 
ject of pubUslty upon showing Im>w 
she can i^Mtos aap at k«r aosliunas 
in a small envSlape tfbf aMl» If 
she wants to. 

Mrs. Henrietta Kemp. 51, filed suit 
in Superior Codrt for separate 
maintenance against Dirk Kemp, 
retired farmer from Knox. Ind., and 
now operator of a south aide motion 
picture theatre.- Mrs. Kemp asserts 
that after three decades of drudgery 
Kemp ejected her and their three 
children from the farm and bmght 
a younger woman, with whom the 
bUl charges he was Infatuated, to 
live thera Instead. 



Life In Hollywood was entirely 
too tame for Mrs. Qladya Moncino, 
her husband testified in Jttdgg Harry 
A Hollzer's court. She went to Tia 
Juana and became a cafe enter- 
uiner. ito wm hM appilOitisa for 
divoroa. 



Mra Florence Folds Gregg, con- 
cert singer and Moclally* prominent, 
was awarded a divorce from James 
H. Gregg by Judge Edwards. Cruelty 
was charged. The court said It will 
sign an order for $75 a month ali- 
mony and ISO a month for support 
of -ilwCNw infhat ahlM. 

Mary Petro, wife of "King Bimbo,'* 
leader of gypsies, was held In |f.000 
bond in Maxwell streot court on a 
charge of obtaining money and 
other vMuaMes uadsr fhiss pre- 
tenses as a fortune tsBftr, 

Marjoria F. O^lfoni, 18. corod at a 
local college and daughter of D. 
Frank O'Neill, musician at the Dl- 
versey theatre, Shot haiMf 4toad 

hi the O'Neill home. 

The moUve for the ghi's aal was 

act ' 



B. B. Xtaiaddo, Filipino tihaaffisttr 

for Hunt Stromberg, picture pro- 
ducer, struck Edna Early Lacy, four 
years old, with the car at tha later- 
section of Third and Spring streets. 
It resulted in the child having a 
fractured skull and latamal Injuries. 
She is in the Geneial fljUalgl In A 
critical condition. 



Violet Jane Sothern. chorus girl, 
responsible for the killing of R. EL 
Mack, hacking agent has obtalatd 
a divorce in the Superior Court from 
her husband, Robert L. Smith, who 
is serving a Ufs tem la Flgtaam 
prisjoa twf $ha awrdar . 

. Carl Ludlow, 18, said to bo a 
screen actor residing in Hollywood, 
made an unsuccessful attempt to 
commit suicide by ihriUaowll^ 
poison after a lovers* ||llilfi^dL XU 
cording to police.^ V 

Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Cam Severn, 
the former an actor, were issued a 
marriage license when they reported 
to the marriage bureau they had 
learned their marriage in Mexice, 
a year and a half previously, had 
net hsan legal. 



Aroldl Lindi and Mr. and Mrs. 
Glacoma Ramlnl (Rosa Raisa) ar- 
rived in Chicago for tha opalUng of 
the Civic Opera season. . 

LOS ANGELES 

Mrs. Belle Green Weadock. mother 
of Adela Rogers St. John, nnagasine 
writer, filed suit for divorce against 
Louis Weadock. charging non-sup- 
port and habitual intemperance. 
Both parties have been married 
three times, and this is second ac- 
tion tf divoroa brought by Mrs. 
Weadooki 



were wmrm uifm WKt^ttm^ 

raid. •• 



CHICAGO 



The formal public opening of the 
Edyth Totten_ Thea tre, on 48th 
HRfiaif wlla~ **Secret Sandsi" has 
hdda postponed indellnltaly, 

Mary Aalor, picture actress, and 

Irving Asher, flim production man- 
ager, don't lovB each other any 



libii. Lettia Lash, actraM a^'iioft 



1 



Marion Davies and Ala Rubens 
stopped off en route to CaJifornia. 
Aleck Francis also stopped, 
the other way. 



Dedication of a new picture thea- 
tre for soldiers at Fort Sheridan, 
IT. S. Army reserve near here^ test 
week. 

A picture of George Price In a 

Chicago daily, carried In connection 
with Kathryn Ray'a suit, looked like 
somebody else. 



Arline Lopes, film actress, won a 
divorce from Lionel Xkigene CsiNai^ 
on chargts oC aaa-sappfiN^... ''V: 

Dora Darling, said to ba a screen 
actress, was released from custody 
on a bad check charge when she 
testified that a woman who owed 
her $500 had failed to open a bank 
account as she had promised, and 
against which the aetrsst hai is- 
sued checks. 

Bobbie (Frances) Deaner of Fox 

publicity department, will play a 
character part In John Orifllth's 
"Wrays,** oaitaal 



Despondent and enraged over 
what he thought a "raw deal" when 
Samuel A. Werthelmcr sold him the 
Grayland theatre, film house at 2940 
N. Cicero avenue, Albert Schmidt 
killed himself and severely wounded 
Wertheimer with gunshot. Accord- 
ing to Mrs. Schmidt, her huRband 
invested his savings of $4,000 in the 
theatre and then complained the 
attendance was not as Wertheimer 
represented. Schmidt was a lamp 
maker befbra purchasing the thea- 
tre. He leaves two children. In 
rushing to the scene following a 
ifiot cali, Walter Riley, sergeant of 



H. D. Labrador was sentenced to 
serve two years in the Southern 
California School t>f Industry when 
found guilty in Superior Judge Bur- 
nell's court of having forged the 
name of Lloyd Hamilton, ao f iS n 
comic, to several checks. 

Suit for divorce washed in Su- 
perior Court by Mrs. >mnie Cath- 
erine Dawn against John Wesley 
Dawn, film director, Mrs. Betty 
Kathleen Tyrell, a wealthy woman 
of Beverly Hills being named as the 
co-respondent. Mra Dawn aaks 
alimony and the custody of their 
son, Robert Dawn, 8. 

Falling In her efforts to effect a 

reconciliation with her husband. 
Frank Schalimo, proprietor of the 
Screen Adverilsing Service of Hol- 
lywood, Mrs. Schalimo is alleged to 
have pursued him with a revolver 
and fired five shots at him. Shs Is 
held on a charge of feiaalous assault. 



John Lane, known on ths screen 

as Jean Calhoun, who appeared in 
the "lied" Grange Pi cture for F. B. 
O., is under arrest charged wrtlT 
forging three checks. 

Federal Judge James reserved de- 
cision until this week in the suit of 
Vingie B. Roe, writer, aaainat Hal 
Roach for alleged piracy in the Aim- 
ing of •*Th»» King of Wild Horsee" 
and The Black Typbopn," which 



(Continued from page 5) 
to/;8 witl| the Loew theatres as their 
outlet sad their own line-up of 
shorts which they will begin pro- 
ducing about Jan. 1 for release 
next season; P. D. C.-Pathe com- 
binatioa -for both features and 
shorts With the Keith aad Orpheum 
theatres as their tie-up, and Anally 
a fourth combination which may 
evolve out of the activities of the 
Stanley Ca^ aC Fhllhaelphia in 
forming a nation-wide chain and 
the taking over of the control of 
First National, which is expected 
to occur next April. 

If the Stanley Company Is not 
the fourth factor on its own it may 
develop that a combination may be 
effected with the othsia on the out- 
side such as Pox and Universal, 
both of whom control houses and 
added to this the Warners and 
F. B. O. A combination of the 
latter four might bring about a 
line-up that would be far reaching 
la Its efteet. 

la li Months 

During the past 18 months there 
has been a gradual narrowing down 
of Hia patsat Ihctors In 'the com- 
bined producing dlstrlbuting-ax- 
hlbiting fleld. Combinations have 
been brought about that two years 
ago would have been scoffed at had 
they airsa hiia whl s » s r sd. At that 

time no one dreamed Bala- 
ban dE Kats would sell to Famous 
Players! Tha Fhrst National 
bunch themselves wouldn't hSIteve 
It when Nate Gordon of Boston told 
them Famous had offered him $8.- 
088,808 isr his New England houses, 
but that he was willing ta lil his 
F. N. pals have flrst call, and to 
show them that he was still their 
friend he was willing to take a 
million leas than what he could get 
from Adolph Zukor. But they 
didn't t>elieve him and now the 
housss ars in the Publix group. 

Right now It looka as though 
within a few weeks there will be a 
further announcement that the Pub- 
lix organisation had acquired an in- 
terest of 88 per cent or more in the 
Saenger Amusement Co. chain in 
Louisana, Texas, Mississippi, Ar- 
kansas and other southern points. 
The Saengar people are now satd 
to control upwards of 150 theatres 
in that territory. Julius Saenger 
and B. V. Richards have been in 
New York since the First NatiWt 
meeting at French Lick, and it Is 
reported that they have been carry- 
ing on ne gotiat ions with Publix. 

Sam Katz and E. V. Richards 
yesterday announced the comple- 
tion of a contract for the forma- 
tion of a new corporation that Is 
to be known as the Publix -Saenger 
Corp., for (he development of the- 
atricals, in 12 southern Sates. The 



aaw oarporatloa wlO, thsy say, la 
no way affect the present status 
of the theatres controlled by either 
the Publix or the Saenger Amuse- 
msat Corp. In the BtatOs that ara 
mMitloned, but will apply only tp 
new properties which ara yet to 
be built 

Tha Btaisi la whidk tha asw 

corporation is to operate are Norllh 
and South Carolina, Georgia, Ala- 
bama, Florida, Tennessee, Mi«« 
sissippi, Aikaasaa, f^wHslsaa, Tex- 
as, Oklahoma and New Mexico. The 
Inclusion of the latter State indl« 
cated that Publix is bent on hav* 
big a direct connection to the coast 
houses that 18 •controls. 

The first house that will be af- 
fected under the new arrangement 
wttiaathaasfwBsaagerln Mew Or- 
leans, which is to open in February 
and in which Publix obtains a 28 
per cent interest for a considera- 
tion. 

The pulling away from First Na« 
tional of its strongest southern af- 
filiation immediately after tha 
French Lick westing would indi- 
cate that Saenger and Richards do 
not appear to relish the idea of the 
Stanley Co. taking control of First 
National and as a HMasara of pro- 
tection for thenMMlvaa are mUBg uo 
with Publix. 

Doing Sig With Hudeon Bay 
In addition to this deal it is re- 
ported that F. P.-L. U dealing di- 
rect with a raprsasBlatlve of tha 
Hudson Bay Compaay to take over 
the control of IBduoational Films 
which releasss shorts and which 
the Hudson Bay Compaay has con- 
trol of. This deal will If con- 
summated lend a peculiar aspect to 
things. Famous obtaining control 
of tha paipsat aompany which Is tha 

Educational Films of America, will 
be a 61 per cent stock holder in the 
Educational exchanges pt various 
states whars tha 88 psr cent Is held 
by Fint National franchise holders. 
M-Q-M's Shorts 
M-O-M is also going into the 
short subjeot field had aiart pro- 
ducing shortly after Jan. 1 an4 
there already is a Hal Roach con- 
tract entered into for Uxat purpose. 
Thsy w« predaoe what they can, 
and If that Isn't sufficient to fill re- 
quirements will go Into the open 
nutrket for the balance of shorts to / 
fill out progtaais. 

Early this year the Loew dr^i 
started after presentations In a 
number of their houses and now is 
goina along la these same theatres 
and offering added stage attractions 
in addition to the pictures and 
getting: them over in opposition to 
tho spots wh srs HKy ara la ooa-, 
flict with the Publix houses. 

Just what the Keith-P. D. C.- 
Pathe combination will eventuate 
Into rsmains to bd assa; It iwsma 

as though this combination has no 
further insight other than the 
presentation of a combination of 
small tiaia vaaiavBli WKh pictures. 
There Is, however, the American 
Theatres Corp. which Is one of the 
affiliations of P. D. C. which goes 

la flsr-taa ragaiay fia iiiaa picture 

P ffSio n tatlon policy. 

Stanley Possibilities 

The Stanley Co. if considered a 
possible Ibarlh fa s8s i, remains a 

question as to what strength It can 
be recruited to. Now lined up with 
the Stanley group are the Fabians 
of New Jerair, tha Mark Strand 
Interest" In New York and New 
England, with Rowland and Clark 
in Pittsburgh and Mike Comerford 
With a atrlng af small housss In 
the smaller Pennsylvania towns. 
What they can do to protect them- 
selves as to product other than that 
of Ftost Matisaai after they get 
control of that organisation in 
April, now regardod af .a certainty. 
Is a question. » 
If tha 8Mhaisy g#aaa can swing 

Fox, Universal, F. B. O. and pos- 
sibly tho Warners with them they 
would be sitting heavy. Fox and 
Unlvaraal aow aontrol houses and 
the strength of these would be a 
decided asset to the Stanley fac- 
tion, but there is no surety Fox or 
U. iHR iosir apn»an afllllatlon of 
thai asirt with favor. 

United Artists 

What the United Artists intend 
doing In regard la their propos e d 
theatre chain is going to be a ques- 
tion. Reports from time to time 
say they are going ahead, but up 
to the present there has been noth- 
ing definite. They would be a class 
asset to tho Stanley group or any 
other. includiofiT Famous or Metro. 

Right now It looks as thsrs Id 
going to be a beautiful flght ahead 
In the Inner ranks of the Industry 
that will bear watching with care. 
— *ho — fi^ftfftndtnt svhlhttftr in 

going to be .sitting In a decldedlj' 
uncomfortable neat until the smoke 
of battle finally clears and he can 
sea his way to hooklnir ap with one 
connection or another, to he able 
to guaraatas pvotactloia ta his 



r 



Wednesday. November 3. 1926 



WOMEN'S PAGE 



VARIBTY 



41 



CrRAY MATTER 



By MOLUE GItAY 



A Princ«l> Model in "Castl««" 

**CMtlM in t)i« Air" is a real operetta with not only princii)alti wlio 
•an idnv but ahw & larva well trained ohoim It Isn't naceMary to 
close your ©yea to enjoy the singing. The mystery of the chorus rlrl's 
ever present smile ooukl be eaaily explained in this lBat«nea by a mirror 
baclc stase. 

Claire Madjette wore a atuimliiv wbttf MiMBible, tha eapt taid Its lon^ 
scarf being lined with scarlet while the dress had ons sst in pleat of 
ths same. 

Vivlenne Segal looked lovely in all of her frocks but especially in a 
dataty white gaorgetta which had a large bertha and wfts trimmed down 
one side of the skirt with flowers. Her voice Is splendid. A duet with 
Mr. Murray, who is the model aU Prinoes should bt made from, was all 
too short. 

Joycs Whits danced well and Thais lAWton looked every Inch tho 
Quemi. ^ 



Snappy Revue at American 

Will Aubry and company at Loew's American have a snappy revue. 
The six girts wear a number of attractive costumes and dance nicely. 
Their first dresses were of blue crepe over peaeh color taffeta and 
small hats to match. Their next were white satin with berthjis of 
georgette. For the finish they wore black velvet embroidered in rhlne- 
stones and draped gold ftrlnge. 

Tho Fenwick Girls also wear good looking evening gowiis of white 
georgette, one trinamed with sequins with a satin bow at the hip and 
the other beaded with a large flower also at the left hip. They change 
to beeonitng colored froclis. They sing well and have agreeable per- 
•onptlitles. • 



Psuline Frederick Emoting 
Pauline Frederick is splendid as "Her Honor the Governor" In thnt 
film. There are few actresses who can handle a stronff emotional role 
better than she. Gi^ Von Lpn tried hard to be tender and sympatheUc, 
but wasn't either. 



Inconsistent *^emptere* 
"Tho Frinoe of Tempters" has a line cast wasted on an Inconsistent 
story. It doesn't seem possible that the errors in It are the fault of such 

a prolific writer as Philip Oppenheim. Lya De PUtti is entitled to the 
full term of vampire. Lois Moran is made do such stupid things it 
detracts from her usual appealing charm. She meets a strange young 
man in his habit on the Monastery grounds in Italy — whero women are 
not usually permitted — and Immediately protests his retiring from the 
world before he knows how wonderful life can be and then goes on her 
way. Months later she bobs up from a swimming pool on the family 
estate in England, seeR a young man in fashionable sport clothes watch* 
Ing her and immediately says "My monkl" And the mistakes W'ero 
even more stupid than that. 

Judith VoselU was very good as SIgnora Wembly and Mary Brian and 
OltTO Tell tfIA Tory well In the general miz*up* 



*'B«lls" Heavy for Film 
"The Bells" is rathet* too heavy for the sUent drama. Caioline Francis 
Cooke la good as the wife of Mathiaa and I«la Todd Is sweet as his 

daughter. Laura Lavarlne is the fortune teller but these roles are 
insigniflcant. The picture is all Uonel Barrymorei natural sinco the 
story is practically all Mathias. t 



S Qood Bad Men 

"Three Bad Men." who turn out to be anything but. Is an entertaining 
picture with some thrilling scenes of the days of 1877 in Dakota and 
•ono clever titles of today. 

OUve BogiWfc PrIsclUa Bonner and Pliylla Haver do very well In It. 



Trick Gowns 

. IVancis and Sanford In "Stepping Out" find tho folks out front glad 
to «o with them. Misa Banford Is first In a pretty ovoalag'coat of 

silver cloth and white fur collar. 

For a solo number one of the girls wore a blue erepo do chine frock 
with one long tight sleeve and a wido scarf draped from tho right 
shoulder, falling over the other arm and down the back. Another dross 
of red sAtln had the bodice laced up the sides with narrow black velvet. 
For the finish they i^ove the Floradora dresses to reveal short ones 
Of gold oloth and black velvet which they also remove slMwIac what ap- 
pears to bo nsBUgoes but when unhooked at tke ilionMor and let down 
are tight flttlnc evening gowns. 

«'U4die" Knioyabio 

"Laddie" from tho Qene Stratton Porter story of tliat name* Is an 
enjoyable picture. The character of the kid sister of a large family 
is a rather lovable one and played with entire lack of self -consciousness 
or affectation by Qene Stratton. ConaMerlng tko nanM nn4 tko «Me 
with whieh tho youngster played the part it tesma posalblt that ihe 
was the original of it. 

Eulalie Jensen makes the mother very natural and Bess Flowers is 
■west and pretty as Pamela Pryor, tho English girl, who hna tn learn 
that not all gentlemen wear white collars. 

''Twisted Tales" Missed 
«*Twlsted Tales/* an attempt at a different kind of flhn comedy, la a 
laudable Idea, ^ut It Ukes more than an Idea to make a oomedy. Ivy 
King and Mary Davis play the wife and the secretary. 

Extras and DlroctoHli Delight 

"Take It From Mo" must have meant a great deal In the life of the 
movie "extras." The crowds of women in tho department store scenes 
were well handled and the fashion show was a real "Director's Delight." 

After the mannequins had paraded In **creations." tho gowns disap- 
peared by Invisible means and the girls dived into a pool. The picture la 
''"•ny, 

Oraeo Bdler and fOur girls present a dance act agreeably different. 
They appear first in men's Eton suits and silk hats with Miss Kdler 
Wearing the same style but in brown satin with Oxford ties of the exact 
MUno shade. She changed on the stage by stripping off her other cos- 
tume, to a green silk blouse and velvet trunks. In all their changes 
and danc«i tho girls were so neat and trim It was a pleaaore to watch 
them. ■ 

consumer paying anywhere from 

%$o to ise. 

A Times f^quare boollef?Ker the 

other day sold his last (0 cases, of 
Imported champagne to a dealer for 

$85 a case. A wine drinker himself, 
the seller, a few days following, 
found that he could not purchase 
good etuff and phoned the dealer 
he wanted to buy back 10 cases. 
The dealer replleil that he could 
only spare three eases and charged 

ihe bootlegger fUS a Mse for them. 



BOOZE DRAUGilT 

(Continued from page 1) 
Biiortly be unavailable around tlie 
metropolis. The same loggers add, 
however, that the home-made brand 
of booxe Is very much In evidence 
*t present In New York and that 
the demand will be filled from that 
*9nrce. Despite the oncoming 

«5rouRht. whiskey baa malttUilled Its 
former price. , Scotch Is |4S a case 

JO case 



Chorus Grl Seit Away; 
'Career Adrancing' Stunt 

Cambridge. Mass.. Nov. 2. 
Breaking down in court. Ivy 

Moore, J9-ye«r-old chorus girl, ad- 
luiited tliat she bad accepted from 
various men from time to time 
amounts ranging from $60 to 11.000 
to "advance my enreor." On the 
complaint of her mother that the 
girl was a stubborn child. Ivy was 
sentenced to the women's reforma- 
tory at Kast Cambridge. 

The chorud girl had been before 
the court six times' previously on 
the complaint of her parents. A 
suspended sentence was imposed 
Jan. 21. A capias was Issued Oc- 
tober 24 for her arrest and her pro- 
bation ordered revoked. 

Judge Stone declared iliat Tvy 
had used her probation period to 
get money from men. 

Frasces* Modisie, Files 
Ety BvryiBore Jodgmeiit 

Ethel Barrymore having failed to 
keep up her agreed $800 monthly In- 
stallments in favor of Frances A 
Co. Dressmakers, Inc., the latter has 
entered judgment for $2,082.20. 

The actress originally owed 14.- 
0S1.20, and was sued, agreeing last 
December to pay It off at the rate of 
$300 a month, and in default of one 
payment to suffer a indgment for 
the full amount. 

Such inst.-illments were maintained 
until tho judgment balance was 
filed. 



RDBBERIN 




By MISS EXRAY 



•I 



JUNE MATHIS RESIfiNS 



(Continued from page 5) 

to comment on tho treatment of 
the Mathis stories. On each occa- 
sion that Richard Rowland eiuno 
to the coast he was called upon to 
straighten out the breach, as both 
parties concerned were friends and 
had been placed with tiWi organii ' 
tlon by him. 

Miss Mathis started with Metro 
under Rowland as a writer and Is 
credited with having dim^overed 
Rudolph Valentino and cast him in 
"The Four Horsemen." She left the 
Metro organisation to become pro- 
duction head for the GoMwyn com- 
pany and after two years on the 
lot went to EXirope to make ^'Ben- 
Hnr.** When the M.-O.^^M^ people 
took over tho Qoldwyn organization 
Miss Mathis resigned while In Italy 
and returned to America, rejoining 
Rowland with First National. 

Her contract with First National 
had a year to ran at the time of 
her resignation. BalbonI will not 
bo affected by his wife's action, as 
he is under contract for another 
six months to First National and 
doea not mis np hi Imt 
alteira. 



Sona ■ Bht Hnni? 

(Gontlnued Crom pAio 1> 

usnal will dose this month, at Battt* 
more, Nov. 20. At tliat ttmo the 

band will disband if no agreement 
for tho film theatres shall have been 



As the weekly overhead of the 
Sousa band is $10,000. bow the 
major attraction can be played may 
bo a dellcato OMtter of adjustssent. 
There are not so many theatres 
capable of playing a stage act that 
might demand a salary or guaran- 
tee of around |1S.«M a weeh. With 
the Publlx Theatres opposed to per- 
centage playing, Loew's and a few 
independent presentation theatres 
are tho only houses left that can 
handle a stage act of the slaa and 
importance of Sousa. 

Kept Off Radio 
It li foported that the picture dis- 
tributors with -Ulklng picture" ad- 
juncts are also considering Sousa 
for record making that also bocom« 
ing necessary to arrange before the 
closing of his current tour. 

Though Sousa has played in con- 
cert at what Is known as a concert 
pop scale approximating $2.14 top. 
er more, there are millions of 
Americans who have heard of but 
have never aeon tho famous band- 
masitr nor iMord his band. Sousa 
has been ose of the country's bi«- 
fSfM aniuHement atua< tUms wbicit 
alH<^ has remained away from radio. 

The March King will celebrate bin 
7L'd hirti)<i:»y anniversary in Chicago 
neit Monday. 



If Yott Do»'t AdToHiM m 
Dm*I AdvwtiM 



MONDAY 
Ail English and Apples 
Dear Masie: ■ ' 

Told you laiit wiiMt 1M All- 
Bng^'''ir^i';i||:'1^'^ 
inc/Hdiv- iiii«%v#oil\iBV!t^:tbe .dei^ old 
BniM iatfotted 111 to aee the ehow 

th)d afternoon. Say, M;ir. just 
missed winning tlie apples by one 
numb'^r. (^an you beat that? 

When the last act went on the 
mob was ready to step but they 
stopped at the back of the house 
and gasped with womler at the 
dancing of Oaston and Andree. I 
have never seen anything Quite as 
good. At first the ;rirl was a bit 
norvouf, but once sho got started. 
Ill tell you, babe, she's there. 

Certainty Had a lloek Of mem in 
the flrst part. (Jlad when it was 
relieved by Daphne Pollard. t5he is 
always a laugh. The Dufor broth- 
ers' English eveiMnt clothes swung 
in tho hreezo When they dant*e*l. 
The trousers were so wldo they 
looked like skirts. 

The t^ngllsh Jane. Ella Shields, is 
prriit. Yvu know th.it if she dldn"t 
have her name on the card I hon- 
estly would have thought irtM wai 
another English chapr>ie. Tbat Is 
how much she fooled me. 

Cissie Loft us looked great, but 
the drM -"okO' '«im»0" .vap.-liomd. 
made h^^r look like a hMIPS 

Whom do you think! I saw Lillian 
Shaw looking like a flapper, and 



TUESDAY 
She Levee Tom Melfthan 

Dear Masie: 

Oe. kid. in my rush to dinner 
with my boy frxend 1 forgot to tell 
yon aboifllterloOlMM al the Palace 
yesterday. She was the only Ameri- 
can on the bill. Bhe did a cute act 
with Cecilia Loftus. and how tliey 

Kmn^m MOTW iww^ ^m^^mt^^ ■ 

Never got a chan^^e to see Doug- 
las Fairbanks in "The Black Pirate" 
until last night at the State. It sure 
had a long rufa at tow dMNMI tue- 
atres In this town T can't rave over 
It. All you see i« Doug prancing 
around in his artistic regalia. In 
ono oetiie. mmi: -1i^ :m9 
under water. tlMf Ml Hit a lot of 
poUywogs. 

Say. I know a boy. and you know 
htai, tsOk If he was to get a look at 
Palermos Canln<'s. he would offer 
the guy that owns "Bessie," the best 
performing dog in many a day. a 
fortune^ 

There were two fellows on tho 
State's bill by the name of Albert 
Hawthorne and Johnny Cooke. The 
woman M«t to «i« silt rfiio tkalight 
they were very gUly." Still, she 
laughed at them, so maybe she 
changed her mind, ^nd they in- 
tended to b* dOHr, io tluU was per- 
fect. 

Lee Hose and Katheryn Moon 
were on last. They don't do much 
theatsolvee. believe me. Rave a 
wml bmkli df Itfds. four girls and 
four boys, stepping. Nowadays, 
Mazle. you would be out Of the pic- 
ture complete — have to be acro- 
batic and im t im pmim ^ get 

chorus work. 

They are three- sheeting ThomaH 
Melghan at the State, cause next 
week they show his new picture, 
"Tin Gods." I ll grant them that 
everybody loves Mm, lucluding my- 
self, so rm rooting for hhn» too. 
hoping thni tlM picture !• In 
tiit iiMM »iir Will lbs 



FRIDAY 

■nttand the Spoiler 

Dear Maaie: 
Was aaatona to see l>efotliy Ulsh 

In her new picture. "London." hav- 
ing seen the first ono "Nell Qwyn." 
I thought this would be a winner. 
They sure cheated In more ways 
than one. 

It Is a flop espeiiially for Dorothy. 
England has spoiled her. She has 
lost all her IndlvlduaUty. When I 
tell you fche is fat I'm putting it 
mild. At time I hardly recognised 
her. nhe looks like a Swedish doll 
with her tightly cured blonds hair 
and s))lt c'lrlH. 

There Is a dark haired girl in 
t his picture who, wbiio she may not 
bo a beauty, is there even with tlie 
little she has to do. 



one. Virginia may have been 
starred, but Carmellta Cleraghty got 
:vll the »)est of it. She played one of 
those dum Dora dolls; you linow 
the kind I mean, Babe, as ' dumb ' as 
Peggy Joyce. 

Ud^ tbat crowd howled when 
Mtief Ifahder, who plays d g«nt that 
iQvoi liquor bettor than women and 

sonp, proceed.^ to crit rid of his 
■shredded wheat baby by holding her 
head under water. 

Wreetling in «*Deeeiver^ 

Say Masie. remember those wrest* 
ling matches down at the Manhat- 
tan opera housv? They wore mild 

compared to what I saw staged by 
iwo girls in a picture called *'The 
Adorable Deceiver.** The bout was 
between Jane Tliomas and Alberta 
Viiu;?han. Looked so roal that I 
think tho director must have framed 

the*. 

Kvery time any one npoke out of 
turn to Alberta she grabbed one of 
iier shue.s and let them luivo it. As 
for those shoes, she showed mighty 
bad taate. In one scene with a pret* 
ty garden dress she wore white ox- 
fords. * 



A4 the Metro Ball 

Dear Mazle: 

- You misHeil the fourth annual 
Loew-Metro-Cioldwyn-Mayer movie 
ball last night; but, Masie. don't 

worry. 

Tho program gav<5 a few words 
of advice: "Don't go home until It's 
aH over:** They hoM this grand af- 
fair In the Gold Room of tho Hotel 
Astor. Seemed to expect people to 
stand up to see the show. If y«q^ 
wanted a ehair you had to slip a 
buck to one of the hotel men and 
maybe you would get It providing 
some one else didn t beat you to it. 

Had a fbw of the morSe people 
there, but they grew tired and blew. 
When that guy Grantland called 
upon them to take a bow he got 
no responso. Waa bo amd, Maslef 
Not Just a little, but much. So wild 
he laid out the audience. As large 
as life sat Jack Dempsey with Es- 
telle Taylor. Ho Is stIU the cham- 
pion to this bunch. What a recep- 
tion he got. AH hoping ho wlU come 
back with a bang. 

Never saw so many oops lii one 
place In my life.. Every tia»e you 
turned around you bumped into a 
bluecoat. Three sets, too — two pri- 
vats agencies and tho regular eopa 
besides. J^o gate crashing this year. 

All ready for action, their night 
sticks very much in evidence. Some 
of those dancing Jelly boana Uiat 
were having a hard tUna to mrU 
gate. 

Tho show consisted of two parts. 
After the night one tbiqr ask you to 
eat and be merry. The eats were 
very good, but to be merry you had 
to be one of the mob. 

Whoa we left the breakfast Hhow 
was on. To give you an Idea how 
much every one was paying as little 
attention as possible those able to 



Geo. Welsh, the Cop 

Kever thought that George Walsh 
would malm such a good looking 

cop until I Haw him in his new pic- 
ture, "A Ueutleman of Quality." 
Tho story, of course, is easy to 



SATURDAY 

A ^ Dumb Dora" Whe's Net 

Deiir Mazle; 

Haw AMrgtnla Vulli (n "The Pk>as 
uro Garden." What a name for this 



ter. 

A fellow in this picture looked 
just like Von Stroheim when Von 
was young. A little thing like that 
<iidn't bother them; tbey eaUod him 
Spanish Joe. 

Saw another, *'Daageroua Virtue." 
the same night. As to which Is tho 
worse ril toOs a coin.; Jano Novak 
played tho lead. How tired she 
looked, but one coulda't blame her, 
I almost fell asleep, too. 

Warwick Ward tried so hard to 
bo a Menjou. Hugh Miller's mus- 
tache looked like misplaced eyo*^ 
brows. Tho scream was tho suodo 
oxfords Ward was ho proud of th.it 
I am sure he must have begged the 
director to make a cleso-up of them. 

What a lot of bunk. Jual from 
telling you at>out It makoa mdySwil. 
Off to bed I must go. 

8'long! 

Uiifllio Jf» «Wiee dIuyeM 

**Wh*o Otjys rrefer Brunettes,*- 
^ ith Hetene Chaduick. i» a comedy. 
The name doesn't apply, but what's 
in a name as long as there are 

plentv of la»»gh«? They stole a little 
of Syd Chaplin's "Charley s Aunt" 
for this one. 

Well this is enough for you today. 
I'll bo bsek between now gnd tb«3t 



I 



42 



VARIETY 



EDITORIAL 



WMttcsday, Novtmbtr 3» 1920 



niETY 

Tf«d« Iffark Reclatcred 
VgUUhedl Weekly by TARlErTT, IM. 
Sim* SlIvermaB, President 
114 Wen 4ltk Street New York Cltjr 

8UB8CRIPTION: , 

Aaawl IT Foreica • • • • • • • e* 

tlBfle Coplee....**..* -..it Cente 



rOL. LXXXV 



No. 3 



15 YEARS AGO 

{FT(m Variety and **Clip»€r^} 

A stpovp «C alMk iQAiiMrsra from 

all over the country waa promoted 
for the purpose of creating a clear- 
ing house for plays and actors in 
•took, doing ftway with Mpents* eom- 
aiaaioiis and trying to economize 
on rosralties. The conferees were 
to assemblo at tho Hotel Astor in 
^iNTortWA. 

liOUls Martin, whose restaurant 
was one of the smartest in Times 
Square^ talked of putting oa » 



Douglas Fairbanks was set for 
a vaudeviUe tour in a sketch, start- 
tag at tha fifth AiTMiiM, N«w York, 
im gHaiy w*a IMOi. 

Following the success of "Bunty 
PttUs the Strings" at the Comedy. 
H«w Tork, Bdot^ wl^ a 

flooteh company, all the legit man- 
agera were combing tha fwraiga 
market for "prospects.** 



papttkur^prlea nMlodnuaa 

business was' hastening to its doom. 
A. H. Woods called in four of his 
traveling companies— "A Prisoner 
tm Ltfeb" "A Fogtttva firom Jugtloai'' 
"Chief of the Secret SenrioSb** aad 
"Another Man's Wife." 

/ George C. Tyler had threatMiedhe 
%rMd ring down the curuin at 
any performance attended by Alan 
Bale^ the "American** reviewer. 
Dala was present at the premiere 

Spencer Cone, brdther-in-law of 
Xala Clazton, was about to rovlvo 
«*rhe Two Orphaan," ta whldh Xlia 
Clastom bionme f among. . 



tho Keith leaso Oa <tlio 

Cleveland Hippodrome expired, the 
Keith people talked of building in 
the town and the landlord. Citizens' 
flavlnga lb Tmst Co., roae«^od the 
lease for 10 more years. (Clnee 
then Cleveland has become one of 
tho most over- theatred cities in the 



50 YEARS AfiO 

The baseball league had com- 
pleted its season of 70 games in 
Um IMIowlat ovdor: Chioago. Hart- 
ford, St. lioals, Boston. Louisville. 
Mutual (New York). Athletics and 
Cincinnati. Boston was the only 
team that i^layod oat an Its games. 



m mmm mm vm 

in all of the buslneso of tho JUtors* Fimd. fai Now York, FaetAo Coast, 
along the Oulf or tho Canadian boVder. but four salaried people are 

employed. That is operating a charitable bureau for all of tho 
business of thousands of persons at a minimum of 



In one recent week tho AetoruP Wanir» o0oo la Now York ooat IfT 

separate checks to beneflclaries or for their benefit. Those checks ag- 
gregated $3,700. That may or may not be a large number of theatrical 
dependents for one voluntary charitable organisation without visible 
moaao of maintonnaoo to ounport It's hut a aamplo wMk; I 
for tho Aotoraf Fund. 



The Actors' Fund must subsist by subscriptions or donatioasb or Its 
annual dues for professionals. Annual dues are IS; a Ufo momhorihip 
ia the Fund Is $50. Tet how many momhsra of the show business ever 

has thought to enclose $2 or $50 in an envelope addressed to the Aotoro' 
Fund* Columbia Theatre BuUding, New York City? Not 



A wrong impression may have spread anent tho AetorO* Fund and Its 
resources. Here and there within the past has been printed where the 
Fund was made a legatee under this or that wilL Those bequeoto wore 
made. Perhaps they have been tumoA OYor to tho Fund oro aom la 
any event, however, the Fund can not touoh the prinelple for Its own 
support. At most is only available the income. Not sufficient income to 
alleviate the always pressing demands upon the Fund to meet an outgo 
with no come back of $3,700. more or less, weekly, year la and sroar oat. 



That $3,700 is a flsod ovoffhoad without anything iasd oa hohalf oC tho 

Fund to and it. 



And not only does the Fund send out these 1S7 checko for IIT different 
people who depend upon it, not all ill either but some in dire needs for 
necessities; it buries the dead, it maintains the needy or indigent living 
at tho Actor's Fund Hom% If thoy aro of tho allow 



Men like Dan Frohman and Sam Scribner. both of whom are fettlshly 
sold** on tho Actors* Fund devote their days and years to it, and get 
what? Worry! Where aso tho thanks oomtag fimi for tho o^oiatioa 
of this great theatrical charity when it eaa aot eommoaoo t» ^braw the 
moasgr tt aoods from too show business that II gooeonit . 

Thoatrioal QuMdo havo Iniurod the Income of Iho AetoraT Faad.^ There 

are denominational Guilds in theatricals. No qaoatloa arlaaa ovor 'or 
about them but the Fund has felt theta: inroads upon donations or dues. 
No denomination is brought up with the Fund over aa applicant for 
aid or whoa tefonaod of a death. 



Perhspe the Actors* Fund has erred in not going to the expense of a 
press agent. Somehow the show business that should know press 
agentry the best, prefer to bellovo press agoata^ atutt rather thaa tho 
cold facts of a munificent charity such as tho Aetors* Fund Is. And the 
cold facts are that the Actors' Fund needs money — ^money from the show 
business or any other business. It has no money to spend on press 
agents; It haa ao moaey to apeaA oa aaythlag or aaybody hut tho aoody 
peopio of tho hualaoaa It roproaoata»' 



Think of tho ActorsT Fund more often — send it money more often — 
Indoeo othora to do tho aamo thlac Support tho AotovoT ^FoaA, 

Who kaowa who'a aoztt 



RIGHT OFF TE DESK 



By NELLIE REVELL 



Public for Reserve Seat Theatres 

Admitting that moving pictures are rapidly passing into two cl&sses 
in the usual making by the grade producers; that of the high clxiss pro- 
gram feature and tho higher class program feature^ thoro still remains 
another gghgtantlal raaaoa for the pr o p aaa^ t aaa r ra^ aoat pictm 



A ploturo that Is set for production cost to say about $250,000 but runs 
to IBOO.OOO or more, even $700,000^ doesn't neoosaarlly eater Into the aapor 
or road show classlflcation because of production cost. It's Just a better 
made picture and as such is entitled to a special showing before gen* 
orally released. As a matter of record and fftct the most profitable road 
picturea have aot hoei^ tho costliest. 

Yet that imusually well made feature film is the cause of the reserved 
seat theatre project. That grade of picture is coming along so rapidly 
it now seems that a future supply for a rsaonrod aoat houao ehanglnv 
weekly is assured. It Is not settled that the reserved seat house will 
change weekly. It may go in for runs, or hold to a run whore tho picture 
stands up sufficiently. 



Even a regular program feature may develop qualities that will list 
It for the reserved seat houses before going into the roguiar picture 
theatres. 



The public for the reserved seat circuit is that ever present element 
that will not stand in line to buy an admission ticket. Naturally there 
are more women than men in this category. But there are enough of 
both ta any first class city of affluence to support a plotare jthoatre that 
reserves Its seats for twice daily porformancea At a iUiht advance over 
the regular scale of the picture houses, { 

Pieturoo draw from a very wide population. It may be aUted that 

barring the mighty few who still think the spoken drama is the only 
stage entertainment, there Is no portion of the theatre going population 
of this country not patronising the film theatre excepting those that want 
to know they wlU find a aoat upon arrivtag. Thia* remains the oaly 
portion for picturea to wto over. They wHI wta them with the reaonMH 
seat house. 



Cver ao maay people would aot booome devotoea ti the picture houaei 

if never entering them, if they must perforce stand In line or wait In^ 
the lobby to -gain an unidentifled seat inside. Those people want to 
purchase their tickets in advance and visit the picture theatre in the 
same way they weald any other theatre reoervtac $ta aoata* > 
The reaarved aoat Urn hooao wlU fit right late thia'waat. ' 



INSIDE STUFF 



Jimmy Weedea and his managers 
were indicted for murder in con- 
nection with the heavyweight ring 
battle in which Weeden knocked out 
and killed Billy Walker in Salem 
County. N. J. The bill set forth 
that if Weeden had entered the ring 
"with intent to do bodily harm to 
the deceased,** he was guilty of 
taortor la the aocoad degree. 



J. P. Smith. American, and Jose 
Perts. Mexican, engaged in a 50- 
mile horse race for $1,000, In Los 
Angeles. The conditions called for 
ten mounts to be changed at the 
end of each mile. Perts was the 
more agile in mounting and he won. 
although Smith proved the bettor 
rider. 



A' aculling match over Ave miles 
oa the Monogahela at Pittsburgh 
for the national championship at- 
tracted more attention than does 

the open golf championship now. 
William Scharff defeated the na- 
tional tit^leholder, Svan Morris. 



^^eatrlcal center had not yet 
reached 14th street. T. Allston 
Brown, one of the leading dramatic 
agents^ had hia office at f Woat 4th 
atreot 



The artistic urge expressed itself 
frankly ta the advertlaemeatt "A 

lady dli^res an engagement for the 
jpurpose of becoming prollcient in 



tho dramatic art/' 



By far the smarteet evenings of the fall have been those "Ten Nights 
in a Star-Room." occurring every Saturday night In Daniel Frohman's 
studio atoptho^I^roeum theatre. And if Mr. Frohnum wanted to charge 
admlssloaMpiMi, he wouM oadoahtodly reap a tMy aam for htai favor* 
ite hobby, tfct ittjoipa' Fuad, la the tataroat of whMh the aftafera are botag 
held. 

For one finds there more eelebritieo. and talent thaa I have ever seen 
at aay hoaoflt Last Saturday were a aumbor of graad opera alagers 

whofe names I can't either spell or pronounce, also Bobby Clark. Haxel 
and Eleanor Dawn, Joe Laurie, Taylor Holmes, Marie Cahill, Pauline 
Lord and her new author, Mr. Winters; Robert Haines^ Vivian and Qene- 
vleve Tobin, Allooa Sklpworth aad too aiaay othora to get them an teto 

this column. 

It is Inspiring to see how the great ones of the profession, actors, 
writers and composers, have rallied around Mr. Frohmaa to help him 
entertain the leadera of oomflMreo aad flaaaoo who are helplag the drive 

for the Fund. 

The parties team with wit aad hospitality and If aay professional 
doesn't get in on the gatherings It ta his own fault. For everyone of the 
theatre tap urged to drop ta after the show any Saturday night from 
now until the drive for the Fund is flnlshed. Tharo la««0 OOat. No col- 
lection is taken. No one is asked for funda. 



Bddie Darling haa been back to the Palace! But much as he wanted 
to see his friends he didn't dare let them know he was there. Doctor's 
orders: "Seeing the show is enough excitement— don't do any hand- 
shaking." So he slipped quietly into a side entraaco Monday afternoon, 
went to the gallery and from there watched his first show in weeks. 
And from there went home to bed to eost up for a further roottag up at 
Atlantic City the next few weeks. % 

The William Morris family (the actor's, not the manager's) have gone 
to Fort Wayne, Ind., where Wllhelmlna, the young lady of the family, 
is a member of the Wright Players, stock company. She has been want- 
ing experience In stpck. And her parents^ being quite aura that what* 
ever Wllhelmlna wanted ah^ ahould havob wont with her to lead moral 
aupport 



In Qua Kleineeke's lifO. Detroit Is not tho place where they Bsake auto- 
mobiles. It to mu<di better than tliat. being the place where he has just 
had a chance to unpack his grip and settle down for eight weeks. He 
is conducting for one of the "Vagabond King" ro^d companies and it is 
hto idea that, while kings may like vagahoadlag, aa orchestra coadUctor 
mightily pfefera atayteg ta oao place for a while every oace ta oo often. 



More newa of musicians — Caroline Nichols of Boston Fadettes fame 
has come down from her Boston home to arrange for bookings for "The 

Clarioa-Vvumpetfirs." which she has pm/iuft^ ff^^ ^\%f. p^^Kn^r and the 

Balaban and Katz picture houscn. She has permanently retired from 
the stage and is devoting all her time to discovering and training young 
musletana. 



Speaking? of Miss Nicliols, everyone who recalls the Boston Fadettoa 
will remember Ethel McDonough as with that troupe before she became 
known as a vaudeville single. "The girl with the drum." 

strangely enough, though. Miss McDonough has given up the stage, 
she Is still Icnown as one of the best female drummers in the world. Hut 
now she does the long roll as a traveling saleswoman for a French hal 



Although advertised with "ballet of 40" and "symphony orchestra,** 

the Shubert productlbn of "The Pearl of Great Price" played a fortnight 
ta Brooklyn at the Majestic with a small orchestra and a sin^rle dancer. 
The production is of elaborate appearance but probably not so heavy, 
as fancy lighting and Judicious use of drapes have dressed the stage 
welL The show did little business on its second Brooklyn week, and 
the*real reason for the exteVided engagement was the last minute can« 
cellatloa of "Red Blinds," tho liOrd Lathom play which stopped suddenly. 

In Brooklyn AmeUa Bingham's name led the MUtag although her part* 
that of a disorderly house madame, was small. For New York, Claud- 
ette Colbert is billed over the rest, for her role is by far the longest 
and most Important. Fredla Inescourt withdrew in Brooklyn, replaced 
by Marlon KIrby. while Reginald Sheffield was added for tha IMT TorK 
eagaceaMat, which opened Monday at tho Century. 

"Billing" coupons given away last weeK for the Frolic (roof) show, 
"Bloade Staaer,** called for two reaonred aeaU "by paying a amall ad« 
The "small advaaco" Uae was very anmll, ta typob 



The future of "Her Cardboard Lover," tried out for several weeks with 
Laurotte Taylor ta the lead, to oadeeided, aa ao femlntao "name" haa 

been announced for the role whep the show gooa on again. There Is a 
possibility that Leslie Howard, with Miss Taylor In the tryout, will be 
featured alone, as the male part to said to be more important than the 



Most of the principal New York casting ofllces that placed chorus 
gtrto with musical shows have had that branch of their booking service 
roduoo d to nothing through the Aetora' Bqulty Aaaoctatlon haadWilii a 
bureau open to ita c g. members. 

The Ekiulty Association for $17 puts the girls to work, the money 
being taken aa a membership/ angle and deducted from their weekly 
stipead ta dribs and draba. 



With "The Jazx Singer," hU first legit piece, and "Private Izzy Murphy," 
his first picture, both current in Chicago, George Jessel was a double star 
ta tho loop. It to a novel happentajr when one man to the star ta botk- 
a show and picture ptoying tho same time in the same city. But that 
both vehicles should be the player's first attempt ta the two M4a to aot 
believed to have been seen before. 



and gown house of New York City. And I understand from buyers har 
drumming brings business now the way it used to bring applause. 



The accounts of the Illness of Bmma Carua bring back memorlea et 

my first meeting with that talented woman. It was in 1894, and an 
editor sent me to interview John L. Sullivan, then on the first of his 
farewell tours. He was with the Renta-Santly burlesque company, ap- 
pearing at the old Herrman theatre on Broadway, between 27th and 
28th streets, then known as the Gayety, and spelled two ways, too. 

While talking to John L. in the wings I saw a young miss step for« 
ward and do a turn, billed as "Emma Cams, the Female Barytone." I 
wonder who in that audience thought that the name of Emma Carus in 
the next 30 years would reach the heighto of tho entertatament world. 
Perhaps not even Miss Carus herself. 



My, my, but Tm ^lad the campaign is over. For what with making 
speeches for the Republicans at the MlUs's headquarters and attending 
parties for Sol Bloom, Democratic congressman, my sympathies feel like 
tho battleground of the Mame. And If I voted according to my firtond* 
ships, they would put me to Jail for life aa a repeater. 



Just to show you what a good Republican I am I even put elephants 
in the motion pictures I write. Having Just attended a pre- view of 
'«fly>angl«a»* tnv ci rcus storv . I am going through the travail experienced 
by most authors when they see their braln-chlldren for the first time 
on the silver sheet. For when I saw "my story." I mean what would 
have been my story If they had left any of my story in it. I suppose^ 
I ought to bo glad they even left the elephant in-^t least PU still be 
in good with the Republican National Conunitteo. 



Wni Rogers says he went out to his Oklahoma ranch to look for oil 

and found two stills. Uut, he continues, everyone In Oklahoma Is going 
to vote dry at the next election. That is, all who are sober enough to 
get to the polls. 



v', •.il.-.'. '., ,'■,/, ' , ■ ' . 



Wednesday, November % 1:928 



LEGITIMATE 




VJOOBTY 4S 



HIGH TIDE: 



[Two Big Jewish Theatres Being Built — Growing 
I4iiioiishie Trade Hdiplng Praeperitj— -Second 
Highest Gross The Gables to $12, 



It 



The Yiddish show bunlness Is now 
in it« most flouriBhin^r condition. 
Om New York downtown show has 
b«en groBBing $15,000 weekly and 
consistently. It means for capacity 
for Molly Picon te *^e' LItUe 
2)6vU,'* oflrmt «t tha Sacond Ato- 
"tm HiifttM St lUS top. 

Vw Mr llJIOS.Mi' Tld4Mi loglt 
ttnwtiiMe sve ta eoiistiiietioii. The 
naw lUurloa SchwaitS T$MI«h Art 
Flaybousa on M avanne and 12th 
street ia slated for opening Thanks- 
^ving night, with "The 10th Com- 
mandment." a new play by Abraham 
Goldfaden, the father of the Yiddish 
theatre and dean of Yiddish play- 
wrights; 

The other naw bou^e la tha Pub- 
lic, on 4^1 strvot Mid Id nvanuo. It 

iflll hftvo Aareii 'IiObodoff, a rbman- 

-do musical comedy star of the Yid- 
^ dish theatre, as the chief mime. It 
ilrlll not be ready until about Wash- 
ington'a Birthday. 

The unusual prosperity of Yid- 
dish show business is traced to a 
growing limousine trade of Jewish 
thaatro patrona who hava been 
awakened to the histrionic charms 
of the native tongue because of the 
unusual dramatic merits of the pro- 
ductlona la aottair.niid prooentatlon. 
The recent Broadway premiere of 
-We Americans" with half of the 
cast recruited from the downtown 
Yiddish playhouses for their Eng- 
lish-speaking stage debut, already 
has bad Its influence for increased 
Tkldlsh patronsilBre, ' such Ohotto 
amissarlos aa Muni Welsenf round 
and others who have been sensa- 
tionally acclaimed for their char- 
actorlH^tlona on Broadway, acting 
as advance agents for thair down- 
town antooedents. 

Box Office 

A survey of the Yiddish show 
- Iitttlnf«a from Btat Naw York sec- 
tion of Brooklyn through the East 
Side and Into the Bronx discloses 
some intereatlng box-office grosses. 

.Seoond t» lIlM Pteon, Mr. and 
Mra Max Oabel (Jennie Goldstein) 
co-starring in a sex meller. "A 
Woman of the World," are clicking 
o« flS,0«f waekly at thair Gabal 
theatre on the Bowery. 

An artistic success Is Jacob Ben- 
Ami, returning to the Yiddish the- 
atra,< at tha Inrinc Plaoa Art Plny- 
house doing *'Samson and Dt>lilah/' 
geUing 16,000 weekly in the 1.000- 
Mat house. Ben -Ami's personal 
draw flgurao ImportSntly the play 
Is a somewhat ef«rl|r ftimllUr Yid- 
dish classic. 

Tha Vilna Troupe, an Importa- 
tion, is holding forth at the Lipsin 
(formerly the London theatre) on 
the Bowery, with "Why a Heart?", 
written by a foremost Yiddish 
Journalist. Loula MlUor, to ft M»MO 
Weekly gross. 

''Stepmothers," at the large- 
onpacHy - National on Snd avenue. Is 
a. metier and grossing $10,000. It 
cannot go below that because of the 
overhead. Samuel Goldenburg is the 

9it»» - 

Nathan Goldberg In "The Jolly 
Student" is the star at the Lenox 
to 15.000 weekly. 

Raoartflni PavoHta Too 
Aaron Lcbcdoff, whose personal 
popularity extends to his being a 
favorite Yiddish phonograph record- 
ing artist aa well, attracts about 
$«.000 into the Liberty (Krooklyn) 
box-ofllce with a new operetta, 
"ClomW 

Another East New York play- 
house, the Ilopkinson, has "Step- 
mothers" (the same play Ks at the 
-National simultaneously), and aver- 
»Klng 16,000 at the gate. That play 
recently held forth at still a thii d 
house, the Lenox, indicathig that 
three stock produottons of one piece 
'an flourish at the same time, the 
Yiddish playhouHe boinK .«trl( tly a 
local proposition excepting for the 
big hits that draw from all ovor. 

Joseph Kessler'a McKinley Square 
thp»irft ha s "Th a B tr ae ts o f Xrw 



ARBITRATION TO DECIDE 
MISS TAYLOR'S UTTER 

Odd Form Agreement From 
Woods for Actress to 
Play Until 1^ 

Laurette Taylor haa a peculiar 
letta^ form of contract arrangad by 
A. H. Wooda for her appaaranooa in 

"The Cardboard Lover," but a dis- 
pute over the contract will be heard 
next week. The show elo«ed rsoont- 
ly After trylnff out. It waa mat 
brought to Broadway, as difference 
of opinion existed over Miss Tay- 
tor'o auitablUty for tha leading role. 

Aeeofdta« to tha eonttfatet; the 
star is engaged to play in "The 
Cardboard Lover^ until 4128, she is 
to appear in New York, Philadel- 
phia, Boston and Chteago. -'^^ 

A clause In tha agreement States 
that all rules governing Equity con- 
tracts shall apply.. Under Eouify 
rules If a production li ttosad'm^ tL 
period of eight weeks,' run~-of-the- 
play contracts originally pertalhikilr 
to the attraction are void. 

Woods plans to heap tha play off 
for that length of time and then 
engage a naw caat. Miss Taylor 
claims her contract Is good until 
Jan. 1, 102S. Hence the arbitration. 



Anderson's 'Eden' 

With Jeanno Bagels now perma- 
nently settled upon play "Chicago" 
unde^ the Sam H. Harris manage- 
ment, there la a 'possibility that 
Judith Andarsoa» wndar wmtmot to 
Charles Frohman, Inc., will play the 
leadii^g rola in "Tha Garden of 
Bdan." 

It this comes about, th« produc- 
tion will be made by Frohman* lao., 
and Hanria in association. 

Another poostblUty for Miss An« 

derson Is that she will play in the 
adaptation of *'La Riposte," made 
for the Frohman office by Sidney 
Howard> 



'Ace' Sons on Jennne 

iCansas City,. Nov. S. 
When Jeanne Eagels was here 
last season she had a "run in" with 
Ace, dramatic critic of tha "Jour* 
jml-Post." When Variety reached 
nere last week, in the evening edi- 
tion of his pap^ Ace ran a photo- 
graphlo reproduction of Varlaty'a 
story about tha s$Ar of *'Rain" In the 
current issue, propery erodltad, with 
the comment: 
"Surely not our Jeanne.** 
As this is Jeanne's borne town, 
tha comment Is considered caustic. 



York." 

•*Tha Student Prince,** an author- 

^«ed Yldfli.ch version of tlie Sluj- 
herts* operetta, was a quick flop 
downtown because of Its lack of 
4e\M«h appeal and the heavy opcr- 
•ting cost. 



Mrs. Leslie Carter, Inc. 

Los Angeles, Nov. S. 

Mrs. LeHlie Carter has organized 
under the state corporation laws a 
stock edmpnny to ba known M Mrs, 
Leslie Carter. Inc.. with a Mpltnll- 
zation of $200,000. 

No stock is to be sold, the issue 
being held by Mrs. Carter, her hus* 
band, William Louis Payne^ nnd 
thre^ others. 

Since her retirement from the 
staga Mrs. Carter haa written sev- 
erail plays. She recently completed 
her memoirs, which, with the publi- 
cation of her books, will be syndi- 
cated. 



'Lucky* Stars Holmes 

Tovlor ITolmeH \vnH lifted to star- 
dom with "Happy Go Lucky" at the 
Liberty, New York, Monday. Al- 
though the house boards were not 
riuingcd. advts. in tha dallies gave 
iloJrneH that honor. 

The hhow in due for the road after 
another week. 



Swaffer ITS. Pollock 



Hannen Swaffer. Variety's 
special columnist in London, 
and a boy who hates himself, 
haa Issued a challenge to Ar- 
thur Pollock of the Brooklyn 
"Eagle." dramatic editor of 
that dally and another who 
can handle the I stuff pretty 
well also. 

Swaffer aays Pollock tou« hod 
upon some of bis matter in Va- 
riety aa Indicating that Pol- 
lock believed he had at last 
discovered an Englishman with 
a alight BWM ef humor, or 
something aloBf that Itoe. The 
cause isn't material If th«> two 
boys will get togetb^ for an 
argument, laavtac thewM«lv«« 
out of It. 

For time and pl*r-», Tim** 
Square la aaggeat*4 at 4.4!» 
a. m., the only paement it isn't 
congested Mid. wiMp aa one 
cares. 

Or. If mora agreeable. In 
front of the Lambs Club on a 

no-matinee afternoon or in the 
cellar of tha 8ro<!|am."TlQiea" 

plant. 



Willard Mack ia Hospital 



Baltimore, Nov. S. 
Winard Maidt collapsed after the 

performance of "Lily Sue" last 

Tuesday, and was removed to a 
hospital. It is expected ^e will re- 
main here under treatment for sev- 
eral weeks. 

Mack wrote ' Lily Sue." in which 
E. H. Rothern is siariod and Uie 
actor-author waa also In the enst 

•Tohn Roslelgh went Into Mack's 

part. 



$44,000, RECORD WEEK 
FOR "BROADWAY; XMAS 

What la expected . to be a new 
record weekly gr os s isr m dramatic 
attroctSonk has bee|& arranged. fOr 

"Broadway." It Is set for that 
smash to attain thf llgura of $44,000 
tor the. >[eek bs^eea Chrlstalgs 
and iKew rear's at th^. Broadhurst. 
There will be 12 performances, 
thro^igh a daily ipatloe^. 

For the ahow New Tear's eiva the 
admission scale wbl be topped at 
$11. New Tear's night It will be 
$4.40, the regular Saturday night 
top scale. 

The matinees have been scaled at 
$3.30 top, except Wednesday after-* 
noon, which will be $2.75 as at pres- 
ent The regular alghttr Mgla Is 
$3.85 top. 

It Is figured that the house will 
make $10,000 alone during the rec- 
ord week. There is little doubt the 
show will make the mark as It is 
eatabllshed aa the outstanding non- 
mualcal of t|ie acMon. 

Tha piayera ,iA 'Vroadwaf* will 
earn a week and a hairs aalary; 
stage hands and muaidans UKcwiae. 

Oas-UiifatoliH 
Two Hut in Aato Crash 

Milwaukee, Nov. 2. 

Oharlea Hoftmelater, 43, city pas- 
senger agent for tha Northweateni 
RaUroad hare and well known by 
theatrical troupes making Milwau- 
kee, aince be handles aU theatrical 
ahlpping over bis vsad, was knled 
and Jamea Hlgglns, 81. former as- 
sistant manager of the Palaice 
theatre, and Harry Phllllpa, former 
aaalatant manager , of tha Majeatk^ 
were seriously injured when the car 
in which they were riding crashed 
into a truck en a eountry road 
about 10 milea out of Milwaukee. 

The car, driven and owned by 
Phillipa, ran headlong into the truck 
and was dantollShed. According to 
Information given authorities, the 
truck had stopped, with its driver 
talking to the driver of another 
truck going tai tha oppoalte dlreo- 
tlon. It la also claimed that the 
trooks had no lighta showing. , 

• 

TIm Bordwl ResuBes 

De» Moines.* Ia., Nov. 8. 
"Gentlemen Prefer Blonde*" 
opened at the Berchel theatre last 
week. The Jiouse has been dark 
for abnost II month* o^rlPf i# labor 
troubles. 

Iris West plays Loreli Lee In the 
company from ChlcagOi* 



WHO WANTS A PLOT? 

Los Anpreles, Nov. 2. 
T)f>rlvH Perdue, actr ess, in private 



Broadway Shows in L. A. 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

Kdward RowlaTid, managing 
director of the Hollywood Play- 
house, due to open In December, 
announcefi ho has 'If I Was Rich," 
and "'I'wo <iu\!* Wanted." Tn addi- 
tion Uie house will present "Alias 
the Deacon," '^he Oreat Gataby.** 
1 "Twelve MItea Out** and '*The 
Swan." 

"The Deacon" proliaiily will be 
the opening bill. 



life Mrs. Geraldlne Feldman, ob- 
tained a divorce from Loul.s F«»ld- 
rnnn, on tlie firrounds of rru^^lty. The 
ilffi-ee was awarded by Judge Sum- 
merfleld who three years ago played 
a part opposite the actrosa In a 
prologu<» called 'Divorce." 



Angeles, Nov. 2. 
Kf-rnK tli M( nonald, from tlio 
New Yolk Btag<>, will ploy tho mal'? 
lead In ""Sunshine of Paradise Al- 
ley." opiwslto Barbara Bedford, for 
rolumMa Pictures. 



ARNOLD DALY HURT; 
SENT TO HOSPHAL 

Playground Night Club Mo- 
tioned — Contradictory Tales 
of How He Reoeived Iniuries 

Arnold Daly, appearing at the 
Theatre Guild In "Juare« and Maxi- 
milian" is In the \fotropol!tan Hoa- 
pital on Welfare Island aufferln^ 
from a fractured skull. Physicians 
attending the actor are optimistic 
about hla recovery but say he will 
be conlliMd to bed for an indefinite 
period. 

Shertly before f a, m. My -was 
removed from Texas Tthmi Qiftai<* 
an*a Playground, 201 West Stad 
street .to the hoopital. Bomaoae 
la the dub notified Policeman Re- 
gan, West 47th street atAtlon, that 
a Nman waa Injured and needed 
medical attention. An ambulance 

in charge of Dr. Goldstein was 
summoned and the actor hurried 
to the hospital. 

Before taken away Daly gave his 
address aa the Friars Club. Ac- 
cording to tho story told by the 
police^ Daly said ha had totered 
with two friendfl, and after a short 
time they left him. He said he got 
up to go to the wash room when 
he tripped and fell to tha door, hit- 
ting the back of his head. 

Different Stories 

Employees went to hla assistance 
and found ha waa bleeding from tha 
nose, mouth and ears. It was then 
that the police were notifled. As 
the actor's name had been mis- 
spelled there waa doubt for some 
time that be was the professional. 

Late Monday afternoon Warren 
MunaeU, general manager of the 
Theatre Qaild, went to tha iMM^ital^ 
and conferred with pr. Ps r a e rk er/ 
who ia in charge. 

Dr. Bernerker permitted MunaeU 
to see Dal^. The' Guild auuiager 
talked with him. and the latter 
said had received his injuries 
in the street at ftlst street and 7th 
avenue when he fell. His story does 
not coincide with the police version. 

Hymie Edson, connected with the 
Playground, was asked about the 
case. He said nothing had happen- 
ed at tha club except that a man 
whom he did not know had a slight 
hemorrhage. 

Dasplta this explanation a rumor 
spread along the HIalto and in 
newspaper ofnce^ that Daly bad 
been assaulted in the Playground. 
Who started the rumor or where It 
came from could not be traced. 



CGfflMSSION ON 
10 WKS' WORK, 
EQUITY SAYS 



Knocks Out 'Run-of-PIay* 
for Casterg; Posing as 
ArlUlt' RopU." 



Losit arti.is placed by 'aNIstS* 
repivscmativi H* dcs^irous of col- 
lecting commlfuslons for run of play 
rather than 10 Wf>tks as stipulated 
under the employment nponcy laws, 
are squawking against such prac- ' 
tlces and withholding remittances. 

The agents Involved in attempts 
to Intimidate plnyers who have ful- 
filled tho 10 -week obligation 
threaten suit but seldom gb further 
than the threat. Heretofore serv- 
ice of a lawyer's summons waa 
Bufllcient to either force payment 
or some sort of settlement. ♦ 

Recently many of those con- 
cerned have taken the matter to 
Equity with the latter upholding 
the 10-week remittance ai«|kll|a*> 
ment. It has panicked the casters, 

Kquity has not encouraged actors 
to forego Obligations l^ut lias ad« 
vised them as to whether or not 
existing arrangements between 
agenta masquerading aa "artiats* 
repreaontaUver to evade llbensg 
rei,Milntlon had laeued eqUtable 
agreements. 

With steady workers holding out* 
thingiB are anything but O^tdll 
with the casters and with many 
finding it difficult to make 
meet. 



FRAZEE mmm m 

Harry H. *Frazee haa decided t* 
defend Dan V. Arpiur's accounting 
auit involving **No, N# Nanette" In* 
atcad of technicaHy • "stalling" 
through making a motion to dis- 
miss. the complaint as he originally 
intended. Fraaee instead will Ilia 
an answer to the complaint. ' 

Arthur won In his 25 per cent, 
accounting action involving **My 
Lady Friends^** the libretto founda. 
tion of "Nanette." On the strength 
of the "Lady Friends" legal vic- 
tory, Arthur Is now seeking to coN 
lect en the hit musical eomSdy. f^- 



in 



iniL DAWA WALKS OUT 
ON PttULY AUDIENCE 



Philadelphia, Nov. S. 

While J. J. Shtjbort llgufatlvely 
cooled hlH hcclH in the orchestra 
waiting for Mmo. Daniia to reap- 
pear after the flrat number of her 
repertory at the CheMtnut Street 
opera houne la«?t TiiK>»t; ihft much- 
heralded aoug bird walked out on 
her audience through a back dbct. 

The cuKtomers had llntened to a 
long drawn out sketch in "A Night 
tn Paris" and had IxKSome quite 
bored. When Madame ttaimla 
walked on and rendered her impres- 
sion of a woman's love and the 
realization that she was fading like 
a rose the audience handed her a 
faint ripple (Of applause that must 
have sonnded like mockery to one 
walking oft the sta^e. Numerous 
giggles d1dn*t help soothe the 
Hlnffer'K Ire, so she quit coM. 

When th*» SfM^-nei-y was Hhlfted 
and Madame liainia, was given her 



Hot' Leaving Kbnor^ 
After Ron of 16 Weeks 

Los Angeles, Nov. J.' 

"Ben-Hur" termiaatca Ita Loa An- 
gelas engagement at the Blitmore 
Nov. 10, eompleUng II weeka. It 

then goes on tour, playing San 
Diego and a few other southern 
California eitles before sUrtlng 
back throughout the Southweat. 

"Blossom Time," on its third trip 
to the coast follows "Ben-Uur" at 
the BUtmors for two weeks, 

No Kindergarten Play; 
Stock Cang ""Green Hat" 

San SVanclaco, Nor. t. 

The Board of Education In Stock- 
ton, Cal., has cancelled a contract 
made by them with *'The Green 
Hat'* to play on aharlng terms. 1» 
the Civic Auditorium of that city. 

The Board of Education became 
alarmed when they learned the story 
and thema of Michael Arten's 
shocker and decided that Inasmuch 
as they were responsible for the 
school children of Stockton th^y 
could not afford to sponsor a play 
with so much paprika In It. 

Charlie Salisbury, agent for tha 
show, negotiated the contract with 
the Board of Edueatloii when mn* 
able to play Stockton because of 
West Coast Theatres. Inc.. who have 
the town sewed up, adopting » 
hands- off, don't -touch attitude tO« 
wards "The Green Hat.'» . 



gun 16 mnrn for tftg wsxi num i ie r w 

no one appeared. It Is reported 

that lady was quite furious wli^n 
she mjide her way to tlie dre:4riiiiK 
room and seemed to forget all about 
the waiting .Mr. Sliubert snd her 
unapproclntlve audi'nc**. 



"Broadway" Set for L. A. 

Ix)s AnK«'Us, Nov. f. 
"Broadway." the play of New 
York night life, will open tho new 
Willi ea In Hollywood about Christ- 



ALLAN K. 

FOSTER 



School of Dancing 

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New York City/ 

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VARIETY 



LEGITIMATE 



Wednetdajr/ ttovmktr ^ 1 



DUMMY" FOR SHUBERTS 



SUSPENDED BY AUIUOfiS' GUP 



DfAliiatUU' Members Refute to Do Business with 
Brother— Jacob Weiser, ShuberU* ''DuBunjr"'— 
W. J. Perlman, Writer, Also Suspended 



In pla\ wrlghting circles It Is said 
half a dozen authors have refused 
to aeMpf prollini Id make adapta- 
tions or other playwrighting from the 
Shuberts as the managers have not 
•igned the minimum basic agree- 
ment framed by managers^ and the 
.Dramatists Guild last spring. 

Within the past two weeks a 
prominent author declined to assent 
to jSThuberts seeurins the Bnglisfa 
right! to a current Broadway suc- 
cess on the same grounds. Under 
the rules no plays may be submitted 
' ti iho Shuberto until the/ elsn. 

1^ Shubert was on the mana- 
gerial committee agreeing on the 
basic contract, but has withheld 
signing the agreement The Shu- 
berts attempted to itand out for a 
portion of the so-called "small 
rights" attendant to musical pro- 
' dttptkm. Tho mimil rights inoiude 
Nnrenue from radio, picture house 
royalties and fees from restaurants 
collected by the American Society of 
Alt«Mf% «Oltt|MMMra and Publishers. 
The latter organization's writing 
mei^beni also belong to the guild. 

An attempt to ovado the basic 
agreement through a "dummy" was 
charged against the Shuberts re- 
cently, with th^ result a producing 
manager and an authmr ilPM^v'Siu- 
p«|Med by tho guild. 

Weiser and Perlman 

The men involved were Jacob 
Weiser. maiiMlor, and wmiam J. 
"Perlman, a writer, the play in ques- 
tion being "My Country," which 
failed. There were two counts, one 
^ttl fjUmaa a#atded more than SO 
per cent of tlm picture rights to 
Weiser. which is a direct violation 
of the agreement: the other vlola- 
. tion, rogarded as Indiraet, was that 
Wefser acted as a "dummy" for the 
ShuberU in producing "My Coun- 
try.". ■ • 

MitaMB was suspended for three 
months. By unanimous vote Weiser, 
. who had signed the agreement as a 
■Minager, was suspended until March 

1, lift, and no member of the guild 
will be allowed to submit plays to 
him before that date. He co^ild 
. hairi bM dMlartd te bad standlng 
permanently. ^ 

The charges against Weiser were 
heard before Jules 8. Bache, ap 
pointed ttMlMitttr by the Arbitra- 
tion Society of America, who was 
surprised t^e matter should be sub 
mitted for arbitration, as the Tlola- 
tions were clear. Weiser contended 
the play needed some changes and 
acted as collaborator,- for which 
Perlman gave him kn ftddei MteiNMt 
la the play. 

"My Country" All Shubert 



Woman Dramatic Ed. 
Costs Tekgran' Ads 

Quite a few theatrical ads 
were pulled from "The Eve- 
ning Telegram" last week by 
press agents in New York who 
were infuriated at the paper's 
dramatic editor, Katherine Zim- 
merman, comparatively new to 
show business and to New York, 
but who has signs on her office 
door telling the press agents 
they mustn't annoy her. 

One of the signs was to the 
effect :hat she had measles and 
press agents seeing her did so 
at their own risk, while others 
have been to the effect that the 
preas agent boys should run 
along and not annoy her. ' 

This treatment particularly 
got under the skin of some 
veterans around Broadway, 
men who claim to hav« never 
run up against such treatment 
before and who also claim that 
they've had their elbowr on 
bars with male dramatic adl- 
tors of ten' tinitg flfn- 
merman's fame. 

What actually made the boys 
angry was that the dramatic 
editor's Job Is, on certain days 
of the week, to inspect photo- 
graphs and written material 
which the agents offer, and to 
either refuse courteously or 
accept it. In all other dra- 
matic offices around NewToric, 
the agents claim, and in 
dramatic departments of pa- 
pers much more important 
than the 'Telegram,'* they are 
treated courteously and with 
consideration. Thus thejr're 
Incensed at the "Telegram" 
treatment, and partlcttUkrly so 
at finding out that Miss Zim- 
merman has been dramatic re- 
viewing and editing for less 
than two renffiti 

The ads were withdrawn to 
draw the paper's attention to 
the treatment the agents were 
reeelTlng. 



L A OFFIOAI^ IGNOREP 
AT NEW HOUSE OPENING 



Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
Belasco, a 1,200 -seat legit house 
costing $1,150,000 buUt by B. B. 
Doheny, the oil magnate, opened its 
doors this week with "Gentlemen 
Prefer Blondes" as the attraction. 

The opening was a strlol Invita- 
tion affair with Mrs. Doheny being 
reported as having taken the entire 
lower floor. Newspapers were 
limited to seats, aU being turned 
down after the critics and pub- 
lishers were cared for. However, 
the press agent of the house, who 
is one of Hollywood's "free lance" 
Kroup and who handles a cafe there, 
was reported to have been very lib- 
eral in handing out the Invitations 
to patrons of the establishment. It 
is said many important city offi- 
cials were neglected in the invita- 
tion list- and ara laellned not to 
look too lightly on the oversight. 

The house is being operated by 
Edward Belasco, a former motion 
picture promoter, O.- Davis nnd 
Fred Butler, a former stage man- 
ager at the Old Burbank. 

The attraction was booked into 
the house by Bomer Curran, who 
guaranteed the Selwyn's |M,000 
profit on the western run. 



Dirt' Plays and Juries 



NEW TBBAHUB seat 8HQ1T 

The night on which the new 
Waldorf theatre opened saw 
part of the wall PAlBtIng erew 
mingling with the audience. 

When one man presented his 
seat stub to an usher, the or- 
ohestral guide returned up the 
aisle to state, "Sorry, «ir, but 
your seat hasn't beea put in 
yet" 



ALMA OAYBURGH HAS 
HUSaAIID SUimONED 

Called at Downtown Office— t 
Botir in Pofitoe Coiirt~ 
Husband bimiimd 



MdangUiB's Royalty; 
SUberts Drop His Nine 



Robert McLaughlin's name was 

missing from the billing of "The 

Just before "My Country" opened I Pearl of Great Price" when the 

* t'^^V Cleveland author-manager's play 

tlon. That billing was then changed, , ... ^. A # 

the "Independent Players, Inc.," be- opened under the direction of the 
ing named as presenting the show. ShuberU at the Century Monday. 
Weiser testified he was employed by Credit for the writing was dropped 
the Shuberts. but had the right to by the Shuberts after McLaughlin 
produce on his own. He admitted refused to agree on a reduction of 
the ShuberU owned BO per cent, the royalties, it U said. It appears 
Bookkeeping was done through the that the author's contract does not 
Shubert office, royalties paid the au- specifically call llOf mention, in the 
thor by Shubert checks, and various I billing. 

Shubert employes wsre engaged ml McLaughlin's royalty is the usui^l 

handling the show. I s per cent up to $5,000. 7 per cent 

There are now 610 members In I to $8,000 and 10 per cent thereafter 
the Dramatists Guild. Including al- 1 ^ gaid to have refused a straight 
most every known writer for the j ©ent royalty. ThO 
stage. To date 127 managers have I argued for a cut on that basis be 
Signed the basic agreement. That pause of the spotting of the "Pearl" 
takes In all imporUnt producers ex- ^t the Century, where it would be 
cept George M. Cohan and the Shu- possible to gross $40,000 weekly at 
berts. Cohan is a member of the |3 3Q |Qp^ 
guild and is producing only his own 
works, whloh leaves the Shuberts 

Irirtually alone in their stand. ■ , * t» t,i-^ 

The council of the Guild recently ^ilde, secretary; Henry Ersklne 

passed a resolution to make a «mall f mlth <t^^^^ 
weekly assessment on all members' «<^"^»ve secretary 
plays on the boards. The idea of Directors: George S. Kaufman, 
that fund Is to meet current ex- Kugene Buck, Edward Childs Car 
pei\ses and build a reserve for Pinter. Marc Connelly. Rachel 
•mergenoles. By taxing members Crothors. Dorothy Donnelly, Owen 
whose works are being produced the Davis. William Carey Duncan. John 
necessity for raising dues was climi- Kmerson. Anne Crawford Fk'xnor. 
nated. This idea was borrowed James Forbes, George Kelly, Jules 
from the French Authors Society. P^^^^^rt Goodman. Cosmo Hamilton, 
and the resolution was unalmously Otto Harbach. Jerome Korn, Frocl 
ratined at the annual meeting laat Thompson, Tom Barry. J. Hartley 
Thursday, when 160 members at- Planners, Adelaide Mathews, Roi 

— — 'Cooper Megrue. George MItMleton, 

Channing Pollock, Arthur Ri<;hman. 
Le Roy Clemens, Winchell Smith, 
A. B. Thomsfl, Augustus Thomas, 
mtft Weiman and Percival Wilde. 

Augustus Thomas presided at the 
meeting In the absence of Mr. Rich- 



Talk of empaneling the oltisen 
play Juries again reaohed the dallies 
last week, when it was stated three 
plays might come under scrutiny. 

Broadway was somewhat sur- 
prised since there Is no **6hti play" 
vogrue as in Other seasons. The 
identity of tho three plays, seemed 
a pussier. Only one of the new 
produetions was mentloaad but In 
that are no lurid lines nor situa- 
tions, the intent of the drama being 
subtle throughout. 

Inclusion of ttiree other plays 
holding over from last season was 
fallacious, all having been passed 
on by the play Juries at that time. 

Several individual complaints 
were received by District Attorney 
Banton last week, apparently writ- 
ten following the publication of a 
speech by Mayor Walker before the 
Catholic Actors Guild. His Honor 
declared h^ was against " raw stage 
stuff" and explained that when he 
aoeepted first night tickets he had 
no way of telling what kind of plays 
they would turn out to be. The 
mayoir ^nm pre s ent ar the premiere 
of the one questioned play and is 
said to have rated it very good 
drama. 

'Banton stated he had ssnt 

police ofRcials to view the trio of 
plays about which he had received 
complaints. Pending reports from 
the police, he Is holding off notion 
in galling the play Juries. 

Before a play Jury can be called. 
Equiliy and the Drama League must 
be notlfled by the 41strlct attorney 
and representatives of those bodies 
would than pass upon the selection 
of the Juries. To date neither 
E^qiilty nor* the League has been 
called downtown, though such ac- 
tion may come this week, should 
Mr. Banton decide the situation re 
quires Jury sorutlny. 



ySHOW^OUT 

Seven attractiona are off New 
York's theatre list. Including two 
Village productions, which quit last 
week-end. Five of this group are 
of recent presentation. 

'The QrOat Temptations," Shubert 

revue at the Winter Garden, leaves 
for the road after 35 weeks. It 
opened last spring to sensational 
business. Shortly that pace dropped 
and continued downward. 

"At' Mrs. Beam's." produced by 
the Theatre Guild, closes at the 
Oarrlok, where it moved from the 
Guild three weeks ago. Its total en- 
gagement was for 28 weeks. The 
EZnglish comedy went along to good 
business, getting as high as $14,000 
weekly, then averaged around $11,- 
000. During the summer, which it 
spanned the weekly gross was be- 
tween $6,000 and $7,000. 

"^e Jeweled Tree** win oloae at 
the 48th Street after four and a half 
weeks to very bad business. Esti 
mated weekly grosses were $3,000 or 
under. 

"The Humble," presented by Carl 
Reed at the Greenwich Village, 
asted four weeks, closing suddenly 
Saturday. |t was o. k. na. a pro- 
duction try,. M mm:: Mir 
small money. 

"White Wings," produced by Win- 
throp Ames at the Booth,* will stop 
after a try of three weeks abd three 
performances. It won some high 
praise from the critics, but very 
small money at the box office. Less 
than $5,000. 

"God Loves Us." produced by the 
Actors* Theatre, will close at the 
Elliott. It opened, three ^Neka dgo. 
Also praised In some comment It 
could net attraot trade. Also tinder 
$6,000. 

'^e Lion Tamer," independently 
produced downtown at the Neigh- 
borhood Playhouse, stopppd Sunday 
after showing for about two weeks. 
It trill go o|i again Nov. 11 to form 
repertory bOL:.- 



tended. 

OfRcers Elected 

At the meeting Arthur Richman 
was re-elected president. Otto Har- 
' 'Mph euooeedlng ^Anno QraWford 

Flezner as -vice-president; George 
r-Mlddleton suoceeded Owen Davis as 



BREAD UPON WATERS 
t RETURNS AS CAKE 

Seven performers who gambled 

services for four performances of 
•Tragic 18." recent "flop" at the 
Charles Hopkins. New York, when 
the original sponsors, Fuget. Inc. 
and Murray Phillips bowed out are 
splitting $2,500* because of their 
loyalty. 

The n mount represents half of the 
picture rights price which were sold 
last week to First National for 
$5,000. >1; 

When the show was collapsing 
because of lack of flnancial support 
from either the producers or pa 
trons, Maurice Block, 3'outhful au 
thor, took charge asking the play 
ers to stick with him and promis 
ing he'd declare them in for SO per 
cent, of picture and stock Hghts 
money. All agreed. 



obaJrmaa of the board; Percival man. 



III 



Traffic Captain Suet 

Mrg. Poole for $50; 

Mra Mercedes H. de Acosta 
Poole, of 134 East 47th street, play- 
wright and poet, was aoquitted in 
Special Sessions on a charge gC As- 
sault in the third degree. 

The complaint was made by Po- 
liceman Harry Berger, of Traffic 
B, who claimed that the automobile 
driven by Mrs.. Poole knocked him 
do,wn flopl. bruising btt legs and 
back. 

The patrolman testified that on 
the date he was directing traffic at 
S7th street and Cth aii^smle when 
Mrs. Poole made a left turn with 
her machine, contrary to the traf- 
fic regulations for that corner. He 
declared that when Hie niitoniobile 
knocked him down he blew his 
whistle for her to stop, but she con- 
tinued east on 67th street. He com- 
mandeered a taxioab, oontlnulng to 
blow his whistle and finally arrested 
her at Madison avenue where Mrs. 
Poole's car was halted by traffic. 

He said the next day Mrs. Poole 
was fined $15 in the traffic court 
for driving without a license. 

After the* officer had testified 
counsel for Mrs. Poole moved for 
the dismissal of tho case saying 
that no evidence of criminal negli- 
gence had been shown. The Jus- 
tices agreed With him and 4Mr play- 
wright wJ^s acquitted. 

On leavjng the court-room Mrs. 
Poole was served with papers in a 
suit for $50,000 damages brought 
by the officer. 



ICme. Ahna GhMrbwrgli. ooneert 

singer, appeared again as a princl« 
pal when she applied to Magistrate 
Simpson in the Tombs Court for a 
summons eharglng her huOband» Al« 
bert , Clayburgh, with disorderly 
conduct. The singer obtained the 
summons, and Clayburgh appeared 
in court . Saturday to answer the 
charge. The hearing was adjourned 
until Monday when the charge wag 
dismissed. ■ [ 

AcQordlng to the noted singer* 
she was thrown bodily, from her 
husband's office on the ground floor 
of 290 Broadway. She landed on 
the sidewalk and her . pttl^^ lost 
during the melee, were thrown aftir 
her. she says. 

Mrs. Clayburgh. in s'eeking Ik 
summons, told the Magistrate she 
had called at the offices of A. D. 
Smith & Co., cotton converters at 
200 Broadway, of which her htis* 
band is the head. She said die 
wanted to discuss with Mr. Clay- 
burgh about securing a home for 
their 10-year-old daughter. Alma. 
As she entered her husband's prt* 
vate office, she alleges, three men, 
one who claimed he was a police 
Inspector, soised her by each arm 
and the legs, and oarrylng her 
through the main corridor of the 
building to the street where they 
unceremoniously dumped her oh Oie 
sidewalk. 

Lost Her Home. 
The singer declared that her hus- - 
hand had oottsented to allow their 

daughter to accompany her on a 
trip around the world last Septem- 
ber. Accordingly Mrs. Clayburgh 
sasrs she gave up her apartment at 
270 Park avenue. At the last min- 
ute her husband withdrew his con- 
sent to allow his daughter to make 
the trip and M a: result the singer 
says she was forced to engage a 
suite at the Rlts-Carlton. thus de- 
priving her daughter of a real 
home. 

The Clayburghs have been sep- 
arated several years. The husband* 
who is a' millionaire, allowed h^sT 
wife $15,000 a year for the support 
of their daughter. Mrs. Clayburgh 
declares this is insufficient and be- 
cause she cannot leave her daughter . 
alone in a hotel, she has had tn 
abandon several engagements. 

Clayburgh some time ago sued 
for a divorce, naming several eo« 
respondents, but the *flilt waa 
dropped. 

When both appeared in. the 
Tombs Covrt, Mrs. Clayburgh re* 

quested an adjournment as the as^ 
sistant district attorney was absent, 
Clayburgh, through his attorney* 
objeeted to the postponement stat- 
ing that he had present a half a 
dozen witnesses who were ready to 
testify that his wife's charges were 
false. The Magistrate however 
granted the adjournment. 

Following the court's dismissal of 
her husband, Mrs. Clayburgh cre» 
ated a scene In the court room. The 
Magistrate said he attributed It tn 
her nervous condition. 



How Critics Depredate 

Chicago,- Nov. 2. 

Ash ton Stevens, the Herald- 
Examiner's famous drama 
critic, who Is convalescing In 
St. Luke's hospital after an 
operation, conveyed this bit of 
philosophy to a Variej^y 
porter over the 'phone: 

' The American drama." he 
snld, "Is hell on the ston^aeh." 



MISS McORATH, ILL, FLAYED 

Frances McGrath, leading woman 
with the Rialto Players at the 
Kialto, Hoboken, N. J., was stricken 
Til la.st week, but Insisted upon fin- 
ishing the week out in "Little Nellie 
Kelly," despite advice from her 
physician. She ntso attempted to 
take on next week's bill, "Love 'Em 
and Leave 'Em," but was forced 
to turn back her part Saturday. 

The stock management sent out 
an s. o. a call and located Nellie 
Leacih, who had understudied Flor 
enoe .Johns in the^ ofiginal produc 

'tlOttt; ; ' v-n ■ ♦ :.'-f-- . •. M .i'> "I 



GUILD MAY ACQUIRE 
NEW GOLDEN THEATRE 



The Theatn Guild Is reported 

having taken over the new John 
Golden theatre on 58th street west 
of tth avenue. It is understood 
the deal is a long-term rental with 
an option to purchase. The house 
opened Monday, when "Two Girls 
Wanted'* moved there from the Lit- 
Ue. 

The Golden was offered for rent 
or sale several weeks ago, although 
then not completed. Ctoldeii's un- 
successful search for a new at- 
traction to book into the house is 
one reason reported for him giving 
It up. 

By its acquisition the Quild will 

continue to control three theatres 
as at present. The lease on the 
Klaw expires late in November and 
tenancy of the Golden Is expected 
to start hy or before the holidays. 
In addition to their new theatre the 
Guild continues as lesisee of the 
Garrick. 

Brock Pemberton will move his 
"Loose Ankles" into the latter housIT 
next Monday. He will use the Gar- 
rick for midnight performancrs of 
"Say It with Flowers," Pom! Tton 
attempting to establish a late tlie- 
atre draw, an idea borrowed Xrom 
I the night club habit. 




^tdnttday, Novtmber 3, 1926 




LEGITIMATE 



VARIBTY 



4S 



ART THEATRES 

By TiModora Pralt 



Civic R«P«rtory Th««tr« 

Eva Le Qallienne began her In- 
teUiffently ambitious Civio Reper- 
tory Theatre at the 14th Street 
Theatre Oct. 2B, with Jacinto Ben- 
avcnte'B "Saturday Night." The 
second play. Anton Tchekov's 
•*Thr«s Sisters,*' opsnsd the follow- 
%itg SVSBlaff, and the two Introduc- 
tory plays will be played alter- 
nately for a time with Henrik Ib- 
sen's *^he Master Bulldsr,** re- 
Tived from last season, on Noy. 1. 
Ten plays will bs ftven durlnff the 
season* 

Prices ara as interesting as they 
itra moderate, evening seats selling 

for a top of $1.50 and scaling down 
to &0 cents; matinee prices from 
|1 to t6 cents. Subscribers ob- 
tain seats at even lower rates. The 
bouse l8 an old-fashioned on«», for- 
merly playing Italian dramas and 
operas, but It Is colorful and ade- 
quate^ a ^irewd home for such* a 
venture. The large backstage space 
makes it possible to store scenery 
for repertoire, one of the thhigs 
ttsuallT forgotten in the daily an- 
nouncements of this bug-a-bear of 
the American theatre which now 
seems to be exploding on all sides. 



••SATURDAY NIGHT' 

Prince Michael Bayre Crawley 

The Dvke of 8auvla....Busene W>lie8iey 

Prince Flerenclo Paul Leyssac 

TIM Oraaten RlnaMl....... Beatrice Terry 

Leonardo .« Alaa BInnlnsnain 

Banry Laieentl Mariyn Brown 

liord Seynaomr ........;..Barlow« Bortand 

Imperia Bra £« Oallleone 

Ruhu-Sahlb KaroM Ifoulton 

II r. Jacob Egon Brecher 

Tobacco f^dney Machat 

Mme. Leila Beatrice de Neeriraard 

Donina Huth Wilton 

Ifa'esta I^eona Robert* 

A brave piece with which to open, 
chosen with a realised prime motive 
of exhibiting the compaiiy entire. 
Telling only the breath of a story, 
it allows of no star-system. The 
thin tale is of a sympathetically 
melancholy young mother guarding 
her daughter in the paths of life and 
love she has walked so tragically 
herself. 

Imperia, formerly a sculptor's 
model for a statue of Will, is now 
mistress to Prince Michael, one of 
the heirs to a throne. Prince Flor- 
endo, another heir, makes advances 
to Imperia's daughter, Donina, and 
Is killed in a tavern brawl for his 
pains. Friace Michael succeeds to 
tilie throne and wants Imperia by his 
side, but she wUi not go until her 
dying daughter finally leaves her. 

The flrat two of the five tableaux 
were hasy and offered little to 
grasp, with audience and players 
fighting It out to no decision. The 
third episode, a powerful one of en- 
semble acting, settled down to a 
holding: theme, the story marching 
strongly for a time and then drib 
blinf out again. 

Miss Le Gallienno handled the 
role of Imperia with the strength 
of her 'characteristic and unobtru* 
sive restraint. Her fellow players 
of equality appeared in the persons 
of Ian Birmingham, suave as 
Leonardo, Beatrice Terry, Egon 
Brecher, Paul Leyssac, Mariyn 
Brown and Beatrice de Neergaard 
Bayre Crawley could not quite carry 
off Prince Michael, while Ruth Wil 
ton as Donina was imconvincing. 

Though "Saturday Night" Is pic 
turesquely mounted by O. E. Cal- 
throp, holding some moments of 
beauty, and though there are effer 
Vescing shoots of inspired playlnp, 
the total left much to be desired in 
the way of dominating Its audience 
Wit h consistency. 



'THR££ SISTERS" 

J?** Beatrice Tprry 

Maaha..... «.«....Bva Le OaJllenne 

Iflna ....«..» RoKa Hobait 

Mfkitey I^vttcb Tusenhach.. 

. Harold Moulton 

VsflilljrevHoli Bolyony 

_ Sydney Machat 

IvMi HemsHeh Tehebutykln 

Say re Crawley 

^*iiee Loona Robert* 

jPcimpont Mariyn Brown 

Orderly Cordon Paaca" 

XA..C0I. Alexander IsnatyevJtch Ver- 

■hinin Kgon Uroehcr 

a»*rey 8ei«ev«vlleli Prosorov 

^ Alan rilr'iml.am 

Z^fthr tllyiteli KuUrIh Paul UyBS-tc 

Natalya lvanovaa...Beatric« do Nerrgaard 
Alexey Pctrovltcli Motlk. .Hardle AlbrlKht 
Vladimir Karkovlteli Roddey. . . .Ian Kmery 

jsal<i ....Ruth WUton 

Two MiuSclane.. Nancy Bevitl and Zarkevltcb 



Here Is a remote picture of Rus 

«lan life brought to the stnpo wltl 
all the blood of tiie real thing, 
tells the horrible pulsating story o 

tho frustration of three sisters r^**on 
through thA vftll of thu abstract 



It 
f 



she does not love. The brother in 
whom they hold all faith marries 
to ruin his career and Is forced to 
mortfirage the home. There is left 
oniy the awful inevitability of a fu- 
ture as dreary as the present. 

The best thing that can be said 
of the company in this piece is that 
it was a company. Miss Le Galli- 
enne appeared most deeply Iq her 
Duse-like style of the futility of»llfe 
with its tantalizing, continually 
postponed moments of happiness. 
Beatrice Terry and Rose Hobart 
played along with her nicely. Miss 
Hobart was a highly sympathetic 
and appealing figure with her piti- 
fully misplaced love. Mr. Crawley 
redeemed himself in thia play and 
gave a startling performance of the 
contrasting Ivan Romanltch Tche- 
butykln who. unlike tha three sis- 
ters, accepts and does not hope 
with his druniien, telling philosophy 
that he really doesn't ezlst,i but 
only seems to exist. 

Miss Le Gallienne's direction is 
probably the most significant thing 
about the performances In 14tb 
Street, for it makes the theatre 
there one of actors, rather than of 
plays. The actor, by his very sub- 
jection to the other players and the 
play, la the thing. Uer direction 
utilises the deadening, efteotlve si- 
leaces so much at home with the 
Moscow Art Theatre. It is not ad- 
verse to letting everything drop to 
obtain the realistic conviction of the 
thing being actual life. It Is espe- 
cially able In brlnghic out the 
charm of irrelevant sentences. 

Prom its already shown ability, 
from Its nature and prom its prices. 
It seems that the Civic Repertory 
Theatre may be patronized to the 
hilt. It may even pinqh a toe or 
two of the Theatre Oulld, for It Is 
a revolutionary playhouse in more 
ways than its admission, prices. 

•*REIGEN" 

fierfes of 10 »K»-irhes by Arthur Schnlts 
ler. Adapted from the Oerman by MiHh 
leen Kirkwood. At the Triangle. 

HoMier Karl von Mua^r 

Girl of the StreeCe Suaan Shenfane 

Parlor Maid....«....«.*...Ollllan Olllmore 
Young Man. ......... .....Ilalpli Weldhaae 

Young Wife ......Norma Qtriltpn 

Hueband Dudley Leaelve 

Sweet Young Girl. .. .Dorothy Mary Smith 

I'^'Ot Paul Morton 

Acf:eM ClSire Townahend 

Ooimt MMr Mailve 



SImws in Rcheariml 



"tip the Une" (Richard Q. 

Herndon). 

"The Turnsdolf (Province- 
town Players). 
"Head er Tall* (Henry 

Baron). 

"The Strange Prinee" (Heede 
&. O'Malley). 

"Say it with P l ewertf* (Brock 
Pemberton). 

''Shucks* (Sam H. Harris) 

"This Womsn Business" (Dr. 
Louis Snashlne). 

"Mistress ef the Inn* (Civic 
Repertory Theatre). 

"Where's Your Husband** 
(Fielding A Bamman). 

•'Gertie" (Oustav Blum). 

"A Wooden Kimona" (Froe- 
lich A Moffiat). 

"Mesart* <E. Bay Ck>ats it 
Frohman Co.). 

"Pygmalien" (Theatre 
OttIM). " 



BUnJHNG VIOUTIONS 
HALT WHEN THEATRE 

"Secret Sands" failed to mate- 
rialize at the Ekiythe Byron Totten 
Theatre Friday night as per sched- 
ule, because ef aeveral building 
law violations on the new playhouse 
which will have to be lifted before a 
license Is issued. 

The company, which had been re- 
hearsing for the past two weeks, 
was dismissed Friday by Joseph 
Byron Totten, director, who char- 
acterised the dismissal as "techni- 
cal" abandonment unless the mem- 
bers were unemployed and cared 
to return after the license trouble 
had been adjoated. 

The cast was paid for rehearsals 
and therefore could be dismissed 
without reference to Equity. 



rrustnitton of ail life. 

*^l(?a, Masha and Irlna Prozorov 
<1ream some day of going to the al- 
most mythical and therefore ro- 
wantlc Moscow. Bored, tired and 
jven melancholy, they believe that 
Moscow holds for them happiness. 
But one is chained to the hoiisf- 
Work, another to a pompous, stupid 
jiMfband and the third to a man 



"Relgen," or "Hands Arouii4^*^ by 

Arthur Schnitzler, is probably one 
of the frankest things ever written 
for the theatre. Picturing the en- 
tire of a series of eight soiluctions, 
it is also one of tiw most honest. uU 
of it faithfully done by Schnlttler. 

Being of the nature that It ls» the 

play needs expert translation and 
piciylng. It receives neither at the 
Irluigle, the published translation 
by F. 1j. a. and L. D. VI beln,? su- 
perior to the one Miss Kirkwood has 
made, and the playing inexpert, un- 
convincing «nd puHsIonless. Cla re 
Townshend. as the Actress, was the 
'inly one who displayed ony worth- 
while ability. 

The climax of each sketch was 
nicely handled by having the lovers 
secret themselves behind shrutbery 
or by turning out the lights. A good 
many guifaws came from a sparse 
audience. "Relgen" was produced at 
this theatre last season at midnight 
performances: it is said It will b e 
preseitted soon at loaepli' IMPM's 
studio. 

The affair at the Triangle is hard- 
ly worth, the 12.20 involved. 

"WHY 

yer Goodman Memorial Theatre. Chlcaro. 
Ill alliance with the Art InetUiHe of Chl- 
caro. preeenta comedy by JtftS. I^fpeh 
tVilNsnw. Stssed by TSost ss WSif 

A well staged, fairly acted, well 

written, but quite senseless farce is 
the first of the season's produc- 
tions on the list of the Goodman 
Memorial Theatre's repertory com- 
pany. The piece, by Jesse Lynch 
Williams, is not strong enough to 
satisfy the theatre's clientele. 

This theatre and company, main- 
to Ine.l In direct connection with the 
Art In.«ititute of Chicago, caters for 
the most part. If not altogether, to 
those IntcrrstPd in the institute or 
art itself. In the theme of "Why 
Not?" no art can be found, though 
it concerns a poet as a principal 
character and some talk of color 
as a sideline. The one set of the 
produf'iion. however, excellent in 
construction and hue, and the di- 
rection of Thomas Wood Stevens, 
-are bot h a r tluli — 

With a more meaty script the 
players could show to more ad- 
vantage, though as It is they arc 
all capable. In the cast, and plat- 
ing well without exception, are 
Hubbard KlrkpntHrk. Ellen Ix)we, 
Dorothy Danicl.s. Uussell Bpindler, 
Helen Vorrest, Ellen Root, TWch- 

ard Oitfft aa« MMl CtMwill. 



WADWAY'INCffl 
BEATING IN 'NOOSE' 

In addition to the two "Broad- 
ways" intended for the coast and 
London, another company Is' being 
cast and will be sent to Chicago. It 
was Intended to hold Chicago until 
next season, but pressure for attrac- 
tions In the Loop brought about a 
change In plans. 

Another angle Is that "Broadway" 
will beat "The Noose" into Chicago, 
which would hftve been the logical 
spot to open the latter play. 



Equitr and Contractor 

Over 'Duchess' Salaries 

Unless the cluims of the placers 
in "The Daring Duchess" are arbi- 
trated Bqulty will proceed legally to 

collect on notes rimoiintlng to $6,000 
endorsed by Beslder Bchocn. 
wealthy Bronx contractor. Schoen 
backed Paul Trebltsch, wha pro- 
duced the Phow. 

"The Darmg Ducliebs" is techni- 
cally supposed to have siiaiuled in 
iiprlngfleld. Mass.. Oct. 27. but Tre- 
bltsch claims the players walked out 
and refused to play after the mati- 
nee on that day. 

Providence was the previous date 
played by the "Duchess." A week 
and a halfM salary was due. Tre- 
bltsch called the players tuK«^ther 
and said the show would have to 
close at that point, but if they 
played the n«'xt week In Springfi^^ld 
money for part salaries could be 
borrowed from the theatre lii that 
city. 

The manager alleges the players 
agreed. He secured $2,400 in ad- 
vance on account of hia share of 
the receipts from the Springfield 
theatre, dividing $1,200 among the 
company, he says, and using Uie 
balance to move the show there. 
When the show stopped Trebltsch 
was pinched by the stagehand%'Who 
didn't get their wages. 

Advissd te Arbitrate 
Because the players walked out 
instead of playing out the woek, 
Trebltsch contended they forfeited 
any claim against the notes Hied 
with Equity, but the latter has ad- 
vised the manager to arbitrate. 

The actors have another angle to 
the story. They claim the manager 
Mid promised to draw $200 nightly 
"rom the Springfleld box ofTlce, 
which was to be divided so they 
could buy meals. They declare he 
failed to do so. and figured HMy 
would be forced into hotel bills. Tre- 
bltsch appears to have been Jammed 
up with the local theatre by the 
walkout of the eompeny, the amount 
of money advanced him 
than the. company's share. 



FUTURE OPENINGS 

The Bar Fly** 
The Bar Fly/* satirical comedy 

by Harry Wagstaife Gribble, has 
been acquired for production by A. 
E. 4^ R. R. Riskin, who will bring 
It out tha latter part of Jaauary. 

Unless present plans are swItcAMd 
Florence iiooie will be starred. 



'BLONDES' QUIT FRISCO; 
$6,000 ON FINAL WEEK 



San Frandsoo. Nov. 2. 

**Tho rjrcen Hat" completed five 
week.s at the Wilkes Saturday and 
departed for a brief road tour. Four 
of the five xveelcs were big but tho 
fifth was markedly slack. ' tJentle- , 
men Prefer Blondes" completed all 
equal number of weeks at the Cur- 
ran and departed for Los Angeles. 
At no time did this booking rate a 
success locally. "Hat" flnished 
around li.OOO, and "Blondes" arouud 

M.ooo. 

•*Crool«!« ' follows at the Wilkes. 
This Is ihe Hrst of two pieces Itlch- 
ard Bcniiett will do locally, the other 
expected to be "They Knew What 
They Wanted." "Creoles" is a new 
play, being olf^ed to San Fran- 
cisco as a world premiere. "Tho 
Butter and Egg Man' from Los 
Angeles aiioeseia .'^MsttM^ at tha 
Curran. 

"Monkey Business," in its second 
week at the Columbia, touched $8,- 
000, or a bit better with the mid- 
night matinee Saturday counting 
importantly. "Alias the Deacon" 
holds strong at the President, de- 
mand and popularity presaging long 
run. "The Poor Nut" got a good 
opening at Alcasar. Football sea- 
son and holidays should give this 
collegiate comedy ample support to 
continue it into January. Duffy will 
not tour show on account of num- 
ber of supors required. Piece long 
postponed on account .of this point 
which was in controversy between 
Duffy and east. 

(Cepyright, 1926. by Variety^ ||^) 



with another actress succeeding her 

Xm^'^m OtfMtex W&9 whea tt thelleve they have merit 
la ieat an -topp. 



"Any Man's WemanP 
Miehaal KaNeaaer haa begim ehat- 

ing for his next production "Any 
Man's Woman." which he will place 
in rehearsal next week. 

The pleea la a sequel to Kalleeer's 
"One . Man's Woman." The latter 
piece, while doing Intermediary 
business in New York, has caught 
•a at th# Oeiltral, Chicago, despite 
a panning at the haada of the re- 
viewers. 



Coast 1-Nighters SuiqK>rt 
San nraneisM Saeoewes 

San Francisco, Not. 1. 
So far as coast -produced shows 
are concerned there appears to be a 
very profitable Ave weeks of one- 
nlghters in the California country 
north of Bakersiield. The Henry 
Duffy show, "Love 'Em and Leave 
'em.*^ sow on tour la getting sen- 
sational grosses at $2 top. 

In Petaluma the take was $1,- 
211.50; in Vallejo, $1,394.60; in Sac- 
ramento, |2,lt6, matinee and night. 
Martinez, a mere village which only 
recently acquired a theatre and 
never had a legitimate road show 
fn Its history, grossed fl.lM. ^ 

Very few eastern road shows out 
here. The small towners are wary 
of them on account of past expe- 
riences with turks. The small 
towners want road shows that have 
played San Francisco. Then they 



Unig Ladies' Out 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

"Loving Ladies" closed suddenly 
at the end of its second week at 
the Orange Orove. The declskm to 
close was made during the flnal 
Saturday night's performance. 

It was expected the play would 
run four weeks, as T. Roy Barnes 
had an agreement with the manage- 
ment. However, a settlement was 
effected. The house will be dark 
until November 6, when it will re- 
open with "Rain." CharU»tte Tread - 
way will portray the role of Sadie 
Thompson. 



Harvard's Prize Play 

Henry Fish Carlton's Harvard 

prizo play ''Up the Line" has Rone 
into rehearsal under direction of 
Allan Dinehart, with Richard Ilern- 

don IwWdUeiftf. 

It will open out of town Nov. l.j, 
<<>ming to New. York t^o weeks 
l.tler. 

Cast Includes Ix)uls C*ahem, 
Klorpnco Johns. Malrolm Duncan. 
Dun Kelly, Frank Andrews. Dorothy 
Estabrook, Barry MoCuHom 
othirs» 



monkey Biz'' Sequel 

San I'Yanclsco, Nov. 2. 
Following their engagement at the 
Columbia with "Monkey Buslasss" 
Olesen and Johnson the ex- vaude- 
ville comedy team, will return to 
Los Angeles to produce a new revue 
called "More Monkey Bvslneas." 

The team hope to remain on the 
coast indefinitely, alternating be- 
tween Los Angeles and here, flgur- 
Ins on a basis of 13 weeks In the 
movie capital and four In Sin IfMn- 
cisco. 

It Is understood the new show wir 
be financed and presented by Olesen 

and Johnson personally, with Mi- 
chael Corper not interested. 



''Atfairt" Motcs Not. 28 



Chlcngo, Nov. 2. 
Rufus LcMaire's "Affairs' Is 
slated to close about Noy. Sf after 

a 20 -week run here. The piece will 
prol-rihly do a few we^'ks on tlK> 
road before reaching New York. 

**The Better 'Ole" (picture) and 
tho new Vltai)hone bill, curr«nt In 
New York, follow into the Woods. 



Meller's First Week Did 
Not IMi EipeitetiiM 

Hrst repeat engragement fell short 
of expectations. The gross for tho 
llrst eight performances, nightly at 
lit lip>M»aa a hit avar HUM at 
Henry Miller's. New Tork. Thlfc 
week ihs Spanish star is appearing 
four times, in the afternoons only, 
ftl tap, alaa nisi flhMi«iy MM, 
She will start tourlnf iaitar Attstter 
week in New York. 

Last season Miss Meller's Arst 
weeh^ V ^Mi Hi ' «m. preilere» W 
$27,000 In four shows. 

It is claimed by B. Ray Ooetz 
again presenting tho senorita. that 
she objected to appeaHntf #yir fout 
times weekly, although having dom 
12 and 14 performances weekl) 
abroad. 6calins»the repeat at 111 
swiRV IV naw w^vir aii' vrwr* ' 

During the lant two or thre« 
weeks of lli.as Meller at the Empirt 
last spring the scale was reduced to 
$7.70 top, 

Advands reports from out of town 
state the tiakat (Mnand for Meller 

is strong. 

(Copyrip ht» ia2e» by Vsri ety, 1na.| 

Sim IbUm^ Checker 

IfOwankee, Neiy. Si 
PoHce aro looking for one James 
Ray, posing as tho advance agent 
of a New York praducer. He Is 
bellevatf t# ba ttia wrnkf fnMvMual 
who was knows as Don Clarke. aU 
leged to have passed phoney checks 
in Omaha, Denver and other points 
after rep re s enting himself as eon* 
nected with Carroll's •'Vanities." 

Kay had no trouble In establishing 
himself locally, showing passes and 
other papers. Hs slipped a rubber 
check for $150 to Morris Zaldin, 
treasurer of the Gsyaty, local Mu* 
tual house. He told show people l.e 
would produce a "M i pi i ' Pi aiM i iliii? 
at the David .son. 

After that, ho got $100 from the 
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul 
railroad office after signing a con* 
tract to Jump his shows from here 
to Los Angeles. Ray suddenly dis- 
appeared before advices from IViW 
Tork arrtvad refmifatliii Ji^* 

CAST CHANGES 



PUBLICITY FOR OUIXBYS 
8. Jay Kaufman, who handled 
the publicity for Raquel Meller's 
first American eniragement, is act- 
ing In the same capacity for the 
(iuitry engagement, which begins 
at Chanin*s 41th 8t. about Christ- 
mas. 

Kaufman was engaged about 
three weeks ago by thr A. H. Woods 
office, working wlUi Sam Hoffen<^ 
lalttti, tfep Woo«r pnMielpli 



Vlasta Maslova and Bayard RotU . 
closed at the Mark Strand, Brook- 
lyn. N. Y., last week, to Join tho 
Chif-aKo 'TJn'enwirh Villa»:t» Kollios," 
replacing Nattova who, since her 
partner, Jean Myrlo, left her. has 
l*< r n RoinK it alon»». 

Th" Mafllova and RoUi cornbina- 
tion will bo in tho new edition of 
the "O. V. Follioa'* when that geU 
under way. 



BiU Kelly in N. Y. 

William J. Kelly te In Kew York 
again, after six years* ahH«*nce. 

While away. Mr. Kelly spent three 
years in Australia and tlie remain* 
der of the tima Is pKt i if ea at KoUy* 
wood* ^ 



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LEGITIMATE 



Wtdnifday, Novndbtr 3» 1926 



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Philadelphia, Nov. 2. 
Five shows hit the high spots last 
WMk, the rest trailing, with QatUr- 
asLf business pulling a OOUpl* MTOSS 

to prubable profit. 

Of the four that clicked strongly 
tha biggest surprise wus "Oh! Kay!" 
This one went well the first week, 
tha management claiming almost 
$28,000, but tn its second and final 
week the musical went to about 
$82,000.' Remarkable ,for a produc- 
tion in the second wedk of its exist- 
ence here. The agenci(es reported 
Just as great a demand for this one 
ma for the "Follies." across the 
street, and from Thursday on it was 
next to impossible to get seats. 

This Is the third time that Aarons 
A Freedley have clicked here with 
try-outs. "Oh! Kay!" could have 
stood a six weeks' engagement and 
will be a cinch as a repeat. The 
show had been whipped into such 
shape at the end that it was a 
•'natural" anyway you looked at it. 

The "Follies" led the town on the 
week. The difference in the early 
week performances, and especially 
the Wednesday matinee, turned the 
tide. The gross at the Forrest was 
almost $38,009. The show was not 
raved over, many cainM M WMlwr 
than most "FoUies." - 

t1i« dramatic iMm, without 
question. was'*'Rain." which ended 
its stage career with a single week's 
engagement at the Broad, its thirds 
risit to this city. The demand 
amased everybody, and there wasn't 
a performance that had mortr than 
a row out, with capacity Wednes- 
day matinee and thereafter. It was 
tne seventh week for "Rain" in 
Phttly, and . all things considered 
was the greatest of them all« The 
•Bly other dramatic attraction which 
did big business was "Abie's Irish 



Belasco, Wash., $1.50 
Top for Untried Plays 

Washington, Nov. 2. 

Glonn Hunter in "Young Wood- 
,ley" at the National, and ran up a 
respectable gro«s. 

••Lady Fair*^ tha. ii«ir •ptr«tu 
«t Poii'a, was admittedly ta a bad 
shape when opening. 

The Belasco was out of the run- 
ning last week after three bookings 
and as many waieellations. This 
house is to make a big slash in 
prices on all new ones in the future, 
the scale, being set at |$a to $1.50 
referred to in the jjiUftlpMlg 
"20*year-ago prices." 

Robert Mantell in Shakespeare is 
in for two. weeks at the Auditorium 
with its 6^000 capacity playing to |1 
top^ A big advance sala wfs await- 
ing the opening. j 

Estimates for Last Wefk 

National — Olenp Hunter in 
"Young Woodley" (Tyler-Dean). 
Liberal astimKU seU week at $10.- 
500. 

Poli's— *Xady Fair" (Schwab and 
Mandel). Did right well for new 
one, although notices on unfinished 
state cut off at least $ t <$ $$ ^ 0tt 

somewhere near $15,000. 

President — "Indies of. the Eve- 
ning" (stock). The Belasco piece 
Jumped the gross here a good $1,000 



L. A GROSSES 

Urn Aagelea, Hot. 1. 

earlier THVmyra^ revue at Music 
Box. second week, drew $17,000, 

"Family Upstairs" at the Moros- 
CO in lU third week did |7.100. 

MajesUc with "Strutting Sam," 
second weelc, got $$,00$. 

"Castles in the Air.** coast pro- 
duction, reopened tho Si Capitah 
last night. 

mBUNG OVER' 
BUMPED IN 

LOOPJAH 

Backers Reported $125,- 

000 Behind— • Miui- 
iBpde Cdnqiiele in Qii 



considerably. Oot $6,850 .^t $1 lap. 
Held over for second week. 

This Week 

AudltoHum. Robert B. Mantell; 
Belasco. "Lily Sue"; National. "Yes. 
Yes. Yvette"i Poli'a» ^'Artlatg and 

Models." 

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BALTMORE FALLS HAltD 
FOR UlfflEESSED BEVUE 



Rose," actually beginning to gain of sell out This continued up until 
late. Last week's total at the Adel- I Saturday afternoon, wlien the Navy- 

fh'Jre^h" n^r ?:rng?s''n'S?cafiS2 SJ^***" ^"""^ ^''^ '""^ 
of falling off. SA season'* run" is j,^^. ^ Belasco opening, 
being heard on all sides here new. "lIIv Sue '• The oremleM was 
The fifth play to hit the bullseye I MoSdav bit Uie^S! 

was "Gay Paree.** In iU sixth and ' "cneauiea ror Monaay out the m- 

last week at the Chestnut it wont 



to $22,000, its best figure since open- 
ing. The engagement pf this try- 
out revue has been ono of the sur- 
prises of the fail season, and marks 
the best business done by any Shu 
btrt fOTua hero in years. Tho toul 



Chicago, Nov. 2. 
musical shows housed 

within the same block ran into a 
over any previous week, and for the tornado of low receipts last week, 
first time got the intake over the Tho pacemaker of tho town ("Co- 
outgo. However, heavy production coanuts") held high, yet the call 
may have cut into tiie extra jnoney j even for this one wasn't of the 

punch" calibre. 
Kitty's Kisses.'* before it was 
able to get out of the Olympic, 
played several nights under $200 
gross. "Bubbling Over," an expen- 
sive organization backed by two 
Philadelphia hotel men. didn't gross 
$7,000 at the Selwyn. Since the 
Philadelphia engagement it is re- 
ported that the owners of "Bubbling 
Over", have sunk $125,000. Rocl\es- 
ter and Syracuse were played be- 
fore Chicago. 

''Greenwich VUlage Follies" fig- 
ured no stronger than $20,000 in a 
premiere week gross that in other 
years always hit $30,000. Saturday 
didn't givo tho "Follies" a sellout, 
so seldom missed at tho hoight of 
the season at tho Apollo. 

TMMSMi Flavta** la ontreabhed 
with a record total of special party 
seltouts. but tho hotel call wasn't 
strong for tbo flnit wook at least. 
Flavla," however, will ride the pre- 
vailing slump because of the spe- 
cial parties. 

"Affairs" has exhausted the ca- 
pacity call, slipping in the leaps that 
como to all record shows with a 
snap of the finger. "Sweetheart 
Time" figures to be taking weekly 
losses at the Oarrick, but no sug- 
gesUon of a departure is hinted. 

In other part^- of the town "Vaga- 
bond King" and "Tip Toes" make 
nine musicals in town. "King" con 
tinues sensationally at the Gr6at 
Northern, while "Toes," going along 
below expected business, is sitting 




IHADE FEU ACUTELY LAST WEEIL 
ON BIAY-'BOYS HAD TO EAT 'irl 



Wliite'e "Scimdak' Star Draw of V. S. A. at $41,. 
500— Not a$ Many HiU ag Siutpoctod— Newer 
SttccoMot Snotlieirlhv OllMra . 



- Biltfmoci^ Kar. 2. 
Both tho Auditorim aai IM^'o 
got good patronage. 

The Auditorium lead the proces- 
sion of two. "Artists and Models," 
with adranoo Sunday advoctiao 
monta that mada i^ttampC to 
conceal tho faot tttil Oia tfMrus was 
traveling light, got tho break to a 



disposition of Willard Mack delayed 

the opening until, Tuesday night »«-r^. 

Mack went on for that performance right to reap tha bonoflta of any 

but was noticeably suffering from probable laUMlf tSW, tha 
a heavy cold. Jack Roseleigh re- { slump, 
lieved him the following perform- Sliowa Qolaa Out 
ante (Wednesday matinee), and Low-operated dramatic shows are 

S^s*^ alSir$UO 000 TW bSh^"'*"""^' "^'"^ ^'^^^ the forced out this week beSJuS oThiJ! 

gross was aoout 9U«,«w. Tory oig \ program. Ing withstood the ooadiUona as long 

The critics called it sheer melo- as possible. "Kongo," planned for 

drama and voted it entertaining. a Christmas stay, leaps out quick. 

Estimates for Last Week "Coal Oil Jennie" steps also, ^fllio 

Auditorium — "Artists and Mod- Ghost Train" found it hard to pass 

els." Show could have easily re- $6,000, 4B0 gives up. Plenty of dark 

mained two weeks to nice profit. Got Chicago housQs are on the horiaon. 

one of the record grosses for this The Selwyn aoes dark with tha azit 

house. Reported at over $30,000. of "Bubbling^ver.'* 

Ford's— "Lily Sue" (David Bclas- "The Shelf showed possibilities 

CO). Good business in spite of stiff at the La Salle. Jessel continues to 

legit opposition. Business never "P, the high grosses at the Har- 

capaddr hut good and proOtaMa. holding by far the dramatic lead 

This Week the town. "One MaiTs Woman 

Auditorium, "The Green Hat": I !• • »«W mark tor the Cen- 

Ford's, "No, No» Kaaatia,'' 



Cor this house. 

"Pigs" claTmed between $7,500 and 
$8,000 in its fourth and final week 
at the Qarrick, while "A Lady's Vir- 
ftio" was probably about $7,000. if 
that also in its foiitlli and last week 
at the Walnyt % 

Vho only flop was '*Tlia Qreat 
Oatsby," at the Lyric. This one 
aame in for three weeks, but closed 

l ai iiii i f <aiiit$ iM- %w mi it -$»ith» 

. a t fltH w u se. 

Incoming Shows 

As a result of the closing of 
•^toby.** tha Lyric is dark this 

week. The Shubert has a week of 
Ban Qarlo. Opera. That leaves six 
ffOfuli^ attraetloML of which four 
are newcomers. The Broad has 
**Cra1g's Wife," and the Oarrlck. 
'^o Xast of Mrs. Cheyney." both 
for four weeks. The Walnut has 
"Ont of tha Family" for two weeks 
•Bty. Tha Chestnut Street Opera 
Housn hm '^A^iHIfkM^im W^ilKr for a 
run. 

Koxt Monday, "^Ylit Student 

Prince" begins a return engagement 
at -tho Lyric and "The Song of the 
Flame" starts a three weeks' stay 
at the Shubert. Beatrice Lillle' 
new musical comedy, . as yet un- 
named, was also listed for 



tral. 



The Elks National Homo at Bed 
ford, Va., has as a guest Jack 
Symonds, at one time senior part- 
ner Of eymondi^ Bqglios.and Ras- 
tu& MaokiMa a«nsiyaaia aCika^'s. 



with capacity after Thursday; $32;- 
000 claimed: at $3.20 «0#» tkla really 
outshone "Follies." 
"Last of Mrs. Cheyney" (Garrick. 

1st week). Ina Claire in for four 
weeks; "Plga" ended moderately 
next J succesef ul fuur weeks' stay at about 



Monday, but it is understood theJ $7.50e or a little better, 
show is not ready. It may come in I •'Folllea"' (Forrest, 2d week). Led 
later in the week, or possibly have town with about $38,000, but some 
its local engagement cancelled. I seats out at all performances, ex 
Nothing has been announced or re- cept Saturday; should duplicate this 
ported to shoot in, so the unusual I week through football crowds, 
situatloa af tho Forrest's being "Night in Paris" (Ohettnut. 1st 
alosed may result next week. week). Shubert revue In for ex- 

Nov. 16 "The Patsy" opens at the tended stay; "Gay Paree" completed 
Walnut, as yet tho only booking for | a highly successful sig weeks' run 



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that date. The 29th Otis Skinner Is 
reported at the Board in "The Honor 
Of tho Family." "Lovo in a Mist' 
comes to the Oarrlck, and the new 
operetta with Peggy Wood, based 
en tho Itia of Jonnio LInd, opens at 
the Shubert. The engatfement of Al 
Jolson at this house has been 
pushed back to around Christmas. 
Estimates for Last Week 

''Craig's Wifs" (Broad. Ist week). 
Pulitzer prize winner opened four 
weeks' stay Monday; single week's 
enRrngement of "Rain" was sensa- 
tional, more than $26,000 claimed: 

Saa Carta Opara (miPhort, l week 
•aly>. Laft wsek "Qh Kay" torrifle, 

BMsyi^u^ttiiiiiMiiMtfiiiiaii^^ 



at $22,000. 

"One of the Family** (Walnut, 1st 
week). Two weeks only for Grant 

Mitchell show; "A Lady's Virtue" 
got about $7,000 in last week of not 
very successful engagement. 

'Abie's Irish Roao" (Adelphl. 9th 
week). Up a peg last week; $16,000 
quoted; remarkable business and 
show may stay season. 

The Lyric is dark this week, fol- 
lowing the closing of "Tho Oreat 
Oatsby" last week, when It only 
grossed $5,000. On Monday, "The 
Student Prince" begins a return en- 
gagement. 

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The speculators yollod about con- 
ditions, which roaOMd their heights 
last week for gloomy thoughts. 
Last Week's Kstimatos 
'Tha RiHiaway Road* (Stude- 
baker, Ist Week). Insull play regime 
started laat^aia ht, drawing society 
cro^ "^^BMr'tha Doaoon** moved 
next door to the Playhouse for con- 
tinuaMon of run that hasn't figured 
pace «expectod. 

"She Couldn't Say No*. (Olympic. 
1st week). Opened Ust night. 
"Kitty's Kisses" torrifla loss, not 
bettering $2,500 gross. 

''Tho Qhost Train^(Adelpht 2d. 
flnal weOk). Mysterrpleco failed to 
click, holding again between $6,000 
and $6,000 gross. "Hymn to Vonus" 
next week. 

"CocoanuU" (Erlanger, 2d wook). 
Failed to draw solid capacity on 
usual big nights yet held town's 4ead 
with $31,000. 

"Coal Oil Jennie" (Blackstone, 9th. 
flnal week). At no time during en- 
gagement drew real money, prob- 
ably averaging $6,000. "Honor of 
the Familjr" for two weeks com- 
mencing Monday. 

"Vagabond King" (Great North- 
em. 9th week). Marked call still 
prevails and even with toWn in no* 
ticed decline got $26,000. 

"Affairs" (Woods. 17th week). De- 
cision reached to exilUpy^ 28. Sharp 



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declino two weeks ago with grops 
down to $22,000. Stacked up huge 
profits on whole engagement, hav- 
ing weathered all stilt opposition. 

"Poor Nut" (Cort, 10th week)^ 
Saturday matinee called off because 
of Ohio-Chicago football game, with 
midnight performance given instead. 
Ohio atmoaphora gave wook'i busi- 
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"The boys had to eat 'em.** 
Sthat is the .expression descriptive 
of the situation whea ticket agenda 
are uaablo to diaposo of allotments. 

Last week the depression along 
Broadway was felt in. the agencies 
and they were "stuck'-' With tlckeU 
for alf tho buys except tho sovafal 
smash successes. Monday and 
Thursday developed as off nights 
during the fall, but last week light 
trade was ovident up to aii4 IMnd- 
ing Saturday night. 

The reaction was found in the 
cuf rates where the list numbered 
tf attraotlonh this Monday. The 
pre-election period accouBta for a 
natural slump yet business generally 
does not measure up to normal for 
his time of tho year. ' « 

Tho season started out with a 
rush. What looked like an unusual 
number of hits simmered down to a 
few. The productions first hailed 
as successea woro shoved asido by 
more substantial hits, and the final 
analysis showed that the percentage 
of production trys which landed 
wero no greater thaa ta atkOr 
autumns. 

There may be a success of two 
included in the numerous entra/its 
withlnp tha past two wooka, iaOlit* 
sive of tho current week, but the 
balance appear to have little chance. 
"Daisy Mayme" claimed around 
$10,000 at tho Playhouse fo(r tha ini- 
tial week, and the agencies ara do- 
ing fairly well for it; "Autumn Fire" 
is doing nothing at the Klaw; 
'.Giontlo Grafters," ^highly taatod out 
of town.. looks like a weak sister at 
the Music Box; "Caponsacchl." at 
Hampden's, is regarded as part of a 
repertory being formed. 

*'KaUa''**r 

Among the entrants of the previ- 
ous week "OA Approval," at the 
Gaiety, is rated a lower floor draw 
at about $1^000 and may get by. 
•Tha Kaaai^ appears to haira a bet- 
ter chance at the Hudson and is 
paced about the same; "The Wild 
Rose** may land but startad quite 
mildly at' tha MartUi Beck for a 
musical attraction of Its pretense; 
"The Ladder" got a bit over $5,000 
its first full week at the Mansfieid; 
"Katja," with loss thaa |lS,4M>t its 
second week, appears a l^ust. 

"Scandals" is getting the highest 
grosses in the country. Last week 
at bettor thaa |41.iM Itta MMrapce 
in takiaga over the previous week 
only represented standing room; 
"Criss Gross," with nearly $$7,000, 
was rated noxl, Witk ^VuaasT diose 
behind and naturally off at this pe- 
riod of tho run; "The Ramblers" 
beat $30,000 and is surely in for a 
run: ''Countess Maritaa,* ahattt the 
same mark and similarly regarded; 
"Vanities" rates under that group, 
around $26,000 last week; "Queen 
High" and ''Castles la tha Air," 
$22,000; "Honeymoon Lane." $20,000; 
the others are in the field, among 
thein "The Vagabond King." which 
la terminating a long engagement 
this month. 

128,000 for "Broadway"' 
''Broadway" is the unquestioned 
leader of the non-musical field and 
agala approximated |2t,000; "Gen 
tlemen Prefer Blondes" hag not 
fallen under $24,000. and is second; 
"The Captive." as big as anything on 
tho llat, oTor |tt,900; "An American 
Tragedy." about $18,000 and not 
quite as strong as first; "Lulu Belle" 
shows little change in pace, almost 
|20,00d: "Shanghai Qeetura." lusty 
drama. $15,000; "Yellow" Is steadily 
jumping and beat $13,000 last week; 
"Jaures and Maximiilian" stead- 
ily dropping and will close after 
another week; "Loose Ankles" is 
making some money but will move; 
"The Donovan Affair." also satis- 
factory at $10,000; 'Tho Woman 
Disputed," fairly good at $11,000; 
"We Americans" climbed to $9,000 
but is no heavyweight; "The Little 
Spitfire" going along to profit 
at over $8,500; "The Judge's Hus- 
band" making some money and 
probably set until first of year; 
"What Every Woman Knows" still 
profitable, over $8,000; "Black Boy" 
Just about getting by at $6,000: 
"They All Want Something" cannot 
last much longer. 

Chanfod 



Garden Saturday and. next week 
"Gay Paree " will occupy that house; 
"White Wings" closes at the Booth* 
which gets "jrirst Lova"; "Oh, Kay'* 
comes into tho Imperial; "The 
Jeweled Tree" stops at the 48th 
Street whe^e "The Squall" will bo 
offered; "Old BiU, M. P." wW opeit 
Monday at the Biltmore; "Loose 
Ankles" moving to the Garrick 
where "At Mrs. Beam's" will close: 
"Ctod Zioves Us" is aiatod to cloaa 
at Maxine Elliott's which £ay gat 
"Head of Tail"; "Naked" comes to 
the Princess: "The Humble" closed 
at tho Greenwich VilUigo and "Tha 
Lion Tamer" stopped for the tlma 
being at the Neighborhood; "Tourn- 
dat" is a listed opening in the VIU 
logo next woak^ 

"The Pearl of Great Price" which 
opened at the "Century * Monday, got 
about $13,000 its second week at tho 
Majestic, Brooklyn; "Twinkle, 
Twinkle." at Werba's, looked pretty 
good and is due in town soon; "The 
Patsy" did well at $9,000 at tho 
Broaxw:''' ''^ ■ ' 

2S iuya and Na Bla 
There are 23 buys now held by 
the premium brokers of theatre 
tickets and the majority of them 
ara aanpldlateg that Ihere has been 
no business to speak of in tho last 
two weeks. That Is true as reflected 
by the reports of business in tho 
houssa. ' - ' 

Of the week's new attractions it 
was but certain that one would re* 
celve a buy, "Pearl of Great Price,** 
at tha CoBlary Monday night, tha 
brokers taking 500 a night for four 
weeks with 25 per cent return. 
Two renewals were made. Ono 
for ."Qnoaa High," for eight 
and 300 seats a night; the 
other for "Castles In the Air," not 
solid, some brokers renewing and 
others not' 

Tho complete list comprises 
"Queen High" (Ambassador): 
"White's ScandaU" (Apollo): "Lulu 
BiMMf^ XMaooo); "Amertcana" 
(Bolmont) ; "Broadway" (Broad- 
hurst); "Vanities" (Carroll); "Tho 
Pearl of (freat Price" (Century); 
'^E'ka <kipttye^ (Empire): "katja** 
(44th St): "The Donovan Affair'^ 
(Fulton); "CrIss-Cross" (Globe); 
"We Americans" (Harris): Honey- 
moon tiiiM^ (Knickerbocker) s 
"Happy Go Lucky" (Liberty); "An 
American Tragedy" (Longacre) ; 
"Fanny" (Lyceum); "Ramblers" 
(Lyrle); «Tho WUd Rooo" (Beck): 
"Gentle GraftersT* (Music Box); 
"Sunny" (New Amsterdam); 
"Castles In the Air" (Selwyn): 
"GountOM Marittaa" (Shubert); 
"The Groa Vimptettonir (Winter 
Garden). 

Cut Rates Climb to 38 
C!ut rata list rekched its high for 
this season on Monday of this week 
When there wero 35 attractions 
listed and the possihility was that 
this lisi ' <#ould bO augmented 
further with some of the openlnga 
added before the week was out. 
Holiday eve, the night before elec- 
tion and Si Ohows selling tickets at 
cut rates. 

The cut rates had listed "Tho 
Straw Hat" (Am. Laboratory); 
"Henry— Behave" (Bayes) ; "What 
Every Woman Knows" (Bijou); 
"Loose Angles" (Biltmore); "Whito 
Wings" (Booth); 'Shanghai Ges- 
ture" (4<th St); "John Ferguson'* 
(Cherry Lane); "Black Boy" (Com* 
edy); "The Little Spitfire" (Cort); 
"Naughty Rlquette" (Cosmopoli- 
tan); "Sei" (Daly's); "If I Waa 
Rich" (Eltlnge) ; "The Woman Dis- 
puted" (Forrest); "Katja" (44th 
St.); "The Jeweled Tree" (48th St.); 
"The Judge's Husband" (49th St.); 
"The Blonde Sinner" (FroUq)'. "At 
Mrs. Beam's" (GUtrrlck); "2 Girls 
Wanted" (Golden); "The Humble" 
(Greenwich Village); "Juarez and 
Maximilian" (Guild); "Wo Ameri- 
cans" (Harris); "The Noose" (Hud- 
son); "Autumn Fire" (Klaw); 
"Happy Go Lucky" (Liberty); 
"Fanny" (Lyceum); "The Ladder" 
(M;msnpTdTT '"merH OUBg of t l Hsln ' t" 
(Alayfair); "God Loves Us" (El- 
liott); "Just Life" (Morosco); 
"Yellow* (National); "Tho Girl 
Friond" (Vanderbllt); "Sure Fire'* 
(Waldorf); "They All Want .Some- 
thing" (Wallack's), and "The Treat 



Temptatlona" (Winter Garden). 
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Wednesday, November 3, 1926 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



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SHOWS IN N. Y. AND GOMHENI 



FiflurM ••timatod and commant point to aomo atiractiona boing 
•u«otaaful» whilo tha aama groaa aaoradHad ta athara iniaht augo«st 
madlaarity ar Iota. Tha varianea ia axptaipad in tha diffaranca in 
housa eapaoitiaa, with tha varying ovarhaad. Aiao tha aisa aff eaatt 
with eonsaquant diffaranca in naoaaaary groaa of profit. Varlanaa 
in businaaa naca«aary for imialaal attrftatiaii aa againat drainatie 
play ia alto contidarad. 

Claaaification of attraction* hauaa aapaclty and top price of; tha 
admiaalon scala givan iMlow. Kay to clattif{6atlon: C (comady); 
D (drama) i R (ravua) ; M (mMaloal oamady) ; F (farapXj O (aparatta). 



Abia'a Irlah Raaa,* Rapublie (ISId 
waak) (C-901-12.76). Pre-election 
alump rieported for moat attrac- 
tlona with attendance down early 
this week for same cause; little 
difference noted In trade of run 
leadef, "Abie." over $9,000. 

•Amarlaana*" BMrnont (I4tli waak) 
(R-nB-$B'60). Though eased off 
of late, profltabla businaaa clai|Bad 
with approximate irroaa' arewid 
$12,000. 

■An American Tragedy,** Longacre 

(4th week) (D-l,019-$3.85). One 
of nitoent dramatic productions 
expected to make run of it; felt 
dapreaaion last week, but around 
$18,000. 

fAt Mra. Beam*»," Garrick (28th 
week) (C-537-$3.30). Final week: 
"jUoose Ankles" moves down from 
Biltmore. although Guild planning 
new production here some time 
later; comedy qtuoted at $5,000. 

•Automn Fire,*^ Xlaw (2d #eek) 
(D-830-$3.3q). Irish play, hit 
overseas, faring very badly and 
likely to be taken off quickly; at- 
traction Ixyoked for four weeka. 

"Black Boy," Comedy (5th week) 
(D-682-$8.30). Not expensive to 
oper&te; management hopeful of 

' moderately successful engage- 
ment; pace around $6,000. Indi- 
cationa not promising. 

"Broadwayt" Broadhurst (7th week) 
CD-l.il8-$3.85). Question of how 
many standees for weekly gross 
to meaaure cloae to $28,90i|} tops 
not-muaical field - witki^t quae- 
tion. * • * 

•Caatlea In the Air,*' Belwyn (fth 
week) (M-l,0«7-$4.40). Agency 
buy-off Saturdi^y; scale immedi- 
ately. rediiee# Irom^ ti.KO in ex- 
pectation of stronger box office 
trade; around $22,000 last week. 

«Ceailfeaa Maritsa," Bhubert (8th 
week) <O-l,895-$5.50). Holding 
close to capacity; last week 
•lightly off. but eatlmatM gross 
around $30,000; lOoka like real 
muaical'hlt. 

*CHaa Ci^a,": QM^ (4th week) 
(M-1.416-$5^0). Charging $6.60 
Saturday night;, same scale ap- 
plied Monday (election eve) ; 
grosses estimated less, but claim- 
ing $87,000: no doubt about Stone 
show being capacity draw. 

*Daiay Mayme,*' Playhouse (2d 
.week) (CD-879-$3.30). Not bril- 
liant premiere, but attracting at- 
tention and agenciea reporting de- 
mand for tlck€;ts on incrtaaa; 
first week claimed $10,000. 

"Fanny," Lyceum (7th week) (C- 
957-$3.30). Booked for road Nov. 
13; moderate business, $10,000 or 
less; "Lily Sue" and "Mosart" 
(with Irene Bordoni) boftll in«P* 
tioned to follow. 

"Qentle Gh>aft«rs," Music Box (2d 
week) (C-l,000-$3.30). Though 
well regarded out of town, open- 
ing Oct. 27 not v|>i«liiitUit. »or 
were notices. 

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,** Times 
Square (8th week) (O-t067-$3.86). 
Not under $24,000 weekly since 
opening; flgures to run season to 
big money. 

•God Loves Us," Maxin© Elliott's 
(3d week) (D-924-$3.30). Final 
week, although another house 

, claimed in sight; Actors' Theatre 
production not considered money 
•how and houae offered for other 
V booking; less than $5,000. 

"Happy Qo Lucky,*' Liberty (6th 
'^•ek) (M-1.202-$8.86). Will re- 
main another week; then due for 
road; probably aimed for Chi- 
cago; rated $13,000 to $14,000; 
J'Twlnkle, Twinkle," due Nov. 16. 

*Hanry- Behave," Bayes (11th week) 
(C-890-$3.80). Another week will 
let this, one out; ! claimed $5,000 
weekly pace doubtful; mostly cut 
tates, but attendance light any- 
how. 

. Honeymoon Lane," Knickerbocker 
(7th week) (M-l,042-$3.85). Aver- 
age weekly trade quoted $21,000 
f"* .over: somewhat off laat week 

^-»ke most others. 

■If I Was Rich," Eltinge (9th week) 
(C-892-$3.30). Bit better since 
moving here from Mansfield, but 
trade only moderate, with esti- 
mated «alt between $5,000 and 

^ $6,000. ' 

■lolanthe,** Plymouth (28th week) 
(O-l,043-$3.30). Few weeks more; 
during fall average grosses $12,- 
000 weekly; off lately at about 

$10,000. 

Juarei and Maximilian," Guild (4th 
week) (D-914-$3.30). One week 
more will be about all; too ex- 
pensive for regular showing and 
^. little trade o n tetde e< a nb a wip ■ 
^ tlons; $10,000. 
Just Life," Morosco (8th week) 
(D.893-$3.30). Doing as well hero 
at Henry Miller's; last week 
•stfmated $8,000 to $9,000. 
Katja," 44th St. (Ird week) (M- 
4,326-$4.40). First week grosp! ap- 
proximately $16,000; last week 
Well under that mark; not much 



chance' for this musical eomedy 

that scored in London. 
"Loose Ankles," Biltmore (12th 

week) (C-944-$3.S0). Moving to 
Garrick next week; business 
proflUble at $9,000; "Old Bill," by 
Baimafather, foUowa In. 

''Leoee Bnda," RiU (let week) (D- 
945-$3.30). English drama touted 
aa good thing, by Dion Tither- 
edge; preaented by Sam H. Rar- 
rls; opened Monday; "She Couldn't 
Say No" closed strongly. $9.000.. 

''Lulu Bella,* Belaaco (Sfth week) 

(D-1.000-98.85). Belasco's dra* 
matic sensation of last season 
still among Broadway's big money 
attractions^ iMIia «r(MM $20,- 

000 weekly. 

''Naughty Riquette," Cosmopolitan 
(8th week) (M-1.500-$4.40). About 
four weeks more; moderate money 
musical with average business 
$14,000 to $15,000 weekly; house 
may get Cecile Sorel, Freooh 
star, in December. 

"On Approval,** Gaiety (3rd week) 
(C-808-$3.30). Very good down- 
stairs trade, .though new English 
comedy not recognized aa excep- 
tional - attraction; ftvlk»>Mcteate 
pace $12,000. 

''Queen High," Ambassador (9th 
week) (M-l,168-$4.403. Agency de- 
mand took upward turn and ticket 
buy extended; over $24,000 two 
weeks ago and last week about 

$82«000; verx good for pre-el«c- 

tHotf. ^ ■ - •■ ■ • •'■'.^ 

"Scandals,' Apollo (21st week) (R- 
1.168-$5.50). Keeps away out in 
front, with advance selling as 
strong as ever; leads list in gross 
and demand; nearly $42,000 again. 

"Sex," Daly's (28th week) (D-1,173- 
$3.30). Regarded as dramatic 
freak; attracting much attention 
in early weeks and riding to 
profitable business ever since ex- 
cept for > abort time In aiimmer; 

$9,000. 

"Seed of the Brute," Little (1st 
week) (D-S30-$3.30). Opened Mon- 
day under direction of William A. 
Brady. Jr., aoB DwjMii iMIiM 
Winman. ' 

"Sunny," New Amsterdam (69th 
week) (M - 1,702 - $5.50). Last 
week's gross around $36,000; un- 
der normal, but not surprising at 
this , stage of run; oiiprht to re- 
coveir and go through fall. 

"Sure Fire," Waldorf (3rd week) 
(C-l,142-$8.30). Looking for new 
attraction for this new house; 

, some critics thought show wonder, 
but last week (flrst full w^eefc) 
gross not much over $4,000. 

"The Blonde Sinner," Frolic (17th 
week) (F-602-$8.S0). Qolng along 
to moderate money but probably 
doesn't need much to operate; 
$5,000 t«- IMMit wltk <Mtt ratea 
factor. 

"The Captive," Empire (6th week) 
(D-l,099-$3.80). So far this adap- 
tation from French sensational 
draw; equal to anything in point 
of demand, with standeet In all 
performances; $22,200. 

"The Donovan Affair," Fulton (10th 
week) (D-913-$3.30). Excellent 
pace of this mystery play keeping 
it at profitable pace; last week 
$10,000; new Beatrice Lillie show 
planned ior hoiiae around holi- 
days. 

"The <3irl Friend," Vanderbllt (85th 
week) (M-771-$3.85). Work on 
new musical, "Peggy," started and 
next here; "Girl Friend" eased 
off but bettering even break; 
•probably over $10,000. 
"The Great Temptations," Winter 
Garden (35th week) (R-1,498- 
$5.50). Final week; started like 
world beater but dropped behind 
leaders; "Gay Paree" next week. 
"The Jeweled Tree," 48th Street 
(5th week) (CD-9«9-$8.80). Final 
week; show in on guarantee and 
lost plenty; maybe $3,000 weekly; 
"The Squall" next week. 
"The Judge's Husband," 49th Street 
(6th week) (CD-707-$8.80). Fig- 
ures estimated have been under 
pace; William Hodge show rated 
over $9,000 and should stick 
through fall. 
"The Ladder." Mansfield (3rd week) 
(D-1. 097-13 30). Oft to slow start; 
plugging via extra space ads may 
help; last week, first full week, 
bit over $5,000. 
"The Little Spitfire," Cort (12th 
week) (CD-l,046-$2.75). May re- 
main until holidays; though not 
big, moderately good bu.'^ine.ss at 
average between $8,000 and $9,000. 
"The Noose," Hudson (3rd week) 
/D-l,094-$3.30). Regarded having 
likely chnncw for run; last week 
estimated about $12,000, with 
aganoiaa reporting mmwing dar 



Presented by Frohman ofllce with 
Holbrook Blinn in lead; Molnai s 
"Spoil im Schlaae'* opena tonight 



(Wednesday). 
'The 



mand 

••The Pearl of Great Price," Cen- 
tury (1st week) (D-2,890-$3.30). 

ShubcrtH splurpjed on producing 
Kobert McLaughlin's dramatic 
spectacle; Opened Monday after 
fair showing In Prooklyn. 
"The Play's The Thing," Henry Mil- 
ler (let week) (CP-f4e-$3.80). 



Ramblers," Lyric (7th week) 
(M-1.40«-$5.50). Among big 
money musicals; pre-electioTi de- 
pression felt in measure but eroae 
over $80,000 last week. 
"The Shanghai Gesture," Chanln's 
46th Street (35th week) (D- 1.399- 
$8.85). Strength of this holdovor 
drama exceptional; resumed after 
summer layoff with agency busi- 
ness excellent: eatliiulted tMiiiid 
$15,000. 

'H'he Vagabond King," Casino (59th 

week) (0-l,447-$3.85). Long run 
operetta in last month; scale re- 
duced recently in exi>ectation of 
livening box office trade, but aliolr 
about through: $12,000. 
"The Wild Roae,^ Martin Reck (3rd 
week) (M-l,089-$5.50). Reported 
picking up after mild start; last 
week first full*week with approx- 
imate gross $19,000, oonaMei^bly 
under expectations. 
"The Woman Disputed," Forrest 
(dtll Ve^) (D- 1,600 -$3.30). Made 
' some money but not exceptional 
draw; pace ratea it among mod- 
erately good groaa abowa at 111,- 
000 tu $12,000. 
"They All Want Something," Wal- 
lack's (4th week) *(C-770-$3.30). 
Theatre parties advanced gross 
somewhat last week; between $4,- 
000 and $5,000 including eut rates; 
won't last much longer. 
"Two Girls Wanted," John Golden 
(9th week) (C-800-$3.30). lioVed 
here from Little Monday; new 
house not finding another attrac- 
tion; claimed jtfoond |7.(r00 in 
former house. 
"Vanities," Earl Carroll (11th week) 
'CK-998-$6.60). Always seems to 
get good trade, though off last 
week like field; around $26,000. . 
"We Americans," Sam H* Harris 
k (3rd week) (C-l,051-$3.30): Looks 
like moderate .money show; last 
week at $9,000' ^M^t" figure; though 
' attraction may stick for timoi no 
excepti(>nal money expected. 
"What Every Woman Knows," 
Bijou (30th week) (C-605-$3.30). 
Beats $8,000 regularly and indi- 
cations still point to Barrie re- 
vival sticking through fall. 
"White Wings," Booth (4th week) 
(CD-707-$3.30). Final week; re- 
viewers lUced this one too, but 
could not get $5,000; "first Love" 
with Fay Bainter next week. 
"Yellow," National (7th week) (D- 
l,t<4«$3.S0), Now regarded hit; 
businaaa- IVMiped at almost every 
performance last week and de- 
mand steadily growing in agen- 
ciea; estimated $18,000. 
Spectal Attractions and Rep 
Raquel Metier, playing four mat- 
inees and Sunday nfgbf at Henry 
Miller's instead of eight perform- 
ances as last week; scale $5.50. 
Last week, $11,090. 
Harry Lauder, at CentOl^f waek, 

$2.75 top; $32,000. ' ; * 
Sva ^e QaiMenne in Civic Reper- 
tory at 14th Street, offering "The 
Master BuUder^" "S^urday Night " 
and •Three Sisters.''* . ; 
. Outside Tihnes Square— Little 
"The Humble" closed at Green- 
wlcb Village 3a tlirday; "The Lion 
Tamer" closed Sunday at Neigh- 
borhood Playhouse, with "The. Little 
Clay Cart" due Nov. 4; "Ruth" 
opened Monday, Central Park; "The 
House of Uasher," Mayfair; "The 
Straw Hat,^ Laboratory; "Relgen," 
Triangle; "John Fergvaont" Ckerry 
Lane. 

(Copyright, 1926, by V«Hely» Inc.) 



MUSICALS IN BOSTON 

"Big toy" $32,000 Last Week— "Stu- 
dent Prince/^ 



PUYS ON BROADWAY 



Boston, NoVi % 
Business continues fair here for 
the musicals and the comedies. The 
others have not been very success - 
fuli ■ / V- ' •■ 

Last week was about normal for 
this time of year. Due to the clos- 
ing down of the Colonial, which 
swung over to a Vltaphone picture 
this week, the Al Jolson show. "Big 
Boy," did strong business at the 
Shilbert, ai did the other musical in 
town, "The Student Prince," in at 
the Majestic. These are the only 
twd tamaieala in the eity. 

This week the Tremont also goes 
out of the rkhk of thp legitimate 
theatres, f'na Clare in ' "The lAmt 
of Mrs. Cheyney" departs. "Reau 
Oeste" comes in. Indefinite stay. 
Laat Week'a Ettimatea. ' 

The ^atay,^ Wilbur (let week). 

Opened at thli house Monday night 
after acveral weeks of Orant Mit- 
chell la •«<>ne of the Family.'* flS,- 

000. 

"The Butter and Egg Man,"* Ply- 
mouth (2d week). Caught en IMtly 

well last week. $12,000. 

"The Wisdom Tooth" HoUis (2d 
week). Proving very fair. Qroaa for 

first week. $10,000. 

"Big Boy," Shubert (last week). 
Has been a big money maker here 
with gross for last week. $32,000. 

"The Student Prince," Majestic 
(last Week). For a return engage- 
ment this .show baa done exception- 
ally well. $30,000. 

"Love !n a Mist," Park (1st week) 
Opened h^re after a few weeks of 
very fair husinesa with "Craig's 
Wife." $8,000. 

(CopyrlgMr 10M» by Variety, Inc.) 



GENTLE GRAFTERS 

Compily In throe a^'ta bjr Ow«n Davis, pre- 
»*nt»'.l at the MusU' Box. CU^t. 27, by Sam 
H. U.irrH: staged by Sam Forrest. 

<'<>ra Hluke Charlotte ilmnvlllf 

M iry Doyle l-ut liu- Swirs 

I'-lIen .....*•...• I.i;ine (.'.irr»'ra 

Delivery Man........ \v 

^ally •....Katharine AIex.in>ler 

Jim Merriok ..llori^an WhIUh*; 

Dkk Cameron Uobart Koith 

Kitty l)i)>U«.., «.••..,.. Helen Lackaye 

Jerry L)i>yle Charles Kinnedv 

k*nn Ml riunf.. (Juy NIohols 

Tom Murtop Chiirlos Hit< hie 

Billy Dejiter.. William Davia 

9pbe(ta.. •*.•••••••*. .**«...Fra«l VS. Btrons 

Philadelphia critics raved over 
"The Shelf." It lasted a month on 
Broadway. •'Gentle Grafters" wa.s 
equally well regarded out of town 
but indications arc not Cavorable for 
it doing much better. 

Owen Davis wrote Tientle Graft- 
ers" and li»» thought it a ne'\t plnro 
of work. No doubt it is. Mr. Duvis* 
summation of his own plays are 
curiously the reverse of the box 
ofllco verdict — ills best written 
works rarely got the money wtiile 
the others have been generally auc- 
cesses. 

'XSentle Grafters** should be sin- 
gular instead of plural because the 
play ia the story of a well-reared 
girl of the gold digger type Who Is 
different in that she, well, is "loo 
cold." Her "st^ge" mother is a 
grafter, too. but there ia nothing 
gentle about that bimbo. 

The pair have worked themselves 
up from 14th street to a Fifth ave- 
nue apartment, owing evoi'ybody 
and paying no one untU faced with 
exposure via court action. 

Sally has carefully evaded accept- 
ing the generoya proffers of her 
wealthy employer. Inaiatent she isn't 
that kind of girl. Her a. k. com- 
panion never figured Sally would 
turn out to be a chilly kind of a 
flapper. Her code is conveyed in 
the line: "There ia nothing, ao an-; 
noying In this world aa to live with 
a virtuous woman." 

But Sally falls and Jim Merrick, 
her boss, ia the chap. It happens 
after the phoney mother frames the 
psychological moment, a time when 
Sally ia led to think that I>Sek Cam. 
eron, whom she loves, kjui beeome 
engaged to another girl. 

Mr. Davta* chief point In hi* new 
play appears to be that a girl of this 
type will fall under similar drcum* 
stanpcs and at a particular point 
Tllat is not clearly established ill 
the dialog nor ia it convincing. 

"Gentle Graf teri*' reaohei no ttra^ 
matic heights nor does Its humor 
evoke much laughter. That per.- 
hapa la' Why it' doea hot llgiirta to 
land. The development of the final 
act la a bit of excellent craftsman- 
ehlp. Sally tells her auppoaed flanee 
Jim spent the night with her. She 
expected Dick to turn fn»m her then 
and he does. Then oft ahe tirots 
With two other fellows who do not 
suspect Sally is anything but a nice 
little gQ§d-tlmer. 

Katherino Alexander, who for 
several seasons haa attcact^d atten- 
tion by her cl^er aetihg. ia "mada" 
by "Gentle Grafters." It was said 
fh-st night excitement tempered her 
premiere performance and that 
thereafter she gave a finer one. But 
Miaa Alexander's playing even uir- 
Jer" ttie reputed handicap was 
enough to indicate the promise of 
a brilliant career. She certainly 
was charming when cuddled in a 
big chair, peering wtmr ad naturally 
over the side. 

The aupportlng east looked com- 
petent In the main but Miss Alex- 
ander had ao many aides the play 
MMBied all here. Morgan Wallace 
aa Merrick was authentic, though 
Robert Keith as Sally's fiance was 
not such a good choicow 

In the cast is Liane Carrera, Anna 
Hold's daughter, and her French 
maid dialect waa, Of eeuraa, the 
right stuff. 

A short life and not ao mairy for 

.. -I . 



DAISY MAYME 

Rosalie St«wart pr«^Mta Oaorn Kaily's 
thre«-act comedy. •Uged if iM aaikor. 
o|>«nina Oct. 20. 1926^ 

Rtith Penner •.;lla4«a Ran 

Mra Laura Kenner Alaia Kraaar 

Mra. Oily Kipas Josaphlfie Hvll 

CHS Mcttinf^er Carlton Brlckart 

May Philllpn Madye Evans 

Dalay Mayrne PluTikett Jr«s1« lIuNley 

Charlie Hnyder Fraak Koffati 

Mr. Piiooa. ..•«•..••....•«.•••■. 'iW/itii 



Fortified with the reputation olt 
George Kelly as the author of 
"Craig's Wife" (1925 Pulitzer prize 
play) and **The Show-Off." among 

other things, "Daisy Mayme" prob- 
ably was enhanced with a certain 
aura of optimistic anticipation that 

com7n.Tnd<d a little more respect 
and serious attention than it mer- 
ited. 

Whilo a Sf^archlng character 
study, digging deep and not inef- 
fectually into the existence of the 
average small-town middle-class 
American households, there is not 
e nough drsma a n d e nt e rtainm e nt 



ried sisters suddenly become inter- 
ested in his welfare and resent the 
intrusion of the tltl<' player who is 
brought onto the scene as the com- 
panlon of the 17-year-oId orphan. 
May Phillipa. 

l>aisy Mayme is rather a blatant, 
banal and ostentatious personage 
who acts at times in keeping with 
the chorus-girl suggestion of her 
cognomen. Her overly familiarity 
with folks whom she immediately 
adilressea by their Christian namea 
may be an individual characterisa- 
tion, but for general consumption 
it might not strike the responsive^ 
sympathetic note the author may 
liave intended. 

However, that detail, while an In- 
congruity, is not so much to the 
point as the genorul motif. It sIaows 
ivelly again us a faithful delineator 
of dramatic character, but nothing 

ht>v(ui.l th;»t. It rortainly (1i->os not 
advance him any. and lie has bia. 
past performances brhlnd htaS tJi' 
his greatest claims to fame. 

Kelly's "Show-OfT" possessed a 
certain human and humorous ap- 
peal that made it box-otflce proof. 
Ditto for "The Torch Bearers ' and 
its satire on the amatetir theatrical 
enijrepreneurs. Ditto to acme ex- 
tent in "CJraig's Wife." where the 
conflicting elements made for ft Oir* 
tain dramatic suspense. * /- 

**Oalsy Mayme." stripped of Its 
character studies, is rather obvious. 
The attraction between the adolea- 
cent girl and her mature mentor 
is a discernible means toward a 
.similar attraction between the 
Woman and the girl's guardian, re^ 
suiting In the latter offrrlng matri- 
mony as one reason to keep her near 
the girl. 

The casting Is superh. Next to 
Jessie Busley in the title role, Roy 
Pant as Mr. Filoon. a 91 -year-old 
crony, and Josephine Hull as Mrs. 
Oily Kipax stood out. Madge Evans, 
the Baby Peggy of yesteryear's Bio- 
graph and Vitagraph film produc- 
tions, la now grown up and has al* 
ready essayed mature parts oppo- 
site Barthelmess in "Classmates" 
and elsewhere. A charming little - 
lady, her 17 years disclose a natural 
untrained voice that flta the part 
nicelsr. t Bhe le winaomo and eertate 
to command attention in legit with 
maturer development hiatrtjpnic^lr^ 
and phyalcally. 

As to "Daisy Mnyme's box office 
chancer it does not mean much bev 
yond ' a moderate run. Figuring 
against this estimate is the smidl 
cast of eight, the one aet .nroduc*. 
tion and comparatively trivial o«pr« 
hend. As a play it might not rate 
80 much, but the Kelly creative con- 
nection, the technicalities on XmuMi 
and terms, etc., should aee this w$ 
into the money class. • iL5eL 

SEED or THE BRUTB 

William A. Brady. Jr., and Dwisht Daare 
Wiman pr«Mnt a n^w drama sliasd aad 
written ty Knowlea P:ntrlkln. dtl UKtilltte' 
Theatre. Nov. 1. mt (M.aO tsM^ ^ ^* 
Utsla • -tovntfeiB. . . . , .'tllllia VaefliB 

(UiWltt Roberta.. Robert Am«a. 

Uafe Btntton...'. Claude Coopar 

Molly Chrr Adcle Carplas 

tlohn Rolwrte Donn Cook 

Anne Kmereon Roberts Doris Rankin 

Ilarbara Davla Jane Heymour 

Judfft EmersoB. David Ola^ford 

David Carr..'.. t » '« *, , . ♦, Harold KLMotl 

Matthew carr.»..*'*(«v«*'«*i-«''«g|data SbMll' 



In the entire proceedings to m*'rit 
murh fiupi)ort from amusement- 
scf'Iiing playgoers. 

Cliff .NTottinfr»r Is a typical Ro- 
tarian type of "go-getting, upright 
husiness man" who has not thought 
of romanre and matriinony Jkm-.'im/T 
of otijer ties and attendant obll- 
gallona. Mettinger*n gelfish mar- 



Monday evening, on 68th street, a 
theatre named after John Gtol^tt, 

built as a monument to the living 
dLsclple of clean plays, opened; at 
the same moment. In the Uttle the- 
atre, of which the same John Golden 
is one of the lessees and operatora. 
there opened "Seed of the Urute, 
a play that for bald and shocking 
profanity, salaciousness and ob- 
scenity, outranka mny^ of tk* iMli 
ones in town. 

A prolog starts with a youth 
roughly ordering out of his barn a 
village "slut" (one of the mild epi- 
thets) after they have discussed 
with dirty detail an all-night amour 
elaewhere and ahe la begging him 
to take her there again; he tosaee 
her to one of the cheap-trash bojM . 
of the locality, to whom she goea 
rather than, as she says, take the 
proposition her sister made her ia 
a letter to go to Peoria and enter 
a house of prostitution (only in this 
piece they don't call it that— they 
always call It an unprintal)lo word). 

Snarling, in comes a niarrled wo- 
man. He beats down her virtuoua 
Veshitahce, seizes her, fights for the 
physfcjll rights of the male who 
clutches the woman he wants, and 
as the curtain drops he Is locking 
up tho bam "for the night" as he 
announces. 

Therefrom we skip 20 years. He 
has married the village heiress, the 
beat blood hereabouts. They have 
a son. But he Is a studlouH, sedate 
boy. nothing like his father, Who 
now dominate.^ the country and haa 
In his grip the bijof legg^rs, red- 
light women and grafters (those 
are refined names for them, not the 
on^« often used in tho script) and 
wants his aon to follow in hla 
trafika Hia wife adores 



a weary, subdwrd, bullied woman. 
The son wants none of bin father's 
buBineSa, methoda or spirit. 

fom^'M now the ffon of Molly Cnrr, 
the married woman wiio whh locked 
In the barn all night with the mow- 
'em-down f«lJow. He looks and 
a< tn Jii.st like that bird and nothing 
l^ke bis meek» aanctimonloua, avp* 



48 



VARIETY 



LEGITIMATE 



poMd-to-b* father. There are oom- 
plIeattoBfl, a akoetliiv, poMtfeal em- 
broilments, and pop it comes out 
that he ia the father of MoUy'e boy. 

B«t that boy hae "vute,** a* the 
lines put it, Hpurns his real old man 
an4 the seed of the brute shows 
ttMlf la breaktnt the hard cuy, 
making him eat dirt and malcing 
htm promise to renounce the only 
•Ml he baa that he wanti. 

There is some action In Act 1 — 
not much but some. Of course, the 
pcoloK is nothing but actiun. and 
rough action, too. Act 2 flnishea 
with hysterics and has plenty of 
taUc but is interesting. Act S Is 
like nothing ever seen before, and 
if anything m*jnlers the chances of 
the pieces that aet doea It and oan 
plead not]|i«c HBMPt tBaaalty for a 
defense. 

After slaifubang cussing and 
fighting and loving and defying, 
that last stanza becomes Ibsen- 
eeque in its staccato sentences, re- 
criminations, discussions, diatribes. 
Suddenly the lines become stilted 
and the acting becomes "artistic." 
If there Is an illegitimate child in 
the play, it's that last act. which 
surely wasn't bom of the seed of 



that prolog and either of the other 

Summed up, this play is unim- 
portant from every standpoint. It 
MM aeme strong twiata and some 
snappy lines. But not enough to 
get it a tumble without the bias 
phemiee and th* raw builneea of 
the prolog. 

That is alwaya a gambling Quan 
tity at the boa office. Some "at- 
tractions" have been made throuKh 
it, others killed. This is an un- 
pleasant, aometfmee grisly thing. 
The likelihood is that tiM rou^h 
palaver won't save it. 

It is a sman cast and the Uttle 
theatre is Just what is calls itself, 
so "Seed of the Brute" may hang 
on a while. The houee la faBMms 
for long runs. At this stand, the 
current entry may run to Lent, with 
tiM ehaaeea agalnat tliat, . and 
scarcely a k>okout iir lUi crosses. 



Oorie Rue» formerly in vaudeville 
with her GoUeglaiia (band), after 
an extended illness with the flu, 
wiu Join a show and oof raorgaalge 

her orchestra. v ' • 




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with WALLACE EDDINOE* 
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Honeymoon Lane 




A P T I V 

By BD017ARD BOURDKT With 

HELBW MBWKEN, BAfIl« B<||JHBOIf 



AUTUMN FIRE 



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(SBtflea ^^Mft sQ "AiMmb 

Eiurelcht ehsnStMSMd ti 
the Ktow. OoL Ml 
RllM K«<iras...... 

OWM K*«saa...V.V fa. IblM 

MichMl Keesas f>illx Irwla 

Mrs. DMraond... CarolHM Morrisoii 

Tom Furlonv Clement CVLofrhlMi 

Melijr U^l«y Mary Maitl «jr»M llbMn> 

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Venture eaaUj dlapoaei aC ft to 

in the Klaw for two weeks on a 
rental basis from the Theatre Ouild 
and that wiU sufllaa atendant- 
ly. The piece hasn't a redeeminsr 
virtue. At the premiere an audience 
whleh apparently had aeaembled to 
do honor to Mr. Shine was bored to 
death and giggled in the wronff 
places to relieve Ita ennuL 

"Autumn Fires'* is a bad example 
of an especially pernicious type of 
play—- that kind of play ttet aotors 
love because of •fat** yarts for 
themselves without referenea to the 
reet of the plaj. II pvahaMy aeta 
record for the enormous number 
of utterly meaningleea Unea epofcen 
by a ainsia aetor. 

The play Itself la unbelievably 
lacking in aianiflcance ot any kind 
whatever. It i» thfl<ea aeta hf trivtal- 
Itles without form and void.' 

Mr. Shine Imported the produc- 
tion and tlia aonuwnsr antlfe. Sev- 
eral oi the players do wen In Irish 
tyhea» notably Una O'Connor as an 
Iriah Harm drudga and Lloyd Neal 
as a erossipy old man. 

No organisation could uMdce any 
headway asalnat the handicap of 
the play. It la enough to say that 
the entire laat act la taken up with 
Shine. Ea Uia hrokaa dawn old 
sport, sittinc in a atMOr EBd waiUhff 
agalnat fata. 

^a creatar part of tha aeoond aet 
has to do with a girl who wants a 
new drasa made for a party and" 
penmadea tiM dresemalcer to make 
it. Thereupon the dressmaker mea8> 
ures her with great eare and 
thought. The IneMfnC Mbnt lead 
to anything. 

At another time" the playwright 
elaboratee upon the herotoa telling 
a lie to account for being delayed 
on her. way hoBia from the vOlaga. 
The ehuuuuita nae ti then forgotten 
and la never referred to again. 

The whole PlMja like that. At- 
tention by tha aBdlenea la constant- 
ly focused upon something and then 
that something oeasee to mean any- 
thing at alt tn the and the play 
itself and all its compOMBt pBTtB do 
not mean a thing. . 

Mr. Blihia ban terribly long aeeaee 
In which he worka hhnsetf up to 
emotional b fdgbta f o r no raaaoB and 
doea mudi Infenae acting ta a the- 
atrical sense. Thafs probably the 
purpoae of the play. It doesn't merit 



JUDGE'S HUSBAND 

Is ta»M aala kr WUUaai 



husband. One oC bia iarentloaa aa 
to where ha was dBrbig tba 

days had It that he "was stuck two 
milee up in aa airplane and aur- 
rounded by a flock ot BBfead aa^ 

gels." Joe Kirb/ has been a eort of 
housekeeper since his wife went 
onto the bench. A scene in which 
theyv^mlmfc each other's line of 
squawks was highly productive of 
laughter. So was J<;ue'e Una oCeroM* 
examination of witnesses. 

That fine manner of woman 
Oladya Hanson enacta the judge, a 
very human, wholesome characterl- 
zation and a splendid opposite for 
Hodga. Two irritable old lady roles 
wero'^ excellently handled by Jessie 
Crummette and I>*rancesca Hill. 
Rath Lyona made a quite person- 
able Ingenue, playing the daughter. 
Richard Gordon was Just fair as 
Reynolds, another attorney, wlio 
stepped tn between the judge and 
her husband. Bccentric parte were 
handled well enough by Charlea IP*. 
McCa* thy and Dorothy Walters. 

Mr.' Hodge has played "The 
JBdgaTa Huobaad** for over a aea- 
son, appearing successfullly in Chi- 
chago, Boaton and other points. 
Soma Idea of ita atandlng bera anay 
be had from the booking of 21 the- 
atre partiea between now and early 
December. 

This veteran of the legitimate 
ataga» author, actor, atar, playa far 
much better than bia yeara. White 
his is not an attraction to com- 
mand exceptional grosaea, "The 
Judge'a Huiband" ratea a success 
and should eaally laat iMftMid New 
Tear'a Day.* 1^99^ 

CAPONSACCHI 

Coatum* plajr In threa acts. «>rotos and 
•ptlos, elffht scenes In all. bjr Arthur Oood- 
rlch and Rose A. Palmer. Story based 
on Robert Browninir's poem. "Tha Rlnir 
and Uia Book." Stased and directed by 
Walter IrLunpdeB, Who atso plays the 
name part. Produrtlon de^iyned br Claude 
Bracdoa. At the Walter Hampdia ThS- 
atre. Maw York, Oct. 

OletU ...•^••^•••••9«»».vfAathony Andre 
Melchler • I^'ll 

Andrea ...••••••••••*••«••«•• 'Oordoa Hart 

MontinI ••«•« ,...140018 Polan 

Pope Innucani XII...*«o;tRaalo]r Uowlett 
Ottldo Franasschlai •.■raest Bowan 

capoaneold •..••* WUter Hampden 

T — eMMTi, ; HSvt Joaks 

^TlMatartlil .......V^. m» Ksily 

fioalohi •Rsbofft Petsa Qlbb a 

GHiefaxdt ........ ••••...•.DsUmi asdwsoD 

Ptetro Onnparlnl ............ .J. 1*. WHsm 

Vtolaate Cotnparlnl Sassnao Jaekaon 

PomplUa ................... Bdlta Barrett 

Caaon Coatt Cecil Tapp 

Governor of Aresxo..C. Norman Hammond 

Archblaliop of Arena Kdwla Cuahman 

Marsherita BCarto Adela 

aatratora ••.,..»»m«,,v***^**^*'^ Claney 
Pepplna ..•«»••••••••••••• Orania (XllaUay 

Innkeeper .WllUam H. Sams 

Hki Servant' An>art Wast 

*•••••••••.•••••, aMMova Hai 



MNHaat CaponaaMU bafova tba au- 
thorities of the Church. 

The Judgea are diipoaed to side 
with the hu d b a n i baeauae be has 

laid his plot welL Besides, if tht y 
clear the prieat the people wiU re- 
sent the appearaaea of the Church 
favoring its own prieat against a 
citizen. It is wblia they ara debet* 
Ing and balr-aplttttaig over lawa 
and policiee that the Pontiff him- 
self tokea the queat^on away from 
a worldly eottrt and defends truth 
and honor. 

Hampden brings to the role of the 
priest a aertaln dignity of bearing, 
and the measured lines of the pLiy 
take on much charm from his fine 
▼elca and diction, but theae are at« 
tributes of an actor. Hampden is 
always Hampden the actor, never 
X^aponsAcebl the prj(eat Bmest 
Rowan was much more the char- 
acter of Guide the elnlster. Best 
human portrait of an was Cecil 
Yapp as the jovial, pot-bellied 
monk. Canon Oontl. EUllth Barrett 
made a particularly appealing Pom* 



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"THE GIRL 
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cm TflMl^hea.. W. 4ttk 81. Bvaa t:8< 
ri^lpiyii Mata. Wed. and aet t:M 

*nrili# Iblilj l #1 iHyetery melodramae. 

—Herald Tribune. 

TMl 

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Mara 

atalla ..••»•••••••••••... 

lolui Fiadtav .CiMUiSi r. McCaKhr 

Alloa Klrbjf •....•■**........... Bath Liyoaa 

Mrs. Judsa Klrky Oladra Haaaon 

Jaa Klrby WllUaia Hods* 

Harry Fitcti .Alaaaadar Clark. Jr. 

Daa Rearnolda • ..Richard Gordon 

Bophte M.Marta Haynae 

Clark of the Court rtraaeaaoe Bm 




Undeterred hy the prompt finish 
ot rme Immortal Thlet," which 
laatad abovt three wacka, Walter 
Hampden has again chosen a play 
with a rellgieua background for his 
oaooifed venteBra oC tiM young eea- 
son. The play Is a contradiotion. 
It aaakea largo pretenaa oC serloas 
pBrpede aad then Meata Ua own 
enda hy degeneratlav iBto an in* 
tenady theatrical watk. Theae two 



There is much fine pageantry and 
a wedlth ot eoenia aplendor In the 



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rkWf OMiaee wiaslt the fnaaiart «uti«al 
•haw la IN iMihr of the ANNrtaaa Theatre 

CLARK and McCULLOUGH 

in THE RAMBLERS 

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PLAYHOUSE JLJTiJT a 

ROSALIK tTIWART Presents 

DAISY MAYHr 



William Hodges 

star of another generation, ia atiU 
very much around. Ha wrote **The 
Judge's Huatand^ and ta starring tn 
It It is, Uka other plays in which 
he haa appeared, clean and hUBwr- 
ous. a atylo eC atage entertainment 
that he was Identified with Ions? be- 
fore certain Broadway managers 
made tba earns fformnla tAe hasis 
oC publicity campalfms. 

The eatirical situations in "The 
Judge's HuOband** are very amvaing 
and might some day be made the 
basis of an operetta, ^r. Hodge 
plays hie rofe up ta the hOt and 
has the aid of a oaat wall ehoaen 
in the main. x^, .;ii^ 

As Joe Kirhy. ' IW^^ifedge ia a 
lawyer in Ware Crest, Conn. His 
wife, who studied law under hla 
tuition, la now a judge, tha flrat of 
her sex to occupy that office in the 
community. They have a daughter 
eligihie tor marriaga. Because tha 
Kirl had gotten into a scrape ia New 
York he refusei^o teU hla wife 
where he haa bemrfor two days and 
nights. For some reason it was 
agreed hetweea the father and 
daughter not to d is e l oaa the matter 
to the Judge. 

She finally atarta action la her 
oWn eourt for divoreei It la a 
unique nituatlon for a woman Judge 
to have her own eeparation case 
tMad before her, aet aa witness 
RgalnAt herself in a way. The 
daughter ie placed on the stand, hut 
the affair In Hew Tork to not dis 
closed, end Is not until the girl tells 
her, Just as her mother is about to 
hand down a decision grantiiig her* 
self a separation. 

Mr. Hodge in a program note 
stateo that aertaln scenes strictly 
adhere to legal posKll>lllty. The 
author acknowledgee Indebtedness 
tor the legal Information to Hon. 
Judge Newell Jennings, of Bristol, 
Conn.: Hon. Judge Mead, of Green- 
wich. Conn.: Roger 8. Baldwin, a 
Now York attorney, nnd Ralph 
Brueh, also an attorney, ot Careen- 
wirh, Cobb. 

There nre f<nme highly amu<«ing 



ments of effective drama, hut it is 
drama of the atage rather than of 
llftb Hla actor and tha playwright 
are never out of sight. Hampden's 
florid emphaaiaea rather than 



artUtolallty aC tha play 
Beeldea which, the play to done in 
▼erss^ a medium that makea it even 
more remote from realty. The 

whole affair, then, to a flowery, 
atntad bit ot fiction, richly and 
beautifully done In Ita mountteg hot 
laoiing in human appeaL In short, 
another arttotic enterprise of short 
duratlOB and profltleaa aaraar. 

Irt translating the Browning poem 
to the stage the authora have em- 
ployed the aere«B flaih*baak de- 
vksa. At the rise ot the curtain 
Caponsacchi, the priest, to on trial 
before the eccleelaatle coBTt IB'^ 
Vatican in Rome. 1695. As he rls^ 
to make hto defense, there to a 
blaekoQt and tha teatlmoiiy to an* 
acted during the following three 
acta. The epilogue brings us hack 
to the eourt, where the ludgea de- 
bate their verdict, shrewd church- 
men guided by escpediency rather 
than high Justice. For tha dramatic 
climax, the curtains at the back of 
the co urt p art, disclosing Pope In- 
nocent Xn himaeif, who oMdaa the 
timid oottit and prnBnlMini Jadv* 
ment, 

Hera to a hik dramatte moment, 

dressed up in sumptuous trappings, 
but fundamentally a cheap the- 
trlcal trick, worthy ot any low-brow 
melodrama, as is done here, in spite 
of itH lofty language and aui;Nn:flcial 
dignity. Stanley Hewlett, aa the 
Pope, almost made the scene con- 
vincing by the sheer Impressiveness 
of his performance. Almost, hut 
not quite. 

Canonsacchi la a priest la Aresso, 
where he Is idolised by the people. 
Ho comes from a fighting family 
and his impulses are toward adven- 
ture rather than cloister. Count 
Guido has wed the wealthy Pom- 
pilla and plotr to murder her and 
take possession of her father's tor- 
tune. Caponsacchi befriends the 
lone girls, helps her to escape to 
Rome and seeks to defend her. 
Guldo follows, lays elaborate plans 
to support the false charge that the 
girl and the priest are loVers, and 
when he has established fictitious 



Thar All W«BtSoaB«tfiuig 

Herman OsatvoArt pr«a«iits Courtanajr 
Bavaga's tbr«a-act comady, Inolitdiiic pro* 
logue. adopted from tha noval, "Tha vwh 
Chaptar," hy B. J. Rath, ttacad hy Alaaae 
Prlca. WlUlain T. Tilda* Mooaa flSetere. 
Opaned at WaltoehTa Naw York. 

Kane KllbaarBe. Kannath RlefasMe 

Hilda Knboeret....»..*..Katharlss Bevaar 

Mr. Xllbourne Charlts S. Abbe 

Mrs. Kllboerae.; ...GesBUIs Cnnae 

QrosTenor ...JeMSli Oreane 

Bilbr Kllhoerae ^ . . .sniy Qslna 

Wade Rawltaa WffiUak T. Tlldaa. led 

Hath Whaalar Raymond Van Slckla 

Valarla Valarla Dada 

Virginia Virginia Morrta 

Minnla Harlan Irana Shlrlay 

Jack Merrill Bdward Downea 

Chaancay 8BiUh.........ponald MscHlllsa 



This one to .destined (or a ahort 
theatrical extotenca. P u n a h 1 a a B'* 
Holds nothing to merit evoB BB 
tended cut-rate support. 

MgBMitto titto id but aketablly 
worked into the proceedings, the 
appelation being an obvioua play to 
Intrigue thamnwary. The original 
fiction seurce, *'The Dark Chapter.** 
la a better deacription ot the tale, 
which deals with a glorllled hobo 
whose antecedenta augVMt B dark 
chapter in hi£ life. 

WiUlam T. TUden. 2nd, the ath« 
letic thespian, who impresses one 
more favorably on the tennto court 
than in sock and buskin, to oast aa 
the tramp taken into the hous^old 
of an impresaionabto matron. Het; 
altruistic weakness to that of sal- 
vaging wayward hobos and making 
them toil. Conatotently enough, thoaa* 
tramps she has heretofore sponsored 
Jin a long patient aad muchly tried 
household somehow could not eoii« 
cur with Mra Kllboume's propa- 
ganda for Induatryi whleh uuM tha 
surprising wnilngBeafe of Oii 'Bdi# '■ 
entrant the more remarkable. 

Some attempt at novelty produce 
UoB wmi tha latredBetloB alsfBMttB 
at a masque hall, bvt at h i i B l ye 
little to relteva* tha conventional 
banality of it alt. 

Billy Ouinn. the lovable 14-year- 
old, co-atarred with Tilden in the 
latter'a previoue effort, ''Dob Juan, 
Jr." is again the particular bright 
spot here. For Uie rest, they mat- 
ter little. 

A cut- rater beet and certain to 
fall by the theatrical wayside eoon 
after the attraction's four weOhir 
gHacaataa OB WaUaelCa esplres. 

AM 



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LILY SUE 

MM* •( tlM airly 'Ms. Wrltt«B b] 
•J!|^' ifaek ud fMturlnc Beth Merrill. 

liarv« Pe<Jley Hjiron I*. Blyden 

pue, hie daughter ^.^SuJi* mJIi} 

Am. his eon JL«"n» «»»«* 

i^Duke" Adame Curtis Cooksey 

L«ule I-lngard ( Iwla I ..Joseph Sweeney 

lance Llnrard? brothers 5 , ^ _ , , . 

Joe Holley. BherlCf Jack Roaelelgh 

••Stonewall" Ulllings James Grady 

Charlie HlfhhorSS (* Blackfoot) 

MiM KsMoa Beatrice Banyard 

Joluuiy HtiMs Its D set WAinM 



Baltimore, Nov. 1. 
"Liily Sue" Is a melodrama of the 
•arly Bronfldn Howard era. with 
•vertones of the Carolinian 'folk 
playa crafted on to a thriUlnff one- 
act. Thanlu to th« «a«tins and di- 
rection by the Wizard of Producing, 
it looks and sounds like a whole lot 
more than It really is. 

Mr. Mack's plot deals with a fam- 
ily of ''Drifters" of the great soyth- 
west * In the post-oovered -wagon 
days. They pitch camp on a Mon- 
tana ranch long enough for WlUard 
Mack to Introfluee a bniaqtte sheriff, 
a rodeo Romeo and a pair of the 
cuseedest villains sinca the refor- 
mation of Owen Davis. 

The Drifters' daughter is a 
youthful Widow Cagle wUh her hair 
in a braid and a laconic disinterest 

^in the male members of the cast. 

^ehe 11a by way of being the rose of 
the rancho, however, and the sheriff 
is determined to annex her by the 
marriage route even If he has to 
sever a more casual alliance up In 

* Butte. 

"Duke" Adams, who has been 
sweet on Lily Sue since 8.45, is 
falsely accused of the murder of one 
of the villains who was hell-bent 
on doing wrong by Lil. 

Here's the sheriff's chance to re- 
move a persistent rival, but the 
heroine beats him to it and se- 
cretes "Duke" in the old attick, bor- 
rowed for the occasion from "The 
Gii4 of the Golden West** Just be- 
fore the act two curtain the sheriff 
discovers the ruse and starts with 
*Duke'* for the hoosegow. 

Comes Mack's excellent third -act 
punch. In a setting showing the 
exterior of Joseph Wick's pictorial 
prairie ^'cooler'* there are about 30 
minutes of tense emotion, with Beth 
Merrill as Lily Sue emerging with 
viost of the histrionic honors. She 
act only saves Duke from the sher- 
iff, but .from half of male Montana 
out for a lynching bee. 

It's a tried but tense act and the 
atving grace of Mr. Mack's none 
ieo ingenious melodranqu More, it 
reveals Miss Merrill as an emotional 
actress of depth and shading. Mack 
#iit out the sheriff to lit Jils own 
costume and played the part Tues- 
day. Illness forced him out of the 
cast Wednesday and the part was 
turned over to Jack Boseleigh. 
.whose name went into the program 
thereafter. 

"Lily Sue" will contribute little to 
the progrress of the American 
drama, but it is a convenient and 
serviceable ladder for Miss Merrill's 
climb to stardom. 



the plans made for Marion's 
marriage to a rich man. The differ- 
ence in their social position had not 
prevented their engagement and 
would not have prevented their 
marriage if Julia, the petty-minded 
sister, had not come oi. from the 
home town Jn the Middle West, 
looking for slights and finding them. 
She fills Marlon with her^suspicions 
that they are being patronised, that 
the wedding is a small one because 
Edgar's family is ashamed of her, 
that he has not shown "proper" re- 
spect by not having a long engsco 
ment. 

As the - engagement is prolonged 
to please Julia the girl gets ^ more 
and more on the defensive, f«sentful 

of every kindness shown her from 
her fiance's family, suffering from 
the belief that everybody is against 
her. 

The picture is not a pleasant one 
as Ftorence Eldrldge In her compe 
tent, forceful way gives her per 
formance. As the sister, Elizabeth 
Risdon rouses equal dislike. They 
assure the pl^y sharp Intensity, 
and rasp the nerves of the audi- 
ence, as they make their helpless 
men in the play suffer. 

Herbert Yost gives an excellent 
performance as the long-harried lit 
tie husband of Julia. The audience 
Identifies itself with "Wilbur." As 
long as the play lasts, it, too, cannot 
escape the inexorable Julia. 

A sort of cynical humor prevails, 
but not even Anne Morrison and 
Margaret AVycherly's graciotis roles 
and Percy Ames' ease In his humor- 
ous part can make the play a pleas- 
ant one. The author and Misa Eld- 
rldfa liaye been too suoe«MC uL 



A PROUD WOMAN 

Wilmington. Del.. Oct. 30. 

Mrs. Merrltt ...Margaret Wycherly 

IVank BaMwIa.... Percy Ames 

Belma « Madeleine King 

Bwator Norton.. *•••.« ....Brandon Evans 
Marlon Taylor «.•••••.. ..Florence Eldrldge 

Bdgar Merrltt John Marston 

luUa Cates ....'....BUaabeth Risdon 

Wilbur Catsau. .«.. Herbert Tost 

■dUh Nort(Ni...v Anns Morrison 

"A Proi»d Woman," a new comedy 
of character by Arthur Richman, 
Which had its premiere in the Play- 
house on Monday evening, October 
m 26, seeks to demonstrate the unrea- 
■LMnableness of false pride in a 
Pieman of moderate circumstances. 
I After running through the gamut of 
the vagaries and restlessness that 
come from pride, the story ends 
With the heroine refusing to marry 
tile hero, to whom she was affianced. 
Until she has paid certain obliga- 
tions incurred by her sister. It's not 
Ik Kood ending. • 

The pride that possessed Marlon 
Taylor's sister first and, through 
aer, communicated Itself to Marion, 
belong to the second class. It grew 
to the proportions of an ob.sesslon, 
^rping and distorting all that the 
»lrl saw or did. 

Th<» oronslon for the false pride 



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Mamaroneck, Nov. 2. 
Problem play In three acts by Ltuigi 
Pirandello, with August In Duncan fea- 
tured. At the Playhouse, Marmaroneck, 
try-«ut houne which draws from fashion- 
able Westchestsr eevnty. Oct. 27. 

BrsUla Drel ...Marguerite Rlssler 

Ludovico Note... Augustln Duncan 

Slgnoria Oaoria Mettle Keeae 

Alnedo Cantavalto Porter Rail 

Franco Laspiga Cariln Craadall 

Bmma Georgia Voa Tpmow 

Orettl, OarroU Ashbeni 

There is little action In tho piece 
but lots of low-toned conversation. 
Having a seat in the rear and not 
being up OB his PIrandollo one had 
to guess what it was all about. It 
appears to sum up something like 
this: Is a person wbat bo thinks 
he is. or what he is thought to be, 
or what he wants to bo? The dialog 
was to a coBSlAerablo SKtont philo- 
sophical, and every word should 
have been heard to gather tho full 
sigBllKBaiMo of tho plot witfeh mm- 
tered around a lie told by a young 
girL Just why she told this lie was 
explataMd by tho girl <Ml8s Rlssisr) 
in the last act, but as nobody could 
hoar her explanation^ the play ended 
In a fog. The action takes place at 
the»present time In the study of an 
author in a lodging house In Rome. 
Tho study was an attraotlva piece 
of stage setting. 

The Playhouse, being the only 
legit house of any oonsequenca be- 
tween New York and Stamford, has 
a big draw from Westchester coun- 
ty points. Ads are run In the 
county papers and fashionable sub- 
urbanltes motor in from miles 
around. 

Mamaroneck. with Its new com- 
munity theatre, has geen a lot of 
now shows (about 40) tried out here 
since the break in policy was Initi- 
ated last April, but it remained for 
"Naked" to cause a small-siaed riot. 
The fuss started when many became 
impatient on being unable to hear 
what the characters woro saying. 
Some in the audience got rough and 
didn't hesitate to say what they 
thought. 

"And then I heard voices," one 
character was barely heard to say. 

"Where?" shouted someone. 

Augustine Duncan, playing the 
male lead, and who presented the 
play, in a bland after em'tain word 
remarked that Mamaroneck audi- 
encea appeared accustomed to see- 
ing rather than hearing their drama 
(doubtless referring to the motion 
picti\re8 shown on certain days). 

LADY FAIR 

Washington, Oct. 28. 

If Srhwab and Miindel. ll.«^red nn 
presenting "lAdy Fair." will only 
keep tho pleeb out of New York 
long enough for Otto Harbach. Os- 
car Hammerstein 2nd, and Frank 
Mandel, credited with the book, to 
build up their end of the Job. this 
opera has every chance of being 
a smash. 

With tlirpe performances to Its 
credit prior to the Monday night 
opening at Poli's, it should not be 
a difficult task to catalogue the 
shortcomings and po to work on 
them. For instance, comedy l» 
sorely lacking, with what little is 
dispensed being well handled by 
Rddie Buzzf 11; .several big liol» s ure 
apparent in the action with the 
same almost stopping at times for 
a consequent loss of Inlerost; light- 
ing is atrocious, which should have 
been developed to balance the lack 
of any need of production outlay; 
the feminine portion of tlie chorus 
Is entirely too submerged after a 



oouM have been developed further 
to good results, while the costum- 
ing of these same chorines was 

actually terrible. 

None of these shortcomings, how- 
ever, aro such b'ut that they can 
be corrected, and it will be a great 
pity If they are not, fof Sigmund 
Ro m berg has supplied a score of 
14 numbers that individually and 
collectively are delightfully tunetui. 
To sing that score a truly worth- 
while cast has been assembled. 
Romberg in his work has not made 
It necessary to gather a bunch of 
"names." Voices combined with the 
ability to handle the lines constitute 
the necessary ingredients, and that 
la what has been provided. There 
is a slight question in this regard 
as to the selection of Mildred Pari- 
setto for tho lead, but she sang 
tho role more than acceptably, thus 
compensating for a lack la other 
phases of the role. 

A no more romantic setting could 
have been chosen than in the Riff 
mountains with the Arabs and 
FVench soldiers, along with the crea- 
tion of a "Riff Robin Hood" as the 
central character. When this Robin 
Hood, known as Tho Shadow, car- 
ries the girl away after she has had 
her chance to shoot him, it's a cinch, 
particularly when tho feminine 
hearts out front know the sheik to 
be the suppoaedly retiring son of the 
Fkonoh tt^t^nkCT and trying to make 
good with that same girt. 

Reverting to the Rombarg score, 
hto ''Ho," rldbig'son of tho RIlTs In 
a march tempo, simply reaches out 
and gets those In tronU while the 
loro tlMM^ tneorsd la simcopatkm. 
cannot mlsa But this Is true of all 
of them, oven to the throe otfknedy 
numbsM allotiatf Miell aad NeHlaJ 
Breen. 

Robert HaUklay not only sang, 
but kioked and played tbo lead ox* 



have something worth while to work 
with. As it stands It is assured of 
a good box-otflce draw, and it can 
be made to top meat of lu kind. 



BUBBLING OVER 

Chicago, Oct. 30. 
Musical comedy In ttii-(v .ii.-t!i, pres«nted 
t)y tilwar'l Royte In Rustication with J. 
llarker «'hadwU'k and Morris Woi.)d at the 
Selwyn. Oct. 2.^. Pn^ductlon atagt'd by Ed- 
ward Royi-e with additional numtiors staged 
by Max 8ch«ck. Book by CliSord Oray. 
music by Rkhard Mye(% lytlca by l>o 
Robin. 

Monty Biixttr Ocll Lean 

HuLbloa flayton cieo Mayfteld 

iJenildine tJray Qloria Foy 

Archie Vunderpool. ........Jack Thompson 

Kawles Fraaksr Woods 

^rbara Draw Margarat Brean 

aenibby Bmtth John Cherry 

Jim Grant Cyril Ring 

Tatf Oardnsr Robert 8p«nc*r 



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''Brewster's Millions," George Barr 
IffcCutcheon's much-used novel, is 
the theme for this light song, dance 
and comedy entertainment. In fact 
the menu Is so light the IS.30 top 
for It looks high. 

The McCutcheon novel isn't men- 
tioned lir the program nor in bill- 
ing. The draw is through Cecil 
Lean and Cleo Maylleld, who have 
retained their boa office qualities 
through these many yeai^. 

"Bubbling Over" concerns a young 
man who has Just inherited a mil 
Hon from one relative and must 
spend it within a year in order to 
Inherit seven million left by another 
relative. His friends, who are not 
let into the secret, try to keep him 
firom spending the million by var- 
ious tricks, while his fiance (Gloria 
Foy) is sadly perturbed about his 
aaticsi Tho temporary apendthrtft 
finally gets rid of the million, re- 
vealin|r the reason for his apparent 
fooUabness, ^ and takea tho gal In 



strophe scored In several numbers 
with bis tenor toIco, wbilo Pearl 
Regal, in just such a part as she 
had In "Rose-Marie^** a^aln regis- 
tered. 

The entire undertaking is a big 
thing. Indications are that when it 
reachea New York It will be Rot of 
the class that gets by because of its 
bigness and the consequent thought 
that It must bo good because it is 
big. but due to the fact that from 
all angles those behind it and in it 



Casting is good enough. Cecil 
LiaR* as tbo young mllioiMUrOk con- 
tinues to be Cecil Lean, while Cleo 
Mayfleld is allowed to drawl at will 
as ''Bubbles,** a chorus girl affec- 
tionately interested in helping the 
young fellow get rid of his dough. 
Gloria Foy aa^ Jack Thompson 
carried the song and dance honors. 
They're good as -singles and better 
as a danco toani. * 

The only prominent character role 
was played by Franker Woods a^ 



Raw!e8. the buth r. Woods 
livered his gags in typical vaude* 
viUe manner and cashed in with 
nice results. 

Just two mu.«?ioal hits with any 
quality of catciUness about them In 
the score. One of thsso baa some 
possibilities. There are several good 
bits of lyrlcR. but unfortunately 
tiiey're hooked up with acorea that 
do them no good. 

The chorus girls are as pretty 
as could be deahred by the bal<'est 
of b. and e. merchants. The fact 
that they're all dressed up. while 
It's rr#»tty. Is still another matter. 

This Is strictly a Lean-Mayfleld 
personality comedy, with little sup- 
port coming from book, score 4>r 
lyrics. There are too jnany other 
shows struggling to live. Tbia is 
a matttv .of 'iSSiitiibv, . ' '.'-/;-.;';- 

.• I III I III ■ V. ■ 

Burke Wins Staten 

Islaiid Stock Fight 

Tbo Harder- Hall Players have 
withdrawn from the Palace. Port 
Richmond. Staten Island, after sev- 
eral weeks of legal conflict wHh 
James Burke, lessee of the houat. 
The latter has installed a company 
of his own, headed by R. Bentley. 

Harder-Haira walkout was th* 
climax of much turbulence between 
the stock operators and house lessee. 
Burke claimed Harder-Hall bad gone 
in this season on a rental baala with 
a two weeks' notice clause either 
way. Burke exercised the clause 
by notifying Harder-HaU that ha 
Intended operatlnff tho houaa htai* 
self and installing a company of 
his own. Harder-Hall refused to 
vacate, alleging a subsequent agraa* 
nknt, claiming that since the com* 
pany had done profitable business 
it was entitled to remain at the the- 
atre. At that tfano Bmko eatarod 
the house and took possession with 
Harder-Hall, causing his arrest on 
an unlawful entsy charge^ later dls* 



U9tMmm^ mi^'Ba^ contin- 
ued to hold #M thaatre pending 
litigation, byt withdrew after a set- 
tlement out of court. 



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DISK REVIEWS 

A9EL 



COLUMBIA 
Mary Haynts, from the varieties, 
Ifl makiiur har dlak debut on the 

Columbia with a couple of her vaude 
aonc Bpecialties, "Cry Little Girl, 
Juat Cry, and "Down At Our New 
Beauty Shop.' Probably restricted 
material, it is all refreshingly new, 
Md, as done by the comedienne, the 
couplet is quite fetchi.ig. Lyric 
songs are her forte, and MIsa 
Haynea should make this a faatttrt 
•C l>fr yp»rU[< r<j go t ha wax. 

Al Lenta 
Al Lenta and bia orchestra are 
Columbia newcomers, although 
clicking nicely on the lesser labols. 
The latter paved the way for rec- 
ognition, Lentz personally possess- 
ing a fine flair, for novelty lyric vo- 
calising. . With it his novelty band 
la ' Yarjr satisfactory for tho 
straightaway dance purposes. "El- 
sie Schult-en-heim" and "How 
Could Red Riding Hoodr* afe typ- 
ical Lentz ditties, and If the syn- 
copating comedian doaa not become 
^wloua.^ a* lttMiy :othar aaws d r 
Jazzlsts are woq^fc^Mi, and just sticks 
Uf.thp fiome^y 9i»Q norelty, his ca- 
«oimt W will b# 911 tlif Meai^^ 

-■■ Don VooHiiiif ' 

Oatfi Voor^iaaa «iid his 8a#f cur- 

roll's Vanities Orchestra, to give 
them the full billing, is from "Vani- 
tiea," making hla C<^iiiM ^«lNit« 
besides "canning" generally. It Is 
only natural that the initial record- 
ings of the "Vanities" song hits. 
"Climbing Up the Ladder of Love" 
and "Hugs and Kisses," should be 
ultra and distinctive. The natural 
advantage of nightly appliance to 
theae show tunes would inaure an 
unuaual recording, and tha prddiiet 
Uvea up to the fullest expectations. 
Harold Yates contributes vocal so- 
los in each, but,tlijlr;Tg€f9l«ea tech- 
M^iM what tm pg j^ i i iutbajr. 

Harry Reter 
Clicquot Club Eskimos, under 
Harry Reser's direction, are an ez- 
clusiva Columbia outfit, although 
Reser records for the other con- 
cerns, the WEAP radio "made" 
name being reserved only for Co- 
lumbia.^ As ever, Reser's dance de- 
livery clicks, Tom Stacks, from the 
band personnel, essaying vocal in- 
terludes. "Chick, Chick, Chicken" 
and "The Two of Us " are a variety 
couplet, the former a novelty ditty 
and "The Two of Us" more melo 

dtfus and "legit" in construction. 

' -/w. >•■" . . ... 

. Ruth Etting 

Huth tttlng, Windy City song- 
stress, again irftpresses with a cou- 
ple of Windy City dltUea, "Stars" 
and "Thare'a Nothing Sweeter Than 
a Sweet, Sweet Sweetie." The 
"Stara" number ia somewhat of a 
Mpartura, being ballad-y and not 
Of tit<^ usual hotsy-totsy song deliv- 
art Mias fitting featured up to now. 
SMuingly tfia to equally adept 

9mm^ " — 



panics. For some he officiated 
merely as vocal soloist, but on Co- 
lumbia No. 750 and Edison's No. 
51841 Marvin Is the soloist. "Half 
a Moon" and "Jersey Walk" are the 
selections from the musical com- 
edy, recorded for both companies 
In identical manner, to self-uke ac- 
companiment. Columbia goes It one 
better by featuring Marvin as be- 
ing of tli9 **JI«tttyalOoil Lana** 00, 

Paul Ash 

Chicago gats aiiathar break on 

Columbia through the modium of 
Paul Ash on No. 7G1 with "Kiss 
Your Little Baby Goodnight" and 
"It's a H.nppy Old World After All," 
Milton Watson of the Oriental-Ash 
entertaining: corpa doing tba vocal 
interludes. These numbers are con- 
sistently "hot," a Jazz violin among 
other thi^ UApniaa^ig. , 

Ted Lewis ■ ' r,^ ■' 

Ifdtt ciin't keep Chi down. ' for 
along comes Ted Lewis, now a 
Windy Cityite by proxy where Le- 
Maire'a .**Alfair«^ lg' holding forth, 
doing "I Can t Get Over a Girl Like 
you." A. corking sax solo part and 
aome! effective twiHhand piano work 
In the arrangement are the tech- 
nical features. Leo . Reisman and 
hte ewli tit fa , hailing from sedate 
Boston, does "For My Sweetheart" 
as the couplet, also of the same 
ttl^otfllr idraei of iyiApboato synco- 

8even Aeea* 

Warner's Seven Aces get 
"Who'd Be Bluer' and 
Around,? tlia dlak being 4 
torrid recording, , 




his own nam% Mng a pMt-protod 

f avorttOk 

Nat •hilkpil 

The first of "The RomMers" show 
tunes on the disks haa Nat Shiikr-'* 
oirering' "AU Alone Monday." the 
tricky Kalmar and Ruby ditty. Shll- 
kret haa made a thorough mu- 
sicfanly job of it. Johnny Marvin 
doing the vocalizing Interlude. 

The coupling ia a pop tune, "That 
Night In Araby,** a aoquel to Ted 
Snyder's "Sheik of Araby," and 
equally colorful a fox- trot Edwin 
J. MeBnelfy'a Orehoatra* a New 
England outfit Is the recording 
artist With Henry Burr on the vocal 
end. 



Roteland 




Jack Smith 
Jack Smith, he of the whispering 
baritone, again croons engagingly 
on No. 20254. Berlin's "That's A 
Good Girl" and "Precious" are his 
most recent assignments, both 
making an appropriate coupling and 
well handled by the artist to his 
own piano accompaniment 

VOCAnON . . 

Fess Williams 
Feaa Williami' Royal Flush Or- 

chestra is a colored combination and 
when ace doea colored "blues" 
there's no question about their tor- 
rid ness. These are "hot** plus. The 
ditties are "Messln* Around" and 
"Heebie Jeebiea," the Utter with 
aomo odd vooal afCoeta thrown In. 



Aat reed virtuoso, sometimes 
ealled the Krelsler of the saxophone, 
Rudy Wiedoeft, has a couple of orig- 
inal sax aoloa on Columbia's lists 
tal "Sax-O-Phun ' and "Valse Mase 
M^ta,** tho^iatter permitting for 
•OM graoOfal IMI haiTOon The 
SOfflMr is a sax novelty, 

Bot^ have been "canned" by Wle- 
doeft fOr thO otfcog joompaniea, Co- 
lumbia being 8omo«hal Malad In 
releasing them. 

Ford and Glenn 
Other radio favorites on Co- 
lumbia's lists are Ford and Qlenn, 

the Chicago ether favorites. "I'd 

Sweetheart" 

and "Mary Lou," hSSk Windy City 

creations, again evidence the clan- 
nishness of the Chicagoana |b giv- 
ing their native produo^Mteit plug. 
That in Itself is commO|l|ikl|lo Olrlc 
and artistic pride. 

«rf**r^ ii"* of courie, 

wmay C»ty standards around the 
various broadcasting studios and 
large midwest favorites iHik uS 
public, which was what' llMiiliSd 
their disk recording. ' ^ 

^ ^ Johnny Marvin 

Johnny Marvin, the uke strum- 
mor In "Honeymoon Lane," was 
kept busy recently "cannirig" his 
ahow'a tunes for the various com- 



BEUHSWICK 
- ^ ' Virtoiilt 1^901 ' 

Four magic dance recording 
names are represented on as many 
recorda of the Brunswick label. 
Vincent Lopez, with his Casa Lopez 
Orchestra, on No. 3339, offers "Scat- 
ter Tour Smiles" and "Lay Me 
Down to Sleep in Carolina," Indi- 
cating a resuihption of Lopez's 
activities, which were Interrupted 
by his recent pletttro hotnf tiBlir 
thia paat .Biiniai#; 

Abe Lymaa 
Abe Lyman's Caiifornia Orches- 
tra, another highly rated Brunswick 
combo, maintains its standard with 
"Don't Somebody AVant Somebody 
to Lover* coupled with "Pal of My 
Lonesome Hours," both fox trots, 
done in typical Lymanapquo atyla. 

Ben Bernle 
Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roose- 
velt orchestra puts New York again 
on the map with "Why Do Ya Roll 
Those Eyes?" from "Americana," 
which is the work of Morrle Rys- 
kind and Phil Charig, the latter a 
Bernie protege and sponsored by 
the maestro, who made possible 
Charlg's being called to proper at- 
tention. "I'd Love To Meet That 
Old Sweetheart of Mine " ia the 
couplliii; an4 VP to atnadartf. 

leham Jones 

A new Walter Donaldson song, 
"It Made You Happy When You 
Made Me Cry" is glorified in syn- 
copation by Isham Jonee and his 
crack orchestra. A raggler entry is 
"Meadow Lark," a dance novelty. 

VICTOR 

Jesse Crawford 

A dance disk novelty ia Victor 
No. 20157, whlctw hag Jooi* Craw- 
ford at the Wurlitzer organ "can- 
ning" a waltz and a fox- trot with 
Goldkette's Boek-Cadillao' Orohoatra 
(Doti'olt). The combination of the 
high pitched pipe organ and a cork 
Int dance orchestra produdea a 
warmer dance product, deep and 
resonant in Ita musical nuances and 
I equally pleaalng for oral aa well as 
dance purposes. *'I'd Love To Call 
You My Sweetheart" and "Kentucky 
l4l!|Pilior.w(wa^ aeloenona. 



The Bostoniana 

The Russe invasion haa had its 
effect on American dance music 
with vodka flavoring. "There's A 
Boatman on the VMga*' and "Pe- 
trushka" are the fox-trots with the 
Chauve Sourls treatment, recorded 
by The Bostoniana on Vocalion. 
They are colorful arrangements, the 
Volga number obviously a frank 
dance adgp^Ui«t6ft Of tho MmIo 
'y^ktfk Boatman/* 

Louia^Katsman 

The Castillians are Louis Katz- 
man'a outfit, otherwise the Wfaittall 
AHilo-Porsiana of radio fame, and 
also knr-vn as The Ambassadors 
and kindred npma-de-diakf as pc- 
oaalon arlaao. Using tho Bpaniah 
billing, they are offering a novelty 
tango, "QalleguiU" and "La Cir- 
casijang,** a foz-tfot of oqunSiriiart- 
torliMMMlar 



OKEH 



Francia J. Carter 
Francis J. Carter is a disk new- 
comer, piano soloist who is some- 
what handicapped by a faulty key- 
board recording. Somehow the tin- 
panny quality haa not been wholly 
obliterated bf Okdli'a otherwiao im- 
proved electrical recording process. 
"Birth of the Bluea" and "Wonder 
Wliat'a Become of Joe" are Carter's 
first releases and laAtOgto ; lia wUI 
merit watching. 



Alma Rotter 
Alma Rotter is an impressive con- 
tralto, her yoioe doing much to In- 
terpret the general lyric motif of 
her songofferin|piu **Put Your Arms 
Where Thoy Belong^ and *T1I Never 
Miss You Again" are recommended 
numbera for the ballad patrona. 

Harry Raderman 
Harry Raderman'a Okeh Synoo- 
patora are a bit "hotter" than 

Shilkret's Victor version of "All 
Alone l^onday" from "The Ram- 
blers," although equally effective 
for dance purposes. O. Underbill 
Macy of Smalle and Macy, the 
Radio Aces, as they are identified. 
Is credited for the vocal chorus, 
and again on tho reverae,. "Only 
Tou and Lonely M%" a stately 
mll ii y fos trot 

EDISON 

B. A. Rolfe 

A couple of Oriental fox trots are 
coupled on Edison No. 61840. B. A. 
Rolfe on one side offers "Zoubeeda" 
and the more familiar "Moonlight 
on the Ganges," which Paul White- 
man first introduced, bringing It 
back With hlflk from England, has 
Duke Yellman and his orchestra as 
the recordfhg artiats. Ttie arrange 
menta la eaoh are distlnctlTa. 



EDDIE ELKINS 

I>lr«<>tor of hiK cliarminr dance p«r- 
veyors at the Parody Club, New Yofk, 
reliea on diatinctlvo dance muaie for 
his favorabie impression. The un> 
osoal la the Blklas bran4 of syneo- 

Eattoa haa be«il a' trade-mark and 
e lams le Xebblnft-Baaei for a aat- 
il eonrro of 



supply. 

Take a tip from Elkins 
and treat yourself to our Uig Four: 

'<HUQ A KISSES" (Vanities) 
'^'CUMBiNQ THE LADDEA-^F 

LOVE" (Vanities) . 
•*ONLY YOU A LONELY JMft'' 

"TRAIL OF DREAMS" 
"ALABAM STOMP" 
(Vanities) 
Pubflnhed by 

ftdbbilU-^Enirelt liiCe 

•790 Hexot>th ^ - V, , T riU 



Henry Burr 
Tho "Because I Love YOu" disk 

epidoriiio is further spread by 
Henry Burr's sympathetic tenorlng 
of the Berlin iMtttnd lilt» a Violin. 

cello and piano accompaniment im- 
pressiriK itsrlf Instrumentally as a 
background for the singer. "The 
Two of I's." a sprightlior fox-trot 
ballad, of Engli.sh derivation. Is 
o(|ually pleasing under Franklyn 
Bauer's treatment, Frank Banta ac- 
coiniianying tlio tenor. 



Jean Goldkette 
The RussO'Fierito Oriole Or- 
chestra, which haa been off the 

Victor label for some time, is back 
again with "Trying To Forgot," a 
Mark Fiaher : sotw vrhloh has the 
composer also doing the vocal 
chorus. lys.a zcstful fQX-trot» 

The reverse ,1s by Goldkette's 
Book-Cadillac Hotel Orchestra, the 
same outfit that oinciated on an- 
other disk -^ith Jome Crawf ordi Oh 
their own they are cvon more Im- 
pressive. This gives Jean Oold-^ 
kette two crack Victor orchestras. 
Incidentally his oriprinal combina- 
tion which is merely identlfled by 



Joe Ci^pullo 
ftelfe la again present on No 
51848 with his Palais D'Or Orches- 
tra offering "Why Do Ta Roll Those 
Byear* the "Americana" aong hit 
Rolfe Is the featured Edison artist 
and fast Increasing hia following 
He is also a WBAF radio star, and 
his trumpet solos have so Impressed 
themselves that the 'Edison labe 
now parenthetically mentions 
"trumpet virtuoso" alongside of 
Uolfe's name. On the reverse Joe 
Candullo'a Evergladea Orehestra 
does tricks with "Birth oC the 
Blues" from "Scandala.** 



Constance Mering 
A pianistlc novelty Is Constance 
Mering's soloing of "Craxy Quilt.' 
A mora aedate piano solo is the 
backing, "Trail of Dreams," a dis 
tinctive waits song composed by 
"Bwanae** oC X^o^es'a orohattim. 

Mile. Fifi haa left the Dover Club 

Now York. 



(SAN FRANCISCO) 

Ban Frandaco, Oct. M. 

Once upon a time Rosoland Ball- 
room was au lce>skating rink. Be- 
cauaa of the war the govanunent 

t)ut an embargo on ammonia. That 
put lioaeland out of business as a 
rink and atlurteA it aa a. ballroom. 
In those days Roseland nrma known 
as the Winter Garden. 

As a ballroom it has the uaual 
history of ups and 'downs, boom 
seasons aqd dull, but consistently it 
las been a money-getter, and today 
eads the field In San Francisco. 
Since its days as a rink it has been 
under the management of William 
C. Datho, who is also one of the 
four directors of the controlling 
corporation, the others b^ing Alex- 
ander Young, M. M. Lowenthal and 
John Tait, cafe and restaurant man 
and sports promoter. 

Starting as a "nickel a crawl" 
establishment, Roseland operated 
under that system -for four years. 
In 1922. feeling a reaction la this 
part of the country against the 
ivawl system, Dathe inaugurated 
the more genteel "social" system, 
with one admission price to cover 
the entire evening's dancing. 

The bandstand is situated In the 
center of the dance floor, experience 
laving demonstrated that thia is the 
logical place for it, considering the 
mmense else of the dancing sur- 
face — 210 by 100 feet. A comfort- 
able dancing crowd is flxed^at about 
2,500 persona, but on cetrain occa- 
sions Roseland has had 6.000 per- 
sons upon its straining floor. The 
scale of admission ia 60 and tS centa 
on week night, 75 and 4t .CipMS Sat- 
urdays and Sundays. 

Rent on Sharing Terms 

The ballroom ia available for 
private balls on terms which sound 
Ike a theatre contract. The ball- 
room takes first money up to $300 
to cover the light, heat, atalf, etc. 
Above that the organization run- 
ning the dance and the ballroom 
split 60-40, with tlM HotMO on the 
short end. The house also ret{\^ns 
ts checkroom and refreshment con- 
cessions. 

Located in a residential commu- 
nity and drawing Its trade in large 
measure from homes, anything like 
'rough stufT' is strictly out. There 
s no objection to fancy dancing, but 
It must be dancing. 

An Interesting sidelight on Rose- 
land's history Is that In its .early 
days ^s the Winter Garden a big 
juvenile trade was developed at spe- 
cial matinees for school children. 
While at the time this meant little 
In the way of revenue to the ball- 
room, today many of these children, 
now grown up, patronise Roooland 
and pay adult prices. 

Climaxing his career as a ball- 
room innovator and pioneer, Mr. 
Dathe has recently affiliated with 
the Music Corporation of America, 
becoming Its franchise holder here 
and also the first ballroom manager 
in San Francisco to sign with a 
ballroom circuit and contract for 
"name" orchestras. Liberal one- 
sheeting, placarding .tie-ups and 
considerable splurging in the dalles 
heralded^ the new connection. This 
extra publicity la 'part of the ball- 
room circuit scheme of getting box- 
offlce resulta. The expense is split 
SO-SO by M. C. A. and Roseland. 

The new era was ushered In Sept. 
20 with Zev Confrey'a orcheatra. 
Roaeland'a contraet> cam lo^ ifaeord- 
Ing orchestra exclusively. Confrey, 
besides beipg a leader, is the com- 
poaer of a number of pieces alleged 
to send ordinary pianists Into fits 
when they attempt to get In all the 
Angering. This is easy to believe 
after watching his exhibition of 
nimble digits, which, in the form of 
a half- hour recital, has 
nightly feature during his 
ment (soon to conclude.) 

elevating Jack Crawford 

Among Oonfre3r*a men Jack Craw- 
ford has attracted so much attention 
that when Confrey's bookings take 
him east M. C. A., at the requeat of 
Roseland itself, Is elevating Craw- 
ford to the leadership and starting 
him off on what will aventually be 
a transcontinental tour. Crawford 
would naturally attract attention, 
as he weighs 275 pounds, being a 
"pint" size edition of the late Paul 
Beise. He specializes on reeds, and 
Is a first-rate musician. He fakes 
any instrument In the orchestra, 
clowns, sings, has a personality the 
crowds dote on, and seems to have 
a world of energy, fOr aU his pound- 
age. 

It's quite likely that Crawford will 
eventually land In some stage band. 
He looks like a bet for the presen- 
tation stuff. Meanwhile he Will re- 
main at Roseland until Jan. 2. after 
which Charley Dornberper will be 
.sent out here by M. C. A. 

Since the new M. C. A. affiliation 
receipts at Roseland have increased 
S2 por cent. That estimate Comes 
from the ballroom manager. 



Uewsay for Physidaas 



FRIVOUTY DROPS SHOW; 
REALTY CO. RUHS CUIB 

Kitty WMte, BUMc Bottomerp 
and Beth Challis as En? 
tertainers . 



BWy ' Arnold's Revua at the Tri" 
volitjr Clttli» New York, la no longer 
at «!• eat|ibllahment, It was let 
out ia the ndttdle of laat w^ak* 

and at the same time t|ia earlir 

opening for dinner done away with. 
Now the club opens at 10 p. m. and 
continues until "closing.'* 

A -peculiar iu)gle ia about the Fri« 
vollty Inasmuch as It Is controlled 
by the E. A. White Realty Organ- 
ization which, acquired^ the club so 
that it could get pii the air througli 
broadcasting and secure radio ad* 
vertlsim^^ fcyf . ijtg ^^ey^leM!^'^^ P«>1* 
ecta . . ' ■ • ■ / ■ ' X , , 

Through thia ia deal waa made 
with Arnold at the opening of the 
season whereby ho vjas to furnish 
the. principals jind choristers for a 
at a flat prioa H.SOO week- 
ly, while the realty people paid for 
the costuming. Ijt Is said that IS.OOO 
was Invested in dressing the show, 
whfch looked It, . . : 

Two shows wef^ given a night, ' 
at dinner and supper. The dinner 
show ^called for no cover, but a 
$2.26 dinner waa served. It waa dia* 
covered after operating a ' few 
weeks that the dinner business was 
being operated at a loss, and It 
waa discontinued and with it went 
the revue. . V 

Last Wednesday night Kittr 
White, Bottom dancer, waa called 
in as was one other single woman, 
wtth B#tli eiialUa and BdAe Xam* 
bert remaining, as is also the Jack 
Denny band, which Is doubling tilis 
week at the Strand theatre. 



Joe 140SS, who has been New T^ork 
booking maaasir for Meyer X>KfUf 

music for Ave years Is still with 
the concern ai^d Intends oontinulHfg 
his pleasant relations. . 

A'" -'IMmAO' ' report ' - 'tttoflMlgllir . otv^- 
culated has been going the roiUidg 
reaulting in some confusion. 



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HEKE AND THERE 

The Butler Hotel Seattle, Wash,, 
wiK atari nalaff' ttoe if. 6. A, eW- 
cuit of ballroom orchestras Dec. 20 ^\ 
wltlL Qharlea'Dornberger'o outfit. 



Irwin Abrams is doubling into 
the Rendezvous from the *'Blonde 
Sinner." Banry H wet^g dleauot 
Club Eskimos are at the Knicker- 
bocker grill succeeding Abrama. 



Duke Elkins' Kentucky Club band 
ia playing ia the cabaret scene of 
*«BIM: JNT* COoiaedr). 

fpoii tiio .<itf». - -.v:, ■ • ; 
Dolly Bernard's Tlames* 

Dolly Bernard opened at tha 

Torch Club, New York, Monday, 
featured atong with her. "toroh j 

bearera." 3 
The latter are billed as llttta l| 

flames," Kitty Rlnqulst, Eva Ken* 
nody, Marie Norville, Peggy 
Elsie Mayne. Kitty Reardon. 



•dT«rtlae In TASUTY. 
at advertise v 



Washington, Nov. 2. 
No longer docs the physician have 
to specify the druppist on his liquor 
prescriptions, sets forth a. roccftt 
ruling of tha Bureau of 'internal 
i;.vonua. 

The secretary of the treasury ap- 
proved the order on Oct 15. 



' Silver Bells" 

ARE 

Good Banjos 

ASK 
MONTANA 
JOE ROBERTS 
SAM CARR 
RUSSELL MANUEL 
ROY SMECK 
BANJO LAND 
" LLOYD IBACH 
: EDDIE ROSS " 
AND MANY OTHERS 

NEW ILLUS. CATALOGUE FREE 

BACON BANJO CO., INC. 
GROTON, CONN. - . 

F. J. hacon . D; L. Day 




Wtdnttday, November 3, 1925 



MUSIC 



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iPLUG" SEEN IN 
VHAPHONE'S 
"CANNING" 



Singers and Bandsmen 
Receive Money Offers If 
Gcilliiii Songs on Vita 



Energ-etic music publiHhers have 
now cast tbeir optics on the Vlta- 
phon* aa a new av«BU« for ezplol- 
tatlon. Vocal and InstrumeBtftl 
eordinsr artists have been ap- 
proached for ''terms" in order to 
Introduce new aonsr material on the 
musical ecreen, the publishers nat- 
urally counting heavily on this form 
of pIuflT only limited by the burial 
of any of the Vitaphotte reels. 
These, firom present"- Indications, 
will be universally circulated for 
some time to come and Its sheet 
music reaction with favorable ma- 
terial la antieipated. 

One sinsring team had $300 of 
fered them and another bandman 
recently signed for a large figure 
la eonelderlnc fl,S06 advance "roy- 
alty** on a new song, plus 60 per 
cent equity In the profits thereof if 
he will "can" a certain song num 
Ser on the Vltaphone. 

The*fallacy of the music pub 
Usher in giving away half or a 
goodly portion of his product in a 
jntesttlded s^nse of exploitation 
.again asserts itself with this, as 
Mth every other avenue for song 

' Mttsle Publieheraf Protective As- 
sociation rulings are seemingly a 
dead Issue under thu guise of "roy 
alty," and that song material is Just 
as neeeseary for the performer's 
welfare as vice versa disregarded. 

Publishers will quibble about 
trifles and their Insistence on equity 
In minor details la swept away In 
ealsrUit t» the **anglea.'' 



Dance Hall License Cases 



Berlin-Wea Hook-Up; 
Stani h Under Cmrer 



The long rumored hook-up be- 
tween Irving Berlin, Inc. and the 
Milton Weil Music Co., with the 
latter having Henry Bertman 
(Clark ai)d Berpman) financially in- 
terested as a pavtnef with Weil, is 
further borne out by the working 
understanding that Berlin, Inc.* will 
not stand for one of its songe re- 
placing anything from the Weil 
catalog In any act or band's routine. 

This seemingly altruistic gesture 
is not the accepted standard among 
tin pan alley operators where com- 
petition Is keen. One firm's plugger 
constantly seeks to land his song 
and oust anybody, else* in- his own 
favor. 

It la not unknown that Bergman 

has always b«f*n a "Herlln man." 
starting with Berlin. Inc., Ave years 
ago as its professional manager. 
Weil was the Chicago represtata- 
tlve for Berlin, Inc., until atarttog 
his own business. 

Weil has two songs. "Rose-Col- 
ored Glasses" and "Talking to the 
Moon." big hits around Chicago but 
have not been able to click east 
despite their obvloiia merit and un- 
usual charm. 

It has been noted that acts who 
for some reason or another are re- 
ligiously friendly with Berlin, Inc., 
also manage to give Weil a plug 
and shrewd performers, whether 
quasi-songwriters "angling" for a 
Berlin^ Ine., favor, or acta other- 
wise obligated to Berlin, Inc., gen- 
erally manage to "understand" 
about keeping the Weil catalog in 
mind. 



Comic Strip Masque 



Chicago, Nov. 2. 
Trianon ballroom got valuable 
publicity for Ita Hallowe'en masaue- 

rade. The scheme confified costumes 
eligible in the $500 prize contest to 
those worn by cartoon' strip char- 
aetera In the "Herald-Bxamlner." 

The paper reciprocated In the tie- 
up by running daily stories on the 
event. 



Llyod Thomas, 88, manager, of 108 
West 189th street, was acquitted in 
Special Besalona of a charge of con- 
«uotlng a 4aiiee haU without a U- 

cense. 

Thomas was arrested on June 6 
hf Policeman Henry Boshamer of 
the West 136th street station, who 
claimed he had observed a man and 
woman enter Thomas' place after 
the man had purchased a ticket for 
$1.60. The couple, according to 
Boshamer, then Joined 15 other 
couples who were dancing. The 
lustlcea decided the evidence was 
insuffloleat and discharged the com- 
plaint. 

Another man, charged w^ith the 
same offence, was not so fortunate. 
He was Ferdinand Tummlngs, 36, 
313 West 119th street, arrested by 
policeman Boshamer on June 6 for 
eondueting an unlicensed dance hall 
at 461 Lenox avenue. Boshamer 
charged Tummings permitted 10 
couples to dance in his place after 
eiieh had paid ,11 oente. He wM 
t^ven a ttnqiMaded aentence. 



Lefkowitz-Coleman 

Judgment for $3>08S 

An echo of the flop Herman W. 
Lefkowitz-Emll Coleman Asbury 
Park night club this past summer 
Ifl the $3,065.52 Judgment by Benja- 
min Margolis and Ellas Preiss (EI- 
mar Trading Co.) against the Biar- 
rita Casino, Inc. Lefkowits and 
Coleman Individually, and the J. B. 
Shupper Co. The Judgment is on 
two notes for |1,500 each dated June 
11, 1926. 

XiOfkoWlth Is a well-known cafe 

man around New York, formerly 
owning the Rue de la Paix and the 
Casa Lopez until selling out that 
room to Xiopes and Eugene Qelger. 

Coleman Is the band leader now 
at the Montmartre. 

Both operated the Blarritt at 
Pleasure Bay. outside of Asbury 
Park, Week-end trade at the road- 
house was insufficient to make the 
new .venture a paying proposition. 



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Charm Club's New Show 

A new floor show routined by 
Harry Walker went into the Charm' 
Club, New York, last week. It In- 
cludes Peggy Worth, Paul Hagger- 
ty. Clothlel Berry essa, Thelma Carl- 
ton, EMith Van Kempel. Bubbles 
Bhelby, Dolores Potter, La Verne 
XAmbert, Addle OUfford. Loretta 
Meier and Allan Walker as maater 
•f ceremonies. 

Graham Gardner's Orchestra sup- 
plies the dance music. 



I>eauvitle*8 New Revue 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

A new rewe opened last week 
(Tuesday) at the Deauville Cafe. 
Floyd Dupont, producer of floor 
•hows, put on the whole revue. 

Five principals and eight girls 
figure in the show, the former in- 
cluding Margaret White, held over 
from the last show; Wallace and 
<^PPo. from '■Attaira*'; Bffle Bur- 
ton. Evelyn Ruth and Isabel Cran- 
"dall, formeily of the Crandall 8is- 
-tenr ' 



If Yoo Don't Advertise id 
J/JPY DoB't Adrertise 



Vining Resigns 
As GranadA Organist 

San Frandsco, Nov. S. 

Iris yining, organist at the Gra- 
nada since 1923, has resigned. She 
will leave Nov. 5, when the present 



goes out to ve replaced by .Ben 

Black. 

During her long engagement, at 
the Granada Miss Vining was the 

only organist in San Francisco re- 
ceiving featured billing. She will 
rest for several months In Del 
Monte. 



'Teaches** Sung Into 

Palace of Stone 



More eonspicudiia than the 

title. "I'm All Alone In a Palace 
of Stone." the slogan, "The 
'Peaches' and Browning Song," 
Is emblatoned on the title page 
of a new Fred Fisher. Inc., 
song publication. Lon Mooney 
is the author and is one of 
those *3lrd In a Qtlded Cage ' 
and "Mansion of Aching 
Hearts" ditties. 

The chorus of this newest 
tin pan alley eontrlbution Is: 
I'm all alone la a palaoe of 
stone 

Down in. the city of tears. 
Trying to care for an old mil- 
lionaire 

Wasting the best of my years. 
I'm just a poor little girl 
Holding gold money bags. 
Silks on my back, while my 

heart is in rags, 
rm all alone In a palace of 

stono 

Down In the city of tears. 



KAHN'S $100,000 CLUB 
OPENS FRIDAY NIGHT 



Postponement Required to As- 
sure Atmospher#--^t2S 

Premiere Couvert >. 



OLSEN'S SECRET CLUB 



George Olsen and his orchestra 
are due to take over Peler^s Bhie 

Hour on West 48th street next week 
and will operate the supper 'ub 
somewhat secretly until Olsen gets 
his bearings. 

This has always boon an Olsen 
iU'O, sounding liimself out through 
the medium of personal friends and 
following before generally announc- 
ing any new cafp onpragement. 

Olsen is understod to have a 
"piece** or mi f9m. Senile WOf0 
booked him In. 



'ffit and Ron' Leader 
Most Stand Trial for Death 



AWUE GOSS AND BASS 
WITHDRAW CHARGES 



Man Misrepresented Himself 

as Owner of Rendezvous-— 
Girl Expected Job 



Altoona, Pa., Nov. S. 

Kenneth Keller, popular orchestra 
leader and less popular "hit and 
run" motorist, whose car caused the 
death of an aged employee of the 
city a little over a week ago, has 
waived a preliminary hearing and 
entered bail for his appearance at 
the January term of ceurt 

Keller, according to the story told 
by a woman companion, continued 
on in his car after the accident to a 
QanitaIn hotd^ aear Altoona, where 
he spent the night with his w^olnn 
cempanleai and another coupl^ 



Introducing an ultra night club 

that represents an Investment of 

$103,000 before the doorman opens 

your motor has its dlflflcultles not 

encountered by the average, garden 

variety of supper club. Pairtlcularty 
when some 600 $25 couvert charge 
patrons are your . pcenUeire even- 
ing's guests. 

As a result of all whldl Roger 
Wolfe Kahn and Reiie Racover's 
elaborate Le Perroquet de Paris was 
compelled to postpone its premiere 
at the eleventh hour from M eiiday 
to Friday night 

With contractors, designers and 
mural artists working extra shifts 
and double time, labor's languid 
progress cared little for the antic- 
ipations of the elite. Despite re- 
peated assurance from the contrac- 
tors that everything would wind up 
satisfactorily in time for the pre- 
miere, it resolved Itself down to a 
need for adjourning the opening. 
This tlme^ to Insure the perfection 
of every detail, a live-day Interval 
was set by the scion of the Otto II. 
Kahn house so that nothing go awry 
again. * 

At best, from about five days be. 
fore the opening, it was palpable 
that the artistic Importations of 
French -made mural panels and 
other niceties would have to be In- 
stalled at leisure within a week 
after the premiere. From the inside 
It le really a fortunate windfall for 
the sake of the general atmosphere. 

The room Itself is the last gasp 
in artistic night club interiors, the 
features of which will be cited In 
a regular night club review follow- 
ing the premiere, but such notable 
details as a mirrored dance-floor, 
hanging cages with live perroquets 
(parrots), aquariums with real fish 
swimming underneath the glass 
surface of each table, an elaborate 
lighting system, a French -Improved 
acoustic bandstand that insures the 
best sounding possibilities for Roger 
Wolfe Kabn's ultra Victor recording 
orchestra, and other unique and 
eitraerdinary innovations are but 
to be generally described. The gen- 
eral ensemble dofles adequate de- 
scription and only can be done Jus- 
tlee with repeated visits. 

New High Couvert 
The $25 premiere is a new high 
mark In night club openings whlclt 



.Film Boomer for Danee Hell 

Chicago, Nov. 2. 
Bruce Godshaw, who has been do- 
ing exploitation for Universal Films 
the past year, has returned to the 
Karsas organisation In a production 
and promotion capacity for their 
ballrooms and theatres. He was at 
one time associated with Karzas' 
Trianon ballroom. 



New Vanity Fair Show 

Chicago. Nov. 2. 
Vanity Fair (caba r et) has o p e n ed 
a new show with Buddy Whelan, 
Lamb Sisters. Gladys Mlntz and 
the Vanity Fab: Singing Instru- 
mentalists. 

Van's Vanity Fair Orchestra. Art 
Cope directing, remains. 



U. S. Docks Ether Jam 



Chicago. Not. t. 
The Injunction suit brought by 
WON. the "Chicago Tribune" radio 
station, against WG£«S, operated by 
J. Louis Qin^^ to restrain the 
latter station from broadcasting on 
a wave length that is alleged to 
interfere with reception of WGN 
programs, has been (wit ba^k to 
the state courts by Vidipral dudge 
James H. WUkerepii* 



ABISTOGRAti UMttSlin 

The Four Aristocrats, new alBg- 
ing and instrumental combination, 
have made their first Victor records. 
They may ke aipMidl ■■luiiiierty iy 

that company. 

The quartet opened this week at 
the new 95 night elnkb Im Pmto« 
quet de Parts,. MPltiMNr fMi the 
Cafe de Paris. 

benjamin Davis has been groom- 
ing tka vH llM Mtufa 



have never exceeded |10 heretofore. 
The regular Le Perroquet fee will 
be 16 nightly, after premiere. 

The opening Is booked solid at 



Aw lie Goss. 22, cabaret perf»»rmer, 
residing at 214 West 24th street, f 
and Lewis Bass, 28, salesman, stop- ! 
ping at the Times Square Hotel, 
withdrew counter charges that they 
had lodged against each other in 
the Weet'^Ttk atMet etatlon kouae. 

Both were discharged by Magis- 
trate Louis Brodaky lA West Mit 
Court. v-''' '■' 

Miss Qoss said had been em- 
ployed as a dancer and magician 
at the Pachita Club. 138 West 55th 
street until a few nights ago. She : 
had Bass arrested on a serious . 
charge after he caused her arrest 
on the charge of stealing a $100 bill 
from a bankroll on a d re sse r In kls 
room at the hotel. The money was 
never found. Mim QOM, denied 
taking It. 

The pair weir^ taken to the policed* 
station by Patrolman Martin 
Cronin, of the West 47th street 
station, who was called to the hotel 
by the house detective. 

Bass testified Miss Goss had en- 
tered his room stating she was 
lonely. On a ttblt^ he said, re- 
posed M^ kMSir* aereral "himdred 
dollars. 

She walked to the dresser and 
picking up the *^ntury** said. ^Vi 

this money real or counterfeit?" re- 
cited Bass. She then held the note 
to the light when he walked over \ 
to retrieve his dough. He struggled ' 
to recover It, he said, but magically 
it was gone. He then called the 
betel detective. 

Miss Goss stated that she lnA ■ 
gone to the Pachita to collect some 
money and her costumes, when 
Beds apoke ta Her. ike aiid. 
was with two male frlendi^ . W 
told her. she said, that he was the 
owner of the night clubs. Rendes- 
vous. Chieagie^ and tlHi 
Beach, at Los Angeles. He 
that he came l^ere te get taleali 
she added. 

TWNied Ovt^ Details 
8he expldined to kHn that elia 

would be pleased to get a job with 
his shows. He then invited her, 
she said, to the Times Square to 
his room, where they oould go ovier 
the details. His two friends joined 
him. When they reached the hotel, 
sh* aaid, kli two friends stepped 
out of the room, ostensibly to phona 
some other gkrla Uil4 wei« !• Jelft 
the show. ^ 

8ke then dwufged that Bkig aiada 
an Improper proposal to her. She 



Rncovir^ fsweeel gnesti 

Racover Is an experienced cafe 
man. his Parisian counterpart, Le 
Perroquet. being one of the two 
night club klgkllgktk In the French 
capltol. When at the Cafe de Paris 
atop the Century last season, Ra- 
cover quickly established a follow- 
ing whtek ka kaa iMttii ta the new 
Kahn -Racover enterprise. 
. Aside from the natural dance fea- 
ture by Roger Wolfe Kahn's or- 
chestra, tlie entertklnment la re- 
quested to be kept a secret until the 
premiere, being a "surprise" prop- 
osition. 

r ^Break" 1^ Otkert 

Inability ^ the l^n-ilaeever 

club to open was a..*!kreiik" for the 
Mirador and Maurice. The tum- 
aways gave the Mirador capacity. 
Maurioe made flMV^ tiill dn# ref^- 
enoe to the opposition pgiwkisrs. 
harping on the |25 cover, keeping It 
up until a few table occupants aud- 
ibly ffeiented It ' Vh^ mieer may 
not have known the Stth street 
opening had been called off, al- 
thougti night club news of that kind 
has a habll Of kolii ffiiiyid awlftty. 



$25. all cash trade with the few ex- 

^^F!:L^^.,^2S1^^.^^!'!:^'^^ ^•"•i Repulsed hTm ^irr^trugglVinsuedT * 

Her screams were heard and the 
hotel deteetl^ Okmo to «k» room. 
During the struggle, she alleged, the 
light was extinguished. It was 
turned on before the arrival of the 
bluecoat. It was theia that Bass^ 
she stated, charged her with the 
theft of the $100 bill. A search was 
inetltifliai kiit im money pould not 
bo.'^oiliiC: 

In , Jail Overnight 
Both were •'booked" at West 
17th street police station and spent 
tho niglit In the West $Hb etreol 
pen. In court Mls8 Goss wore gold 
slippers, a beaded danoin;? dress 
and a bright red turban. Bass was 
attlfed In daril ototHBig. ^ 

^Ilss Goss was represented In 
court by Attorney Edward V. 
Broderick. He briefly explained 
the daaeer's story to the court. The 
latter directed Miss Goss to take 
the witneas stand. She tr tifled 



INSIDE STUFF 



On Mime 



Vieter'e Dance Muele Idea 

A new Idea in dance music recording will be offered by Victor when 
it releases a dl.*!k featuring Jesse Crawford playing his AVui lltzer organ 
with Jean Goldkctto's Book-Cadillac Orchestra of Detroit support. 
The eomblnktlon of a dance band with a high-pitched organ Is said 
to produce a new quality and Idea in dance music. 

The Book-Cadillac orchestra is a Goldkette unit and not the original 
Jean Goldkette combination which is a veteran exclusive Victor record 
ir.g n>yatii««Hnti Tiiia liMfid has b#»n tflurlntf the oast and when at 



R >seland ballroom. New York, recently. It broke tho house record for 
attendance previously held by Vincent l^opez. T>ouis J. Ilrerkrr, tlu: 
managing director of Iloseland. is authority for this sumniutiun. he hav* 
ing Imported Goldkette's own band from Detroit where they Hold forth 
regularly at the Greystone ballroom, to be the gnett band attraction for 
12 days. 



that Base told her be owned tha- 
RendezvotW wmA IhO iiOMS BUMI 

Clubs. 

Miss Goss completed her story 
and asked tho court to permit Imt 
to withdraw the charge against 
Bass. The f^iaftfO were wltli^ 

drawn. . .• : ■ ' ■• 

MIso doM thai 
Bass Invited her to brnikfigt 
Iko. court proceedings. 



The Rendesvous. Chicago, cabaret 

of the first class. Is owned and 
operated by George Liederman. Mr. 
Llederman is in Chicago at prcs- 
enf and has not been In New Tork 
in montha He is not interested in 
any other cabaret or night club. 

tiewis Base la an unknown name 
In the show buslnesfi. 

Long Looel Jump 

Chicago, Nov. ?. 



Grace Chester, singer, probaMy 
holdn the "doubling" Jump record 
of Cljioago. ' 

Bhe is appearing nightly at both 
the <^lranrula r afc. 6.800 aouth, and 
the Granada theatre, <,N0 north. 



S2 



VAItlBTT 



NI^HT GLUBS 



m CLUB REVIEWS 



CHARM CLUB 

2d Rtvlew 
(NEW, YORK) 

New Tork. Oct. 28. 

New floor show here Is a Harry 
Walker layout featuring Peggy 
Worthi with an alleged acrecn and 
legit rep that can be thrown into 
the busboy'e receptacle as far as 
night clubs are concerned. Other- 
wise it's a straight variety line-up. 
with Allan Walker as master of 
ceremonies, the Blue Grass Boys. 
A irachtclubblsh Quartet, and Gra- 
ham oardlBtr'a MlMijbra nNindias 
U out. " 

Walker Is the floor show co* - 
ferencler. He Introduces Bub- 
bles Shelby, eaersetlc ragster. who 
doee a Ted Ijewls Impression as a 
favorable entry. La Verne Lam- 
berfe Ruase dance. Clothiel Berry- 
eeea (eounds like a sag!) with a 
Spanish specialty, and Addle Cllf- 



m 



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BROADWAY'S 

FAVORITE 





Hot Pcraonilj CM 

NOW 

CHARM aUB 

N.Y. 



ford's indigo warbling followed. 
Brown and Dale, male heeCera. were 
addod .starters and clicked. 

Walker's own contribution was 
negattve. and that fM» - i ill M e fer 
Miss Worth. 

In between Douglas Held, Jlmmie 
Rich. Chubby Davis and John 
I)avi.«i. comprising the Blue Grass 
Boys, fill in. but the most meritori- 
ous aingle eeiitrfbtttion Is hy the 
energetic dunce septet Graeme 
Gardiner at the drums, also vocal- 
izing. heada the smart little band, 
plnylng some effective special ar- 
rangements. Arnold BMvle and 
ACaurle Atister are at ths rstds; Al 
Constance plays trumps!; Bob 
Dotea Is the pianist -amuigsr: Sal 
Sussmaa, hanjo-vloMnist: BUI 
Truesdale. violin. 

Messrs. Martin and Lewis, the 
managers, are astute enoogh cafe 
men to know what they want The 
room is as charming as its billing 
and the ^ow should be blended for 
speed and pep In tempo with that 
snappy bsad. The rest Calls by the 
waystda AM 



qOIXEGEUW 

CCMICAOO) 

Chicago. Oet. tL 
Of all the spots la town, ranging 
in various deg r ses in class, this 
room In tho Sherman hotel has the 
advantage. A perfect location. In 
the heart of the loop, on the Rialto 
Itself and with all the opportunity 
to draw from outsiders and the 
hotet yet the OoOigs Iiia Is dead. 

Up to a year ago or so nothing 
but a third-rate band was offered 
as aa sttrastlea. Ths element that 
frequented the place went there be- 
cause it WM always known as a 
rsBdesfovB fbr the beys around 
town. 

Ths management began to realise 
that the plaee was deteriorating. 

slowly but surely. Ishara Jones, 
then Abe Idrman was brought in 
to upUft thi sihtas. Added attrac- 
tions in the way of acts were put 
on, until, with the departure of 
Lyman, It switched to a floor show 
idea. That it maintains. 

Considering that the College Inn 
stands aloof from the rest of the 
night clubs in this city, the elass of 
entertainment offered is not what 
it should be. Not that the present 
revue there isn't o. k. in itself. It 
probably Is as good. If not better, 
than any of the others. But as long 
as the managers oC the Hotel Sher- 
man have decided to make a nlsht 
club out of the College Inn it should 
br i i iU hlni r but smtasivs, with the 
best ''names** obtainable for the 
floor. This is altogether Absent 

ne#« ^tmk im tmim milk ^um 

trade la very much to be noted. 
An Impromptu platform has been 



taftsHsd far Chs «ew show. It 

serves Its purpose fairly and is 
better than nothing. Twelve girls, 
til yenthtal sad sasr «• look at. 

form a good background for the 
principals. The routines are well 
reffuteled and the girls prove 
capable In their work. 

The McCune Sisters do a "Black 
Bottom** mtmber la 'snappy looklag 
white feather costumes and rIfo 
sing good harmony. They are a 
classy team and show evMeaee of 
experience on a floor. Frank 
Llscheron and his girls. Mary Mooro 
and Gloria Randolph, are a trio of 
dancers of ability and showman- 
ship. Llschoron does an Adagio, 
using both girls and ioores with his 
fast pirouettes. Tmt iM !• • safe 
bet on any floor. 

Myrtle Lansing, a prima donna 
from local night clubs. Is well 
suited for this place. She has a 
pleasant and strong soxMraao. Her 
knowledge of the business also 
stands her in good stead. 

Sylvia Joyce, bright looking girl, 
who started about a year ago by 
winning a couple of Charleston con- 
tests, shows a marked improvement 
Is her work. She now doee a mean 
"Black Bottom" and a good strut 
In a very much abbreviated cos- 
tume. Her wardfobs Is nice. 

Buster Brown, a speedy buy. goes 
through some whirlwind acrobatic 
tap dancing. He also doee a fhst 
Russian dance in good style. 

Maurle Sherman and his orches- 
tra of Iff ^ men provide the mvsloal 
end. Their dance music Is very 
good, but they don't seem to be 
set irHli^ ths show, hat prohahly 
will be as time passes. T%hl 
is ^tto a favorite here. 

T)m liMMT was prodoosd by Jhsk 
Fimk^ '-- ' " £sea. 





AT 



AMERICA'S FUST W CLUB 



THE 

CLUB UDO 




Chkk Endor 
Geo« Walsh 



BUly Mann 
Tommy Purcell 



Tl 0RI6INAL-N0T AN INIT\TION 



SHsVER SUPnSR 

(MEW OflLCANt) 

New Orleans, Nov. S 
Very sumptuously furnished is 
this newest af local night dubs. 

situated In the heart of the VIeux 
Carre (New Orleans* Greenwich 
VUhige). ea tloat ho B near St. liouls 
street. It has already established 
quite a clasf jNtttroiisge, gettUui **a 
phty** frooB the *^«*s who'*^the 
town. 

Rather a neat show on tap for 
the ton term, with a couple of 

"stand-outs." 

B. B. B.« who styles himself "New 
Orleans* Adopted Son." is doing the 
"hosting" in great style and un- 
corking a real "specialty" on his 
own. The chap with the "patent 
leather hair"' is developing as a 
fast, extemporaneous wit. and has 
already built himself a "following" 
here. 

The Silver Slipper has brought 
back to the night life of the town 
one of America's greatest accom- 
panists. Buszy Williams, who in 
his own line, even outdistances the 
Mike Bernard of the Pastor days, 
and that isn't detracting any from 
Mike. This Buzxy Williams, had 
he elected to remala away train his 
wife and children, could have risen 
to heights. For 20 years he han 
made hundreds of ordinary singers 
took like headllners with his ivory< 
maneuvering. Williams has long 
been a genius unsung, and the 
Sliver Slipper and its entertainers 
are mighty lucky to have him 
aaisag those p re se nt 

One of the high lights of the en- 
tertainment Is l>ttie May, btonde 
and beautseas, with a fona |hat 
sent her to Atlantic City from 
Paltes last |rear. A dandy UtUe 



JAZZLAND 

(Los Angelee) 

Lios Angeles, Oct tl. 

A black and tan jol|it. aad a big 
one, Jazzland, has not been discov- 
ered yet by the majority of the 
white mob. As the rendesvous of 
the colored elite and a sprinkling 
of other patronage, the draw has 
not been broadened to the point 
where the regular cab patrons of 
the town drown out the wild, free 
and easy "levee" atmosphere. 

When the big spenders and the 
movie crowd discover this hide- 
away the dress suit gang will flock 
here for the music. It is the hot- 
test in town, and the oatertaiaaieat 
will be brought up to floath 8Me 
and Harlem standards. 

Jassland was formerly Levy's 
Tavern, some years ago. and since 
the wide-open days shut down. It 
was reopened three months ago by 
Dr. A. C. Nelson, colored, and Joe 
Mann and Loale Atlas, whits. The 
latter haadleo a lot of chec k roo m 
concessions downtown. S.' V. Ad- 
asM, cehMSd restauraat earner, of 
Ceatral ataeae, Moal Miek belt. Is 
manager. The place is a big oae 
at IMth sad Central aveaoe^ out 
of the eitr Umlts, la Wiatts. local 
gag town for the vaudevilUaas. 
The place has Uttis pollcs saper- 
visioa. letthiff Rs snly grief crooi 
the county liquor squad. 

Buster Wilsoa aad his Suaayhuid 
Band, elght-pleoa aad eolorsd Hks 
the rest of the satsrtainment bat 
out the daaoe musle. Bspedaliiy on 
oa reeds, this eomblaatioo has It 
over every other local band, black 
or white, for hotnees. Melody et- 
fects rather than load tones and 
tympani are used for the '*mean" 
music they dish out. With Wilson 
at the piaao. the personael ladudes 
Ashford Hardee, trombone and ar- 
ranger; Bernlce Brice, trumpet: 
James Carson sad *Barl Whatoa. 
reeds; Howard Patick, banjo; James 
Jackson, tuba, and Ellis Walsh, 
drums. 

Run on the Chicago plan, there 
Is no couvert, but an assessment at 
the gate— 60o. oa week nights and 
11.10 Saturday and Sunday. Food, 
while not elaborate, is in Southern 
sty^ . very good aad rsssoaahle. 
Max Brandies Is the caterer. 

Jazsland has 1,200 capacity, about 
tho largest la floathora Gailfomla. 
Decorations are rather loud, with 
murals of dusky maidens In the 
nude cavorting about the walls. 
Lighting is subdued. A big floor 
for dancing can accommodate a 
large crowd. 
Plenty of aolso during aad bs- 



tweea dance numbers. When tha 
eolorsd gsatry take their ontertala* 
meat thereTs aothlag quist ahoat the 

affair. No regulation on the danc* 
ing, aad they cut loose. The- hoof* 
Ing is plenty raw. 
The floor show, given twice a 

night, at nine and again at one, is 
not well polished or finished, al- 
though Miss Blackbottom (Corinne 
Jackson) went over big. There is 
an impromptu spirit about the pro* 
duction, with the waits too ion;?. 

Charles Gill, In special song and^ 
dance, opens, introducing the cho- 
inis of three girls in Hawaiian cos- 
tumes for a cooch aymber. Male 
song and dance team, in for Sun* 
day night only, received very mild* 



New YorkM 

m 

FoMwiieSon 

ALLAN 
WALKER 



Master of CeroMMiies 



NOW 

CHARM CLUB 

N, Y. 



AL JOCKERS 



WITH HIS 



Playing Nightly from U P. M. 

AND 

^limiimjt: A/temoow 7m Obim— N, 4 to 9:30 P. M. 

CLUB /SjATOLE 



of personality. 

Bessoa and De May are prime 
favorffig la Ag a^ h s dsMaic aiaie- 

what 
tionaL 




D0UULA8 RIEID 



JOHN DAVIS 



THE 



.BLUE GRASS F9UR 

new VOUK'S MBWMT «nd ORKATIST SKNSATION 

tNTUrAUttN/B ^GUTLY^HARU CLUB 
iUprMMUtiT« .HAIUrr WALKER. Hew York 



JAMKS fVICH 



CHUBBY DAVIS 



SAMQVAE 

Chicago. Nov. 2. 

This, if rumor Is right. Is one o' 
the few night elans la Chicago not 
currently crying the bluee. 

The night eaught was ''Profes 
slenal Night" ffttmerous perform- 
ers down for their own enjoyment 
were called upon for specialties, 
backing up a trtlMr that is weak in 

spots. 'T' 

AI Downs, master of ceremonies. 
Is clean cut ih his jeh; A very neat 
boy with a likable manner. Olive 
ONeU, well known through past 
performances In Chicago. Is a Rood 
looking prima, Olive has a well 
rounded soprano voice, getting all 
possible on that and good looks, 
which Include dref.slng. 

Bob Heen, Hawaiian Jasser. ac- 
companies himself on a uke snd 
grinds out some hot stuff. He 
seems well liked here. 

Simmons and OliUdrd. girl har- 
monists are there on looks and vo 
cal stuff, but lack selling ability. 

Rose Vanderhrush. sweet*looklng 
brunette with slick hair cut, ac- 
oompanios the artists on a floor pi 
ano. — — 

The Samovar Orchestra. Charley 
Straight unit, is conducted by L. 
Nielsen. Not much Is be gaM sther 
than that tt Is Jast ahsaC SlHIF fbr 
the place. 

In the 



KITTY 



— and— 



WINNIE 



BIRD SISTERS 

In a Variety of Songe catd Dancee 

ATTHC 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AVALQN 



TEA DANSANT 

MARY HIGGINS 

invitmm hmr many friendM and har many friendt^ many 
friends to her Saiurday AHmnoom Tea DanaaniM from 
4 



CLUB ANATOLE 



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MIL 



dMiy^SSSSHSHiii 



sisiismasiiisiif 





VARIETY 



S9 



ly. GUI finaied th« nmnbtr with » 

W Ous J«a«iL with a toft 

shoe atrut dance that was spoiled 
Ky too much Btalling and faking. 
TbelBia' Porter, demi-tasse Mum 
ringer, warbled several "pop" num- 
^^jS^. Oill followed with an aero- 
HMBifi hoot number. All this set the 
scene for Miss Blackbottom's en- 
trance. In a calico dress and old 
itraw hat this **plenty big mama" 
threw out a lot ot notM that tickled 
the eardrums. 

Her stuff was all lowdown and 
blue. One of her numbers was 
rrweet. Tweet, Twat, Twat." Af- 
ter being called back several times 
she exited, to appear later on for 
another song. 

A "Runniri* Wild" ensemble fol- 
lowed, with every one getting out 
and hoofing Indiyidually and ad 
libbing their dances. This was 
built up from a shuffle up to the 
•'Black Bottom," performed by 
Charlies Weaver, who rolled his 
bip moveipent all over the place. 
Tap Charleston emtoible elosed the 
fiumber. 

Miss Blackbottom was spotted 
here again and followed by the 

neatest dancers of the evening. An- 
derson Brothers, who produced the 
show. Their pipe* were well modu- 
lated, and when they went into 
their dance feet flew. All eccentric 
numbers that showed some new an* 
kle tricks. 'They closed the 4C-min- 
nte show. 

- Knickerbocker Grill 

(N«w York) 

New York, Oct 29. 
After Joe Panl gave up the 
Knickerbocker grill, it underwent a 
oouple changes in policy, beoom- 
, log more latterly a popular priced 
lunchery, operated by the Stanley 
Co., of which a Mr. Smith is the 
head. To augment the noonday 

service, the grill was open for din- 
^ ner and supper with no astonishing 
returns iii the brief, period Irwiu 
Abrams and his orchestra, since 
switched to the Rendezvous, New 
York (night dub),* held forth. 

A more serious attempt to put the 
room over for nocturnal gastronomic 
catering is now being made with 
the featuring of Harry Reser and 
his Clicquot Eskimos [national fa- 
vorites through the WEAF radio 
network and fta attendant exploiu- 
tion] now for dinner and supper at 
the Knick. 

The grill has always been a 
"spot." It'\ ideal Broadway and 
42nd street location is psychological 
and tttM an Indloatldhs should be 



made a popular mating place, on the 
order of the Hofbrau. 

Of Seo capacity, a curtaining -off 
arrangement ean diminish the siae 
of the interior a« th« aUendance 
warrants. The menu scale is rea- 
sonable and the unquestionable 
popnlnrity of the Clioquot Club 
Eskimos InsMs the dance music 
end. # 

Heser's radio and extensive re- 
cording reputation ha.s long before 
brought him into demand for pic- 
ture houses, etc., this sort of thing 

being limited because of the regu- 
lar Thursday night broadcasting and 
the proliflc "canning" which would 
make it Impractical to leave New 
York. A cafe was the only alterna- 
tive. 

Reser has made some new changes 
in his personnel, which numbers 
nine, including himself, and pro- 
duces beaucoup dance music of 
ultra order. It's a novelty combi- 
nation, immediately impressing with 
4heir furry accoutrements a la Es- 
kimos in deeping with their billing. 
But despite the frigidity of the at- 
mosphere and billing, they are con- 
siderably "hot" on the syncopation. 
Nor is the novelty limited to the 
costuming. Tom Stacks, drummer- 
Tooalist, impresses with his traps 
specialties. Paul Rlckenbacker is a 
pl/anist who, if he has not done solo 
recording work, should. Itis key- 
board contributions rise ever and 
anon above the rest of the arrange- 
ments in most impressive ihannw. 

Joe Davis and Clarence Doench 
handle the reeds; Paul Redmond, 
banJo; Maurice Black, tuba; Abdy 
Bossen, trumpet; Matthew Collen, 
trombone. Reser conducts only for 
the present, his usual banjo solos 
being curtailed pending the erection 
of a new atmospheric set. 
' Reser and his Clicquot Club Eski- 
mos are worth the $1 supper couver. 
although there is a likelihood of 
the couver coming off altogether in 
the grillroom. That may be a good 
business move, the large capacity 
permitting "that, with a minimum 
check idea as a possible effset. 

Regardless, the Reser syncopators 
are impressive cafe dance music 
purveyors and h&ve behind them a 
wealth of exploitation and reputa- 
tion to recommend tliim lourwhere 

Ahel 



m EBDMAN'S CLUB 

Chicapo, Nov. 2. 
Sid Erdman, master of cere- 
monies at the Qranada ;eaf^ for ufHt- 

cral months, will open his own 
place at 515 E. Superior street on 
Nov. 4. It will be known as Club 
Lfdd. ^ • ' ■ 



CAFE GRANADA 

(CHICAGO) 

Chicago, Nov. 2. 
Cafe business throughout the c ity 
being generally shot. Al Quudbach s 
sponsorship of a "loop" cafe as a 
south side neighborhood attraction 
is not getting much of a break. 

£«arly this year Quadbach. in de- 
fiance of Chicago's old tradition 
that "you can't get a cabaret cus- 
tomer farther south than 35 th 
street," enlarged his old C.inghani 
Inn, turned it into one of the pret- 
tiest cafes in town, and put in a 
regular floor show. For a while 
business was great. Then a slump 
hit the cafes. 

Like other places around town, 
Quadbach is doing good business 
only on week-enda Despite this he 
continues the same standard of 
entertainment which inaugurated 
his enlarged cafe. His is the only 
place on the farther reaches of the 
south side presenting a standard 
loop floor show. 

The present show Is run off In 
four sections nightly. With Sid Erd- 
man acting as master of ceremonies. 
Grace Chester, blue singer, is the 
outstanding personality. She has 
the fortunate knack of becoming ab- 
sorbed in the character of her 
songs. Incidentally. Grace is 
doubling in local pictures houses to 
advantage. 

Soubreting is handled by Rose 
Marie, who sings and dances well 
but gets her hand on a pair of 
widted eyes. She has worked quite 
a few of the places around town. A 
newcomer from the coast, T'rank 
Robb, is doing a "Frisco" minus the 
stuttering 

Eddie Van Schalk, who usi&cf to 
be the high note in the "1,000 
pounds of harmony" vaudeville act, 
completes the cast of principals 
Eddie is official greeter for the cafe 
on the side. 

A chorus of six specialty girls, all 
pretty enough to make 'em stop eat- 
ing, worked four flash numbers, two 
of them very good. A "heebie 
jeebie" dance presentation was the 
pep and ctiM of theti* teuttne and 
brought the girls some well de 
served applause. Their other out 
standihg number was worked on 
small ladders, with the girls doing 
the up-and-down stuff in unison 
and doing some back-bend tricks 
from the top, Ruth McOuire, Nina 
Taylor, Margie Cunningham, Marie 
Lee, June Lauderdal and Georgia 
Lustlg make up the group. 

Ernie Caldwell's Aces of Synco 
patlon, here on a several years' con- 
tract, are getting better every night. 
Ernie informs that the boys have 
reeentlr heaa stvdsring the finer 



points of music and have 4ust bios- 
so in. a out with the results •f their 

study. 

A 50 -cent convert prevails on 

week nights and is doubled for the 
week-ends. Standard cafe prices 
are charged on food and drinks. 

If the south side ever decides to 
take up cabarcting seriously, Ai has 
he ideal, spot for 'em. As it is, his 
insinoss isn't any worse than in 
most o*t the loop's cafes. Loop* 

CLUB MIMIC 

(NEW YORK) 

New York, Oct. 29. 
The Club Mimic, formerly Chan- 
tee, now has Benny Davis' name 
cnt to it and featured with the ad- 
vent of the songwriter-entertainer 
at the helm. 

Davis Is a past proven cafe at- 
traction, his Atlantic City night 
club and Woodmansten Inn (road- 
house) accomplishments this past 
summer leaving little doubt as to 
that. He is a songwriter of unusual 
success with a medley of past per- 
formances that reads like a catalog 
of song hits. 

Davis is "in" on the oafs for a 

"piece," probably also operating 
under a guarantee, being too shrewd 
a business man and performer not 
to assure himself on that score. The 
couvert is $2 and $3. It is Davis' 
Idea to give 'em a good money's 
worth In the form of a fast, hotsy- 
totsy entertainment. 

With Davis, and incidentally the 
only holdover, are Teddy King and 
his Diplomats, smart trance sextet, 
who shine even better when doing 
the Intimate strumming and hum- 
ming entertainment in between 
dance sessions. They are very 
worth while, nice looking and har- 
monically and instrumcntally ap- 
pealing. 

Davis' show has himself as 
master of ceremonies. Ethel Allis, 
from "Honqymoon Lane,** was the 
first starter with a dance specialty 
Dolores De Soto, an impressive 
looking Castillant fandangoed with 
a Castanet accompaniment Ethel 
Bryant exercised her torso in ac- 
cepted Gildagray gyrations, and 
Reino Valerie, from Chicago, who 
stayed a couple of weeks at the 
Club Richman, did pop songs 
George Hale, dance speolglist 
stepped sensationally. 

Toppitog everything along came 
the cute and very attractive Mrs 
Benny Davis (Dorothy Qompert) 
who stepped a few and warbled her 
way into popular acclaim from the 
couvert payers. The artiste's "Black 
Bottom** was a second climax As 



before. Jesse Oreer accompanied 

effectively at the piano. 

Davis is seemingly sensitive about 
laying himself open to any song- 
plugging criticl.'^m and l\as taken 
the opposite tack to sidestep any- 
thing suggesting over-exploitation 
of his t)\vn pop war«s. 

Davis has a good show and the ^ 
Davis popularity should make the 
club bearing his name (132 West 
52d street) a rendezvous for the 
Broadway "mob.** ; Ahek 



CLUB BELL AIRE 

(CHICAGO) 

Chicago, Oct 23. 
A new night dnb oh Dlversey 
parkway, about a blodc away from 

the Rendezvous. The room is part 

of the hotel by the same name and 
has been open about a month. The 

hotel itself is but recently built. 

The room was used as a regular 
dining room and open all day. One 
of tho owners v.f the hotel con- 
ceived the idea of turning the room 
into a night club after nine, with 
customary cabaret entertainment. 
It was flgured that the room being 
open all day. very little extra ex«' 
pens© would be Incurred — ju.st a 
small overhead is left for the or- 
chestra and entertainment. As an 
advertising medium for the hotel 
the idea is good, besides the radio, 
value through tlie broadcasting 
nightly over WHHM. 

Mr. Vogelsang, the manager, is a 
young man of experience In the 
cafe business, having been brought 
up in it. His father, the elder Vo- 
gelsang, was identified for yoMrs in 
Chicago, with his famous restaur- 
ant on Madison street. The food 
at the Belleaire is substantial and 
the prices moderate. Dinner is 
served at 6. but the' orchestra 
doesn't go on until 9, the show fol- 
lowing about nn hour later. Couvert 
is 1 1 on week days and |1.G0 week- 
ends. 

An eight-piece combination, led 
by Lloyd Barber, provide the mu- 
sic both for patrons and show. Mu- 
sic is conservative and fits in with 
the atmosphere. Dance music has 
a nice, even tempo, with good shad- 
ing without exceptional ^ange* 
ments. > 

Four assorted acts, with an added ^ 
tryout, comprise the floor program. 
Bobby Pierce, dainty little miss, put 
over several soubrette numbers in 
a snappy manner. Bobby has been ^ 
working around for quite a whlle^ 
always attractive. 

A youthful couple of good appear- 
ance were DeCarlos and Louissb 
• CCoBtlnued 0n page 84) 



TAUC OF N£W YORK 



,>,. -r »■ 



FOUR ARISTOCRATS 

GENTLEMEN WHO ENTERTAIN 



EDDIE LEWIS 
BERT BEfiiNETT 



FRED WEBER 
TOM MILLER 



'VARIETY' 



"Right atop of this, the hopse vir- 
tually went wild over the singing and 
playing of The Four Aristocrats. This 
qnsrtet Is a comMnatioh of piano, uke 

and two guitars, and when the audi- 
ence got the first strains of that steel 
guitar they couldn't be stopped. And 
the singing by the pianist was another 
riot. The boys were on the screen for 
10 minutes." 




TII^M DAILY". 



*Wext came The Four Aristocrats, a 
combination of string instruments and 
vocal selections. Striking a keynote of 
Jaxz, all numbers of this group were 
splendidly received. However, it was 
the unusual reproduction of the sweet 
quality of the Hawaiian gilltar which 
caitsed 1^ »«f^ of applause." 



.NKW YORK 'TELKORAPir. 



.. .. . 1 




*Tlie AristocraU registered as well 
if not better than the stars. Diversity 

is tholr form of entertainment, and 
they came through with a bang, their 
art being broke with applause during 
their entire program." ' 



FEATURED (with repeat engagements) ENTIRE PUBLIX CIRCUIT 
HELD OVER THIS WEEK FOX'S NEW ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW YORK 

NOW APPEARING AT ROGER WOLFE KAHN'S TERROQUET DE PARIS," 

NEW YORK'S SMARTEST NIGHT CLUB 



VICTOR RECORDING ARTISTS 



Diraction BENJAMIN DAVID 



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VAUSTY 



Wediic«4ty, NdvMobir 3; 1926 



•PRIVATE aUB" IN 
VEUGE AU THROUGH 

Uptown Joints with Lower 
Prioes Too Strong Opposi- 
tion— Lot of Qritl 



pur Club, CJrecnwkh VlH^'ge. 
N«w York, hHH closed lor a ihird 
Um« »nd probably permiMeiitly un- 

iMl the landlord can Hecure another 
tenant for It. That Is doubtful. In- 
ability to operule with open doors 

btoiw of ^# e«nw layout not 
oomloff within regulations for a 
danco lloenae If OMAitod for the 

kuat. ' "" ; " 

Outoido of the nuiiMffOiis speak 
•asies in the Village the "private 
club" idea has floi)i>^d. The old 
days of regular patronage for these 
^^ftvato** >iiioea hat paawd. With 
A roving clientele when the Joints 
get anybody at .-ill the "peep hole" 
okay is too much grief for Joint 
ownMni and prospective patroni. 

The "private" places came into 
being two years ago. They were 
generally classified as placee that 
Ml- tried «» <ilitiiiil danco lleeiiMe 
and failed because of inabil'^y to 
measure up to requirements or 
other stumbling bloclcs. Those re- 
fUMd, adopted the eHA Mb o)^- 
at^ behind closed dotors and found 
It a better break for awhile. 

When trade began dropping and 



new rounders heading for the Vil- 
lage, much of the trade bad to be 
paHsed up because of tho *'b00M" 
aniM Whiek became a part of the 
enterprise with the locked door. 
Speakeasy Competition 
Uptown epeakeaelM oporating 
with reasonable tariff and offering 
entertainment of a sort are the 
latest opposition to crop up for the 
Villago eabareta. 8onM fonner VII- 
luKo cabaret men convinced that the 
".■soft" racket was through in the 
Village shifted to the SO's, opened 
"Joints** with singing waiters and 
a pianist for dancing and prices for 
stuff much lower than la the down - 
town bunk area. 

With beer, such as It to. at 25 
cents and "booze" at 50 cents wiAi 
no couvert and entertainment with- 
out extra cost save what one cares 
to toM at the eatertalaera, the Vil- 
lage tiouldn't compete with their 60 
cent.-? and |1 couvert charges In 
dumps and |i a split for mixing 



Tlie bargain prices of the uptown 
Joints didn't take long to spread. 
The uptown operators saw to this 
for at least a few weeks by sending 
runners Into the Village to mix and 
"sell" their places to the m«cry- 
makers down there. 

Hio only; angle that kept the Vil- 
lage on the map In its hey-day was 
that its prices were lower than 
Brqadway cabarets. In those days 
the vniage got mm olement of in- 
bMweeners, which the cheaper] 
scaled , ^pCowa places aro getting 
now. ■ ' 



Washington Agents Raid 
Ifaryfair Onb; 3 Armts 

The Mayfair Club, night clnb, lo- 
rn ted at 218 West 58th street, was 
raided early Tuesday morning by 
federal agents from Washington. 

There was a goodly crowd in the 
place at the time. After the agents 
alleged to have purchased quite 
somo rye at II ptr, fhsr Aoelarod 
themselves and tank poasesston of' 
the place. 

The entertainers and the patrons, 
about 60. wara permitted to leave. 
Three arrests were made. These In- 
cluded the proprietor of the place, 
Mrs. Margaret Lynch. When 
Uken to the West 47th steeet sta- 
tion she said she lived at 603 West 
134th street, and declared she was 
in the advertising business. 

The other prisoners we«e John 
Harks, manager, who said ha. Was 
a steward of 136S Kossuth avenue. 
Bronx, and Kdward Morrison, 
waiter, who gave his address as 67S 
West 167th streets 

The federal arresting offcer was 
James Gaynor. He stated padlock 
pi^oceedings were pending against 
the place. 



LEADING ORCHESTRAS 



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I IRm AAROHSON 

And HIS COMMANDERS 

Ffaaa Theatre, Louden 

(For Four Weeks) 
IRVINQ AAROKSON'S 
^ ORUSAOIRt 

V 0ire«tion Frank B. Cemwell 

Hoffbrau-Haus, N. Y. ^ ; 

1 DON BESTOR \ 



And JHg ^^^^ 

Manaflsmentt 
Mttlte Corp. ef Amd rty l 

Chicago, lit. ' , ^ 



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I DUKE miNCToirs 



JO ASTORIA 



and Ma 



derat 9ablea,',FMb 



ACE BRIGODE 



and Hb 14 Virginians 

EAST MARKET GARDENS 
CLBVELAND, OHIO 



elga 



WASHiNornoiiiAm ' 

PiHh Seaeen " 

; .m m i. y III M l > ^ ',. 

' DETROIT ' 

IJ^AW GOLPKKi'iE 



And Her 

MUSIC BOX GIRLS 

America's Forsmost 
QIRI. JAZZ ORCHESTRA 
/ ' Msnagement 
FIteO BENNAQB 



yOGER WOLFE KAffl l 



mad HIS OSCHESTRA 



I CRAEME GARDim 



and his orchestra 
CHARM CLUB, HEW YORK 
Bob Dolsnf Pianist snd Arranger 



MAL HALLETT | 



^ Mew Vesfc 



KARL JiXARf^iNTBRt 



MELOPY 3EXTETI 



TeyHat the ' Plold#e Hemes 
Personal Representative 'H'APSf'* 



GRAHAM PRINCE! 

AND HIS ORCHESTRA 
Bird rCeneeeutlys 



st Brig^s' RestauraNi 
Petroit, Michigan, 



CHARLEY STRAlCp 1 

md HU O r e k m $ i m 

•RUN8W.ICK RECORDS 

Opened Frolioe, Sept. 27 



PAUL WHirEMAN 



Ma Theitres 



Amerlea'a Oreetcet Modern Daace I<eader 
AND HIS ORCHESTRA 

OB Broadway 
PSRMAMSNT ADDRESS: Lawreaeek 

MSM. 

CHARLES SBRUUCAII 



llgt.1 



[VINCENT LOPEZ | 



And HU 

Cosa Lopex Orchmwira 

Bxelusive Brunswiek Artlal 

CASA LOPEZ 
246 W. 64th St^ New York 
Diseetien WNI. MORRIB 



OSJECnONS 



Cecil Cunningham is out of the 
Cmb Cameo, Dolly Kay succeeding 
with Joyce and Irwin* Violet Mc- 
Kee. Mary G l s a s oR and Bert lYoh* 
man in support ■ Irilsir .CMieilfg 
bund holds over. 

Miss Cunningham was to have 

hit«^ R "IMooi^' of "VMS Moi^ «M 

also objected to having het' .^jl** 
sit at tables with patrons. 

Helen Morgan's 

Meirnr«Go-Roimcl 

A new night club will come Into 
existence early in November when 
Helen Morgan's Merry-Qo-Round 
ophim under liOR Sbhwarts* direc- 
tion. 

The latter's S4th SL Club, nth 
closed through building department 
teohaloalltiei, wra be tenamed ftor 
the Morgan debat Miss MbrgRn f» 
currently at the PlaygreunC ! ' 



tractive siting. It Is a two-story 
building with the floor ooeupying 
most of the lower story. The caba- 
ret has a capacity of 150. with addi- 
tional quarters on the second Boor. 
The room Is L-shape, with the or- 
chestra on a dais at one end. No 
cover charge. 

Johnson's popularity has aided 
materially in creating a large 
clientele, and #ith his plans for this 
season taking Shape so satisfac- 
torily he may anticipate a record 
buslneas, and deserves itRetonda, 



MCHT CLUB NOTES 



Ben Herwita^ for two seasons 
headwalter at the Club Kentucky, 
has opened his own place, the CliCt 
Orin, on Riverside drlTOw which will 
be a dine and dance place with a 
conaervatlve cafe atmosphere. 



Msry Higgins Is now conducting 
Baturday . aftsmooR tea dances Rt 

the Club Anatole, New "^rk, with 
Ai Jockers supplying the dance mju- 
sic. Since JockerT adyent at the 

Ruby Keeler Is now at the Deau- 
viUe, doubling from the Silver 
Slipper. 

A Qeorge Olson band unit may 
go into the rechristened 64th Street 
Club when It opens Not. 10 as the 
Helen Morgan MernMlo-Roilnd. 

Wells and Brady. Al B. White and 
Alloc Boulden wiU also ^ ln/^ tbo 

show.' ... ^- ■ 



NIGHT CLUB REVIEWS 




GEORGE OLSEN 



and His Music 
Exclusively Victor 

HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA 
New York 



M4. 



B. A. flOLFg 



AMD HIS 1*ALAI8 U OH OKI IIK^TRA 

WEAF Radio Sim 
Fmahtred EdiMon AriUt 

■elfe^s Ofleei liie Bieadwar. N. Y. c. 



Aufsv /or Cttrds 
ONE INCH 
13 times $51 

r. 

26 tunes ••**••••••••«••••*• .. 100 

88 tliRse • .••••..••(••.•.•■•••I 76 



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dancers. Their tango and waltz 
clicked nicely. Ruth Patton, a 
blonde with a pleasing soCt iwfee 
of lyric soprano quality, san? a 
daasical air tand a ballad* 
went orer. Miss Fatten nas not 
been seen around town in the last 
few ,year8, her last engagement in 
Chlchgo having been ab the College 
Inn. Jones and Lansing, two boys 
and a piano, did well with some 
well-selected current pop nu 
The tryout act. two girls 
harmoiqy. didn't do so welL 

It's a little too early to make a 
prediction, but considering the 
snmll "nut*' the Club Bellealre 
should run along nicely. The room 
can seat around 300. and the sur- 
rounding are ^ pleaiEianL Loop* 

HILLSIDE . 

(ALBANY, N. Y.) 

, Albany. N. Y., Oct. 80. 

William Jdhnson, proprietor of 
tlie Hillside night club on the Ken- 
wood road, two miles south of Al- 
bany, is offering an Innovation in 
attractions for nlskt/olubs In this 
section. He has as entertainers 
Billy Corthay. Ralph Villano and 
Beulah Daiiey. the last two billed 
in vaudeville as Villano and Dalley; 
May Abbott of Detroit and Nick 
Romano. 

Villano and Daiiey are featured. 
They offer the ArgttAtlne tango and 
other dances. TVa^ have scored 
with night club-goers. This act Is 
the flrst of its kind to be presented 
as an attraction In nlsht clubs 
hereabouts. 

Corthay. known to radio for his 
ukelele and singing novelty, does 
his art and also nets as master of 
ceremonies. Corthay is liked for 
his clever quips. * 

Nick Romano, brother of. Phil 
Romano, Victor artist, is doubling 
from drums in the orchestra as a 
floor entertainer. Ho has a whis- 
pering tenor style of singing. Mary 
Abbott Is a personable miss who 
siuKS popular songK. 

The orchestra is the lioltentots. 
loi'nl aggregation. In addition to 
llfimano, the musicians ar e Harry 
S'ilts, HHXophone; Sidney Olshelh. 
piano, and Michael Mnnn. banjo. 
Thi.s orchestra Is featured on the 
program nnd providt-s snappy ac- 
oomp.'inlment for the danot-rs. 

Tlj«» hostt'SHOH are Genevieve Reed 
unci Lillian Dewar* two attractive 
Kirls. 

Hillside Is on a knoll In an nt* 



No Personal Senrice 

Tax for Holdt 

WashtastoB, Not. t. 

Hotels do not come under the 
provisions of Section 200 of the 
lUrviNitie Act et atlB, the Board of 
Tax Appeals has vbM. - H a.-i: 

This is the section setting up per- 
sonal service corporations, which 
section has caused no end of con- 
fusion not only to tlwatva owning 
and producing companies, but to 
those allied with the amufement 
industry. • '-f'-- 

In handlttv down .the board's 
opinion it was stated that "l{ any 
hotel fulfllla the requirements of a 
personal aenrtoe corporation It la 
most ezceptlonaL^* 

The recent adverse decision in the 
Newman Theatre Corp. case, as pre- 
viously reported in Variety w,as one 
of the declslolw jquoted In connec- 
tion Willi Hyv fi| s W nppeal tp the 
board. ,-. 



^anl BdVer* ef Delestft, sari htt 

is not the personal representative 
to Cantor Joseflf Rosenblatt. Savoy 
rtates he is booking manager for 
Canter Joaett 
the li^tle^a kindness. 



Theodore Allen and Joseph Pope 
have joined the Helen Robinson 
castliir sgency. 



Sid Williams, comedian, has signed 
with Shuberts for a production. 

Qus Edwards IMMI gape under the 
exclusive manacemottt «C WttUam 

Morris for a year. 



TEET' FINED $S; 
WOUUMiT OREY COP 



Hymie CFeet) Bdsoa, 14, stopping 
at the Hotel Harding, and one of 
the owners of Texas Quinan's Club 
on West 64th street, was fined |§ In 
West Bide -OovrC by Msfflstrata 
Joseph E. Corrlgan on the charge et 
disorderly eonducL **WmV paid the 
fine. 

He was arrested In hie auto by 

Patrolman Otto Westphal of TraAe 
B at 47th street and 4th avenue. 
Edson was proceeding soutb on tth 
avenue when at 47th atreet West* 
phal direeted him to turn west, Bd« 
son wanted to drive east. 

Westphal halted Eklson and de* 
manded to see the latter's license. 
"Feet" refused, sittd Wmtphal aaM* 
tiiat the cabaret owner gave blm 
plenty of "lip." He threatened to 
have Otte sent to the "goats." West- 
phal than n^ade Bdson drive to the 
police station, where he iMMf leeked^ 
up. He soon got bail. 

In West Side Court ISdson was as 
sUent as a BpMw OH* ttM tMI^ 
court his story and B!dBon was 
found guilty, lie had nothl^S t<|; 
say as he left court. ; 



Julis Qerity 4iaa awttehed 

the Club Kentucky to the Dover 
Club, New York. Another newcomer 
at the Duxanlo playground is R\ibe 
Bloom, reooMtttg ^ianlet. jMm 4^ 
s^ Wim lite ''meatt* 

The Cafe de Paris, New York, re* - 
opened last weik witli Ben Mvf^ 
once again the dance band fea-fif 
ture. Selman has Frank Cushm, 

trumpeter, succeeding Elarl Oliver. 




A CHOP HOUSE 
OF EXCEPIIQNiii 

i56-S WEST 48111 STREET 

ilaolef' 




NITE 
CLUB 



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In Washington, D. C. 

We €«pW|r 




S1BT BTRBBT AMD dTH AVENUE, NEW YOhK 

iBDDIB 
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ABTRRICAN AITD QBIKNTAI. CCISINB 





203 WEST 49TH STREET, NEW YORK 
. BERT LEWIS AND HIS HOSPITALITY GANG 

_SALLT FfKLDS ANN AIXISON 

RANLET RIHTnUI I)IGKIX)W A LKK 

MUSIC HY DinU ■IXmOTOirS WAbinNUTOMANH 
OPKN AT 10 F. M. PBONK: CIBCXK 

MSIW— I— ♦ mt LEO BKBNBTBIN 



OPBN 

leiit p. M 

IIRHMAN 



AVALON CLUB 

S EARLRICKARD 



PHONBt 
COLUMBUS 

MA ST KB 

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PB 

tin BBOAUWAY. NEW YORK 

Rimi WHKRMSK BIRU SISTERS MARiiARET W.ILSH 

KLINI R TERRY JOAN PACiE BILLY DAY 

MUSIC BY ROY FOX AND HIS CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA 

MARCIA WHITB. HOSims 



MARGIE COATE 

PHILADELPHIA 



•t ir«tr 
Nftw mfe 



tSirllM You to Enjoy 
V;eer liter WhUo la 

THE LA MARGUERITA CAFE 

(Sext Door to th» Casino Thoatre) 



Italian nnd AmericAU Cooklnir 
R»calur Dinner. nSr., a 1h (;art« SerTtee . 
dpecial Atlention Qiven ThotM Of tbe Theatrical Prof^aaloe 

Vh«t lbs BmT ft 



OUTDOORS 



VARIBTY 



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OBITUARY 



HARRY HOUDINI 

Harry Houdlnl. 64. died Oct SI in 
^ Detroit hospital, foUowins an 
operation for app«ivlieltl« ptrformed 
Oct. 2S. Peritonitis had set in be- 
fore the operation was performed. 
Oct. to another operation to alle- 
vlati UPproa^ta* puralysls of the 
|K>wel8, an after effect of blood poi- 
•onlng, was performed. 

Hou4|nl was physically perfect. 
He was neither a smoker or a 
drinker and always in trained con- 
dition for the feats or tricks he 
performed upon tho staca «r alse- 
where. He had no inkling of an 
unknown Internal ailment until 
playfully boxing with a newspaper 
man in his drassing room at a Mon- 
troal theatre the week prior to hlH 
opening at Detroit. A slight pain 
remained after the boxing. Ex- 
amined, phyalelans advised Houdlnl 



IN MEMORIAM 



Of My Friend 





MERCEDES 



to rtfamiB off the stage for dovalon- 
BMAtli He persisted in appearing 
and went to Detroit, where he was 
again warned on his opening day 
not to appear* DuriBg hta parform- 
ance that night Hoadint eollapsed 
upon the stage. 

From a dime museum attraction 
at lis weekly for SO ihowa dally. 
Harry Houdlnl became a recognized 
master magician and a showman of 
a rank that permitted him the past 
two ieasdm to . head his own road 
show with himself the single per- 
former. He grossed as high as 
$15,000 in a \^eek, which lie did at 
the start of tfala currant Mason at 
Boston. The operating expense of 
his own show did not exceed $2,200 
weekly. 

As a vaudeville headlincr Houdini 
had worked himself into the $2,500 
Class, although he was wi)rth that 
mmomt ll yaara ago when playing 
far Keith's at $1,000 a week. A great 
■libwman Houdlnl would not be- 



tntlrtly variety performance, minus 
tha ikatoli, song and danoo. He 

had been an aerlalist in wagon 
shows under the name of Eric and 
Erie Weisse was his proper name. 
Ha studied and >raeticad magle of 
all kinds until his superior was 
never known. His best trick, the 



In cherished remembrance of 
Our Beloved Friend 

HARRY HOUDUtt 

wha pa t icd away CM* tit 1*26 
Mr. and Mn. Bm Beyer 



Ha playad tha piano In tha old 
Anatln and Stone Museum and later 
musical director of Keith's, 
Providence, and also director for the 
Raary Waodrufl shows, indudlng 
"The Prince of Tonight.- 

Frr;a 1912 to 1915 he appeared In 
vaudeville with the act, Harrington. 
MUdrad tad tmtw, Durlnf the 
past six or seven yaara Harrington 
was located in New York aa an ar- 
ranger of music, 
latarmant la Philadelphia. 



one and ofify ona ho never would 

reveal, the "needle trlr:k" \n bcflievtd . ^f^^^v, 
to have been accompIlHhed through I Hiss 
Houdlnl's skill as a palmar. | 

Tha Illusion or trldi Houdini 
thought the leaMt of was his "diiiap- 
pearing elephant" at the New York 
Hippodrome, necessarily clumsily 
performed. Houdlnl had been praai- 
dont of tha Am. Soc. of Magicians 
for several years. Ha held that of- 
fice at bis death. 

As an author Harry Houdlnl ob- 
Uined authortty mn madluma, ma- 
gicians and magic. Houdini re- 
fused to segregate mediums and 
magicians. One of his earlier works 
waa upon both, la which he delved 
back to the Davenport Brothers as 
proof of his position. Houdlnl's 
works on the past will become text 
books of th« futttfi, on magic and 
sphrituall«i» m$ mm by blm In the 
practice. 

From a very lowly to a high rank 
in the show buslnaos, Houdlnl sent 

himself up, and remained up. doing 
all of his showmanship by himself, 
making the dally newspapers his 



EVELYN MASON. f 
IL Bvelyn MaBon, 34. colored act- 
ress, died In L.OS Angeles Oct 29 
following the effects of an operation 
for ptomaine poisoning. Hiss Ma 
son had gone west some months 
ago ta aartot la tha pleturlsatlon of 
"Appaaranoes," the Garland An 
derson play la Which aha had 
played. 

Billy Plarca, colored thaatHcal 
a^ent. was her stage sponsor. 

Ifaaon'fl remaina ware In- 



IN MEMORY OF 

HOUDINI 

"MAY HE REST IN 
ETERNAL PEACE" 

JOE LEE 



No Electrical Forbue 



A charge of being a fortune teller, 
made against L Rosenberg, 161 Kast 
lOfth street, was dismissed when 
brought before Maj^istrata Rosan- 
bluth in West Side Court. 

Kosenberg was summoned to 
court by Sergeant Burgess, West 
47th street station. The sergeant 
said he entered Joe LeBlanff's ticket 
ofiice at 43d street and Broadway 
and observed an electrically op- 
crated machine which told fortunes. 

The otllcer explained that a dime 
was deposited and the person then 
plaoed their hand on soma dials and 
the machine printed the fortune. 
Rosenberg, the ofTlcer said, told him 
he rented space in the tlclcct otilce 
The magistrate oonduded that In 
view of the fact that the machine 
was an electric contrivance it could 
not be construed as fortune telling 
on the part of Rosenberg, and dls- 
missed tha proceedings. 



terred on the Coast. Her Los An- 
geles homo address waa €80 £. 47th 
street * 



MEMORIAM 

The JEWISH THKATRICAI. OUIU) 

Of AMKUCA, lae. 
Moaras the L«m ef Oar 

life Member 

HARRY HOUDINI 

Dledaet.91« im„ 
"Farewell, dear Bretherl May year 

soul rest In peace. 
Our love for your memory will Beyer 

cease." 

WIIXIAM MOBBIS, Preeldent. 
MMKT mAWnaJH ■s w t t s w y. 



HARRY HOUMM 

Qood-Bye, 
Daaratt and Faithful Pat 

Yau Will Never Be Forgotten 
By Me 

IKE ROSE 



lieve his value as an attraction. His 
answer always was ha could not 
forget his $16 daya." 

Internationally known and a head- 
liner on all sides of the waters. 
Houdini had not played abroad for 
some years. Likewise leaving be- 
hind the handcuffs and many "ea- 
eape" tricks that to Houdini had 
tr«»wn too tamo, ha invented new 
•'escapaa,** of intricate mystery to 
the layman. Within the past few 
years he comnrenced to battle 
•lalnat what ho termed th« lUtlng 
apirltualistlc medium. 

In reurn for his campaign against 
fake mediums, Houdini Incurred 
tha wrath of many spiritualists, al- 
though Houdini never denied spirit- 
ualism. He stated time and again 
ha passed no opinion on it, but 
would gnaranteo to duplicate any 
"phenomena" a professional medium Fund. 



untollolted press agenta and pass- 
ing out as a paramount perform- 
ing showman of original, distinct 
and valuable Ideas, executed, per- 
formed an# Itt iMOst Instances, If 
apparaliig «M mulrad, bi^tt by 
him. 

A unique figure, his life and its 
work, also ttg liMitfd could only be 
wholly told birtwtili book covers. 

A widow, and a brother, profes- 
sional, Theodore Hardeen, survive. 
The home of tho deceased wai at 
m Wost llStk atrait. New Tdrk 
city. 

The funeral will he conducted 
from the New York lodge of flSlks 
in Wast 4Sd atraat at 10 o'clock to- 
morrow morning (Thursday). 

The body will lie In state at the 
West Side Undertaking Parlors, 200 
West 91st street, until It la ramoved 
to tha Blka lodga loomg. 

It was Houdlnl's personal request 
that his obsequiaa .toka f Uiioa at the 
Elks' lodge. ^' 



THOMAS W. BLATM 

Thomas W. Slater, 66, died at his 
home in Baltimore Oct. 29. Mr. 
Slater had appeared in stock, legit- 
imate and vaudavllla. Ha was a 
member of the original Albaiigh Ly- 
ceum theatre stock, Baltimore. 

During the war he retired from 
tha stage and ^ent Into govommant 
senrloa. 



Maurice Suez, 46, dhrector of the 
PoUnlera theatre. Farla» diad aad- 
danly la a oafo. 

Hippolyte Berteaux, 88. well 
known French decorative painter. 



WILLIAM WILSON — 
William Wilson, 28, chorus man 
and who had played minor roles in 
several shows, died October 17 at 
Saranac Lake, N. T. Mr. Wilson, 
after appearing in many Broadway 
choruses, took up small parls. play- 
ing In "Artists and Models." "Irene" 
and "Just Because." His family 
nam6 waa Lisowski. 

When his health became impaired 
he went to Saranac lAke in April, 
1925, under the care of the Actors' 



Hans Kinek, fl, 
writer, dlad at Oslo. 



Korwoglan 



Charles Krausa, former I>r«iicb 
aetor aad pletttra producer. 



The mother of Kenneth B. Moore, 
of the Walter Fehl company, now 
in Portland, Ora^ itnd af Robert 
Moore, Altoona, Pa., theatre musi- 
cian, died at her home in Altoona, 
Pa., Oct. 28 after a long illness. 



Herbert L. Traeey, 61, found dead 
in a Rochester, N. Y., street with 
his skull crushed. A news account 
of hla demise appears elaewbere In 
thia 



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night attempt or succeed with. 

In Boston about a year ago when 
Houdlnl alleged to have exposed one 
"Margery," a famous and well con- 
Jiectcd. socially, medium of that 
city. "Margery" announced she had 
placed a Curse upon Hoiidlni and 
ho would die by Dec. 21, 19-5. Hou- 
dlnl replied he might die but If ao 
It would be a coincident 

In his professional work Houdini 
had run the gamut of nearly an 



JIM HARRmQTON 
(H. Dexter Ladd, tr.) 

Jim Harrington, 68. In private life 

Iloriuon Dexter I.adfl, Sr., vaude- 
villian, musical director imtt irr- 
ranger of music, died Oct. 29 of 
bronchial pneumonia. He is aur* 
vlved by his wife, professionally 
Pearl IMansnoid. and three children 
by his first wife. 
Mr. Harrington wa| born In Boe- 



Herman Federoff, musician and 
composer, died in Baltimore. 

For many years he was mnsloal 
director ef tba Pnrkway 0eatre. 
(Loew). 

The father, rc ef Ben Beyer died 
In New Terk Oct, Ji. 

DEATHS ABROAD 

r 

Paris. Oct St. 
Emile Keppena, Frenoh picture 

actor. 

Eugenie Belles, 84, Spanish play- 
wright. 

Cleveland Meffett, 63, American 
author and Journalist died in Paris 
after a short Illness. Body cre- 
V mated and ashes being taken to 
' 8allebury,'N. C, by widow and son. 
Mary Jss, 73. Hungarian actress, 
died at Budapest 



Testifying before Judge Harry A- 
HoUzer in her application for di- 
vorce. Thelma Leonard charged that 
her husband, Charles O. Leonard, 
drank liquor and endeavored to 
have her do the game. The ditorce 
was granted. 

Harry Brand, press agent for Jo - 

soph M. Schenck. has been made 
business manager for the Buster 
Kcaton^ CQumany. 

a 

NIpTol Barrle. fi:m actor, Is de- 
fendant in a suit Instituted by his 
former wife In an amended court 

I)lf'a. The romplainant nllrp^s Bar- 
rie is In arrears in alimony pay- 

inu to the amount of ll,40«. 



EABIO AT 8TABII0ET PABX 

Charging It up to publicity, Star- 
light Amusement Park, operated In 
the Bronx by Capt. Whit well, haa 
put Into operation Its own broad 
casting station, WKBQ. 

Although closed all winter, the 
station will broadcast nightly from 
now on. No time will be aold, Capt. 
Whitwell desiring to gplHC Only 
Starlight at all times. 

Ed. Phelan, normally in charge of 
publicity at the park during the 
summer, mi)y, prisfdjg 
WKBQ. 



New N. J. Parks Are in 
Quandry for Next Season 

The future of several of the 
Northern New Jersey amusement 
parka which bowed In laat summer 
and the season before la In a dembt* 

ful status for next season. 

The new parks took the flier on 
short capital, figuring to put them 
over in a season or two and didn't 
nstead. two of tho outlUs have all 
>ut gone into bankruptcy, the lat- 
ter being staved oft by credltora 
who are giving the operators an 
opportunity throughout the winter ■ 
to interest new capital, If pos* 
sible. . '/i' -"-' •■ ♦ ■ 

The x>ast seaaaft was a notorious- 
y bad one for parks In this sec- 
tion. An over- parked condition 
made tlilnga biid mmtA. ' ^ . -IIK^'. 
clement weatheif aAd tMe MMiM^ ' 
made it worse. 

Despite all methods of exploita- 
tion stunts tried to bring theni Into 
the park, all flopped. Many conces- 
sionaires forfeited most of their 
season's rent to pull out early when 
convinced the perils Wert aHefi ' 

Palisades park was about the only 
one In this area that could claim 
any real business, with Colmnbia 
park m 
that 



OmME, SATS TRUDY 

Des Moines. la., Nev. 2 
"^mdy** Ederle flled a suit here 

for 1714 against former Sheriff W. 

B. Rohh, proprietor of Avon Lake, 

where Miss Ederle gave 

tion a few weeks ago. 
Miss Ederle chargea 

promised $750 for her 

but recefved only 138. 



ahe was 



FA&I8' BUITAIO BILL CIRCIIB 

Paris, Oct St. 

Photographs and posters o^ Buf» 
f^o BlU gfa beint iiMi ii M^Mi»» 
urbs to advertise a small tent cir- 
cus named "Cirque Bi90i4o AlJil.** 
The troupe Is local. 

Complalnta have been heard 
fans not satisfied with tha 
pated WUllam Cody ahow. 



Cireys Midget on Screen 

Los Angeles, I^ov. 2. 
Ouataf a midget formerly wlbi 
the AI Q. Barnes circus, standing 
28 inches,- weighing less than 30 
pounds, and 26 years old, has been 
signed by Keirry Cohn of Columbia 
Pictures for a comedy role in "Too 
Many Keys." in which Helene Chad- 
wlck and Harry Myers play the 
IMilig parts. 



ig Regday 



(Continued from page 4) 
Interest or of detriment to the Com- 
nionwealtta of Anitftilta^ 

A new production, "For the Term 
of His Natural Life,'* being made in 
Australia, may be considerably af- 
fected by this reflation, adda the 
American ofHclal. 

In connection with advertising 
the regulations are broadened to In- 
clude practically every phaee of the 
exploitation material. Copies of 
each specimen must be deposited 
with the board prior to the importa- 
tion of the film. ' 

Importers are required to gtf!li ne- 
curlty that the material will only 
be used as passed; should anything 
fmrther be added It miiet flret be 
submitted and approved by Ihe 
board. 

In this same connection Vice 
Consul John B. Moran^ of Mel- 
bourne, has furnished the deport- 
ment here with statistical data on 
the results of Australian censorship 
for the calendar year of 192S. 

It Is disclosed that the United 
States had 1,555 films approved by 
the board, with tho United King- 
dom registering with 14t, while all 
other nations are represented by 
but 62 such films for the entire 
year. 

1,695 Passed; 68 RejecUd 

Of the combined total paaMid by 
the board, 1,S24 were passed uncon - 
dltlenally; 371 were passed after 
eliminations, while 68 were rejected 
entirely. No separation ot these 
films by countries of origin Is made. 

The figures forwarded the depart- 
ment were compiled from the an- 
nual report of the censor who. It is 
stated, still Is urging the- Improve- 
ment In advertising matter. 

As has been previously reported 
In Variety, it is the "press books" 
that have created the greateat dif- 
flcultles in getting by the Aus- 
tralian hoard. These books, the ob- 
jecUoiutble one s,-xeac h tho exhib- 
itors through other channels than 
the custom."!. 

It is bf Ufvrd that tlio n' w reg- 
ulations ligiitcning up on ttie ex- 
ploitation matter Is the result of the 
bootleg press books.** 



umm 

(PW current week (Nov. 1) 
not otherwise indicated) 

Alabama Am. Co., Ashland, Ala. 

Bemardi ICspo., Tuma, Aria.; I. 
Phoenix. 

Bernardl, Greater, Dillon, 8. C. 

Beet Policy Shows, Wlater, OUa. 

Bortz' Midway, Beebe, Ark. 

Bruce, Greater, Walterboro, 8. C. 

Clark 4k Wuader (Florida Tip 
Top), Deland, Fla.; 8, West Palm 
Beach: 16, Key West; U, Mlul 
(two weeks). 

Cos Bros., Bainbridge. Oa. 

J. L. Cronin, Palm Beach, Fla. 

Delmar Quality, Garland City, 
Ark. 

Dixieland Expo., Helena, Ark« 
J6hn Francia, CSoarOe, TeaL >' 
Caller's Expo., MontleeUd^ ML 
Billy Gear, Felham, Oa. • 
Olotli, Greater, Augusta. Oa. 
Kellle. Grady, Fayette, Ala 
Roy Gray No. 1, Bay City, Tes. 
Roy Gray Ho. 1^ Wiod, Tes. 
Great Western, Edwards, MIssi 
Bill H, Hames, Austin, Tex. 
Harris' Combined, Leirell, Art 
Hill's Greater, SmllllW^i U. Of 

8, Anderson, S. 0« • ■ 

Johnny 1. Mm Ummm 

vine, Fla. 
Ketchum's Sottthem, Macon. 
Thoe. P. Llttlejohn, BateWldce* 

Ga. 

J. George IjooM, Beeville, Tex. 
Mau'a Oredter, Bollgee, Ala, 
Millet 8M#i Hdft |» iaHMtldp 

MilWglfldway, Do Qlilncy. La. 
Ralpi 9. ameri^ Man fliw% 

La. ' 

D. D. Murphy, Lakd Ckarfee, Idk 

Peerless Expo., Bainbridge. Gs. 
Nat Reiss, Washington, Ga. 
RIee-Dordan, Flatonia, Teg. 
Royal American, Greenville. Mfss. 
Smith's Southern, Thibodaux, La. 
strayet Aas. OOi* Xooelwakob 

Miss. 

Trade at Home. 1-13, Houston, 
Tex. 

C. A. Vernon, Weatherford. Tex. 
West's World's Wonder. Mullins, 
S. C. 

Worthem'e WarM'i Heat, 

Tex. 



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Hm MM of VAr{«ty'a 

MTt VM«ly, •UU-Lak« The- 
litr« MpH ChlMiao. It wiH b« h«ld •ubj«et 
— lU fc nwriidr •r miyri'—d in Varitty't 



Appar<ei)t empties at tkm New Pal- 
tm Sunday matlM*. the An* tIaM 
■iMll » Swtey ilwiip itaM tiM 
Ujll— 'WMilui aso. NovAltf of 
a n«w bauaa wobably waartnc olr 
wUli a tot down on elevated plat- 

form rtit t i ag ' . , 

Some oae placMl thra* «tecto 

women tM a niue-act biiL While 
tlM tlHPM ara diftarent typea. oper- 
atlc« character and atraiglit sonsa, 
they clashed In the nmnlnir •f^W 
that had one follow the other, with 
the third coin* on with only « ono- 
act tet-Qp. Oootve D t r M Ofdi aad 
Partner openod te cood atyto. with 
the customers coming dowa tiM 
aialos throughout. JSuuaa HaJc aad 
OUa Howlaad seem atlll there on 
their comic dMcIng performance In 



uumber two «pot. Throufii 
M plaelHg Mily Buddy 

Jeader of the orchestra that «ccom> 
imiUoa the turn, could be seon from 
a Ms Mat Sheppard is aft oxcel- 
lent violinist. His •nrapresslon" of 
I<Ylts Kriesler playing a popular 
numbor was a feature. 

Bddle Alle-R and Doris Canfleld 
found applauae after Doria* doliclous 
dowalac RaauUaing among the 
best of mixed comedy turaa The 
Arst of the feminine *^ingles** was 
Ann Kit^iu« Ameritan operatic 
'••rlma donna, wnrmlv recvlvod. Misr 
FItsul Is a faToHt« in Chlcavo. Imr 




istor so forto. Tlio wvp charactor 
was too tMn ant aMjm wnnnco. 
The Ktrsighi WM Moll tUn <MCtor 

of the two. , ^ ^ , 

Baxter and Frank and Co., six- 
girl orchestra and a coupU of hool- 
cra. liave a fast, neat and enlorialn- 
ing act. Tho glrla ar© "tiWy 
plav aoorchlngly 't»i.- Jbaja 
are good stoppom and ncortd. Tli«n 
routines are okay. Tho opening 
drop revoala fiunUiar oharactora of 
the funny aheota. with tl» fMtn of 
both boys and some of tho giris in- 
sorted. PurdF and f*i« 
the oonmdy Ml «C Hio ma. 



OmI reproaentattraii. 
City nd^nce nalo has only 
oqualled by Clereland, WlUlam H. 
Orlatt, gotioral manacor, to ctvtoff 
peroonal attontion In 
fn ntton lm« nMj* 



WllOn^ 8T1B8. t:lS SHARP 

wa^a hxts. wed. a sat. 

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OKLAHOMA €Hlf¥^«***»*««** W 
PITTSBURQH ♦.••.M««V»rf 56 

ROCHESTER 57 

SAN FRANCISCO ..%.•.. 68 

SEATTLE • So 

ST» PAUL. ieiil-^^^^****" • 57 

SYRACUSE 57 

WASHINGTON 



Via Nallbnhl Mopm <MMk> wttl 

produce "Buddlea** Armlsttoa 
and "lialn** at an miy data. 



home town. 



Her repertoiro Included atUI imtum thoao faUa •»d U good 
classic popular number, medley «wy *• . ^'J^ 

IlKoin, "^tk ^n- around. Mtaa Fain makeo a charm 



of ofpem ^ n tm . In ctooe with an- 
other pop. She was atuaaing In a 
fnU tongth black voltnt sown with 



McVICKERS THEATRE 

DIREtmON BALuABAN A KAT2 

WARNER BROS. Proaent 

VITAPHONE 



Sylvia Clark, held over fkt>m the 
week Veforo, foUowad With ontjrajy 
new material. Tha Hfl^ itntt hy 
Harry Delf and Bobby Kuhn fell 
short of iUss CtartL*« naval rontina 
•*blta* ancept In ana aSM^ thn 
"Hardware" number. Mias Claric 
duplicated her sucoom of laat week. 

Thoodoro Roberts got at mveh as 
possible in his only fairly eatortnln- 
ing sketch.' Mr. HalMrU to tho actor 
an*' trouper nnif • aad tha Miil 
ence seemed Idolixlng. A cnilata 
spaech iraa graat, and _Mr. _Bah a»ti 
*^iwwedP* thmn tlVMi llsMIni^ atio 

of his fnmouj^ cl^Ars. Intermission 
foUowod. with tha otoMf 



around. 

lag f«>i2« with the accent oa the 
charm buslnogn. 

Billy Champ and Co., in "^BC 
Sycamore,- haa a corking mystery 
firca. aaoUwr Mml Ct^alnt? 

in the Aral show Sunday morning, 
this hald plenty of good 

spota IMT IhHfti hM tknghter. 




Mim Harris eacuaod after ona an- 
corn owing ta a had oald. Har work 



AlTD 



JOHN BARRYMORE 
» "DON JUAN? 

PlUCM: Ham., ■mept Sat.. f*o to 
fLSt. gat. IK. fSto TlU. 



•at. 



Mat at a. 



W«(lno»«3ay and SRturday 
A Lb Brlaaaar A Harry J. Powers, Mgra 

The MtoMI Cemedy Triatogh ot 

C— tlwenta 

-TIP-TOES'* 

. With QUCKNHI aMITH 



TMakre, H 
aatf A 



lam Wi 
i*« Or«i 



B^rt HaakM) got laughs In a bill 
lacking comedy outside of his turn 
and that of Alton and Canfl^d. 

'anion's gaga are quirk and aur« 
fire. It was reported that ho was 
to work through tho biiU as did 
Fred Allan for tho first tbw days 
last woelL Tha too long running 
thno of the regular routine prob- 
ably called that off. 

Tho Calif omia Gallegland' orchoa- 
tm B l o n d tha ihaw. holdint thmn 



SHUBEBT'S LA SALLE *'*Si!I*'' 



FRANCES STARR 
in "THE SHELF" 

A naw comody drama by Dorranoa 
Darts 

With ARTHUR BVRON 
' ' a Msttagalskad Cast 



SELWYN 



—Matinee*— 

. ^ Thuraday and Saterday 

A NKW MUSICAL COMKDY 



BUBBLING OVER 

with 

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CLPJO 

_.AYFIBLD 
Oloria Poy. Franker Woodai. Marraret 
Breen and FIFTY MAVf^vo Pr'^At'TiKa 



An assorted bill at the Majestic 
this waok. A not too onthuaiastic 
audience was huddled together in 
the first ten rows of the orchestra. 
Booth and Nina, a one-man cycle 
turn aided hy a girl in curls, opened 
a little meaningless chatter between 
tho two» tha girl's hanjo solo for no 
apparent roaaon, and the finish, 
with tho cycltot aaconding two sets 
of steps, bouncing from a board to 
tho floor. Earl Oilooa, avon for two- 
spot, wao waak, both la voica and 
stagecraft. 

Following came Fauntleroy and 
Van. a Rube turn a la the Weaver 
Bros, turn, in a good exhibition of 
all the familiar musical instruments 
in the latter's act, even to the hand 
saw and fiddle brooms. Those who 
saw tho W. C. Fields picture^ "It's 
the Old Array Game." can tasily 
recognise the vUlaga drug store 
scene In "The Comer Drug Store." 
Almost tho idenUcal sub-titles in 
that particular scene In the picture 
ara hoard in this comedy skit with 
a musical version. Six people, di- 
vided equally in sex, do well with 
the material: tho boy in Fields' 
''part" and the comedienne taking 
the honors., the others having little 
to do or nothing to do. Basil and 
Saxai wop comto and atralght, in a 
comedy "recruit** skit, fallod to r^- 



ttns thi Mtottoy boforo da Inxa pic- 
ture Opposition started to worry 
vaudeville. Now business to only 
fair. This is true of aU the pioneer 
neighborhood vaudoylito 

whMi mmmM'-m 

pace not hy ofg ia l Ubn. 

Tha W. V. M. A. farniflhes acts tor 
thU hoaso. On the bUl, Kajiyama. 
ooncsatratkkh wlmNU was toatured. 
Kajlyama's appearance Is preceded 
by a film trailer, in which he gives 
doaiiintration of reading, writing 
and conversing: simultaneously. His 
mental feats aro as entertaining 
OS anything vaudeville has to offer. 
Jim Penman and Paga. opanors, 
started the hUl wait Penman to a 
monologist mainly and a juggler in- 
cidentally. Makeup and dtolect are 
Bngllidi. Ths glrU pretty and wsar- 
ing few clothes, ts used fos display 
purposes. Tho act ton't qnlto Sttad 
for an opening spot, 

Itayara and Nolan, quite familiar 
around town, did nntisually well in 
the deuce spot Thto to a mixed act 
of comedy and song, with the gag* 
ging centered on the woman's 
weight. Carr Lynn and his imita- 
tions held next to closing. L^mn 
uses no makeup, announces that he 
doesn't tell vulgar stories and states 
that he doesn't want applause. The 
Alexander Santos dance revue, pret- 
tily costumed, te okay for the W. V. 
M. A. houses. Consists of a dance 
team, two hand*balancera and a 
girl who does a few high kiclcs he- 
sides her f^ln^ing. The adagio and 
tango numbers by the |eatured team 
are good. Tho lMUNi<»Miiiin# hoys 
also did well. 

•^Forever After (F. N.) the 
JMifiipe.' 



The "Big Parade** alorU tor a 
three or four week run at the Shu- 
bert Oct %l. Prices to be |l.fO top 
nUMs h«t $t at Mtollg. 

OAKLAI^tCAL. 

By WOOO SOANCS 

Henry Duffy wlU ptoy "Ijovo 'Km 
and Leave 'Km" in the East Bay 
regton. His touring company plays 
the Campus, a movie house with 
stage equipment in Berkeley. H Is 

eaying the one-alght stands, with 
ahel Withirs, tha origlnnl Ban 
lYanctoeo alar, heading a *inuafther 
two** company. 

IncldontaUy it to nuaAred Duffy 
plans to atsrt hto nMt Ban Fran- 
cisco production with an Oakland 
premiere. After the tooal ahowing 
the play may ha taken tfliaolly Into 
San Francisco. This will be the 
first time on record that Oakland 
was ouido a *^qc tosm** tor % flan 
FYanctooo : pro^ttctloM. 

The *«Giieelor~Cy«ia off Myatariee" 
will be the next offering of tho stu- 
deat p toy era at the University o* 
Oolttsnila. Ihnen'a'ThoWttd JOaok" 
last week was tho third plajr of the 
reason. 



NEWARKs N. Je 



«y C ft AUSTIM 

•hahort--*^ Kay!** 
Bread — "A Prond WosMUk** 
Pro«tor% — VaMitfViNo nM 

Ciiaging Vine." 

Loew's State ~ VandeviUo aad 
The Whole Town*« TaBUnc.** 

Newark— Vamdovllle Mii "^A 

a Lady.'* 

Mostnio— ""Prineo ot 

and vaudevilto. 

anJ vaudo* 



Jimmy Oleason. author of **Xs 2at 
Sor and ^The Ml Quy." will di- 
rect the stock production of the tot> 
ter play at the Fulton with hto wife, 
Lucille Webster, in the leading fem- 
inine tola. 



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W. H. ataln. M. a A. Ileld rep- 
resentative, has gone on a month's 
tour of the New England States in 
an attempt to extend the M. C. A.*s 
booking looationg. 

KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. Vi^iOHES 

Shubert— ««Blg rarade.** 
MiosottH — **Tho Alarm Ctook" 
(National Players). 
Orpheum— Vaudeville, 
Newman — **AlogUt of the South 
Seas"— Oilda Orar (penonal np« 
pearance). 

Roysl — **Bardelys the Magniflc- 
cent." 

Liberty— "Spangles." 
Mslnstreet— "Senor Daredevil"— 
vaudeville. 
Pantagee— Vaudeville — pictures. 
Qlobe— Musical stock — pictures. 

HsUo PMW (lfutttal>. 



"The Green HaC with Ruth Chat- 
terton, comes into the Twelfth 
Street (old Orpheum) next Mondny 
night for a six days* run. It fol- 
lows "Ben-Hur,** which playoS one 
week to henyy retiims* 

PITTSBURGH 

By JACK A. SIlIQra 

Nixon— "Tounf Woodier*** 

Alvin— *lloooMiurla.'« 

Pitt— "Tho Big Parade.** 

Gayely— -4-11-44- (Columbto). 

D a ele * *Yoni^ ApriT and vavda. 

Aldino— ''Sparrows'* (film). 

Grand^"Tho Amateur Qeaile- 
man** (film), 

Olympio— -The Bsgto oC tha Sen** 
(f.lm). 

Sheridan Squaro— A A Timte 

Robbery" and vaude. 

Harris~"K A A Train Robbery- 
and vaude. 

Academy ~ *'Mldnlghl Frolies** 
(Mutual). 

Stato-«"Mvhta Issy Mnrphjr 
(Aim). 

Cameo— -The Old Soak" (film). 

What to believed to be the largest 
electrical theatrical sign outaide of 
New York Is being erected over the 
main entrance to the Nixon theatre. 
Tonte r. Dean, a native son. Is here 
ahead of "Lily Sue." bookli« Isr thO 
Nixon week of Nov. 8. 

M. Ij. Koppelman, local movie 
man, has been appointed manager 
of the Buprenip Photoplay Co. He 
served for several years as assist 
ant manager at the Standard-Fed- 
erated exehange. 



Rielto->**11io SlMk Ptemto** 
ond weelt). 

Pan T him l n nl — **i:iio Uly" anA 
"The Wolf Hunter - 

Cai»4lol*^*Tho Naked Tmqi*' CIA 
week). 

Qeod¥fin— **The Strong Man.- 
Miner^ Empire— -XjQ(^ 8*mho** 
CCoivMhla). 
Lyric— *'Happy Hours.** 
OrpHoum— '<3toorgto Minstreto." 

The engagofnent of ^Tho Naked 
Truth" at the Capitol has been little 
short of sensatlonat fixtra shows 
have been put on and there has beoA 
a aolid line of men several deep 
from the lobby up Market street by 
Proctor's and nearly to Washinc- 
ton street. Proctor's has had the 
experience of aeeiag basineas liter- 
ally going by the door and tha 
house has been caused much an- 
noyance by the orowdt Jamming the 
entrance, depiilto fho host efforts 
of several extra policemen. This is 
poaslb^^ie first ^eek the Capitcg 

house to a sort of Stanley-Fabian 
step-chlMU hoinc oontrolled hy tho 
Ms arm, b«t Mllher nnfcnow ndni 
nor adverttooi as such. 

Under tho p t o eld o n ey of Johnny 

Mack of tho fimpire, the Kesrarlt 
Managers* Assoctotlon, which waa 
about moribund, has oMno to llfi 
and promises to play a real part In 
theatrical aSalia of the city. In* 
mend off «90ffn4te moetlngo held mt 
unseasonable hours, the association 
F^Ji ^ Cndli ton 
tha neoond and Ihwiii Wnaneodnyn* 
An active campaign for members 
has brought in several new ones, in- 
cluding the management ot Fm* 
dtoe Danoo Hall, which heretofore 
would never have been admitt .d oa 
the ground that Pftradtoe was not a 
theatre. 

The present policy Is that all 
managerial Interests In all tho nt* 
lied Unes should |oln forces. Wil- 
Uam O. Downes, Loew'a State, to 
vioe-preeident, a nd O. J. ShepherCU 



AvruMW is aiHUC 

Are Your Furs in Qooi, 
Per Winter 



Oar expert flantore 
wfll make that old 



We are showtag a 

line ot the latMt 
stjriA fura at prio«s 
which will mean a 
sraat savins to you. 

8p«ci«l Prieee to 



Blumenfieltf a Fur Shop 

a04 SUte-Lake BIdg. 
CHICAM 



1 



Fred Meyers, 
Universal, to In i 
coverl 
down. 



district manager, 
k local hospital re- 



'*The Miracle* opens a three 
weeks' engagement at Convention 
hall Nov. St. The advance mall 
orders Indicate one of tho moat suc- 
cessful engagements the spectacle 
over ha^L Aeoofdian to 



Howard Foerste, manager of 
Warner's State theatre, •resigned 
last week to assume tho manage- 
ment of Loew's Colonial, at Read- 
ing. He was succeeded at the Btalo 
by Kenneth Hoel, recently 
of Keith's, Syracuse. 



OKLAHOMA UTY 

Bf 01OMI VOBLB 

The c. of c. theatre at Kiowa, 
Okla., has closed permanently. 

The Dreamland at Tulsa hat been 
purchased by Charles Deal. 

Curtis Loga*t has been appointed 
ssstoUnt manage tor F. P.-L. at 
Oktohoma City. 

John Figley has been transferred 
by Metro-Goldwyn from Oktohoma 
City to Dallas, Texas. 

A new theatre will ha ereotod by 

J. O. Templeton and W. Wosenhraft 
at Seminole. Okla. 



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Room far one— |lf.9S. Ilt.tt. |14.l^ 
llt.Ot. |ll.te aad 121.00 per week. ILtt 
Additional for two persons. Rssm feV 
two. twin beda tst.to wook. 

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MORRISON HOTEL 

CHICAGO 

Tb* Cootett iMcation in Town 
Atop Orn TaUmat Haiml in tkm Wmld 

CLOSE to the roof oi the gigantic Morrison Tow«r» and cooled by the purest 
air ever breathed, the 40th and 41st doors are set aparl entir^y for theatrical ^ 
guests. Out of earshot of street noises» you can' steep undisturbed until a 
late hour of the morning. You can ataia ant^rtaia yovr friends aa periect aadu- 
sion, secura against interruption. 

1,944 Outoide Roo«»-EaGh With Balk 

Kytry room ia outtidab ^^Mn hati^ nmsiaf ice water, bed-head railing lamp and 
Siervidor. Tha last nmed is paitteislarly appreciated by professianal guests; k 
aaM|iliAri.y pfstvania can^act hs^siain patraas aMl heMi e ropk ^paaa ailNai iMajAQf* 
ahMSb «fea*t Ma saat aut ar letamsd. Also^ wkh tha '^priUa^ iaMr% yao Ma aw 
catterm baf<Ma atelttiiig tilaaiL 

NMrest Hotel to Downtown Theatres 

iUtM» $2^ Up 

Tha MattiaaQi staaia cloaar than ^mf either hotel ta thiatrM» staraaw wi taUmd 
slaiioMr. Yet at thia central locaticsi laoma ara lanAad for t/M to Si that wcnM 
coat |5 to 18 in any other leading hotd. Store suh-rentala hare ara aa ^lahiahla 
tfeit Ihey pay all gr aan J ianl» and tfia aamag ia paaaet an to tha gaaala. 

Tlie Wmulerful Tenmce Garden 

•—the Morrison^s picturesque dance-and-dine restaurant^ is nationally famona far 
perfectly aerred nieals» sparkHng entertainments^ and brilhant dance musjc It is 
a fa^mite lendacvana lor hnch and dinner, and» partiaitarlgf« for aftar-thaatre 



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Miller Geo 
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Pollard Mao 
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Walsh Jack 
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Lloyd Arthur 
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Lairaro Hart^ 
LaiaUa Bob 
Lance Hontaa4 
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MHler H 
Mtller Geraldla* 
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"•afe af IklMaanb an pat- 
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legit tfeafttfav tka MatyapaUm awl 

"cWIe prld«r#*^ «oM MiniMapolla tlta 
•ynapilMnp arar» mlgbt hava to be 
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The town is getting- one sport and 
athlatic calabrUy Rttar. SBftther. 
FtraC Bite WbMk 



ROCHESTER^ N. Yo 



Tataa 



MINNEAPOUS 

MatropoliUR — CSeorga Whtta'a 
''ScandAls" 
SKu 

'^MMBiA-OrphaiNR — ▼ftB4«Tllle 

and pictures. 

Palaca— "Hera Comes the Bride* 
(McCftU-Bridse playars). 

Pantagaa — VaudBTlIla iBmhm 
Rutii) and pictiiyca.. 




Modelft" f Mo- 



pictures. 

Gayaty — '•French 
tuala). 

State— "The Ace of Cads'* and 
doi»ble Russian quartet (Volgas). 

Qarriek — "Take It ftom Ma' 
Melody Makers (ata^e). 

Strand— "La Boheme" (2nd weak). 

LyHa-'"Mi8mate£." 

Astar— "Tha Unknown CftPftUar." 

Qrand— "Tin Oods." 



Lyceum — Thnratcn. 
Keitfe-Aibaa Taaipla Vaude. 
Fay'a— PapL maae> 

bla). 

Car l B<l h B "Wu^m MM" Oim- 

tual). 

Eaa^mcr» — "Syncopating Sua^** 
Piccac!:Kp— "THa Vowr Horaeman." 
Racan4— • 



ilrtL FkUTfnca Colahroak Pawera's 
«^frUi' RevuiB" (local). an« Jify 
Monk's C^rchentya, were featured for 
the fall opening of Odanbadi^ Baa- 



Adelaide P. Jeonlassw It. head af 
a private datactlva flrm bare, drew 
a $18 fine In CSty Court for alleged 
aasaait on Mrs. CHsie Ba/thuloiiiay. 
estranged wife af Wintam P. Earth - 
ok)»ay» adrertJafas manager. Ly- 



SYRACUSE, Ma 

Wg CHSiTBII lU MHN 

WTatin^-Firat karf. **Qarrfck 
Qaiatias*'* apenlnc tour here; last 
hatf. terfe. Hast weak, fhrac 

dark: last half; nctt Bootsr 

B. F. Keith'a— Vaude and pictures. 
Tampl»~Flrst half. ''Lena Daley's 

Own Shaw^ ^Cohimhla) opaning 

here; last half, six acts raude and 

fthna 

Savay— All weel^ "Nsutilty NM- 

ties'* <MuttHftl). 

•tranel ^ Pirat bait "Ffeie KaA- 



. attacking it aa a class proposftton 
ifaad a BMaaea to> kaaltk. The thea- 
tres haught tiwam "om tha aJv" irem 



Empira— AU 
Robbina 



weak. "L«ddia* 



Rafant — "Toa Kevar 



Minneapolis had Just coma out of 
one i^care over joatronage of Ita own 
famous aymphony orchestra whert 
it got touched up a little over fail- 
ure always to dig down to tea some 
of the laaat road shows that come 
to town. The wealthy patrons of 
the Symp^ny gave It ovt that the 
$100,000 guarantee Was as far as 
they would go thia year— that they 
wouldn't stand a double asaessment 
to meet deflcits. This aroused pub- 
Ue spirit and a campaign to sell 
MBBon tickaCa to tba regBlar Mday 
night symphony went over easy. 
The aunnuitora weia aa well 
fliMif tlMt tt waa gmilged to re- 
atirae the Sunday afternoon **pop'* 
eoBOerts l>y the orcheatra, which 
tker d«ctM to «ut ovt ttnleit the 



Mary Garden returns to Rochester 
for a day with the Rochester Amer- 
ican Opera Compahy. aha an- 
nounced, ieavirag here to open her 
season In Chicago. The famed diva 
was guest of George Eastman (Kast- 
man- Kodak) aB4 tmmg Bt tkm Baat- 
man Theatre. 



Joe Monk, laadar af tha Qayaty 

^Columbia) orchestra, gave the 
ftrat public presentation of "The 
Kavp Day Madlay~ to MO Mllors 
and naval Bitlltla at 1^ X4roaBm. 

Oct. 2i. 



Prank >M/lleax» atock actor, and 
Z>ewttt Newlng; stock impresario, 
had a cloaa can wh«i tha fomaer's 
aatomobila coUJdad with another 
machlaa en th* Blodgett Mllls- 
Cortland highway on Sunday. Both 
cars ware bad^reaiaahadL byt the 
four occispaBtB aBcapaA wKh brulsas 
rind scratches. 

Newlng annoaacad tha Scranton 
stock t ra qpia^waBM m^m 111 tIMrd 

In apita of anaaaaaaahW waather. 

which canned the cancellation of the 
last day's program in its entirety, 
the 1926 Potsdam fiUr netted a pvaflt 
of fl.tOO. It was a distinct surprise 
to the directora. who anticipated a 



era. not 



wUk tha theaire. 



Miguel Gasco. 25. of Sidnoy. was 
aoir4o%ioly bwyno^ %ha ftrst night he 
was on the lob as projectionist at 
the Strand theatre^ Norwk-h. The 
ceMoM ignited as ft was mnaiiig 
througii tha yr^jeetor, aaci Qaaoo 
bymed ahaut the head, shoul- 
Ths Ivo te tha haath 



gnlshars. 

o 

Vbaa KazMt. fovmar Manager of tltd 
Btnplr« here when It was under 
laaaa to Howard Hamaat ter acock, 
ta hi tawtt ahaaA of ''Bta-Bur." plc- 
tura Tha Wieting wiH kavo the 
movla at Ita Turkey Day attractian. 



Fraaeia V. P. Martin, of Hobins- 
Kok«4, got a neat publicity break 
last weak. Bo adrertlsad rrhree 
Bh* Manr* were earning to h»wn. and 
called it to the attention of PoMco 
Chief Martia Cadte. Tha chief 
promptly aant a letter to CoomOs- 
sloaer of PatMIe Safety Carlton B. 
Shaw, asking' tor IM new poUcamen. 



Frank Montgomery, New York, 
after a week of drilling the chorus 
for Liena Daly 'a new ahow 4 Co- 
lumbia) jumped to Detroit to revise 
the dance routine of Daly'a "Broad - 
way Brevitiea." Ue will be back In 
New York Nov. IS far tha try out 
of his own revue "Byaaapatian" at 
the Lafayette theatro. 



Frank M. Smith la back as adver- 
tising agent for tha Gaycty (Co- 
lumbia) ni 



With the Drama Laagoe of Syra- 
cuse conflning its activities to homo 
cneeUog.8 a now amateur dramatic 
organlsatlatt la coming to tha fare 
here. The society, the Commiinlty 
Plajcni. started la Baatwood, a vU- 
raeontty tneorpor a ted Into Syr- 
acuse. Expanding, the PTayers have 
taken a lease on tha old Uttlo tbea- 
tra of tha Dnuna X<aacaa aad plaa a 
seHes of praJwetlMM^ thg int ta be 
"Kick In." 

OflloavB af tha organlaatlo* are 
Donald D. Auionan, prenidefit: Mrs. 
Kumal Crandall. vice-president; 
Mra J. Corson E9Hs. asfrathij. and 
Trmoy B. Wlldar. tre 



T»day'a (Tueaday) municipal elec- 
tions upstate finds th^ Hunday movit 
question a major Issue In two ciUes, 
Oirdensburg and EUmira. Chvreh in« 
terestK in ix»th cities have watted an 
enfrKetlo fight to kill the Hunday 
movie proposition. 

In Syracuse the theatrical inter- 
ests are al5io interested in a refer- 
aiidum, that on daylight saving 
The theatres, particularly the tiic- 
tare houses, have scored daylight 
saving as harmful and a nuiaance 



ST. PAUL 

MalretM Utan— Dark. 



(Arthhg Ghaey Playara). 

Lyoaant— •The CBrfMi (Ma- 
CaU-BrMga Phgrsva). 

ygtsnllnhs— irhaiiililit md 

pictures. 

CaiMtai '"Ryuciipathig Sao." stale 
a»d Biaka (ataga). 

Astor->"Tho Prtnce of Tomptara." 
Tawar— **Foravar Aftar." 



Oeoffry Brrant Is the new juvenile 
with tha Arthur Caaey Play era. re- 
ptecing BgniM Biirka. agw te Wtw 
Orleans. 



Arthur Van Slyke has joined the 
UcChll-Bri4lca PlAyura. 



k. opens mith 



Metropolitan, dark, opc 
*No, Ko. KanalisFllov. 



Slala A Blaka aro 
third appaaranoa at 



■lahhMi their 



The Victoria (night chib) 
revue headed by Emmetta Oar- 
rnalne. formerly Ih Mutual b«r« 
leaque. t- 



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<^ AS GCCD AS SH€ LOOKS) 

H€ KNOWS HIS GRCC* l^l€S 

EPOIE CANTOR « VA.N & SCHEWCK Jl n ct Scores Of Others /Ire Featuring lir. 

"OH WHAT I'D 6IVe 



BRNIE 60LDEN 'S SIKGQTa FOK-TROT Hir 

I NeVCR THOUGHT 

THAT YOU'D DO 
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By HARDII MEAKIH 

Auditorium— Robert Manfll In 
niakMBtar^ (two weeks). 

9«la«oo-*^«XUy Sue** (BelAseo): 
next, "QUmour" (Wooda ft Lewis). 
Mot. is, Katherine Cor^iU Hi '*The 
Oreen Hat** (Woods). 

Natioii«t^"Tes, Yes, - Tvette" 
(Fraaee): next, "No. No, Nanette" 
(Frasee). Not. 14, Zlegfeld Tol- 
Ilea." 

Poll'a-^ArUata and Modela"^(81iu- 
bert); naxt not announced. 

Prealdeni— *'lAdIea of the Even- 
Inr* (stock); aazt; "Dasir* Under 
the Elma.** 



Carla-^VaudeviUe-pictlMWk 

Ka lUil a . V audevaia, • ~ - 

Wardman Park— Toor 
Ben** (film). 

Qayety — ^"Oive and Take** (Colum- 
bia). 

■,' ... ' , ' - >' 
Picturea 

Columbia — "Bardelys, the Mag- 
Blfloent'*; next, ''Quarterback.*' 

Metropolitan — "Syncoi>ating Sue" 
(Corlnna Orifllth), and Ponce Sla- 
tera, also D'Alleaaandro; next, "For- 
•Yer After** and Cliff Edwards. 

Palao*-^'^ar Paint" and Ben 
Bemlo orchestra; next, *'8o's Tour 
Old Man" and PUrmottfh, Vt, Old 
Time Oroheatra. 

Riatto— •>**Flaming Frontier"; nest 
aot aanoimoed. 

▼an and Schenck. when playing 
here three weeks hence at the Me- 
tropolitan (picts). will double into 
tha Carleton, a new night club. John 
J. Payette, of the Stanley-Crandall 
olBoea, Rooked the duo tpt the pic- 
tura hoUaa and thea them to 
tka €Mki 

-Uiy Sua," though originally 
billed to have Willard Mack. iU 
author, appear in the cast, had Wil- 
Boaaieigh ia t^e par t by atot - 



The CHartotoB (aaw> bad Its opening 

on that night, with the result that 
the management had to opm the 
ballroom of the hotel to bandla the 
overflow. Meyer Davis likewise 
packed them; reaervationa were out 
off at tha Iia Paradto aad dub 
Chanlaolsy Monday. 

So far tha Metropolitan bookings 
being held over for the uptown Tlv- 
oil (Stanley-Crandall) hava been 
conflned to but thdpea of tha many 
attractions playing the downtown 
Met Art Land[ry*a oreheatra la the 
third suoh to ba b«ld oYir for the 
TivolL 



WreitUBg has been put back la 
at the Mutual as ah added Friday 
night feature. The Gayety has as 
Its ex(i% # midnight show oB thia 




tha new crop of late gathering: places 



Jimmie Lake's Commercial hotel 
went through auite a flra aoare on 
Friday morning last that chased 24 
membera of the Mutual burlesque 
show, "Pariaian SOappers," lata the 
street at Z in the morning. 

The fire broke out in the base- 
ment of tha hotel in a sulphuric 
add preparation placed there to kill 
the rata. - The fumea from thia is 
what drove the burlesque paopla out 
in scanty attire. Nothing WBS lost 
beloniPing to the company. 

' Hi | - I II 'ill'' I ■ • . 

SAN FRANCISCO 

After being in the "red" for 18 
months, the Wigwam theatre in 60 
days has been put back in the win- 
ning column by Nat Holt, new man. 
ager and part owner. Currently 
the house is playing picturea in 
combination with Jack Russeirs 
Musical Comedy Co. They are 
grossing between $6,000 and $7,000 
weekly in contrast ta $$.000 weeks 
of tha "red" era. 



Lee Morrison has gone east, leav- 
ing behind him his lawyer's assur- 
ance that Hallie Bose. late treas- 
urer, Capitol theatre, will be paid 
$100 at the rate of $10 a week, in 
accordance with a Labor Commis- 
sion ruling. Other charges pending 
against Morrison as an outgrowth 
of his brief and disastrous lessee- 
ship of tha' Capitol hBTS bean 
dropped. 

Jack Crawford and orchestra, now 
at Ropeland ballroom, open Jan. IS 
at tha B^lev hotel, iMattlSb Either 
Charlie Dornberger or Don B6stor 
will 8uccee4 (Jrawford at Roseland. 
Oarald MlUar, tmmpat, and' Ciady 
Willis, sax. are iBaw iBSnbara of 
Crawfond'a •band. ' i 

SiBVH^MSiV 

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" has 
gone to Los Anigeles. Bhea Martin 
has been repW^ by MMy ^lHotiC 

Chief of Police O'Brien and all 
O Brien rooters wsrs on hand 



tor a apacial aiidnlght proTlow at 

the Pantages of "The Three Bad 
Men." (FoaQ ^ Jn . wh ich the chiefs 
soB« Qaavva OnMsB* 



King Calder haa replaced Ken- 
neth DaigneaB ta "Aliaa tiia 

Deacon." The latter haa gone to 
Seattle to appear with tha Henry 
DufCy Playars thara. 

Excavation work will begin fol- 
lowing Armlstlea Day asramonies 
on the building of San Francisco's 
$5,000,000 group of War Memorial 
biifldlBira, ana of wbieli will ba a 
civic opera house, the first dC Its 
lOnd In tha United States. 

MILWAUKEE 

By HERB ISRAEL 

Davidson — "Qentlaman Prefer 
Blondes." 

Qarrick— "Anna ChrlstW* (Stadl). 

Pabst--<3ermnn stock* 

Palaoa-^Vaudaville. 

M a Jestic— Vaudeville 

Miller— Vaudeville. 

Qayety — "Bandbox Rerue" (Mu- 
tual). 

Empreae— *'Mu]a Hula Maids" 

(stock). 
Alhambra— "My omoini 
Garden— "Laddie." 
Merrill — "Sparrowa* 
Strand— "Men of Steel.** 
Wisoansifi— "Syncopating Sua." 

Bud Purcell and Betty Rhodes, 
Empress (stock), have gone to Min- 
neapolis to join tha^/jtlcC^ll-Bridge 
Play«ra» . ■ --tF ■ 



Racine, third largest city in this 
state, has been chosen by Universal 
for the premiere of "Michael Stro- 
goff." according to George Levine, 
U. manager hera The picture will 
be shown Nov. 8 at the Rialto. Mid- 
west movie men will be guests of 
universal. 



Swiss and Ukranlan organizations 
are bringing their own concerts to 
Milwaukee. The Moser Brothers. 
Swiss yodlers, .are billed for the 
Andltoriuni Nov. f, and Ukmninn 
ehorus at tha Pabst Nov. 14 



The Majestio, eomblnatlon house, 

had thirty actors on its stai^e this 
week, an outcome of the stiff battle 
Ib the picture- vanda Yrtnd bouses 
caused by PnnldfM fOlng bito the 
Alhambra. 



The Goldsn Pheasant, padlocked 
a year ago, reopened with its usual 
rolut housa policy last Satusday 
nigbl Gwotft's lnn, formerly Sam 
Pick's place, also padlocked at the 
time, has not reo: 



BUFFALO 

By SIDNEY BURTON 

Majestio — ** Naughty CHnderaHa " 

(McGarry Players). 

Shubert-Teck— "First Love,'* Shu- 
bert production of new comedy by 
Zoe Akins from French of Louis 
Vemeuil, starring Fay Bainter, with 
Bruoa MeBae, Geofltrey Kerr. (George 
Bfaflon, Orlando Daly. Leonard 
Booker, Mortimer Weldon, Robert 
Davis; "Green Hat" next. 

Buffalo— "Kid Boots." 

Hipp— "Subway Sadie.** 

Loew'e — "Blarney." 

Gayety— "Boso'a Show" (Colum- 

oiardaB^nnqr Roeteir OKvtMdl). 

The Arcadia Ballroom, closed the 
past month after a stormy fortnight 
career, reopens Nov. 6 under a free 
admission policy but with an alter- 
native cover charge of 50c for a 
tabla or a straight tax of 5o per 
danoa. Tha Carolina Nighthawks' 
orohiatm la featured. 



Jolha MeCorraack's concert, sched- 
uled at the Music Hall Oct 27, was 
called off owing to the singer's 
severa oold. MeOormaok playa a 
return later In the season. 



Jean May (Pfeiffer), who Mfl Ibie 
McGarry Players a few weeks ago 
to wed Russell Medcraft, play- 
wright. Is bacfcifcn 'imikm }mmnt 
lady. ^ 

"Watlin* WharT' is aanoUBoad as 
the first play to be given this sea- 
son by the Buffalo Players. Harold 
Preston, New York, wiU direct 

Blackstone, magician, playing the 
Lafayette Square last week, was 
visited by the Erie County Society 
for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals. Complaint had been 
lodged by a letter from Massachu- 
setts that the magician was mis- 
treating animals in connection with 
his performance. Blackstone waited 
on the agents of the society, who. 
after witnessing the performance, 
pronounced the show O. K. and free 
ftom humane violations. 



'nMitie critic '•tk^^mktf^M'^^^ifi:. 
of thn guild. 

WBAL. Baltimore's super-powar 
radio station, celebrated its first an- 
niversary Monday. The station was 
on the air continuously from early 
afternoon until midnight, with ave|ry 
unit of the staff doing a turn on tna 
air. Frederick R. Huber, station di* 
rector, supsrvliti Ika 



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SEATTLE 

By DAVE TREPP 

President— "Tha World Lovsa 4 
Winner" (atock). 

Orpheum — ^Vaudeville. 

PanUaea — "Shipwraoksd" and 
vaudevllla. 

Fifth Avenue— "It Must Be Love.'* 

Coliaeum— "The Waltz Dream." 

Strand— "Aloma of the South 
Seas." 

Winter Qardan— "BaUa of Strand* 

way." .. . . . 

ColumMn ^ **Bparrd'iwf> Ci in^R i 

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XiUrty— "Into Her Kingdom * 




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BALTIMORE 

By BRAWBROOK 

Auditorium — "The Green Hat* 
Ford's— '•NO. No, Nanette.^ - 
Qaild— "Patience." 



The Play Arts Guild opened its 
1926-27 season at their intimate 
playhouse last Wednesday with a 
production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 
"Pattanea^" The production was 
hlMsf yralsed by the dramatic crit- 
ics who were able to catch the mid- 
week opening* T. M. Cushing, dra 



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"'Sparrows" (Mary Pickford) waa 
such a draw last wfill llint Msnaiat 
Bender (Columbia) liali tiM 
a second , weok. ; 

Henry Duffy came from San 

Francisco this week to witness the 
first performances of the new Clem* 
mens play, "The World Loves n 
Winner." Thlf |^ If : log mf^. 
week only. ^ ■ • 

"The Song and Dance Man" (film) 
did fair business at tha Capitol last 
week. 



Galli-Curci made her first appear- 
ance in concert' here in threie years 

Nov. 1, auspices of Women's Fed* 
eration of the University of Wash* 
ington.* ■ 



Excavating for the big new Or* 
pheum theatre at Timea aquara' li 

nearly complete. The new Orpheum 
wUL fcljtnnt tIjirAA hlnrlca f fom tfa^ 

Coltsaum aad a block and a hair 
farther fTmn tha new Fifth ▲vs» 
nua. 

The big billboard which adver- 
tised the erection of the proposed 
new theatre for Famous Flayeni- 
l4uiky, Ninth and Pine, has been 
torn down. It is reported that the 
theatre project has been abfj^oiifjl*^ 



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Orphotfili had a show last woelt 

of which Sam **Kut" Kahl would be 
ashamed of assemUing. J[( was one 
of the worst laid ottt Mm IfliagiB- 
able. ^:o fault of the artists, as 
they all meant well, but the results 
were not theriC Word tiM show was 
off traveled very fast around town 
after the Sunday opening with the 
result trado waa very, very light 
on the lower floor Monday night 
and icept up that way for the entire 
week. If this thing keeps up long 
it looks as though the house will 
adopt the policy it was laid out for 
•^eatvrti pictures— and then show 
a profit, which It cannot do now. 

Show started off with the Carl 
SchencK duo in equilibristio feats. 
Then came Deiro with his accordion, 
playing classical and popular num- 
bers» doing real nicely and scoring 
with his final effort. Ruth Budd 
thon appeared. Her turn as consti- 
tutetL now is a long, dragged out 
affa.a Miss Budd gives suflclent 
thrills with her aerial work, but 
the chanting and dancing prelude 
apparently hurt her standing with 
her admirers, through ^endeavoring 
to do something out of her line. In 
the fourth spot came Joe Marks, 
aided by Mae .Leonard and Howard 
Snyder, in a skit, "Then- the Pun 
Began." This is a turn which "Kut" 
Kahl let slip away from him. He 
should not have done so as it is 
a "tip off" to the 11.65 customers 
that there is going. to be a marl|ed 
transformation in the type of en- 
tertainment the OrpheUhi patrons 
may expect. in the future, and they 
are not going to like it Kahl ought 
to fral^ .tlUs oft tha OrphenM ^blli 

VICUROY 

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MAS TWO FURNITURE STORES IM 
LOS ANGELES. CAL. 
PSifSnieni locating here, eall SA S 
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and take It bMk to the midwest, 1 Pan's for the second time in a few 
where he has a lot of 50c. top I months. The girls, all talented mu- 
houses accustomed to this type, slolans, started a little slow, but 
Bk>Ssom Seeley with Benny Fields their exceptional ptey^ sooa had 

held over for a second week, closed I the crowd going, 
the first part. Miss Seeley had no I Douglas Oharlea and Co. had a 
easy sledding. She changed her diflflcult spot closing the showing 
routine, introducing "The Dream of after Cantor f t os enlila tf , hu t thflua(^< 
the Big Parade" as a soml-dra- faring was A dlver#illed one, inelua-^ 
matic number. This one is all wrong Ing comedy dancing by Charles, 
for her and if she must have used several vocal selections by Helen 
it she should have waited until Douglas and some biUAncing and 
Armistice Week, when anything of top mounting u well as adagio 
^IT na^Sr^ would go. The other dancing^ Ch^|^^ 
routine did not seem to get over swiy Upstairs* 

the top at all. Probably one of these 1 1"'** 



bronae plaque in ths 
Cryer oAoiated. 



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days Miss Seeley will get a catalog 
of stuff suitable to her talents and 
when she doSS it wtt M aisy sail- 
ing. 

Allan Rogers opened the second 
half and did not seSm to arouse 



Employes of the Metro -GoMwyn- 
Mayer studio. Culver City, ortfiaised 
a post of Foreign War veterans. 
G«orge Coopar, aotor, jras sleeted 
commander. 



DULUTH 

By JAMES WATTS 
Orpheum— "Sunny Side Up." 
Lyeeum — "The QUrterhaok." 
Qarrick — "Forever After." 
Strand~"Koseh Kitty Kelly." 
Lyrio— Vaudeville ana Photoplays. 



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Faul Howard, dancer, appearing 
In presentations on the\West Coast. 

is now owner, mana«% and gen- 1 - Road show season opened this 
oral Instruotor of. tie WiUlam week with "The Big Parade," which 
„.„ ™. . School of Acrobatics, in did capacity business for six mati- 

IJ^^^h /Sprpst until ^SuUed a gag HoUywood. Howard U a son of Wil- nees and seven nights at Orpheum. 
Xch*hrhTd%ead"iM^^^^^^ »»oma of Orpheum vaude- 

column in Variety about the Bcotoir- when the elder r ethred. I vftQa. 

man and Jew who were brought to j 

the psycopathio ward for observa- Donald Crisp. De Mllle-Metropol- I Matthew Allen, manager of the . 
ion beckuse the foHner was throw- Itan director, has been elected pros- company thatj;>layed here, is travel- 

ng money away and the latter pick- | Ident of the Writers' Club, Holly- | Ing with hls*^ wife. Bessie Bacon, 



ALBANY, N. Y. 

By HENRY RETONDA 



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Capitol~"BeB- Hur" Oat half): 
"Sportlna Widows" (burtosvM) (ti 

half)* • 'i 

Leiand— "Plastic Age." 

Strand— "Forever After." 

Clinton Squars — "BiMPsr Tluui 
Bamum's." s - 

Ritx--"Th^ Eagle of the Seft,* 

Qranch-Picturea and vaudsw. f > 

- ■ ■ ' ' ■ '/ ■ 

Albany plans the sreotloa ' of a 

municipal radio broadcasting sta- 
tion on the top floor of tho New 
York TelephoBS bullaliia^ 

The Hajl, second -run picture 
house here, has a aerlea of contests 
tmd amateur preaentationg asi h^dsd 

attractiona. - - ' ^ jT 



ng it up and handing It back to wood, for a second term. He is the daughter of the late Frank Bacon, 
him This was tho biggest ap- Aret presidsnt hpaorsd with re- The Bacons are writing a book en- 
plause getter of his turn, even big- sisctioa. ' | titled "Barnstorming." which gives 

zer than his ace chant, "£11. £11." , 

Next to closing were Weaver I Ned llaHn, westfem sales man- gacon family in the pioneer ^days. 
Brothers, who have added their ager for First National Pictures, ar- | The book wm be published soon, 
sister Elvirato to the turn. They rived here on a general inspection 

had the gang hungry for something tour. will eonfer with ezscu- I Finkelsteln A Ruben oeiebrated 

and gave it to them aplenty, stop- tives of .West Coast Theatres. Inc., Sixth Anniversary Week in Duluth 
ping the ahow with eassw Closing I and other oircuita on the iPaciflclthis week, with four of their housas 
ware Bob lind OalS Shelrwood with coast , " (in this city and several Ip' Snpevlof; 

their ftlne entertainers. This turn I Wis., taking part. F. & R. have Just 

s hooked wrong for a closer u% it I Mary Pickf ord was ar luncheon made several changea in managers 
starts slowly and draga oonaider- gueat of ths board of directors of »fc the Head of the Lakes. William 
ably until the meat is reached, tho Los Angeles Chamber of Com- McCreary. who has managed the 
which is too late as ths ^%lkout merce. She briefly outlined her Palace In Superior three years, has 
mob does not wait For eloS&lg the views of olvlo l»saiitifleation. and 'Placed in charge of the Lyrio 

here, and Walter McCallum has re- 
placed Gust Carlson at the Zelda. 
Carlson is now at Savoy and Peo 
pie's. P. F. Schwie. who managed 



)ill they should rearrange their ro i- other city needs. Further confer 
tine and hold the running^ time encea with Miss Pickford are 
down, as they have a snttsbls 'turn | planned, 
this way, and will find it easy to 



score with it, but foUowlng the 
Weaver boys was suloldd^ vn^* 



Chotiner's "La Brea" opened at Orpheum here last year, has 



resumed his former position here 
as manager of the Qarriek. Mel 
Hers is his assistant 



Ninth and La Brea, Oct U. The 

new house will have a straight pic- 
Cantor Josef Rosenblatt scored a I JSJ^^y- " Vt^Jf^'thf? thlSSi* 
personal triumph at Pantages laSt ^ pi^si^Lios frS aSSS; I Leonard M. Leigh, organist at the 

rx^VoWuJfltTO^^^^ ?o' tho -.0^. . '•^.^ ^o^« 

ssSni.-c^n'tr^oL^^^^^^^^^^^^ i^d^-^Sert^, n ^^."^ 

*tiA TvmoV /M,f I arcnitects and designers to submit 

"^^-^^ trSj^'eTtr r | fea?u?e ?n-»r-m T^^^s.^ 

'"'^TSfiumb^r: IT two well-de- ^^^l^^ ^gSJ^ST' ^ViTti'*** ^' "^tLX^i^^^^. WlS*'^ ^ 
served encores made up his oifering. ^^i'^^ <>' iS?'ES. J^k .^f* P^**''**^ thsWeekly bills. 

wCt« the selections ranging from "<>^. JJ. f ^ u . 

old-fashioned ballads to an Italian ^11 r^^^ that 1 O^^®"™' 
aria, and a Jewish chant if such r?™**" 5* J**'®? Italy by Casey Stock, will present pictures 
it may be calhST Cantor Rosen- star'it bfothst ars S^iJ.j^oad aUractio 
blatt has a rich and resonant voice. . |recUon of ths Blaokmors Bros, 

with both his high and extremely! _ _ „ . ^, . 

tow notes registering. Re demon- . ^^^^^^h Famous Players- Manager Al Anson of the Lyceum 

stratod his showmanship by ren- . *f nni«aed his recently made .a trip to Chicago, 

dering hia first two numbers, "The I 5"'*^ picture with that organization where he booked a number of stage 
Last ^ Rose of Summer** and the w®®** "Stranded In Paris," acts as features of the picture bills. 
Jewish selection, before a rich drop starring Bebe Daniels. This was the Walter Klingman, organist at the 
In two, with a front drop in one second picture he made opposite Lyceum for five years, recently re- 
dr^^ped In panel effect. No* spot*- Daniels. He will leave this signed to accept a similar position 

light and only Illumination from a for New York, where he U to In Eau Claire. Wis. Gladys Byerty, 

bunch light in either wing gave an oe used on a picture now in prep- formerly at tho Garrick here, and 
effeoUvsVlShness to theaesae. Af- araUon at the Loss IStaad studliM. Bar! Larson, assistant to Mr.' KUng- 

ter much applause Cantor Rosen- I man, are now in charge of the or- 

blatt returned and sang an Italian With "The Walter From the «an. Bob Coe. known as the 
number which went atsr big, and RItz." Raymond Griffith's next star. "Wonder Boy Organist." has been 
for a ascend recall sang "Mother ring vehicle for Famous Players- Jnade organist at the Strand. The 
Machree." For the first 'time in Lasky being rewritten, it was \ie- SJrand plays Paramount and other 
montha the eliwirto bflllnr' outside cided to make a switch of directors. | Pictures. 
Pantages is not split up, being de- I Arthur Rosson will direct the plc- 

voted exclusively to the cantor.. I ture Instead of James Cruse. Pro- 1 wx0*««s»^sw 
A substitute on the printed ^ro- ductlon Is SohSdnlsd to bei^l IJ£TRQIT 

gram had Lawton. comedy Juggler, I Nov. IS. 



Eugene Riley, of ttis OapHol boK* 
office, has resigned* • - 

Mildred Monley and Northway 
and Childs from Villa Venice, New 
York, were featuM" at ^ ths Band 
Box, Ten Eyck hStel, Alaany» Slii : 
lowe'en night / , 

Stephen C. Boisclair, organist 
Mark Rltz, Albany, la now manag- 
ing the Bay State Aces, who ara 
playing a return at Blossom Heath, 
dance pavmon between Schenec- 
tady and Albany. The personnel of 
the orchestra ia Julian F. Webster, 
director, rj^eds; Franois W. MarUn. 
piano; Fred £ngle. drums; George 
Boden, banjo; Charles Miller, trum- 
pet; Joseph Vargas, trombone; 
Francis Connelly, reeds, and Th< 
J. Connelly, roods and violin. 



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Schulberg. Sol Wurtzel. ;",yi "^^'^ »^""";r'"2'^" .JP^ 
Victor H. Schcrtzinger. A. l. iP* !5i 

^.^.^^ « „ Rocket and Jack White are named flm-run theatres, which 

deuce spot were the four colored as governors of the new Hollywood ? 1. Michigan, Capitol, 
Emperors of Song, who held the Olympic club. Plans call for the 155**®' Madison and Adams, under 
stage longer than their allotted erection of a 10-story clubhouse In • ~ superviston of Lou Kramer, 
time, due to the Insistsace of the HoBywood,' with dining and elub 
audience. A genuine novelty fol- rooms, pre-vlew theatre, swimming 
lowed. Baby Dodo Reld. not yet. 12, pool and Turkish hatha, 
who Is a prodigy of the SMSt pro- I ■'■•fflwiy.- • 

nounced sort. Following a song Actual construction work vni tt m rt^n a • . 
number In a nursery, set in full Warner Bros.' proposed Hollywood I ^i.Vsi^r^^y'*'. 
stage, the little miss SllS«sd hsr theatii'is^Whf&lSd-to SSStneS J?^ Theatres, Inc.. Marquette, 

ability on the zylophone, and was week by Lange afid Berpstrom. 5^^^'t,!2l^^J^^ 
then Introduced by a man, evident- | buildera. The site is at Hollywood • house In Marquette. 



Howard O. Pierce, who formerly 
handled' the Kunsky advertising, 
will devote his sntire time to pres- 



ly her father, who proceeded to put 
the little miss throygh some as- 
tounding feats of memory. The child 
Is a wizard at chemistry symbols, 
the names of rulers and the capi- 
tals of every country of the globe, 
and showed her thorough knowl- 
edMyaf the ConstUutlon of the U. 
B. w readily designating each 
nniendmont as called iSft A-'TT'^i 
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Arthur Freed has tlibured the Pa- 
clflo coast sto^k rights for "Rain'' 
and will produce It shortly at 
Orange Grove. Charles Kins will 
direct the production. 



Betty Jurney, picture actress, and 
her husband, Allan A. Holton, spent 
their first wedding anniversary In 
Superior Judge Charles S. Crail's 
court as defendants In a suit Insti- 
tuted by Roy Dowd of the Los An- 
geles county flood control council, 
In proceedings to condem a portion 
of their property in Qlettdale for 
flood control purposes. 

The court awarded the couple 
11.000 as payment for the don- 
demned land, and also found that 
while the couple had filed a claim 

inm SI saa ^ ^^twiky^ A^mU. ^.m^ ^ty 

would be bensfltsd In that smb. 



Contraots have been let for the 

construction of a fSMOO wardrobe 
bi^ld^ngL.^ the Pickford-Fairbanks 

•studio. ^ ' 



To celebirate the 15th anniversary 
Of th^r studio, ths^MI ialHplt^- 
wood. Chrlstis Bnti£nl£ktSlHi 9^ 

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The new Film building will be 
ready about Dec. 1. Each exchange 
will have Its own screen room. Most 
of the space is. already leaaed. 

Bob Sheehaa^ former manager of 
the Martha Washington theatre, has 
resigned to handle the vaudeville 
booking department to be opened by 
Jean Goldkette in connection with 
his orchestras. 



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BKOB TO- ANNOUNOi 
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Blllr Farrell 
Mario HuKbea Bro 
Jahn A B'dwin Sla 
Kuryei A Roblea 

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Opera Hooao 

2d half (4-7) 



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Palmar A Huatott 
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LAirCASTKB. PA. 

ColoBlal 

2d half (4-7) 
Ernest Ball Gang 
Krans A Walah 

Munninir A Hall 
(Two to fill) 

LAWB'CE, MASS. 



2d half C4-T) 

Temple 4 
Bristol A Bell 
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LtMTKPORT, M. T. 

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2d half (4-7) 

Havam'aa Anlmala 
Nada Norralne 
Janot of Franoo 
Caspar A Morrlasoy 

Dare A Wahl 
Louise Massart Co 

(Darton split) 
1st half (l-lt) 
Mildred Llvlngaton 
Honr Konic Tr 
Stuart * Olive 
Demareat A Doll 
SUvortowB Orch 
flolSi A JtthMon 

UmrnUn MASS. 
Keith 

2d half (4-7) 

Lookett A Pave 
t Abby Sia 
Neatora' DarllnfS 
Sensational Toko 
Lamm A Whito 
Bob Ball 

XAOOll. OA, 
Gtaatd 

2d half (4-7) 

Reynolda A Saxon 
Clarabelle Barret 
Tony A GtoorfO 
Xnos A Zamaa 

Hank Brown Co 

MVESPORT, PA. 

Hlppodramo 

14 hall (4-t) 

Hunter A Bailey 
Barr A Lamarr 
S Oolfers 
Hill A Mardf . 
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2d halt (4-T> 

Orlffla 1 
Mayo A Bohbe 
Roaaatle Touth 
Hopo A Vorttoa 

▲erlal DeQroffs 



Pail 

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Lea A Oladys 
Bddle Dennis 
Tom Waters 
Bwvalow Lovo 
Daly A Maoo 



MOBILE. ALA. 

Lyrle 

2d half (4-7) 
KoUam A O'Oaro 
Ed Bloadoll Co 
2olda Broo 
Roan Melody Mkra 
Bddio Clark 

MT. V'NON, y. T. 

Praetor's 

2d half (4-7) 
Red Folliea 
Lydla Barry 
(Othsra u All) 

MONTREAL. CAN. 

Imperial 

2d half (4-7) 
Lyrle S 

Ligiallo A Mack 
AadorsoB A' F'raoa 
Miss Damholl 
Stuart Sis 

MOB'SrWM. M. J. 



2d half (4-7) 
Bardell A McNally 
Brems Fltx 
Frank X Silk 
Nalvahl 
Nilea Oliver 

NASHT'LB, TBNN. 

Prlnoesa 

2d half (4-7) 
Helen Bley Co 
Walt Manthoy Co 
Jack A Jill 
Chuck Haas 
Flolda A JoliMsa 

mcWABK^ N. J. 

Proctor's (1) 

Weldano's Sen 
Montana 

SkoUy A Holt Rev 
BradfdOB A Mor'sy 
Martins A R'kards 

NKWB'OH» N. T. 



M half (4.T) 
M'Kay A Ardlno Co 
Aater A Fair 
(Olhora tm m 

N»W B*8W'K, N. J. 

BItoU 

2d half (4-7) 
Donla A Dunlevy 
Boo A Ray Oorman 
Harr^Alfftldl 
Smith A Sawyer 
(One to fill) 

NSW HAVBM, ex. 



Sd half (4-7> 
Juva Marconi 
Mulroy M'N * R 
Wostoa A Htttchias 
Mom Pompadonr 
(Dae to fill) 

xmm L'DON. err. 

Cavttol 

Sd half (4.T) 
Mosleal Rpwellys 
'la Baokyard 
Joe Daalols 
Raymoad Aaa 
B'way Whirl 



2d half (4-T) 
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Jaek aifford 

mASABA VALLS 

BoUorlew 

Sd half (4-7) 

Howard A Nlchola 
Carpoa Broa 
Whlteneld * Irel'd 
Fred Soaaman 
Baroneaa Brzl 

NOBFOLK, PA. 



M kalf (4-T>- 

Leon Lamar 
Val Jean Tr 
Bobby Heath 
Jones A Morgai^ 
Bayaos A Bitli * 

JK. ADAMSi MASSl 

Empire 
2d half (4-7) 

Foley A Woltoa 

Dance Carnival 
Country Club Qirla 
Chaa A ColUna 
Thelma Arlhie 

NOBTHAMPTON 
CalTia 
td half |4«T> . 
Sponcor A WlI'ms 
Oliver A Cranylo 
Rlchy Wally 
Jenny's Comedy 4 
(Oaa t6 Sll) 

VOBWICII. COMH. 



Harry Snodgraas 
(8) 

Duacaa's Doya 

Ruby Mortoa 

4 Camerons 

Serf en t A Lewis 

Denno Sia 

81 Lahar Tr 

Ida May Ck«dirtck 



(1> 
Nolly Tats 
lAmont S 
Wheeler A Potter 
Harry Bappl 
O * M Moora 



2d half (4-7) . 
BUnch A Cr'ffhton 
1 Nltos 
Bddlo Rovera 
BlalBO Ser 
Frank Leffell 

PirSF'LD. MASS. 



2d half (4-7) 
Baldwin Blair 
Baby Ilendersoa ' 
Oliver A Leo 
Van A Bell 
Dawn A Day 

OTTAWA. OAV. 
Keith 
Sd kdll (4-T) 

Lyric S 

LaSalle A Mack 
Anderson A P'rson 
Mtao Damhott . , . 
St^rt eia 

PASSAIC, H. 9, 

Playhonso 

Sd half (4-7) 
LAM WllsoB 

Frank Mayo 
Jack Donnelly 
Cheralier BraS 

(One to All) 

PATBRSON, Iff. J. 



2d hall (4-7) 
Jerome A Ryan 
Bdwarda A Morrla 
Lootor A Stuart 
Bdaa Torronco 
Frank Shielda 

PliAINF'LD. N. J. 
Oxford 

Sd half (4-7) 

Pat Hennlng 
(Othera to fill) 

PLAT^B'O. M. T. 



2d half (4-T> 
Bert Bakor 
Roekwoll A iTdlte 
Loraer Olria ' 
(Two to Sll) 



Heioa Ctrlaier t 
Wo t 

Stanley A Blrnes 
Florrie LaVoro 
Carr Lynn 
Joaa A^or 
CorrkUM TIttoa 
Baraa A Alloa 
Duacaa's CoUles 
(I) 

Daphne Pollard 
Jim Thoratoa' 
Htckey Broa 
Kiaak m TowM - 
Tolha Sia 
Memories of Opera 
Mack 4k Brantley 
Gaaton A Luaby 

Cross Keys 

2d half (4-T) 
Good A Leivhtoa 
Masked Voice 
Emma B Harvey 
Dorothy Bytoa 
(Om to BU) 

■aria <t) 

Dixie 4 

Al Moora Bd 

Mafff Padula 

4 Mortons 

Gaudamltha 

Mack A ^Bso 

LowlaAiidr 

OiMd O. 

2d half (4-7) 
Bordner A Bayer 
Lew Kelly 
Mary Ouncaa 
Mathews A Ayrea 
Mualcal Johnatons 

PITTSBURGH 
kteTts (1) 
Thomas A Frod*k 

Bmith A Btronc 
Torke A King 
Carlton IS A W 
Adler Weil A U 



2d half (4-7) 
Smith A Barley 
Laarle A Rayne 
Tumbllny Clowaa 
(Two to SU) 

▼T. 

Id half (4-7) 
Fries A Cody 
McCoy A Walton 
LaDonx A Macchia 
Toklo 4 
StaUo 

mOlTLAND, 
' ■ ■ Keith 

Sd half (4-7> 
Mornlns Olorlos 
Flylns Hartwolla 
Senna A Weber 
Alez'der A Oleson 
Walah Sia 
Joe Waltera Co 
(Lowell aplt) 

1st haU (t-lt) 
Artio Mehllayor 
TAD Ward 
Mr A Mrs Barry 
Iria Green 
Walter Fenner Co 

POBTSHOUTH. O. 

. &0 Hoy 

Sd half (4-7) 
F Work A Batelle 
Bayoo A Speck 
Lyio Lapln*' 
Xalyhts' Roostera 
(Oaa ta sil) 



Rule A O'Oriea 
Thos E Shea Co 
Moas A Pray 
Kolly A 9»tkmm 

SABATOSA. K. T. 



Sd half .(4'T) 
Frlead A Watklas 

Cannon A I^e 
(Others to All) 

SCVNTADT. N. T. 



2d half (4-7) 
Frankie Rice 
Fred Bowers 
Mack A Looaard 
Stuart A lAak 
(One to Sll) 

iOBANTON» WA. 
PoU's 

Sd half (4-7) 
Nlyht m China 
Stan Kavanauah 
Earl Hampton 
Jack McGkiwaa 
OatMlaii AHallaar 

SBAMOKm;, 9 A. 

Capitol 

Sd half (4-7) 
Nayon's BIrda 
Col J Oeorve 
■vcratt Sanderson 
(Two to SU) 

•rBBNVILLH» O. 

Capitol 

2d half (4-7) 
Lane A Golden 
Scaaloa Doao Bros 
Faraoti A Ftoroaoo 
Fountain of Daaoo 
Louis Haft 

STBACV A «• T. 



WABRBN, O. 



2d half (4-7) 
Marty Zoller 
naiAsa of yt'day 

(Cad U SU) 

WSH'OTON. D. C. 

Keith (Si) 

Nathano A Sully 
Sydell A Spotty 
A A M Havel 
MoLallaa A Sarab 
Duaainyor 
Roby Nortoa 
sunkist Nolaoa 
4 Karrys 

(I) 

Red Follies 

Smith A straas 
York A Klay 
Sally A Thomas 
j(Oao to Sll) 



POTT8TILUE; PA. 



2d half (4-7) 
Stanley A Qulnotto 
KUnver's Rev 
Earl Hall 
Jolly GolemaA 
(Oao ta SU) 

p^nvsiH; N. T. 

Avon 

Sd half (4-7) 
Wm A Kennedy 

Allen A Norman 
Stacey 4k Jamos 
Gene CostoMS 
Francis S 

PBOYID'CE, B. L 

Alhaa (1) 

Beecee A Qupee 
Loulso Wrisht 
Keao A Green 
Kramer A Boyle 
Goo D'SIWSr Orch 

BICHMOND. YA. 



Sd half (4-7) 
Bloom A Shea 
Chester A Devere 
6 Harmanlaca 
Ray Conray 
(Two to All) 

. TOLEDO, O, 

Keith 

Sd half (4-7) 
Van DeVeldo Co 
Kody A Wilsda 
Joe DeLIer 
Herb Warren Co 
Mack A Roaalter 
Daaco Shoppo 

lal half (S-lf ) 
(Same hill plays 
Od. Rapids 11-12) 
Maud Allen 
Collins A Peterson 
Hoctor A Holbrook 
Fred Sosamaa 
Siiyertowa Oroh 

TOMWVOb CAH. 



Schlchtl's Co 
TAD Ward 
Herb Williama Co 
Silvertown Cord Or 
Alex'der A Poysy 
Patrleola 
Tka Xemmyar 
(S) 

Araaat Broa 

Cllflford A Marlon 
Der'kson A Brown 
Jans A Whalen • 
Tho Lockforda 
Mlih CIMMad 

nODffTON, K. J. 

Capitol 

2d half (4-7) 
Phllbr'k A Deveau 
MoCuaa Graat 
Jaalor Pollloa • 
Billy Nash 
(One to All) 

TBOT, ir. T. 



(SI) 

Frank X Silk 
Murray A D*skirty 
» Potloya 
Rahnkoa Boy 
Gypay Gams 

WASITGTON. PA. 

Stato 

2d half (4-7) 
Andy Potter 
Roily A Orden 
Mario Blalto 

(Two to All) 

WATXBBVBT< CT 



Sd half (4-7) 
Harris A Holloy 
Qoldea Bird 
Ida May Chadwtck 
DeVine A Dale 

WATBBT'N, H. T. 

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AM 

2d half (4-7) 
Cnaude DeCar 
Gene Moore 
(Three to flU) 

/G, w. va: 

Victoria 
td half (4-7) 
Dare A Tatea 
Bell A Naploa 
Karter's Kom 
Spenglor A Hull 
B&k A CDoaaoU 

PA. 

Poll's 

Id half (4-7) - 
Jack Lavler 
Weeplna Willow 
H Kinney RoV 
Medley A Duproo 
(One to fill) 

WOONS'KXT, B. L 



2d half (4-7) 
Howard A L<nd 
Wayburn'a Show 
(Othera to All) 

BOANOKE, VA. 

■oaMiho (1) 

Clayton A MAsIt 
Joe Four 
Jerome A BVolyn 
Ruby S 

1 Sununer's Day 
VCHBSTBB. X. T. 



^d half (4-7) 
Lillian Roth 
Hadji Alt 
Plyinc Henrys 
BlU of B'way 
Jean Carpentler 

V»lON H'L, N.J. 



2d h«':f (4-7) 
Chappello A C'l'ton 




Special Teachers' ^ursc 
Rautic^ Arjransed for Prof ewQoal 

Dancers'" 
Ensemble N'umbers Arranged for 

Production 
Special Dances for Vaudeville Acts 
Argentine Tango 
Black Bottom and Charleston 



Private Lessons by Appointment 

PhM of WriU /or BoolM of Inffinhaiion mi 

Tuition . 



2d half (4-T) 
J!mmy Lyons 
Momorioa of Opera 
(Others to Sll) 

vncA. X. 

Oaloty 

^ Sd half (4-7) 
Bartie Sia 
Helen Lewis Co 
Leon A Dawn 
Meehan A Shaaaoa 
Maud BaH 
Bee Juny 
Gold Medal 4 
Batda A Cua'ffham 



2d half (4-7) 
Charleston Champs 
Joe Rich A Pals 
Frooman A Lynn 
WUrd A Taylor 
Dewllford A B'man 

WOB'STEB. MASS. 

PoU's 

Sd half (4-7) 
Jr Orph Uatt Mo. • 
Rood A Duthor 

Bob Fisher 

(Two to All) 

TOMKBBS, M. T. 



2d half (4-7) 
Freda A Palace 
Jarvia A Harrlaon 
Goody A M'yoaMry 
Jaaot Chllda 
Monroe A Grant 

TOBK. PA. 
York 

Sd half (4-T) 

Levan A 
Sailor Boy 
Franklyn A Royce 
Racine A Ray 
Jack 



TOVHOSTOWM, O. 

Hlppodroano 

2d half (4-7) 
Barrett Broa 
Hartley A P'tarson 
Bthel bavia 
Modena's Fan Rev 
Billy Hallen 
Jim Jam Jama 

1st half (S-lt) 
(Sams Mil -plays 

Akroa ilt^lfl 

6 Saratoa 
RIckard A Gray 

Welder Sia 
Adler Weil A B 
(Oao to Sll ) . 



STANLEY BOOKS 



(Continued from page 5) 

to Sbea's Court Street, Buffalo, by 
Keith's several seasona ago. It re- 
mains also opposed to BheA'S Hip. 
alBo booked by K-A. 

The dropping of straight vaude- 
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of Vltaphone may have entered into 
tha decision of Acme to book tho 



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McKaon had beon sending "names'* 
to IhA LsCMPStto Isr ssvsrml wssks.. 
prior to the Shea-Vita deal. 

Thla ia in line with Varicty^a 
atories several weeks ago anent 
Jules MastbAum's ultiBUitum to B. 
P. Albee regarding "hands off in ^ 
the Stanley housca following tha 
direct booking o^. Van and Schenck 
by Aems and ths suk s s tBSB t plAjr* 
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iHilbb la characterized aa a aupple- 
ma^tal document to tba proTtous 
two Ydlumaa submitted by Mr^ Vpl 
ler close to 16 months agro. 

Now tha^ array of goyernmant 
B^BMi'eoBiaa IPrward wIth tba pvo- 
pcpal to the Indtistry that a meet- 
tag be called here for a general 
dtociisslon 6t trade pri^ticaa in con- 
Baction with block booking, as the 
•nly' means of saving the Industry 
Orom a general violation of the anti- 
trust lawa.,' 

This la lodlc)MI up6n as inviting 
the entire picture Industry to now 
taka a hand in the long drawn-out 
F. P. 0r«eaadMta* t#felr^a <iuas« 
tlon being left very much an open 
one aa to whether or not the sug- 
gestion will be considered by the 

ptefSirii'iBtiMtg: ' 

The answer is expected to be 
made by Ui« Will Uaya organiza- 
tion. - V:.. ••■ 

Jn but OBal iiittt does the trief 
continue along- the old lines of the 
government case, namely, the con- 
apiraoy charga and the attack . on 
tba motives of Adolph Zukor in his 
alleged desire to dominate the In- 
. dustry through the control of thea- 
trei tik key aitles SBS bj^ tlia ^ of 
*'re8trictiva tytBg BBd B iwlS < l te" 
contracts. 

The new brief, numbering 80 
'yasea, opaBa wMH ttw aCatimant 
that nothing in this new material 
will touch upon the fundamental or 
Jurisdictional queatlona of inter- 
-#tata commerce, public interest or 
" competition In commerce. This 
phase, it is' stated, having been 
previously covered. The new evl- 
i.;, dence secured during the recent 
.^i* additional hearinga in NeV York 
rf City is characterized aa having 
9r Mdad nothing addltloi^aL 

■ ' ■ Contpirddy' ' 
Going right into ilia charge of 

conspiracy and the "various illegal 
purposes for wl^ich P. P,-l*. was or 
j ganizcd." to quMe *the brief, the 
4^iailure of Mr. Zukor ^Ip Umiiy is 
referred to as follows*: • 

•There ia another item of evl- 
iance. sufficient of itaeU to aupport 
the alfegatlons of Conspiracy in 
Paragraph T*lve (of the complaint). 
f It ia not an exhibit or the testimony 
; of a wltnaaa or witnesses. It is a 
fact of record — manifest not on a 
page or on cert n In pa pes of the 
*«cord, but manifest from the whole 
-tecord. 

"It In the fact that, with full op- 
portunity to do so, F. P.-L. has not 
Produced Mr. «ukor or Mr. Lasky 
w hegati^e tba evidence of their 
purposes, plans, motives or inten- 
Uonm tiof has either of them tes- 
•ft*d in his own behalf ... this 
id ovldonce from which It may be 
property Inferred that their teati- 
jSony would have been against the 

i p t ere ats o f tbi fMpandftflll." ~ 

It is not necessary, continues the 
Mf^ef. for P. p. to secure a monopoly 
y all theatres to dominate dlatri- 
^''tion. it bHtty atat^d'-tM ^na 
^'^rge of a monopoly Mng ^aBlat- 

i«pfc!r 

»«ba-pian, as charged against 



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p. p., was to absorb the profits 
from houses it owned and from the 
operation of H^—Xsm owned by in- 
dependentdb wba bpoMd tba T. P. 

product* 

A large portion of the brief ia de- 
voted to the 20,004 tbeatrea of the 

entire * country lUralnst the «mall 
perccntago controlled by F. P. Rai 
bourn» of the picture company, who, 
it t* elalmedi prepared the theatre 
statidtlcs. is attacked on these fig- 
ures, with Washington taken aa 
example. It being claimed by Rai- 
boum that 10 Hret nm boupda wore 
in operation here wherdM'iMi 
aUtjr U 'Was but four. 

Selling on Merit 
On the other hand, F. P. Is given 
^cdit by government counsel of 
having endeaVtyted te idU ltd pic- 
tures on nierit alone. Competition 
of other companies, however, ^-ho 
continued to aeU in blocks, forced 
the company to reeMd Hit gfiiVllde, 
the brief adda. 

Mr. Hainer states: 
"The real remedy would be a full 
and free trade practice conference 
participated in bST all dpiSVtfltars 
great and small. 

If this "fails in the redemption of 
l.he industry" the commission is 
then urged to issue complaint* "to 
match the several pleaa of vuilty 
already entered, based on block 
booking alone, and try the single, 
incontesible issue so quickly aa to 
enter simultaneous ordera to cease 
and desist against F. P. L. and all 
its assoclatea in the open dfOance 
of law." 

Because competitors resort to 

block booking is no defense for F 
P., it is stated, and as F, P. has 
openingly admitted that block 
booking deatroyd small and Inde- 
pendent producers,' it is not Incum 



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. COoatUivad from paire 1) 
for tba prtvUefe of gettln^tbe tlUe 
before an estimated audieri<^ of 
6,000,000 people, it was n^i such a 
bad nfoTa.* 

The era of big pay for big 
"names" on the radio is commenc- 
ing with the advent of the cold. 

"datbdr^ Maai - slaSr-at-boiBa radio 
climate. 

When the new National Broad- 
casting Co. takes over the coni- 
bined WEAF and WJZ merged ra- 
dio chain Nov. IS, an epochal ether 
entertainment will be offered. 

Merlin H. Aylesworth, president of 
tbe new radio combine, states that 
an elaborate national network will 
broadcast an ultra program of paid 
artists recntlted from profeeeional 
ranks. The "opening ^^nlgb^* Nov. 
15 will be a four-hour marathon 
from 6 to 12, generally conceded to 
ba • «Mldstone in tba bHljifir dif »*- 
dia bftlidcaatlng. 





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Profeaaional Rates for 
. Professional People , 
AM ^♦^ dern Improvemeata 



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(Continued from pace' 44) 

neaa extra kick, to around |12,000. 
"Kongo" (Princeaa, Oth, final 

week). When Sunday night grosses 
slipped ofC week's average dropped 
to 16.000-17,000. calling quiek exit. 

"Jazz Singer" (Harris. 5th week). 
Knocked out another 120,000 gross 
but felt backwardness of Saturday 



night's sales. Special Monday- 
bent ui)»m the commission to prove jTueg^ay house parties featured. 



It, is added. 

Unlawful Contracts 
"Tying" and "Jixcluslve" contracts 
are also hit by the commission's 
counsel, it being stated that these 
were unlawful oven before the en 
actment of the Clayton Act. 

If F. P. deed offer Individual or 
smaller groups of pictures from a 
block when same has been refused 
by exhibitor, it Is pointed out, the 
Supreme Court has held that an 
offer of an unobjectionable alterna- 
tive lease does not save an offered 
"exclusive contract'* from illegality. 

In dispensing with the argument 
of the former chief counsel. Mr. 
Fuller, the new brief states: 

"The uncontroverted fact of 



"Follies" (Apollo, 2d week). Low- 
est premiere gross Greenwich Vil- 
lage organization has checked in 
seven years. Midweek matinee be- 
low $1,000. Figured around 120.000. 

"The Shelf" (LaSalle, 2d week). 
On eight performances drew $9,000 
and with help of balcony parti'-s 
should hold close to premiere week's 
gross for at least four weeks more 
"Sweetheart Time" (Garrlck. 7th 
week). Holding moderate average 
pace of about $11,000, varying only 
by size of Monday-Tuesday special 
balcony parties. Average gross 
thus far figures weekly loss for at- 
traction. 

"Bubbling Over^ (Selwyn, 2d, 
final week). Philadelphia backers 
lost bucketfull of coin before arriv- 
ing and now stand to sink record 
ngure for musical play In this town 



prai D Ate .yHiiADgUMia. pa^ 

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block-booking alone compels an ^^'f "^l^^^^iJ^'^l^'^'Y^^^^ 
del to eoaoe and daaist. «nd probably didn t hit $<,000 on 



'• ri.o writers of this brief have 
made no reference to the proposi- 
tion that ownership of theatres by 
F*'Pi L. 1« P*' ^ unlawful. Tho 
complMint docs not allege owner- 
ship per «e. That question Id not 
within the issues." 



pr obably 

wce»k. 

*'Tip-Toes" (Illinoi.M, 4th we^k). 
Hasn't struck flgur«! expected but 
holding own around $23,000 average 
proRS. Moved into third place in 
hotel call for musicals. 

"One Man's Woman" (Central, 3d 
w^h Still drawing clientele of 



own, getting sensational window 
salea durinig day. Average grosa for 
whole enitagament centera arotind 
$9,000, terrific for this house. 

"Princeaa Fiavia" (Foyr Cohan's, 
2d #MII). In diAveh performaiiees 
did around $15,000 but piled up rec- 
ord number of special party sales. 

il I '11 *\ : 

(CanliaiMd 

column the top dramatic men are 
giving their aids plenty to do. This 
explains the wide difference be- 
tween tha fatal ot 27 falling dhows 
and the number of these witnessed 
by some of the critics. Thei:e l^ve 
been quite a few inataiieda wbdre 
three 'shows have opened the same 
night, swinging the second and tbird 
stringers into action. 

One 8vtdtanding item of the d^iore 
is that of all the reviews compiled 
only six were tabulated . as "no 
opinions' (where the reviewer re- 
frained from his opinion as to stat- 
ing whether a show is good or bad). 
Dale ("American") leads this col- 
umn, but is only wrong live times 
out of 21. 

Osborn ("Evening World") trails 
the list due to being wrong 11 
times out of If iPor a percentaire of 
.368, while a tic existd b^^tween An- 
derson ("Post") and Atkinson 
("Times") for third place at .178. 

each abio battbg ' wrfttiM am 
dama aatnber ^'^Xifti^Mimt*. / 

Variety's .692 or only 1$ rigl 
of 26, is the worst showing tliid'" 
paper has ever made in a box seord 
4nd Id without an alibi. If Included, 
with the daily writers Vnricty would 
stand seventh, decidedly poor for 
trade paper reviewing where the 
acrihea supposedly have an ad van* 
tage due to ih« Ir inside knowledge 
on how a show may be hooked up 
on east or house rental terms. It 
marks the second time Variety has 
dropped* below tho hifThest il iUy 
newspaper man and, to the otlx r 
extreme, this s6ofd Itl^flAlilM 'The 
first instance of any <rHlc (Ham- 
mond) on a duily turning in a per- 
fect percentage of 1.000. 

The next box score printed will 
np.'iin he hased only on lho.«<e shf»WH 
which have left Broadway, the 



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aHractfaiid^ pN l ft i i t dM^ paet, belflir" 

those published at mid-season (tba ^ 
first of the year) and In tl^i ^■ 
the season's end* i 



CINCINNATI T 

Grand— "Ben Hur" (fourth week). 
ShubeK— Earl CarroU'd "Yaa- 

itlea." 

Cox — National Players (stock)* 
KejtK'a— Vaudeville and flloid. i 
Pd l a d d "Blue Bagle" anS Wliid / 

ville. 

Empreaa— "Hpeetl Girls of l»2d* 
(Mutual). 

Olympic-^MolUe WiUiama (€•• 
lumbla). . 

Lyric— "Stella Dallas.** 

Capitol— "Campud Flirt." 

Walnat— "So'd Tear Old Mtm/^ ' 



lit r>%. 



"Ben Ilur" concludes its run bdva 
this week, even though tba fUm IS^ 

drawing near capacity. 

The Earl Carroll ahow, with Joa 
Cook and Loa Holts, came to tha 

Shubert against the wishes of City 
Manager Sherrlll, whose objection 
was founded on criticism « from 
other cities. To finish out the week 
in this city the attraction will have 
to Yits clean, for Rherrlll had indi- 
cated that objpcllftnnblc blta. ,fl^ 
cause the bouse to be closed. " ; 



"Abie's Irish Rose" did a good 
^business at the Shubert last weel^ 
WdM *^he Cat and Canary" at tlM 
Olympic and the "Step Lively Qlrls^ 
at the Km press. In, the last named 
littractionff Michel arid Antler pgfr 
sent a chorus that' fvr youth and 

looks is about the a«5e In burlesque^ 

..^1 ■ < ■ ^ 

The Elk a' Fadhion Show, offered 
thrice daily last week at Music HaU. 
attrncted fair afternoon and good 
ni^ht p;» t rori.'ifr*'. With a local de- 
partment store tie-up and adrer* 
tlS<kd as presenting $100,000 wortb 
i>f gowns and furs. The show of- 
fered seventeen New York modela 
and Ave vaudeville ^cts. 

■ i ' ■ 

0. K. Wee, ^rmer road producer, 
hfls given up thentrlral busineddfdr 

a commercial enterprise. 



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November-Baker Hotel Dallas I f C 



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VOL. LXXXV. No. 4 



NEW YORK CITY. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1926 



56 PAGES 



RADIO 




SHOW BUSINESS 



COUNIRY F(M DON! WANT DDir 
lUVa STOCK MANAGERS FIND 



r Mystery Farces and MdUers Only Go cm 'Road^ 
Risque Stuff Costs Family Trade--Churck People 
e Business Away — 'Dirt' Hurts for Weeks 



Mysterr faroM and BMlod: 

•cllpsiiMr rlBQue and "dlrC* 
laow** bills in stock this season. 

Mystery pieces are in greater de- 
MBd. They are reported about the 
9idr relesM actually ShoHriiMr 
tnms at the box office. 
' Tlie trend In stock Is an indi- 
cator tiM road is not a good mar* 
INI for tba *^ plays." Plajr bra- 

|6o9tl&iied OB psco tl> 

$2,000-1,800 WIRES 
AND CANTOR^TLUGGED' 

Bddia Cantor's reaction on his 

broadcastingr at the rate of $100 per 
minute Is the usual conclusion of 
any **name'* that makes an impres- 
alOB with aa avdIOBoe of 4.000.000 

or more people, an aggresrate at- 
tendance the same performer would 
take years to play before. 
. CsAtor received over 1,800 wires 

from localities west of Chicago 
alone, exclusive of the huge eastern 

(Continued on page 25) 



BENNEn S CREOLES' 
IN POUCE CENSORSHIP 



San Francisco, Nov. f. 
Corporal Peter Peshon, local po- 
lice censor, dropped aroubd at the 
Wilkes last week to get % load of 
•'Creoles.- the new Richard Bennett 
show. After the performance he 
Aotifled Dean Morley. the manager, 
that the show violated any number 
at ordinancee designed to protect 
(Continued on page SO) 



Absntke House, 176 Yra 
Old, Padlocked ID N. 0. 



New Orleans, Nov. S. 
The Old Absinthe House, long the 
most famous dunking place in the 

United States, has been padlocked. 

The historic cafe where the pirate, 
Jean Lafltte. drank his trap 



RECORDING RADIO 
FOIbPOSTERrn 



Broadcasting history is be- 
ing made with every weekly 
"send" by the Dueber Hamp- 
ton Watohmakers from WJZ 
Wednesday evenlners. 
^ SUnultaneous with each of 
these radio concerts another 
mlorophono, la a separate stu- 
dio, is electrically recording 
phonograph disks of the num- 
bers, this wax record being to 
preserve for posterity the type 
of radio program in vogue 
during 1920. 

Two wax records are used 
and alterfiated as each num- 
ber la "canned," a blank being 
always in place to pick up 
everything. 



INJZ-WEliF TIL-UP tWROALIZED REUQON' AS 

INIIL TAKE OP NONJUEATRKAL 

MARE NAMES' Advertisement in Minneapolis DaiUes by Wesl^ 

Cfcurch R e p i ^ dn eed ^ Pangetmis Girls^ Head- 
lines Ciiurdi> 3updwaBar^ 



Figures $1^00,000 

for. 22 to 28 Sution 
Bookings at $600 For 
Hour For Station Charge 
on a Foiir-H^«r Nigbtljr 
Basis Opposite Fro- 




^ pe 

iatcadia Ream received inspira- 
tioB for his literary gems, was 
placed under the baa by Judge 

l^uU H. Burns. 

The Old Absinthe House has stood 
^ the comer of Bourbon and 

Bienville streets for 176 years, a 
Ttounf at which the world quaffed. 



s^ and 



MARY AND DOUG 
TO DO COMEDY 



Los Angeles. Nor. 0. 

Indications are that Douglas 
Fairbanks and Mary Pickford may 
co-star in a comedy as their first 
pletura since returning from abroad. 

The couple have been working on 
a number of stories of late which 
would prove to the mutual benefit 
of both, and it is likely that Sam 
Taylor, who recently left Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer, will be slgnod by 
Miss Pickford to direct the picture. 

Tim Whelan. a M-O-M gagmaa. 
who worked with the Harold Lloyd 
studio, will probably come over to 
the Fairbanks- Pickford organiza- 
tion to either do the double starring 
vehicle story with Douj? and Mary 
or a single picture, in which Miss 
Pickford will be starred for United 
Artists. This providlag she doss aat 
work with her husband. 

It would mark the first time the 
famed pair have ever appeared to- 
gether on the scfseC 



Stations SI 



RADIO NOM OE PUIMES 



Radiol p r sss w t'day pragl^ It 

ee m^antova that aMll nw a4 

vaneemsfit msrits iti>isalna Wl 

biogett stsp so far in tha history of 
broadcasting will occur Jsn. 1, 
when tha merged WJZ-WEAF ns- 
tionai haak«tfp of atatMi ivill as- 
sume g s i iMiiia ihawmMiir grs g ar 
tions. 

For the first time an attempt at 
program co-ordination and proper 
running order will be formulated. 

This is something which has been 
deplored by the critical observers of 
radio ever since broadcasting be- 

(Contlnued on page 12) 



NifirtCliibs 



A complete reversal of busi- 
ness conditions is at present la 
•vidanea at tiM al«M M«ba 
within Times Squaia^ 

Most of them are tottering 
through the thin tradew It Is 
aaeottnted for by the widely 
spresidlng opposition In a con- 
gested district, also high dining 
chedu and recent adverse 
|»ubUelty through stIA-tips. 

If trade doesn't shortly Im- 
prove most of the night clubs 
won> have to be watched 

ivlMi |ba S Sr m. fMag 



3 IbtMP BANDS IN SHOWS 

Three ''name" bands will be In 
Broadway Mmwb this Wlater. 

Paul Whlteman's Dillingham con- 
tract Is already a^Hured. Vincent 
Lopes is now slated for the new L. 
Lawrence Weber • Sam Bernard 
show, and Ben Pemle Is to double 
from the Hotel Roosevelt this win- 
ter Into a musical. ■ 




Op«e 

St4S 



DM6EB0US filRLS 

TfrH Is AnMrieas iriM*'srrU«. 
Onst CresriU AtUoS TImm S«r*icMb 



Jimmy Walker ao Elk 

Mayor Jimmy Walker became an 

Elk Sunday evening. 

He was Inducted into the order 
through No. 1, New York. 

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FEATURES! 

Orgta SacHia f in. 



Lois Madalyn Behnke. Six Year OM 
Wonder CMld Prodigy ti " 
Leader Interpretstions. 

UttM Brown Charch Reprodaced. 

Mais Quartet will Sing this. Fai 



Special StreSt Car Service at aose s< 
Sorricaa ta Accawtdita tlM Oawitaw 

The Big Chsreb (2.tM>0 8eaU> with thd 
Big Progrkm Where Yea Feel at 
Hamw 



Minneapolis. Nov. f. 
**Commeroiai religion as non-the^ 
Hoal oppoaltioa'' Is the descriptloa 
giTsa la taa posltloa of the West- 
Isy Chttrdi (af tka Lighted Cross), 

wtta nr. Itaal^ Roberta Itg 

pastor. 

In the dallies for Sunday ap« 
peere d an advertisement by tha 
(Continued on page 8t) 

KATHRYN RAY IN BED; 
OPERATION UKEY 



Kathryn Ray. the revue beauty, 
is again abed, suffering from an 
intemaa Injury aa tha reault oC 

the beating alleged to have been 
given her by Oeorgle I*rloe weoke 
ago in the apartment of Norma 
Terris. Both actresses were In "A 
Night In rnrls" and the assault 
followed a party aboard a liner tied 
up at a Hudson River pier. 

Miss Ray quietly left the Roose« 
volt hotel to escape reportorlal nt- 
tentlon. It was authoritatively 
stated early this week that unless 
physicians are successful in stop- 
ping the Internal hemorrhage, Phe 
would be r(}moved to a hospital lor 
an operatlbh. 

It was also made ckar that Miss 
Ray's beauty will not be tnarred. 
Uer broken nose had practically 
knitted and t)ia facial discok>ra» 
tions have disappeared. 

The pll^?ht of Price Is In nowine 
changed. He faces a damage action 
(OontlBiMd oa pag« SB) 



3 Night Clubs in One 

Bldg.; Zieggy's' Roof 

Three supper clubs will operate 
within one building when the new 
Zlegfeld theatre oa S4th street and 
Sixth avenue opens New Tear's eve. 
One will be Zleggy's own roof, an 
attempt to revive the midnight 
Frolle Idea, as when the New Am* 
iUerdam roof was the centra ol 
things, years back. . 



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lftlttA.NI.- SriRITUAL PATRIOTISM' 



MiuMapolM CkuNh AdvertiMOMnt 




ICARN TO SAV 



BROOKS*' 



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VARIETTS LONDON OFf ICE 



FOREIGN 



SOUTH AFRHIA 



CAIV ADDiUSSS, VAMBIT, LO^ ^ 



Cap* Town, Oct 1. 
Th* LoBdoB artteti. Dtnnls N«ll- 
•on-Terry, Mary Glynne and Coy. 
opened at the Opera House Sept 14 
for a return Tlsit starring **Tbe Cat 
and the Canary," under direction 
African Thaatrea, Ltd. Bualnese 



The Tlvolf, with varied chansres 
af full vaudeville and blo-vaudeville, 
Ui well patronized. The theatre is 
amall, with a capacity of about 760. 

Week Sept. 15: Jack LAne, Eng- 
lish comedian. Hia last yisit here 
was SO years ago. Dawn Staters ; 
Three Little Maids; featura film, 
'Vn the Stroke of Three." 

Edw^ard Jose and Arthur De Jong 
. iMiya opened offices here, with adver- 
tiMmants that they repreaent Unit- 
ad Artists. Announcement was made 
that '"Thp Black Pirate" would have 
the first aeireaiiliiir In the City Hall. 
Then began the battle, with African 
Theatres on the warpath. A deluge 
of Fairbanks ^ietwea ifara teratBcd 

JOHANNESBURG 
At His Majesty's Theatre, under 
direction of African Theatres, Led., 
the 1926 Comedy Co. attracting good 
business with "A Cuekoo in the 
Nest" The play Is produced by 
George S. Wray, who toured South 
AMsB Willi tha ICaodona Playara. 

'Mercenary Mary" is getting ca- 
pacity at the Empire Palace, with big 
advance booking. Irene Shamrock, 
in the lead, gets over; Gerardo and 
Enid Adair do nlcaly with dancing; 
PhU and Phlora. good, and Kitty 
XmsoB wins favor; Horace Kenney 
and Hal Collinh also excellent 

The chorus is undoubtedly the best 
aeen out here In years. The pro- 
ducer, Philip D. Levard, haa tamed 

Nathan Isaacoviteh, Jewish actor, 
and company doing excellent busi- 
ness at the Standard theatre with 
Jewish plays, under dlrtalloa - AfH- 

MB Thaatraai Ltd, 

Orpheum (African Theatres, Ltd.). 
Business satisfactory. Week Sept. 
1: Ross and Jerome, Keith Wilbur, 
picturea. Week Sept I: Fred Lake 
and Partner, Three Nioolettea plc- 
tarta. WaU Sept IS: Herschel 
Wm^tm% ptatOTML 

' Virpilchore^ dancer, arrives Not. 



21, under oontraet to AfHoan T1iaa4 

tres. 

Bert Ralton and his Havana band 
d«ia «apt M f»r tha 



Donald Sutherland. S7, was recent- 
ly sentenced to death for the mur- 
der of his 20 -year-old wife by stran- 
gulation. 

Giving evidence In his defense, the 
accused stated that he and hia wife 
saw a film depicting a aiitelda. and 
she remarked: *'I wonder if we will 
do this?" She was o| a morbid na- 
tnra. On their return to their roonka 
they decided to commit suicide. He 
went out and on his return found 
his wlfa dead on the floor with a 
strap around her neck. He drank 
poison, but recoyared and five him- 
self np. 



Effle Feflowes, boy lmi>ersonator. 
will shortly arrive under eonUract to 
AMean Thaatrai. 



"La Revue de la Danse,** per- 
formed by Vera Tamarowaka. Iris 
Delysla, Leonid Stroganoff and Al- 
fred Stroganoff. Is due this month 
for African Theatres, also M'Xita 
Dolorat, tha Founc aetreas. 



Poppins Saloman. dancing teacher, 
has been engaged to join Pavlowa's 
ballet for the EXiropean tour. She 
leaves Johannesburg this month. 



NATAL 
(Diirhan) 

Theatre Royai closed. 

The Criterion, one and only blo- 
vaudevilla theatre, well patronized. 
Week Aug. 25: Jack Lane, good; 
Dawn Sisters, clever; Three Nicol- 
letos, stnart; picturea. Watfc Sept. 
1: Herschel Henlere, varj big; Cyril 
Shields, well racalvad: pictures. 
Week 8apt •: Scotch KeUy, good; 
Musical Astleys, talented; Day and 
Dawna, neat; picturea. Week Sept 
IB: Tax MeLeod, alavar; Sdna 
Maude, Dorothy BrawB% Vpod; ple- 
tures. 



The new dnema, the Prlaee a ^ aaa- 
tralM hy African Thaatria* aeata 



Guy Bates Post Dorothj Brun- 
ton and Co. will arrive frohi Aus- 
tralia and open Sept 27 at Scott's 
theatre, Marltsburg (Natal), with 
"The Masquerader,** VBdar dlraoUon 
African Theatres. 



London, England 

THEATRE 
FOR SALE 



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MNTONS 



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HE Comedy Theatra 
Pantoii Str^ Hmf* 
mmrlMf LondoB» 8. 
W. 1, Me of the 
leadiot WmI End 
plasrbmuMy will be 
offered to auctioii. 



Freehold on November 25th, nextt anleM 

firevioutly gold 

The Freehold offers s^lt^dged security now 
and all the future value of the Revenion. 
whkh will give a very greatly enhanced in- 
vestment or the advantage of the first control- 
ling interest in a leading West End Theatre. 

A nominal income of 

PER £1,140 ANN. 

la now racalvable. being the Ground Rent reserved 
BBdar a.fnll Repairing I^ease granted In 1880, expiring 
hi S4 years' time. 

Til* Cora«d7 la In tha heart of Theatreland on a sit* of rar»~ 
OTOB enlqao — •vltablllty for a theatre, only Itf yarda from 
PlocaatUjr-olreua end noar nelrhbor of heit • aoMB ether 
Isediag thoatrea which aurroand It withia e redlvs of 10* 
yepriSi The halldlns haa three frontagss totalllsa ITV t—K 
aad esTirf aiioai t.^ severe feet of land that Is tremeaaoee^ 
Ijr kap s it ia t , ivdged trea» its general Cjommereisl veins aleae. 

' iallafitaMi MaMra. BAflTLCTT A aLUCKfTCIN 

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Particulars and conditions of sale may be had 
an application to the Auctioneers. Messrs. 

ft^tUl^'^' PARKER, MAY A ROWDtN 
- iff Macrddx,8ireat, London, W«l. . 




BARRIE OLIVER 

"LONDON'S BOY FRIEND" 

*7erpslchore has had more than 
nngar In tha natnrallaatlon of 
thla lYench musical farce; and 
again her principal minis trajat is an 
American. 

Mr. Barrle Oliver takes his cue 
from the tom-tom and his rhythms 
from the jungle. He began by re- 
minding us of the Aatairo brother; 
and though the comparison was by 
no means odious, he quickly en- 
abled na to forgot It Ha la man 
enough to dance on his own feet, 
and comedian enough to delight us 
whlla doing .so. Tha Charlaston he 
dances on a table Is a brilliant solo 
that more than azplaina ^a unault- 
abllltjr of thla Mohlati daaea ta the 
ballroom. 

*^hla young eomadlan la Invalua- 
bla to a ahow.** 

OUTMOK, 4EM9t 11. 



DANCING ABKOAD 



FMrla. Oat tl. 
Mary and Christiana Quy will in- 
troduce the "Black Bottom" dance 
at tha Champa Elysaea mualo hall. 
It waa first playad te Maoa by 
Aaronoon'a band, and since taken 
for tha Harry Pilcer'a first ad 
flnala In tha preaant ravua at the 



Barl Leslie, holiday making at 
Cauterati^ in the Pyrenees, where 
Mmei Mlatlnguett is also staying, ts 
azpaetad ba«k at tha MwHii Honge 
and of October. 

Maurice Chevalier, with his part- 
ner, Tvanna Yallee, at the Alham- 
bra, Qm^nm <0wlta«lasidlf. 

Sebaatlaa and Miss Nord. after 
the Palermo, Madrid (Spain), are 
at the Muntdpal Casino, La Baule 

Mary Titus, remarked in '*Mer 
cenary Mary" in London, has joined 
the French version of "Nanette,'^ at 
tha Theatre Mogador, Parla. 

Ranee Devilder aaii Mma. 
hama, Italian dancer, will be in 
tha winter rerua at tha Cashno de 
Parla.- 

Sebaatlaa and Mlsa HM, aHm^ a 

month at the Florida here, are 
dancing at the Cafe de Paris. They 
migrate to Monta Carlo in Decern 
b«r and win peiftMi asi tha Ke 
gresco, Nlc«k prior to returning to 
Kaw York early In the new year 
Billy Bradford and Marion Ham- 
ilton, ara atanad at tlM aaw Apollo 
theatre restaurant, and will also be 
featured at the Florida eabaret 
Ukawlae under the management of 




Ches Chase has been topping the 
bill at the Ehnpira (mnala haV) for 
^bm paat month. 

Lola ManaeU Ii Hia iMtM act 
at the Champs 
for November. 

Barl Leslie has commenced re- 
haarrtag far tha aaw Moolia Ronga 
revua with Mme. Mlstlnguett. Ran- 
dan, the Bhigllsh dancer-comedian, 
Mmea. Cesbran-Norbens and Marthe 
» ha hi tha Ahaw. 



SAILINGS 

Nov. It (New York to Paris) Arch 
Salwya, Gaaria Whlto^ Law Brown 
(Faria). 

Nov. It (Paris to New York). 
CecUo Soral and her husband. Count 
Oegm (Berangaria). 

Not. 10 (London to New York). 
Sir Alfred Butt, Clara Kimball 
Young, Louisa White (MajasUc). 

NaT. • (London to Naw Tarti). 
•as RohBMf (FMeoBia)* 



IhSmS" BROADWAY CllIDE 



. paopla at well at laymeik thla Quide to general amusementa 

In New York will be published weekly In response to repeated reqiiMtit 

Varifi^ lands tha judgment of ito expert guidanoe In tha variaua dn* 
tarlaiamant danatad. 

No elight or blight Is Intended for those uhmentfoned. Ttid llatt ara 
af Variety'a aompiiation only and as a handy reference. n 

n may la^ tha aiit-af*tawnar aa i tlm* iaVer in seleotlon. 

PLAY8 ON BROADWAY 

Currant Broadway legitimata attraetiana ara aomplataly listed end 
aammanted upan weakly m Variety under the haadingi ^8hows end 
Comment." 

in that department, both in the comment and tha actual smount of 
tha aroaa raaalpta af aaah ehow will ba faund tha naoecaary information 
aa la tha mafl aaeaaaafiil plays, alaa tha ocala af amMNi iliiitid^ 

SPECIAL PICTURti. . . . ' • , , r-;; 'r.';' 
"Beau Geste** (Criterion). War type. j 
"Big Parade" (Astor). War type with plentiful comedy. | 
aggnH^t Letter" (Central). Dramatic. Lillian Gish. tear-jerker. ' 
"Sorrows of Satan" (CoTiaii). Dramatic. D. W. Qrifflth production.' 
Vitaphona (Colony and Warner's). "The Better Ole." comedy fihn^ 



addad at Colony; "Don Juan." romantlo picture at Warner's. 



OF WBEK 



BEST NEW FEATURE 
Capitol— "Bardelya the Magnificent. j , v-t 
Rialta--Bverybody'a Aetlng." : / ^ C , . 

Rivoli— "We're In the Nayy NPHi^ V : ' 1 V v - . : - 
Stnind— "Forever After." . 

NIGHT CLUBS 
(Hotsy-Totsy or "Sawdust" Cabarets) 
Avaton Club» |2 and $8 couvert, the latter on week-ends. Ltralleat 
around t a. m. and thereafter, (jkiod floor show. Cozy and IntiaMla. 

The Black Bottom Club is an education. Hot! And how! Harlem 
transplanted to Broadway. Must be known to get in. No couvert; ovary 
thing reasonable. - ■'■ 

Dover Club* "Those thraa boys," Jlmmie Durante. Eddie Jackson and 
Lou Clayton. Enough for the "wise" mob. Couvert $2. Always lively. . 

Texas Guinsn's 3(X> Club, |3 couvert. Rates as "human mvsanm.^ 
Celebs rub shoulders with everybody. 

Smatre Paradise, Harlem "black and tan." The show-plaoa 
of Harlem's mixed cafes. Quite the thing with the dress crowd 'for 
wind*-up spot and thrill. Whites and blacks rub shoulders and Celestials 
dance with either race. Very hotsy-totsy and reasonable. Lota ot 
atmosphere. May encounter your colored maid, porter or chauffeur at tha 
next table, but race, color or previous condition of servitude doesn't count. 

The Nest, Hoofers' Club and Club BamvTlle, all Harlem "black and 
tans," also with atmosphere and novelty, unlike the regulatioan colorfil 
g na h i In Barlaill for strictly white trade. ! ^ 

"POPULAR" TYPE CAFES j J, 
Substantial type of night club, Siving customers a g#i<loflr Aaw 
12 or ft aomrart, tha laHit fat itetiirtlai^- 00K$m • 
scale. --■•'..V 
Vincent Lopez at Casa Lopes. 

Anatole Friedland, songwriter-master of ceremonies heads at Club 
Anatole. Scale |3 and |4. attempting to ha apmewhat ''^lauMy/' hut 
actually drawing "popular" type patronage. 

The Parody Club is inclined to ba hotsy-totsy. depending on evening 
and attendance. That condition goes similarly for the Parody Club, 
Evergli|des and Tommy Quinsn's Playground. All standards mmong 
night life plaeea. • ^ 

Club Barney, on West 3d street, is Broadway brought to Qreenwich 
Village. Nothing parti^cularly Bohemian but alleged atmosplvi^ of tha 
locale. Connie's Inn and" th« Cotton Club are Harlem inatitu^lohs un- 
like the ianaiBaBaM af .Miai'il^ala^ tw^. 
uptown. r 

"CLASS" NIGHT CLUBS 

For the dreas-ups. Not that dinner jacket is open sesame. If they 
need you badly enough, you can come in overalls provi^ng you look 
like a b. r. But with the winter season, the Lido, Montmarti^, Mirador, 
Club Richman and Rendezvous more or less high-hat sp6ta. Not oo 
much the last two but the climbers and the actuals play tha Lido, 
Montmartre and Mlrador. 

A trio of new entrants Includes the last gasp in ultra night dubs* 
Roger Wolfe Kahn's Le Perroquet de Paris (former Giro's); |5 couvert. 
Be sure to make It. 

Chez Fysher (former Plantation) has A. Nilflon Fyshar and CKllIll*. 
GulUi, fakir, who sits at tables. $3 and |4. 

•KILL TIME" SPOTS > 

Recommended for those with several or many minutes handmp hoa^y 
in between dates, are Hubert's Museum on West 42d street. 

Two distinctive public ballrooms ara the Arcadia and RoselaiM^ til 
Broadway at 63d and 61st street, respectively^ whara iraflaad Smfal 
demeanor distinguishes these from others. * 

For a alant at hotsy-totsy stepping by the adolescents are the Tf lait ti i i 
OrphflMl Shd Paradise, situated 46th to 48th streets, on 9^roMlNt|!'f 

RECOMMENDED DISK RECORDS 

Recommended fMr thatt^ dlaClMtloa to Maerdtojr «ad typa iiva tha M* 
lowing sextet: 

Vocalion No. 15412 — Harry Richman's version of his two song hits to 
•♦Scandals": "Birth of the Blues" and •*Lucky Day.** 

Brunswick No. 3316 — Abe Lyman's dance recording of two immortal 
•^lues," ancient and honorable "St. Louis Blues" in a manner that lenda 
nuance to the W. C. Handy classic. Revaraa la ana aC ttia lalttat, ito» 
zlingest numbers extant, "12 8t. Rag." 

Edison No. 61883 — Two Felix Arndt compositions, perennial "Nola** 
and aQvaBy novel ditty, "Marionette,** done as banjo solos by Brato 
Anderson. Jacob Louis Merkur accompanies at piano. Very lively. 

Perfect No. 1228 — They'll be talking a^out Willard Robison soon a* 
they did when JTJkele Ike" ClifT Eklwards first came upon the disk 
horizon. Robinson is a Paul Whiteman "find" whose unique style of 
Indigo warbling is best demonstrated by a session with this couplet of 
"Birth of the Blues." and his own *D«ap Rhrar Blnaa." 

Brunswick No. 3178 — For a time orgran solos on phonograph were un- 
heard of. They were hard to record before the new electrical processes 
came Into existence. Here's a gem by a master of the console, the lata 
John Priest, who held forth on Broadway, at the Colaay thMMMht ^^Rfao|l« 
ing for the Mocn" and "Tell Me You Love Me.** 

Victor No. 20231 — Barraga of *^oneymooiir Lane** music. Eddie Doi 
ling-Jimmy Hanley score unusually verdant according to this disk. On 
one side, Nat Shllkret offers "Half a Moon" with Johnny Marvin uka- 
▼oealiaing chorus. Reverse has Roger Wolfe Kahh wittUfMa d| #Mtot 
nedlay to "Jeraay Walk" and "Little White House.- ' r 

NEW POP SONGS OF MERIT 

*'Just ■ Bird's Eye View of My Old Kentucky Home"— Walter Donald- 
■on-Gus Kahn novelty matches up with this hit duo's past performances. 

'*Blame It On the Waltz"— New walta by Alfred Solman, Gus Kahn's 
IjMc. potential hit. 

•"That Night In Araby"— Ted Snyder's novelty, with Billy Rose lyric 

"Looking At the World Through Roee-Colored Glasses'* — Optimifltlo 
Chicago song hit that possoMat winaoal Isrrto. 

"In a Littia llardan"— Foz*trot ballad and popular dance faTarlta. 



Representativa in PARIS: 

ED. a KENDREW 

66 bie. Rue Saint- Didier 



BOOZE PRICES LOW; 
BAIL CUT DOWN TOO 



Chicago, Nov. f. 
Prices of llanor to Wlaconsta 

have fallen so low bootleggers are 
finding it difficult to raise bail when 
apprehended for violating the Great 



Vl'cedom Act. 

John Bailis of Cudahy, Wis., ex- 
plained this to U. S. CommlRaioner 
Kellogg in Milwaukee when held in 
$600 ball for aparattas aa micit 

liquor still. 

Not to embarr.ass the lepiarer, the 
court reduced the bail to $300. 



iat 




WILLIAM MORRIS 



WM. aiOBBIS. A 

IMO Iraadway, Naw Vark 



TIffi TniFR SfHOOLS 



OF DANCINQ ' 

Leicester House, 
10-11 Great Newport St« 
LONDON, W. C. 2 
THeirraphte AddreM: _ 
TIPTOES WBSTBANI) LONDON 

Director, Mra. John 



Wednesday, November 10, 1926 



FOREIGN 



VARIETY 



LONDON AS IT LOOKS 

Bf HANNEN SWAPPER 



jjMliMr ttafe bMte te.tai trouble this tims BsbH Tsvbsf. slsspto 

"ffl^lKtlg Dutchaun^Who came to Ix>ndon and embraced the Idea of maklnc 
th« Osi«t7 thsstrs a homa of light opera. I beU0T# I said la thass polumai^ 
■lOBths ago, that ha was tookinff for troubla. 

' *R SMM soddanly tha ethar darirhaa *1joiw AMUT sisjppsd aflsr 4Mtt 

Hollara had been lost 

liata at night, a 12,600 bank note^ waa produced to pay salaries, but this 
tSQld act ba cashed, although Geoiva McLellan, playing the good 
Wtsoil an tha moaay ha eould ta sss tha maiiacaaiaat out. 



Backers, Baekera, Backara ^ 

TlM Shuberta are Inyolved In the sense that one of their theatres 
rented for five yeara. Artists will probably loss money, becauaa the 
principals wars gaaraataad six waakaP work. 

/^t^ow, suddenly Mr. Taunay says that hia nama was pat oa tha Mils: 

without hla permission and that he is not liable. 

Oh backers, backers, why don't you keep your money in your po<dciAs? 
yhar ooBM to LeadoB from all parts of tha aarth. 

A dSirer Hussiaa business man told me, early tha other morning,, as 
wo passed the Comedy theatre, "I backed a Cochran show In that tha- 
atra and lost money. I have backed other Cochran shows. I hava never 
baekad a show that mada ma a prollt, "Why do I do ItT I do aot kaom" 

I cannot understand why managers with enough faith in their ventures 
to stage them do not believe in them sufflciantly to llad tha money 
thamselves. They do in the grocery trade. 

Bit Talk About the Albert Hall 

Speaking of Cochran reminds me that, according to this optimistic 
showman, the Albert Hall will stage, in the near future^ X.Qndon'a great- 
aat cabaret with four bands, a Martin Hanray production of tha *'Oadlpus 
IM«» kind, Sybil Thsmdlka In a religious play, att« MMft X^ralao In 

^enry V." 

I Shan ba very Inierasted to see if these productions if they ever take 

^iace.^;..;,' _ 

^, "Beautiea" Walk Rround and Round 

• Cochran fs cross with me now because I said that, at the Albert Hall 
ball, where so-caUed beauties paraded for the benefit of Hal fichulman, 
Hal Sherman-^SohulmaB, fR|orman, Showman saams a happy oomblna- 
'^on — some Of tha glrlS wars poorly dressed. 

I do not know why Mr. Cochran objects. It was not his show. I sup- 
pose it is that, as newly appointed manager of the Royal Albert Hall, 
hajttals thisl Iks Prteos Consort's memory kSs bssft sUfhtsd by — 
Ira&kness. 

The truth la that the ball, for which only a few hundred tlcketa ware 
sold, was a terrible fiasco, and that hundreda of poor deluded girls Ware 
kept up all night to porado la a mora dagra^ag j iBO B|ls s llg |han I ra- 

'%nember. 

I Fortunately, Queen Victoria waa not there. 

I ! Prise flghU are bad enough for auch a hall but bunk, compatttlOBs 
Jor poor sarvaat girls who want to act oa tho- s e r os a Bj il i t Is tha llasill 




Doria Keane Back in "Romance* 

Doris Keane is back in ''Romance** and John Barrymore in 



a flha. 



WILL MAHONEY 

Archie Bell last week in the Cleve- 
land Newa aald: "WUl Mahonay 
would add to pereant to moat ravuaa 

I have witnessed during the year 
1025-1026, and I don't expect to find 
his equal In a ravua of 10M-10S7. 
Mahoney is so clever, the audience 
recalled him so many times it looked 
though he'd ba obliged to give 
tha whola Show." 

Direction: 

RALPH Q. FARNUM 
Edw. 8. Keller Ollloa 

'QUEEN HIGH' LIKEDr~ 

Butt's Muaical Production No 
Smash— Comedy With \lth 
icnowns Real Success 

ZiOndoa, Nor. t> 
Sir Alfred Butt's English yaraion 
of "Queen High** (American) oi;>ened 
at tha Queen's last week, drawing 
cordial raeaptloB. and fsTorabla 
reviews, tt doas aot look liks a 
"smash.** 

The local players of this American 
musical comprlsa Joseph Cbyaa, 
A. W. Baskcomb, Anita EHson, Son- 
nia Hale, Haddon Mason, Phyllis 
Povah, Hermlona Baddslaj and 
Stephanie Stephens. Bdgar Mac- 



PRESIDENrS RELATIVES 
VISII WHRC HOUSE 



Not. t. 

PrasMant Coolldga has placed hla 
approval, at leaat ao it is inter- 
preted here, on the tour of his rela- 
tivaa and neighbors from Plymouth, 
vt. aa a ataga attraetloa la tha 
picture houses. 

This waa accomplished by the 
simple azpedlaat aa tha part of <tha 
President of inviting them all to 
the Whils Hoiiss yaotardajr (Moa- 
day). 

Howavar, tha InTlUUoa did aot 
come until close to 48 hours after 
the arrival of the group, with the 
result that tha Preaident's unda, 
Joha Wilder, told newspaperman 
that he wasnt In the habit of forc- 
ing himself on any one; that he 
realized the poaition of hia nephew, 
but still— had hoped, as thay were 
such a long ways from home, that 
an invitation would be forthcoming. 
Ha aald ha would go If tha latrl- 
tatloa came through. 

From the publicity an^le this waa 
all very good for tha Palaoa 
(Loew's pictures), whara tha aid- 
time orchestra ta appearing cur- 
rently, while the belated arrival of 
tha invitation broufht another 



Sklward Sheldon, lying paralyzed in his New York aporlmant, seat a ^ ^ 

JMM^ cabla to Doris, a^ all santlmentallxed again over a play which [Gregor (American) staged the show, 
la much better than all this Tchekov tripe and Noel Coward nonsenae. 
At least, it doea not pretend. Doris and Owen Narea gave fine perform- 
ances. And Doris got a magnificent reception. 

' for Joha Barrymora^ his film "Don Juan** proved such an attraa- 
Moa that I saw tha Duchess of Rutland tqriilS ts flotas hsr jpiodast aad 

i^lalnly-dressed way through a crowd. ^ . .i„.__. 

I cannot understand the films. Fancy wasting BsrryaiOfafS arnuaat 
kifts and so aiaih beauty and splendor on a story of such unparalleled 
lechery. It la one Ions parade of lust, unlllumlned by one dlgnifled 
thought or decent niotlve, and it has about aa much to do with Don Juan 
Us it hiui with Diamond Jim Brady. ^ ^ 

I wonder whaa yoa Americana wiU understand that, by making films 
iBta this, you are poisoning the minds of half the young people in ^e 
world. You are holding yourselves up to aU the derision of all the 
aolorad races, who take you at your own valuatiaili 

Tha Powar of the Frets 

To give you an idea of tha way some theatrical managera fear some 



Another premiera was *7anow- 
sands," at tha Haymarkat Noth- 
ing much was aacpaetad from this 
comedy possessing a cast of un- 
knowns, but it Is a well acted pra- 
sentatloB aad looks llks a Mg sno- 
cesa 

Eden Phillpott la the author of 
this piece which seams to ba a eroas 
bstwaaii *^a Farmsr^s Wttif* aad 
'*BuatF PbUs tha 8trli«a* 



Cedle SmtcI's nrapi 



KOT. • 

Cecils Sorel will sail for New 
York on tha ''Berengaria* Not. IS 

hewspaplrs 7n ^^^^i^^d^i n^eroW's^J ThaTone^anaiemant is j^w I ^ tha MSgaa Ms H la the 

afraid to sack an ^stress in a Londoa musical Comedy because they fw I historical »ab.s«^ m^ ^ ,m». 



the propertlaa 
production which tha 



for the 



tha win ^^^aTilSii^ n^^V^ millioiialra aad that thay wiuidu^i *' 
Hoae his publicity, ^. ^ . ' ' 

George ^fj^^VW^: toxSSmSuSHo^sS, "mplaining | resa will tal^e with her is Ddbarry-s 

over newspapers. Ha haaonly^^ together with manrothar 

that thay hayjat ^ tha ^if tWi SOltWpa xor aa ^^^^^^ furnltura •« historic 

editors to ^eg his pardon. _[ — — — I interest. 

Mma. SoreTB hoabaad. Count 
Segur, will pla:' a email part In the 
pieces taking tha ataga aama ot X>a 



BOY PLAYWRIGHT HERB 

Ben W. Levy, youthful English 
iplaywright, arrived from London tO 
supervise produetioa of hia play, 
•The Woman Business," being 
given American production by Dr. 
Irais Sunshina. • ' . - 

fhlBShllia has previously figured 
la the legit production field 
through having adapted and pro- 
"I O. U. Ona WoflM." 



T 



nCCADILLYIOm 



THE KIT-CAT CLDB 

LONDON 

Featuring the World'a Qraateat 
Artistes 

A. J. CLARKE 

S«to Amtrtcaa RepreacntaUve 
ASTOR HOTEL* 
Now York OHy 



Colored Said Itefnttil 



lUnUen' widi Ssbdititei 



Xjoadoa. Not. 

Charles Qulllver, Sir FraderlOk 
Eley and Henry Shorak are due 
back Nov. It, sailing from New 
York oa tha X^aylathsa Nor. It. 

It is reported that Gulliver 
been negotiating with Philip Good- 
man in regard to bringing over "The 
ambUrs," with Clark aad MoCal- 
lough aad Marie Saxon. 

If the starred trio cannot D&ake 
the trip, it la reported Gulliver will 
seek Sheltoa aad Tyler, tha tetter 
team having been groomed to suc- 
ceed Clark and llcCullough in 
"Chuckles,** on Columbia burlesque 
wheel oa your sida. Who win take 
If las Saxon's lead role probably will 
be decided amoac tha fingUsh ia* 



AMERICANIZDiG BY FHH 



Washington, Nov. t. 
Tha Hays organization had Secre- 
tary oC Iiabor Daris oa hand in New 
Tork for tha lauaehing o( tho plan 
to Americanise isMalgraatS Tia ssa- 
tion pictures. 

Tha nailed States Linaa, in aa- 
operatloa with Mr. Hays, ia going 
to Show esiMcially produced pictures 
for this purpose on its boata for 
steerage paaaengers during tha voy- 



PARIS UTHE 
GROUP IN FLOP 



2^f 



Paris, Not, t. 
Tha thsAftrioal sseMy Athsaa of- 
a pettodlssl perfonasa^ ta 
sttbserlbars at tha Theatia yeaiiais 

of "Tennis,** by Ruth I/eon, which 
turned out a pretty complete fail- 
ure. The story has to do with cer- 
intlmata aplaades lavolvlav 
three girls and a chesty youth. 

The girls Jeer at the conceit of 
the boy aa he playa tennia. In turn 
he makea love to thaoi, somprsmis- 
ing two and marrying the third, 
whom he finda hardest ta **make.** 

Thla three-act comedy drama ia 
followed by a oaa^aot pieaa titled 
"Un Flla** (One Son**), which waa 
nicely done and waa well received. 
The parenta are heartbrokea ovar 
the disappssraaas af thslr son. Thaw 
fear a tragedy, but leara that ha 
loved the daughter of a bankrupt 
nobleman and feared to confess the 
affair. Theraupoa* the pareati^ la- 
lieved of their terrora, arranga a 
marrlaga during the boy's aiMM 
aad bring him home to happii 
•<Farsdlas l-eet* 
*Taradia Perdu,** styled a dra- 
matic comedy, by Leon Daudet aad 
Edouard Ferraa, did fairly well at 
tha Thahtra Maturlas hits last 
The Stoiy resembles Balsss^s 
"Femma Abandonnee.** 

An aristocratia lady loses 
baeaasa af aa tatrtgas with aa lai- 
peouaious BoMemaa wh^ throws her 
over and maniea another wealthy 
g'lrL Ha subsequently divoroes his 
wMi Shi tataraa Is his afks 
to be forgivSA^ 

Edouard Perraa j^Raya tha loi 
Bra Francis tha heroMie aad 
sc dha schsBriag 



The Leviathan la the first ship to 
show tha fllmsL tha program con- 
sisting of a oaa reeler titled ''Im- 
migration** aad parta off 
Lincoln.** 

It la hoped, aeoording ta 
nouncement mada here, to hSTo all 
lines bringiag immigrants ta the 
United Statss showlav thsss speeial 



London. Nor. S. 

The Piccadilly Hotel has been 
fused a permit to play- the Palm 
Beach colored band, which has 
at Blarrltaj-^'-- 'V 



'Bmu GMto' on Run 

London, Nov. f. 
Box offica lines have beea the 
rule at the Plaxa (picturea) atrar 
since the openfaig of "Bsai^ Oeste** 
(F. P.-L,). Indications $m an 
extended run of this film. 



Lsmplaos Soara 

London, Nor. f. 
The Lamplnoe (man and woman) 
were cordially welcomed at Ihe 
Metropoilun la their trarasty on 
conjuring aad nkind reading. 

**Just S Kist" Moving 

London, Nov. f. 
"Just a KiMif win mora fk'om the 
Shaftsbury to the Gaiety next Mon- 
day, Nov. 15. 



THE TILLER DANCING SCHOOLS 



OF AMERICA, Inc. 
22$ West 72d StrMt 
NEW YORIC 



PhOMI 

BBdleott 8tlS.S 

MARY READ 



Not. t. 

The Cl£rale has reverted ta the 
cafa chantant poiiey, r>**"ig*"g 
oTsr last night CMoadayl. Slagars 
and dancers make up tha specialty 
program. Instead of a revuew la the 
troup are Carmen Vildea, ICusldora 
aad Dorian, wtth Daavws featared. 

Two decadea age Parla waa 
dotted with cafea chantanta. It 
waa in those free and easy eota4>- 
lishaMBts that naaay off Hm 
revaa stars got their start. 



Dij Senate and Hotue 

Washington, Nov. 

The wets and drys fought out to 
a draw, say tha poliUcal writers 
her% with tha Haass and SenaU 
to ba predominated with those ad- 
vocating prohibition. 

David Lawranai^ la l^is syndi- 
cated polltloal artloles^ estimates 
that too of the 4Si members of tha 
House will be dry, with 70 out of 
tha OS Senatora ooaUaf aadsr the 
same alssslflcatloa. 

This undoubtedly meana no 
change la tha Volstead act for the 
preaent. 



After playing ona week at 
Holbom Empire (vauda villa) 
Wooding and his baad were f o rc ed 
to go to Parls-hsoaass at a f tsH s i 

booking. 

The Wooding ualt waa scheduled 
for tha palladium thla 
poatponement of tha 
across the Channel waa refused. 

Wooding haa been in 
far the past ooaple ot years. 



Lucas' 10 Songs 

London, Nov. t. 

Nick Lucas opened at tha Cafa de 
Paris last alght (Moaday) sad held 
forth for half an hour while dolag 
10 songs to innlstent applause. 

His singing was broadcast by 
radio, and while this means ^instant 
publicity for his opening it Slao 
pointa to likely popularity. 



'B£N HUB' W£LL LIKED 

liOndon, Not. t. 

"Ben-Hur," Metro-Goldwyn-May- 
er's film ppoclal, had a splendid pre- 
miere at tha TivoU last night 
(Monday). 

A fashionable 
ly enthusiastis» 



BILLY ABIOIJ) MAmrren 

Paris, Not. t. 
BMrrlaga Is aaaouaosd of 

Billy Arnold to Miaa Bobby Shanka. 
of London. The acquaintanceship 
commenced a couple of yeara ago 
at tha €9wmps Blysaes murt^hall 
wheva Araold's baad was playlas. 



GL0WF8 SUICIDE . 

rarifl. Oct- 81. 

George Guitton, clown with a 
traveling troupe^ fatally Shot him- 
self in Bordeaux, after ter minati ng 
hlfl act at a local music hall. 

The reason for thia suicide has 
not been aseartalaed. 



IF YOU DONT 
ADVERTISE IN VARIETY 
DON'T ADVERTISE 



INDSX 

• 

Foreign ••••••••••••••••• S'8 

Pictures 4'16 

Pioture Reviewe^ 12-14-t6 

Picture Preoantstlans ••• 16 
Film House Rfvlsws •.. .16*18 

Vaudeville • 19*24 

New Acta ....•.•.*••.••• ^7 

Burleeque 25 

Burlesque Routes 25 

Cabaret Reviews 46*47 

Billa 26*27 

Cabaret Bills •• 48 

Times Square 31 

News of the, Oailiea .... 30 
Cditoriale 64 

Literati • .«*•••••••• 18 

Women's Psge 88 

Lepitimata 86r44 

Legitfmals Raviows 4M4 

Music *•«..... a .46*46 

Night Clube 46*47 

Outdoore , 46 
Bpoi'ts 88 
Carnival UsaHi 64 

Obituary 46 

Carraependenca • 60 

iMetter Llet .....••••••»«« 66 

Inside Vaudeville •••••••• 22 

Inside Pieturee 64 

Art Theatrea ••*•.•...•.• 46 



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PICTURES 



19, t9» 



NEW POINTS COME OUT IN WEST 
COAST HEARING IN WASHINGTON 



Ffdt«ral Trade ConmiMioners Reterre Opinion — 
May Send Case Back for Retrial — Calif. Makes 
Mailer of Intafilale Coiiyiiifco Intricate 



WaahlBirtoii, KoT. f. 
With it made evident that attor- 
neys for the West Coast Theatres. 

Inc., were satisfied that the stipti- 
■II eoil apo0 hy counsel for 
sides would shut off any fur- 
ther investigation by the Federal 
Tnkto Conunlsslon. the turn In the 
kettins before the commissioners 
here yesterday apparently threw 
consternation into the ranks of this 



Lastinc hut 40 minutes the hear- 
ing: was mar Iced by much of the 
unexpected with all indications 
pointing liMit tiM CAM iMrOi »i iMt 
beck for trial. This wip iBtfllltPd 
by the commissioners. 

Observers at the hearing fully ex- 
peetei^^-boeh nctlsa "to b« 'evdered 
with It only being avoided by the 
motion of Guy Mason, of tha West 
Coast attorneys, to have the cfuse 
qoMlMi eM to Inck of Inrtailellon 
on thet.'IMlft of the commlsrsfon. 

Alfred IC. Craven, appearing as 
attorney for the oonunlssion, had 
not p r oce ed ed far in the diseossion 
of the stipulation before the com- 
missioners opened up, with a flood 
of^qiieitliMiii '"^lir. 'liArft^ fNtlMv- 

ored to answer them from OMI ikfp- 
Ulation but could not. 
Thip brought the observation 

tnm CiimiiHiiii ii Nl«dii tkit the 

document was aa "clear as mad." 
While still later this same com- 
missioner referred to it as "some 

jiHiismiir wnm sifbi e ifpba- 

sis on the "some." To this,* .was 
added the statement from Commis- 
sioner Myers that there covid not 

b» ftm4 « stasis Ami M thm^t^Bfin- 



Bench Confersnce 

After a whispered conference on 
tlH^ bench In whleb the words *%end 
It back f^r trisT* were audible 
throughout the room, Mr. Mason, 
after conferring with Bruce Brom- 
H9i tOt^'tiktmm ' hM^ mtt is bis 
connection with the Famous Play- 
ers-Las^y case before the commis- 
sion, asked that the motion to dis- 
mlft be oonsldsted. TIm eesMils- 
stCQ took this under advisement. 

The interstate commerce phase 
hinges entirely upon the manner in 
Which StaMI «r« SwWMSsd' the 
exhibiting company on the west 
coast, with a further complication 
being the location of the company 
and its varfmw tbeatres wtOita 
California where the greater ma-. 
Jority of pictures are produced, thus 
nshiss possible for the flhns to 
SO right from the studios to the 
theatres owned by West Coast. 

The question before the commis- 
sion. MCOPdIiis to a p ffW iw e ut law- 
yer here, sums up ns follows: 

If the films are shipped from the 
east to a representative of the dis- 
trtbttsriii CSbHMila and^ lis trans* 
action is wholly between the ex- 
Mbitor and the local representative. 
It is, under the decisions, purely an 
intrasiats matter, tf, hw m m rn , 41m 

films are shipped from the dis- 
tributors under a contract with the 
aaMMtors. and are consigned to a 
local representative not aa a eaa* 
summation of the transportation, 
but merely for delivery to the ex- 
ftlbitor» tka transaction Involves in- 
terstate commerce. 

Another phase left open for the 
West Coast attorneys to ponder over, 
rtlbtat tts iiwilhiiirtuli decide the 
company t»' S» lra tins In interstate 
commerce from the distribution 
angle, is: Will the proceedings be 
emfiM SotiiNure^ l^^^ tffi«Br the 
original complaints, thore being two. 
or win both be amended and th\is 
open Jip an entirely new line of in- 
vestlgatloar 



EiUkVPntectifeAtt'i 
Stops Theitre Opeaig 

Chicago, Nov. 9. 
litvidence of a neighborhood 
theatre owBenT association has 

come to light through the at- 
tempted opening of the Na- 
tional. CSd and Halstead 
streets* dark for a year and a 
half. 

This association, it is revealed, 
has been formed for the pur- 
pose of stopping the construc- 
tion or opening of any the- 
atre in the vicinity of €3d and 
Halstead by any member of Uie 
association Without tba con- 
sent of all other members. 

One of the association's 
members who owns four or 
Aire small theatres on the 
south side bad drawn up a 
lease for occupancy of the Na- 
tionaL Ue intended to open 
it as a ISe pictpro bbuoe. 

The other . theatre owners 
couldn't see where a theatre 
with that admission price 
would benefit their bouses and 
refused to consent to the open- 
ing. As the man involved gets 
his Alms from an agency con- 
troled by the members be de- 
cided to let the NatkMml re- 
main dark sad dropped fcia 
lease. 



HAYS CAN'T INTERFERE; 
COAST UNION MATTER 




CCMUNC MUER 

Late Prima Donna 
Messrs. Shubert's 
•«ArtisU and Models* . 
In a Variety •! Ckmgs witb 

FRANK QILLEN 

This Week (Nov. 7) Capitol. Detroit 
Direction MAX TURNER 



SUNDAY FILMS 
WIN AT POLLS 



Referendum Up N. Y. 
State — ^Dayliglit Victory 
for Thofttret 



LARGE FIRMS CDITING STAFFS; 
FOX LEADS IN SWEEPDH; CLIPS 



Fm^s Entire Exploitation Dept Ootwidi Advortisin^ 
Shut Off — No Need at Present for Either— P. Q. 
C and 1st National Ako CutMng 



GRVFrra WILL TRY TO 
ACAIN SHE JOUON 



Comedian's Vitaphone Appear- 
and as Grounds for Retrial 
—tst VMory, Moral 



No Sottlemtnt in Sight 
Unionization of Coast 
Studios i r 



Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 9. 
Theatrical interests won all bat- 
tles in which they were interested 
in the up-state elections last week. 
In this city, whsre th« Blalto forces 
oppoMiff to dfiyUght saline, 
they rolled up a cnrprisinc defeat for 
the measure in the municiiml refer« 
endum. The local newspapers were 
neutral In the scrap, and the the- 
atres waged thslr flfht asMnst day- 
Ught saving via Oi« movto 
and the radio. 
In EUmira and Ogdensburg, where 

the issue, the 



According to executives of the 
four trades involved in the contro- 
versy with the film producers as to 
the complete unionization of the 
Pacific Coast studios, the situation 
is more acute to date than hereto 
(ore. There has been no change, 
the trades not having heard any- 
thing since they handed word to 
the produesrs and ths Hays organ- 
telitioii tliat stthsr "closed shop' 
conditions oxlst Ihy Doc I or out 
their studios the union men go. 

Tilt Will H. 9ays organisation, 

to MoiB tbo matter wm referrsd. 

was tmahio to tako any stand ono 

way or the other In the controversy, 
as the by-laws of the Hays organ- 
ization pr ohibit t iiat They ean 
not interfsMNNitf^o Intortial busi- 
ness affairs or any of ^S labor dts- 
putos of any of tho mombsrs of the 
organisation. 



thsatrical forcos won in splto of 

bitter an tl -campaigns waged by the 
church forces. The majority for 
Sunday movies In Ogdensburg was 
21S, and tho Ooanmi Oovnefl 

promptly authorized Sunday shows. 
A hearing will be held, however, be- 
fore tho mayor attaches his sIk* 
nature. 

Elmira will have Sunday movies 
in early December, the interval 
elapsing being necessary to fulfill 
the aeeeesary local requirements. 
Keeney's theatre is going ahead 
with plans for Sunday shows, and 
will drop vaudeville and pictures 
on fhmdaya a straight douhlo- 
feature film program. The Beren- 
stein interests and Henry Schweppe 
of the Colonial plan Sunday shows, 
but have apnouneed lio definite 
agenda.- 



n. W. QrUSth is to tako alepe for 

a new trial in his suit sgalnsi Al 

Jolson on the "Mammy's Boy" ease. 

It resulted ill a moral vietory f^r 

Orllllth plus a $1,500 judgment 
award as damages. Griffith orig- 
inally sued for $511,000 damages* 
but expressed himself satisfied with 
the verdict in vlow of the moral 
support lent his cause by the courts. 

The new cause for retrial re- 
volves about the Vits^pbone. O'Brien, 
Malevinslcy & Driscoll dlaeovered 
that Jolson did make a successful 
film production for Warner Broth>- 
ers, tbis allegedly refuting bis testi- 
mony that he has not appeared in 
pictures at any time subsequent to 
the flop "Mammy's Boy." which 
frightened him away ftom the 
cinema art after be bad reviewed 
some "rushes." 

Griffith's attorneys are preparing 
briefs to petition tbe VMeral Coart 
for a new trial hcuMd Oto tbis 
premise. 

Meantime, later this month, an- 
other suit for f25$,9$t damages "ay 

Anthony Paul Kelly against Jolson, 
emanating from the same cause, 
comes for a new trial, tbe Jury 
having disa g r sed at a pfovions at- 
tempt to adjudicate the matter. 
Kelly is suing on the ground he 
as deprived of possible profits 
after promoting tbe estke deal of 
bringing Jolson and Griffitb to- 
gether for a film production. 

Kelly is also said to have an ace- 
in-tbe-bolo through tbo Fsdesal 
Court having formally concluded 
that a contract actually existed be- 
tween the parties, which fact Jolson 
sought to disprove. 



There seems to be in effect a gen* 
eral cutting down of staffs In the 
majority of tho larger film oorpfl»»» 

tions. 

In tho William Fox organisation 
tho meet draatte entting of the staflC 
that has ever oeea r fed is under way. 

The entire exploitation department 
witb William Rudolph at its head 
wiped out; the publicity 
department baa also 
been curtailed; all advertising has 
been ordered shut off for the time 
being, and the scenario staff in the 
Bast has ^>eea cleaned out. 

Generally It Is said the order for 
the retrenchment came direct from 
William Fox. who feels the heavy 
work for tbe product of IIM-IT bag 
been done and the pictures ^ tbai> 
group sold through the country. 

With tbe retrenchment it may 
mean that the head of the corpora- 
tion ia figuring that the Income 
saved may mean an extra dividend 
for the stookholders ot the organ- 
hmtlon. 

Tbo P. D. C| organisation Is also 

reported cutting on its staff and 
that several changes have been 
made in tbo home olBcew ' V > 

This la alao reported true at First 

National, v here tho "Iron hall** is 
due to s\«ing witiiin tbe bggt 10 

days. " . ' ■ V • 



HnUM ABRAMS ON 
LE4VE FOR 6 MONTHS 



Remaking 'CMmty Fair' 

Ix>s Angeles, Nov. 9. 

Owing to the success of F. B. O.'s 
'Bigger than Barnum's" and the 
forthcoming issuance hy Famous 
PbQFsrs-lAsky of "Bamum," ia de- 
mand has mpde itself evident for 
a remaking of "Tho County Fair." 
on the assumption circus and fair 
stories aro in tbe air. 

Maurico Toumeur produced "The 
County Fair" some six years ago as 
a small feature. It is said that a 
oooplo of tbo largw prodvosra after 
tho story want to do It on a more 
massive scale. 



F« Objcdt Is FiRip 

. . aai 

•~ — xr^tb 

Voipe Armando, dolnj? business as 
the Ideal Fox Film Co., has in- 
vited the ire of .the Fox Film Co., 
which baa started injuaetlon pro* 
ceedings against the Italian film 
agent, whose businoss address , is 
ITi SIztb avenue. 

Armando Is alleged to have ad- 
vertised extenelvely in the Italian 
press with ensuing complications, to 
the William Fox 'company. 



It&irS Miil-Yar Meet 



Dolores Costello's Salary 
Jump to $1,00043^ 



Tvos Ang».'lof», Nov. 9. 

Dolores Costello has boon cnKnpod 
by \Varncr Brothers for the next 
Ilvd' ttmrwi getting a saiAry Jump 
from 1200 to $1,000 per week with 
the contract to reach |S,600 at the 
end of tlie term. 

^Jbout three months ago the girl 
wail^ed to go utider tb<^ manage- 
ment of C^ §, J8ecl>'e, but fho War- 
ners were prepared to fight tbe case 
In court. 



tton— Staff Additions 



Illness of President of U. A. 

Hays referred the matter to tbe | Prevents Immediate Resumo- 

membershlp, who in turn sent it | _ ^, „ ^ .i^?*. 

to tho const to Uie California Mo- 
tion Picture Producers' Association, 
of which Jesse I«. Lasky Is tbe bead 
and Fred Beetson the secretary. 

In New York this week Mr. Ilays 
stated that he could not moke any 
comment on the situation, as It was 
not in his hands. 

llobort Mulr. west coa.st repre- 
sentative for the carpenters, here 
for the union sessions handling this 
particular matter, has returned to 
Los Angeles, He has been replaced 
on the "closed shop" committee 
here by James Flynn. 



Rawlinsons Have Son 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 
The Herbert Rawlinsons have a 
son, bom yesterday, al tbe Ck>od 
Samaritan Hospital in tbIs eity. 



Syd ChapiiB's Bidden 



Los Angeles. Nov. 9. 
Throufirh tho continued illness of 
Hiram Abrams, president of United 
Artists, the board of directors 
headed by Jos. M. Schenck, is re- 
ported to have suggested that Mr. 
Abrams go on a six months' leave 
of absence to Insure bis complete 
recovery. 

While absent the Abrams' duties 
in U. A. will be taken over by ad- 
ditions to the executive staff. These 
appointments will be made toward 
the end of this wenk. 



SILLS BACK ON COAST 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 
Milton' Bills returned to Holly- 
wood following a six weeks* stay 
in the' east during which he was 
married to Doris Kenyon. Owing 
to niness, Mrs. Sills was unable to 
accompany her husband back here, 
but she is expected about Nov. 15. 

Sills came on ahead to start work 
en bis next First NatlOBbl Picture. 
'The Rttbaway BBcbantrsea.** 



Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will hold 
their mid -year district managers' 
conrention at the Drake Hotel. C^^* 
cago. next i^eek. Nov. 14. and it wIH 
last for three days. The sales ex- 
ecutives will he pepped up on the 
releases for tbe wintsr an4 spring 
months. . ,: 

Felix Feist, general manager of 
sales, is to preside. District man- 
agers who will be present are: £. 
M. Saunders^ W. F. Rogsrs^ ^T^'-JL 
Connors. P. F. Burger. A. F. Cum- 
mings. S. Eckman. Jr.. O. A. HIckey, 
C. B. Kessnich, 8. A. Shirley, S. D. 
Perfcln% J. B. Flynn and lltt^' 
sboa. '^^"-^ 



Kdtfte Cantor's *<Original'* 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 

fiddle Cantor is due here Nov. 14 
to prepare for tbe making of Md 
second F. P.-L. picture. 

The title has been changed from 
"Love Letters" to "Special De- 
UTory.** tt Is an original story by 
Cantor. 



Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 
Syd ChapUn's eontract with War- 
ner Brothers expiree April 7 with 

one picture now left to make. 

Metro-CJoldwyn-Mayer. First Na- 
tional and Famous Players aro bid- 
ding for his services, with |3,&00 

weekly offered. 



F. B. O. Signs Two 

Ix>s Angeles. Nov. 9. 
Danny O'Shca, formerly with Sen- 
nctt, and Betty Caldwell, accused 
of being a ''And," baVe b^^n each 
placed under a llve-year contract 
with P. n. o. 

lien Englander of Lichting & 
Englander engineered both agree- 

mentd. 



WALTER MOROSCO RELEASED 

Ia)s Angeles, Nov. 9. 

Walter Morosco has been released 
from directorial contract by Warner 
BrothevH after making two pictures. 

He expects to go to Europe 
shortly with ble irlfe. Corinnc 

Tjpnmir — — 



Furthman Opsrstsd Upon 

Los Angeles. Nov. 9. 
Jules Furthman. Famous Players 

pcennifo wiltcr. Is In the <?<u)(l 
Samaritan hospital, where he was 
operated on for ulcer of tho throat 

I gnd tonsilg* 



LOS ANSCLE.' 



FIFTH WEEK 
flAMUKf. OOT.DWYK 

HENRY KING'S 
Prodeetioa 

The Wimiiig of 
Barbara Worth" 



Epifiodic Prrsfntatlon 
Henkrl'it Melody liaNiilrH 

TCD HCNKCL 
AND ORCHESTRA 



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Wednesday, November 10, 1926 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



EXHIBS WANT U. S. HEARING- 



RAYMOND HAHON DISMISSED 
FROM PICIDRE WIEE ON LOT 



First lacideiie of Kind on Coast— Schulberg Notifies 
Player by Letter — ^Probably Breaks Up Beery- 
1 Hatton as Team— Ford Sterling Ropbca 



Loa Angeles, Not. f . 
Declaring that Raymond Ilatton, 
•ereen actor and co-featured with 
Wallace Beery in "Casey at the 
Bat,** was "Incompetent and indif- 
ferent** In his work in the picture. 
Bp p. Schulbertf WMt ooMt hMid 
> the F. P.-Ij. studios, rMnored the 
•player from the cast last week. 

Hatton, since the start, did not 
seem to be satisfied with his role 
«r ths story. John C. Rsffland, 
Hatton's business manager, as well 
OS the actor himself, protested with 
Schulbergr, Hector Tumbull and 
Monte Brice, director, as to how he 
was being treated. He is said to 
have become unmanageable on the 
«et, with special conferences of 
•tttdio officials belnff 'called to see 
If they could find a remedy for the 
situation. None could be found, so 
for ths first time In the history of 
ths industry a letter of dismissal 
was handed a featured player by 
the organization. The letter, written 
hr Schulberg, was as follows: : 

"Your work in 'Casey at the Baf 
has been indifferent and incompe- 
tent Statements which you, Mrs. 
^tton and; your manager, Mr. Rag- 
land, have made to us recently in- 
dicate that you have purposely 
•ought to mar the production. 

"Tou will therefors please take 
nbtiCj^jth^t you have been removed 
trprti iCajst of 'Casey at the Bat.' 
j^ mu ihpld yourself In readiness 
^thi^motmanoa of WMli tola In 
i«r ffWuoliaa^aa lia au^ ttwiffn 
jroa.* 

'^his notice was tenderc^d Hatton 
iM Ikli work eomplatad for the 
day. Tha company had been shoot- 
ing for three days when the elim- 
ination of Hatton took place. The 
film to data 'Will ba aerappaS. 

This probably breaks up the team 
of Beery and Hatton for future 
comedies. Their latest release is 
>We*ra in tha Ktivy NoW.«^ 

It is reported In New York that 
John Ragland has taken the man- 
agement of Hatton. Ragland was 

Sonairir ^ tiM staff aC Hasold 



Famous Players has decided to 
(DO-feature Ford Sterling with Beery 
ta "Casay at the Bat,*' foUowittt the 
Withdrawal of Raymond H»ttelU 



fiRENON'S NEW FILM 
OPENING PARAMOI^ 



*Qod Qave Me 20 Cents" 

Selected — No Individual 
Mgr. for New Theatre 

Herbert Brenon*s latest production. 
-God Gave Me 20 Cents.** has been 

finally selected as the screen pro- 
duction to Inaugurate the new 

Paramount theatre^ flua to open 
Not. 19. 

At first it was believed that "The 
Popular Sin** was to hare had that 
honor, but with ths completion of 
the Brenon plettira and its review 
^ the Famous Players- Lasky- 
Paramount executives It was im- 
tnodiately voted as the picture to 
B^rt the. new $10,000,000 hou55©. 

Tha Paramount is not to have 
any individual manager named. 
Thoro Is not going to be any per- 
g^nallty hnilt up by the theatre, 
laitead the executive heads of the 
ttsmcndous Publiz Thi^atra Corp. 
are to have charge of the Individ- 
ual departments of the theatre in 
whl-hever particular they are di- 
r^runv; the thsiitra attalra of the 
gtneral circuit. 



THOS. INCE CORP. SUES 
F. N. FOR $1700,000 

Suit Over 30 Pictures and 
Contract Betwaon Firmt 
Prloivl^ bM^ 



,LiOs Angeles, Nov. t. 
Tha Thataaa M, mob Corp. has 

filed Bult in Superior Court against 
First National Pictures for $1,700,- 
000, asserting breach of contract. 
Tha oampliiBt, aavarteg fT pages 
and which has 100 exhibits at- 
tached, charges that the amount 
named in the action is due the Ince 
CorporAftaii for tf piotursa deliy- 
ered under contracts entered into 
with First National prior ta the 
death of Thomas H. Ince. 

Tliaia eantraeta wars mada be- 
tween Aug., 1921, and Nov. 18, 1924. 
The contracts. It Is alleged, gave 
First National the exclusive rights 
todistrlbiita tha Ihoa platUf>M tmt a 
period of five years, and in return 
agreed to fix a permanent exhibi- 
tion value on each picture and to 

dsHf^tr It at tka ftttHohiaa thsiatfas 

of the organization. 

Following Ince's death. First Na- 
tional is said to have terminated 
its confraaf aad ta hiTSf aaeapted 
only those pictures which had been 
practically completed. A clause In 
the complaint charges that First 
NatloBal dsstroyad thousanda ^f 
dollars' worth of films and substi- 
tuted Its own pictures for the Ince 
product at theatres owned by fran- 
ckisa holdara^ ' 

It Is also charged that First Na- 
tional stopped selling Ince*s pic- 
tures at the time of his death, and 
by failing to gat now ^ntfaets with 
exhibitors reduced ' the exhibition 
value of the pictures to less than 
half the amount o|:iginally stipu- 
lated by PIrst National in tU own 
contracts with tha produoar #rior 
to hla death. 



REPR[SENTATIVES 
WILL BE PRESENT 
AND CUOLY 



Will H. Haya, HoweTer, Re- 
fuaes to Commit Hbnaolf 
or OvV^dMitioii on Pro- 
posal of Podoral Trade 
Commission's Counsel for 
Talk on Film Industry — 
Independents Would Like 
to Tell About Current 
Trade Practices Official 
Inrostigatort FaiM to 

SMALL EXHIB HELPLESS 



Sennett-F. P.-L Deal Off; 




Lios Angeles, Nov. f. 
The Mack Sennett deal to become 
chief comedy production head for 
Famous Playari-1ja8)cy is pff. 

Sennett Is to resume fidt produc- 
tion activities at the old stand on 
Jan. 1, recalling all writers, players, 

out . 



It Is understood that BiUla will 

go Into a 50 percent partnership 
with Sennett, financing all of his 

pvodtiiatioiiat 



Doris Hill's G>iitract 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 
Famous Players-Lasky has placed 
Doris Hill under a five-year con- 
tract through Jnkh KaMi. 

The girl played the lead opposite 
Syd Chaplin in "The Hetter 'Ole" 
as her first big picture engagement. 



Abe 



111 



Newark. N. J., Nor. f. 
Abe Fiablaa Is still confined to a 

hospital. 

The picture man was <11 when re- 
turning recently from a trip abroad 
upon his honeymoon. 



Jsson Robar d Feat ured 

LfOS Angeles, Nov. f. 



Jaso* Robard, free lancing in 

three productions, has been placed 
under a five-year contract by 
Warner Brothars. • 

He will ba featured in all pro- 
ductiona 



Will H. Hays refused to comment 
regarding the new brie< of the Fed- 
eral Trada Commlsslaii itt r4 ISie 
Famous Players-Lasky investiga- 
tion under the anti-trust laws, 
under which it is maintained that 

pf»auos>» a#n Sf H tf gf at ifcaaifai par 
se Is not in ^r|ilstltt« or iOia asti^ 

trust laws. 

The brief also contained th# ittjg'' 
gestlon tliat a maatiag af tta in- 
dustry in general be held In Wash- 
ington for a discussion of trade, 
practices in connection with block 
booking, as tha only msiilis if iM^ 
Ing the entire Industry fk-om a 
wholesale violation aC th^ anti- 
trust laws. 

Hays also refused la Hissai thia 
phase of the brief, even though It 
was remarked his association would 
undoubtedly make answer to the 
isital fapart #C Hkm saririirtft 

counsel. 

In other quarters in the industry 
there is considerable rumbling re- 
garding the propoasd Siaeusilae. In 

the Independent exhibitor ranks are 
a number ready to speak up and 
state that If the matter was to be a 
general discussion of trade #na- 
tjcos then the Independent exhib- 
itors should be given an opportunity 
to have a voice. ; ; ' 

Several identified In aase il t l f^ 
capacities with exhibitor-organiza- 
tions stated that they fully intended 
tA' ba present at any discussion of 
this kind and lay bafora tha Trade 
Commission a number of facts in 
regard to practices now current in 
which tha Small axhlbftor la virtu- 
ally compelled to throw his lot With 
the larper circuits, turning over his 
theatres to them for operation, vir- 
tually giving them a ahara In his 
profits for protection In tha ittpply 
of product for his screen. 

That phase of the Inside Industry 
seemes to have gotten by tha Trade 
Commission's Investigators. It is a 
development that has come Into 
practice since the Federal Trade 
atairtsd their Inrestlgatioii^ The 



$97 Sudwich 



In a studio on Long Island 
the other day a director on a 
working picture suddenly de- 
cided there would be nothing 
more doing that afternoon, but 
ordered the company back at 
nine in the evening. 

Only principals were there 
at the time. Lunch must be 
had before they dispersed, said 
the director, and they wanted 
sandwiches, at least he did — 
New York sandwiches, not any 
from the studio's cafeteria. 

Over went a taxi to New 
York to one of Its most famous 
robbing "delicatessens" and 
got sandwiches. In that gyp 
place an ordinary 40 to 50c 
sandwich, high at that, is $1.25. 

At nine that night, with the 
company again gathered, the 
director acreeohed for more 
sandwiches, from the same 
metropolitan Joint. Another 
taxi back and forth with the 
victuals. 

The director, who in his day 
has gone up against a c\ip of 
Java and sneaked a roll on the 
side before leaving town at 
S a. m. with a wild-catting 
bunch of troupers but now 
with a 11.26 sandwich yen. ran 
up a blU of ItT for tha atudio 
thffaeih his acauhrad tasta. 



FP-'n VITA 
FOR IRONSIDES' 



Opl^ Famous' Picture 
Agreed Upon 



circuit development and expansion 
idea have come within the last 18 
months, while the official investiga- 
tors were digging far ifltaie lisn 
four years without SsHtSS tity IHr 
in their search. 



NO LINE SECURED ON 
STANLEY-DAVIS DEAL 



Pittsburgh, Nov. f. 

Efforts to shed any light on the 
rumor tha Staiday Company as- 
pects to take over the theatre hold- 
ings here of Harria Davla have 
proven of no avail. 

Harry Davis, president of tha 
company bearing his name, refused 
to di.<?cnss the subject. It Is re- 
portcd Davis wa s in P hiladelphia 
last ilvrsek, going 6VfP lAi mtlisr 
with the Stanley officials. 

The rumor has cropped up often 
in the past. That the local execu- 
tlVf»s steadfastly rsfttsad ta talk 
might point to the passibillty of 
the deal banging flri^ 



Famous Playars-Lasky has closed 
a contract whereby Its film produc- 
tion, "Old Ironsides.** to be the 
opaMng attraction Ibr tha inaugu- 
ration of the new road show ad- 
mission scale run policy at the 
Rivoli, New York, after the open- 
ing tha naw Paramount, will 
have its orchestral accompanimant 
furnished by Vltaphone. 

The score will be made under the 
difaation of Dr. Hugo Rlesenfeld, 
who will conduct the orchestra for 
the making* of the Vltaphone ac- 
companiment. It will bo filmed at 
tha Manhattan opera house in Naw 
York, the Vitaphono's studio. 

At present this is the entire ex- 
tent of the arrangement existing be- 
tweanUM two companies on Vita; 
phone. 

When the Paramount theatre has 
been open for a week the Rivoli 
will close for a time to pennlt of 

the Installation of the Vltaphone 
mechanical necessities. It is ex- 
pected that it will reopen about 
Dec. 1. 

It Is pos.slble that the Vltaphone 
accompaniment will be used for this 
picture in points away from New 
York tvhere there are theatres 
equipped with the necessary devices 
for Vitaphonie reproduction. In 
other apota on tha road whera It 
will be impossible to utilize the 
Vltaphone accompaniment the regu- 
lar orchestras will be employed. 



APPEAL EAST ON 
COMMUNITY 
CHEST INLA. 



Filmdom's Leaders Sign 
— Industry Wants to Do 

More Than Its Share 



I4OS Angeles, Nov. f. 

FIImdom*s leaders here have sent 

the annual Community Chest drive 
off to a fiying start with a wide- 
spread appeal to tha picture in- 
dustry to contribute to one of thia 
city's most pressing needs. The 
following letter is aimed at the east 
for the campaign: 
"To Everybody in Our industry: 

"It is only insofar as the motion 
picture industry leads in the com- 
munal growth and general progreia 
of the city of Los Angeles that wa 
can expect the citizens of thia mu- 
nicipality to respect us and to ap- 
preciate the signifleaaoa and tha 
value of the presence ot thia in* 
dustry in their midst 

Great Opportunity 
•We have a great opportunity at 
tha prasant tlma to prove again, aa 
we have repeatedly proved in tha 
past, that we are ready, able and 
willing to do more than our ehara 
on Loa Angelsa* moat important 
civic problem. 

"The Community Chest organisa- 
tion la tha only sana solution ever 
devised to the larga soala eharity 
problem and we are particularly 
fortunate in having a Community 
Chest organisation that Is the most 
economical In America. Absolutely 
100 cents of every dollar doaatad 
goes to charity. 

Toar indvstry is adsquataiy rep« 
resented among the Isadars of this 
campaign who accept responsibility 
for your contributions. 

Only Onoa 
Ramembar that yov are only 
called on ones a year so that a larga 

donation is not generosity or charity 
but good economical business prao- 
tlce. 

"Everybody is doing his or her 
share and we know you are going 
to do yours when you are called 
upon 1^ tha folka at your studla.* 
(Signed) 

yl. C. LEVEE, Chairman. 
OSEPH M. 8CHENCK* 
LOUIS B. MAYER. 
JlSSt L. iJ^SKY. 



Mrs. Hoot Gibson and Co. 
Are in Vaudeville 

Boston, Nov. f. 
Mrs. Hoot Gibson. Ulled as the 
wlfa of tha Western star, is in 
vaudeville around hare^ playing 
with five Hopi Indiana. 



GRETA GARBO OFF LOT; 
4S HOURS TO RETURM 

Absent for 5 Days, Holding Up 
Making of 'Diamond Hand- 
cuffs' by M.-G.-M. 



A review of Mrs. Hoot Gibson's 
act appears in the New Acts de- 
partment In ..thii. issue of Variety. 



BEERY'S SPECIAL 

Los AnKflofl, Nov, 9. 

Monta Bell will s tart making "Thf 
Ur^kt^t Show 6h Uitx'th, " ba s^fl t>h 
tha life of P. T. Barnum, for 
Famous Players-Lasky, Doc. 1. 

Wallace Beery is to be Htaricl 
with the production ex per ted to t:ik< 
About six months and to cost over 



Loa Ant«lM, Nov. 9. 
Greta Oarbo walked off tha 

Mctro-Goldwyn-Maycr lot five days 
ago and has since repeatedly re- 
fused to report for work in "Dia- 
mond Handcuffs.** 

This was supposed to have been 
a Mae Murray story but the latter 
did not like It 

Assigned to Miss Oarbo. sha^ too, 
seemed diRpIeas<>d. 

The studio has Isnuod an ulti- 
matum that If Miss Oarbo does 
not report within 4t hours they 
will claim her contract breached. 

She staged a similar walkout 
when cast for a picture opposita 
John Gilbert. 



CO S T U M E S 
FOR HIRE 



PRODUCTIONS 
BXPLOITATIONS 
PRSSBNTaTlONS 

.1417 B'way. TakWOf aa^ 




VARI£TY 



PICTURES 



LA. TREASURERS READ AND WEEP; 
MET mm-. STATE 0. K. AT $24000 



Election HoUilay Meant Nothing — ^Neighborhood 
Houses Hurting Do¥mtown — Presentation Credi- 
ted Wi Ih StateV Gtqm andi Held Oy^ ^ ' 



Lo9 Angeles, Nov. f. 

r XilrftMrliFiif 1JMyQ0O) 

*'Aint no buaineis'V ^luts to be- 
ing radMPjli iiif^'tlM ibrtt run man- 
ASers aboiit liSMi^ the 

Ijoys let loose a flood of team and 
It looked as though the town would 
be submerged. They criet|, and 
how. Instead of trade picking up 
with a holiday In the week It 
dropped below the week before, 
which was a bad one, too. A bad 
break on the Saturday matinee was 
on account of a bisr football game 
and then Tue!*3ay (election) was no 
better than the same day of the 
preceding week. 

However, with the lack of tour- 
ists the managers might awaken 
to the t!act that there are an over- 
abundance of neighborhood houses 
which ar^ first run and some of 
which aleo nee preatntations. They 
have to do business and are do- 
ing it through the patronage of the 
nelghbartiMd eweUm who M Bot 
particularly anxious to journey 
downtown If they can get about as 
gootf eloee to honleb 

The Metropolitan had an ofiT 
week with "Kid BooU". and the 
MtllieB Bollar iMlppea S eog iii^ two 
despite the heavy advertising bat- 
tery of the Uearst papers tor "The 
ffemptreea.** Thia ona dropped 
around $7,000 below the returns of 
ita aecond week after falling |8,000 
below the first seven days. 

Loew's State had "Don Juan's 
Three Nights" which was one of 
those boxoffloe nils and meant 
nothing. Fortunately the houae ex- 
pected a drop with this film so put 
on an 86 people Fanchon and 
Maroo revue which offset the pic- 
ture and helped the house to 
around $24,000. A good prolog 
works wondm Mkl tw OM to be- 
ing held over. 

Qrauman's Egyptian^ somewhat 
diaappolnted wttft" Wftplioiie and 
"Don Juan,** the aecond week of 
the comhmatloa. Carthay Circle 
with ^•BMeM tiM Mk^itil^ 
also had a rather tough road. The 
Forum, with "The Winning of Bar- 
bara Worfb,** iila6 taok 4 iMtttial 
ikld in its fourth week. 

"Kosher Kitty Kelly" began a run 
«l the Flgueroa and played to fair 
business Ita first week. It may build 
a« the audiences of this house like 
tbla type of picture. "Ben Hur." In 
Its fourth month, held fairly well at 
the Biltmore. while George Jessel's 
•^Private Izty Murphy" was nightly 
mpotted at the Uptown and hit over 
the 18,000 mark. "Four Horsomcn" 
moved from the L«oew's State to 
the Criterion and pultod tbroogh to 
fairly good returns. 

Estimates for Last W^k: 
Bfltmore— "Ben Hur" (M. G. M.) 
(1,650; 50-11.50). General drops 
did not alYcct thIa house; business 
held steady to previous weeks re 
tutna of arounid $U,d«»i^ 

Grauman's Egyptian — ''Don 
Juan" (Warner) (1,800; 50-$1.50). 
Though Vitaphone clicked heavily 
here trade is not what It should 
be; socond week of combination 
only showed $18,000. 

^ Carthay Olr^fa ^ •^rdelys, the 

llagniflcont" (M. O. M.) (1,650; 
iO*|l,5P). Cant knock them off 
thetr a eata ^iei*e as $io.000 ahaws; 
leaves in couple of weeks. 

Loew's State— "Don Juan's Three 
Nights" (F. N.) (2,300; 26-$l). 
If bottaa bad depended on iHetura to 
draw returns would have beon 
$1,000 a day less; prolog pulled 
theatre through and brought inui 
eount to arouild $24,000. 

Metropolitan — "Kid Boots" (F. 
P.) (8,596; 25-65). Cantor is great 
draw In this town, but with busi- 
ness off only VMWiffd t* J^raw 
around $26,000. 

Milflen Dollar — * •Temptress" 
(M. O.) (2.200; 25-85). Kffect of 
Hearst papers propa^randa wrarliig 
off, gross on third week down to 
around $ll,9Hi 

Forum — "Winning of Barbnra 
Worth" (U. A.) (1,800; 25-76). Held 
up very well tor fourth week; 
around 119,200. 

Figueroa— "Kosher Kitty Kelly" 
(F. B. O.) (1.600; 25-76). This type 
ef picture goea well here; flrit week 
-tf^%9^, — — — 

Criterion — "Four Homemen" M. 
O. M.) (1,600; 26-35). Not what it 
ahould have dona here at email 
prices; $8,2S0. 

Uptown — "Private Ixzy Mur- 
phy" (Warner) (1,860; 26-76). Very 

gO0d ilMWing af K.lfO. 
CCWfltH IM^ Vaflaly, Inc.) 



NEW ORLEANS OUTDOES 
SELF; 2 HOUSE BECORDS 

'4 Horsemen' Gives State 
$|8,300-^Variety' $5,800 



'Qiarge* m You Enter 

^^^^^^^^^^ 

Washington, Nov. 

Patrons within the Army 
may stroll i»aat the War De- 
partmeBt** ftfan ahdw galea Md 
make the grade by limply 
stating "charge It." 

This la believed to be the 
only efaala af pieture hauaaa 
la the world where admis- 
sions can ba tthgrged as you 
enter. 



BABE RUTH $11,000 
WITHOUT PRICE mT 



Menjou $15,000 at Minn.'s 
State— Town Holds Up— 
Donny $7,750 



New Orlaana, Not. 1. 
(Drawing Population, 460,000) 

The outstanding item of impor- 
tance last week in the film places 
was the breaking of records at the 
Tudor and Loew'a State. The 
Tudor liaa «eeii la lha dMrMaa for 

months. 

Given a picture like "Variety" 
thia aaaae Tuder, without an ad- 
vance in prices, drew $5,600, or four 
times what it bad been doing. The 
picture is being held over for an- 
other week. 

"The Four Horsemen" crashed 
over the State for better than $18,- 
SOO. and a new record for the house. 
A peculiar thing about the draw of 
the special was its tremendous 
patronage from the colored people 
hereabouts. The management was 
unable to fathum the picture's par- 
ticular ap|>eal to th«ai» iMi^ they 
were around in drpTiMil^ ^l a il MM r ing 
to get In. 

^a Plaatic Age" at the Strand 
and "Three Bad Men" at the Lib- 
erty went along to only average 
lateraat.' . 

■M^mHta ^ IJmI Waik 

Loew's State (3.600; eo)^rii|iur 
Horsemen" (M.-Q.). Broke MMse 
record; $18,300. 

Strand (2,200; 76)— "The Plastic 
Aga.* My tta WMt a ll li M i; 

$4,200. 

Liberty (1.800; 50)— "Mantrap" 
(F. P.). Ju&t missed $4,000. 

Tudor (800; 40)— "Variety^ (Ufa- 
P. P.). Drew more business to 
small house at a cheap acale of 
admlsaion than was accotdad aKhar 
tha Strand ar Liberty; $5,600. 
(Ganrright, 1926, by Variety, liia.) 

BEERY-HAnON'S 'NAVY' 
FRISCO'S BEST, $20,000 



San Francisco, Nov. f. 
(Drawing Population, 615/)00) 

Bu al i t ea a for last Uriseli wa* «<t the 

Imperial, Publlx's 65-cent ru>i 
house, which had Its first winner In 
two months with "We're in the 
Navy Now." "Behind the Front," 
4he lirst Bcery-IIatton effort, was a 
big hit laeally, making the "Navy" 
picture a push-over. A corking 
total of around $20,000 for this one. 
possibly a bit over. 

Across the street at the Granada, 
Publix's big de luxe house. It was 
a tough week with ''So'.q Your Old 
Man." "Upstage," with Norma 
Shearer always big here, clicked 
around $22,700 at the Warfield. A 
Warner Bros, release, "My Official 
Wifie," dM well anmigh at the Call 
fomia. This house Is always j 
tough nut to crack, and after Paul 
Whiteman's sensational two #eek8 
It promptly relapsed Into Its accus 
tomed lethargy. "Wife" may -have 
doBt g imia tlMM averagaw 

Katimatea ^ Last Week 

California — "My Official Wife" 
(Warner) (2.200; 85-50-75). Change 
in type of stage airtertainment be 

ing inau!7uratrd; about $11,000. 

Granada— "So's Tour Old Man 
(P. P.) (2,785; 36-60-65-90). Much 
UimentInK; poor at $18,000^ 

Imperial — "We're in the Navy 
Now" (F. P.) (1.450; 35-50-65-90). 
A mop up and expected to get four 
rich weeks; whirlwind start with 
standees even at dull hours; start 
ing on second week with no al)ate- 
ment of pace; looks like "natural"; 
$20,000. 

St. Francie— "Beau Geste'* (F. P.) 

(1.375; 60-$1.50). Slowing up a bit; 
third week $11,750; next fortnight 
will test picture's local itrangth; 
not ea sy to sell on account o f 

hou.se. 

Warfisid — "t^pntagc' (M-O-M) 
(2.630; 35-50-65-90). IMcturo o 
vaudeville life well received; flg 
ured $22,701: Rube Wolf coming in 
n.«? stage bnnd loader for six weeks 
with great publicity campaign hur- 
rahing arrival. . 

(Cep^frJght, 1920, by Variety, ln«.) 



Minneapolis, Nov. 9. 
(Drawing Population. 470,00) 
After starting off with a full house 
on Sunday nigtit, George White's 
Scandals" did fair business the rest 
of the first half, picking up to near 
capacity for the finishing perform- 
ances at the Metropolitan. 

Vaudeville had a good week. Babe 
Ruth at Pantages' knocking 'em off 
and Julian Eltlnge headlining at the 
Hennepin -Orpheum. Ruth waa the 
most exploited star Minneapolia has 
had in a long time. Pan did a cork- 
ing business with him and resisted 
any temptation to tilt prices. 

Picture housea all reported good 
business, and Bainhridge atock at 
the Shttbert (which hae two benefit 
sellouts a week) and the Palace, 
musical comedy tab. and (3iayety 
iMirleaqua, bad no complaint. 
Estimates for Last Week 
SUte (2,040; 60). "The Ace of 
Cads" (F. P.). Menjou film, with 
ttie Volgraa, double Russian quartet, 
as stage show; business rated as 
good; about $15,000. 

Garrick (1,800; 60). "Take It 
from Me" (U). Reg Denny film and 
Eddie Bratton'a Melody Makers 
stage shows t^fJ Btoa. huaineas; 
$7,750. 

Strand a.TOO; 50). "La Boheme" 
<M-G). Oish-GUbert film; aaoond 
week olcay at $6,500. 

Lyric (1,300; $5). "Mismatee" (F. 
N.). Kenyon-Baxter flUn; good 
business; $1,800. 

Hennepin-Orpheum (2,825; SO). 
"Riakjr Business" (P. D. C). Reyn- 
olda-Clayton film; picture only a 
unit la bill featuring vaudeville; 
•atiafactory buaineaa; about $18,000. 

Aster (896; 25). *'The Unknown 
CTavaller." Boyd-De l<a Motte film; 
good business; around $1,200. 

Qrand — ma Ooda" (F. P.). 
Meighan film; rerun; nice grots; 
about %l,10Qi, 

Pantagee (1,000; 10). *Tha Pam- 
Uy Upstairs" (U.). Valli film; pic- 
ture Incidental to yaudeville head- 
lining Babe Ruth; Jlna huainees; 
about $11,000. 

Seventh Street (1.480; 60). *T«w 
Tyler'a Wlvee.** Mayo-ClifTord film; 
picture one of units of Taudeville 
program; good; $6,500. 

Palace (1.600; 50). "Playing with 
Souls." Logan -Astor film; picture 
filler between munical tab shows; 
around $5,500. 
iCoiayfiglit^ 1920, by VaHaty« Inc.) 



MEFS $24^300— LIGHT 



•MOiafs Did $13,000 and |11,600 
• Mot Week in Botten 



mSCS* 131,000 AT 
CENTURY IS RECORD 



Bo.ston, Nov. 9. 
Business at the two legitimate 
houses which for the time being 
have gone over to the pictures fairly 
good last week with the Vitaphone 
picture, ^li^yLjuan." doing $13,000 
at the Gmgtm The other feature. 
"Beau OofCdr at the Tremoht did 
$11,500. 

These two pictures got a good 
break last week because of the foot- 
ball crowds and piled them in Fri- 
day and Saturday. 

Last Week's Estimates 

•Don Juan"— Oilonial (3d week). 
$18,000 last weeC first full Week 
after opening. 

"Beau Geste'' — Treniont (2U 
week). $11,500 first week. 

Metropolitsn— (4,000; 50). Ordi- 
nary .week with ordinary picture, 
"Eagle of the Air." Stage attrac- 
tion, Oscar "Barnyard Follies." This 
week. Paul Whlteman with or- 
chestra. This is considerably under 
previous weeks. $24,300. 

State— (4,000; 50). Mary Pitk- 
ford In "Sparrowa"; Dave Kubinoff. 
violinist; program depended upon 
last week for bringing them in. 
(Copyri ght, tOtt^ by Varie ty, Inc.) 

Turkey as Film Trnst 



Loew House Far in Front- 
Other Houeee Fair-4lott- 

ly Around $10,000 



Baltimore. Nov. 9. 

(Drawing Population, 850,000) 
The latest shake-up In picture 
circles is at the Warner-Metro- 
politan. Bernard Depkin, manager 
of the house eince ita erection four 
or Ave years ago, resigned some 
few weelcs back and was succeeded 
by Seltser from the Fox house in 
Phllly. Now Seltzer is out. H. I. 
North, formerly of the Lyric, Cam- 
den, N. J., eucceeds. Depkln, as 
rumored In this column several 
weeks ago, is a likely choice for 
the managership of the Baltimore 
staniey-OrandaU house now build- 
in*. 

' The Loew- Century waa way out 

in front last week. "The Son of 
the Sheik" was the screen attrac- 
tion, which, according to the man- 
agement, not only established a top 
week for the Loew regime, but 
broke all records for the house. 

Elsewhere business was spotty. 
The combination Garden and the 
combination Hippodrome reported 
good business. The uptown Park- 
way, now definitely given over to 
Loew second runs, picked up with 
"The Road to Mandalay." The other 
uptown house, Warner's Metropoli- 
tan, was off with "Womanpower." 
The WKitehurat*a NOw likewise 
failed to get anything extraordi- 
nary with "For Wives Only." The 
Rivoli. however, waa up with 
"Prince of Tempters." 

Estimates for Last Week: 

Rivoli — "The Prince of Tempters" 
(F. N.) (2,000; 35-75). Ben Lyon, 
former Baltimorean. figured promi- 
nently in the satisfactory b. o.; no- 
tices were generally good and house 
reported week okay; opening of 
racing season at Pimlico figured to 
cut in on matinee business, but ap- 
parently didn't affect the gross. 

Century— "The Son of the Sheik" 
(P. P.) (8,000; 35-75). Started 
with a rush Monday noon; lines 
blocked traffic; after Monday trade 
didn't jam upstairs and house 
eould have handled n'ara, but night 
business was tremendous, and with 
Increased prices house got record 
week; under Loew regime matinee 
opening hour has been advanced to 
11.30, with a 25-cent admission pol- 
icy in effect until 12.10 afternoon; 
business reported about fOLOOO; 
record for house. 

New— "For Wives Only," (1,800; 
25-50). An off week; still opposi- 
tion and the apparently Indifferent 
drawing power of film share the 
blame; $6,500 or $7,000. 

Warner- Metropolitan — "Woman- 
power" (Fox) (1,800; 16-60). No 
outstanding names in cast so busi- 
ness suffered; open weather and 
races also figured; about $5,000. 

Hippodrome — "The Belle of 
Broadway" and vaude. (2,200; 25- 
50). Good all-around bill accounted 
for satisfactory week; $10,000. 

Garden — "The Mystery Club" and 
vaude. (2,300; 25-50). Picture got 
nice notices and coupled with 
strong vaude. hill, house weathered 
opposition j^atisfactorily; over $10,- 
000. 

Parkway — "The Road to Manvia- 
lay" (M. G.) (1,400; 15-35). Lon 
Chaney boosted gross at this pop 
price second run; about $3,500. 

Embassy~"Diplomacy" (F. P.) 
(1,400; 16-60). Business about av- 
eragf»; mallneos light but evenings 
satisfactory; around $10,000. 

(Copyright, 1920, by Variety) 



HorsemeDV Corrected 
Recevts at Chicago 



Chicago, Nov. 9. 

A protest over the reported grosses 
in Variety for "The Four Horse- 
men" on Its first ($14,000) and sec- 
ond (linal) week ($12,000), disclosed 
that the Metro-Goldwyn Valentino 
revival did around $20,000 ita first 
week, with from $10,000 to $17,000 
the socond week. 

It is but customary to hold over 
a reissue or return two weeks only 
at the Roosevelt, where "Horse- 
men" exhibited. 




Paris, Oct. 31. 
Reporta state the Ottoman parlia- 
ment at Angora is studying meas- 
ures for the government to take 
over the control, as a monopoly, of 
the Importa and expcftf of flviving 
picture*. 



Colored "A«k" Off 

Washington, Nov, t 

W. C. Handy, the notfd colored 
composer, brought to the local Lin 
coin (rolored) to do a "Paul Ash" 
has left the tlieatre after remaining 
four weeks. 

Business attracted to the tlieatre 
through the special engagement did 
not warrant a continuance, say the 
Trandall people Who operate the 
house. 

Mr. Handy had a 12-plece orches 
tra with him here. 



GiLDA's m,m 

NEWHAirSTOPi 



Tarade' $15,000 in K. C, 
— 'Aloiii4V Bif TMJp 



Kansas City. Nov. f. 
(Drawing Population, 050.000) 

Qilda Gray made her first visit 
to Xaoaae city last week and shook 
all the Newman raoorda from theic 
fasteniQga. Kavar in the local hla« 

tory of amusements has a star and 
picture been given such publicity. 
Some 300,000 pieces of advertising 
were put through tie-ups with mer- 
chanta without a penny cost to the 
theatre. Sunday hushieaa waa tha 
greatest the house has ever azpa« 
rienced. The extra 60 cents, now 
the regular top price, helped out. 

The Shubert got into the pictura 
class last week with "The Big Pa- 
rade." at $1.60 top nights and $1 
for the mats. The picture had 
been shown in Topeka, from which 
this town draws for some of the 
bigger attractions, but it did not 
seem to hurt this time. The "Pa- 
rade** is in for three weeks and 
will give way to "Ben-Hur.** With 
these two houses going top speed 
the others were bound to feel tha 
effects, and they did. 

The Liberty took an awful whip-t 
ping with "Spangles," and "Tha 
Four Horsemen," at the Royal for 
its second week, was not much bet- 
ter. The former house went aftei* 
the shopping trade with a gaudily ■ 
decorated lobby, and had ballyhoo* 
for the openhig, but no good. 

Tho Mainstreet screened "Senor 
Daredevil," but gave most of ita 
publicity to Mile. Corson, channel 
swimmer, while the PanUages fea- 
tured "AVomanpower" and Lottla 
Mayer and her Diving Olrla on tha 
stage. 

For the current week the New 
man has "The Ace of Cads" an<l 
the Royal In starting "Bardelys, the 
Magniiicent," for a two weeks* stay 
If—. As John Gilbert ie the star 
in "Bardelys" and Is also strongly 
featured in the "Parade," opposi- 
tion at the Shubert. the Royal 
management hns sniped one sheeta 
over the "Bardelys," 24 sheet atanda 
reading, "The Big Star of the Big 
Parade." Good pUbllolty for tha 
^var drama 

'Beau Ge'ste" is a coming pictura 
at one of the Publlx houses and 
is getting a great publicity break 
through the "Journal -Post," WhM 
la running the story serially. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Newman— -"Aloma of the South 
Seas** (P. P.) (1800; 2B.SS.40-60. 

60). Gllda Gray and girls featured 
on stage, Miss Gray's first visit ta 
Kanaas City, and ehe maiaUined 
her reputation as a record smasher; 
established house record; lavish 
publicity given star and plcturas 
few vacant seats at any show; $23,« 
100. breaking by few hundred top set » 
by "Affairs of Anatole.** 

Royal — "The Four Horsemen"' 
(920; 25-50-60). Second week for 
this revival, and did aa wall as 

expected with stiff awnpiWiaa 
against it. Hit $4,200. 

Mainstreet — "Senor Daredevil** 

(F. N.) (3.200; 25-50-60). First 
tlipe here for Ken Maynard and 
future Is optimistic; Gade Corson 
topped vaudeville bill with Odiva 
and Beal.9, Marget Morel Company, 
and Qalli-Rina and Sister; Sunday 
opening capacity as usuaj, but bal- 
ance of week failed to hold BP tO 
normal; $11,000. . 

Liberty— "Spangles" <U.) 920- 
25-35-50). "The Collej?lans," first 
of a fieries. added screen attraction 
and Mupical Maids on stage; fronO-^ 
of the hoDse dolUd up in circus 
style, elown and barker as bally- 
hoo; title f;.ii«'<] to appMU and bual* * 
neps bad at $4,100. 

Shubert — "The Big Parade" (M- 
G) (1.600; BO-fl. mats; 60-$1.60, 

nights). Fan.'? waited long time for 
this war drama and house regis- 
tered capacity for the Sunday night 
opening: remainder of week had 
many sellouts; played up strong in 
press and l4oks good for tha three 
weeks it is in for; tirst week. $16,000. 

Pantages — "Woman Power" 
(Fox). Proved entertaining ecreen 
story; stage show was topped by 
Lottie Mayer and Diving Girls mak- 
ing a better than average Pan bill; 
however, many of the regulars 
muffed it and businesa waa off 
to $7,600. 

(Copyrig ht, lOgj, by Varla ty, Ina.) 

jmCM G&0S8 15,000 

San Franeieeo, Nov. f. 

RereTpts at "V\'>qt~Cra8fs T. and ^ 
D. theatre, Oakland, jumped $5,000 
the first week of Walt Roesner's 
return. 

The stape band leader's return to 
Oakland from the locaU Wariield was 
press agented into aOfPtthinff af • 
civic holiday. 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



VY; comedy, m 3 DAYS: 
HISS GRIFHTH'S W WH^ 



Olharwise Qobl wiili FBckcr Flock Last 

Week, OuUide of Specialt— ""Bardeljs'' Got 
167 J74 mild HoU Ofw al Capilol 



$3iD00 AT STANin; 
NXANDWARINGS 



i=dx't 6ood $21|000 Holpad by 
Herman and UNre^— 

Grange Film Fell Off 



*BiMIDELYy $12^ 

Qilb«^ Film H«ld Ov»r in Wash.- 
Bmit Band CrMiitod with Pal- 



PhllAdelphla. Not. f. 
For the second eonsecuUve week 
dona la the dowa- 



No particular kick to the business 

on Broadway last week other than 

at the Capllol hara **Bardely«, the 

Ma^lflccnt** started oft to what 
looked like another record breaking: 
period at the house, but which fen 
short of that achieTamMift fer about 
|7,000 on the week. 

Along at th« end of the week the 
laal thriller appeared at the Riaito, 
where "We're in the Navy Now" 
opened Saturday and clicked to 
CIS on the day, following Sunday 
with a house record at $9,020, and 
Monday turned in $6,862, making a 
total of $24,570 for three days. The 
indications are that the week's rec- 
ord for the house sines it was osa- 
verted into a run theatM WlM bs 
broken by Friday night. 

tlie Strand huA wmk with Cor- 
tone Grifflth In -Syncopating Sue" 
had a good week at $2S.00O, while at 
the Rlvoll W. C. Flekla* ••So's Your 
Old Man.'* despite luke warm daily 
paster notices, showed $27,900 on the 



THEATiUS lAY REGAIN 
ST. JOHN'S CARD HKSj 



The third week of the D. W. Grif- 
fith repertoire at the little Cameo 
got $5,100. The repertoire bill was 
put In with the expectation of get- 
ting an overflow from Orifflth's 
latest, ''The Sorrows of Satan," but 
that one is already slipping at the 
Cohan, with last week. |l,m. 



The Colony, with "The 
'Ole" and Warner's with "Don Juan** 
both Vitaphone bills, did increased 
business the week before, the for- 
mer going to $34,000 while the latter 
boosted $1,400 to f 25.«S5. 

Another Jump was recorded at the 
Sknbassy for "Pen-Hur," where $1,- 
200 of increase sent ths ntntsmsnt 
to $8^47. 

"Beau Oeste" also did a come- 
back at the Criterion, IIS.OSI. as 
against $14,852 the week before. 
. At the Astor '^he Big Parade" 
dropped oil about |liO. getting |19,- 
871. while the same was true at 
the Central for '*The Scarlet Letter," 
where the business was $11477. The 
latter plcfhre is due to leave in a 
couple of weeks, replaced by "The 
Fire Brigade/' 

estimates for L^tt Week 
Astor — "Big Parade" (M.-G.) 
(I.IIO; $1.65-$2.20) (Slst wsek). 
Business down about flfO under 
previous week: $19,871. 

Cameo— D. W. Griffith Rep. (641; 
50-75) (3d week). Running all old 
hits of D. W., pulling usual busi- 
ness for house; 6,063. 

Capitol.— "BardelyH tlie Magnlfl- 
.cent' (M.-G.) (6,460: 50-$l.ba) (..d 
week). Opened very strong laat 
week*, getting $67,774. and held over 
John Gilbert's performance great 
draiir 

Central— "Scarlet Letter" (M.-G ) 
(9.J: $l.l0-$2.20) (14th week). 
About ready to finish, wKh View 
M.-(]. In production, ' Fire Brigade," 
scheduled as next. Last week $11, 
177, less than $100 drop under wsek 
before 

Cohan— "Sorrows of Satan" (F. 
P.-L.) (1,111; $1.10-$2.20) <4th 
week). Not holding up. Lool<s now 
as though it wUl be replaced before 
hfdidays. GriflYth*s own reeutttng 
of picture reported a.s reason for 
failure to click as road show. Last 
W«ek $9,778. 

Colony— "The Better 'Ole" and 
. Vitaphone (W. B.) (1,980; $1.65 
12.20) (6th week). Business still 
climbing, instead of showing any 
let-up. Last week slight increase 
oyer previous one; |S4,01S. apsoHU 
advance sale bozHBflhon. OMMd In 
adjoining store. 

Criterion— *«Beau Geste** P.- 
li.) (812; $l.l0-$2.20) (12th week). 
Away above capacity again last 
week when $16.0tl was takien. 
Looks like It will stick a year at 
house. Matinees particularly strong. 
' Embassy — **Ben - Hur" (M.-G.) 
(596; $l.lC-$2.20) (45th week). 
Climb last week with $1,200 better- 
ment over week before; $8,947. 

Riaito— "Kid Boots" (P. P.-L.) 
(1,960; 36-60-75-99). Last week 
fourth and final one for Eddie Can- 
tor's first starring picture. Played 
six days to $12,6S3. Saturday 
• We're In tho Navy Now,- with 
Beery and Hatton, started with a 
tremendous rush; $24,570 on three 
days. 

Rivoli— "So's Tour Old Man" (F. 
P.-L.) (2,200; 35-60-78-99). W. C. 
Field's latest comedy. Despite some 
dally press reviewers didn't liko it. 
«:ot $27,880 last week, lift of $4,500 

gySLJgtiRt house drsw week before. 

Strand— "Syncopating Sue" (F. 
. N.) (2,900; 35-50-75). This Corlnne 
Griffith pipturs drew very nicely, 
gf^ttlng $36,000. $7,000 better than 
"Prince of Tempters" got first week, 
but ths latter plettire was held 
over. Strand policy to change this 
^eek to Saturday opening date 
•lyti ths. current attraotion, 'Tor 



Town's Table Party Fad Re- 
sults in Punched Cards~ 
H'hrowifigMo Friendt 



8t Jshn. M. B.. Nov. f . 

The injection of another picture 
house, temporarily, created an un- 
usual distribution of business last 
week. The addition, a legit house 
with an unbooked week, offered a 
split week in bills. 

Exhibitors who have been ad 
versely affected by the super- 
abundiance of card parties are hop- 
ing for improved conditions from 
a theatre angle. Recently, opposi- 
tion card parties have divided the 
patronage, as many as four on one 
night being held. Unsatisfactory 
refreshments and their service, tar- 
diness in starting the play and un- 
satisfactory prises are some of the 
reasons why the fad may loss Its 
grip to a certain extent. 

There are also complaints of 
players punching their own cards, 
mostly women, and winning numer- 
ous pisses. And other complaints 
of "throwing" games to friends who 
ore high in the race. 

Estimatss Isr Last Week 

ImpsHai <l.tM; li-S6) l-I, ''The 

Temptress (M-G)m 3-4. "The Bat 
(U. A.); 6-f, "You'd Be Surprised" 
(F. P.); $S.000. 

Unique (860: 26) 1-3. "Broken 
Hearts of Hollywood" (Warners); 
4-6, "Driftln* Thru" (Paths), 
Harry C^rey western; $950. 

Qusen Square (900 ; 35) 1-2. "Fig 
Leaves" (Fox); this picture an 
nounced at an increase over the 
normal top of SS cents was screened 
for only two days; 3-6.. "The Blue 
Eagle" (Fox) for the balance of the 
week at the normal price; this 
houses has been frequently using 
pictures in which George O'Brien 
has iMsn featured, Including two 
last week; house now using more 
Fox productions than any other in 
town; $1,100. 

Palace (550; 20) 1-2, "Ella Tin 
ders" (F. N.); 3-4. "Mike" (M. G ); 
6-6, "The Freshman" (Pathe); $500 

Gaiety (600; 20) 1-2. "The Man 
from Red Guteh" (F. B. O.); $-4. 
"Ella Cinders" (F. N,>; •-€, •'Mtks" 
(M. G.); $S50. 

Opers Houss <1.200: 15-86) 1-S, 
"Tho I>one Wolf Returns" (Colum.) ; 
4-6, "The Unwanted" (Samuelson). 
Ttis legit houss was an extra for 
the week only; special advertising 
was carried for "The Unwanted." 
an Engliah production, which in 
eluded distribution of pictorial 
reading matter for the preceding 
week; the lobby of the house was 
also left open on Sunday and on 
week days for the display of stills 
on both pictures; first English film 
screened locally for about, six 
months; $1,200. 

<C^jh4irht, 1ft2|, by Varisly, Ins.) 



1st NatTs 4 Sopenrisors 
With Levee, Gen. Bos. Mgr. 



tswB pletups l i snsei Stanley offi- 
cials are talking about this being 
one of tho biggest fall seasons for 
pictures In thrss or four years. 

Big noise last week was "Tlie 
Quarterback" at the Stanley. This 
one easM Hi with a bang despite the 
prophesies of some that the pre- 
vious week's debut of "One Minute 
to Play,- with "Red" Grange, at the 
Karlton would take the edge off the 
football picture craze for the time 
being. Another reason U found in 
the presence on the bill of Waring's 
Pennsylvanians, billed almost equal- 
ly with the picture, and playing 
their 2l8t week at this house. The 
$34,000 gross last week must be. in 
part, accredited to their personal 
draw. However, the picture got 
great notices and even greater 
word-of-mouth advertising. Last 
week's gross was over $8,000 above 
the previous wssk*8 marie Elsetlen 
helped, as did the end of the wssk 
in flux of football enthusiasts. 

Ths Grange picture, **One Minute 
to Play." did about $8,500 in its sec- 
ond and last week at the Karlton. 
representing a $2.i00 drop. 

The Fox had a good week also, 
with the crowds showing a strong 
liking for ths added nature, Al 
Herman and his Minstrels. Picture 
was "Whispering Wires." consid 
ered better than the average run of 
this theatre's plcturen. Over $21,000 
Estimatss for Last Wssk 
atantsy (COM: SS-M-7i>. *^e 
Quarterback" (F. P.). This foot 
ball plctiure with Richard Diz came 
at psychologloal momsnt. Gross 
was $34,000, with a lot of ♦he credit 
undoubtedly due to Waring's Peon 
sylvanlans, as popular aa srsr. 

Stanton (1.700; 35-60-76). "Spar 
rowa" (U. A.; 1st week). Mary 
Pickford picture got excellent gross 
— $13.000 — but doesn't look strong 
enough for run. Scheduled as last 
week and bardly likely to' slay 
longer. •'Four Horsemen" next. 

Atdins (1.600; $1.66). "Beau 
Geste" (F. P.; fth week). Claimed 
another gain, but down a bit, $9,500. 

Fox (3.000; 90). "Whispering 
Whres" CFox). Pleturs better liked 
than most of theatre's fihn olTerIng.«<. 
Al Herman's Minstrels meant even 
mere. House claimed almost ttlifto 
on week. 

Arcadia (800; 60). "Don Juan's 
Three Nights" (Ist N.; 2d week). 
Fairly good business, with $3,000 
claimed. "La JJoheme," at Aldine 
last season, in for run. 

Karlton (1.100; 60). "One Minute 
to Play" (F. B. O.; 2d week). Hurt 
by "Quarterback^ at Stanley, but 
continued better than bouse aTerage 
at $3,500 claimed. 
(CopyHfHt, isai, by Varlsly, fna.) 



Washington, Nov. t. 
(EsUmatsd White Populatisiw 
SSOyOOO) 

Ben Bernle and John Gilbert, at 
ths Palace and Columbia, respec- 
tively, are credited with doing the 
biggest business of the past week. 
Takings even in these two Ix>sw 
houses wars oflE^ however, when 
compared with IM gr esses usually 
rung up. 

Actually it would have been a sad 
week at the Palace but for Bernle 
and his t>and. The picture, "War 
Paint," though styled as being 
pleasing, was a western and pic- 
turegoers here will have none of 
these. 

The Metropolitan got by .fairly 
well with a good stags attraction 

in the l*once Sisters and D'Alles- 
sandro and the film feature "Synco- 
pating Sue.** 

Tho Itialto. also with a western, 
failed to get business as did the 
Palace. 

Estimates for Last Week 

(^tumbia — "Bardelys. the Mag- 
nificent" (M-G.-M) (1.232; 35-50). 
John Gilbert again attracted enough 
to have picture held over; about 
$12,000. 

Metropolitan — "Syncopating Sue" 
(F. N.) tl.618: 40-fO)^ Corlnne 

Grimth always business getter here, 
plus stage feature ran things up to 
about $11,700. 

Palace— "War Paint" (M-G-M) 
and Ben liernie's orchestra (2.390; 
35-50). 'Way down When compared 
with preceding weeks under new 
policy; draw credited to Bernle; 
$13,000. 

Rislto— "Flaming Frontier" (U) 
(1,978: tS-fO). If western will not 
be accepted at the Palace then this 
house, now in the "depths," couldn't 
have gotten over $f ,000. 
(Copyright, 1928. by Variety, Ins.) 



TEMPTERS' DID WELL IN 
PROVIDENCE T0,|7^ 

Double Bills Carried Nothing 
Unusual Last Week— - 
Rialto's Good BcMk 



STATE -LAKE AT 
%\m - HURT 
BYWEAKHLH 



'Pirate* Got Roosevell* 
jaSkOOO— Oriaatal 
(Ash). $45,000 



rOPEKA LIKED 'BARDELYS' 



Los Angeles, Nov. 0. 
At a meeting of First National 

powers held recently at French 
Lick H was decided to cut out the 
post of general production man- 
ager, now held by Joiw MeCor 

mick, and have Instead four pro- 
duction supervisors, with McCor- 
mlck as one. 

MeCormIck Is to have charge of 
an individual production unit. He 
will produce Colleen Moore pic 
tures exclusively. Al Rockett and 
two other projlucers will have 
other units. 

M. C. Levee will have the post 
of general business manager. 

It is understood that this ruling 
will Ro into effect Jan. 1, but final 
word is awaited from New York. 



ever After." but six days at house. 

Warner's— "Don Juan** and Vita- 
phone (W. I?) (1.300; $1.65-S2.20) 
(14th week). Jump in business of 
$1,400 showed still lot of life left in 
this double bill. Fear when receipts 
week before last slipped to $24,230 
that picture was slipping on ac- 
count of other Vita show at Col- 
ony, but comeback last week with 
$25,635 briRhtened prospects again. 
(CspyHght, im, by Vgrig^, Ins.) 



Did $2,300 While Fighting Election 
—Rejected "Vsnety," but Jsy- 
ha«irk Qot ^iyMO 

Topeka.'Nov. 0. 
(Drawing Populstion, 75,000) 
It was 50-60 here last week. Elec- 
tion . simply ruined business, and 
then the last half of the week tho 
Kansas Teachers' Association came 
to town, and all thsatrso got a 
break. 

The big surprise came Monday, 
when ''Blossom Tims" gave its 16th 

performance here, in returning for 
the fourth time, and did capacity. 

Bookings fo- the first part of the 
week did not help the theatres flf;ht 
the pre-election lethargy. At the 
Jay hawk *' Variety^ faUsd to prove 
a drawing card. 

Estimstes for Lsst Week 
Jayhawk (t.500; 40)— "Variety" 
(Ufa-F. P.) might have done t>etter 
on other than election week; public, 
and particularly convention crowd, 
liked "Syncopating Sue" lots better; 
about f S.t004 

Grsnd (1,400; 40)— •'The Lone 
Wolf (Columbia) ttnished week fol- 
lowing one-night engagement of 
"Blossom Time," musical; failed to 
please and barely kept house open; 
about $1,800. 

Orpheum (1,100; 50)— "Bardolys. 
the Magnificent" (M-G) stood up 
best of all local attractions first half 
of weel<; pac)<ed housei for last 
half totaled $2,300. 

Cozy (400: 30)— **Hell Bent fer 
Heaven" (Warners) not the type 
Topcka likes: not enouKh fancy 
clothoH to suit the shop girl.s; busi- 
ness dropped to less than $1,000. 

Isit (700; 25)— "The Runaway Kx- 
prcss" had poor luck, even with the 
show-hungry schoolma'aras In In 
t o wn ; an a ppr o x i m a t e t o tal o f $1,- 

100. 

(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, inc.) 

Mvarado Opposite Del Rio 

l/os AncTf-les, Nov. 9. 
Df)n Alvaiado has boon signed by 
Fox toj>1ay male lead opposite Do- 
lores Del Rio In "Carmen.** 



chiongn.. 

Chicago has leen waitlngf quite 
a while for "The lilack rlnite." As 
proof of wh.-it it inten«1.«» to do dur- 
ing its stay iiore the Fairbanks flim 
attracted $25,000 worth oC customers 
Into the Koosevelt for Its opening 
week. It could have done better 
if there were more seats in th^q Klis* 
atre. ■ ' 

In most of the other houses busi- 
ness was a little below average. At 
the Chicago **nie Quartorbaek" just 
reached $40,000, a few thousand 
under this theatre's standard gross. 
The handicap was thst the crowd 
which might have sent this picture 
over big was in school instead ot 
the loop. Light matlnes hMtaSsn 
resulted. Evenings good. 

The Oiioutal. l^aul Ash's paLiice, 
also had a weak matinee week. 
Plenty of seats at intervals during 
the day. In the evenings It was a 
different story. However, the day- 
light weakness cut the gross to 
$45,000. ASh was in at home ons 
afternoon. 

Heavy advance sheeting is plas* 
tered ntwiad isw» Ois s sssnt 
Vitaphone show coming Into the 
Woods. Tho other Vitaphone show, 
at McVicker's. isn't ready to pull 
out yet with $28,000 for last week 
lining up as i?ood when conditions 
In the other theatres are considered. 

A first run film at the Randolph. 
**Devll's Island," was okay at $6,300. 
while a German product, "Slums of 

Berlhi^* Is in the ttovwa now (or a 



Providence, Nov. 0, 
(Orswing Populstion, 300,000) 
An ordinary wn^ unmarfcsd by 

any outstanding grosses. Weather 
continued fairly warm and clear, 
accounting parUally for ths average 
bu»in< s.s. Blsetlon Created vsr)r lit- 
tle local stir. 

One novelty of a sort hit town 
Sunday. Seven reels showing? inci- 
dents ih the textile workers' strike 
at Passaic wero at the Empire that 
day. The Kmplre Is the local Co- 
lumbia wheel spoke. The show was 
arranged by the Providence Central 
Fedorated Union, which cancelled 
its regular meeting Sunday evening 
and went to the Empire in a body. 
Tho Central Federated Union of 
America Is sponsor for the picture. 
Estimated for Last Week 

Strand (2.200; 15-40)— "Ace of 
Cada" (F. P.). Did well and liked. 
"Winning Wallop" (Indep.) i>oor 
secondary feature. Good at $7,500. 

Vietory (1,000; 16-40). '^Midnight 
Sun" (U.). Russian stuff without 
great difference from others. "Fly-, 
ing Horseman" (Fox) irood Root 
Gibson. Good at $7,000. 

Majestio (2,500; 10-40). "Prince 
of Tempters** Usl JO^ )MM no 
Catholic CiPllilM IWglfc tfp at 
$7,500. 

Riaito (1,448; 15-40.) "Eagle of 
tho Sea" (F. P.). Gave this house 
first good break in month. I'icturc 
not iiclped by supporting program 
of clu-ap short subjects. $5,000. 

Fsy's (2.000; 15-50). Vaude. and 
film undistinguished. "Forever 
After" (1st N ). drsw littls com- 
ment. About $9,500. 

Albee (2,600; 10-75). "Whole 
Town's Talking" (U^, Funny and 
pleasing. Silver's Band» heading 

turns, poor reosi^lMI. ^MTiiMpI at 

about $10,000. 
Smery (1.474: lf-M>. "Midnight 

Lovers" (1st N.). Unfamiliar type 
of film for this house, which leans 
to thrillers and westsms. Vaude- 
ville unremarked. IMM P Hy , iMld 
average at $8,800. 

'This Wssk 
Strand, "Men of Steel"; Victory, 
"The Temptress"; Majestic, "Pri- 
vate Issy Murphy"; Riaito, **One 
Minute to Play"; Fay s, "Dreed of 
the Sea"; Albee, "The Return of 
Peter r,rlniLm';; Emery, "The Block 
Signal." 

(Copyright, 1020, by Variety, Inc.) 

Sunday ConcerU at JLoew's 

St. Louis, Nov. f. 
Sunday afternoon concerts are to 
be inaugurated at Loew's State here 

next wook. Don Alb«'rt. musical di 
rector at the house, will lead an en 
semble of from 60 to 73 niciu The 
sute will splurgs heavily this week 
on advertising for the roncerts. Al 
)>ert forniGrly condurled Sunday 
< jncorta In Clilcago and Dallas the- 
atres, and ths Idea was also 
on the oowit for a numbcsr of yoars 



Estimates for Last Week 
Chieaao— "Ths Quartsrback" (F. 
P.) (4,10(1: iO»n>;^Mt pletara and 
good stage show missed out with 
$40,000; Giant Piano" (Publlx) and 
Boyd Senter supporting feature. 

McVicker's— Vitaphone and "Don 
Juan" (Warner) (1.600; 60-$2). 
Vitaphone draws 'em and they leavs 
talking ai>out "that jnecker In 
tighU"; seventh fUll week. $28,000; 
good. 

Oriental— "Ladies at Play*' (P. 
N.) (2,900; S6-tO-7S>. Pleturs didn't 
help any and wsnk MftlMdi ihltOd 
Ash to 146.000. 

Msnros — "Whisperinff WINjiT 
(Fox) (072; CO). Average film and 
poor notiqss gave house $4,200; nor- 
mal; BiMNt Jones now In had gr eig 
will go up. 

Orphsum — "My Official Wife" 
(Warner) (770; 60). About $7,000 
for second and last week; picture 
failed to hit and drew unfavorable 
notices. 

Roosevelt— "The Black Pirnt^" 
(U. A.) (1.400; 60-76). Fairbanks 
turned tlif week Into a holiday for 

this theatre; 126,000 and svsnios 
tumawaya. 

Randolph— "Devil's Island" (Chad- 
wick) (660: 60). Pauline Frederick 
In first run good snough; $6,200. 

State- Lake -"For Alimony Only" 
(P. D. C.) (2,800; 60-76). Pop vaude 
houss making mistaks of trying to 
draw with weak pl<rtures; $19,000. 
(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, I no.) 



porhand's quiet WK; 





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Portland, Ore.. Nov. 9. 
(Drawing Population, 310,000) 
Business at local show emporiums 
was about average last week. Lou 
Anger. Joe Schenck's personal rep* 
resentatlve as to purchasing thea- 
tres, was in town to look over the 
fleld for a reserved house for the 
Schenck-Grauman combine. Should 
17. A. lease or purchase a house In 
Portland or .Seattle thoy would have 
to buy outside product, as they have 
•already sold their prSS#nt Hiie-ttp to 
Universal, who will play these pic- 
tures at their three northwest 
houses in PortldiM, Ssdttis sad 

Spokane. 

l^aramount has removed its 24- 
sheet sign which for the past few 

months has been nnnounclng a largo 
Publlx house opposite Harry Ar- 
thur's new Broadway theatre. How- 
over, Paramount has a 86-year lease 

on Xhc sitf>. 

A < f>Ti(rnct for the entire group of 
Willi;irn I''ox [>i« tures for his new 
I'ortiund house has been sinned by 
Alex Pantages. This rxcoi»ts the 
five super-piol urns which will be 
sold on the open market. The new 
Pan will ope n with a grind polley 
of a feature picture and six' acts. 
Estimates for Lsst Week 

Brosdwsy (2.f.00; 40-60)-"The 
Waltz Dream" (M-O). Drew fairly; 
IJh'.riun Hsupfmann, new muKl(*al 
dii« ( tor, sor ni.s to b^ hitting tmll at 
groat clip; has Instituted Sunday 
noon concerts, which Is bringing 
them in hordes; Fahcho and Maroo 



VARIETY 



pT^turI^ 



Wadnttday, Nov«iii^ 10, 1936 



I«m«, headed by William Le Maire, 
Ik *l>anciiiir Shoes," a riot; buslneas 
ialr at $11,200. 

ColumbiA (SOO; fO)— "The Black 
Flrate^ (U; A.). Fairbank'e picture 
In third week going at average clip; 
•othiniT atartling; $0,500 and stays. 

Liberty (2,000; S5>50)— '^ne 
Manners" (F. P.). Swanson broug-ht 
fair week-end business; popular 
With women folks; picture at this 
house only selling: feature; ao llflflt 
band or attraction; $7.U00. 

lUUll (Mltr ti-SO)— "For All- 
moiiy Only' (P. D. C). House 
Showed a little improvement over 
ordinary weelcs; added attraction. 
Ass'n nets, of Dr. AlHstro, ''cure 
specialist," seemed to connect; $5,- 
100. 

Majestic (1.000^-50)— "Nell Gwyn" 
(F. P.). Did not start with bang 
expected; house plugging "Eagle of 
the Sea" as coming att^AOUon; 
•00 and held over. 

People's (936; 80-45)— "The Show- 
Off" (F. P.). Brought good Income 
here; screen tests on stage caught 
•n 13,800. 

Blue MoMSO ($00; 25)--*«The Run- 
away B lt p rs s if* CH).^' House playing 
many other pictures other than 
Warners lateb^ only, fair: $2,600. 
(Oopyri gMi lite ^ Varlo ly, Ino.) 

Iios Angeles. Nov. t. 

Incorporation papers for $1,000,000 
have been filed at Sacramento by 
Omt VtelM AHMs StiiMo Ootrponi- 
tion of Los Angeles to take over 
Che present Fairbanks -Plckford 
•tudio on Santa Monica Boulevard. 

DirMtoM M JmtHt m: MMBOk. 
^ohn Consldlne. Jr., Roland West, 
ibbort Fairbanks ftBd N. A. McKay. 



ALHAMBRA AND WIS. 
$21300 AND $19^ 

Snow and Convention Helped 
Milwaukee— Pickford HeM 
Over After $1(^200 



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Milwankeo, Not. f . 
(Drawing Population, 560,000) 
Snow and eold woathor. toffother 

with the annual convention of the 
Wisconsin Teachers' Association, 
brought them Into iM ttlMNii Ml 

week. 

The Alhambra continues to lead 
the field but is beihff hard pushed. 

The Merrill retained Its big busi- 
ness with Mary Pickford's "Spar- 
rows." getting a big kid and woman 
draw and proving a mecOA for tbo 

visiting school marms. 

Estimates for Last Weeki 
Alhambra — '*My Oflleial Wife" 

(Fox) (3.000; 15-25-35-50). Re-is- 
sue did not help, although house 
had a good draw dvo to TaadOvUlo 
acts and former weeks' attrac- 
tions: still led pict^ro houses at 
about $21,800. 

Garden — "Laddie" (F. B. O.) 
(1.000; 26-60). Had fair draw and 
picture seemed to please; $$.964. 

Majestic— "The Jade Cup" (P. B. 
O.) (1.600; 15-25-40). House had 
one of best weeks in recent months; 
around $9,200. 

Merrill — "Sparrows" (U. A.) 
(1.200; 25-50). Plckford picture 
well liked by all; much mouth-to- 
mouth advertising; held orer for 
second week; first week exceeding 
$10,200. 

IMiiler — •'War Paint" (M-T) 
(1,400; 16-11-40). With Ix>ew acts 
this i^ieturo has Xarl DaaOt tea 
tured as "Big PaHide" star, got bet 
tor buainesa than usual; probably 
duo to Tisitors hsro; ««Ud IT.'TtO 
PaIace-^"Rl8ky Business" (P. D 
C.) (1,400: 26-60-76). Sossuo Hfja- 
kawa to person bad nivek to 46 
with draw; around $21,700. i 

Strand— "Men of Steel" (F. N.) 
(1,200; 11-25-60). Mfiton IfiUs 
draws here; elose to $8,650. 

Wisconsin — "Syncopating Sua" 
(F. K.) ($.600; S6-60-fO). Saxo's 
biggest house recovering after be- 
ing knocked haywire for a few 
weeks by the Alhambra change in 
policy; Ciorlnno Orifllth film, with 
nothing much . also if^,^^ 4^ 
pulled 110,300. . • ' 



Tamoot Pbyers' as Trade 
Nmw Miqr Be CNleit 




!■ or- 
gan ixlng the Jewish Famous Play- 
ers, lae., has been advised by the 
Fa moms Players-Lasky Corp. 
throvi^ Its lagal dopartmont anent 
Paramount's Intention to protect 
the corporate title. 0>unsel for 
F. P. has termally notified Relkln 
that tho namo has been widely 
exploited and advertised and legal 
stops win bo taken to protect It 
uttloM Sonda sdTlsoB hm will 
desist. 

Relkin has consulted counsel, 
who opine that, as long as the 
Jewidi ttoCIf ti prodomlnaat te 
their productions. F. P. oannot sue. 
Relkln accordingly Intends operat- 
inif under the Jewish Famous 
Ine.. aooordlngly, poailbly 
for.th^ publicity anticiptated. 

Th^ tatter's first picture, "The 
Wild Man," starring Ludwig Sets, 
goes Into pro4iietloB Not. IS vader 
iTma AbnuBion's dIrtetlotL 



tttim 



Griswold at Rosy 

Charles Orlawbld baa been ap- 
pointed hooso managor oC tho now 

Rozy. New^ York. Griswold is a 
veteran house executive, former ro- 
tating manager for Publlz, until 
thi Chicago B. m K, Mi MIS Is 
over him In Boston. 

i^urt Schindler, choral orchestral 
conductor, and Charles Proyin, also 
a Pdblix alsnuiMi Iws sMUsi liv 
musical biclN'lll^ ilWr 



FikM for Foreign-Bom 

Exhibited in Steerage 

mio picture Industry, typified by 
Will tt. Hasrs, tiUdorod s tuiitdioon 
to Secretary of Labor Davis and 
Dr. John H. Findley, chairman of 
tho Council on Adult £klucatlon for 
tho Forolcn*Bom, following tho in- 
auguration of a new service on he 
part of the industry in the work of 
Amerlcanixatlon of the aliens. This 
latott phsso took tho form of the 
presentstlOB oC pleture programs In 
the steerage class of the liners 
bringing tho emigrants to this 
country. Vhs Initial showing oc- 
curred m bSiPi' tts Lsvistlisa 
Mondty morning. 

At tho luncheon the Secretary of 
Labor stated that this was just 
another slop tomrjurd In tho field 
of Tisual education. It would only 
be a question of a short time now 
bofpro the picture actually took Its 
plaos to ths 'seiiools of tho eouhtnr. 

Hays and Chairman Flnley also 
spoke at the luncheon, attended by 
a number of educators interested in 
ths wtitik S( 



CsMlsmplates Cast of JanningSy 
Jfenjoa and Negri . 

Jm MatttHm, If sr. f . 

Famous Players-Lasky may next 
year make a super-special costing 
around $1,000,000, with a cast 
hesdod by- Adolpho Ifenjou, Pda 

Negri and Em 11 Jannlngs; Ernest 
Lubitsch or Mauritz Stiller to direct 
and Erich Pommer supervising. 

This Idea was glron ths F. P. 
executives by Menjou and they loolc 
favorably upon it. It is figured 
tliat the salary of the "big five" for 
the six weeks ths picturs would 
take to make would run around 
$600,000, the balance being used for 
minor salaries and production cost. 

LOS ANGEUS DAfiJES 
QUEER^BREWSTERDEAL 

Publisher Was Selling Rights 
to His 5 Magazines— Offered 

for Titiet 



FORMAN mii m 

HIMSELF AT HOME 



Fines for Minors 

Two girl cashiers, Mildred Abra- 
hamowlts, Sl« of $21 East 135th 
street, and Anna Gross, 20, of 100 
Rides stvsot, wars Ito* SiMi m In 
Special l^tossions for selling chil- 
dren ladmlssion tickets to the ACMtd- 
emy on East Houston street. 

At tiM ssms thus Loiils SMtsc 
doorman, was fli^sd |10$ for admit 
ting minors vasooeinpsniod by 
guardians. 



ZiOS Angeles, Not. f . 

SsgStts Brewster, husband of 
Corliss Palmer, embryo screen 
actress, was going to sell the rights 
to publish his five magazines to a 
syndicate hesdod by S. Whoeler- 
Reld, publisher of ''Hollywood 
> Life," a "fan" paper, until he found 
^ut that the Lios Angeles dally 
newspapers knew 9litcu% It. Bo 
then turned abound Sad dSOilSiM B9 
such deal was on. 
Boveral months ago Brewster la 

the owner of a picture house in- 
quiring if he wanted to buy the five 
"fan" publication rlgbts and the 
Brewster, p ropor t y for $600,$)0«. The 
man was not interested if Wheeler- 
Reid was approached. The lattor 
opened negotiations with Brewster 
mftor csttlac soms local capitalists 
to underwrite the project. All pa- 
pers were ready for signature, it is 
said, to assign the rights to 'Mo- 
tion Pictures" and "Screen Clas- 
sics," which Brewster is now pub- 
lishing, as well as "Shadowland," 
"BOSttty^ ana nCoTis Weekly," 
which Brewster has quit publish- 
ing. The buyers were not Interested 
in the Brewster property, but were 
wUliac,ts psF 'USO,000 for thS good 
will rights to ths msgaslns titloa. 



Wsst Coast Motion Picture Directory 
of Plsysr% XMrsctOfs and Writeis 



BARBARA BEDFORD 

FOR FIRST NATIONAL 

**ye w f/»TeM for Old" — Toarn«iir. 
"Th o Bportlnc l.<»Ter"— Hale 
«*Wbat fVMla Mea'*— ArehlabMid 



WIm Guy" — I 
Flrct National 
le Fifth Commanda 
Joh nson— Vnl t enial 
MlUa With a MllUoS**- 

Welght— F. B. ,0. 

MasaseniCBt 
■DWARD 8MALL COMPANT 



GASION GUSS 

IrOft^lRST NAtfeiUlL 



Daddlea"— Sant4>ll 
l«"— SanteU 



llaBaseneat 
XDWABD SMALL COMPANT 




MARY €ARB 



ALAN ROSCOE 

Ing With Lore"— Fli 
jATofifl CaireBta**' 
— Fbet yetisaal 



UONEBELMORE 

**B«tani of PeCeE^CIr|ay|i''<TjNs 

MaaaseiBcnt 
BDWARD SMALL OOlCPAlft 



GEORGE IRVING 



*^Bkti OooM Ransa Hlsb**< 
Playem Jaiwes Crasa 
Tlf*"— Irvlns Cemmlai 
— Bad Mea"— " 



Rsafai 
SMAI 



IX GOMPAMf 



on Vita 

Bruoo Baims£ather, author of the 
•TBetter "OISi* Im* boon signed by 
Vltaphone to do hla chalk specialty, 
which he need as an sot Whsii plsy- 
ing in TaudevlUe. 

Alf wntoa MMUfsd tfcs bssi([fn> 
for tiM auipior^srtlst 

(TELiUEFEUE'S WIFE AEBESTED 

Los Angeles, Nov. t. 
Mrs. taaii Owpototsr, wHi sC tbm 
chauffeur employed by Emory John- 
son, picture producer, has been ar- 
rested for looting the Johnson home. 
Ths poUos fomid |t.000 wdrth of 
furs, sUk and silver plate stolen 
from tho Johnson home Oct. SI. 

Tho woman was. arrested when 
attsmptlBt ts-shlp tho stolon prop- 
erty east. Her htisband ntfll AS 1^- 
rested as sa sooomplico. 



I£W MOB. AT STATE, L. A. 

Los Angeles, Not. f. 
H. B. Wright, managing director 
of Losw's Stats for three years, has 
been transferred as supervisor of 
the West Coast Bernstein Theatres 
in Pasadena. Louis Golden, man- 
ager Of the RIts, hsi been promotsd 
to the State's post in this city. 



BACOFS <WHITE FLANNEL' 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9, 
Uoyd Bacon's aozt pictmrs for 
Warner Brothers will be "White 
Flannel,** from the Saturday Even- 
ing Post story by Luclen Carey. 



Picture Director, 34, Had Just 
Started Making New Pic- 
turc— War Veteran 



Los Angeles, Nov.' 9. 

Tom Forman, 84-year-old picture 

director, shot and killed himself at 

the home of his parents in Venice 

Sunday, with a 46 calibre revolver 

whilo la ths bathroom. 

•A day bsfors hs started to direct 
"The Wreck" for Colnmbia, whsii 

suddenly taken ill. 

Sunday, while his mother was 
preparing breakfast, Vomian shot 
himself through the heart. 

Besides his parents, Forman is 
survived by a widow and son. The 
deceased was a World War vet. 
member of the Rainbow Division* 
He enlisted as a private and was 
discharged a lien tenant of the flying 
corps. Hs had bssn a plctors actor 
and director for a number of ysars. 

J.-Y. IL's Re-Enlry 

Seattle, Nov. 9. 

Soms surprise was occasioned 
with the announcement that Jonsea 
& Von Herberg are to rs-sntor ths 
show business in Seattle. 

They have purchased three houses 
in Ballard, suburb. The theatres 
are the £]mpress. Majestic and a 
new picture theatre in the new 
Eagles horns la Ballard. 



Can You Beat It? 

Mor* JK«cords Broken bi New Jersey 

5 WEEKS— JERSEY CITY, N.J. 
3 WEEKS— ARLINGTON, N. J. 
8 W1BK8— PATKRSON. N, J. 

Featuins 
JACK IMULHALL A 
HELENE CHADWICK 

SKND rS YOUR DATE8 — We will 
Bent Toar Theatre or I'lay Percrnta^e 

STATE RIGHTS FOR SALE 

PtUk Wetfare Pictares 

CORPORATION 

723 Seventh Ave«» New York 



DICK LEIBERT 



Featured 

ORGANIST 



Loew^s Palace 

WASHINGTON. D. C. 



(cm:) 



WALUCE MacDONALD 



FOR rox 



fall's lV»ar Hi 



irAB9 MIAIX. COMTAlfr 



MNIUAN 

hmie DeTfl'a Ct»eita"->Chrifltlanaoii— 
M. O. IL 

rTha Ameteur Qentleman" — Baribel- 
daatt — Inep n U i l u n 
.WldowB"-^Wam«r 



ROSE DIONE 



Tal- 



*«lllle. M edifle**- 
_ nm national 
'VechMw ef ^ 

matdffe— Si( 
ArtietH 

**Man«n Leecaui" — John Barr3rmor»-> 
Alan Cro<iland— United Artiste 

Miioiiffement 
KDWARH HMALJ. COMPANT 



EDITH ROBERTS 

'Vhore Yon Are"— M. O. M. 
"Sevoa Keye |e BaMpSle' 

Marlon M 
Crimee af tlia Arm CbalV 

USIvanal— Blaclie 

1 Maaaaemeiit 

BDW Am» SMAIX COKPAKT 



LE GOVESHIIEnT'' 

X«os Angrelee, Not. f. 
J. C. Bachman vlll produce the 
Invisible Qovemment** from the 
original story hj Jerome Wilson 
and Agnmu MSKsiMM isr Profsrred 
Plcturee. 

Francis X. Bushman has hosn as* 
signed tho loading rolew 

L. A. to N. Y. 

Arthur Bsrnstola. 
Ohsrlss If eOarthr. 



N. Y. to L. A. 

Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Losw. 
Ernest W. Fredmaa. 
R. IL GUlespie. 

Paul nnlrlr 



Jack Dompsey. 
Estelle Taylor. 
Henry Kln^. 
Joseph Rsrssshelmer. 
Carmel Myers. 
Ned Marin. 
Marcus Loew. 

Paal Gullek. 
F. Pswvs. 



HAROLD 



COOPER 



Yates and Lawley 

SONGSTER3 DE LUXE 

WEEK OCT. 30, RIVOLI, NEW YORK 

NOW at RIALTO, NEW YORK 

Thmhi to Oar FrimUU Who Haot AiMl Va 
DirecUon WILLIAM MORRIS 



Cn£ER UP Mr EXUIBITOe 

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Wednesday, November 10, 1926 




PICTURES 



VARIETY 



."-SEVERAL. 
ACTS' PRICES. ASKED-OFFERED 



With advance reporU on Fox's 
talklnff picture, to be called the 
lloTietene, highly favorable, and 
the Vltaphone (Warner Brothers) 
already well established, a new pro- 
feaaional outlet for "namea" pre- 
seats lUelf as an important factor. 

•ddltlon, DeForesfs Phonofllms 
fltre again coming to the fore with 
renewed production activity, they 
jutviBff OB* apoeial agent scouting 
for "names." 

Thomas A. Edison, the phono- 
graph pioneer and Inventor, Is also 
reported working ou talking pic- 
tures. Edison tried it some 13 
years ago and flopped, it costing 
Keith's around $500,000 at the time. 
Tbs modem advancements made by 
Edison's contemporaries, however, 
augur well for the Wizard of Or- 
ange, N. J. 

Famous Players-Lasky Is also to 
be figured in the talking picture 
Aeld, a reported hook-up with the 
Brunswick recording artists, iftkin 
to Vltaphone's Victor record af- 
filiation, lending weight t9>. tj^^t 
possibility.* ' ' i 

In view of the keen comi^it ion, 
the latest "names" are naturally 
holding out, bidding one against the 
other. A restrictive clause against 
**opposltlon" Is also a new wrinkle 
In the musical screen development. 

Earl Sponable Is Fox's produc- 
tion executive and is getting ready 
to buy talent, having soveral agents 
already Interested as sources for 
llrat call. These include Arthur 
Klein and Walter Batchelor. 
"Terms for Talking Movies 

Eddie Cantor asked $.50,000 for a 
Vltaphone recording (twice that of 
Al Jolson), and was ^Ottntor-^ered 
IM^tOO by tho Warners. Cantor is 
now holding: out for $100 weekly 
royalty on his records for a mini- 
mum of 250 weeks guMfttoo^ He 
la gambling on wmiftam MiytlUng 
l^bove that. 

That is hanging fire as well as 
a bid for George Olson** OMbMitra 
from the Hotel Pennsylvania, who 
has two of the talking picture com- 
panies after him. 

on tho proposition otf bani oal- 
aries, one leader who signed with 
Vltaphone almost lost himself $8,000 
through being anxious to accept 
9lO,m whUa bis niiiiagsr m the 

Inner offico was holding out for 
$25,000. It resolved itself down to 
splitting the difference. 

Hur' Breaks Road Show 
Trail in Arb. and Iil. Mex. 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 

For the first time since super- 
l^lctures have been road -showed, a 
trail haa been biased through Ari- 
sona and New Mexico. "Ben-Hur" 
Is the first to crack the Ice. 

Dick Mitchell, booking and press 
lopresentatlva for Hur** oH tha 
Fftdfic Coast, booked this flhu for 
a month's tour of this territory, 
which will probably prove the fore- 
runner for slhilliu^ road show on- 
gagements. 

"Be.n-Hur" closes Its 16 weeks' 
engagement here at the Biltmore 
Kov. 20, and Immodtately t«k^ Hm 
toad. 

Fred Zweifel will travel with the 
show, Mitchell handling the ad- 



'Bm HorV 4 W«ek8 in 
SL Loiis, Very Big 



St. Louis, Nov. 9. 

"Ben-Hur^ dosed a four- week 
run at the American Saturday. All 

!our weeks were capacity, acoord- 
ng to reliable reports, and the last 
week was the biggest of aH. 

It was the biggest biz a picture 
has done in St. Louis since "The 
Birth of a Nation." 

The run would have continued, 
but "Dearest Enemy^ was booked 
n. The American goes dark for 
three weeks Saturday night, but the 
film will not be brought back then. 
It will probably show lata In the 
spring for a return. 



hUM Norauuid'* Suit- 

Xios Anf#lM; Kov. 0. 

Mabel Normand's $500,000 libel 
suit against Mrs. Georgia W. 
Churchill was dismissed by the 
atata Supremo Court as tha result 
of a stipulation by tho attorneys for 
both sides. Similar action was also 
takea In tho suit in which Miss 
Normaad sought to Intervene In the 
divorce action Mrs. Church brought 
•gainst her husband. 

The controversy started In lt24 
when Mrs. Church filed a divorce 
action and asserted that Miss Nor- 
Biand visited her husband in a 
nightdress while l>oth Were confined 
In a local hospltaL 

Miss Normand denied the charges 
and asked permission to disprove 
them, but her patltlon was denied 
by the court. She then filed the 
libel action denying Mrs. Chiitrh" 
Assertions and charging the state 
nenta la tha dlroroe complaint wore 



to 



Otia Herlsn Added 

Los Angeles, Nov. ! 
Otis Harlan has boon added 
"Don t Tell the Wife,- which Paul 
SUiln win put into productiom for 
Warner brothers next week. 



S. R. KENT'S OPERATION 

SklBoy R. Kant, general manager 

of Paramount, was admitted to a 
hospital yet*terdajr (Tuesday) to 
undergo an operation for appendi- 
citis. Ha hM boon suffering from 
this ailment for a number of 
months but refused to submit to an 
operation until tlie sales division 
went to work oa tha OAtirt prod- 
uct for 1926-27. 

At the sales meeting last spring 
It was feared Mr. Kent would be 
\inable to attend, but ha CougliC off 
tho Illness and took command. He 
remained on the job until after the 
meeting held In French Lick two 
weeks ago. 



wmxir MuoKT 

Log Angolas^ Not. f. 

Grant Withers, screen actor, has 
been summoned to appear in court 
on complaint of his wife, who al- 
leges he la fSOO la Mtaftra la ali- 
mony payments. 

Withers was divorced by his wife 
several months ago, and last week 
his engagement to Albert^ Vaughan, 
screen actress, was announoed. 



Nol Known 
Across Frisco's Bay 

San Francisco, Nor. 
Max Dolin after threa years at 

the California theatre here with 
feature billing, went across the bay 
to play a week's engagement In 
Oakland prior to reopening on this 
side at the Coliseum. 

After two days Dolin wont to the 
Oakland house manager and said: **! 
don't mean .a thing over here. They 
don't know that I'm in town or that 
I'm on the stage. I know you will 
ba'adad to get out of niy mitrsct 
and I'm Willing: to rclieva FMl.Of 
it right here and now." 

The mauuger paid the lei^dor off 
pro r»tA jand rotomaS I* .Smi 
Fimiictooo.' 



F. & M. 'IDEA' WITH 85 
PEOPLE, HELD OVER 

Pyramids' First Hold Over 
Stage Production at 
toew't State, LA. 



•^Cfinille" Starts Nov. 20 

Los Angeles, Nov. f. 

Norma Talmadge will begin 
"Camille" under direction of Fred 
Niblo at the Pickford-Fatrbanks 
Studios Nov. 20. 

Other iniombers of tfto' cast far 
selected are Gilbert Roland, male 
lead, and Lily an Tashman. 



Los Angclen, Nov. 9. 
Fanchon and Marco's latest idea, 
"Pyramids," lost week at Lioew's 
State, has been held over for a sec- 
ond week, tho first time a stage 
production has been >layed a see* 
ond week at West Coast's principal 
house. 

A change of feature picture was 
made but the entire stage spectacle, 
numbering 95 singers, duicera, mu- 
sicians and aorobat^ ooatlnues In* 

tact. 

Following the Los Angeles en- 
gagement It Is planned to send 
"Pyramids" on tour of the entire 
West Coast circuit 




IT'S HERE AT LAST ! 



Monster Showipien's TiMip widi th^ Mightiest 
Organiiatioii df^^J^ the W^r^^^^^i^ 
Known! ' 



29000,000 Scouts Primed to Plunge into the 
Campaign 1 Endorsed and Acclaimed by Vested 
Heads of the National Scout Organization! 



Stupendous proposition for Bof 
Smik Wmk^ dMTMd f ebruarf 
tf^,ia 21st : 



JOSEPH P. KENNEDY 

presents 

FRED 




THE MORSE WITH 
A PERSOMALITY 

SILVER KING 





Endorsement! 



We wish to congratulate your entire organization for 
producing ''A Regular Scout," which, judging from the 
reports of those who represented us at the first viewing^ 
seems to be just about the best scout picture yet made. 
Especially were we pleased widi Fred Thomson, himself 
a former Boy Scout Commissioner, who, as the hero, very 
admirably caught and portrayed the spirit of our organi* 
auttion* ■. 

Everyone who hat the interest of the Boy 
Scout MoTement at heart will ezparience great 
satisfaction in teeing this picture* 

With bett witliae for the success of ''A Regu* 

lar Scout," I am, 

Siacsrely and cordially yeurs, 

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, 
JAMES E. WEST, 
Scout Executive. 



jDUtribuUd by 

GREATER 

FBO 

POM DooKiNO omcis 



M«mi>*r or MoUos rictur* Producers sad Dlstribslors e( Aaatrlcs. Inc.—WUl K. R*jrs» PrMld«al* 



10 



VARIETY 



v'ltfitkt's 



W^diMday^ November 10, 1926 



lymiSEMENT STOCKS ADVANCE 
MODERATEY AS MARKET TURNS 



Famous Players Gains Nearly S Over Last Week's 

Low — Loew at 45 5-8 — Warners Stages An- 
0ther DemoMlratioa for Remaininf Shcarls 



The amiisement shares took iMirt 
moderately in the upturn of the 
whole market following oleetlon and 
continuing in varying intensity to 
last niglifs closing. Trading was 
in moderate volume and gains. 
While substantial tn tba ease of 
Famous Players, were not spectacu- 
lar, compared with the market 
leaders like steel, which ad- 
Tanced 10. 

Famous Players was above 117 
around noon yesterday, represent- 
ing an advance of nearly 6 from 
fbt low of last week at UIH, the 
ground on the way up beins cov- 
ered quietly and without fireworks. 
'There was a, large turnover in only 
one eesslon late laat week, the 
sales otherwise being rather below 
normal. 

Loew's Top at 4614 
The same situation applied to 

Lioew. This stock was best yester- 
day at 45%, less than 2 up from 
last week's bottom of 44%. From 
the behavior of these two leaders 
in the group one might argue that 
the bull cliques behind them had 
no intention of starting a major 
move at this time. One gnees being 
as good as another, probably they 
figured that price trend for the im- 
mediate future will be indefinite, 
with alternate bulges and profit 
taking. Bidding prices up In order 
to let outside dabblers realize prof- 
its has no part in their plan, which. 
If trade views are right. Is laid 
out for the long campaign. 

The belief is general that the 
Xioew pool models itself on the 
longer-estaMished clique in Famous 
Players, whose methods are ultra- 
conservative. LiOiew, of course, Just 
at this time is in process of adjust- 
tng its sew dividend basis at the 



rate of |3, figuring in the $1 extra 
Just voted for the current quarter. 
That payment puts the stock on a 
little better than 6 percent as 
against Famous Players' yield of 
better than t percent, counting the 
recent extra of $2. The discrepancy, 
of course, puts Loew out of line, 
the relatively high price taking ac- 
count of SBtlelpated aetloa Is a 
dividend way. 

Warner Threatens Stocks 

Operators In Warner Bros.' stocks 
staged another demonstration 
against the remaining shorts in the 
stock. Late last week In heavy 
trading the price was run up be- 
yond 60 again for a net gain on 
the week of more than 6 for the A 



stock and 7 for the curb issue. It 
is desirable for the campaign to 
force aa much covering at high lev- 
els M possible, and the operators 

are taking pains to make a threat- 
ening gesture from time to time. 
The stock ought to sell much lower, 
according to market opinion, but 
the clique behind It has boon 
strong enough so far to support its 
altogether artificial position, much 
to the discomStsre of the bears. It 
Is perhaps worth noting that while 
the Warner stock was mounting, its 
<% percent bonds, listed on the 
Curb, sold off to 110, the low price 
of the movement. They recently 
stood at 122. 

S^ven Orpheum was galvanized 
Into some semblance of life yester- 
day when it got fractionally above 
29 for a few trades. Pathe Ex- 
change was listless and around its 
low for the autumn movement at 
40. Among the Curb Issues con- 
siderable activity In American seat- 
ing was noted. The new |2 com- 
mon stock gained t% last week to 
41 H and held at its best Monday 
and yesterday. A good appearance 
of these shares probably would be 
Intermreted as Indicating activity in 
theatre building, which In turn 
ought in a general way to point to 
prosperity for producers like Metro - 
Qddwyn, Famous Players, Univer- 
sal, etc., although consideration of 
the theatre interests of these com- 
panies complicates the analysis. 



PRESIDEirrSR. R. SHOW 

Jack Connolly in Charge of Train 
Screen — Repeat for Scribee 



Washington, Nov. I. 

When President Coolidge and his 
ofllcial party left here last Thurs- 
day for Kansas City, Jaek Con« 
nolly, of the Will Hays organiza- 
tion, was on hand to see that the 
President had his picture show. 

Commencing with tlie trip to 
Omaha two years ago, at which 
time the Chief Executive addressed 
the American Legion convention In 
that city, Connolly has accom- 
panied the party on every occasion 
that it has been necessary for Mr. 
and Mrs. Coolidge to leave Wash- 
ington. 

On the present Journey the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad has installed spe- 
cial lighting equipment and, in ad- 
dition, the baggage ear of the train 
has been equipped to enable the 
same films to be repeated therein 
for the scribes accompanying the 
President. 



ONLY WOMAN DIREaOR 
QUITS U FOR U. A. 

Not Stated Whetlwr U Holds 

Option on Lois Weber— 
To Be Exercised 



Sam Kschoff Let Down 



Summary for week ending Saturday, Nov. 6 (Tuesday holiday): 

STOCK EXCHANGE 



High. 

123 

127^ 

124 

107 
ftS 
24% 
»V4 
48H 
81^ 

108 
8S 
70% 

ss 

10% 
84% 

41 

101 

e5 



-1929 



■> 

Low. 
lOfl^ 

m\k 

UA — 

M 

»% 

82H 

18% 

84% 

27% 
101 

20% 

52 

90 

IS 



82% 
8«% 
61 
3% 
10 
20% 
•7 



B6% 

06% 



Sale*. Stock and rate. High. 

'2.mii p:aatman Kodak Co 120% 

20.300 Famous Playare-U (10)... .^..y^ 116 

100 Do. praf. (8)..*..« ••••••• 121 

Nona PI rat Nat'l lat praf. (0.44)... 

16,600 inox Film. Claas A 0). TS% 

700 M.-O.-M. pref. (I SO) 34 

800 Motion PIct. Capital (1.00) IS 

0.700 Ijoevr (S) 45 

1.800 Orpheum (2) 30 

None Do. pref. (8) 

8.100 Pathe Exch.. Claas A(8) 48 

1.100 .Shubert Theatres (5) fi 

None Unt v^.P i ct. la t pref. (6). ••• •^^i 

6,300 American Seat., new (3) 41% 

8.400 Do. cum. pref. (S) 41% 

None Balaban A Kata (8) 

200 Film Inspect •••••• 7 

600 Fox Theatres •^•••t««««^ 34% 

SOO l^nlversal Picta..... 87% 

1(M> United ArtlsU Th«a...^,;**7**^ 07 

30.&OO Waroar Broa 62% 

' ' BONDS 

$8,000 B. r. Keith (Exohanffa) 6a 

113,000 Loew (Exchange) 



I^w. 
117% 
112% 
121 

• • • 

T0% 
28% 

14 

44% 

2S% 

• • • 

a* 



00% 



80 
80% 

a • • 

7 
24% 

87 



07% 
08% 



La St. 

120 

115% 

121 

100 

72 

24 

15 

44% 

2» 

102% 
40% 
«2-<, 



41% 
41% 
63 
7 
24% 
37 
07 
42% 



Net 
chRe. 
+2% 
+2% 
+2% 

-1% 

±5S 

+ % 
+ % 



Note — Loew's rate of $3 Includea $1 extra for current quarter. 



07% 
00% 



+ % 
+6% 



+2H 
+1% 



+ % 

—1 

+7% 



- % 
+ % 



.Lo8 Angeles, Nov. 9. 
Sam Bischoff, production manager 
of the MdCoy unit for Ifetro^tSoId- 

wyn-Mayer, got into a peculiar en- 
tanglement which leaves him out in 
the cold 8o far as employment 
concerned. 

While Bischoff was making the 
McCoy pictures for M-G-M, he had 
correspondence with Sam Saxe, In- 
dependent dietrihutor, whereby nc 
would produce a series of William 
Fairbanks pictures. A tentative 
deal was made and Bischoff resigned 
from M-G-M. 

Meantime, wires were crossed and 
Saxe made a deal with another pro- 
ducer to turn out the f*airbanks 
product. Now Bloehofr has gone to 
New York to ascertain;. irem Saxe 
what it was all about. 




West Coast Theatres 
Trying (ijert Coijictors 



IjOe Angeles, Nor. t. 

West Coast Theatres, Inc., is try- 
ing out a radical innovation for the 
Paciflo coast by putting in guest 
conductors for one weeic engage- 
ments at Lioew's State starting next 
week. This will be- done during the 
temporary absence of "Rube" 
WoIfe» who tto imik bedHA ( 
limited engagemeot 'ttft^ WarMd, 
San Francisco. 

Charlie Melson, of the Westlake, 
took **Rube** plaoe this Week tor the 
holdover engagement of Fanchon 
and Marco's "Pyramid" idea and 
will continue during the coming 
week as the ftrpt oV im ^letting 
orchestra directors. 

Other West coa.'?t leaders who. 
will wield the baton at Ix>ew'a State 
inidude Owen Sweeten ' eC : Xiong 
Beach, Dave Wolf, Gene 
and Dion Ramondi. 



ANGELO ARMENTO 




The 
World's Fastest 
Tumbler 

Signed by 

FANCHON»<MARCO 



'With Hi* SiitgU Act tor 
EfOirm WMt Coaat 



NOW 



LOEW'S STATE, 
LOS ANGELES 



N. J. Exhibs Wants 
Jwlge toHeadTh^ 



MotkB Picture Theatre 
OWiMiM'fC.Kew Jersey are prevail 
ing ilpOB Judge Henry P. Kel- 
son of Elizabeth to accept the 

office of president. The move Is 
said to be made in recognition of 
consideration given the film men 
by Judg# Nelson when the latter 
was assistant State Secretary. 

The post is honorary and would 
not eonlltet with Nelson's Judicia! 
duties. Nelson is assooiate^ with 
several picture theatre enterprises 
in New Jersey. 

It Judge Nelson acquiesces his 
election will bO ratified at the forth- 
coming convention of the organ 
Ization to be held at the Ambas 
sador, AtlanUo City» Nov. 18-lf. 



JULIA PARKER 

'V . THE "CAMEO GIRL'* 

* '-»S*t' lOx^^ JMurray Anderson's ^iUdy's ShaMfl" 

DOING 120 CONTINUOtJS HOPS ON ONE TOB 
TO TMMINDOUS RETURNS 



Summoiis for FUm Renter, 
Max Maiiish<Mr— Got $25 

Alleging that Max Manishor, 729 
7th avenue, received 125 for renting 
a film of his to the Select theatre 
in Brooklyn, 8. Rubinstein, flltfi 
dealer, 230 West 97th street, pro- 
cured a summons in West Side 
Court against Manishor. 

The summons was issued by 
Magistrate McAndii^ws and will be 
heard Py Magistrafie John Flood 
Friday. Rubinstein told newspaper 
men he sought to release the film 
"The Law of Israel," \o a theatre 
near the Select. He learned tliat it 
had appeared at the latter theatre 

Representatives of the Select ad- 
mitted that the film was shown 
there, according to Rubinstein 
They said that Manishor had re 
celved $2S* for renting it to them 
Rubinstein stated that the film was 
his and he never released it to U\c 
Select. The latter theatre is oh 
Pitkin avomie^ Bast New York* 
Brooklyn. 



Former Scenario School 
IM Found Dead 



Los Angeles, Kelt. 1. 
Roy L. Miankers* 45. former head 

of the Palmer Photoplay Corp. and 
a scenario editor and writer, was 
found diad tn the bathroom of liio 
hohie on Hollywood Drive, from gas 
poisoning. Police call It suicide. A 
widow and tWo children survive. 

Mrs. liinfeMfW tsld police ker lius- 
band occupied an empty house lid- 
Joining their home for two nights 
preceding the evening of his death. 
She found his body beside a gas 
heater in the bathroom. He evi- 
dently had planned suicide for some 
days, as he made a will and en- 
trusted It With the neighbors. 

Mankers' Palmer Photoplay con- 
cern taught scenario an4 pkotoptay 
writing by maiL 



Los Angeles, Nov. t. 
Although Universal was ready to 
exercise its option renewing a con- 
tract with Lois Weber, diroetor and 
writer, the latter walked out on the 
film concern and announces she will 
Join United Artists. 

Miss Weber has had oonstderabl^ 
difficulty over the selection of story 
material for her productions at Uni- 
versal, but Hftnry Henigson. U gen- 
eral manager, stated this would 
have all been Ironed out. He did 
not say whether or not his concern 
would eompel Miss Weber to con- 
tinue if they exerelM^ their optton 
for another year. 

Miss Wet^r is the .only woman 
director at any of the big studios 
on the Coast at present. 



KENTON-ROQEa SIGN 

Resell to Direct F. P.'s ''Fin4'f<--» 
Kenton With Ralston 



Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 

Erie Kenton and Al Rogell have 
signed directorial contracts with 
F. P.-^. The former is to direct 
Esther Ralston In "Fashions for 
Men." while Rogell will be used to 
make a series of westerns in which 
Gary C^Ooper^ a new find, is to bo 
featured. 

It is the intention of F. P.-L. to 
build Cooper on a par with Jack 
Hoiti' tbo firm's aoo west4 



Fmrngnm^ Marrying 

Itos Angeles, Nov. 9, 

Engagement Is announced of 
Owen Train, recently arrived Efu- 
ropean actor, under contract to 
Universal, and Nitdja Petchnikofl; 
daughter of a noted Russian vio- 
linist. They will be married '4uriiu|. 
the winter. ' ''^f . 

The couple met In Los AnieiM 
four years ago for the first time 
when Train was making a trip 
through this country. 



CHAFUHB SOVOLULU BOUHD 

Los Angeles, Nov. t. 

Mrs. Lollta Gray Chaplin and 
Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr., wife 
and son of the screen star, sailed 
for a three weeksP irlslt la Hololulu. 

The youngest Chaplin son remained 
in the care of Mrif. Chaplin's grand- 
mother. " ' ' 
Mrs. Lillian Splcer, Mrs. Chai^- 

lln's mother, accompanied the 
Chapllns to the Hawaiian Islands. 




and 

MARCO'S 

LATKST IDEA 

"PYRAMIDS" 

Held Orer for a Siibiwidl 
WMk at 

Loew's State 

LOS ANGELES 

West CoMt Theatres, Inc. 



— U, A. *s "King HsHequtn'* 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 
Henry King has returned from 
New York and will begin work at 
oneo en tko dlroetioh ' M "King 
Harlequin," an adaptation of Ru- 
dolph Lother's stapre play, for 
United Artists. Roland Coleman 
sad Vlkaa Banky have the leads 




IRSNS 



CLVI BA 



THREE GIERSDORF SISTERS 



ARISTOCRATS OF f^EtODY" 

NOW ON SSCOND WKEK AT NEW CARLETON HOTEL. 'WASHINGTON* 
OPKMNO SI ND.W AT THE l^KTROrOUTAN 
The gtanie>-CrniidaU rreseBtathta Theatre In iht Nation'* Capital 



Wednesday, Nov«niber 10, 1926 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



11 



NOTmnONARY 



Dr. Hugo Rleflenfeld Is not 
eomtng l>ack to Broadway perma- 
^mitly at ttM Mf«r PMBtfut or 
oth«r ^OiiM. as Is ao con- 
sistently rumored. Rlosenfeld's 
sole connection with ths Publlx 
thaatM Is tliat of ssnsrml ouper- 
Yisor, stager and production man- 
ager of all ths spsdal Pmrmmoimt 
features. 

Dr. ptMlsinfglil pat on ^■Beau 
OUilg^ iBKA "001 lows of Satan** and 

went to tho coast to review *'01d 
Ironsides.** which will probably 
oonie into tbo RhroU Jan. V The 
Doctor is wotkinc on tho special 
score at the present moment. He 
Will merely take ehargo of the tea- 
t«ro 



I,M Moral BuilEnipt; 

Uabilitiet $3,200 

Lios .^ffeles, Nov. 9. 
Ooof^ing inability to pay in- 
dohtsdw—s amounting to fS^SOO, Lee 
Moran« picture actor, has filed a 
petition in bankruptcy askinff relief 
from the debts. He states his as* 
ostsaroltff. 

Amonff the debts are a Judgment 
Clven Goorsta Olp for |2.00t and a 
note for 11,000 held by Pat Powers. 
ICon^i was a l oi ib s r of a comody 
with the late fBddle Lyons. 



GUda Gray Charged 
Widi Contract Braach 

Chomps ign, IlL, Not. f . 

8«it for hrsooh of oontract, asking 
for $2,»S0. has boon filed here 
against Gilda Gray and GU Boag 
by the Stoolman-Pyle corporation, 
operators oC tho Park theatro in 
this city. 

It Is charged that Miss Gray con- 
tracted to play the week of Oct. 18 
at tho Park, but failed to appear, 
favoring, it is alleged, a thoatro In 
Peoria where the admission scale Is 
25 cents more than at the Park. 
• The Stoolman-Pyle firm includes 
C O. Pyio, prisi.— mt, who became 
known through making amateur 
athletes professionals. "Red** Qimaso 
having been Pyle's first. 

ZtiflkuHmim hkai 



r 'I: 



MoinTiM W 



I«s Angeles, Not. f. 
All of the sub-titles now used 
with "We're in the Navy" were 
i written by Oeorgo ilnrloa, Jr. 
^ ^ Al Boasberg had rocolTOd credit 
wrongly, ^oasberg wrote some ti- 
tles for the. picturo, but they were 
removed after a prorlow boforo tbo 
ftenotts PtefM-LMky poopio Imm. 

Mm. Vm Starnbos WmU 

Isolate Husband's Temper 

* Los Angeles, Nov. f. 
^ : Josef Von St sn nb ora film dlroo- 
' tor, was unable to come to peaceful 
<;terms with his four months' bride, 
Riza Royco, picture actress, who 
loosstly wnOmi b«t on him, witb 
tbo resott that tho Utter wiU In- 
stitute an sictlon for legal separm- 
tlon in tho Superior Court. 

Mrs. Ton aionibor* says her huo 
Vipd has a temper which she fears 
#111 never cool, therefore she feels 
it should bo taken out. of her life 



WMjOn for 'Kings* 



MdT. 0. 

CecU B. I>eMino's iCIng of KlngsT* 
(P. D. C), which has boon In pro- 
duction for three months, up to Oct. 
n. ooslliM •omi tMW,00t. At least 
two more months' work will be ne- 
cessary on this picture, with a total 
to bo ostimatsd at bottor 



fi ir J. 



pictvre is to be road-showed 
J. McCarthy. Henry Mc 
Of tbo MoCartby ofSeo to 
now preparing advance ex- 
ploitation and printing Uyouto. 

Reuftuet of Old Timers 

Reports lately have said that 
H^rry B. Altkea, some years ago 
one oc tbo <Wnt SM^* lb tbo Koo- 

sel-Bauman Triangle saovle mak- 
ing concern, Intondo to effect a big 

film movo* 

]ir.;4MnM''iit%iiii^^ 

IWBffhV for a reissue of some of 
tho^most popular of the old stand- 
v/ta mado famous by Keystone, 
^ Doming TrtobtfK oad other tabols. 

- . I1B88EB COIONO BACK 

y . Los Angeles. Nov. I. 

8ei Lesser, who went to Buropo 
iLfter selling his stock la West 

Coast Theatres, Inc., to Hayden and 
Stone six months ago, will return 
America Nov. 23. 
Lesser will probably resnme the- 
Stre operation activities with his 
I>»rt,ner, Mike Rosenberg, of Prin- 
Oipal pictures, who now operates a 
bumber of IndependOBt houses In 

kbWithem California. 

■■■■■■ ^ 

MiMBUmk VS THEATRIC 
1» Angeles, Nor. f. 
L. J. Schlaifer. recently appoint- 
or Western Sales Director for Unl- 

This includes all 9ircult houses and 

those opoi«tod^oul of tho boioo of- 
■oe. 



Los Angeles. Nov. 9. 

Bogtnaid Barker la tlie third di- 
rector put on **Tho Mysterious 
Island** for Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer. 
Pifst was Msurioo Tourneur, then 
Benjamin Cbristlsnasn and ivbsn 
tbo latter was taken off suddMOy 



Strand's Trolies" No 
Uifar Twmi Hiiies 

Touring of the Mark Strand's, 
^ew york, weekly "FYolIes" over 
the houses of the Stanley Company 
chain has biSa dlsiuntlntied. 

Joe Plunked produces the "Frol- 
ics'* for the Sbrand. It became nec- 
essary to olther trim down the 
shows or prodvoo them for tho 
Strand, New York, of a size and 
at a price suitable for the smaller 
houses in the Stanley chain play- 
ing tbo spodal attr ictl o b* ■ 

This was found to be too much 
of an obstacle by Mr. Plunkett to 
his own Broadway house's stage 



"Frolics" wero ployed in the Stan- 
ley houses for about six weeks. 
There are two of them out now 
finishing np rontoo. 



Los Angeloiw Nov. 9. 
The first picturo s^leh George 
Fitzmaurioe will make for First 
National is to be "Body and Soul." 
from an original sUMry by Carey 



No 



PICTURE iOSSHnUTIES OF PLAYS 



♦The PIsy's The ThJnfl"— Unfavorable 

•THE PLAY'S THE THING" (Comedy, The Frohman Co., Henry 
Miller's), Adapted from Molnar's clever *'8ptel Im Schtoss" this comedy 
Is obJOynblO theatre but hardly has olomonU for pictures. 

Ibee. 



*Loooo EndO^Onfavorablo 
•*LOOSE Cmr* (Dramo. Sam H. Harris. RIU). Rated success In 
England but one with to»lf l i ii»r|O 0 | i S iMi ttj l rti w ^ ilit <ir plotmos, Uke« 



* 1 



"Naked**— Unfavorable 
"NAKED** (Princess. Augustin Duncan >. A foreign -talk play, with 
obscure **problem«** a tragic end, no liuppluess anywhere, no clean lovo, 
no chfuigo of paoo or atmosphere; Impossibts for adnptatlon. 

X-oif, 



M annum: 

Los Angeles, Not. f. 

WalCor HIers, ooreon eomodlan, 
left for New York to Inaugurato a 
four weeks' tour of poroonol np- 
pearancea. 

This will Inolttdo n brIeC ongoso- 
moot at tho Michigan, Detroit, as 
oC 



Ray Griffith East 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 

Rajrmond Orlfilth has temporarily 
abandoned **The Wadter from the 
Ritz" and leaves this week for New 
York to make an original. from tho 
story by Alfred Satolr. 

The picture lo 10 bo directed bf 
Frank Tuttla. 



SchUlfer te Moeoodod In the 
joetern sales territory by H. M 
Horbel, until recently 
•onager at Pittsburgh. 



Twice 




«f katfraast 
SECORD / 



X 



' ■ " — ..iM/^ «<WE*R£ W 
nOSt LONG RUN fJ^mM^ THEA. 



LEAS^ 




Wallace Beery and 
Raymond Hatton in 

WE'RE IN THE 

NAVY NOW 



AN EOWAKD SUTHERLAND PKODUCTION 




(X ^anunouiU Q>ieture 



W» •Of* PNrtdeol»- 




7>r 



VARIEtY 



FILM REVIEWS 



Eucharistic Congress 




pletur* 

His BBitaeDci 0«»rs« OvdlBal'lfundM^ 
Prokf %T B. Ij. RoUwf«l. aivaleal 
W Otto Slnc«nb«rffer and JCrno 
At th« JolBon thoatre. N«ir Tork, 
far two w«elM. Hoftabt %. Jtuanioc 



The official motion i>icture record 
•f the Eucli&rlstlc Congress of Chl- 
mgo was presented for the first 
time publicly at the Jolaon thMtrt, 
iNiir York. Monday alcbt Th« pte- 
IMM to ft Mllffloualy tBspirins pro- 
duction, although a truthful record 
of the events leading to the four 
days of ceremonies held on Soldiers 
Field In Chicago and the final day 
celebrated at Mundeleln, IlL 

It is to be presented aa a road 
tfisw In the principal cities of the 
counti^ with the purpose to finance 
the sending of prints of the pic- 
torial record to the world at large 
and the schools and churches of the 
Catholic faith the world over, so 




JACK JOYCE 

'The Boy with the Smfle'* 

Wltk votloa-pletttre tivtlir. 
<> Can H* Do * 

Hm BUttk Bottom? 
MtVl HtYl 

FI^lj^NCING 

Picture Theatres, Vaudeville, 
Prediaetions and Motion Picturoa 
P«rin*a«Bt Addr 



that aU of the faith may witness 
what occurred at tlia first Bucharis- 
tic Congress oror to bo hold In 

America. 

The plcturo In Its effect is more 
than a record of tho actual OTonts, 
It is a revelation to all, no matter 
what faith or creed, tbat tboro Is 
in this jazzy world of ours of todMr 
a trentcnaous belief and Calth ta 
Qod and Hli works. 

Despite that, this picture is one 
that records the events at a Catho- 
lic conclave, it is one that all 
churches, no matter what their de- 
. nomination, can point to as one of 
the most tremendous of all revivals 
in religious *4alth. It should be an 
Inspiration to other denominations, 
this gathering of the Catholics fron\ 
all over the world; something that 
should and must awaken in them a 
responsive chord to their own faith. 

And how effectively was it all 
carried out IVom the standpoint 
of the theatre one might say that 
here was staged the irreatest of out- 
door spectacles In aooros of years. 
It drew a million people In one day 
alone in Chicago) and that in iUelf 
should apeak for master ahowman- 
ship or an order that even those 
of the various fields of entertain- 
ment ondeavoi^ huffo amphi- 
theatres are needed, might study to 
their advantage. A crowtt of 1,000,- 
000 crowded Into ono llttlo town; 
and 80 well handled and policed 
that there isn't a finsle Inotance 
on the screen of Ittattoctlvo han- 
dling. 

As to the presentation itself: 
There woro a few momsnta prior 
to the ptolVN Itftili^W ^vHh 
speeches. 

First was an explanation by 
Msgr. Quille of Chicago (who acted 
as secretary to the Eucharistic Con- 
gress), as to the why and where- 
fore of the picture. He stated that 
he felt the film carried a message. 
Not a message for Catholics in par- 
ticular, but a message to all man- 
kind that religion was far from 
dead and that it is sUU tho big- 
gest thin« ^ lite aC mm wmM 
today. 

In addition to this, the monslgnor 
distributed aradlta for the making 
of the picture, first mentioning that 
MarUn Qulgley of the ^'Exhibitor's 
Herald,** Chicago, had made It pos- 
sible ta interest William Fox and 
Winfl^ld R. Sheohan. president and 
▼loo-prMldant roapoctlyely, of tho 
iy»z Film Corporation in the project 
of making a picture that would be 
htotorlo roQoM of tfaa ' ooncrsoa, 
and then topped that (to tremen- 
dous applause) with tho fkict that 
the pictttroi about ta ba tfMinu^M 
a glf t froni tha Vox VHk Oorpibta- 
tion* 

Thia Msgr. Qufllo fOllowod by re- 
lating that the first man he had met 
from tha onaniaatlon who was to 
have tha dlrsetlofi of the filming 
of tho congress was an A P. A, a 
man namctt Hall (Ray Hall of Fo^c 
Varieties), Whoso aaalatano% ac- 
cording to the moaalgnot^ w%m. -tX^ 
most invaluable. 

It was, Hall said, Msgr. QuUle 
who wrote the titles and edited the 
film down to theatra liMSth from 
the 80.0Q0 feet shot 

Ho than credited B. Rothafel 
as a Jew for having staged the 
prolog and others of the same faith 
fi^. their assistance In making the 
praaontatlon poaallileb not mention- 



MAiUON BARQUY 



PRIMA DONNA 
"MILADY'S SHAWL" 

A TM«mph •t Voice end Beaaty 
WEEK OF NOV. 8, PALACE, DALLAS, TEXAS 



in 



GABY RASIANO 

^ ItYRlC. DRAMATIC SOPRANO ; 

in I^AUL 08CAR0'8 •^UNDER VENETIAN 8KIE8*' 
APPEARING OVER ENTIRE PUBLIX CIRCUIT 
TOICK OF OKEAT POWEB AND BBAUTY 



Inc nan^ea, but grouping them as 
muaklana' and aowsp^par men. 
A taiBBorous touch waa added by 

the monsignor's mention that in the 
presentation he has had Ihe most 
able aasistance of nho two Hayses." 
moaning Cardinal Hayes of New 
Tork and Will H. Hays, preaident of 
tho M. P. P. D. MtiB^ led to a 
natural IntroHluctioiMr Will Hays 
and also of Secretary of JLabor 
Dav!s. both of whonf spolce. 

The Secretary preceded Hays and 
made an address frequently punctu- 
ated by applause, his appearance 
bolnff particularly appropriate, since 
it was he who carried and delivered 
the message of welcome to tho Eu- 
charistlo Goagroaa from Pr aa ld ant 

Coolidge. 

Uays' speech was one that dwelt 
on religious tolerance so impres- 
sively It held the audience, although 
thia usually excellent extemperan- 
eoua tallcer read hia address. At 
Its conclusion It was tumultously 
received and it certainly tied up the 
picture business for all tliM Wfth 
the churches. 

A gesture that eidiibltorfk alMuld 
not ovarlook, for It wlU In %li tfl- 
act in their favor. 
Then the picture itself: 
It started In Homo and finished 
in Mundeleln, HI. Not a single 
thing that happened in the tour of 
tho IS princes of tho ^nrth In thotar 
JoUrneya to the congress was 
missed. Their receptions abroad, 
their welcome to America In New 
Tork, the tremendous crowds to re- 
oeivo them,' the parades, the official 
welcomes by Mayor Walker and 
Governor Smith of New Tork, those 
of the state officials of Ullnois and 
the Mayor of Chicago; their trip 
across country and finally the four 
days of the tremendous outpourings 
of the pilgrims at Soldiers' Field in 
Chicago culminating In a really tre- 
mendous spectacle at Mundeleln. IlL 
The various Cardinals were greet- 
ed with applause on 'oadi' Of their 
appearances. The pictures of the 
crowds in Chicago and at |dunde- 
lein ato really beyond d' iia t i itlu n. 

The picture of the Eucharistic 
Congreas la beinff shown at the Jol- 
son under a rental arrangement 
with the Shuberts, they being paid 
$3,250 weekly for the house. After 
two Weeks tho plcturo la I* ip* to 
Boston, at the Boston O. H.. and 
after that. In aU likdlihoed. the 
third staaM will bo Chicago, with 
Baltimore. Philadelphia. PlttsMm^ 
and other cities to follow. . 

In these cities It will be pre- 
sented aa a road show. For this 
purpose a special eommittoo hoilded 
by Msgr. Quille has been set up In 
offices In the Iiongacro building. 
New Tork. Other members of the 
committee who are acting at the 
requ^ of Will H. Hays are J. J. 
McCarthy. Pat Casey and Winfleld 
R Sheehan. Paul C. Mooney Is 
msnMivr Atraotor at llM fihn an 
tour. 

It was vnusual to llhgr. Quille, 
acting aa a showman, but he placed 
his position frankly before the au- 
dience, which on the opening night 
was In a eonsidsirablo measure com- 
posed of gentlemen of the cloth of 
his faith, stating that he -was try- 
ing to drlyo -homo tho messac% of 
religion with the hope that the mes- 
sage would be accepted in the spirit 
in which It waa presentod. 

After the road tour the film Is to 
be i^enerally distributed. In the 
oTsnt tto ashlbltor «a» not fifl#^ 
place for it on his regular program, 
or if the regular program wUl not 
permit of a break to Admit It, It 
would be a good thing to take It on 
for special showings, through an ar- 
rangement with tho oiramaa aad 
societies of his territory. 

It la Interesting and it Is Insplr 
Inf. V6 ono win deny that 



Mary Philbln and Norman Kerry 
wHI have the leading roles in Uni- 
▼ersal's screen Torsion of "Show 
Boat* 

This plcturo Is to be an adapta- 
tion of EMna Wni^ifk^W0y[9^M-Vi9 



We're in the Navy Now 

MwsiO Svtbwlaad Frsdaetioe pr— s Bt«d 
by Adolpli Zukor and Jmm Lb Laaky. star- 
rins Wallace Baery and Raymond Hat- 
ton. Cbeetar Conklln and Tom Kanaedy 
featured. An orlslnal atory by Monty 
Brlce. At the Rialto. New York, for a 
run. beirlnnias Not, t. Bunniog time, 60 
mine. 

Knockout Hanaaa....* Wallace Beery 

Stlnkey Smtca ;.*•«..•» ..Raymond Uatton 

S^pL mifCe •.••;..Cbeater Conklln 
omlclde Harrises.. •.• Tom Kennedy 

Radio Officer... Donald Keith 

Madelyn Phillips.*.****.** •Lorraine RaSon 
u._ a 44gMi«»l ?.» *«»*»*» »J»—Pb W. OUnarj 



..*••.••.•••*«. 



Everybody's Acting 



This leoki to ha tha hlgsaat laui^ 

hit on the screen since 'Millie's 
Punctured Romance** came along 
years ago. It Is a solid hour of 
laughs, ono bigger than tho other, 
and If thor thought ^'Behind the 
Front** was funny then thia ono Is 
going to be a laugh riot. Wallace 
Beery and Raymond Hatton are 
again the stars in a comedy of the 
world war,. only .thia time the action 
takes plaoa at m on^ipard a trans- 
pott With tho two atara ara Ches- 
ter Conklln and Tom Kennedy, who 
help matters along in the fight for 
laughs. 

It is all action and titles, both 
contributing a full share. George 
Marion. Jr.. titled tho plcturo.. 

At the opening of the picture 
Beery is a husky but dumb -pug. 
managed by Raymond Hatton, the 
latter going 60-50 on everything- ex- 
cept the beatings. At an athletic 
club K. O. Hansen meets Hopilclde 
Harvigan and the flgiht lasts to the 
extent of ono punch, and Hansen 
is knocked clear of the ring and 
into oi^e of the ringside seats. When 
ho wakea up there the next morning 
his manager had faded from sight 
with the loser's end. A few 4ay8 
later, when the Navv la out recruit* 
ing with a parade, Hansen sees the 
manager, and a chase which fol- 
lows takes both Into tha toonil^iig 
station, where they are whipped 
into line andebefore they can say 
a word thar ia» Magte* tho "myy 
blues." 

From that point on laugh follows 
laugh. They do everything that is 
possible to get them in Ihitch, but 
both win decorations. They dump 
a boat load of visiting notables, in- 
cluding a foreign admiral, Into the 
ocean, for which they are put ^ 
work peeling a couple of tons of 
potatoea. .Th«y see the captain 
locked In tho loo box and cant help 
him until he Js frozen stiff. They 
knock a spy cold and save the ship 
only to have the orOdlt go ta Homi- 
cide Harrigan. who Is the chief 
petty ofBcer of the boat they are on 
and who takes delight in making it 
tough for them. (It was he who 
was the tough sergeant in "Behind 
the Front.") 

The picture belongs to Beery, 
Hatton and Kennedy, and the way 
they work together makes It seem 
too bad. that the combAnatlon can- 
not ha Bald togwtiiar Ibr addlUonai 
pictures. 

-We're in the Navy Now" Is «oing 
to be a better hox olBce hot than 

"Behind the Front." and that pic- 
ture comeR pretty near holding the 
box office record for the country Of 
the 15th Birthday Group that 
Famous Players have turned out 
this year. 

Lorraine Eason has the role of 
the heroine and, with but little to 
do. manages to make herself more 
than noticeable; ^ Fred. 



is ><»"haU Nallaa. adapteTb^ 
Bf'My"*" .q^og ood .itrartad bTwallaii: 
umi^^!S!t Of ller. a. aaaalag 

gwrta Rgle. . Betty Broneon 

¥**^S?L'^» - F'ord Sterling 

AMrona ratter Loalae Dresser 

Tad Potter Lawrence Gray 

Henry Walthall 

Brneet Rica Raymond Hitchcock 

Clayton Budd Stuart Holmes 

Peter O'Brien Bdward Martlndel 

Paul SlnKleton ••..•.PhUe McCullouch 

£222SI"«SSii?'* • • • • » f 

An Intensely artificial and "gag* 
gy" picture, made entertaining by 
its splendid cast and by a certain 
vigor In Its hokum comedy. The 
names in the cast insurp its pull 
at the .boxofflce. and Its properlty. 
But It Is a pity ^he efforts of so 
brilliant an assembly of players 
could not have been applied to 
something more worthy. 

The gist of th© story Is that four 
actors and an editor adopt an or- 
phaned girl baby and bring her up 
in back-stage atmosphere, training 
her to all the accomplishments that 
will one day make her a auooessful 
actress. In due time she falls In love 
with the scion of a newrlch family. 
(Oontlntied on page 14) 



PAUL ASH 

NOW AT 



•ALABAN A KATX. 



N«w OrienUl TlMatre 
: ^ CHICAGO. ' 



Twl Aih 
Freteatations 
iProdaegil^ 
Lonia 

MoDeimott 



PAUL 

ASH 




VALE and STEWARD 

''THE SHOW STOPPING KID HOOFERS" 

NOW WORKING BALABAN & KATZ-LUBUNER & TRINZ WONDER THEATRE^ CHICAGO 



WEEK OF OCT. 25— HARDING 
WEEK OF NOV. l-^ENATET 



WEEK OF NOV. 15-CENTRAL PARK 
WEEK OF NOV . 22--OR1ENTAL 
WEEK OF NOV. 29-rTIVOU 



WEEK OF NOV. S-BELMONT 

■ WEEK OF DEC 6-UPTOWN 




Wednesday, Novmbtr 10, 1926 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



13 



LITERATI 



Davis At PrMid«nt 
Owen DavU wm elected prMtdant 
0i the Author** League at a meet- 
ing held at the Town Hall Nov. 4. 
He succeeds George Barr Mc- 
Cutcbeon. Vlc«-pt«»ldMit« elMted: 
j^l>|||Mr Train, Joseph Hergeaheimer. 
Bttpert Hughes. George Kelly. Al- 
bert T. Reid, Mary Roberts Rine- 
iMurt, To^jr B Tg. 

p. W. Enright Broke 
Frederick W. Enright, publisher 
0( the Boston "Telegraph," faced 
bit omployees Nov. 4 at a meeting 
]l«ld under candloliRht and told 
them he was cleaned out; that he 
had no credit In slffht and was un- 
ablo to P^y salaries. Gas, elec- 
tricity and water for the plSAt had 
been shut off. - 

Enright, former publisher of the 
Kew York Dally "Bulletin," which 
also lost out, charged Boston pub- 
lishers with a conspiracy to drive 
lUm out of Boston/ 

Hoarst Wants ths Bstt 

When an opposition paper puts it 
dTCf* on tho Hoarst publications, W. 

jEIearst wants the men who do it 
In his employ. Recently the Los 
Angeles "Times" beat tho two 
Hearst papers thoro on tho Aimee 
McPherson story, also on picture 
studio news. Hearst issued orders 
to put the men under contract who 
woro responsible. Warden Wollard, 
city editor of the "Times"; Ava 
Rochlea, tho reporter who did the 
McPherson .scooping, and Harrison 
Carroll, studio man of the publica- 
tion, have been taken over by the 
JjoB Angeles "Examiner" on two- 
year contracts. 

Woolard is functioning sii iftiky city 
editor with Ray Van Edish. city 
editor, promoted to supervising city 
odltor. Rochloa is on tho s«M!il 
BOWS staff, while Carroll is lilt to 
look a^ftor tho picture boat. 



"Blonde^* Titio Similarity 

If Small, Maynard & Co., pub 
Ushers of the volume "Do Gentle 
men Prefer Blondes? THEY DO 
NOT" (caplUlisod tIflO featuroi and 
of the title), do not settle with 
Anita Loos, as there is a strong 
likelihood, the authoress of "Gen- 
tlemen Prefer - Blondos^ oohtom- 
plates starting injunction proceed 
ings. O'Brien, Malevinsky & Drls- 
coU have been retained by Miss 
Loos.-' 

The Small-Maynard volume Is by 
Colin Clements, with "knowing Il- 
lustrations by A Bond Salesman, 
ana Is 'K^^ tiMtlso on *tiM litli#o of 
a non- professional lady." The il- 
lustrations and general physical 
get-up of the volume are patterned 
after tho Loos book #tth Its Ralph 
Barton illustrations. Clements ded- 
icated his book to Mi«!S Loof 
Barton. 

Both volumes retail at $1.71 and 
are of similar plot, ideas and size. 
With tho "They Do Not" book also 
getting quite a play at the book 
Stalls. Tho film rights of tho latter 
also flgure, Jake Wllk having ques- 
tioned the possibility of litigation 
Akin to Eiseman in the "Life of 
Lorolot," a Mr. Goldberg is tho b. 4k 
0^ man In "They Do Not." 

The settlement, if any, will pro 
▼ide for a royalty interest to Miss 
Z«oos on the other volum«. 



Rlchman'8 Verdict Upheld 
The New York Appellate Division 
has sutftainod a previous verdict in 
favor of Arthur Richman, play- 
wright, sued by Henry R. Stem 
and Joseph W. Stem, former music 
publishers (B. B. Marks Co.) and 
also operators of the International 
Theatrical Play Bureau. A contract 
dated Feb. 13, 1918, calling for the 
Sffonts representing Richman on a 
26. per cent commission basis, fig- 
ures in the complaint. 

Richman wrote "Ambush" (The 
atro OuUd), •*rho Serpent's Tooth" 
and "The Awful Truth," tho Sterns 
demanding an accounting from the 
latter two, but without success, 

Richman proved that when the 
Sterns and Eidward B. Marks sep 
arated, the dislnte?;rration of the In 
ternational Theatrical Play Bureau 
nullified tho contract. 

Josiah D. Whitney Dies 
For some years Josiah Dwight 
Whitney, 47, who died at his home 
in White Plains, N. Y.. last week, 
was a prominent political writer and 
< dUur. Alter ho was gi t Lduat e d 
from Tale In 1898 he engaged in 
newspaper work, and for 15 years 
Was on the New York Evening Tost 
staff. In 1912 he was special cor- 
respondent with the lato President 
\Voodrow Wilson when he was run 
i^lng for President. 
AXtor he quit newspaper work 



engaged with an advertising firm 
and later became publicity man- 
ager for tho Travoloro Insurance 
Co. For two years ho inm With 
tho New York World. 



"Roundabout" Buytnf 

Tho Hotels Statler Co., Inc., Is 
issuing a house organ, "Round- 
about" for distribution to iU guests 
in their seven hotels, to bo edited 
by Dorothy O'Connor. It will buy 
choice material. First issue in 
January will have contributions by 
Frank Sullivan. Oliver H. P. Gar- 
rett, Malcolm Ross. Katherlne Lane 
Spaeth, Ralph Hayes. Thornton 
Delehanty, Charles Baskervilie, Jr., 
Wood Cowan, H. O. Hofman and 
Dan Weld on. 

Hayes will do the theatres, Dele- 
hanty on pictures and Ifiss Spaeth 
on music. Tha nui M iho firot is- 
suo is 40,000. 



"Society" News in Suit 
Whilo conoodinf j^t tho nature 



of most literary work or other 
writings Is not gs a sr a lly new ar 

unique. Justice Glennon thinks that 
Helen Jenkins, society girl, who is 
suing tho Now York "DaUy News" 
for $10,000, has a good ohanoil for 
action and refuses to dismiss the 
complaint. Miss Jenkins, a post- 
deb. was to do a *'New York So- 
ciety** column (or tho tabloM. spe- 
cially stressing debutante parties. 
Her stuff was used in one issue, 
but she was not compensated there- 
for or pormlttod to oontlnuOw The 
"News" attorneys contended that 
the society news stuff is not par- 
ticularly a new idea, and moved to 
dismiss tho oomplalBt wl^tHoul suc- 



Dalty "R. I. Now^ 

About next week will see the first 
appearance of the "Real ELiUte 
Daily News,** the first dally trade 
paper devoted to real ostato in New 
York. Plans for the new publica- 
tion were formulated secretly, that 
the other real ostato sheets, of 
which there are any number, do not 
get the tip-off before the first Issue. 
The l>acking for the new publica- 
tion romains unknown, though a 



number of big real estate people are 
roportod tetorsstod. 



240- Year Subscription 

J. J. Bender, contest promoter for 
tho San Diego "Horald,** has been 
arrested on a charge of embezzle- 
ment by Harry Doggrell, butler. 

Tho latter subscribed to the 
"Herald" for 840 years and paid 
1495 to win an automobile in a sub- 
scription contest. Doggrell claims 
that Bender kept Ito llioaor Mi M 
not Rive hlj|» tm automohilo as 
promised* . T ; 



Austin ¥^ Rogers, editorial 

writer on the New York Commer* 
cial. has tiled suit in the Supreme 
Court against Macfadden Publica- 
tions, Inon and Bomiirr Macfadden 
for $250,000 damages for an alleged 
libel contained in an editorial 
printed in the Graphic on Sept. 20, 
entitled **L«yias. Bribery and Sup- 
pression." 

"Broadway," New York's solid 
comedy smash, is to appear in book 
fonn. ■ 



city to protest the seizure of hia 
book. "What Happens." 

The book, published in Paris, was 
seized by the New York custom ofll* 
clals who branded same as "gross* 
ly obscene.** 

Herrm.m says his work la any- 
thing but that and has been granted 
the right to file a brief reqyestlng 
reconsldorlnr. 

A group of prominent authors 
and editors. Including H. Ij. 
Mencken. Havelock Ellis. 8herwoo4 
Anderson and Oenovlevo Tafi8krfi» 
forwarded letters protosttaf tho 
seizuro. . 



A former Washington reporter, 
John Harrman, appeared before the 
Director of Customs: In tho capital 



Carlos F. Hurd Is the new drama 
and music critic for the St Louis 
"Post-Dispatch." Tho post had 
boon iFacant since the mid-summor 
resignation of Richard I*. Stokea , 

After experimenting a year, tho 
St. LkjuIs "Star" has decided on 
Do» Thoaipson as dramatic erftlo^ 



R. T. Scott will dramatize his de- 
tective story best seller, "The Black 
Magician,** for production by Shes- 
green St Vroom. Scott Is the au- 
thor of much detective fiction, but 
this wUi be his first effort for tho 
stsgiw.;'-- 



AMEWditill&r 



Tbe Greatest WrestUflig 
Matfli JByht SeiiPf tttiiils : 



No make-believe, 
bill H real knodiD*, 
atti-dowiiy drag-em* 
out wrestling bout 
between two hwkj 
ho-man» Milton 
Sills and Montague 
I^a! YmI^^ 

thing like it be- 
fore! You may 
ilcir«r seo att: 
like it again! 




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W^dMtdajTt Novtmbec 10, 192$ 



Everybody't Acting 

iContiniMd from psc« It) 

Vlitt younff man's managing mama 
makM InquisUloa Into ttia girl's 

antecedents. 

The syndicate of fathers call in 
Um stage aarpenter and tha prop- 
Utr room staff of the tfaeatra to 
stage a fashionable menage in their 
apartment in order to ImprMs 
Doris* future mama-ln-law. The 
actoi's play the girl's father, his ti- 
tled friends and the perfect huUer. 
mad out of this situatloii they work 
up elaborate effects. The girl re- 
fuses to take part in the hoax, con- 
JOssing the deception to the boy's 
mother, who in angar ahlpa the 
young man abroad, 

TM aoiisiilrators manag* to slip 
the firirl on the same ship eonfldent 
the romance will grow in spite of 
mama, and then reconcile the 
mother to the •ituatloni for a happy 
ending. 

As may easily be seen, this teoh- 
mlque of a play-within-a-play lays 
Itself open to all sorts of extrav- 
agances. For once Neilan falls di- 
recting, a victim of gross esaggera- 
tlon. Bvery thing is laid an thick. 
Too thick. The comedy growing 
out of the phoney home of luxury is 
wribly gaggy and most stagey at 
moments, although it has many low 
. oomedy laughs which save the sit- 
uation. Hitohooek doea a capital 
bit of work as the make-believe 
butler and has the big laugh of the 

There are good bits mixed In with 
the iiokum. Whenever a situation 
develops the five foster-fathers 
gather heads together for a eonfer- 
anee and the relations of all Ave 
outside their common ward have 
rich possibilities. The sentimental 
side is managed with restraint, but 
it is the artificial plot devlceo that 
strain credulity. Betty Broason doee 
not lend herself well to artMee, for 
she Is inclined to overact the cute 
ehild in any circumstances, and the 
aurroundings here of artlfldailty 
^^^^^^ i-*Mp^p^pt(^^^fci^^i^^r'^ 80flP'V'^ 



sisa the fket llmt sha aata taa hard 

anyway. 

The picture la a medley of good 
and bad, but with the good predom- 
inating in sufficient weight to car- 
ry the plctiu-e through on its appeal 
to the average fan. mm. 

FOREVER AFTER 

First National r«I«aJM fsaturinr Mary 
lator and l^iuyd Hughes. Adapted from 
OWMi Davla' itage play and directed by 
P. Hannon Weight. At tha Strand. Maw 
Tork. for elz day«, begUillilg; fltir. f* 
Running tini<>, 04 minute*. 

Tbeodora Wayne Uoyd Hughr^ 

Jennie Clayton Mary Aator 

Jack Randall Hallam Cooley 

Clayton. . . . • ^c**** ..David Torrence 

Mrs. Clayton*»*.*««,..*«»..Bu1aIie Jenien 
Wajrae. . •••••••••*••••••••#• .Alao ITrancia 

»••«#•• •'•••.••••ii»*'.«i»1bHa 'luslia 



m 



of Loaders 

BENNY 
MEROFF 



AND 

OBCHfiSTRA OF aS 



At the New Three Million Dollar 

Graonda Thtatre, GWoigo 



War picture with a football game. 
The gridiron footage looks like an 
added starter and is entirely inci- 
dental to the story, the season's 
epidemic of football fllnui appar- 
ently being the excuse. 

A pretty plain story with the 
audience 40 minutes ahead of tlie 
picture by calling the action and 
finish. IiOew*s New Tork has played 
many a release equal to this one. 
sometimes on doul^lo feature day. 
That's ahottt whira <9dTCrfiip iUter" 
belongs. 

There doean't aeem to ht aagr pull 
to the titles yat tha Strand was 

jammed Sunday nigrht But Sunday 
evening on "the street'Ms always a 
panic so provea Bothliig'. Vhte out- 
put Is overly long in getting started, 
F. Harmon Weight using up con- 
siderable time in planting the idea 
that Jennie's mother Isn't in favor 
of Ted Wayne as a son-in-law. 

Jennie Alitor) and Ted (Mr. 

Hughes) ..are very youthful at the 
opening, the former having her hair 
down her back and the latter the 
captain gf ^hte, 49lb4M»l'g moloskin 
squad. 

After about two reels you're pretty 
well convinced that Ted is non plus 
BO far as Mrs. Clayton is concerned, 
and because he hasn't any money. 
The father thinks the boy is okay 
but has little to say in the matter. 
The pre-game theatre rally, the 
night before the contest, has the 
team on stage (not too authentic a 
bit) with the last half of the game 
fairly depicted until Ted runs the 
length of the field for victory. The 
oelebration is ofTset when he gets 
a wire that his father has died. 

A Job In Boston takea him away 
but before going he stops to tell 
Jannla not to wait for him. The 
BK>ther comers the boy imd the 
result Is that he tells the girl he 
doean't care any morow And then 
tha war. As a captain Ted wipes 
out a machine gun nest, is wounded 
and oomea to with Jennie banding 
ovwrthaaot Aftar that tTs • 
matter at 
clineh* 

Th# ypar gtott hatdi plenty of 

action and easily outranka tha foot- 
ball. Not much comedy, with both 
leads sticking BaaUr I* Mr talt- 
ting plus MUm Astot'g gafiilg ap- 



Tha Oakland 
•nrimaa" saMi 

"^ah It 
Back— 
£107- 
body's 

Haiipy." 

The 
Buginess? 

Ift jiut 




WA 



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SIO'ER-SOLOISIS 

Now 

iWetl CoMl T. A D. TWlr«, 
Onklaad, Otltf • 

THANKS TO A. M. BOWLES and 
FANCHON and MARCO 



hour of unreeling, with Torever 
Aftsf^ eloaely approximating that 
elassiHeaCion of "jutt a picture.** 

Alec B. Francis flashes forth for 
Just a bit oefors he'a 'j*Ued off by 
Postal, with iCalalla Janaea inaking 
Mrs. Clayton very prim and proper, 
while wearing hats that only the 
wealthy wooM dara exhibit piibtlely. 
David Torrence is passive as the 
girl's dad and Hallam Cooley gets 
a supertluouB amount of footage 
due to the dlractor'a prolonged in- 
troduction. 

•VoraTor After" didn't get over as 
a show and Iddf lltig tA rop«at ^ 
a picture. ^ ^ Bkiff. 

• \ . ^^^^^ ■ 

Return of Peter Grimm 

victor Bchertsinger ProducUon, prcMnied 
by William Fox. From th« play by David 
Belasco, adapted by Bradley King. Di- 
rected by VIetor Scaenalsger. Reviewed 
at projectloa roooi sboWlsii Nov. 4. Run- 
nine tliMb iO aUaa 

Peter Ortaam ..Also B. Ihrsncls 

Frederick Orlaua • Joha Roche 

Catherine Janet Oaynor 

Jemea Hartman Richard WalUns 

Andrew MacPherson Joha St. PoUa 

R«v. Bartbolomey Lionel Belmore 

Mra. Bartbolomey Elisabeth Patterson 

Marta Bodll Rosins 

William Mickey McBan 

Annamarie .;«•.>'••.£..... .Florence Gilbert 

The Clown ..;*.,>...... Biunmy Cohen 

Victor SchirtZiiiii' r, who directed 
"The Return o£ I'eter Grimm" for 
William Fox, has turned out a pic- 
ture well worth seeing. It is a 
picture that is worthy to play any 
of the de luxe houses, and in the 
spots where it does play the big 
ones it will get money. The story 
is a heart throb affair and all of 
the kick that the play contained has 
been faithfully transferred to the 
screen. This is one of those pic- 
tures that brings a aob to the throat 
and then gives yoU ft laigh kick 
right after it. 

In selecting the cast for the 
photoplay^ the choice was wise in 
regard to Alec B. Francis for the 
role that was originated by David 
Warfleld. The supporting company 
is good, with Janet Gaynor as the 
little heroine, standing out as a 
"ilnd." Thia lltUe girl is sure to 
hang up a name for herself. Next 
in importance are Richard Walling 
and little Mickey McBan. The lat- 
ter plays the little chap who goes 
on to join the departed Peter 
Grimm, and the manner in which 
the youngster troupes is something 
that some older players might 
watch. 

In making the picture Schert- 
zinged has worked out voina really 

remarkable bits of photography in 
vlaions, and hia handling of the 
'ratamad'' Pater to walk through 
the household and right through 
the other characters of the story is 
little short of great Ha remem- 
bered a trick or two from the T. 
Hayes Hunter dog and ghost plc- 
tvra made for* Ooldwyn some years 
ago. Schertxinger gets evtry thing 
that there is to be had from the 
incident. 

From a production standpoint 
there are a few spots that could 
have been handled a little better, 
particularly the lighting, for where 
It was sunlight outside it waa night 
in the interiors. But in direction 
the action haa been carried forward 
at all times without any killing of 
the footage. There are" a few mo- 
menta at the opening that might be 
speaiai up. but aftar that there 
isn't a minute that is not utilized 
to advantage and the suspense 
toward the end is intense. 

Fox has a box office bet in this 
picture. Also, it's a picture that 
measures up to the artistic stand 
ard that has been aet for the prod- 
uct this year. Fred, 



boy, althouKh to Judge from the way 
be kissed Myrna in one or two 
scenes onm couldn't help wioBder- 

ing. 

Ed Kennedy, as "Roughhouse" 
Ryan, runs away with the picture in 

a few comedy scenes, while In a 
death scene, propped up in Monte's 
arma In a heavy rain after having 
been shot several times, Ed makes 
the customers pull out the unused 
handkerchiefs. So Jin makes good 
as the lithe, despicable and fero- 
cious Oriental villain. The high 
cheek bones and the glassy eyes are 
okay, but that wax mustaohe is 
overdone, as it looks too fine and 
stlfT to bo true. 

An opening love scene with Blue 
and Miss Winton out for a ride on 
the old-f.isJiionod bicycle Is so 
naive it is worthy of better sur- 
roundlnga Picture ends up in a 
regularly planned war. Will make 
good if the movie public has for- 
gotten the kind of pictures shown 
before the war or is ready to ac- 
cept Qovcl ii^terpr^tfttion of old 



mm SMIUNG 

Metro-Goldwjm-Mayer pktnre. Bam Tay- 
lor pmduction. Co-fcaturinff Boatrios X«IIUs 
and Jack Pickford. Story by Mare Ooa* 
nelly. Scenario by. Sam Taylor and Tim 
Whelan. Directed by gam Taylor. At 
Loew's K«w Terfc» Her. ft Roaalng time. 
74 minvtes. 

violet .Beatrice Ullte 

Jimmy Marsh Jack Pickford 

oiica Dorla Uoyd 

Orlando Walnwright DeWitt Jennings 

Macomber D'Arcy Corrisan 

Cecil Ixjvclace FrnnWlIn PanKborn 

Jnck Hastings William Gi11<-spl« 

Dave Cnrl Kichai-iJa 

Jesse "Watson Harry Myors 

Canada Phillips Tenen Holtz 




De Witt Jennings capital 

ager of the traveling stock com- 
pany, and Doris Uoyd splendid aa 
the leading lady. The remainder 
of the players also do nicely. 
Photographically the picture is also 
good. 

The story is typicaUy American, 
full of gomady and pftOiOft 



Private Izzy Murphy 

Warner Bros. Production f««turln» Geor» 
Jessel. Direction, Lloyd Bacon; stoVby R 
nKm**,'"** Edward Clark, scenario by 
Philip Ixvnersran. Robert Hopkins. In tha 
cast: Patsy Ruth Miller, Vera Gordon mS 
Nat Carr. At the New York Hlpno£asiZ 
Nov. 8. Running time, 80 — Ti- ""■■^ 



A war picture with a New Tork 
Jewish boy as the hero and an Irish 
girl as heroine. That is to say, all 
the "Abie's Irish Rose" intent, 
dressed in pretty lavish sentiment 
and a wealth of hokimi comedy In* 
eluding comic titles about "the Jew- 
ish organ," which means a cash rsg* 
ister. Elaborate business af tSft 
marriage broker for laughs. 

Vera Gordon will be tha tip off 
that the mother interest la played 
hard for the sentimental appeal. 
That's the kind of picture it is. All 
obvious trick and device amployecl 
with no subtlety and none of the 
simple, sincere artistry that hidea 
the mechanicism behind a screen 
of unaffected naturalness. This la 
all thei^ical makeshift. Tliere 



Across the Pacific 







Roy Dot 






Adaptsd 1 






Blanei^ 4 




day. 









Rat^ starrtng^ Msate Slue 

m^Mf pi*y.*9r CheviM m 
New Twk Mev. 4 ea« 



Fast-moving •*mellerdrammer'* on 
the style of the "Injun-cowboy" pic- 
tures of 10 years ago, where the 
hero and the remnants of a glorious 
cowboy regim«>nt are rescued at the 
last minute by a strong detachment 
of cavalry, the villainous Indians 
unmercifully slatii^tered and the 
pure little blue-eyed white girt re 
turned to the trusting arms of her 
wet-eyed dada by a blushing hero, 
etc. 

In this case it IS/^Uncle Sam's 
doughboys against rettfr Philippines 

who attempted to throw off the 
yoke of constitutional law and order 
shortly after tha Bpanish- American 
war. 

Picture has been well made. It 
haa lota of action, two good char 
acter actors, Ed Kennedy and So 
Jin, and It moves along fast except 
ing for a little while as Monte Blue 
agonizes over bis fata over loving 
a sweet-looking, brown-skinned 
baby to learn tha whsiraftbovta of 
the rebel leader. 

This gets hlin in wrong with Jane 
Winton, big white sweetheart, who 
thinks he cares for Myrna Loy 
Marguerite, as he pretends to. But 

Ifanta was not that kind of ftdough- 



In "Exit Smiling." Beatrice Lillie, 
the English comedienne of "Char- 
lot's Revue" fame, makes her 
American bow as a film star pos- 
sibility. That- Miss Lillie, Judged 
by her corking performance, will 
make the grade depends upon 
whether she cares to purine cellu- 
loid ways. 

This original story, by Marc Con> 
nelly, leglUmata playwright, 
whipped Into screen shape by Sam 
Taylor and Tim Whelan, doea well 
by the British girl. 

Jack Pickford is given as much 
prominenco as Miss Lillie in the 
picture credits, but he doesn't de- 
serve It. His part is strictly sec- 
ondary. Miss Llllle is in there all 
the time, working up ludicrous 
comedy bits and then showing ver- 
satility by switching to tense, dra- 
matic work. She runs away with 
the picture as the galley slave of 
the traveling rep show which is 
makinpT the crossroads and: "stlelca" 
in its own private car. 

Sam Taylor rates a bow for his 
direction. He carries on nicely in 
depicting Miss LiUia ag tha big-, 
heitfiedr aiMrHfl^ ''Onidg^ ^«rSo 
secretly loves the Juvenile (Pick- 
ford) and gets him a Job with the 
show, aeea that ha eats, protects 
him at every step and then fools 
the villain In order that the boy 
may return to his people undis- 
graced and watches the big thing in 
her life pass out. 

Audiences won't like that ending. 
They will root for the boy to real- 
ize that the real love, an under- 
standing one, is with the show 
slavey and not with the banker's 
dauprhter. Tet that evidently was 
not the Taylor idea. 

Miss Lillie's work in this Is said 
to haya. bean gart of jyi aaq^arlgMt. 
IDadt flnilUiMr li iM ftM iHth 



>f6§8 COLONY l^tiSAm. 

MATS. DAILY 2J0. M*. «». H 
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Syd CHAPLIN 

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PAPITfll BROADWAY 

* * At Slst Street 

Presentetlw by Maj. edwauo BOWBg 

- CND niG WEEK 

JOHN GILBERT in 

KINO YIDOR'S Prodsetioa 

•*BARDELYS 

The MAGNIFICENT* 
OAPITOL GRAND OBCWMTtBA 



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B'WAT. 4rth Bt 
Dir. JOS. PLUNKSnr 

NOW PLATINa^ 

'FOREVER AFTER' 

WITTI 

MARY ASTOR— LLOYD HUGHfS 
BTRAND SYMPHONY ORCIIESTRA 



LOEW'S 

STATE and METROPOLITAN 

B'way at 41 St. Broekljra 

THOMAS MEIOHAN in TIN GODflP 

— V A U D E V I LLE — 

At tha STAT1'>-BR00KE JOHNS 

»u.^S~tS..nlG£NE TUNNEY 






The Little Girl with the Big Blue Voice 

Fourth Cdntecutive Week with Paul Ash at Oriental Theatre, Chicago 



I 




Wednetdayt Havmahm 1926 



FILM REVIEWS 



VARXBTY 



IS 



l^'t a trick of BentlmenUlttjr or 
kok« comedy not rung In. 

Much hMTy mMmm hw MIm Oor- 
Aon some of It genuine and «ome 
effective^ but tbU angle dwelt upon 
«rith wearisome InstBtence. 

The Jewish hero gets himaelf Into 
the Irish 69th regiment with no in- 
tent to eoBoeal his race, but hy aa 
error in the rush of volunteering. 
When his sweetheart's people learn 
that ho li a Jow instead of an Irish- 
man, thoro la a clash, and here the 
picturo gooo altogether wrong. 
'^In **AhlB** they handled this situa. 
tlon from the comedy angle. Here 
the story takes sides and deals with 
the episode with self-conscious deli- 
cacy that reveals tho phoney inspir- 
ation for the whole Ifaie of bunk, in- 
cluding no end of flag waving. Who- 
ever it was who framed tho sce- 
nario to put in a defense of tho Jew- 
lab war veteran's social status has 
committed a grave faux paa. Where 
the "Abie" technique waa to deal 
with racial relations In a spirit of 
comedy, the picturo has the whole 
69th Regiment of Celta rush la to 
vindicate Izzy when his Irish sweet- 
heart's father and frienda wouki re- 
pudiate hlu. Tho wholo troatmont 
af the subject here is crude. It*a all 
aheap, hip hurrah melodrama. 

The pictttro tn tta story tiibotaBoe 
has plenty of false notes of the same 
kind. They deal oeriouoly with tho 
wrong thinga and tho ooittody motif 
Is heavy banded hokum. 

Izxy's name la really Ooldberg, 
and he uses It for hla dellcatossoB 
gtore in Hester stret He has 
another eotabllahment la an Irlah 
loeallty. and his trading name bopo 
U Murphy. This is what leads to 
his getting on the regiment rolls aa 
Murphy, when ha Toluateors to 
please his Irish swoetheart, who 
bids him farewell, promising to wait 
for hin. 

The girl's father, one O'Clahanan 
by name, has picked out a rising 
Xoung Irlah poUtlelaa for her and 
does not get to know Ixzy until he 
returns from overseas at the end of 
the war. When he leama hoPa a 
Jew there's an explosion. 

Meanwhile there are many senti- 
Itntol acenea having to do with tho 
love of Izxy's mother, newly arrived 
Xrom Russia, for her boy and her 
prayers for his safety. 

•The very orthodox parents of the 
Jewish boy, by the vray, never ehow 
aay objection to his marriage with 
the Irish girl, which again is not 
auch true or tactful treatment of the 
atory situation. 

In the end Izxy's papa mentions 
eomplacently that It doeont aMtko 
any special dUferenoe what one's 
race or religion is because we're all 
children of Ood, and, strange aa that 
may seem, the beautiful sentiment 
instantly removes all tho elder 
CClanahan's objections to a Jewish 
son-in-law. Old O'Clanahan. in fact, 
becomes rather mushy with senti* 
ment, and they have one of fhosa 
•Ood bless you, my children" right 
then and there. From this you may 
poroolve that It's a pretty had pic- 
ture. 

It's too bad George Jessel makes 
his screen bow tmdor sueh tnaiispl- 
cious circumstances. He makes a 
distinctly appealing screen figure, 
•r W^Qld If ho had a human part to 
play. Miss Gordon has one of those 
emotional parts, but it doesn't once 
ring true, although she brings to it 
all those natural gifts that have 
made her supreme in her type of 
tiiaraeter. Nat Carr has some 



ElU as the leading man. Sthel 
Clayton is tho society mother. 
Tha titta haa Tory llttlo to do 

with the proceedings. The New York 
wife la actually the least important 
eharaottr and with an explanatory 
title COM hava h9m loft out alto- 
gether. Aim*. 

UNKNOWN CAVALIER 

Charles R. Rosrera production, •poiiaor«d 
by Mrat National. Ken Maynard ataJTcd. 
Story from a Kenneth l*erklna abort story. 
Scenario by Marlon Jackaon. IMractai by 
Albert Rog*!. Tltlea by Don Ryan. la tha 
cast: KatklMB ColUna. T. Itoy Bmm and 
Otto HarlM. At UoeWe mw Terk (OMMa 
Caetlue day). BnaalBt tlsie. «1 miastsa 



A hard-rldinir western with a 
wealth of action, oxeelient pletorlai 
quality and many merits. Story la 
on a well- known formula^ bnt is 
compactly toM la tenas of fsat ac- 
tion, and it has good comedy values. 

Locale la the Bouthwest desert 
country, and the sandy wastes figure 
in most of the backgrounds. One 
interesting setting is an abandoned 
mining oamp in tho middle of the 
bad lands, aakteff a plotuiaaque 
backgrotind. 

Tho cattle distrlot is Infested with 
a bandit gang headed by a bad man 
called tlie Oila Monster, whose facs 
haa never been seen, ovea his 
own foilowors. ICaynardi, tlia wan- 



der ing cowboy, comes Into tho town 
just after the Monster has com- 
mitted one of his outrages, it being 
clear to the spectator that the Mon- 
ster is really a respected citizen 
working secretly in his outlawry. 

Maynard is dispatched by the 
Vigilantes to capture the bandit, 
being given as guide across the 
desert none other thaa tha outlaw 
himself, Suggs by nama. Suggs 
overcomes the unauapecting cowboy 
and leaves him to die of thirst in 
the bad lands, but he is released by 
his horse (Tarsa), feattured in the 
bilUng and takes «» tha slutfa aaow. 

Meanwhile Suggs has made It ap- 
pear that Maynard was the outlaw, 
and upon his reappearanoo Masmard 
la seized by the Vigilantes. Is put on 
one of those Bret Harte comedy 
trials and is about to bo lynched 
when the heroine learns ths true 
state of affairs and comes to the 
rescue. Maynard escapes and goes 
into the Oila Monster's den (the 
Monster's own men have never seen 
their chiefs face), where he Is re- 
ceived as the maator bandit him- 
self. In the end tha hero rounds up 
the whole criminal gng and drlTos 
them into oamp. 

ThroQghont tho atory thsta to no 
end of spectacular horsemanship. In 
tho bandit's camp Maynard goto 
posssssloB of tha Md mm'm nounto 
by hla rldlaff 



hlbition of riding first two horses, 
then three and finally all four aa he 
(gallops away over a riss of ground, 
h aving the outlaws helpless aroot 
In another place he rides a furious 
outlaw horse, breaking it to saddle. 
Throughout, the story develops to 
the accompaniment of pounding 
hoofs and reckless riding. This 
feature alone would carry the film 
for program purposes. It's simply 
a simple story, but well done. 



Dangerous Fmnds 

Directed by Flnla Fox. S. i. 
production reloaiiad threttsb A/W* 
Roy Bamaa atarrad. KSaaUig 
about M mtStttM. 



wsa. T. 



Terrible? 

Trying for a comedy full length 
that carries nary a real laugh. 

lU story of two married couplofl, 
each without children; one the nag- 
ging wlfo and the other tho dovu* 
nating husband, has had a thoa- 
sand oounterparU in picturoa, 

AU oC thto stuff soooM to fcavo 
been written around the fundamen- 
tal of the Harry Thomeo' "Uptown 
Plat," a Taudeirino Standard flsrae 
for years, but years ago. 

Ito working out here is boresoma. 
Svarything to a oouptol, ana aoiipto 
the reverse. 



what the other does. It'a one of tho 
easiest pictures to walk out on that 
has been shown in a long whilst 
even on a double bill, as thto oa# 
was at Loew's New York. 

If T. Roy Barnes thinks ho li 
funny hero, ha should taka anothov ' 
look. 

For the shooting galleries and tha 
onc-nlghtera In the sticka. 

Tha moat Important point In con* 
nectlon with this picture Is thai 
MoIntoA appaars te It. 

Bime, 



Organisf s Studio to 
Trak E Fe (HsitMtft 

Loa Ah^itoi^ MiV. t. 

Albert Ray MaloU% featured or- 
ganist at the Metropolitan, has 
leased space and wlU open a studto 
la tha WurUtasr Building about 

Feb. 1. 

Malotto is purchasing a modem 
Wurlltser organ and will Install a 
projection room wUh a small library 
of miscellaneous films to be used 
for practical training oC picture 
houaa orgaalstSi 

A broadeaattaf ttoop win alaa ht 



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rather funny bits as the marriage 
lM>oker. Miss Miller is Just a pale 
Ingenue In a wooden role. Bern- 
hMdt eouldn't have made it real. 

Rush. 



His New York Wife 

J. O. Bachraaim's alory and acreen play 
to Lma Abraisa. Diteetsd to Aibwt KaUey 
sad tiUad by Rotort Laid. Prefarrsd Ple- 
tora. In projeotloa roon, Nov. 4; te* 
iMMd Nov. 15. RuanlBg Ums. M mil 
«tPa (5,204 feet). 

Llla Lake .'.Alloa Day 

Philip Thoma..,,. Theodore Von Elta 

Alicia rhival , ....Ethel Clayton 

t.lla'a Aunt... ••••••••• PMlth York© 

Julia Hewitt.. ••Fontaine Iia _Rua 
fiisniy 1>avsl. ..CSisriaa Orasa 



Production never rises above a 
OhlMlsh story, full 'of astonishing 
Orudities. Ths situation of a simple 
OOimtry girl from an even simpler 
»ural village coming to the city and 
Within a few days becoming a suc- 
cessful sqcial secretary to a rich 
young matron. 

These impossible details are Just 
presenteid, and no effort is made to 
excuse them. Private detectives en- 
ter a fashionable apartment by force 
and there find a man and woman in 
What looks like a compromising sit 
nation. They arrest the man and 
lug him off to a police station, where 
a police sergeant takes charge of 
him and leto him go without any 
further formalities. 

The picture starts out to be one 
Of those mild stories about the vll 
lege vlrerln who goes to the big city 
to seek her fortune, in this case 
lured by a fake theatrical agency 
promising to produce her playA 

It starts all over again as a so- 
ciety ptoy when a rich woman seeks 
^hcr lawyer'a advice to save her son 
<rom marriage with an adventuress. 

As a farce the story might have 
iOttcn ovor, but here the travesty 
oomes in the middle of what had 
oeen a drama. After that the pic- 
ture becomes a chase. 

Alice Day could play the simple 
village m^Id very nioolv, but here 
no acting could bo convincing. The 
same nuty bo aaid oC Theddore Yon 



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Wednesday^ floyeaibcr 10, 1926 



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FILM HOUSE REVIEWS 



CHICAGO 

<CHICAQO) 

Chlcatro. Nov, 6. 

People who say "ain't" do not 
patronUe the Chicago aa a rule. 
There are too many other theatres 
In town making a direct play tor 
that branch of trade. When a 
•lowdown" does visit this thoalro 
he is either doing so in magnificent 
martyrdom— or is reviewing the 
«ho\v for Variety. 

This theatre's de lux© picture 
house audience has been built up 
•with attractions other than the 
feature picture. Excellent classical 
overtures, for instance; Publix 
Stage presentations which have a 
mildly operatic trend; org&n solos 
•which are offered on their indivld- 
Ml 'lfterit and not M accompaniment 
for singing bees; even natural 
color travelogues in all their dull- 



These things would be poison for 
other than the audiences which the 
OhtCMro <drAw«. As recognition of 
this fact a stage band and spe- 
cialty workers provide the antidote 
fcr these programs during their 
stay at the Tivoli and Uptown. The 
Chicago |ias an entire city to draw 
Urbmr die two neighborh<M»f h^tties 
naturally have limited tfrrttWT and 
can't be so refined. 

A i^pablty audience was In the 
theatre at tlie matinee reviewed. A 
younger crowd than usual, drawn 
by "The Quarterback.'* a College 
picture featuring Richard Dix, 
jirave the film a great recepiton. 

As further entertainment for the 
customers who were attracted sole- 
ly by the picture title there was 
Boyd Senter. On the reeds Senter 
is a whiz an'd at Jaxs he is a riot 
His wailing clarinet won a hand for 
him that lasted well into the news- 
reel. Accompaniei ' »r <IMk Km- 
sell at the piano. 

This booking of Boyd Senter with 
^The Qaarterback" was a wise move 
cn the theatre's part. No other 
portion of the stage bill was made 
fdf the younger eleiMMt «tlraetod 
%if the college picture. 

**Tbe Giant Piano/' a John Mur- 
tay ' iMiniMi production wHU a 
distinctly classical theme, was 
sreat stuff for the Chicago regu- 
liurs. They ate it up and applauded 
to a frazzle. The youngsters, not 
regulars, either dozed or shuffled 
their feet nervously during the 
operatic warbling and instrumental 
classics. A part of Adolphe Du- 
mont's - pit orchestra was utilized 
In this pi liMUnim^fsi • atage 
feature. 

In their regular spot Dumont and 
his orchestra presented a "Songs 
of Italy" overture, played in con- 
junction with a John Fitzpatrick 
''Songa of Kations" film short. 
There are no excelling depart- 
ments in this orchestra; strings 
and winds combine perfectly in a 
hiphly developed mode of orches- 
tration which Dumont has r^lized 
After his years of ezpertenco. 
■ Dumont is recognized as a master 
Of his - art The Chicago theatre 
•vidently Miniders him m feature 

attraction, for his overtures are 
presented with special lighting ef 
fects and given plenty of running 
time. They're worth It. 

This was Jesse Crawford** last 
week at the ChlMgo tor some time 
Screen announcement was made 
that he is leaving for New York 
to open the new Paramount thea- 
tre and Crawford, himself, hold a 
farewell number at the organ 
"Dreaming the Waltz Away," his 
program offering, was played in 
several ^^BtTtmt tff^^V » inrMit 
plug. 

The newsrcel shots were shared 
by International and the local Chi- 
cago Dally News Soreen Service. 
The latiaiP is sponsortl hy the eye- 
ning paper of the same name and 
is being seen all over town. Its 

•hots are Of eyentt in this ^ity 
•nly. 



RIVOLI 

(NEW YORK) 

New York, Nov. 6. 
The current feature. "Evt'rybody s 
Acting" (Paramount) has strong 
appeal to fandom with Its saccharine 
sentiment and its hokum comedy, 
. hut it is the presentation, a music 
and dance fantasy of extraordinary 
beauty, that gives the show its class 
(Presentations). 

This feature is the work of Paul 
Oecard. who devised and staged It 
Mid in a production and creative 
way it is about the finest thing 
Biroadway has seen as a presenta- 
tion In many a day. 

These two main elements together 
take up an hour and a half of the 
two hours, leaving only a frngmoni 
of time for the rest of the pro- 
gram, 4Mit-i»-4liemselv«s they make 
up a first grade entertainment. Tlio 
orchestra uses for its overture 
Itekuntala," by Goldmark, which 
doesn't mean much to the fan.9 ex- 
cept that it is a rather heavy if 
^'Impressiye** work. 

Short scenic subject. "So This Is 
America" (Castle Films) follows on 
A neat bit of pictorial travel sub- 
ject shipping from one Bight-.scelnp 
WondiT la the United SUtes to an- 



oth< r, T)opInnlrtg at Liberty and re- 
turning after brief stopovers at Ni- 
agara, Grand Canyon, etc Neatly 
titled and of perfect photographic 

quality. 

Hans Panke performed brilliantly 

at the piano for a solo number, 
doing one of those tectinical pieces 
that always Impress. A neat bit of 
staKing is used for the Ilanke in- 
terlude. The piano Is down center 
on a stage that is almost black ex- 
cept for one dull amber back left. 
As the curtain rises the pianist 1« 
seated at the keyboard with three 
tense amber spots trained on his 
fine white head, one right, one left 
and one from above. This concen- 
trates attention upon the head and 
face of the player aa though > to a 
high light In a dim cathedral Inte- 
rior composition. In spite of its 
simplicity the Idea is breath-taking 
in its efTect and contrlbutcfl a fine 
touch to a simple artistic biL 

The news topical was all Pathe 
and International about evenly di- 
vided. International had salmon 
going up a water fall, Ty Cobb re- 
tiring, aeroplane maneuvers in 
Texas, a group of Chicago socl^^ty 
glr]# rehearsing In rompers for a 
charity show (an especially sight- 
ly group) and steeplechase riders at 
Belmont Park. Pathe views flhowed 
Mu.ssolinl mass meetings In the 
Coliseum in Rome and in the pub- 
lic squares, college campus rush in 
Seattle, Kansas Indians on the foot- 
ball field and an airplane started 
Into the air from a warship's deck 
by % ffiin explosion. Rnth, 

METROPOLITAN 
iiorroN) 

Boston. Nov. 9. 
Paul Whiteman, with S7 men for 

86 minutes at 65-cent top, took Bos- 
ton by storm. There is every prob- 
ability the house veeord will be 
broken by Friday night. Particu- 
larly when five shows Sunday were 
mobbed. 

Whiteman has brought a band 
here before on at least two occa- 
sions, but never at popular prices. 
Hia booking into Boston with auch 
a big team waa a shrewd stunt for 
Publix, as the opposition L.oew's 
State has been building steadily all 
season with headlined singles and 
Jazz orchestras. 

Last Monday night was feared as 
an off night after the Saturday 
opening and the big Sunday busi- 
ness, but the house was capacity 
even at the supper show. The 
foyer's orchestra had to be called 
Into action to appease the six wait- 
ing lines^ 

Whiteman's week Is, of course, 
worked into a Whiteman ball, 
scheduled at Symphony hall for 
Armistice night, Thursday, this be- 
ing screened and programmed. 

His 36 -minute routine was by far 
the best he ahown locally to 
date. \ 

No unit wni lUMd this week, to 
the great contentment of that large 
slice of Boston's populace that is 
thoroughly fed up on Persian gar- 
dens and lavish costumes, drapes 
and chorines. 

A Fitzpatrick melody number 
filmed as four Indian love lyrics and 
featuring Edward Atchison and 
Carmeiia T«B|ii|i icored a surpris- 
ing hit. 

The remainder of the bin eon* 

slsted of three short reelers of news 
event.«i, Felix comedy and Raymond 
Griffith's "You'd Be Surprised." 

Picture did not click very loud 
with some of the daily critics, who 
wailed the absence of huge laughs 
and the lack of comedy in corpses 
with knives burled extremely deep 
undej* left shoulder blades. 

All In all, it is a wild week at 
the Met, with its B,000 capacity, 
and the house record may go at a 
figure said to be well above $56,000. 
What this means la told hy the dif- 
ference from last week** gross at 
th e Met of 124.300. Libbmy, 

RIALTO 

(NEW YORK) 

New York. Nov. T. 

r Of course the big wow of the bill 
'at tlie Kiulto Is the feature "We're 
in the Navy Now," with Wallace 
Beery and Ilaymond Hatton starred. 
Hut the show around this laugh 
producer ftUed In the time Tory 
nicely. 

Opening the bill is a composite 
overture of Southern melodies and 
a screen showing of James Fltz- 
Patrlck's "Melodies of Southern 
States" (Short Films Reviews), the 
combination consuming 14 minutes. 
This is followed by the Rlalto 
Cinemcventa, which comprised four 
regular KInograms shorts and one 
special of the Harvard -Princeton 
game and two shots from the Fox 
weekly. Eight minutes was allot- 
ted to the news. 

Hnrftld Yntos and Cooper Lawley. 
tbe piano and song duo, who scored 
at the Uivoll last week, were moved 
down tiic street to the UlaTlo. The 
boys stayed on 10 minutes, doing 
three numbers, but dropped their 
slightly FU^Tpostive number "We 
Know a Girl," replacing it with 
"Red. Red Robin," the two remain- 
ing nui^ibors being the same. They 
went over In great shape. 

The feature takes the next hour 
of flio bill, and then for a rkist r 
there is an interesting release by 



CasUe rOmm entiUed **Short Shots. 
wBah haU tha audleat > JVfi* 

CAPITOL 

iCHiCAQO) 

C9iicago, KoT. €. 

Cooney brothers once announced 
that this theatre turned in over half 
the profits recorded for' all of their 
theatres during a given period. 
With capacity audiences continuing 
in vogue this statemant pNtebly 
still holds true. 

The Capitol's programs are great 
for a neighborhood theatre. The 
policy of using second and third run 
pictures gives it the choice of the 
best to be had. And wh sever picks 
'em knows bis business. Out south, 
where the Capitol is, the average 
family man doesn't get to the loop 
very often unless he works there. 
That's where the Capitol gets a 
break. Because of this its features 
are of comparative first-run value. 
Neighborhood *%hoottng galleries" 
might be showing the same picture, 
but the customer naturally prefers 
apeading an evening in a de luxe 
theatre plus a stage band presenta- 
tion at reasonable prices. 

••The Ace of Cads- (P. P.) was 
the picture, with a newsreel oom- 
pletlng th^ film side. 

On the stage Al Short's band 
carried on "In Arabia" (presenta- 
tions). Not up to standard. 

Business capacity at tho first 
evening show. 



STRAND 

(NEW YORK) 

New York, Nov. 7. 
This house will adopt the Satur- 
day opening policy Nov. 13, the 
present program outlay only being 
in for sis days. It's Just as well, 
those six days, for the main pic- 
ture, "Forever After" (P. N.) is bo- 
low de luxe theatre standards and 
the weekly Frolic, other than the 
tableaux for Armistice Day, isn't 
overboard on strength. 

Kitty McLaughlin was the central 
figure to commemorate the late war, 
bedecked in white upon a monu- 
ment flanked by 20 men In uni- 
form. Well lighted, this made an 
excellent stage picture. The male 
chorus and Miss McLaughlin ren- 
dered a Victor Herbert melody while 
this was going on silken flags of 
the allies making meir appearance 
at the finish. 

Not much in the eight-minute 
news weekly, three under normal. 
Pathe clicking thrice. International 
as many and Fox having a sole 
contribution. This led Into the 
standard Frolic, which had "The 
Happinesa Boys'* of ether fame 
(Jonea and Hare) as the main kick. 
A gypsy ensemble preceded the 
songsters to but fair returns, with 
a black and white ballet of 18 
girls, headed Djr Mile. Klemova, the 
beet bet in the 19 minutes. 

Following came the celluloid 
leader, in turn trailed by *^hen and 
Now," an Educational "short," 
topped off by bringing back the 
original AfmiKkia Dfty aa it took 
place in Paris, Xibndon and New 
York. ^ Bkiff. 

MARK STRAND FROLIC (4$). 
19 Mine.; Full and TwOb 
Strsndy New York. 

A male chorus of 20 and a fem- 
inine ballet of 18 swell the per- 
sonnel to 46 for this presentation. 
Remaining eight are principals with 
the exception of a piano player. 

"The HapptaMsa Boys" (BiUy 
Jones and Ernest Hare) were used 
for a finish, the radio duo going to 
six songs, one an encore. No bal- 
lads in their routine and alt num- 
bers of the pop type. It helped, but 
Jones' comedy attempts are some- 
what weak. They pleased, how- 
ever, the main issue. 

The flash end of this weekly stage 
feature waa topped by the always 
attractive black and white ballet, 
l^ille. Klemova was in front of the 
18 girls, who waved semi-circular 
silver wreaths while on their toes. 
Pretty stuff and easy to watch. 

The previous item was not as at- 
tractive, a gypey encampment dur- 
ing which a threesome did a fair 
to middlin* tambourine dance. 
Amund SiO#ik. basso, inserted here 
for "Gypsy Love Song." 

The 20 men were also used in an 
Armistice Day tableau. Bkig. 



HOUSES OFENINO 

The Lyceum, Paterson, N. J., 
switches from its legit road attrac 
tion policy- to vaudeville Nov. fl. 
The house will be jointly operated 
by Billy Watson and Jack Linder, 
with the latter booking the bills. 
The Lyceum will play six acts and 
pictures on a split week. 

Temple, Geneva, N. Y., Is addine: 
vaudeville on the last half begin- 
ning this week, playing four acts 
booked by Linder. 

Lew Fischer and Dayton Iva 
Polnte will manage Walter S. Cran- 
dall's new theatre at Chatham, N. 
Y., presenting road shows and pic- 
tures, opens Dor. 1 and seats 650. 
Old Orpheum is to be closed when 
the flew house opens. 



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WATER LILIES (40) 
Music, singing, dancing 
55 Mins.; FuU (Special) 
Metropolitan^ L— Angeles 

As a prelude at the Metropolitan, 
Albert Hay Malotte offered selec- 
tions from "H. li' B. Pinafore." 
which again proved him to be a 
master at the keys. Attired In the 
regulation uniform of a British Ad- 
miral, Malotte played the Gilbert 
and Sullivan opera* 

The presentation proper ran 65 
minutes and was both colorful and 
tuneful. An Oriental atmosphere 
was created with the bandsmen and 
Metropolitan girls attired in cos- 
tumes. Opening revealed an elabo- 
rate set in three, from which 
emerged 10 Java dancihg girls. 
Their efforts at terpsichore seemed 
amateurish but this was speedily 
forgotten when Eleanor Bingham 
did a solo number that registered 
strongly. Four members of the Met 
)and then appeared before a front 
drop and played a double trombone - 
cornet number which clicked. Dur- 
ng the first scene the Peabody band 
worked from the pit. 

Again the drop was flown reveal- 
ng the band on stage, with Ekidie 
Peabody attired in his regulation 
costume of white trousers and blue 
Jacket. Herbert Hoey and Doris 
Walker, both In evening attire, put 
over a song number with dance 
finish that drew heavily. During 
this number, as well as the other in- 
dividual numbers, Peabody had his 
own apecial apotllght trained on 
lim, which aomewhat detracted 
from the Interest and attention of 
■he audienoe to the apectalty aum- 
bers. 

The Met girls, in black and silver 
attire, came on for a routine which 

served to introduce Harvey Karels 
and Ruth Miles for a slave dance 
number that went over with a bang. 
Mort Downey next fayored with two 
song numbers to his own accom- 
paniment and did an encore. At 
the dose of each number Peabody 
made his appearance from the wings 
with a spot thrown on him and 
vociferously led the applause. 

Peabody and an unprogramed 
male partner gave two aeleetlons on 
the guitar and mandolin guitar, 
after which Lee Kent, with a uke, 
did her "Cliff Edwards stuff" for a 
rousing finish. 

Peabody then brought his banjo 
Into play and went over much 
bigger than he has of late. At the 
close of his first number he tried 
to get the band In action but the 
crowd simply would not stand for it. 

For the finale the drop In three 
was flown, revealing a pond of 
water lilies and a temple back 
drop. Mort Downey came on for a 
finishing song and while Hoey and 
Walker danced across stage the 
water lilies opened, revealing seven 
girls in glittering spangles. 



the pedestal to a catch and pose, 
and ending with a return to the 
original pose of the number, when 
a spangled, tboon beams o^t fjtom" 
behind the pedestal. 

For beautiful and fantastic com* 
position the stage pictures are ex« 
traordlnarily effective and for pro* 
ductioa beauty the whole display Is 
a high artisUo treat. Jtash, 



"MOONLIGHT" 

Song and Music Fantasy 

17 Mins.; Full Stage 
Rivoli, New York 

A poem of music and motion, 
backed by a scenic production of 
singular loveliness. The producer 
Is Paul Oscard; musical director, 
Nathaniel Finston of the Rivoli or- 
chestra, with settings Raymond 
Sovey, and costoniliilip/ Charles 
LeMalre. 

The affair is a three- part ballet 
fantasy with a thread of music 
theme running through It^ carried 

by Robert Cloy, tenor, and Anna 
Rolando, soprano. Principal danc- 
ers are Speranzeva and Violet Ve- 
lasco. In addition to Vera Strel- 
skaya and Van Maar, who do an 
adagio at the finale. 

The curtain riaea to diadose dim 
lights and stage framed In a sable 
except for a suggestion of a forest 
at the back. Pierrot aits on ter- 
raced steps center, strumming a 
guitar and singing solo. Soprano 
jolne off while sprites dance in 
ballet costume of fluffy skirts. 

The forest background Is divided 
In three parts! Curtains open slde- 
wise revealing separate sections for 
three numbers as couples are dis- 
closed in native costume, Japanese, 
American Indian and Colonial. 

Back drop rises for finale, reveal- 
ing pedestal back stage about T2~^ 
feet high, with steps leading up 
from each side. Stage drop at 
back. Ballot girls posed on stops 
and Vera Strelskaya posed on top. 
Ballet does fairy dance in floating 
veils as voices sing, all loading to 
the adagio dance, climnxod with 
Miss Strclskaya's flying leap from 



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''ARABIAN NIGHTS" (29) 
Stage Band With Specialties 
tt Mine.: Pull (Special) 
Capitol, Chicago 

Al Short wasn't leading the band 
and announcing specialties at the 
show reviewed. His banjo player 
took over the vocal Work and hIa 
piano player waved the Wand. 

Musicians were dressed In red 
coats, billowy black trousers, and 
turbans. Scenic effect earried 
mainly dn a desert drdp behind tha 
band. 

A new Arabian pop number by the 
orchestra^ for opener, with Tommy 
QuMn, Who fiddles in the outfit* 
singing a chorus before the desert 
drop. Tommy was" supposed to have 
been astride a white horse but the 
steed remained tied behind the tha* 
atre. 

Among the specialties Doree 
Leslie was announced as a holddver 
from the previous bill. She worked 
in two positions on this program, 
doing a snaky Oriental dance alona 
and later coming back for a comedjy. 
song bit with Tommy Thomas, tha 
orchestra's nut drummer. Doree ia 
good presentation material; her 
versatility makes her unusually de«! 
jiirable. 

I^is Herman, boy soprano billeA 

as a protege of Cantor Rosenblatt, 
got the ace applause allotment on 
this bill. The youngster has a 
delicate trained voice which waa its 
best in a ballad number. His 
faster pop work didn't hit strongly. 

The Capitol goes in heavily for 
Juvenile acts. Besldea Herman 
there was the Roberts family, two 
little girls and a peanut-sized boy. 
The Roberts family sing for their 
forte and Charleston for snap close. 
Whoever trained the kids' voices 
neglected them Individually in an 
effort for harmony. Together, okay, 
but In aolos, pretty llat^ Youth la 
a great factor, however. 

The Six Arabian Tumblers worked 
into the theme of this presentation 
to effect. A routine of pyramiding 
and whirlwind tumbling went over 
to a good hand. The boys were 
hampered by the pillars and foun- 
tain on the stage and had what 
seemed to be several dose sorapea. 

Short's orchestra played two jazs 
numbers and a classic in solo spots. 
The Raymond overture gave them a 
chance to display ability while tha 
hot bits gave them the applause. 

"High Fever," their closing num- 
ber, waa played to a large ther» 
mometer at the rear of the staga 
which rose in degrees as the piece 
profi^rease^ and exploded at the final 
note. 

Not on a par with the average 
Short presentation. XOQ^ . 

STUART BARRIB 

Organ Concert 
45 Minutes / 
Ambassador, St. Louis 
Following the scheme success- 

fully inaugurated on the Coast sev- 
eral years ago, Stuart Barrle has 
put across the flrst of a series of 
weekly Sunday organ concerts at 
the Ambassador. The idea is a new 
one to St. Louis, and from the re- 
ception the initial concert received 
will be popular. 

Barrie prefaces each number with a 
short description of the piece of an 
anecdote about Its composition. 
These talks are brief and interest- 
ing. Numbers are all olasaloal or 
semi-classical. His program waa: 

"If 1 W«re Kins...... .....Adolphe Ad«m 

WalU In D Flat .Cliopjn 

•Nocturne In B Fist .Cnopm 

"Pair Roae-Marle'* XfS ^ ' 

rizziratl Delwnea 

"Kammf>m>l Ostrow" Bublnataln 

"End of a Perfect Day' Bond 

A flololst was Introduced In Jo- 
seph Winters, first violinist of the 
An>iKfi»iTni]^r orch estra, who g av e 
two selections, each garnering m 
good r«!turn. 

With an organist like Barrle and 
a four-manual instrument like the 
Ambassador's, these concerts are 
destined to have c:\pacUy audiences. 

The first one woo great! 




November 10» 1926 



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7iv HopI U»di«n« 

It Mln«.| Fu" ^ 

Calviiv M«rtlUMiiptwi, MaMi 

Tkit Mt has bMtt travellaf 
mroUoA the outlying theatres of 
IfaMachuAetla. Am a week-end at- 
traction for vaud^vUI* t straight 
plotur* hoiMM It la a atronar one. 
9bia If because of ita educational 
angle that can be turned Into a big 
play in appealing to school pupila of 
kindergarten to high achool agea. 

For the older persona it's not so 
Biuch. but the novelty of seeing it 
la a theatre has some appeaL 

Xri. Hoot QihaoB. at tho atart of 
the act. ia announced aa the cus- 
todian of the five Indians and also 
aa the wife of the western film atar. 
•nien alio rolatao tho htatonr of the 
tribOt oto. One Indian bangs a war 
drum and sings as accompaniment 
for the dancing b^ the other four. 
There are a Tarloty of daaooa. 

The climax of the act ia reached 
by the Indians doing the Hopi snake 
Altnce. Bach drawa a anake from 
m cage oad they danco about with 
UiiWii. laying the reptilea on the 
floor and tickling them with, a 
feather to arouae them, and finally 
holding tho anakes lor thoir mouths 
as they conclude the danco^ 

Two of the Indiana sing native 
aongs, and one gives a talk to 
demonstrate their laiiguage. The 
act cloaea with tho Indiana doing 
their idea of the "Charleston." 

A live -wire houae manager can 
turn thia act into a real money- 
getter by going after tho achoola In 
ballyhoo fashion. At the matinee 
at the Calvin there must have been 
1,000 children. 



MORRIS and CAMPtlLI. 
Muaioal Faroe 

It Mina.! One and Full (Special) 
Maoo (tt Vau^) 

Lewia and Young aithored thIa 
new one for the rejoined Morris and 
Campbell pair. The farce calls for 
a aupportlag oaat of two. Katharine 
Malley and Phil Sllvera 

It has a wisp of plot and an 
"audience" twUt Opening in full 
atage^ aon telle mother pop ia in 
front of the Palace, looking at a 
picture of Flo Campbell, his for- 
mer wife. Opo (Morria) cornea 
homo in timo to waah the diahea 
and be bawled out 

Getting out on a pretext of shop- 
ping, he and aon appear in a boa. 
Miaa Campbell atepa out la *'obo^ 
for a song and crossfire between 
her and the pair develop consider- 
able comedy. At this point Morris 
haa aomo good gaga and pulla 
laughs by bribing the boy with 
nickels every time he howls. 

They mount the stage ^fter a bit 
and papa ahowa aonny how he ean 
act. His wife walks on aa he Is 
embracing his former partner. This 
cues them into a song by Flo with 
Morria being Importuned between 
linea to "Come on Homo** by his 
spouse and ofTspring. 

A finish is both women objecting 
to their« roles fii the act as both 
want to sing the same song. It 
develops into a quartet for the 
finale. 

The act, aa concema plot,«ia far- 
fetched, but alibied by the farce 
classification. It should work out 
into a satisfactory akit Morris haa 
plenty of scope for comedy and 
lines. Miss Campb'ell never looked 
prettier or sang better. Con. 



WISER and NEWMAN 
Comedy Variety Turn 
16 Mine.; Full and One (Special) 
ilil <V.*f».) 

Al Wlaer (Moran and Wiaer) and 

liou Newman compose this new 
turn, with Wiser ge,tting top billing 
and Newman "aaalatlng." 

A full stage aet used for the 
bpenlng includes an imitation tee. 
Wiaer handlea the trick golf ahots. 
. HrlTlng off flvo halls In a row into 
ttio wings. He also doea an "ap- 
proaOh to the green" series with 
Newman catching the balla which 
too 'lottpod.'' 
' Newman handlea comedy and 
wears eccentric garb. The "boom- 
Orange hats with the audience in- 
Tolf led Into ir by being aliowod to 
throw hats, sini^lar to tho old Mo- 
ran and Wiaer bit, also works up 
laughs. 

For a llnlsh ^o pair* atop down 

Into '*one." Newman changes to 
Scotch get up for a aong while 
Wiaer plays a saxophone and twirls 
h drum majok^s baton. 

' The new act should please any 



Taudeville audienca. 
Bovel and coIorfuL 



It 



is fast, 

C(M. 



FABIANO 
Mandolin Soloist 
14 Mine.; One and Three 
Mark Strand, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Pc^) 

•Fabiano wisely calls stressed at- 
tention to his instrument in the 
bnilng, it being a smart stunt. As 
a Tfartuoao of tho mandolin, this 
heretofore unknown (to this re 
porter) instrumentalist rates with 
tho beat, if not of ultra proportions 
Tho routine la oaanlly laid out 
•Waters of tho Minnetonka," med- 
leyed with "Tea for Two," is the 
•tarter of a cyciS of favorite pro 
dttotlon and popular standard num 
hers. Follows Toselli'a "Serenade," 
which permits Eldora Stanford, the 
•opranOk to vocal aolo the number 
With the Mark Strand Ballet Corps 
Hi the background. 
•Indian Love CaU" and "Who" Is 
amacking cloaer, forcing an en- 



eoUNTESS MOQENAt FAN^ 

TASIE8 (•) 
Tab Revue 

20 Mine.; Full SUge (Special) 
Hippodroaif (V^F} 

Tabloid roTUO differing flrom the 

general run in having more class in 
personnel, musical quality and pre- 
tentiousness in dressing. Turn la 
made up of three women aingora 
acting as show girls and three 
chorus men who have splendid 
voices, a coloratura soprano, wo- 
man violinist (soprano and violin- 
ist probably ara the same), and 
mixed team of dancers, Bishop and 
Lynn. 

There Is. aa taitroduotory olt of 

song by the six men and women, 
upon which Bishop and Lynn break 
in for a Spanish dance^ lively and 
sightly. Coloratura haa « Solo, one 
of lighter arias, before a drop in 
one." Back to full stage, where 
mixed duet in a transparency pose 
and aing another operatio number, 
While the dance pair, after a change, 
do a bit of stepping, partly adagio, 
partly acrobatic. r 

Woman vlollniat aoloa for another 
change of scene to fancy interior, 
with, the six doing a minuet and 
singing. Dance team back for an 
adagio la tho form of a sort of 
Apache arrangement, doing their 
best in this specialty. The woman 
of pair is small and shapely, looks 
well la acant oostttmo, and- both in 
her atepa, leapa and J^oalags looks 
particularly trim. 

The singing, both ensemble and 
solos, is far above the grade usual- 
ly found in this type of act, being 
the classiest group of singers noted 
in a tab revue. They would fit 
nicely In a presentation for the beat 
prrade of picture houses without a 
change in the present routine. They 
would do- even better, in that field 
than In fast. Jazzy, eateh-as- catch 
can vaudeville hill. 



NED WAYBURN CO. (17> 
"Variety Show"* (Revue) 
On9 and Full Stage (Special Sets) 
•Ik Avo. (V-F) 

With 12 choristers and flvo pria* 

cipals, Ned Wayburn appears to 
have built "Variety Show" in revue 
style to ahow off hia dancing achool 
pupila. ThIa It does. If tho torn 
had the assistance of aome real 
comedy, a very good tab would 
havo 'l^fi tho reault. 

A couple of apeciallata and both 

girls are attractive in dancea One 
ia Virginia Bacon, who toea very 
well, and the other Shirley Rogers, 
a girl who kicka ao prettily front- 
wards with both feet, withal look- 
ing well, that she should coach up 
on back kicka and aook aomethlng 
better. 

In the choristers Waybum haa a 
sturdy loL They must be sturdy 
as well aa youthful to go through 
theao ezorclaea of Waybum*a three 
times daily. One .of the early num 
hers for the girls alone, a sort of 
first lesson for amateur dancers as 
might be given in tho studio after a 
few hours would ordinarily tax any 
girl not in perfect condition. In- 
cluded are not only ezerclaea but 
limbering up and reducing move- 
ments. This number is good enough 
in that way to have an announce 
ment, either slide or verbally, giv- 
ing it more importance aa move- 
ments for women who want to take 
off weight. Alao it might go down 
nearOr oloainir. 

In other numbers thw girls do 

good work in the chorus and Way 
bum way. Some Black Bottom 
stepping is tried for and one num 
beryls entirely of that, but«thero*s 
not a good black bottomer In the 
act. A nice little tap dancer comes 
out la tho person of *3uater' 
Mason. "Buster" can tap but 
it look too hard and haa not been 
taught anything evidently except 
"tapping.** Some day Ned may ao* 
cure an Instructor who can teach 
his pupils to sell their stuff on the 
stage after they have learned it. 

Eddio Foley Is tho oomedlaa hut 
if h^ haa any material to oommede 
with, he does nothing with It. His 
two -act partner. Lea Leture ia alao 
la tho yrodaotloa tarn wtthovt ean- 
ing for notla%r JTmIe LateaOk la the 
Juvenila 

Thia ia atrlctly a girl chorua aet, 
with aomo of Waybum'a former 
numbera In it. However the girls 
themselves may be able to put it 
over for in the dancing and nalson 
work Waybm kai a* act 

Sottlnsa Hupa thSM la snfllelent 

quantity at least and at times the 
oostuming ia pretty, making the 
girla look ao much the better for 
It, bat tho glEla aaa yoaag and 
comely in the main even if their 
sinking la almost aa terrible aa the 
comedy. The latter oonaiata of a 
couple of blaok-outa aad a tia tos ly 
strong" bit, all flopping. 
Aa the Wayburn turn carrioa two 
specialty acta (Four (Htoaa and 
Foley and Leture) It could take up 
the entire portion of a pop vaude- 
ville bill that divMea he perform- 
anoo with a picture^ Anyone who 
can use a girl act with 13 real danc- 
ing girls who can do a little of 
almost every kind of atepping in- 
dudinff ^ Waybura standard 
steps, also a suggestion of Tiller's 
and the buck besides toe dancing 
and the Black Bottom, won't miss 
with this turn. 

But for real Importanotf aa a 
vaudeville attraction It must have 
comedy in place of that now called 

that,"^'" . ' r 



(Spec. 



WHITING and BURT (1) 
Songs and Talk 
22 Mins.} One and. Three 
Set) 

Orphoum (St. V), Los Angoloa 

George Whiting, having se^ him- 
self in the oil drilling business, and 
not t>eing mechanically inclined, re- 
united professionally with hia wife, 
Sadie Burt, and returned to vaude- 
ville after about six months' ab- 
aence. The duo have a new routine 
of apeolal and pop aonga uSIng Ed- 
die Weber in the pit. They have 
some smart talk by Al. ?<'visbers 
and one number by Blanclio .Merrill, 
la a aort of 'Mascot** to this 



Open with a lyriclzation of a 
Mexican scene from the Willard 
Mack play, "The Dove.*' Whiting 
doea the gay Mexican cavalier, while 
Miss Burt is the dance hall girl. 
The lyrics are constructed in sell- 
ing fashion with the number a 
"wow" to start with. They do sev- 
eral pop numbers and single with 
one, a "Bulgarian" done by Whit- 
ing, not suitable to his talents. With 
a turn breaking In cold at this hoUSe 
that Is easily remedied. 

The Blanche Merrill "Jumping 
Into Something** number Is one of 
those matrimonial affairs and a per- 
fect gem. Another double number 
In front of a fireplace setting -is 
"A Little Thought,** one of thoae 
talky affairs which alwaya hitf . tiKi 
sentimental. 

Turn la nicely droaaed and mount- 
ed and most suitable for thia atand- 
ard turn which always garners a 
feature spot on any of the bljg bills. 



HACKETT mni DIWMAII lUvua 

''Luxuries*' 

20 Mine.; One and Full (Special) 
Palaoe( St Vaudo) 

Jeanotio Hackett and Harry Del- 
mar have produced another win- 
ning scenio and entertainment 
revue in "Luxuriea.** Miaa Hackett 
ia eredited with doaigning the acen- 
ery and costumes. They are gor- 
geous. Delraar put on the dancea^ 
on the same high plane. 

The chorus of eight includes Hel- 
en Miller, Gladys Miller, Irene Grif- 
tith, Mury O'Kourke, PrlacUla 
Thompson, Edna Norria, BlUlo So« 
dore. Betty Relman and Marglo 
Hulllok, and how they can dance! 
Mo»t hold over from the annual 
Hatiiott and Dtimar acts, whlsli as- 
plaina their proflciency in tho bal- 
lets and ensemble dances. 

Miss Ilackett looked ravishingly 
beautiful in "Fine Feathers,** posod 
high up stage In white silk tights 
surrounded by a gigantic feathered 
fan. Her other costumes alao were 
in oxQvlall* taste and set off her 
blonde beauty. Her singing and 
dancing got over to nice returns on 
every appearance. 

Delmar also turned in two cork- 
ing solo dances In addition to hia 
downstairs split dance at the fin- 
ish. Tho chonia, in addltloa to 
their work in back of the princi- 
pals, stepped out with applause- 
landing apecialUea in the finale 



Fabiano is -an unassuming per- 
former, strumming hia mandolin 
Without any pretenaiona and letting 
the effect of his muaio speak for it- 
aelf. It aaya plentTr aa doea the| 
aadionoe reaction. AbaL 



ALLAN RENO 
Comedy and Violin 
11 Mins.; One 
Fifth Ave. (V-P) 

•Allai( Reno la probably froia Bng- 
land. He said, after a scoring 
finish, that he had not been Iii port 
long but, anyhow, would do the 
Black Bottom. Stzeept for aomo of] 
the hand motlona. It wasn't that at 
all, but the dancing got the young 
■aan ofC to a very big liand. 

Hono opened with allk topper, 
monocle and auch, ofTerlng a snatch 
B ong, some chatter and then 
J*ther neat tap dancing. He lost 
nls accent when announcing an im- 
pression of a French bandmaster. 
S'cp it he tousled his hair and car- 
rted a violin. After travesty stuff, 
no Aowod atraight fiddle music and 
jh*n as he played went Into danc- 
ing. Reno finished a lot better than 
no atarted In the No. 2 apot. 



CAGNEY and VERNON 

''A Broadway Romeo* (Skoteh) 

11 IMina.; Two (Special) 
American Roof (V.-P.) 

Combination ia newer than the 
skit despite dlaguiao In chango of 
title. It'a none other than "Lone- 
pomo Manor,** which Frank Dixon 
did over the big time, supported by 
two others. In rearrangement at 
least five minutes running time 
has been lopped off. 

The action centers around the 
out-of-town newspaper ataad In 
Times Square, represented fii the 
special drop. Cagney makea a 
worthy substitute in the Dixon role 
of tho native wlaeraokor, handUng 
the glib remarks to a nicety. Miss 
Vernon is attractive as tho little 
"hick" from Kokomo but seemed 
too wen droaaed for a damo sup- 
posed to be up apraln«t It 

In the pruning process some of 
the chuckles have been edited out, 
which d e can^t h e lp th e g e n e r al re 
suit But It's new to the time It's 
playing and ought to go over on 
U»e smart stufC. 

Did well In No. 5 on this seven - 
act bill M^^Tv TiT ht. Jffdbo. 



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RACINE AND RAY 
Talk; Song and Danoa 1 
11 Mina.; One 
Hippodrome (V-P) 

This two -woman turn was re- 
viewed aomo three years aia and 

chlded for their risque material and 
obvious burlesque antecedenta. 
Keeping thia in mind, the preaent 
routine auggeata that the team took 
it very much to heart and consulted 
an author to outfit them with a de 
natured vohlcla. The reault ia very 
much without a Idck.**' 

One enters on a rickshaw, this 
planting the globe-trotting idea and 
tho talk from then on If as univor- 
aal in acopo aa their Cook'a tour. It 
ranges from national customs to 
the usual romance wiae-cracka, a 
suggestion of tImlaasL nameless, 
ahameleaa "feeda" and "cracka." 
The trouble waa that the laugha on 
the pointa came few and far ho- 



Several beautiful beflowered dropa, 
huge Sphinx from which Misa 
Delmar made an entrance for her 
snakO daaciai aai a grand atalrway, 
were a few of the acenic flashes. 

The act Is elaborately produced 
with no cheating. It will have to 
got fjieaty ponalea In vaudevilto and 
If It doesn't would have no trouble 
booking the best of the picture 
houses, where it should be a senaa* 
Ilea, « ■ ■ ■■ '-'Coat 



BAM< 



ARTHUR PRINCI 
"The Love Affslr* 

Ventriloquist 

1i Mina.1 Three (•poelall 
Palaoo (tL Vaudo) 

Held over for a aecond we^ at 
this house Mr. Prince introduced a 
new ventriloquist turn, writtaa by 
himself and titled, **Tka Love 
Affair of Yussif Hassan." 

The act oarriea a apodal set, of 
a scene laid between tho first and 
second cataracta on the Nila Don 
Prince (son of the English artist) 
played Yussif Hassan, Arab prince; 
Arthur Prince, tho eomaiandlng 
omcer of IL M. S. Dahaboyah, and 
"Jim** the dummy, an English 
sailor OWAL and full of "haaheesh** 
until discovered by hia eommaador. 

"Jim's" explanations of his move- 
ments for the three days he has 
beon missing ia one of the most 
humoroua things ^rlnoo has over 
created. His duolog with "Jlra** Is 
aa realistic and artistic aa In his 
other turn, whJch has beea pointed 
to as th e high e st e« aa i p l e e l v ei 
triloquial perfection. The new 
turn has "atmoapherev" plot and 
the Prince personality and class, 
hut It ia doubtful If It will find the 
same favor with present vaude- 
ville audiences over here aa his 
former atandard, due to the locale. 

€fon» 



They interpose a eoupJe of dittlea 
and top off with a tap dance to a 
legitimate curtain and a atolen aec- 
ond bow. ' . AUik 

LOUit WRIQHT 

Sonoa .' .. 

14 Mine.; One ' 
Slat fl|t. (V-P) 

Feminine aongatreaa offering apo- 
dal material with a powerful 

vaudeville voice that should rate an 
early apot on the preaent-day bill. 

An Introduction ia framed about 
Miss Wright's imitotloaa hotog ao 
good the orlglnala have asked her 
to eliminate them, after which aha 
does a Dutch lyric, then an immi- 
grant, the same girl a year later 
with the final number listening as 
the only released song ia the 
routlnew 

The wordings are aimed for com- 
edy and connect but lightly. Miss 
Wright'a voice, a certain amount off 
aelf aaauranoo and coatumo Ohaagoa 
outscore the lyrical phraalng. 

Spotted No. 2 and playing, to less 
than 400 people at a matinee. Miaa 
Wright fared aa well aa oould ho 
expected In lieu of tba ualaapirlng 
circumatancea. 4Mf|P» 

BEN MARKS and ETHEL 
Comedy and tofiga 

18 Mins.; One - 
State (V P) 

Ben Marks haa yet to really find 
himaelf. He haa done a alngle. 
atarred la k Honaaa Tlmberg flaah 
act and la baok again in a new ve- 
hicle, -Crossworda," by Dolph Sing- 
er, with Ethel aa the feminine 
atraight alao contributing voeally 
but not aenaationally. 

Marks Is a Juvenile Tld romlr 
with a spotty manner of working. 
He ahifta pace and reglstera with 
each nuance of comOdy vein, more 
a tribute to hia Btannorlams than 
manncra 

It*a a cinch the erossword puzzle 

tAma. tm a M» « W « h^fnr^ WUrlr 



CLEMEN'S HAWAIIAN 

BLCRi (16) 
Nativa Orchestra 

11 Mins.; Full Stage (Speoial Drop) 

Hippodrome (V-P) 

Biggeat and beat- looking outfit o( 
Hawaiian musicians so far. Voar^ 
teen msa aro la' tho group, five 
playing thoae slurring harmonica oa 
the guitara, one at the piano, leader 
with vlOUa^ and others with adxod 
native instruments. 
^ They run mostly to American 
popular numbera, with only ahori 
bll•^«f Mklag BawmMaa maiadlaB. 
The routine ia up to date from cur- 
rent lists. For. the finish they play 
accompaniment for a alim hula 
dancer la havi Hi* aad Sh r s d d ed 
wheat, who l9 Jfetty loose around 
the hips for the sedate Hippodrome 
clientele, but gets by because aho 
Is young and tft» la Utum, A sec- 
ond hula dancer, also baro of leg 
and plumper, takea a few diacreet 
ahakea but doesn't puU anything 
siliUtaii^ tasaass with her physical 
ptfoportlona it would start a riot. 

Musiciana are in formal dothsa 
with tho paper necklace aa tha 
mark' of raca Music ia alwaya 
agreeable and charming la the Ha<- 
waiiaa fashion, which haan't tha 
vogue It had. This explains tha 
position, opening the bill, probably. 
The dancing girl gives the act its 
punch. They liked it emphaticalir 
at tho HippodroSMk 



TJottom — In this post-Charlfston 
era. As far as tho royalty end of 
it is concerned, Marks forgets that 
Once ho geta Into atrida. It mattera 
even irss. 

That he stopped the show '^f'^'^'K^ 
well for hia comedy flare and docs 
not credit the libretto. Abel 



"NITE CLUB REVUE" (21) 
Road Unit 

PantOffosi Baa PN ms la aa 

Up ia Spokane thia Pantagea 
show Is reported to have tied tho 
house record. Eiaenlioro prior to 
ozhlhlting oa Ifarkot Btraai It haa 

done very well at the box office. 
Yet aa an entorjUUnmoat U'a flal 
aa a pancake. 
Tho gathered ap odds aad aala at 

the late Will Morrissey Music Hall 
Revue make poor material, and 
with Will Morrlaaey and Eddie Bor« 
doa mlostoig If s proCty hopoHoa. 

practically all of the scenery, cos- 
tumes and bita, as well aa many of 
the participanta of tho Muaio Hall 
flop aro la oa tho Taadavllia flyer. 

It probably coat no more than the 
salaries, fares and hotel billa of tho 
troupe to launch it on tho Pam 
time, aad U oortalaly oaa't bo ox* 

pensive to operate. 

That'a mostly what*a wrong. It*a 
cheap and looka it Pantagea had 
been bringing out too many crack* 

orjnrk acta and stellar headllnera 
for this to cut any figure on hia 
whole circuit It's tiUe la the beat 
b. o. thing about it 

AlthouKh when revel wed It had 
lioen playing locally several days^ 
the performance was indifferent as 
r«nrawi« ffft.rfwdination between nlav* 



rr3, orchostra and stage crew. Nu« 
iitorous stage waits, delayed cuca^ 
and not one of the black-out aklta 
properly timed. The performanco 
wus further handicapped by dls- 
ttirb.inces in the audience, noisy 
children, etc. 
Outside on the marqueo ''M ebo* 



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Wtinttdax, Novwnber 10, 1926 



dMlcned to lur« the stase. Bliffhtly 
In error. Only 12 ehoms lirla un- 
toM the bouse wm eountlns ita ush- 
«Mtte«» who M «r«MMd mdro like 

ohorinee than aisle prowlers. The 
chorus was okay on looks and 
danced well enough, but left no 
dmniaant tap r easlon. In their en* 

semble work the absence of the 
needed adagio or featured diince 
team was keenly noticeable. 

Win Iforrlaatir was also an- 
nounced out front, although inside 
another wore his silk lid. Midgle 
Iflller was present. Also Pierre 
tl^te and Walter Weems. the lat* 
Itr having the most diverting spe- 
aliJty by far and compressing the 
BiOtfl liMgha within th« ahortest 
■pace of time. Tom Kelly earn* In 
for the local week. Joining the 
troupe here evidently to bolster It 
with the AbMnea of Morrlssey. 

In substance the "Pantages Nite 
Club Revue is pretty thin stuff. It 
had the element of novelty in pree- 
90mdwik and given fh« «iiitMiiers 
respite from conventional running 
orders, but this ia offset by the 
lack of the snap so essential to the 
flhtrt skit and specialty style of en- 
tertainment. The laughs are spaced 
too far apart; n^kterial too ancient 
and familiar. 

It eadnraa Murly M^^^^^H 

much too long, Shortenc*' b|P ' .10 
minutes and offered in conjunction 
With a good featupe picture, it prob- 
aft^ won't annoy tho^FiM MMi- 

M'^tea'woh. • 



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•KELLEY and HEIT Rfvua (9) 

Songs, Talk« Dancing 

80 Mins.{ Ono and Three (•iMeiat) 

Brosdway (V-P) 

Hodge-podge conglomeration of 
material, Skelley romping through 
hap-haiavily and elowiilng to mwe 
or less results. Before a "dead pan" 
audience of half a house he didn't 
fare so well but pushed the issue 
to ring in a flvo-mtejMa«Oiico1re, In- 
troducing thi« wHh an ttMali«d*lor 
speech. 

The act opens in ''one*' with Skel- 
ter amking i^one calls and getting 

comedy replies from the four grirls. 
Thence into full stage, where one 
•f tha flrlii offers kicks, two buck 
In phosphorova costumes and Miss 
Heit sings a pop number. Skelley, 
meanwhile^ la running all over the 



The enoora had tha fominlne 

quartet In costumes of yesterday, 
Bkelley Mting It for laughs and 
finally lIHng a gnn to gat '^ off 
atage. • 

All miscellaneous matter slappad 
into a iiormal 15-minute act. 

1Vhai# thayra tn a bettor frame 
of mind tttalley can probably make 
'em laugh more than he did here 
Monday night. The verbal gags 
ariin ao goo^ tha aaaqlo getUng 
his main play from carrying props 
back and forth across the stage 
while the others are routining. 



EDITH KLAPPER snd Co. (S) 
MusiCt Danca. Songs 
It MIns.; Fail-auge (Special) 

City 

Edith Klapper,. an attractive bru 
nette, undertakes versatility a trifle 
bayatod har aeopa tn tklo ^amM^ 
Opening in beautiful Spanish cos- 
tume she does a short dance to vio- 
lin, piano and banjo accom]pan^- 
mailt. Her aaali^ta i^t§-v^lSi04 
malea in flipaiiiah aaattna sM a 

fbl pianist. 

Znaoarding a dress, she is under- 
draased for her nett na a sh ar , a mild 

rendition of "Say It Again." A 
piano solo follows. Comedy leader 
in the pit next attempts comedy by 
*^amMimaaiiiantai*' ^Mmt m Prm th 

accent and comedy mustache, etc. 

♦1 Wish I Had My Old Pal Back 
Again" is Miss Klapper's next. For 
a aha ia dressed in shabby black, 
seated on a park bench. The inevi- 
table dramatic recitation is worked 
hi about the poor little girl who 
laat the boy back home. Vhidtng a 
gun on the bench, she attempts 
suicide and is saved by a passerby. 
He offers a drink, and a comedy 
awitch la obtained when ha ahoots 
her for draining his flask. 

A banjo solo well rendered by one 
of the males follows and the leader 
was at it again with a comedy 
speech. Miss Klapper. In fetching 
black short costume, bare legs, sells 
"Don't Take Black Bottom Away" 
and doea a ^It of tha dance. It Is 
her best number, and even this one 
Is delivered with a dramatic con- 
ception. She and the leader do an 

"Itch." — 



(Straight Vauda) 

Distreaa algnals are helnr flown 

from the Palace, New York. The 
house is shot and staggering from 
taking it on the chin from its own 
organization and the deaf and dumb 
parlors where they can get a course 
dinner for six bits top. 

Ten acta Monday night, probaMy 
the most colorful show that has 
played the house in weeks and the 
lower floor half empty. What an 
audience! Main Street, Sandusky. 
O., would qualify as a smart date 
in comparison. Maybe it's the hotel 
trade night but more maybe the 
former smart vaudeville audiences 
have departed for parts unknown or 
the picture houses^ 

Gags, that used to be snapped up 
and digested before they hit the 
apron, now drift mirthlessly up the 
centre aisle and out the front door 
unless they are allowed a half min- 
ute to penetrate. 

Arthur Prince (New Acts), the 
greatest ventriloquist who ever 
made a chunk of wood animate, 
spotted third, worked with a be- 
wildered look on his face that said 
as plainly as though he carried a 
lanner: "What am I up against r' 
They apiHreolated tha exquisite 
finesse of his conversation with his 
wooden assistant, but the story of 
the turn, an unusual novelty, was 
utterly wasted except when it de- 
generated to the broadest kind of 
gags. 

Prince, originally spotted second 
after intermission, switched places 
on the bill with Beverly Bayne and 
Co. at night. Miss Bayne gave 
them something they could get their 
teeth into. A broad farcical skit 
about a husband who insists upon 
leaving wifey alohe while he plays 
poker with the boys. The former 
screen hand maiden has an unusual 
sense of eomady and brings much 
more to vaudeville than the average 
picture actress. She has a corking 
support In Louis Tanno and Hobart 
Cavanaugh, the latter a find in a 
light comedy role. 

The show ran until all haura, with 
the commuters blasting through the 
Clemens Belling act. assigned to the 
sacriflclal spot. . Just ahead the 
Runaway Four goaled them and 
walked off with the applause hit 
of the bill In their comedy knock- 
about acrobatic turn, more than fa- 
miliar around the corner but greeted 
like brand n^w Monday night. 

Both halvea held plenty of 
strength, every act clicking nicely. 
The show got away to a grreat start 
with Archie and Qertie Falls open- 
ing with their oomedy acrobatics, 
ground tumbling and rope work. 

Lew Murdock and Mildred Mayo 
deuced and danced to Instant favor. 
The girl is cute and can hoof. Mur- 
dock compares favorably with the 
best of the loose dancara and haa 
several slide and ankia atapa that 
look original. 

Robins, the walking music store, 
back from Europe, with his former 
novelty, scored sensationally. His 
imitations of various instruments, 
together with his producing of the 
various props from his elothea. had 
them gopgle-eyed. The new bits 
were a trick costume change from 
a "dame" to LisSt. Ha Wowed them. 

Joe Morris and Flo Campbell 
(New Acts) followed, scoring nicely 
and Hackett and Delmar CNaw 
Acts) closed the first half la a gor- 
geous new revue. 

Opening after intermission Frankle 
Heath finished In high favor slng- 
five songs, mostly specials by 
Harry Braan. An anoora aong, bow, 



was "Dat a Girl," cuie Idea. Miss 
Heath's delivery of "Butter and 
Eggs." •'Old Neighborhood!* with 

the patter about the Conway girl 
(no relation) and "Maybe" and the 
dramatic ballad was flawkiaa. Miss 

Heath has Improved greatly since 
leaving vaudeville for* musical 
comedy. 

It takes a full house to put a 
show over. Maybe that explains 
why this line-up, ordinarily a atar 
one, played so so. 

Bttt cheer up, folks, the new 
Paramount opens this month, and 
Cleveland ia packing th«m in with 
tha grind. > 



caniar of the stage. The leader 
shouldn't be allowed to butt la on 
her best number. "The Black Bot 
^^om." One of the dramatic recita 
tion aonga eould be readily dropped 
for a jass or vppp .jiiiniber. It'a 



To all purpo-^'ps the act is ended 
here, but the loader announces Miss 
Klapper will s^ng "The Big Pa- 
rade" as John Barnrmora would. 
AftSr a change to evening gown 
she renders another dramatic reci- 
tation, a bit too much even at the 
«ttjr. 

• The art holds pome entertnfnment 
taliia with tha girl hogging the 



goulaah aa is. 



JEANE JOY 
Songs 

16 Mlns.} Ona 
5th Ave. (V.-P.) 

Evidently a ne% comer, probably 
from cabarets. Miss Joy. neat bru 
net, with hair a la francos White, 
has a nicely assorted routine of 
songs, up to her concluding num 
ber "Thanks for the Bupgy Ride, 
in which she essays "impressions 
of a Frenchman and Englishman 
singing tt.** Her English accent 
would drive a lime Juicer to suicide 
and her "stage Frog" is equally far 
fetched. 

Rest of tha songs fitted her per 

sonallty and were all given a 100 
porcont delivery. Opening with 
"Strike Girls." a comedy idea con 
taining sopfaisticated advice to frails 
sh e followed with "See If I Caro," a 
blues, equally good. "Those Are the 
Breaks 1 Qct»" which sounded spe 
cial. alao eontained a good idea and 
lyrics. 

"Calling Me Home" provldt^d the 
inevitable ballad with the inovitu 
bla recitation, this one being blamed 
on "Mother," as sure lira as a pic 
tnro of A I Smith, and WSS good for 

I a solid recall. * C'oa. 



STATE 

(Vawda-Feta.) 

Sensing the necessity of offsetting 
the weak Meighan-"Tin Gods" 
flicker feature, » strong hill has 
been bookod lata tha Stata this 

week. 

The show progresses briskly to 
a rousing climax with the closing 
musical act, although just preced- 
ng in the next-to-shut is Bobby 
Henshaw, an energetic and above- 
average talented uke strummer and 
vocalist, who tied it up completely. 
This made tha aaoond ahow atopper 
thus far. 

Henshaw gives contradiction to 
the bromide anent the unpopularity 
of robust individuals. He's a wicked 
uke artist and knows his groceries 
in peddling his stuff. Henshaw 
does voeaT oaliathanlcs with his 
trick larnyx and sells himself in 
grand opera style. A corking pro- 
duction bat, not to mention pictures, 
and worthy of the $4 managers' 
serious attention for a musical 
comedy specialty. His ability to 
handle lines deftly Is another asset. 

Henshaw was the second to ad lib 
anent the "Graphic." Seems there's 
a universal anathema back-stage 
against the Macfadden tabloid. 
Clay Crouch preceding sallied, 
keep my name out of the Graphic," 
and the manner in which that not 
particularly sage witticism was re- 
ceived by tha audience with a volley 
of applauaa la worthy of* that publi- 
cation's serious attention at a 
clocked series of performancea for 
the rest of the weak. 

However, It makes one wonder 
whethw Macfadden's tab may not 
attain a certain vogua, jtiat Mka 
Ford's well known tin caaa were 
exploited into universal popularity 
via the sundry flivver Jokes. 

Manjeau Moscow Troupe (New 
Acts), catapaultic aerial novelty, 
were fast starters. Hasel Crosby 
maintained tha pace, her prima 
donna soprano registering. Of fine 
voice and considerable schooling. 
Miss Crosby haa not progressed 
much beyond the pop hoaaa deuce 
spot grade, although a consistent 
favorite in that position. She is 
seemingly trying now for s<mia lyric 
novelty in her numbers, but her va- 
rious impressions of "O Katherina," 
a la Victor Herbert, Irving Berlin 
and Leoncavallo, are nothing be- 
yond parodies on the respective 
composers' past performances, in 
stead of being clever orchestral ar 
rangements of "Katherina" as they 
should be. 

Ben Marks and Ethel (New Acts) 
were the first show-stoppers. Clay 
Crouch and Co. with the Berg Sis- 
ters and Paul Murdock in support, 
mado mer-y although a bit over- 
long, followed by Henshaw and 
Johns. Brooke Johns, with a band, 
was featured among the acta. 

In total an excellent laugh show 
and one of the best the State has 
aftarad. 



faig atoppad tha ahow. No. t Monday 

night. They don't talk, they don't 
even sing, but demonstrate the ut- 
ter truth that unadaltamtad apa- 

oialty never fails to clique. (By the 
way, hoofers who cross -talk aren't 
aa eommon aa thay need to bo.) 

Frank and Townes came through 
with the first laughb and prospered 
abundantly. The ehafaetar old man 
of this mixed team is a gold mine 
of low comedy. Ue has been do- 
ing tha aharaeter for yeara with 
various partners and never fails to 
click, but somehow never gets the 
position. Somebody on tha hooka, 
perhaps, doesn't like comedy old 
men. The bright little girl partner 
is a capita] foil in this aombination 
and they can both dance to a fare- 
ye-welL The act also has all the 
support of neat, bright, unobtrusive 
dressing. 

Rome and Gaut came through 
with still more dancing. The com- 
bination of tall string-bean comic 
and dwarf has no end of good com- 
edy possibilities. This pair are 
really funny in their pantomime 
steps, particularly the dwarf's funny 
rush half way across the stage and 
his queer dancing retreat. The 
clowning over the broken clarinet 
may be effective low knockabout 
but it isn't up to the pair's panto- 
mime, l^aither ia IMir acattarad 
talk. 

Countess Mogenas* Fantasies 
(New Acts) Is a flashy singing and 
dancing revue. The FivS Betleys 
closed tha show with tUalr caatfng. 
Hero is an acrobatic comedian who 
has an individual style. |ils com- 
edy all eomaa out of hla tumbling, 
rather than business apart from the 
rteing. This comio haa odd falls 
and tttma la tha bounding net, such 
as a series of falls to the back 
of the next, throwing him into a 
forward twister and then a back 
turn or another forward to his ear. 
When the bearer drops him, he falls 
to hia nack, bounces up to kick the 
bearer in the face and then bounds 
up a second time to hlgf the bearer 
for a row of laughs. Ruth, 



.HIPPODROME 

(Vaude-Pcts.) 

Six-act show is a bargain at the 
price, if you leave out the feature 
picture, "Private lazy Murphy," as 
terrible as anything ever planted In 
a Keith house, which is saying a 
mouthful. nTo get the value- of the 
specialty entertainment, it's bet 
ter to duck before the picture, 
which appears to be a common oc- 
currence in Keith houses and get 
ting ta ha tha rule at tha Hip. 

Monday night there was room in 
the back ot/Jjhe lower floor at the 
start'of tha mideville bill around 8. 
This represents a decline In busi- 
ness. Until lately 8 o'clock found 
both orchestra floor and balcony oc- 
cupied and more people in the lobby. 

For its grade. . it's a big show. 
There are 89 people concerned from 
first to last, or enoup^h to make the 
roster of a traveling revue. It's a 
fast dancing bill. With fair comedy 
values and from start to finish 
bright, fast specialty material. To 
be sure the comedy responsibility 
weighed almost entirely upon one 
turn. Frank and Townes, but 
snappy dance acts made up in speed 
for shortage of laughs. There isn't 
a very wide range of comedy that 
tits Into the Hip, but a stf^pping act 
Is always good. 

Clomens* Hawaiian Ramhlerft 
(New Acts), orchestra of 14 native 
string musicians and two hula 
dancers, started the show in 
sprightly fashion. Rood and Duth- 
ers, two young men who iflra oM- 
rnsliloned In their dressing and the 
routining of their material, but who 
are dancing demons, get down to 
tbrfr sporlnlty wlthcMit n. waste of 
time and witii their clean-cut danc- 



ffm AVE 



(Vauda*Pata) 

But five acts on this first half 
bill at the fith Avenue, with' three 
of thfm in tha Nod Wajrhurn pro- 
duction turn, "Variety Show** (New 
Acts). Xha two indudad acts arc 
Foley and lialltfa JMf"IM Four Or- 
tons. 

Additionally are the Reyes, No. 
2, and Harris and HpUey, also "The 
Last Frontier** as the feature film. 

Monday night the biouse down- 
staii^ was not capacity^ with no one 
standing and the audience looking 
very much "stag." In fact, the 5th 
Ave. ia growing more and more 
to hold what one would believe to 
be a burlesque audience. Perhaps 
that la tha aolntlon far m fth Ava., 
burlesque or to clean fqp gaga on 
the semi-vaude stage. 

In mentioning gags and nerve, 
Eddie Foley had both. If any of 
his gags were his own in the two- 
act he didn't taka tha trouble to 
mention their ownership. There 
could be considerable doubt after 
his bold lift fov Bobby Clark's 
"Poison Ivy" gag. one of the best 
on Broadway this season, and only 
employed by Mr. Clark (Clark and 
McCullough) since "The Ramblers" 
opened less than two montlis ago 
at the Zjyrla^^ That'a aapplag is a 
hurry. 

Otherwise the Fbley and Leture 
act was mostly noisy and suffering 
for and from material, the same as 
Foley did when trying to be the 
comedian of the production turn. 

The Four Ortons opened the show 
with their tight rope. The Reyes 
are a boy pianist and a girl vio- 
linist, who will have to ba content 
with the smaller time. 

Harris and HoUey, tha colored 
two -man act. cleaned on the show. 
They open with the piano shoving 
bit and the talk is excellent up to 
the crap shooting, when it sags a 
little, bu^ 'builds up on the encore. 

In the dancing the tall colored 
man had better call en Buddy 
Bradley to find out how to dance 
the Black Bottom. 

The Wayburn production turn is 
a great plug for Ned's dance school. 
It's probably one of thoaa pay off 
Wayburn acts, perhaps carrying as 
many mothers as chorus girls. The 
girls make a good showing for Way- 
burn and themselves, but the main 
fault appears to be that none knowB 
anything about ataga warknMMapt- 
ing to dance. 

Rather a good act. though, in 
sight and dancing, but weak com- 
icallir, so noticeably also that that 
must weaken the value of the act as 
well. The comedy, however, can 
and should be strengthened, time. 

AMERICAN ROOF 

(Vaude-Pcts.) 

Picture did the trick for this 
house Monday night with a com- 
plete sell-out for the first time in 
weeks. Douglas Fairbanks. In "The 
Black Pirate," was the magnet. 

Vaudo section laid out to conform 
with the 93 minutes' running time 
consumed by the feature, cho^>ping 
from eight to seven acts, and most- 
ly short timers at that. Agents and 
scoutfl out front figured the acts 
were chopping. It was not the case, 
but merely one in which a short 
bill had been booked In to balance 
a long picture and keep within the 



stlpulatad rwuiing tima. 

Louise and Mitchell, mixed team 
gymnasts, wefa pacemakers for tha 
va»da divlaloB, aantrthnting soma 

clever balancing with the hefty 
feminine member as understander, 
whlaH raadlly aamere d the sulfra- 

get vote on the roof. • 

Bud and Sleanor Cola deuced to 
good rasulta in thefr familiar pot* 
pourl of singing, dancing and In^ 
Btrumental numbers, clicking heav- 
ily In tha latter two. They acored 
a sizeable hit With tha upatalra 
cuatomers. 

Ray Walser Trio, two men and 
girl, followed with vocalizing han- 
dled mostly by Ray with the girl 
filling two dueta with Walzer and 
with the other ahap handling tha 
music box throughout. Walzer*8 
comedy numbers, of which there 
were two, aapoelally wall relished. 

The Ford Dancers, six people, 
stepping flash, featuring E^win and 
Lottie Ford, kicked up plenty of 
dust, closing the first half. Crisp Sis- 
ters, dancing sister team; Lucretla 
Craig; and Herbert Leslie eomprlsa 
the support. The act incorporatea 
fast stepping, featuring soft shooy 
buck and whig and tai^ dancing. Thm 
numbers are well routined, giving 
each of tha dancers opportunitiea 
fo^ aalo work that pnt aaeh over 
Individually. The ensembles also 
went over with a bang that brought 
tha tmi» tha lovdaat lagitlmata ap# 
plause of the show. ^ 

James Cagnay aiKI i^Ntnces Veri* 
non, new combtnatiOB for Titudovilla 
opened after intermission with "A 
Broadway Romeo" (Kaw Acta). It 
got over neatly. 

Lubln, Lowry and Mandy held 
next to shut to a nicety. They 
packed more genuine entertainment 
in tha nine minutes alotted than 
those consuming twice the time in 
most instances. Lowry and Mandy 
effect a "high brown** make-up with 
Lubln an ebony hued complexion. 

Opening clowning between Lowry 
and Lubln with the latter's impedi- 
ment In speech effected for laughs 
set the boys pretty. Some harmon- 
izing by both, with Lubln also han- 
dling uke had the mob going. 
Mandy. attractive bru'net, in zippy 
|azs costume started the stepping 
division with both of the boys top- 
ping her contribution at the finish. 
Waikdd off to yella and prolonged 
handslammlng, the short time of 
aet figured for a return, which 
didnt happaii. 

Cook's Circus, horse and dog act. 
closed with tha aaimala being put 
through i di thi a g at psalAg^ |aan»* 
ing and other stuntf agnanv^oua 
of this typo of act ^ . IWfto- 

BROADWAY 

(VaudeiPcts.) 

Not much in a vaudeville way at 
the Broadway currently. That 
stabemant* ta baaed opon thamaa* 
ner in which the acts were received. 

Jay C. Flippen, next to closing, 
finally mllkad a fair Quota of ap« 
plause and then asked the familiar 

Juestion of '"Whero were you when 
startedr* 

Monday night was overboard with 
silence, the only act catching any- 
thing resembling spontaneous ap- 
preciation being O'Hanlon and 
Zambuni. The physical effort this 
duo put Into.thilr mutjk can't ha 
denied. 

A Universal picture. **Piiaoners Of 
the Storm," was the screen feature, 
and a waak one. Besides this there 
waa a-' waekly and th4^ arniounha* 

ment of the finals of a Black Bottona 
contest, with the winner to receive 
a "taudavllla booking^ mbraa men- 
tion of where or for how long. That 
may do a regular act out of I62.G0 
for the last half somewhere. 

Corradini's Animals (dogs, pony 
and monkey) opened, not doing so 
well. The migiature horse was 
about the only animal routining 
normally, the others being pron e to 
miss. A woman paced the catypaa 
and monk through their tricks. 

Phil and Ekldie Ross trailed and 
had a tough time of it. Five songs 
for the boys who harmonize with 
Cliff Bdwardsf imitation by tha 
tenor dying minus a hand. The 
pair are addicted to counter-mel- 
odiea and handle one such vary 
nicely. The rest follow the general 
trend and rate as strictly pop time 
stuff. 

Skelley and Heit are not new, 
yet augmented by three girls the 
troupe may rate as a New Act. 
Placed third Skelley did five min- 
utes more than he ahould have, but 
got away wttn it* iaa: ta a cac- 

finish. " 
Daly and Maee (New Act), two 

women, lingered for only eight min- 
utes in songs and talk. Then OHan- 
lon and Zambiml. A five-piece band, 
acrobatic dancer and two 'girls ac- 
company, the main pair stepping 
thrice in tango, waits and Apache, 
an of "Which are liberally sprinkled 
Wtth adagio work. The turn built 
as it progressed and the finish 
caught the first rral applause of 
the night. The Apache, plus ita 
skeleton story for novelty, was re- 
cently seen in a picture. 

Peter I^oAnna Co., mixed four- 
some, cloKod, hinting at being a 
family affair in offering risley, toe 
dance and a bit of tumUing. Tha 
girl is the filer, both man taking 
turns at pedaling. 

Little more than half a house 
Monday night and quiet. Kvrn 
Fllppen's stories, scaling pretty 
closo to the border, couldn*t ar nso 
thrm. Maybe it was because ' tho 
< old onea included. Sf^*ff' 




MbiM^7» November 10, 1926 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



19 



BUZZnr OVER aimee mc pherson 

RUINED ORPUEUM BILL IN L A. 



gif Roaring Question on G>ast; 'Aimee' and If She 
Did What Did She DidT—Trai Mix Smodiered 
hj Convartation Waives Refimd and ^tuggqrt Qut 



By TOM MIX 

(Varittty's CMb R»port«r) 



IiM Ajui«1m. Not. S. 

I promiBed in my last communi- 
cation that aa aoon aa thinga 
fluteted down I'd go to tho Orpheum 
and wrtto • Pl*oo for your paper. 

fngftflf I wrot« thia: 

*^eXT TO CLOTHES IN" 

A Playlet Without a Purpose 
ADAPTATION BY TOM MIX 

■mil Upon Noah Webster's 
Thrillino Story. "UNABRIDGED- 
produced at tha Orphaum Theatre, 
Loa Angelea, Waak Nov. 1p 1926 



Dramatk 

A Corpulent Lady. ^^^^^^V 
Her Husband. 

A Blondo Modal $tmi Loading 

Dapartment Storai y; 

Her Escort. 

A Brunette Model, Chum of the 
Slonda. 

Her Escort, Owner of a Newly 
.^rchased "Slightly XJaod'' Bedan. 

Elderly Spinster. 

Qood-looking Flapptr. Kileo of 
iplnator. 

Mrs. Mis, 
Myself. 
Others. 

Seono I 

Btage Set to Repreaent Orpheum 
Theatre, Loa Angeles—All Play- 
ers Not in Vaudeville Acta Are 
HuMM Toffothar ia Qroup. Oc- 
cupying Seats in Centre Section, 
Third and Fourth Rows — Outside 
Newsboys Are Crying Pre-Morn- 
Bdttlona of Nasi Day'a Pa- 
pers. Giving List of 
€krmenta Found in Ormlston*8 
Trunk — Ladies in Audience 
; Eagerly Reading Same 
A. > D. Frankoiiatein DiroeUllV 
Oi^eum OrclMatm 



Frisco's First 'Cit' 



Joe Frisco (Frisco) is wont 
to reply to any offer for bis 
■orvioea under ll.Sdd. *^ cut." 
He but lately refused four con- 
secutive weeks in Chicago at 
11.250 weekly, acting upon that 
principle. . 

He is now upon an Amalga- 
mated tour at 11,500 a week. 
Hia first week was a split, 
Scranton and Wllkea-Barre. 
When paid off he received six- 
sevenths salary, nolj, bavlng 
played Sunday. 

It was legitimate and Frlaco 
had no kick, but how he did 
growl inwardly. To him that 
waa a "cut" and the first time 
his pay envelope had eirar ' 
hmfliafl to lUm abort. 



LEGITS SHYING OFF 
^STRAIGHT" YAUDE 



Big-Tima Agents No Longer 
Tempt Them^Too Many 3- 

a-Day, 'Show' and 'Cut' 



straight vaudeville agenta who 
make a specialty of finding legit 
namea** botwaaa ahowa for dlpa 
into what waa oneo known aa the 
two-a-day, report the leglta as 
highly skeptical now when ap- 
proaehod OB tho aubjoei of vaude- 
ville via the Kelth-AIboO mad Or- 
pheum Circuits. 

The reasons for the hesitancy, as 
givea by tbo ageata, la thai tlio le- 
git players have discovered It's 
nearly all three or more ahowa a 
day at present and la many eaaes 
they can aeeure more aumay than 
K.-A. ofTors elsewhere. 

With straight vaudeviUe'a well- 
known penchant for buying acta at 
rock bottom, ringing in "showings'* 
and cut salaried weeks, the legits 
are asking to be ahown before 
yielding to the dulcet tones of the 
onpa ^onraaslvo big tlmo 



Mrs. Dudley's Admirer 
hdicted for Murder 



Overture — "When the Sanda of 
aM Daaart Grow Cold, Aimoo 1>aair.** 
fHurtaln Riaea. Disclosing Paul 
Remoa and His Wonder Midgets. 

Elderly Spinster (audibly ad- 
draaaing niece): I don't believe a 
word of It. It*a porfeotly outrageous. 
She'a a good woman. What would 
aha do with all thaao clptheaT I 
don't believe Itl ' ' ^ : 

Pal Lady in Noxl Seal (addtaaa- 
Ing husband): Do you really sup- 
pose she had all these clothes? 
This paper claims there were five 
beaded gowna In Iha trunk a nd ' 

Huaband of Fat Lady: Who cares, 
anyway? If you're goln' to start a 
lot more of thia Aimee talk I'm a- 
goln* to git t'hell out of hero. 

Mra. Mix, leaning toward mo and 
speaking in confidential tones, but 
voice lost in general tumult. Mrs. 
Mix had no paper containing liat, 
as I had refused to buy one. 

Blonde Model (to escort) — You 
know, she wears the most wonder- 
ful negligees, anyway. One of the 
fflrls in our slora sold her two 
lovely ones. I'd look wonderful in 
a crepe de chine robe, but I've 
never been able to buy a nice one. 
I know you'd like me In it 

The Eaeorit Yes, an* the guy that 
sold me the oar said It could do 20 
milea to the gallon, but it won't. 

Tho Nieces Do you suppose, 
aunty, that tho embroidered purple 
kimono in the trunk was like the 
one you were looking at? 

Brunette Model: She's got a per 
f^ot right to wear nice dothea if 
■he wants to. If I had her coin you 
could get your dough down that I'd 
have loU o* nioe thinga. Don tcha 
think I wouldn't 

Mra. Mix: It's lucky that this Is 

a dumb act la tho orcheatra play 
Ing? 

Myselft If these people want to 
talk about Aimee's clothes why 

^he (deleted). 

Corpulent Lady (to husband) 
Tou know, I told you before that I 
know a girl whoae sister works In 
Bullock's and lives In Glendale. next 
door to a letter carrier with per 
foctly lovely natural wavy red hair, 
#ad whose wife died tlirst wstki acu^ 

IliiMiiiMMMMtfiiM " 



leaving IlkMo children; and his dwns 

the property, all paid for; and they 
say he's already keeping company 
with another girL Well, thU girl 
1 Imoir ttM that her sUlar sold 
Mrs. IfsVlMrson two of the loveliest 
evening gowns, one of brown panne 
velvet, trimmed in— 

TKo Hushawdi If yo« donH mind 
I'd like a catch a ooup'la words in 
this act. This show sets me back 
three-thirty, and I am entitled to 
hoar aumpthin'. ain't I? 

On the Stage 

On the atage Thomaa J. Ryan ia 
tryintt la talk to a tNtty «M hi Mi 

dancing act, and the speech, ao far 
as I could hear, ends in "trying to 
keep the wolf from the door.** 

Blondo Klodol (giggling): Ko Oon't 
mean wolf; ho means "wuff.* That 
girl has on a crepe de chine dress. 
I wonder if it's like the one Aimee 
had In. tho tnudt 0o yon know 
tha t -p' ' "'* 

From where we sit, Ryan appears 
to be dancing and PYankensteln is 
waving hia arms, probably to the 
orchestra. For all that X aan hear 
and so far as I am concerned, this 
might as well be a picture show. 
New act comea on, programed 
Pompadour BaUot** Toung woman 
dressed like Madame Pompadour's 
pictures, wears a gold cloth ban- 
deau, atudded with rhinestonea. 

THiFaa Wsaa lOh, Aimee had ono 
like that in her trunk. 

Blonde Model — She always wears 
a head-dresa when she receives 
company, so IM papors say. 

The Aunt — No one can tell me she 
isn't a good woman — they're Just 
Jealous of her success, and what 
would aho ha datat rmurtiiB i»Mid 
in dresaes all spangled Vp IBM 
circus rider anyway? 

Weaver Brothers, Arkansas Hand- 
saw Muslciaii8» ' atrugglo ail tli« 
stage in what I know is a good act 
They commence with "More to be 
Pitied than Censured,' ' but the 
music grows dimmer aa tho hahMo 
around me gains volume. 

Myself, addressing the Wldo world 
In particular: (deleted). 

Brunei Model to Qlrl Friend— Fd 
have rather got a peep at the dresses 
In the trunk than see. ^(hla Sbow, 
wouldn't you, dearie? 

Blonde Model — i 1^'«h* ihe 
bought the trunk too, it's blue, the 
paper says, an' she always waars 
blue. 

A Beaded Dress 

At this Juncture Robert Emmett 
Keane and Claire Whitney arrive 
with a talking act I make Qut that 
he saya his mission Is to saVo men 
from marrying. If it would save 
women from talkin', I'd put In with 
him. Miss Whitney weara a beaded 
dress. 

Blonde Modef-^I'm a go^n' to have 
a beaded gown this Christmas if I 
can find some ni ce gent who wants 
to be kind to me^ ana GM knows 
I'd be kind to him, an*— 

Brunet Model — Mcbbe Ormlston 
pinched Aimee's clothes and is go- 
in' to give 'em to some other dame, 
knowin' Aimee can't aet up a holler 
(Continued on pago S4) 



Washington, Nov. t. 

Qeorgo 8. Davia, tho colored po- 
liceman charged with slaying 
"without provocation, cause or ex 
cuse" Mrs. Desdemona Bamett 
Dudley, colored, wife of 
Dudley, wealthy theatre owner and 
booker of colored acta, haa been in- 
dicted by the grand jury on a charge 
of murder. 

Davis is alleged to have been an 
admirer of Mrs. Dudley, who la aaid 
to have been aeparated from her 
huaband. UpaV' Ika reconciliation 
of the theatre man and his wife the 
policeman shot her and then turned 
the gun on hlmaelf . Though wounded 
in the head ha 
hia sight 



UPSTAGT AT N. V. A. CLOWN 

NIGHT FULL OF "VARIEn" 



SOO Performers Lauffaed, Appreciating 'Gag' in 
Hillitreet, Los Angeles— Calls Variety, The* 
atrical Bible' in One Screen Caption 



AO-English BiU of 
10 Acls-Not AB 



A check-up on the so-called 

All English Rill" at the 
Keith-Albee Palace, New 
York, last week reveala that 
the S Swifts are Americans 

(originally known as Juggling 
Johnsons); Du For Boys are 
Americans (both ex-service 
men); Robert Chisholm is an 
Australian; Daphne I'ollard, 
Australian; Ella Shields, born 
in Baltimore and made debut 
here; Marie CahiU, American; 
Cecilia Loftus, English; Ar- 
thur I'rince, Knglish; Carr and 
Parr, Bnirllah; Oaaton and An- 
dree and Kafka, Stanley and 
Mae, two acts also on the bill, 
may or may not be Knglish. 



Jadi Bans Took Poison; 
Ibm Boat Up His Wife 



Chicago, Nov. f. 

Jack Burns, 25, actor, after tak- 
ing a self-administered dose of 
poison, atarted to beat up hia wife. 
Bernice. 2S, in their apartment at 
the Melrose. 

When the police had untangled it 
all, Mra. Burna aald her huaband 
had taken the polaon following 
trivial quarrel hotwooa them. He 
WiU recover. 



Barlfard, Coml, Nov. 1. 

"Miss Happiness,** new musical 
comedy, will make Its bow at j^ar- 
sona, Nov. Itt ThO hook is by 
Qeorgo a. B U i d d ii'd stti Milo hr 
Jay Gorney. 

WUliam A. Oaxton, Mabel Wlthee 
and Arthur Wost head tho oast 
Tho Shaw was di iai Bt o d by Walter 
Wilson and |g i|maotad by G» C 
Wanamaker. j ^ • 



Ua llay Waits Scparal 



Ida May Chadwick (vaudeville) 
and Henry Rosenberg, her husband, 
find marital compatibility irkaOBM 
to the extent the tap daaosr is 
seeking a legal separation. 

Married in December, 192K, 
eruelty and harsh physical treat- 
ment two months later soon oc- 
curred. Trial Is slated for later 
this week. ' 



FERN ROGERS' RUBBER" HUBBY; 
MRS. J. mm DISK BREAKER 



• X^s AslS•ii■»'Sf^^t^;; 

Some ono slipped one ovar da t]k# 
N. V. A. tha other niglil at thdir 
clown night celebraUoii in Hid 
HiUstreet, local OrpheuaiAhouae, by 

etting the many Vodvllllans who 
attended the jinks get a glimpse of 
Norma Shearer's latest picture* 
"Upstage." 

Tho put over, however, was not 
the picture, but something it con- 
tained which might have peeved Mr. 
E. F. Albeo, who guides thi v»atiiilog 
of the N. V. A., if ha had knout' 

of it. 

Possibly no one around knew tho 
theme of "Upstage" included Va- 
riety, the publication. During the 
course of the picture over half a 
dosen closeups are aeen of If las 
Shearer and other players In the 
picture, cither carrying or reading 
V^ariety. No one makes any mis- 
take aa to the "theatrldat hlblo.*' 
as one caption says Variety is. ' 

The picture treatment takes 
Variety more seriously, as the story 
Hignlfles in its action, thui Alhss^ 
Piassa or othera. 

Started Laugha 

When the first closeup of Variety 
was shot on the screen, moat of the 
500 or more performers in dtld^* 
ancc at this Clown Night began to 
laugh. They thought it was a gag 
that Variety waa trying to promote 
Itaelf In an Orpheum houao I hta ug H 
smuggling Itself in via the screen. 

When they saw the weekly the 
second and third time they began 
to take notice of the fact that If 
Albee put the "ban" on Variety the 
picture people whom Albee credited 
aa having aaid they knew nothing 
about show busineaa. thought it was 
a good selling argument and used it 

Then the talk began to apread 
about tho houss 'if Alboa kSfW 
this picture was being sBfMfB Jim 
what would he say?" 

But Harry English, N. V. A. rep- 
resentative, did, as he was told that 
tho picture which is playing this 
week waa a atory of stage life and 
one that artists might like to see. 
As Einglish is busy with the affairs 
of tho N. V. A. and keeping that 
organization's bank accounts a se- 
cret to be safe from attachment 
he did not have a chance to find out 
that Variety entered into the alory*. 

IAS. EAGLE 'IN^^IIEPV 

Mel Stranio Mon->V{alted llfMiia 
Hi u aa L s si Roll 



DivMiM hut Different Reasons in Chicago— Fem*s 
Husband Posed as Millionaire — ^Virginia O'Boyle 
Used Husband's Head for Wreckage 



SAU BERNARD DINNER 



At a large meeting Sunvlay In tho 
Bijou, New York, of the Jewiah 
Theatrical Guild a proposal waa sb- 
thualaatically received to have the 
Guild banquet ita vioo^prooldsikt 
Sam Bernard. 

Tho occaalon will bo Mr. Bar- 
nard's 50th annlveraary in the show 
business. No date has been aet 

The comedian la- preparing to ap- 
pear in a revival of hia hit pt aev- 
eral yeari ago, "Tha Rlsi iH; Sif - 
genhelmor.** 

SHEAN AND CAKSON IN SHOW 

Al Shean (Gallagher and Shean) 
and Jamea B. Carson have boon 
engaged by Flo Zlegfeid for tho BOW 
Belle Baker show, "Betty." 

Shean and Caraon have been play- 
ing indepcndanl vaudovUlo aince 
the dIssoluUon of tho Gallagher and 
Shean turn. They recently con- 
cluded a tour of the Loew Circuit 



WUSOH BAGS 



Jimmlo wnson is back on Broad- 
way after having apent the past 
four years in Denver recuperating. 

Wilson will shortly return to 
vaudevillo with Alleo Havens (MrSb 
Wilson) as partner In a new act 



Chicago, Nov. f. 
Rogera, prima donna, haa 
filed suit for divorce, through At- 
torney Phillip R Davla, agalnit hor 
nillNr^ huaband. Boy 



man. 

Fern created quite a rumpus some 
weeks ago when discovering the 
man she had married in Columbus, 

C was a rubber In a Turkish bath. 
She claims he had posed as a mil- 
lionaire. 

Another angle of the marriage 

waa disclosed in the divorce grant 
secured for John O'Uoyle from his 
wife, Virginia, by Davia. The 
danee instructor got his freedom on 
grounds of cruelty. One scene had 
Virginia breaking several disk rec- 
ords, one by one. over his head. 

O'Boyle ia now In New York. He 
had the suit filed while here with 
"Castles In the Air." The couple 
were married in 1915. 

Boatrico Brltenatln^, profeaslon- 
ally known aa Leatrice Wood, has 
filed suit, through Davis, for sep- 
arate maintenance. Harold Dritcn- 
stin o , h er h us bandi h as wot o ff e r e d 
her monetary support during th< ii 
four years of nuplinl existf-nfo. h\u' 
chargea. Leatrice came to Chica/:o 
as an understudy to Olga Cook in 
*<Tho Student Prince.** &ho Is now 
working in oafer 



Brockton. Maas.. Nov. 9. 

James Eagle of Creat Neck, L. I., 
who assists Willie iloppe in hia 
I nilard playing act OhaiigOd two 
men hero with having stolen his 
llfiO watch, ISO in cash and his hat. 

Kagle and lloppe were here the 
laat half at the BrocktoH lhahiri. 
Bagle told police he waa In a lunch 
room when he met two young men 
who invited him to a house where 
they had some wine. 

John Ah earn and George Roch- 
man were arrested later and pleaded 
not guilty to a charge of robbery. 
Police aay they found Ba^O*a wal^ 
in Ahearn's room and tM |Ml|;lg A' 
local bat cleaning ahop. i 



Trix on Orpbeum V 

Coming to New York to accept 
picture house engagenientis, Trlxio 
Kriganza was coaxed by the Or- 
pheum Circuit to first pljijr tt 
weeks thia aeason on thoir vauda* 

vllle. 

Miss Frlganza will open for tho 
Orpheum at the PalacOb Chicago, 
next Sunday (Nov. 14). 



PEAVY and PERDUE 

Piccadilly Cafe, PhiU. 



nooKCD vr 
Ed Davidow & Rofni UMsirt 

isae Broedwajr, 



idii 



^iaMsaaateiiiiii^^ 



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VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



Wednesday, Npv#mber 10k 1M6 



AFIBTHOUGHTS ON HOUDIM 



Harry Houdlnl left a letter with 
the secretary of the Klka Club (No. 
1), lf«w Tork, MquMtliur that tt 
be opened after his death. When 
opened last week It requested that 
he be buried from the Klka Club. 

Notwithstanding that that was 
well known throughout Times 
fiQUare, what appeared to be a 
Heudinl story from the Kelth- 
Albee press department ikppeared in 
the New York dailies, mentioning 
how E. F. Albee had brought Hou- 
dtnl to the front in showdom and 
«i41nc that his remalM would lie 
la ttat* either at the N. V. A. club- 
house or Keith's New Tork Hipix)- 
drome. Servloea were held at the 
Elks' Club. 

A dlMmiMd matter now to whether 
there is a successor to Houdlni in 
the present show business. To suc- 
ceed Houdini would Include, of 
course, th« eontlnuaaee of his at- 
tadui upon faking spiritualistic me- 
diums. Thurston is the only log- 
ical successor in the whole wise, 
hut' ThmtOB Is mr road magician 
himself of established standing. It 
is doubtful if he would care to add 
on the spiritualistic expose Hou- 
dint conducted so assiduously. 
Msgic snd Msgicisns 

Writers in the dallies spoke of 
Houdini's mystery tricks and If 
ai^Me eoold dvi^lcatc them. There 
is hardly a reoofnlzed magician who 
can not. It's not the tricks. Illu- 
sions or disappearances that make 
4 ■oaflsiifuramgtclan outstanding; 
it's showmanship, personality and 
ofttimes creation. Many magicians 
of misty position have imitated 
Hffeitifi MCapa feats. But they 
were unable to follow Houdlni as 
the originator otherwise and died 
away, after playing i territory man- 
ag i » IUMW> HgHdatt would noror 
make. 

For a magical act. tricks and ap- 
paratus may be purchased, hut the 
I ■imiitll mimvm ate aot oa iale 



Thurston 

As a matter of fact, Thurston has 
been a smarter magician, commer- 
olidly, than HoudlnL Thurston Is 
a thorough showman, also. Thurs- 
ton had built himself as a road 
attraction long before Houdini 
thoQglit of doing so, and for the 
reason Houdini as a simple magi- 
cian or escape expert did not feel 
he could cope with niurston. 

With Houdini's always too amall 
valuation of his own worth on the 
stage, Houdini was ''bulled" along 
for years on the K^ith time, play- 
ing Mow hto Talue, whUo Thurs- 
ton was then making a road rep for 
himself and a great deal more 
money. 

Upon Houdlni getting the spirit- 
ualistic expose idea he went to the 
road because he had something dif - 
firsnt although even ao ho do- 

layed it for three years. Houdini 
then also found out what he was 
worth. His road show was hooked 
up for about 12.200 weekly over- 
head and played to as high as $16,- 
OOO. On sharing terms this pravc 
. him from |4«600 to $6,600 for hlm- 
lelt 

Thurston has played to as high 

as $17,000 in a week and also with 
a one-man road show, although car- 
rying more people than Houdini 
did. The extras aM plants or props, 
with Rirls perhaps emplosred to the 
Uluslons or disappearances. 

^ B. F. Keith's Gold Watch 
Toitfa ago In loston, when Hou- 

fllnl was first coming along, the late 
B. F. Keith gave Houdini an In- 
scribed gold watch. Houdini hugged 
that watch for years,, though It 
cost him hundreds of tilousands of 

•r- 4olIars In salaries. 

While Klaw St Erlangcr Advanced 
ViattdevlUe played, Houdini was on 

. the Keith Circuit at $1,000 a week. 
William Morris, for K. A E., of- 
fered Houdini $2,600 weekly on a 
10-Week guaranteed contract. He 
refused it on the ground that no 
one cotild afford to pay him $2,500 
weekly and be sincere. He was ad- 
yiscd to Inform the Keith office, at 
least, of the X. A B. offer, and did 
■o, to haya hia calary Incrcasod to 

$1,600. 

Houdini's actual words at that 
Umo ovor the raise wore: 1 feel as 

though I'm stealing something. 
Think of $1,600 a week for me and 
the timo when X got $16 a week for 
ylaylnt tO ahowa a day.** 

tn recent years Houdini realized 
much more than he could previously 
aeo, but admitted that the main rea- 
M IM had alttiif with tha Kalth 
Circuit was IM ffold watoh 3. F- 
Keith had presented to him years 
a^Ok when he was ^truggUn^ and! 
Keith "a freat manager." 



Quick Thinking 

Houdini was a quick thinker, on 
and off the stage. He had to be to 
carry on with the expose work, for 
ho never knew what questions 
might be fired at him from the 
front. Ha hardly needed plants at 
all for that. Questions would go 
at him In a volley when he reached 
that portion of his performance. 

Houdlni was not the only OM to 
profess to do the "needle trick." It 
was done by another over here, a 
foreign magician some years ago. 
Tet Houdini's needle trick, aa It al- 
ways will be known on this side is 
not understandable to many ma- 
gicians. 

In proof of that assertion, the 

writer once attended an annual din- 
ner of the Society of American 
Magicians, before Houdlnl became 
president of that body. Houdini 4ttd 
the needle trick before a "commit- 
tee" of critics of his own clan. He 
invited them, to detect trickery and 
they were there to detect it. Among 
the committee were professional and 
amateur magicians. They went 
through Houdlnl Wn a tornado to 
get his secret, but they taUcd and 
Houdini only smiled. 

Off>8tsge Showmanship 

In his off-stage showmamriilp 
Houdini had no equal. The first 
time he ever Jumped off a bridge, 
handcuffed, was at Rochester. N. T. 
It was long years ago. Houdini sat 
In a rotunda chahr of his hotel, 
trembling, not at the feat whldi 
he had practiced in secret and was 
certain of, but whether he would 
attract a crowd to the bridge. A 
slight rain started to fall. Houdlni 
almost went into a panic, believing 
the rain would ruin any chance of 
a gathering. Tha affair had been 
well advertised. 

Houdlni waited until the last mo- 
ment, then drove to the bridge In 
an open bafoudia. As ha Beared It 
the crowd could be seen, a mass of 
humanity that Rochester had not 
collected before In many a day. 
Houdini laughed and the rcct meant 
nothing. 

It is believed that Houdlnl holds 
the under-water world's record, al- 
though he nercr Clalmad It. Hou- 
dlnl has been known to remain un- 
der water, on the level, for thiaa 
minutes and tB seconds. 

Besides his aztonalva Uhrarr on 
magic, etc., Houdlni was the author 
of "A Magtelan Among the Spirits." 
**Miraele Mongers and Their Meth- 
ods.'* HoudinPt "Paper MMc." 
"Handcuff Secrets,** •'Elliott's Last 
legacy," and *'The Life of Robert 
Houdin** (not Houdini). 

Mrs. Harry Houdlnl, tha wlaard'a 
widow, always appeared with her 
husband, acting as his pretty assist- 
ant Tha couple had been married 
for many yaara. 'They weta Child- 
leas. 



Houdini's Services Held 
at Elks Club, No. 1, N. Y 

Funeral services for Harry Hou- 
dlnl. who died at Detroit. Oct. 81, 
wero held, according to his written 
desire, at the Elks Club on West 
48rd street. New York City. Nov. 4. 
While Houdlnl, waa playla* at 
Hamersteln's Victoria 10 years ago 
he handed the secretary of No. 1 
Elks a sealed envelope, to be opened 
at his demise. It contained the re- 
quest that he be burled from the 
massive lodge room of the Order of 
which he was a member. 

The ceremony was In the form of 
a Joint tribute of the Elks. St. 
Cecile lodge of Masona. Society of 
American Magicians, Jewish Theat- 
rical Guild, and the Mount 81on 
Congregation, also the National 
Vaudeville Association. Hundreds 
were unable to gain admission to 
the lodge room, and the police were 
hard pressed to handle the crowds 
as the theatrical district mourned. 
Delegations from all branches of 
the theatrical Industry and the 
various lodges of which Houdini 
was a member were represented. 

Rabbi Bernard Drackman as- 
sisted by Rabbi B. A. TIntner aon* 
ducted an expressive service. The 
No. 1 Lodge of Elks proceeded with 
their service, followed by the 
American Maglelaiis, who la turn 
gave way to the services conducted 
by St. CecIIe lodge of Masons. 

Addres ses were delivered by the 
Bhialtercd Ruler of Now Torit lodge 
of Elks; Loncy Haskell of the 
Jewish Theatrical Guild; Dr. B. A. 
Tintner, Dr. Benard Drackman and 
Harry Ohesterilcld, fdr tha K. V. A. 
The active pallbearcra were Hou- 
dini's grief stricken associates who 
had been his assistant's for yeara: 
Jamca Collins, James Vlekery, 



HONKEY BUSINESS' IS 
STRANDED JN FRISCO 



Equity Moved Co. Back to 
L A.— Cast Members Most- 
Vaudeviilians 



ly 



San Francisco, Kay. 9. < 
*^onkey Business" stranded here 
last week and the company was re« 
turned to Loa Angeles by Theodore 
Halc^ local SSqulty representative, 
who also guarastaad all hotel bills 
for the troupe. 

Sunday night the curtain was de- 
layed an hour, and Monday night 
before opening time it was apparent 
that It waa all off. 

Mlchad Corper, the producer. 
Claimed ha waa without fundi and 
could meet none of his obligations. 
The show was entering its third 
local week when the trouble be- 
cama acuta. 

lAst-mlnute efforts to keep the 
show going by reducing the operat- 
ing expenses, cutting out the Jazz 
iBd ftud Olice a and Johnson 
agreeing la walra aalary i^rairad 
futUe. 

Practically all of tha cast were 
vaudevUllana but recently Joined 
■«alty. 



HoBie Fidler Working 



Mollle Fuller will shortly reap- 
pear la yaudflf^le. It la aald, under 
KeUh -Albee bookings. Miss FuUer 
will play her latest sketch, which 
cost her $2,600 to set upon the sta«e, 
from report 

Bo fhr and after investing the 
money, probably taken from her 
trusteed fund. Miss Fuller has 
played but a Umltcd number of 
split weeks in it. Taken 111, iftia has 
made a miraculous recovery and re- 
cently announced a return to the 
•taga. 



Hoaka/a 19-^capla Flaah 

Milton Hockey Is preparing a 10- 
paopla llaah In rehearsal this week. 



Wank 'Vniliamson, John Arden, 
Joseph Vlttorelll, Blllott Sandford, 
and Jack Hardeen. 

Claral Pieces 

The brcttsc caaket. was smothered 

In floral- tributes, over 800. Crowds' 
stood with bared heads in Times 
Square at 4Srd street while the 
fncral aortegc numbering arar 10 
automobiles and ascorted by mo- 
torcycle policemen passed. 

Houdini was buried at Macphelah 
Cemetery* Cypreca Hllla, Lb L, where 
Drs. Titner and Drachman oAciated 
at the burial ceremonies. 

It la reported that Theodore 
Waiac, brother of Houdlnl, known 
on the TaudeviUc atage as Hardeen. 
for the past few years retired from 
the stage, devoting his time to a 
munbcr of his brother's commercial 
Tantarea, may return to the stage, 
presenting the work which made 
Houdini famous and which Hardeen 
preaentad In almlliar form prior to 
hia ntlrcmant* 



MKE SHEA CLOSES COURT ST 
END OF BIG TIME IN BUFFALO' 




HoiM of Stemighl VaudtrUlo for 25 Years Now 
Daric — Special Pictures or Stock Next Policy-^ 
Shea Tried This Season Out of Loyalty to 



Frances Wflliams Quits; 
Didn't Draw at Cafe 



Jim Redmond's Rendesrous has 
again hit the toboggan. Frances 

Williams is the second walk-out. 
Marion Harris called it quits when 
the room first opened under Red- 
mond'a direction (with Jim Ken- 
nedy interested). Miss Williams 
also found the OQUvert inadequate 
compensation. 

Tha *VcandaIa~ comodlanna was 
in for a little over two weeks on a 
cover charge arrangement, not 
drawing particularly well from the 
start but sticking It out for a while. 

Charles Kaley also left the cafe. 
Irwin Ahrama ia tha new band at- 
traction. 



MILWAUKEE "OFF" TRUDY 

Qirt Swimmer Classes Newspaper - 
Ha "Damned Nuta'* 



Milwaukee, Nor. t. 
Whan Gertrude Bdcrlo comes here 
as a stage attraction she will have 
a tough time breaking into the 
dailies, because tha • newspapers 
hava aflr af* Trudy. 

The young awlmmer champ came 
through Milwaukee last Friday on 
her way to Minneapolis and the 
west coast. TlM iMln stopped here 
for 10 minutes. Newspapermen 
and photographers rufhed the 
train. 

Trudy waa daHad iMm Imt sute- 

room. When seeing the news- 
men, she said: "Being posed for 
pictures and interviews baa bean 
the bane of nqr Ufa. I think news- 
paper people are damned nuts." 

As a result the local dallies came 
out Friday with Mttcr ora^ at 
tlM'Sifl.^-'- : y'^' 



Mailer and Bayes 

Mi^'Tancer^' 

Tiata hava boon mada at tho 

Fox (film) studios of Raquel Meller 
and Nora ^teyipi for Fez's talking 
pictures. , 

Terma Win is Mirantad if mu- 
tually agreeable when tha testa 
bjien approved. 



Golem Rogers Acting 

Qolem Rogers, who retired from 
the stage ecTcral yeara ago td enter 
the agency leM, la ietttrninf to 
vaudovllle. 

He will shortly open In a new 
two-act with BUid.Rogera aa part- 
ner. 



Buifalo, Nov. f. 

Shea's Court Street Theatre, one 
of the few remaining outposts of 
the two-a-day, closed for good 
Sunday, thereby marking the enal 
chapter ia the lon^ history of blg^ 
time vaudeville in Buffalo. 

For over a quarter of a century 
Mike Shea has carried the banner 
of tho two-a-day hereabouts. Sun- 
day night the Court Street bit tho 
dust, passing out in tho aeeming 
Inevitable^ and for the ihrat time In 
his long show career Shea adasltted 
himself beaten. 

This summer when Shea, after 
a notoriously bad season, an- 
nounced the reopening of the Court 
Street with a two-a-day policy, he 
was accused of doing so out of 
deference to the wishes of S. F« 
Albee. This he stoutly denied,- 
stating straight vaudeville was his 
own hobby and that he would put 
the Court Street across at any 
price. 

Since opening In August the the- 
atre did not have a winning week. 
Four weeks ago Shea slashed tho 
prices, iaying If the public dl^ not 
want this type of entwtalnment at 
the new prlcea ha waa ready to 

quit. 

Theatre with No Show 

The theatre will remain closed 
for the time being, vaudeville boidc- 
ings being transfenred to the Hip- 
podrome in conjunction with the 
feature picture and five acts policy 
-inaugurated at that house thia sea- 
son. No plans for the Court Street 
are yet announced, but special pic- 
tures are contemplated, or a stock 
(dramatic) company. 

The closing, made publle Friday, 
occafiioned much comment in all 
the Buffalo newspapers. Inci- 
dentally, and without cKception, tha 
dailies remarke«d the passing of 
ntiaight vaudeville, one stating that 
"tastes change, and in the last few 
years an through tha country big 
time vaudeville haa been . on tho 
vrane. The passing . of the Court 
Street leaves only a bare live in 
the enUre United States." 

Dailiee Oonfueed 

Local dallies liave been kept 
much confused over the Court 
Street through the several stories 
Variety has printed regarding It. 
Nearly every one waa contradicted 
by the Shea group here, although 
Mike Shea privately admitted he 
could foresee the truth of Variety's 
predlctlona. 




FRANK VAN HOVEN 

X can't help It! Re wrote tt-^and he'a acme critic! So t am publish- 
ing It again! CARLTON MILES, dramatic criUc. MINNBAPOUS 
JOURNAL, reviewing my second Pantages week, wrote thusly: 

"Frank Van Hoven, of the unfinished mogio tricks and ceaseless com- 
ment cn himseif a nd th o w orld, the assured stage presence and the husky 
voice that drops into a note of plaintive complaint In the final words of 
the speech, is with us again, this time at the Pantages, where he once 
more practlcea hIa unrefined cruelty en the youths who carry the huge 
cake of Ice about the stnp^* «nd whom he Introduces, one to the other, 
with the grave courteey of a diplomat. Another might imitate the Van 
Boven SMtliod, y«t never equal the peraonaUty that ia aa diatlnctlve In 
Its vaudeville appeal as that of Chaplin on the screen. Van Hoven 
remains one of tha inexplical>le headliners of tho variety field, a per- 
former who may be watched again and again and always with interest." 



It was nothing but Miko Shea's 
loyalty to the Keith -Albee organ- 
isation that impelled Mr. Shea to 
resume big time vaudeville at hia 
Court Street, Buffalo this season. 
He was informed that big time ha^ 
not a chance^ and that It would 
cost him money to try It again. 
Mike wag told that his own theatre, 
the new Buffalo, by Itself would 
kill the big time vaude trade of 
Buffalo, with the Buffalo's plcturea 
and stage show m»llcy at much 
cheaper prices. 

**That may be all vary true," said 
Mr. Shea (and thia oonvertation 
was overheard last summer), 'T&ut 
I am not going to walk out on an 
organisation by changing my big 
time i^licy after M or more yeara 
I have been In the Keith office." 

"When it was drawn to Mr. Shea's 
attention that the Keith organiza- 
tion never hesitated to change tta 
own big time policy in Keith houses 
when business demanded it, with 
Syracuse and other cities cited as 
tho ezampiee, Mr. Shea answered 
he careKl nothing for that. "I am 
going to give It another try/' he 
said. 



Washington, Kov. t. 

Again Keith's, the big time vaude- 
ville theatre here, Is Jieadllnlng an 
attiaction previously appearing in 
a local picture house. Now lt*s 
Jack Smith, "The Whisporlnpr Bari- 
tone." Another headllnor at Keith's 
out of the film places was the 
Siamese Twins (Hilton Bisters). 



BELLE 8T0BET PLATING 

Belle Storey has returned to 
vaudeville. The prima donna was 
booked by Alf T. Wilton, 



rnn 



Wednesday, November 10, 1926 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIBTY 



21 



[POSING PRIEST^OR WILL 
F HANG FOR MUfiDER IN CALIF. 



imj ConvicU PhilUp A. Goodwin in 47 MimUM of 
IMib€rmtioii---AppMrod on Stage in Double 
Groti' for 4 Days— Colorful Record ! i > 



Los Anseles, Not. f . 

Rev. Phillip A, Goodwin, priest 
of th« **Amerioan CathoUo" Church. 
•aA Mflm, wtll have to pijr the 
4tath ptnaltr hj han^ins for the 
murdtr of J. J. Patterson. Los 
AngelM bond broker, whose body 
wM fMuUI Ib BMita Am Ouiypn 
March tt last It took a Jury tn 
tho Orangre County Superior Court 
47 mlnutei to return the ftrst degree 
ai«id«r ▼MPdIet 

Qoodwin, In commenting on the 
Terdict, aatid he was not worried 
and declared his attorney would ask 
fer a n«r tHal m tiM grounds that 
, additional evidence had been dis- 
covered In bis behalf. Chief Dep- 
uty Attorney Mosley, in his final 
aummliig to the Jurr* Rletured 
€h>odwin as a *'colossa1, shrewd and 
astute liar, with Godly garb ^Yer- 
Ing a Satanic nature." , 
~ The death sentenee will bo pro- 
nounced on Goodwin this week, 
with the possibility tiiat he will be 
aeatenoed to hang the first Friday 
la Deoenber, at San Quentln. 

Goodwin had a very colorful rec- 
ord. He was brought back to Cali- 
fornia last August from New York 
following a confteslon by Al-Oalaea, 
his allegred accomplice. The actor- 
priest assorted he was "framed," 
as he had been in the case of the 
Otntury Play Compaajr, which 
charged hira with plagiarism. A L.os 
Angeles warrant is in existence for 
his arrest for failue to pay royalties 
to the play company for the use of 
the Wilson- CoUison play which 
Ck>odwln presented in various parts 
of Southecs California. A ^ 

Qoodwin claimed that he took 
over the direction of the theatrical 
company when the regular manager 
became til and that he continued to 
IMroduce plays in tlie regular reper- 
toire, which included tiM allegod 
plagiarism. 

Goodwin, while in New York, ap- 
peared in a sketch at Loew's Amer- 
ican theatre for four days. He 
stated at that time he was appear- 
ing in vaudeville for the purpose of 
getting funds for ^ Amortcan 
Catholic Church. 

Goodwin made his headquarters 
around the National Vaudeville 
Artists^ Club In New York, where 
he was arrested for the Patterson 
murder. At the time of his arrest 
a set of dice and a Masonic emblem 
were foond In Ma poiiiartcn^ 



INDE. UZ IffiOPPING 



Business in far out Inde- 
pendent vaudeville sUnds has 
l>egun to drop. Many of the 
houses refuse to gamble fur- 
ther, booking in bills as 
cneaply as possible. 

The situaUon in practically 
the first lap of the season has 
the bookers guessing. It is di- 
rectly oppoclto to what had 
been predicted by bookers and 
house operaten aaiUar la the 

season. 

Too much opposition and 

over-theatred to#ns are the 
general cause of the bad busi- 
ness, according to independent 



Recarer for dsbe; 
UAmm with Viide 



TlM OMt^ Mia 




aip<«aihiiir by tba Brtdco Tbeatro 

Corporation, of which Ben S. Ije- 
vine was managing director, has 
gone into the hands of a receiver, 
AXmk Hfb A^i Bo la 
the house. 

McAvoy has hopes of retrieving 
the $20,000 loss during Lisvine's re- 
ghne. Tho principal c i po i tlic la Ibe 
Bethlehem Trust OoM^PMIf, irltll a 
claim of 110,000. 

Levine is reported as having 
stepped out of the ontorprlco two 
weeks ago whMl afciMcta began to 
close in. They agreed upon the ap- 
pointment of McAvoy to manage 
the house and perchance straighten 
out tbo flaaadal deficit 

I.i€v!ns has been and Is identified 
with burlesque, operating his own 
show, "Smiles and Kisses," over the 
Mutual Olvcvit Ho to also Inter- 
ested in two houses playing Mutual 
attractions— Garden, Buffalo, and 
Grand, Akron. 



Goodwin*s N. Y. Record 

Rev. Phillip Goodwin reached 
New York early this year, encons- 
Ing himself in a room at tbo Na- 
tional Vaudeville Artists' club- 
house' on West 4Cth street. He 
hung continuously about the club- 
house, alwaya in hto prieatly vest- 
ments. Goodwin shortly com- 
menced to become notorious among 
the members of the club as well 
as in the speakeasies and other dis- 
orderly places In tha »Ml*gcettgn pt 
the town. 

Ck>odwln annoyed women, ca-H 
roused with them In the lowly 
joints and generally disported him- 
self to the disgrace of the cloth he 
l^fesumed to represent. 

The tolerance extended to the 
man by the N. V. A. officers Infu- 
riated Catholic members of the N. 
V* A. Some of those Catholic ac- 
tor* conferred with Catholic mem- 
bers of Variety's New York staff. 
They asked that Variety expose 
Ooodwin, •believing him to be a 
spurious priest and alleging the N. 
V. A. declined to make an Investi- 
gation of him or his antecedents. 

Ooodwin had been denouncingly 
referred to by Father Leonard of 
St. Malschy'a Church on West 
49th street, from the altar. Al- 
though Father Leonard did not des- 
ignate Goodwin by name. It was 
thoroughly understood Whom the 
reference included. 

Matter Too Delicate 
A conference In Variety's office 

resulted in tho decision that the 
poodwin matter, taking on its re- 
l igl o u B a s pe e t a nd without Good- 
win, then a stage performer, was 
too delicate, besides being a prlv;itt» 
club affair that properly should be 
handled by the club itself since 
"oodwin had been admitted to 
memhershlp. 
Variety had no opportunity to go 
(Continued on page 24) 



•an rvaaolio^. Not. 9. 

American acts scheduled to Fail 
from this port shortly for bookings 
in Australia with J. C. Williamson, 
Ltd., Include: J. Francto Haney. 
Moore and Shy, Three Longflelds, 
Raymond Wilbert, Nancy Fair, Tom 
Kelly, Belmont's Canary Opera, 
Davey Jamlcaaa and Rtohardgoa 
abd Atfalr. 



PAN EXTENSION SOUTH; 
Sna HEN BEHIND 

Four CitiN Contemplated, Ac- 
cording to Representative — 
Willing to "Slioot RoU" 



New Orleans, Nov. 9. 

A. Brown Parkes, manager of the 
Jefferson, Birmingham, was in New 
Orteans last week aa ccMnl facto- 
tum of a steel syndicate lODklng to 
present Pantages vaudeville in four 
southern cities. New Orleans, Bir- 
mingham. AUaata and JackMbrllle. 
That would give "Pan** five towns 
below the MasonrDlxon line. He 
has his own house in MemplUa. 

According to Mr. Parkes. the roll- 
ing mill boys are very anxious and 
willing to "shoot a roll" at vaude- 
ville and pictures and Pantages has 
agreed to furnish the entertainment. 

At present it is a question of se- 
curing locations, says Mr. Parkes. 
although plans are really tentative 
as yet 

The Pantages rumor of expansion 
in the south has been bruited about 
for several months past. 



LQEWSETIN 
PRimDENCE 



Site for 4,000^t 
Best in 'Albeetown* 



WUI Add On 10 Agents 

The Pantages Circuit will in- 
creaii' Iba wubbcr of enfranchised 

agents 100 per cent between now 
and January, The increrase will be 
made in the New York offices of 
tlia clrMC, noir conbned to 10 

franchlaed agents. 

At least 30 applications have been 
filed for the new franchises, with 
the circuit going o?er all with the 
utmost cart balbrt tiiactbit |be 
next 10. 

The additional franchises are said 
to be the result of a squawk that 
the Pan office in New York was a 

"closed corporation"; also com- 
plaints from a number of agents 
that the original flranchlses were 
slipped over on them unawares. 

From present indications the ad- 
ditional 10 franchises will be all 
that will be issued throughout next 
year unless under extraordinary cir- 
cumstances or petbarka for infrac- 
tions. Thus far since tho enfran- 
chising only one agent, Al Rogers. 
had been set down by the Pan of- 
fice. The latter was suspended 
from bookint? privilege aft^ r his ar- 
rest two weeks ago upon complaint 
of the Grey Family, who alleged 
Rogers held the act Up for klck- 
hicks amounting to more than 25 
per cent of tlte wcoKIy ialary of the 
act. 



yifovldence, Moi^« 

ii rnontba will Ma the 

of Marcus Loov In tbla city, 

regardod for a lone tima aa B.' F. 

Albec's prlvata vaudeville banting 

ground, with a 4,000 -seater. 

Confirmation of a rumor to this 
effect, current bora for several 
months, was obtained last week 
from E. A. Schiller, vice-president 
of Loew's, Inc., and Donald EL Jack- 
son, president of tho Edwin A 
6mith Realty gwHparty o< Provi- 
dence. 

The new Loew house will be the 
fln«K Uilbr In the theatrics! Haa 

that this ctty has ever seen. The 
leadership at present is held by the 
B. F. Albee theatre, but Loew's, 
witb Iti proposed 4.aM seats, will 
outstrip the K»A house by 1,500. 
A combined office and theatre build- 
ing is planned by Loew, to be Ave 
stories high. 

An entire block, bounded by Wey- 
bosset. Page, Piiie, and Richoiond 
streets has been acquired un<9er a 
•fwfbar^ease. The site Is one block 
away from the present downtown 
"theatre" section, including the 
Atbea house, which will make traf- 
fic and accessibility factors bi te- 
vor of the Loew enterprise. 

The total amount involved in the 
tranmetlofr f« aaM to bo about $•.- 
000.000. The site contains 46.000 
feet. It la one of the most valuable 
and central locations in Providence 
to change hands In the past year. 

Wrecking of the present buildings 
on the plot will begin in January. 
The new theatre is expected to be 
ready for next wintor. It Is a coin- 
cidence that the Loew house will 
be built on the site of the first pic- 
ture theatre in Providence, original- 
ly Biitloek*s Congregational drarch, 
later Bullock's theatre, which 
showed the early Vitagraph and Es- 
sanay films, and most recently 
Conn's City theatre, displaying 
Western thrillers at 10 cents ad- 
mission. 

A large garage, housing Norton's 
Checker taxicabs. located in the 
newly-acquired block, has been 
given a five-year lease. Reports 
that this garage was preventing the 
erection of the proposed house are 
consequently nullified. 



PANTAGES PAYS HONEY FOR ACTS 
HAYm $1.11)0: DANCERS, $1,350 



Both Turns Driven Out of Straight Vaudeville — 
Guiran and Marguerite's Big Time iUfll fManr 
Wat 1800— Mkt Haynet*, $650^^^^^^^^^^ ^ C 



Cheap for Single Ladaet 

Keith-Proctor's &th Avenue, 
New York, pop vaude. seems 
to have revised Its matinee 
scale for women. A woman or 
women unaccompanied by 
male escort can see the show 
for 25c. If with a man, the 
rate for a woman is 50c. 

So far the theatre has failed 
to place a bnman detector la 
the lobby to learn If there are 
any male cheaters iground; 
those who might «end the lady 
ahead alona to gavo a quarter. 



Ibmi Wdt Boddtg; 

Persecitefl h^Si^ 



Throttgb an aAranteiiiiittt wUh 
Arthur J. Horwltg, tiM litoai^ 

Marvin Welt has entered the Hor- 
wits office to book for picture 
houses, legitimate attractions and 
night dubc 

Welt Is the agent formerly In 
Chicago who Is said to have re- 
ceived a "dirty deal" at the hands 
of ^'Butcher" 8am KabI, tbo •Vsot- 
ting" boss of tho Orpheum Cir- 
cuit's Assoclatloa a ae a c r In . that 
city. • 

He lately arrived to No# York, 
and his connection with the Hor- 
wltz agency shortly followed. 
,The persistent persecutioa of 
Welt by •TPhe 'Buteber* of Chicago 
was reported In Variety some weeks 
ago. Welt's undeserved treatment, 
through, which he suffered expul- 
sion from the association as an 
agent, aroused the ire of the entire 
theatrical division In Ghicago abd 
later of tho whole country. 



ElU Shields Faces 

Suit for Gimmisslon 

Because Ella Shields, the Bngllsh 
comedienne, refused to pay Herman 
Moss commissions for vaudeville 
bookings the latter has instituted 
an acpountlng action through dold- 
smlth, Goldblatt & Hanower. The 
exact amount Is hot ffpeein<*d in 
view of the indefinite; length of her 
American stay. 

The action Is based on a written 
contract whereby Moss Is the come- 
dienne's exclusive American o^'ent 
for all vaudeville and picture cn- 
gagementg for thit geason. 



Ignorance of Wife's Locale 
Costs Habby liis PiMi^ 

' Mawaalwii^ tfar; b. 

When a deputy tfherUf, boldtng a 

summons for Mrs. Georpe Ij. 
Buettner, asked her husband where 
she was. ho answered that he did 
not know. As a i s« alt b» ictt his 

suit for divorce. 

liucttner instituted the suit 
charging his wife, Catherine, 24, a 
dancer, had deserted him. Ho said 
he did not know where she uas and 
the case was called to find the 
woman in default. When the judge 
found that Mrs. Buettner was not 
in court he ordered hla own deputy 
to looH her up. The deputy found 
her living In tba tamo aparimont 
building accu plied by her hUHband, 
on another floor. She .said, on buiiiK 
brought to court, that Mhe and her 
husband could not Mi aiang and 
she has worked Oirirjr day since 
their marriage. 

. The husband was denied the 
divorce. 



Probably as good a reason ss any 
why the Kelth-Albee and Orpheum 
circuits are not siicceisM lb oom^- 

petin)? with the Loew and PIUltApHt' 
circuits for *'n:imea* in tho an- 
nouncement that Mary Haynes has 
beea routed over the Pan circuit 

opening Nov. 6 at $1,100 weekly, 
artd Oulran and Marguerite, the 
dancers, similarly touted at |l.i50 
a week. 

Both salarieH arc new vaudeville 
higha for both acts, which have 
been known heretofore as "Keith 
acts." Miss Hsyweir bist Kdtb 
salary is reported to have been 
$650 weekly, aithouprh slie was 
billed as a headline act. She held 
a three-year contrabl^ IHtb JL-A. 
and had played one iiaiPB of It 
when running afoul of the circuit's 
heads by refusing to place an ad- 
vertisement -m tba Xifltb-AlbeO" 
hou.se organ while at the HIppO* 
drome. New York, this season. 

Miss Haynes had been trying to 

And « iiirttbnata %iir M at iba 

three-yKpg» contract, realizing she 
could secure more money fia^Sv 
other managers. 

NMRoe Aetf Held Back 

Sbo signed tbo long term con- 
tract only after she had unsuccess- 
fully stormed the K.-A bookers for 
years. Several agents tried to get 
her alibowlng** without suoceea 
She was finally placed In the Colo- 
nial New York, for $150 for the 
week. Aa tJM hit of the bill she 
waa In laalabt demand by the other 
bookera 

Following her elevation to s 
headimer on the K.-A., Miss Haynes 
signed tho long term «ontract upon 
promises she would ffooelvo flpedal 

publicity, billing and the usual 
bilge. It worked out. according to 
those tn the know, that once Mary 
Hay nee was an "oflloa acT* aba IMMI 

held bark and given scant consid- 
eration in preference to others who 
wort not hoolccd for long terms or 



Battling for Yssre 

Oulran and Marguerite, rated one 
of the best dancing acts in the show 
business. baiFa b#cn battling the 
K.-A people for b ttvable sabifr 
for years. Tiast season they were 
forced to leave the circuit and play 
picture bouses, when the bookciB 
offered them a sum lees than tbclr 
expenses for a fla.sh act that later 
played a long engagement in 
Florida and was. featured la the 
largest picture houses In tho United 
States. It is doubtful if they ever 
received over |900 weekly from the 
K.-A Circuit, regardless of ex* 



Lowry's English Offer 

Ed Lowry, forced to leave the 
Keith-Albee ClrmHt 4KiO to salary 

differences last season, appeared at 
the Century, New York, Keith 
booked, Sunday, Oct. 80, and was 
booked the next day for IS weeks 
at the Frolic Cafe, Chicago. 

After signing the contracts, Ix)W- 
ry was offered eight weeks at the 
Kit Kat Club. London, to sail Im- 
mediately. He Is endeavoring to 
.shorten his Frolic bookings, to ac- 
cept the London offer. 



AU-GIRL REVUE 



"What airls Can Do- is the title 
of the new all-glrl vaudeville rftiie 
K. K. Nadel Is producing. ^ 

The cast Is complete, c<^mprls- 
ing Vera Thomas, Ilae Johnson, 
Bessie Browning, Marvell an^ Al- 
Icne Dobba, Flo Mayo and Co. (In- 
cluding Virginia Fields, Muriel 
Howey. Phyllis Merler and l«ois Al- 
len). Frankl6 Cramer and "Melody 
Bandits" (Leonoro Hungeriord, 
Beulah Graham, Oraco Hayes, Bll- 
lle Winn. Gay Aphelin, Alice I.Arcy, 
Nana^t^rinlnger), alv> Laura Phil- 
iipa^bnd Ratb Reyaaidg. ' 



Turek Buys in, in J. C. 

Sol Turek, former Loew agent, 
has purchased a half interest In the 
Duncan, Jersey City, and will con- 
du( t the house in pn i tufTKliip with 
its former owncir, l>ave Krcssner. 

It for merly played pictures. With 
Tin ♦•Fh connection the Duncdh Will 
play tlir*'e acts on a d.'iily chang«' 
basis with Turek booking direct. 

Turek was formerly a booker for 
the Loew Circuit prior to Ik roinln^ 
nil nrrent. TT*» was recently dls<'n- 
franchlHcd from Loew booking privi- 



Will Connery Re-Elected 

By Big Majority in Lynn 

Lynn. Mass., Nov. 9. 

Will J. Connery, Jr., was re-elect- 
ed to Congress from this district on 
the D'eniocratic ticket last Tuee- 
day by a Hnia.shing majority. 

Congressman Connery, running In 
a Kcpublican stronghold, overturned 
tije usnni I{»'publi(an majority Of 
8,000 to 8,000 Democratic. 

He was formerly an actor In 
vaudeville. 



2 FEATURED FLASH 
K. K. Nadel has in rehearsal a 
new flash turn written by Paul 
r;. r-ird Smith. Gits Rice and Paul 

pf>rt« r. 

JcsHiu Makor and William Hedfor4 



leges for Infraction of the rules, will be featured. 



to 



VAIOSTT 



VAUDEVILLE 



WfdiMtday, Novtmber 10, 1925 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON VAUDEVILLE 



It is understood the N. V. A. mogul BtlU haa an Innermost feeling a 
M^gro branch will he estAbUshed but efforts to date have been most dls 
wmnliil Recently a number of colored men Identifled with theatricals 
haye been In touch with the secretary of the N. V. A., and were moved 
to a series of committee meetings whereby a benefit was to be given 
that would turn the proceeds over to the establishing of • fond for the 
■utlntenance of a sick and Injured fond, th« •vantilAl ftsult !• be a 
fOlored branch of the N. V. A. 

There are colored professionals who believe that while a sick and In- 
jured fund for colored plajreni would be mighty flne^ they do ftot believe 
fk should be turned to any loud ballyhooing for anyone of the N. V. A., 
#lthoi9t thu li^tter doing something mighty big and fine for them, him- 
self. ^ • - ■ 

It la also pointed out that the majority of colored vaudevllllaiui aro not 
flayed In the Keith -Albcc houses and that such a club branch run with 
the Iron-hand of the N. V. A. would be doing an injustice to the other 
vaude booking interests that have no personal club affiliations to blind- 
fold tho oolOMd vaudovlUiana and lead thorn headlong Into additional 
viOdi would BOt bo mM ^ unemployed aMmbora. 



Plain stupidity or Just small townish minds brought about the dis- 
missal a couple of weeks ago of Ethel Walsh, a phone girl for 11 years 
|i'|b* Orphoum olronlt's Chicago. ofBco. Mlaa Walsh Is. said to have 
%oen discharged without notice for the reason she had visited Mae Fen- 
nessy in a Chicago hospl^aV U^m Fennessy Is stenographer in Variety's 
Chicago office. % 

tlio MiMoo Walsh And ronnossy have been friends for 19 years or 
more. Before going Into Variety's Chicago office, Miss Fennessy had 
been with the Orpheum circuit's clerical staff and also In Chicago. The 
twp.. girls met while with the same concern. Misa Fennessy wa« ill in 
Hio hospital about 18 wooki. returning to Variety's olBoo ardttnd a month 
Ago. It was during that time Miss Walsh called upon her, once or twice. 

When called before an Orpheum executive In Chicago Miss Walsh was 
brusquely Informed she was 'through." Innocent of any wrong doing 
Mia^ltfUf 11 year* of omploymont the girl asked the reason. Following 
some insistence the executive finally informed Miss Walsh she had called 
upon "someone with Variety" and "probably gave out oomo Orpheum 
news." 

l$bm rldieuloua it aomids to anyone may be gathered f^m the fact 
that if the Orpheum circuit has a phone girl who knows show news they 
should make an executive of her because ^e then would have also 
•oihe show sense, something the Orpheum oxeoutivosf appear to need 
at present, more than anything else, even common oonso^ also noticeably 
lacking in them. While If Variety had a stenographer who knew news 
vpon hearing ihe would Immediately cease stepogglng to booome a 
reporter. 

Am ter as Yariotjr knows the Orpheum's woman staff is loyal, probably 
^OiBptuse there Is no opportunity to be otherwise through their limited 
goope. If there Isn't sufficient loyalty In lts| male staCt division, the 
Orpheum should blame that upon placing an.outsidor la ehafgo of Its 
bsilitnt iiiMMB^ •ver tho hoada of an of tho votoraaa of Orphoum's 
florvlce. 

If ever a bunch of people In the show bmlaesa haa made wild fools 
•( themselves time after time during their attompts to injuro Twlety, It 
lM#>l>oen this crowd of Orpheuyi's ozoeutlvoa. Marklo Holmaa ahould 
%i ,;|arotttl lost Hit tfhow business oommenoo to look vpon him as % 



llghtwoiiM 



IM to or Ig aot dkootly M»«Mlblo for iImm Ib- 



A lotlsr roadUar Variotr firom an artlat draw attoatioB to tho «n- 

llkllhood of artists recovering damage under an aeoldent policy for Injury 
to property^ from the Florida hurricane. It was mehtloned in the letter 
that under accident insurance the companies probably would bo absolved 
ttopMico through tho olemiBita, 



XABBXAfilB 

Arthur Bmeraoa Davleo, Ibrmor 

vaudevUllan, now at the Cecil De 
Mille studios. Hollywood. Cal.. is to 
marry Elsie A. Lamp, non-profes- 
sional, of Davenport, la., ia Janu- 
ary. This announcement was made 
by Miss Lamp's mother, Mrs. Dora 
Miss Lamp's mother, Mrs. Dora 
Lamp. 

Loretta Kldd to Clarence Rey- 
nolds, Decatur, 111., Nov. 3. Both 
are members of the Bert Smith mu- 
sical eomedy oompaay. 

Robert Collier, director of pub- 
licity for West CMst Theatres, Inc.. 
to Jeanne Gore, of Fanchon and 
Maroo HoTMg, at IttvMdOb CaL, 
Oiot. M. 



2 Mistm in 2 Acts 

TiM two Miater% Dufly an^ 
Sweeney, are back In vaudeville 
but aot aa a team. Duffy Is with 
Helen C l l oa s on In a two-act and 
Sweeney Is Ukowiao' partnered with 
Dick Stewart (Bryant and Stewart). 

Both acts are pUying K-A time 
la ^Bbm ailddlo west and both were 
hnmediatoly booked, dtio to tho 
•hortago e£ matorlal availabla. 



CHAS. 



CORBin - RANKIN 



•( Ik* 
CHAIN DANCE 

BOW With 



Lubin Gels Man jeans 

While K.-A. It Dickering 

The Jack Manjean Troupe opened 
a tour of tho lioew Circuit this week 
at the State, New York. 

The act "showed" for the Keith - 
Albee Circuit at the Broadway and 
one br two other "cut-week" houses. 
It was dickering for a K-A salary 
when J. H. Lubln for I^oow toadored 
a route. 

The Ifanjeana are said to bo one 

of the Unest aerobatio aeta la the 

world. 



Glenn Ellyn in London 

A. J. Clarke has booked Glenn 
Bllsm for tho Kit-Cat Club and 
Picadllly reetauraat, Xoadon, slated 

to open Dec. 6. 



Miss Ellyn is the interpreUUvo44o ioo the attracUon in person^ 
dancer who WM at tho Klalto, Now 
Tork, durlnt tho nm oC ''Virloty.'^ 



Gerberfs 2 TlasW 

Alex Oerbei* Is producing two new 
flashes, both In rehearskl. The first 
Is a tabloid muslcaL It haa Convey 
Twins, Jones Twins, Johaay Coa- 
voy and George Kay. 

The second is a revuette, with 
Harry Sesrmour, Val Irvlnir, Ann 
Drucker, Eva Sherman, X#oon Fields 
and Oortrude Sherman. 



ANDY WRfCHT 



VAUDEVILLE PRODUCTIONS 

WO Broadway, New York 
Ahran !■ th* 

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BIBTHS 

Ifr. and Mra Danny Gray, of IjOs 
Anffoles, dauirhter, Nov. -4. Tho 
father Is film editor at Motro«Qold- 
wyn-Mayer studios. 

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Deere Wln- 
maa, at their homo la Now Toik, 
Oct, tl, fourth daughter. Father 
Is a co-prodttoer with William A. 
Brady, Jr. . 

Mr. aild Mrs. Walter Miller, at 
their home In Hollywood, CaL, SOB. 
Father is a Pathe serial star. 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Chapman, 
at their homo In Florence, Italy, 
daughter. Mr. Chapman is tho only 
son-in-law of Irvin 8. Cobb. 



Radio's Karnes' Booked 
for Rebn in Fdm Hoose 



Tq dbprovo the Keith -Albeo 
bugaboo that radio 'fames'* are 
box office handicaps, Ed Hyman of 
the Brooklyn Mark-Strand is play- 
hig repeat attractions of this na* 
ture. Last week he had the Davis 
Saxophone Octet, Clyde Docrr'a 
WEAF radio stars, back again. 
Nest week Vincent liOpes comes In: 
the Record Boys play a repeat Nov. 
20; Happiness Boys, 27; Bon Bernle, 
Dec. 4; Ukele Ike Cliff Edward, 11; 
ReldOlborff Chorus, IS; Van and 
Schenck, 26. 

Hyman haa been booking record- 
ing and radio "names" repeatedly to 
good TOtums. Ho has been particu- 
larly strong for tho radio attrac- 
tlons, jockeying his bills at times to 
make possible their getting away in 
time for that one night week they 
may be broadcasting on behalf o£ 
some commercial account. That 
night has generally been a strong 
boz-oflico daar, tho radio ftuis it 
they listen la coming before or after 



BILLY PIERCE'S APPOINTMENT 
Billy Pierce, colored theatrical 
agoat, has boon honored bjr J. Fin- 
ley Wilson, grand exalted r^ler of 
the L B. P. O. Elks (colored) with 
an appointment as special deputy of 
Now York. 



HENRI C. 
LEBEL 

''Kiiig of AMody" 

PanUges' Chior 

ORGANiST 

OPENING NEW 

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BOOKED SCHJD ON 



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Plarmg Pall W««fa bt Split W09k Ifomn 

"VARIETY REVUE" 



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Wtdnesday, November 10, 1926 



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VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



WedaMday. November 10, 1926 



BUZZiN' OVER AlHEE 



(Continued from page 19) 
and claim 'em. I wish I was 
acquainted with that guy, I'd get 
a part of 'em, I M'cha'. Anyway, 
•he advertises in the papers that 
next Sunday in her church she Is 
a goin' to name the biggest liar in 

• Xoa AneelM, an'-^ 

- Har Escort — I'd like to slip her a 
eoup'Ia bucks and have her name 
the bird that sold me that cur. 

MyMtf to Mrs. Mix— It's only a 
question of time before I start some- 
thin* and get throwed out, but that's 
no reason why you can't stay and 
eta the show. 

Keans and Whitney seem to have 
a clever act, but the only man pres- 
ent who can possibly know what 

nlt*a about is Franksnsteln and he's 
standin' up In the orchestra pit, not 
more'n ten feet away. 
George Whiting and Sadla Burt 

State, New York 

^ -Tliie Week (Not. 3) 

VARIETY (Amsriean, Now York): 

*'A series of riots grew to a tu- 
multuous demonstration with Bobby 
Hanshawy who stopped the show. 

""Bobby Henshaw completed the' 

work of destruction of quiet to a 
. fare-ye-well. From his trick yodel- 
ing in the wings to his finish in 
"Rose-Colored Glasses," it was one 
lotj? riot. The following turn was 
held up a couple of minutes in the 
demand for more after Henshaw 
had exhau5rted his repertoire. His 
development of the automobile honk 
into cliaracters Is a gem. It was his 
•'Poll Parrot Rag" that got them 
Started, and his kiddipg and extern. 
■Mtff kept it going. The claHttet bit 
is capital fooling. The yodeling, 
both straight and for comedy, is 
iuraflra." 




"UKE" 




'The Merry Mimic' 



come on with an act entitled "Song 

^Scenes." From the fourth row, the 
songs look good. Mlsa Burt wears 
a pair of black satin slippers with 
steel buckles. 

Mrs. Arthur Ungar, seated across 
the aisle, addressing her husband — 
It says here that Aimee had a pair 
of Laird Schober satin slippart that 
cost $30 and when I paid $22.S0 for 
titat pair I got, you said jrott Ware 
going bankrupt. 

Mr. Ungar, who is Variety's West 
Coast Editor — You forget that Tm 
not giving three shows a day and 
passing the hat like Mrs. McPher- 
son. Fm Just a newspaper iMUi 
tryin' to get along out hera and 
live down a Park Row past. 
The Limit 

Pat Lady— I ttiiiik the way those 
two girls in front talk ..bout Mrs. 
McPherson is just awful and ter- 
rible. 

Her Husband— Aw'right, aw'right 
Next Monday night you ean go 
down to Almee's Four Square Joint, 
slip her a buck and see the show. 
As fer me, Fm a oomlng hera an' 
I'm a comin' alone — see — alone^ tf 
I have to sit up in the gallery to 
get that way. From now on, so 
far as I'm concerned, Aimea If o- 
Pherson was drowned dead at 
Ocean Park and I'm goin' to let her 
stay there, an' as Christmas time is 
drawin' pretty elose, you'd better 
begin thinkin' the same as me or 
you're goin' to be out o' luck aroond 
the 26th of next month. 

Fdlite Usfieratte» leaning oTor and 
speaking softly, but directly at ma— 
I'm sorry but a lady and a gentle- 
man back here complain that some 
one in this seotion Is disturbing 
the performanea by talking and — 

Mr. Mix, speaking promptly — ^It's 
me. Miss, I know it's me. I just 
naturally can't keep from talkin* and 
I'll go out before I get worsa and 
ruin the show for that lady and 
gent. I hate to be annoyin' this 
way* bat I eanH hell) it. X gttaaa I 
was sort o' practicing up for the 
new talkln* movies, but I'll go. 

Polite Usherette — Thank you, air. 
We'll gladly refund your money. 

Mr. Mix — I don't want my money 
back; In fact, I'll give I3.S0 mora to 
get out. ■ 

Carriageman, out in front^-Call 
Mr; Mix's car. 



Extract from next day's Lios An- 
geles "Bxaniiner": "BUI Robittsan. 
programed as 'The I^k Cloud of 
Joy,' followed with a neat and 
nimble dancing act and Lucas, and 
flies closed the _ bill with '^e 
Poetry of Motion/ an athletic act 
presenting the apotheosis of 
and physical development." 



YATOE OUT AT RAHWAT 

The Empire, Rahway, N. J., baa 
dropped vaudeville for a straight 
picture policy after several weeks of 
experimentation. 

The house had been booked Inda- 
pendently. 



NIBLO and SPENCER and CO. 

In ''A Thousand Miles from Nowliemf' ... 

By ALLAN 8FENCSR TBNMSY 

Plarinv Kmlh-AlbM TImtMs Fran Now On 
< Management! HENRY BKLLIT 



LFREDA CHILTON 



In «OUR IDEALS** 

BEAUTY ARTISTRY PERSONALITY 

Appearing Loew's Eastern Circuit 



CALLOWS FOR GOODWIN 



(Continued from pa^re 21) 
into the Goodwin thing until Good- 
win saoirad a stace ensacemant at 

Loew's American for the last half 
of the week of May 24, last. In 
Variety of June 2. on the first page, 
wma a story of Goodwin, who had 
been interviewed by a Variety re- 
porter. He stated he was not a 
priest of the Roman Catholic 
Gl|in«h bttt af tlM Amerlean Catho- 
Ila Church with Archbishop Gregory 
linea of Los Angeles at its head. 

Variety queried Ita Los Angeles 
office regarding Archbishop I4nes. 
His statement appeared In the same 
story. It said that Goodwin held a 
speolal dispensation from the Amer- 
ican Catholic Church to play In 
▼audeville. What erected churches 
the American Catholic Church oc- 
cupied or po w e s ssd wara not men- 
tioned, it being said the^ wm% "In 
contemplation.'* 

Asked if stage acting by one of 
lis prieits conformed with tha rtiles 
of his church. Archbishop Lines re- 
plied: **l decide the rules." 

Father Goodwin alleged a per- 
ianal aoqualntanca ' with Arthur 
Ungar, .In charge of Variety's Lob 
Angeles office. This was included 
in the wire of query to the coast 
and the reply added, ''Ungar never 
heard of Goodwin." 

Dramatic Actor 

CkMdwln Informed the Variety re- 
porter In New York that he had 
been a dramatic actor before enter- 
ing the priesthood, appearing with 
6ir John llartin Harvey, May Rob- 
erts and the Mildred Page Players. 
He used the stage vernacular and 
Times Square slang fluently and ap- 
parently for tha purpose of making 
it known he was a "rounder" and 
•^Ise," virtually admitting as much 
when questioned as to his familiar- 
ity with the slang azpraaskms. He 
was professionally knolrn as Phil 
A. Goodwin, he stated. 

His playlet, appearing four days 
only at Loew's Amerlean, New TOrk, 
and then rejected by the Loew 
booking office, without engagements 
procurable elsewhere, was entitled 
*Thm Double Cross." Goodwin ap- 
peared in his churchly raiments 
upon the stage. The sketch was 
propaganda against the advocates 
of the abolition of tho parole sys- 
tem in prisons. 

The New Act notice in Variety 
sutad: 

•*The Double Cross* brings noth- 
ing new to the stage other than a 
priest.** 

Abovt that time Goodwin left the 

N. V. A. clubhouse as his home, but 
shortly after was arrested there for 
the crime he was convicted of in 
Los Angeles iMt week. 
,Dewy Gaines, co-defendant with 
Philip A. Goodwin, actor-priest, 
convicted for the murder of J. J. 
Fattarson. Los Angeles bond broker, 
will go on trial at Santa Ana Dec. 
IS. Gaines confessed to tho crime 
and It Is understood a plea of guilty 
to second degree murder will be on- 
tered by him. This will uMan 10 
yeara to life. 

After Goodwin heard the death 
verdkit pronounced on him by the 
Jury the actor-priest returned to his 
cell and sent Gaines a cigar with 
his best wishes. The gift was re- 
tmsd without comment. 



'BEIDAL WEIBU EEVIVED 

•The Bridal Whirl," shelved sev- 
eral weeks 'ago when Roger Gray, 
author and featured comic. Jumped 
into "The Blonde Sinner," Is being 
revived by Harry Krivitt. 

Herbert Bnnr will supplant Gray. 

Four gh>l specialty dnn«||i||pli in 
tha acL — — " ■ ' 



ILL AND IKJUREO 

Salem Tutt Whitney, the former 
colored eo-star of **The Smarter 
Set." who has been 111 in the Har- 
lem Hospital, is slowly improving, 
but there appears little chance that 
ho win be able to troop again this 
season. 

Jack Mandell, Loew agent, recent- 
ly operated upon for appendicitis, 
is out of the hospital and will spend 
the next two weeks at Atlantic City 
before returning to his agency. 

Adelo Williams, Club Alabam 
revue, recovering from appendicitis. 

The Eriants were compelled to 
leave the bill at the Golden Gate. 
San Francisco, due to injury of one 
of the members. Dooley and Bales 
doubled over from the Orpheum. 

Herman Fuchs, manager Century, 
New York, recovering from append! - 
citia 

Carlo Schipa, film aotor and 
brother of Tito Schipa, grand opera 



singer, Mrionsly m In tha Frencli 
hospital, Hollywood, CaL, frtlmr^ 
ing an operation for. the removal of 
tonsils. 



■BlIAnra IIW ACT 

Mme. Adelaide Hermann, who 
temporarily retired from the stage 
last season, is returning to vaude* 
vllle la a new laagle and eonjurlog 
act, 

Mme. Hermann, widow of the lata 
magician, Hermann the Great, lost 
much of her paraphernalia In a re- 
cent storehouse fire. 



Michigan Vaudeville 

N aia(ert AssociitMi Lti 



GIUUILin MACK. 0«B. 

2^3 John R St. 
PBTBorr. incH. 

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Marcus Loew 

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ry^ffg^^yr November 10, 1926 



BURLESQUE 



VARIETY 



25 



;OLUIIiBIA BURLESQUE SHOW 
SIKANDS-IIRST mON RECORD 



WENTWORTH KILLED; 
IN CAR WTTH WOMAN 



Htttchinton't ^ot Tonight Josephine* Closed in 
Philadelphia Without Notice— Company Ac^ 
cept^d L O. U/s on Promise of House Manager 

jitMt boldlns th« ourtaiii of the 
ifc^i pttrformanoe of "Not Tonight 
^^phine** for 30 minute* at the 
H^y^y, Philadelphia, the company 

ttelved a verbal statement from 
b Simons, the houso manager, to 
the effect that Sam Scribnor in New 
York had phoned that they should 
take L O. U.'s from Bd Hutchinson, 
the company's managor, te Ubtt of 
cash for salary duo. sat tM tboy 
would be omM St tiM sfllot o( tk* 
Columbia AiiiniSmiiit Opmpsey Is 
HswToHt sitr. 

to tbs vmloa sltrae by Sd 
Isily of Jotl|^« WW a Comsftny. 
It mstlEV the first Columbia Bur- 



BURLESQUE REVIEWS 



Dragged on the Ground— 
''Straight Man" of 
"Vaby Dolls'' 



8aa Diogo. Calif. Not. a 
Nat WonturorOi, "stimigbr man 
wttb Armstfong^ "Vsby WIHf at 

tho Colobtal. waa killod btro oariy 

Friday morning when he fell from 
aa automobile driven by Mra Hasel 
DaTls. His head and shoulders 
wore dragged akmg tbo paTomsnt 
tMuo troupe to be straadod in tbo near Old Town for more than 60 
history of the circuit. yards wltb bla foot pinaod Inside 

Mr. Scribnor repudlat od tb o 81- 1 tho car. 
toons sutomaat trboa teforsMA at I Wentworth and Mra. Daria wont 
li by Jolly la Now York. Ho added for a rtdo after tho show Tbamday 
that the Columbia Company had night. According to the Utter, her 
advanced money from time to time | first Intimation of the accident was 
«Q «*Josepblne,*' but would not takelwhea oho looked around and saw 
ilpits unpaid salaries due perform- 1 Wentwortb'a feet wedged la 
ITS after the show had quit I tween the gear shift lever and the 

None of the company was able door with tho rest of bis body out- 
secure payment from Hutchinson I side the car* 
ii'Now York. Tbat loft somo of the I aa inoaoot called by Coroaor 
principals and nearly all #< tbo I gcbnorlor C. Kelly, conflicting teoU- 
Shoristers without money. j mony caused the Jury to return a 

Upon Simons' statement the com- I verdict stating that "Wentworth 
iMoiy accepted tbe ovldonco of la- 1 caaw to bte doaCb Arom lajurleo re- 
Sebtednees and the performance | celved under clrcumatanceo un« 
Ifoceeded. the show closing on the knowh wblla rldlas 
' leel that same night It Is claimed | Davis.** 




the people the show Oloaed wltb- 
it notice, although Jolly and Wild 
Id given In their notice two weeks 
rioualy. They Intended to leave 
lout being awara tha 
llhally ending. 

"Not Tonight Josephine" Is one of 
the "outside" attractions placed on 
tbo Columbia wheel tbte 



Coroner Kelly expressed the 
opinion tbat iomotblaff- bad bai 

pened which had been carefully 
covered up but Mrs. Davis insists 
that the death was accldentaL A 



COLUMBIA 

Nov. 15 

Aloma of South Seas— Gayety, 
Pittsburgh. 

Around the World — !«. O. 

Bat, Tho— Star and Qarter, Chi- 
cago. 

Big Sensation — Casino, Brooklyn. 

Bozo's Show — 15-17, Temple^ Syra- 
cuse; 18-20. Colonial. Utlca. 

Bringing Up Father— Olympic. 
Cincinnati 

Broadway Brovit l ee ^ yety, Buf- 
falo. 

Cooper, Jimmy — Hyperion, New 
Haven. 

Dancing Around—Miner's Bronx. 
New York. 

Derby Wlnaora— Casino; Philadel- 
phia. 

4.11.44-Bmpire. MeSa. 
Oiva aad Taka— Columbli, Clove - 

land. 

Gorllla--^ti. O. _ 
kosher Kitty Koily— Palaoa Bal- 

tlmore. 

Iiot's Oo— Bmpire, Newark. 

Lucky Sambo— Ehnplre, Brooklyn. 

Marlon, Dave-^Plasa, Worcester. 

Merry ¥nblrl. Tbe — Lyric. Dayton. 

Miss Tabasco~15-17, Van Curler. 
Schenectady: 18-20, Capitol, Al- 
bany. 

Mutt and Jeff HoniyBMIMH llM* 
plre. Providence. 
My Olrl->Hurtlr a einmea, N^w 

York. 

New York to Paris — Ckiyety, 
Washington. 

Powder Puff FroUo — ^Lyceum. Co- 
lumbus. 

Rarln' to Gk>— Oayety. Rochester. 
Red Kisses — Orpheum, Paterson. 
Sporting Widows— Columbia, New 

York. 

Uncle Tom a H va - ■ Casino 
toa. 

Watermelons — Oayety, Detroit. 
Watson, Sliding BUly— Ckiyety, 
Beaton. 

White Cargo— -IB, Lyceum. New 
London: 16, Poll, Meriden: 17. 
Stamford, Staasfovd; lt*SS, 

Bridgeport. 

MolUe — Oayety, 



R£D KISSES 

(COLUMBIA) 

LoATna Pi lira Sable 

Frank Douglaa WiU>ain H. l^iuiu'lx 

Jos« Ternandea IVroy Kllbrhlf 

l>»Ctor R->frtra Walt<»r ^'artwrlght 

David Hart ^...Donald Klrke 

rete l>rutc>>ti .Hush Clanndoa 

Red KtAa Girla— 

Kach«l aoUaakjr Uszl*> Borlin 

Roale VanI Myrtle The.>b.»l.l 

Licata Mulcahy ..Maxgaret Kmnuim 

Gwendolyn PMrnyweatker.. •K(i>i)i Abhoi 

Mnmla SmUli ,Xecil ."^potnipr 

Mary Lm... Rllean Douclaa 



many old bits warm-overed, and 
whatever humor the originals may 
have held was lost in the revamping:. 

In two or three scenes there ia a 
dangerous flirting with forbidden 
material, and that without nny de- 
gree of cleverness. "Etnciency" 
needs some attention, so, too^ ^he 
Shoe Store.** "Neighbors" needs 
cutting, and badly — not so much, 
because tho material !• offeaelvo] 
but rather because it drags. 
Three of the skits are sufllciently 



Williams, 

Louis. 

Wine, Wi 
Toronto. 



St 



MUTUAL 



With a non-Equity cast. It had no I cy^ f f^*Jt |>l._ 

Ilrotectlon on salaries. The show AM^0| IlO^Cal riaj 
had. been playing to indifferent bust- i<fi t /11 

oatbacliaalt. . aod 061, 00 COHIIllbUU 

•'Aa Qood Aa iMdP • ' 

In the many ysara Columbia Bur- 



lesque has been operating there has 
never been an Instance where ai 
eompany failed to move or failed to 
pay off. How many of oueb In- 
•tances arose where the Columbia 
Amusement Company assumed ob- 
Bgatlona or moved oaa af Ita ihowa I 
are unknown. 

Of the Columbia Wheel ft has 
been said for years that a contract! 
wHh a OOlambla ebmpaay was "as 
good as gold.** This angle was] 
brought to Serlbner's attention' 
When asked by a Variety reporter 
If tba Columbia company tatandea| 
assuming any of the Hutchinson ob- 
ligations, to relieve the pressing] 
needs of the show's people. Bcrlb- 
ner replied It bad no bearing oa] 
the position of the Columbia Cont- 
pany which disclaimed all liability 1 
for Hutchinson, morally or other- 1 Miss West aad James A. TImoney. 
ivtoe. 

Amounts advanced by the Co- 
lumbia to Hutchinson while tbo 
bbow was playing are said to ba^ 
reached around Mi 
move the attraction. 
/ Hutchinson actually stranded his 
aompaay In Now York elty, bring- 
ing them over firom 
short Jump. 

The principals were Jimmy Gal- 
▼In, Bddle Marks, Chas. ifackey. 
norrie (Mrs. Ed Hutchinson, the 



"Vongo," which bad a run at tbe 
BOtmorc^ Kow York, aad e l ostd 

Saturday In Chicago, may Jump 
right over to tbe Columbia Bur- 
lesque circuit. 

Tbo Columbia Is now playing 
"Wblla Carto,** "Red Itisses." 
"Aloma of the South Seas'* and 
others. If the deal is closed "Kon- 
go" will be routed as far behtaid the 
atber "tropicals*' as possible. 

••Sex.** Mao West's show currently 
at Daly's 63rd St, New York, may 
eventually wend its way to tbe Co- 
lumbia. It la planned to road show 
**Sex" as soon as the litigratlon over 
Its authorship is definitely settled. 
Following tho road tours It will be 
Viven a Columbia premier. 

Gus Hill Is said to own 25 per- 
cent of "Sex.** Its other owners are 



Judgment Against Kolb 

Matt Kolb formerly in the Co- 
lumbia Theatre buUdlag. Now York, 

agreed to produce a show, 'Tads 
and Fancies,** in 1921 for Arthur 
Leslie Smith, who was operating a 
theatre in Bris, Pa. Tbe attraeUon 

was to run four weeks, but Kolb 
failed to go through with his con- 

Producer's wife featured^ t^ut^ I tract, later agreeing to reimburse 
p ucers wire. '•^tura^vPO^ fcr the ILWO expenssa la- 

curred in advance exploitation. 

Smith eventually was compelled 
to sue for that sum, and judgment 
for the amount was taken by do- 
fault last week. 



Jolly and Wfld. 



Band Box Bsvue— CadiUae, De- 
troit ^ ' 
Batbigs Btaillis Mutaal, Wssb 

Ington* 

BMgbt » y sa Oayety, Wilkes- 
Barre. 

Cunningham and Gang — Oayoty» 
Loulsvina. 

Dimpled Darliifks — 16. Allentown; 
1«. ColumbU; 17, WiUkunsport; II, 
Sunbury: It-M, Reading, Pa. 
FInnell, Carrio—Lyrlc. Newark. 
Follies of Pleasure — State, Spring- 
field. 

I*Yench Models — Empress, Chicago. 

FrivoUtlee of If 27 — Savoy, At- 
lantic City. 

Ginger Oirla— Corlatblaa, Rocbss 
ter. 

Good Little Devils— la O. 
Happy Hours — ^MajesMe, Pateisoa. 
Hello Pares Q arrick, Des Moines. 
Hollywood ffosiidals — > Oayaty, 
Omaha. 

Jdsstlme Ravue— 4¥ieadera, Phil- 
adelphia, 
Kandy Kids-^yoty. Minneapolis. 
Kudmins Katlea— Oayety, floraa- 

ton. 

LalBa* Thru — Gardea, Buffalo. 
lA Moat, Jaok— Hndaoa, UMsa 

City. 

Land of Joy— Gayeyr. Baltimore. 
Midnigbt Wnntm Bmpiri^ CIsva* 

land. 

Moonlight Maids — Mutual -Bm- 
press, Kansas City. 

Naughty Nifties — Howard. Boston. 

Nlte Life in Paris~15, York, Pa.: 
16, Lancaster: 17, Altoona; 18, Cum- 
berland. Md.; 19, Ualoatowa; M, 
Washington, Pa. 

Over Here — Park, Brie. 

Parisian Flappers— Grand, Akron. 

Round tbe Tow n Gayety, Brook- 
lyn. 

Sky Rockets — Savoy, Syracuse. 
Smiles aad Kisses— Oayety, Mil- 
waukee. 

Speed Giris — Mutual, Indianapolis. 

Step Along— Academy, Pittsburgh. 

Step Uvely Olrls— Qarrick, St 
Loula • 

Stone and Plllard--01yiBpi% Mew 
York.' 

Sugar Babies — Gayety. Montreal. 
Tempters — Star, Brooklyn. 
Vampa of 1927— Bmpress, Cincin- 
nati. 



Mateao . . .'. Oeorsta Clark clsvor. •'Prom thO MouthS Of BSboS" 

Brownla Alex Maclntoah has the most sparkle^ "Twins" Is 

wVmiS'H YJlTnl ^^^y 'amillar but always good for a 

&.^'!";::;:::.v.::::' M 'S."kenrd; lauR^^ and the third is ^tiemoa 

L'.uard George Si.e»vin of Honor." likewise well hand'ed. 

Wild Toba McKay ..jeroraa Mjack | "The Rejuvenation of Matilda" 



This Hurtlg & Seamon l.-prit entry 
on the Columbia Circuit is by 



might be added to this list If better 

played. 

Miss Daley, blonde^ shapely, mag' 



White Cargo'* out of *'Kongo,** with netio and with a nifty wardrebs^ 



a dash of "Aloma of the South 
Seas," and misses the best features 
of each. 

It had a brief tryout as a legit 



quickly found favor. Her best num< 
... r III iJie l il t i.rt is ' i>. ivv i>at- 
tom**: la tbe last she shines la 
**What a Man,** a Charleston. Your 



opera, and, tilled as a blistering sex| J^flP*?*^ 1^*1. tf^i*,.?*i5?L!!.«^*«!I 
tropical love drama, falleid. On the " - - - 
Columbia it seemed almost innocu 
ous, and the reason is obvious. 

It gets Its title from that angle 
of tbe plot which has to do with the 
importing of ladles of easy virtue 
to Lottograsao, 1,700 miles In the 
Interior of Brasll, where avery 
prospect pleases and only man is 
vile. In Lottograsao. according to 
the authors, the Messrs 
EL Blaney and H. Clay Blaney. all 
of the white males are lammesters, 
who are flithy wltb Jaok from tbeU* 
diamond mines 

The Red Kiss Girls are brought 
down every so often from Frisco 
and other towns, through exchange 
of pictures, and are married to the 
fugitive plutes. Tba samples ten 
ported to the Columbia Lottograaso 
had all the sex appeal of a bale of 
motormen's gloves. Rsgardlsss, tbe 
plutes, probably famished for white 
women, quarreled lustily for them, 
the battle settlUig arouad Mary Lee 
(Elleea I>ouglas), who was mis 
takea for oae of the fralisu although 
she was la reality chaQklag up on 
a long lost broth< 
In Lottograsso. 

Her dead brofher^s partner, sup- 
jposedly tho heavy, plotted good- 
naturedly to grab the gal, blamed 
her brother's murder on 
chief, and at all tlmea sttooeeded 
in projecting villainy. 



than she sings Is quite correct. For 
the "Black Bottom** Miss Daley 
wore a stunning blaqk outfit set 
with brilliants. Hjfitagl the chorus 
background of oraaga aad bla% It 

was a knockout 

Mildred Cecil, prima donna, iuii 
Rose Allen, singer of blues, do very 
welL Miss Cecil has a good so- 
praao aad dssinrss a greater appor* 
tuhlty than the score now provides. 
Miss Alloa adds a likeable person- 
aiity to ber tbraaty fuMi aasMdiba 
easily. 

When the skits require an ingenue 
rio Rogere, otherwise Ik tbe chorus, 
steps out Flo eomblnee youth with 
looks, an Intriguing smile with a 
pair of come-hither eyes. With 
Lena as tsacher Flo should travel. 

The comedians are Harry Feld- 
man. once of the local Savoy stock, 
and Charles Daley. They do the 
best they can with the material at 
hand, but it's not enough. Botb 
comics hold the center of the stage 
for a dance specialty and offer at* 
tractive routlnee. 

George Rollins, Jack Olbson and 
Jack Gormley are other prlnclpala 
Gibson oarrlea tba vocal burdea: the 
other two supply the dance talent 
There's much to praise la their con- 
tributloas^ 

A bear wltb the usual hoke 
wrestling Is the beet laugh in the 
Show. It eomes near the close of 
the first act The best specialty in 



CIwImi's Dramatic Steck 



The Chelsea, New York, reopens 
Nov. 22 with a dramatic stock, sup- 
planting the former stock burlesque. 
The hotise has been taken over on 
a five-year lease by Jtttlus Leven- 
thal, who wUI also operate the 
stook. ^ 

: Tbe aequlsltlOB af tba Obaliea 

klves Leventhal a chain of four 
stock hon«M Ja.aad 



Burletqua iClian»M 

Marie Oliver has replaced 

ZiP^ wltb "Brlnflnc Up VkXhn' 



Mae 



'Hey, Hey!' Playing 

The new •'Hey. Hey!" all-colored 
company, presented by Amy Ash- 
wood Garvey, wife of Marcus Gar- 
vey. opened at the LafayettOb New 
York, for tbia week only. Tba book 
of the show Is by Mrs. Garvey, with 
the dancee staged by Donald Hoy- 
wood and George McClennon. 

Tba east Is beaded by Ssai Ifaa- 
ning, whoss band makes Okeb rec- 
ords: Alberta Pryme. former night 
club principal: Kitty Clifton. George 
McClennon, Bvelya Ray aad Len- 



JUDGMENTS 

f. Jsy Faggeni R. Treibler, as- 
signee; I114.6S. 

Ssmei Thrift Poaadatloa, Ina; 
|102.»0. 

Peggy Worth: Strauss Peyton 
Studios, Inc.: $112.20. 

Vinesnt Voamsiisi K. Peyser; 

$226.56. 

Murray W. Qarreon and Garrson, 
Inc.; Greenwich Bank; $2,097.20. 

Benjamin A. Rolfe; a B. Had- 
dock; |t,t64.6t. 

Coxy Step Inn, Ins.; If. T. Bdl- 
soa Co.; $226.18. 

Satisfied Judgments 

AaJsrtsa T. Hsrdt S. A Berger; 
|f,lil.ffrAiHISl,ltti 



Cecil Spooner, veteran stock | the second part is the oontortlonlstic 
favorite, cast as one of the Red 
Kiss flappers, fought a losing duel 
with her arteries, although she 
pulled all of the laughs possible. 
The only other comedy '*relier' was 
a native lady killer with an accent 
There is also the Idealistic young 
minister who is golhg to clean up 
this hell hole of Iniquity and an 
ex-puglllst millionaire^ who was, 
according to his own version, a 
'contender for the lightweight title, 
and according to the heavy, the 
ex-Iightwelght champion, a little 
matter that should be arbitrated by 
the boys, now that they are playing 
in the shadows of Madison Square 
Garden, where little discrepancies 
like this are most Important 

The chorus, half of them stained 
brown to reeemble native girls, 
walk bade aad forth across tbe 
stage with much swaying of hips, 
which seems to be the 1626 model 
for dirsetors of tropical dramas. 

Silga Sable as Loama, the Tonde- 
layo of the neighborhood, had ber 
momaata, but (despite valiant ef- 
forts failed to register enticement 
Loama was a healthy armfut even 
for tbe robust ez-cons. Sbe finally 
developed a yen for the domlale, 
but finished a bad second. 

Miss Spooner IS featured, and Is 
all over the show. In the second 
act she has one sbene in which she 
stages aa impromptu buck aad 
wing dance which pulled applause. 
Her reading Is good, but ouuldie of 
the limits of a stock audience, 
where she is such a favorite she 
can tackle anything, she fails to 
live up*to Columbia specifications 
on several counts. 

The cast on the whole is below 
the average of a third -rats road 
show. Added to this Is the over- 
done a,nd improbable pla^, indiffer- 
ent direction and the fact It is fol- 
lowing two good examples of this 
type In "White Carpro" and "Aloma*' 
"Red Kisses" will have tough 
sleddlas. Coat 



Lena Dalejr's Show 



(COLUMBIA) 
Syracuse. N. Y., Nov. 2. 

Forced off the Columbia whe^ 
last season by illness, Lena Daley 
came back to the circuit at the 
Temple hare Monday with— to quote 
the program — "her own great show." 

la Bumy respecta It la jtist tbat 
In a few, it is not . 

The Daley entertainment has 
clever prmoipais, nne spectsltles 
lively tunea a sprltely and youthful 
chorus, and a production that man! 
festly cost money. 

What the show does not have, as 
now framed, is comedy. The two 
acts are welt sprlakled with skits, 
bat tba majoritr mUm fire. Too 



work of Koliw tba buama fMg. 

A small fortune was expended in 
dressing the ehow. The costume 
changes for tbe chorus are numer* 
ous, and the color schemes alluring. 
For one number the girls are in 
black ona-pleea bathing eults; later, 
white suits are employed. DM the 
house approver Yeebl : J sba 

Eddie Cxitf^if^^ 

(Ooatlnued from page 1) 

fiood of amU and tolegrama It &$• 
puree OaaiMP af a trssMadoas aav 

following for his second FamoKp 
Players picture, Chat being his chief 
interest at the present moment. 

The Bveready people (Wt mmi T 

Hour paying Cantor). sUte they are 
sending out over 26,000 photographs 
of Cantor la response to requests 
and that demaad Is assspisi br tba 

comedian as a keynote to asw bl* 
terest in his film activities. 

Cantor was generally "panned** by 
tba radio eritiss sf tba dalliss, tba 

comedian's counter- argument being 
that this group of specialists are of 
the ''wtse* bunch that knows Ma 
routine backwards, and they ehould 
keep In mind that the vast majority 
of Uymen have yet to hear bl4 
quipa. Tba ladls tiii msll pr^fUr^ 
that conclusively to Cantor. 

Thursday night at the Hotel 
Pennsylvania, George Olson staged 
aa Bddia Cantor avsMv «M tba 
comedian as the guest of honor. 
Cantor further ad libbed that in 
view of tbe $100 per minute rate 
"did I ten my gags siowr* 

Re Was paid off for 20 minutes, 
although offlclatlng throughout the 
hour with announcements, storISs 
and one song. Ha was gaafaatae* 
a minimum of 16 mlnutea 

Cantor Introduced some great 
plugging for a quartet of things. 
ZlegfeM got the musical breaks 
through the proprram. being chiefly 
hit cxcerpU from past "Follies" re- 
vues. The Bulck, Overland Lim* 
Ited Bxpress (that one should In- 
sure him free accommodations alone 
to the coast) and his F. P. pictures 
("Special Delivery**), anaouneed aa 
the second production), comlaff te 

taring 



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Wednetdsfv November 10, 1926 



PRESENTAnONS-BOiJS 

THIS WEEK (November 8) 
NEXT WEEK (Noroiibw 15) 



Shows carrying numerals aucfi as (10) or (11) lB4iCAt« opening this 
weok» on Sunday or Monday, aa date may ba. For a«st W««k (17) or (It), 
Willi ipUt VMlM alio UidtetM bf d«tM^ 

Ab Mtirtsk boforo nam* slgnifiM met is now to «lty, Mim a ••w 
t«fii, rtappMkriiur aftar •baeaea or appearing for first UiM, 

iBltlila llatadi Af tor houses for booking alliUatlon are: 
Pleturts (Pc) ; Independent (In) Keith's Westam (KW) 

Pantages (P) Interstate (It) iSlth't Vk) 

OrnhMim (P) Btrt Uvay (BL) ^ Aaaaolatlfii (WV) 



BO Initials are used with aama ef tltoatrfb 4 i — toe hoiiM Is 

Without regular booking affiliation. 

Pictures Include In classification picture policy with Taudevllla or 
presentation as adjunetl Independent Inoludaa Ihosa pop ▼audarilla 
(iniiiiflii and pleturaay thaatrta aOllatoA wtth aa vmnal baaklac afflee. 



BERLIN 

(Month of November) 

Horace Qoldin 
HtrmanM Rubio 
Johannes Joaejeson 
BaaoU AaU 
▼era TrefUeva Tr 



4 Ljrons 
Male WfeW^ 



LONDON 



Thig Week 

CHISWIGK 
Bmplre 

We Co 

O H Elliott 
Pierce A RoaljB 
llona Grey 
©•Arty 
ArmS§_ Oe 

hksbvbt fabx 



Xjondon Soneira 
Barry Tato 
i: lr msekaby 
WUaoa Hallett 

I Ponchemra 
miler A Phlora 
Wallau A Ptnr 

HACKNKY 
Kmplro 



Mb Wtttea ' 

t BOBBWV , 

Ifarrajr 

X>orrie 
L.Uy Morrla 
Nonl 

Oolden raaders 
■eovaU 4k WlieldoB 
Ballet 



(Nov. 8) 

Coliaei 



Lajrton A Johnst'ne 
Zjoater Boya Bd 
Rear A Draror 

Cnellus & C'stanco 
Annette Kellerman 
Martla A Harvey 



•ennny" Rev 
ITEW CROSS 



««bei to Maoa" 



XMpIra 

•X)n the Dole" Rev 

STRATFORD 



*Wtreet gbow** Ber 



Jack Hylton Bd 
O 8 Melvln 
Nervo A Knox 
Prank A Voata 
SylviMrter 
Henry Hearty 
Talhot A Claro 

WOOD'OBM^ 



J^Heaa 
Oil Bias 
Captain Relda 

Aero lleto 
Montasne 



fit 

Ifaarloo Baeoade 
Karaavina 
Hosuetto Dufloa 



Jeffro 
Albert 
Lucy PosoC 
Olna Relly 
Jane Uontaage 
DroedoS 
Utile Brlfoal 
Jean Oieaat 
Desty 



PICTURE THEATRES 



xxw TOBX cm 

Oapitel (V) 

Joyoo Coles 
Roland Ouorard 
Chester Rale Glrla 
Pierrot-Plerretto 
■atogBiaeeat** 



Tatea A Lawley 
<Ia the Navy Now' 

Blvall (•) 

Hana Hanko 
MopBllght 
B e to i t Cley 



Leo Oar t 

Hill Hirsh A O 
**Coontry Beyond" 

. TlvoU <t) ' 

Bennie Kruogor Bd 
Olaat Piano 
Daehoss fiaflalo" 



(t) 

Miracle of Touth 
"Quarterback" 

APPUCTON, WIS. 
Applotoa (1) 

Oegert A Matte 



Tha Prima Dbnna Saprano 

BEUJE STORY 



'▲re Tea There* 



PROVINCES 

(ENGLAND) 



QUKIN OP eYNeOPATION 

MARGIE COATE 

Fax's AaadoMy of Maale 



"Vera'e to Tea** 

a 

WUtmOHAM 



at Hildas Bd 

4 Harmony Klaga 

Blrey 81a 
Tlvlan Voatet 
Tiller oirto 
Paddy Saundsss. 
Paal Vandy 



Hetty KInr 
Walker a Mascot 
Allison Tr 
Foy A Pey 
Plnaud 81a 
NIaon Qroy 
Daa Utnoi 



ADELE JASON 

' and Her Buddy Rovue 



BOOKKD BT 



*1Ado lAdy" Rev 
IfANCHKSTEB 



I ALF. T. WILTON 

mCORPORATWD 
11660 Broadway — Bryant 2027-8 



**naipftiir* ier 



[ * *li wat liiy eeelag I/* 



Empire 
"■rlfhtor Blaap'l" 

BRISTOL 
Hippodrome 

^amle Sootter 
Chae Austin Co 
Bnrke A Seed 
Jean Andrews 

Van Wycks 
Crastonlana 



Umpire 
*9«at for Pun" Rev 

XDTNBUROH 
Kmplro 
*■ Things' Rev 

GLASGOW 



Berl 

MKWCASTLE- 
OM-THB-TYNE 
Empiro 

Bav 

MBWPOBT 

Empire 

•"Speed Show" Rev 

ypTTlNGHAM 

Ro{al 
"lUee Mario" Rev 

B^al 

•White Cargo" Rev 

^ fALFORD 

Palaco 
Taet atopporsT Bov 



Aaaa Bolaado 
Tera atrolskaya 
•Wbody'a Aetlnt" 



<t) 

Kitty M'Laughlln 
MUo Klemova 
Happlneas Boys 

•Torever After" 

cmcAoo 

BetHMBt (S) 

Mark Fisher Bd 
Ben Blue 
Mildred LaSallo 
Valo A Stewart 

Jack Kelly 

Beatrice Oardell 
Gould Dancers 

Capitol (S) 

Al Short Bd 
Doylo A Bherman 

Eddie Hill 
The Waltons 
Louise Ploner 

•^4 aosk** 



■Tmraed fyp** ftev 



Grand 
M Crooka" 

HULL 
Palaoo 
'Wta A Pieces' Rev 



^lid.-ltows** Bev^ 



Empire 
*tllad Eyes" Rev 

SOFTHSBA 
Rlnsa 

**Tlaio rilee* Bev 

•Wamsba 

Empire 

The Selma 4 
1 Rascals 
Harry Herbert 
Hanna Sla 

Texo 

Sammy Shields 
May HeadereoB 



<•) 

Royal Welah Chor 
"Syaoo Sue" 

Harding (t) 

Rome A Dttaa 
Tom Malio 
Clem Daeey 
Art Ltnick 
Qould Dancers 
Kosher Kitty Kelly 

No. Center (1} 

Smith A Dutton 
Leatrlco Wood 



PARIS 

This Wcok (Nov. 8) 



Elyeeeo 

Measoll 4k gol'm'tr 
Plssani A Abbot 
Stanley Bros 
4 Rem 
Madlka 



a xid 

Joe Bleady 
Mrs Walker's Oo 

• Frllll , 



Chas Chase 

I Relnch 
Bagg'emen 
Geo Tristal 
f gpffUag Oirls 



Rolf Ilolbeia 
Leons A Uarry 
Hailor 
Bianebo do Faac 
Sedates 1 
Maokwey Tr 
4b Walter 



nianoo Bnohlc.ha 
MarreJIe Joviaux 
A W Frank 
MUa Sagar 
Sortet 
Valles 
Abdujham 
Chatnbard 
Nlles Bfrlinse 



Paul A»h 
Milt Watson 
Koursome 4 
Peg Jones 
Michael Howe 
Walter Tanch 
Baaje Bd 
"Great GatSby** 

Senate (8) 
Art Kahn Bd 

Harry H>P*i 
Maarine Marseilles 
Harold Stokes 

Rarl A Bell 
Gould Dancers 
"Kid BeoU'* 



Howard (8) 

Phaatom Molodles 
Blaaer Cle^ 
eC 



BAlTDfOmB, 

Century (S) 

I TIetor Artists 
•^aHety 



(S) 

Ouarnert A T'elnl 
Charlotte 41 Pet'aon 
Milla Domlnsnes 
rrhe Boy Friend" 

MetropoUtaa (S> 

Saxophonia 
''Maatrap'* 

Now <S) 

Taa A Scheaek 

Lillian 
Plo Henri 



cm GiMiiAn* G. 

Caralya Larnea 



ft) 

Gaa Mnloahy 
Annette 

Charlea CalraK 



Phn gpitalay Bd 

"Upstage^ 



(I) 

Aagele TUale Bd 



• an 

Walt Roesner 
Bobby Gilbert 
Armand A Porae 
Olarlea Oaaea 



Thv^Bead Tafs 



(1) 

gweclea SaxotetU 



gtaaley 4k WUssae 



A CERTAINTY 

CHRISTMAS BOOKINGS 
are 

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS 

SEE SEE 

ROEHM & RICHARDS 

strand Theatre Boildlag 
dwar 4k 4Tth Street, H. CL 

^ ACXAWAinCA Ittf 



BeSkla A Wlaaton 



a Stato <f) 

Ooa Mai cay 

DATKMPOBT, lA. 



lat half (T-lt) 
CIrena Show 

td half (11-lt) 
Weston's Models 
Macon A Hosne 
Jay Kay * Wrls 
l>ave Ttoe 
Jee 



DBS MOIKKS« lA. 
Ketoes (f) 
4k rovaa 

DHIBOIT 

oapitoi (V) 

Joaea Bd 



Alexander Sla 
Lancaster A L'm'g 
Sherlock A Clinton 
Anaole A Eseth 
*7hat Modal Ft P" 

p 

nTTSBUBOR. PA. 

. Graad (7) 

Roaa Balalaika Or 
Toraror Aftar" 

BBGTIDHH4SB 
Fays (a> 

Pvajab 



PULUTH, MINN. 

(1) 



1st half (T-l) 
Oeae Mergaa Bd 
Vaaehea> M Co 
Eighth ^Wlfo 
"The Ace of Cade" 

Id half (It^lt) 
Ooae Morgan Bd 

Faachon A M Spec 
**Tho Strong Man" 



. ClhdeC) 

Carll Elinor Bd 
LauchUn'a Los M 
Marilyn Mllla 
Bmllo 

Bobort Conrlor 
Arnold Olasor 
AUsar Maravo 
KoslofTs Flower 
KoslofTa Dancere 
AU'a Parisian Mod 
"Bardelys the M" 

■gypttea (ladof.) 

▼ttapheae 

*n[>on 



Tlgaeroa (t) 

Flgueroa Orch 
Langhlih'o M Land 
"Kooher K Kelly" 

Fornm aadef.) 

Ted Henkel Orch 
Episodic Preaenta 
"W of Barbara W" 



(8) 

Chartio MolsoB Bd 

Oaear ,TayIor 
FaaehoB A M Idea 



MoiropoUtaa (8) 

Eddlo Poabody Bd 
Wator Lilllaa 

Mort Downey 
Herbert Hoey 
Doris Walker 
Blinor Bingham 
Harvey Karsis 
Rvth MUes 
*T<oadoa'* 



<4) 

Leo Forbatela Bd 
Argentine Fiesta 
Oumansky Bal 
"The Temptreas" 



Ut half (T-l) 
FaaehoB A M Spee 



ef tho 

nr. iouis, mo. 

Ollda Gray 
Sam Ash 
Stuart Barrio 
Aloma 

capltol (ladef.) 

Vltaphono 
"Don ^uaa" 

Grand Coatral <S) 

Blue Blnea 
Qua Mulcahy 
Gone Rodemlch Bd 
"Her Id Chaaee" 

c Dornbergsr Bd 

Prolog 




<a> 

Van A Sehenck 
Dance of Houra 
Mo Bal 

*iBo'o Old Man** 
•T. PAVL 

oapttoi n> 

I Telga aiageia 




hit half (lf*lT) 
Fraaola t 
Bass Bros A M 
Dan Doris A O 
Clay Crouch Co 
Clark A Donnelly 
Beaeer A BaMsar 
• Lolanda 
(Oae to All) 

Id half (11-11) 
Dlxoa Rlgga 8 
Ja# Waits t 
Meyers A StsrUag 
Canslnos 
Bob Jones 
Cardiff A Wales 
Belmont Boys A J 
(One to fill) 

Avoaao B 

1st half (IB-IT) 
Zeller A Hardy 
Jessie Miller 
Ken'dy A WOllaaia 
Berlo Girls 
(Oao to aiO 

Id half (lt-11) 
Shaw A Allen 
Garner Girls 
Kompor A Bayard 
Borlo Girls 
(Oae to flll> 

Boulevard 

lat half (lS-17) 
Cliff Jordan Co 
Pox 4b Maybollo 
Hawthorne A Cook 
Muslcland 
(One to fill) 

Id half (18-11) 
J A I Melva 



VWtea 4k Parker Co 

S« half (U-S|> 
f tMipds 

Carry 4k Graham 
Besisar A Balfour 
Gilbert Avery Bev 
(One to fill) 

BROOKLYN 
Bedford 

lat half (15-17) 
Lonlaa A Mitchell 
Bobby Van Bora 
Cook A Oatman 
WUkens A Wllkens 
Muriel A Fisher Co 

Id half (18-21) 
Ruby Latham I 
Howard A Bennett 
Clay Croveh Co 
Cameron A Ho#ard 
(One to fill) 



1st half (16-17) 
Ponalnl'a Monkeya 
Roee CHiura 
Maaon A Cole 
(^meron A How'd 
Ford Dancers 

Id half (18-21) 
Louine A Mitchell 
Cook 4k Oatmaa 
WUkoni A Wllkena 
Mile Ivy Co 
(Oao to fill) 

Melba 
1st half (16-17) 
Palermo's Canines 
Bala A Pullor 
Dewey A Rogera 
Morgan A Lake 
Bobby Ilenshaw 
Mile Andr^^e 



OS) 

Herman Broa 
Crelghton A Lynn 
N Amaut Broa 
Trahaa * Wallaes 
Ghae Ahsarh Oe 

HTAMTUm DID. 

TMsir (IS) 

Ambler Bros 
Healy A Gamella 
L P a SUtsman Co 
Wlnohlll A Briscoe 
B'niett THeaias Go 



The Brightens 




MOMTBBAL. 

1*^ (U) 
Louis Leo 
Beaaley | 
Day A Davla 
WUI B Ward OS 
Vat Maaarro 
Speak B Z Rev 

JfEWABK. N. 

Stato (IS) 

Gordon A Day 
Margo *%ttrt A 1| 
Toney Gray Co 

Donovan A Lee 
Rose A Moon Rot 



OS) 



BOOKED 

THIS WEEK 

KIKUTAS JAPS 

COOK and OATMAN 
STANLEY and WALTERS 

Birection HARK J. LEBDT 

Ste West 47th Street — Suite 801 



SUITS FOR FALL AND WINTER 
IN EXCLUSIVE MATERIALS 



BEN ROCKE 



1632 B'way. at 50th St., N. Y. City 



Broadway Romeo 
Rita Gould 
(Two to fill) 

Delaacoy Si. 
lat half (II-IT) 
P A A Smith 
Gamer Girls 
Jaek Jaals Co 
Davis A Melsea 
C Strickland Orch 
(One to fill) 

Id half (lt-11) 
Hubert Dyer Co 
Clark A Donnelly 
Kerr A Ensign 
Mergaa A lAka 



OWICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. T. A. 

' DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

15eo Broadway, New Task 
Bet. 46th and 47th Sta. 
Wdm Week: Joe Bchroflo, 



BAN FBANOnOO 

OaUfonda (18) 
BAG Sherwood 

Granada (IS) 

Boa Blaek 
Peggy Bomlor 
Crosby A Rlnker 
'■veryhedys AetTg* 

81. Traada (Indef.) 

Slaymaa'a Blue D 
Tho Berkheffs 
"Boaa Oesto" 

Warfleld fU) 

Rube Wolf 
Armstr'g A PhelpS 
RooTOS A Lew 
BeUy Ban 

TOUBDO, O. 

BlvoU (8) 

Roaement Revellers 
Rloo A Werner 

Swarts A ClifTord 
Bert Shepard Co 
Grlndell A Eathor 
Great Klnso 
Merkle Girls 
"One of the Br'est" 

TOPKKA. KANS. 

Novelty 

Id half (11-11) 
MlaottI A Cooke 
Oormaa A Frank 
Jr Rlpplet «f Itit 
Trovato 



Ford Dancers 
(One to fill) 

Greeley Sq. 

1st half (16-17) 
Hubert Dyer Co - 
Curry A Orahaia 

Boy Scout 
Chabot A Tortial 
Ph Whiteside Rev 
(One to fill) 

Id half (18-21) 
Toodles A Todd 
Oeehan A Gar'tson 
Hawthorne A Cook 
Laoa A Boebe 
(Oae to 111) 

Useeto 9%. 

tot half (lf-17) 
Toodles A Todd 
M A B Harvey 
Mae Usher 
Loon A Beobo Bd 

Id half (18-11) 
F A A Smith 
Brooks A Naee 
Blva A Orr Qrch 
(Twe to 811) 



1st half (16-17) 
J A J Melva 
Cardiff A Wales 
Rita Gould 
Rhoda A FridklB 
(One to fill) 

Id half (11-11) 
Zoeller A Hardy 
Mabel Drew Co 
MasoB A Cole 



WHEN • 
PLAVINQ 
PHILADELPHIA 



JACK L. UPSHUTZ 
TAILOR# 908 Wakwt St 



ORDER 
MONDAY: 
FINISH 
SATURDAY 



Id half (18-11) 
Ponzlni's Monkeys 
Rita Shirley 
Shar'n Stephens Co 
Chabot A TorUnl 
Rheda A Prldkln 
(Oao to fill) 

MMropoUtaa (U) 

Mangean Tr 
Fenwlck Girls** 
Klmberly A Page 
FAT SablBl 

Wen Talbert 
(One to fill) 



(T) 
Ted L*ary 

D Df>Ibrldge Bd 
Ifar*'! Morris 
VToIford A Stevens 



Take It Fireai Ma' 

Blvoll (S) 

Wariag's Peaa Or 
'Tala Flfat" 

B08TOK, MA88. 

BMropolitaa (7) 

Paul Whliemaa Bd 
Tea'd Be B'prlssd' 

BmVALO, N. T. 

BoSTalo (7) 

Barajrard FolUeo 
Bolt A Leonard 
"Syaco Sue" 

Hlppodronse (7) 

Fred Ardath 
Ch'pellc a C'rteten 

L A H wrnish — 

Moss A Pryo 
•Toa d Be rprlssS' 

Lafayette (t) 

Tho Nagyfya 
MKsl Co 
Allya Mann Co 
Tjfo A Craaatou 

Lorke tt 
•Olf^lo" 



'▲cross the Pacific' 

Id half (10-18) 
Fanchen A M Spec 
The Strong Man" 

Uptown (7) 
Goo gtolberg Bd 
'Tha Mystery Club' 



m 

Nautical Rer 
"The Temptressr* 



to) 

Davis Sax Octet 
Holland A Larry 
"^IplesBaey" 



Albartlaa Ranch Co 
"The Aoo of Cads" 

NBW HAVEN. OT. 



Jack NoHh 
W WUll Robyn 
Bablnoff 
*'Midatght Sue' 



Jnyhawfc (S) 
Jackson's Quartet 

TORONTO, CAN. 
Uptown (8) 
Daaoo of the Hours 
**rho 4 Horoomea** 

WASH*GTON. D. C. 

Ltaoola (7) 

W C Haudy 
Haady Orch 

Metropolltoa (f) 

Cliff Bdwards 
•Verwror After~ 

(14) 
t Olarodorf gls 
*Varadlss'* 



Old Time Oreh 
*1to's Tour O Maa" 

(14) 

T'hemas' Sax Sext 
Pr Doreen Dancers 
Leigh Harmonists 
''Alassa of 8 Seas" 

BlaNo (7) 

'Yeroh of Devil" 



Lnbln LowriA A M 
(One to fill) 

Orphcum 

1st half (I6-1T) 
J A J Gibson 
Frank Whitman 
Sharon Stephens Co 
Rogera A Donaelly 
Caaslnos 
(One to fill) 

Id half (11-11) 

4 Gaertners 

Art Stanley 
Babcock A Dolly 
C Strickland A Or 
(Two to fill) 

State (U) 

Dcpford I 
B A K Coll 
Hugh Herbert Co 
Ruth Roye 
Geo Schreck Co 

Victoria 

1st half (16-17) 
Earles 

Howard A Bennett 
Kerr A Ensign 
Lebla Lowrle A M 



lat half (IS-IT) 
Maxtato 

Baboeok A DeUy 
Kemper A Bayard 
Shadowland 
(One to fill) 

Id half (l|-to> 
Joasle Miller 
McCart A Bradford 
(Three to fill) 

PrenUer 

lat half at^tl 
Raadow I 
ChMetoB A Shields 

Henry A Moore 
Riva A Orr Orch 
(One to flU) 

Id half (ll-ll) 
J A J Gibson 
Frank Whltmsa 
Boy Scout 
Rogers A DodBotly 
(One to mi) 

CmCAOO 
Blalto (15) 

Araold A' Florence 

Wyoming 4 
Harry Coleman Co 
Meyers & ITaaferd 
4 Rublni Sis 

ATLANTA. OA. 
Bmery (16) 

Tom Davles t 

Clark A Crosby 
James Kennedy Co 
Presoler A Klaiss 
Maryland C'legians 

BAT RIDGE. N. T. 
' Loew 
1st half (II-IT) 

Novelty Cliotei^ 

Art Stanley 
Brooks A Naee 
Mardo A Wraa 

Larry's Bat 

Id half (18-tl) 

Cliff Jordan Co 
Russell A Armstr'g 
Bobby Van Horn 
Ph Whiteside Rev 
(Oae to fill) 

BnMIKCniAM 

BUou (tt) 

Herberts 
Helen MorcttI 
Brown A LaVelle 
Marty White 
Danceland 

BOSTON 

Orpheum (IB) 

Strobel A Mertens 
Drisko A Earl 
Smith Hart Co 
Moore A Mitchell 
Millar Girls Rev 
(One to fill) 

BUFFALO, v. T. 

State (IS) 
Ford A Frloe 

e B 4 

Berlin vs Liszt 
Mason A Gwynne 
Daate 

OUCVELAVn, o. 

state (16) 

Redford A Wallace 
Burns A Mclntyra 
Eva Fay 
Gordon A Pierce 
Secrets ef 1124 



Perrone A Oliver 
Pisano A L'ndauor 
(Two to 811) 

Id half (11-11) 

Ken'dy A WlUlama 
Gladys Darling Rev 
(Three to 8U> 

JAMAICA. I.. I. 

HlUalde 

lat half (16-lT) 
4 Gaertners 
Rita Shirley 
Broken Mlrros 
Rich A Adair 
Ollbort-Avery Bev 

Id half (lt-tl| 
Randow I 
Jack Janis Co 
Bobby Honahaw ' 
Muriel A FItoor Oo 
(One to fill) 

LONDON, OAK. 



lat half (11-17) 

WlUle Karbe Girls 
Friend A Watklhs 
Frsd LaRolne Co 

Id halt (U-tl) 
I Bolmalna 

J A D Mills 

stars of Tomorrow 

MEMPHIS, TBNN. 
Kesw (18) 

Rori I 

Keane A White 
Tates A Carson 
Ma^oua Sla Co 
Jaek Wllsea Ols 



(18) 

ChandOB S 
Mary Danls 
Savoy A Mann 
Enoch Light Co 
LoVaa A Bellea 



Furmaa A Evans - 
Morgan A Grey 
MeGratk A Doods 
Modern -Rev 

NORFOLK, TA, 

State (15) 

Aehlllea A Newni*a 
West Gates A M 

Cook A Vernon 
T(.M« V A Norman 
W McPharlan Ro^ 

PBOVID'NCE, R. I. 

Bmery (18) 

Eric Phillips I 
c A G Moratl 
Married Ufa 
Coulter A Rosa 
Al Zee Orch , 

TORONTO. OAK* 
Toago SI. fli) 

BelassI I 

I Orettos 
Casey A Warren 
Norton A Brower 
(One to fill) 

WA8H*flTOK, D. €k 

Loew (15) 

Casting CampbeTIo 
Kauffman A Lilllaa 
Thornton A Squires 
Tilyou A Rogers 
Bolaad Travora Oa 

WOODHAVN. loL 
Wmard 

1st half (16-17) 
Ruby Latham I 
Oeehan A Gar'tsea 
Fr Famum Co 
Ruaaell A Amurtr'g 
(One to fill) 

Id half (ll-ll) 
Cook'a CIreua 
Mae Usher 
Andro DolVal A Or 
(Two te 811) 



I Pantages J 



NEWARK 
Faatagee (IS) 
Qrantos 

Reed A Duthera 
Chisholm A Broen 
Lewis A AbMS 
Santos 

TORONTO. CAN. 

Pantages (15) 

Mario Cerelll Oo 
Byd Moorhouao 

Payne A HlHlard 

Astell A Fontaine 
Will Colllson 

SutollSo Faadly 

HAMII;T0K, OAK. 

Faatagee (U) 

Eater 4 
Emily Darrall 
Hall Ermina A B 
Trombettas 
Masqueraders 

NXAOABA* FAIXB 

Paatagea 

lat half (11-17) 
I ReddlngtOBs 
Howard A Ross 
Francis Renault 
Edwin George 
Wyatt L A L 

td half <lt-ll) 
Willie Karbe 
Locke A Lewis 
Chase A Latour 
Wallace A Hayes 
HaoUIBIs-AB 

DBTBOnr, WOH. 

Begwto (U) 
Rlos 

Molllo A Bro 



INDIANAPOLIS 
Pantages (18) 

Oxford I 

KInzo 

Rice A WemM* 
Swart z A Clifford 
Rosem'nt Revellort 

MILWAUKEE 

Paatagea (15) 

Romchr Ronalna 
Frolic 4 
Golden Violin 
Lydcll A Masoa 
Bonhair Tr ' 

M1NNE.APOLIS 
.Pantagea (16) 
Faatagea Indoor O 

SPOKANE, WASH* 

Faatogee as) 

4 Pepper Shakers ' 
Celia Weston 
Crell ; ' 

Barker Wynne 
Miller Marks 
Babe Rath 

SEATTLE. WA8B» 

Pantaces (18) 

Alma Duval 
Paris Sis A A 
Joe Jackson 
Frank Van Hovoa 
Reynolds Donneg'B 

TANOOUVH, B. a 

Paatagos (IS) 

Lady Alice's Feti 
London I 
Marjak 

8am Llnfleld Oe 
Jock McKay 



MAX HAR 

Books Picture Houses 
16S0 Breadway. Naw Yai 



Onlran A Marg'rite 
Mullin A Pranda 
MeDoaald 8 

Milea (18) 

Bobettas A Deogan 

Nee Wong 

JUSile A Blake 

Clowning Around 

(Oae to fill) 
• 

TOLEDO, O. 

Paatftgee (16) 

Jack TIanley 
Julia Curtlss 
Busch Sis 
Ray Hughes A P 
Bobby McGood Co 



BEI.L'H'M, WASH. 
Paa4%gcs (16-17) 
(Same Mil plays 

Everett 18-20) 

Tanarakas Japs 
Joe CMffin 
Jarvis Rev 
Paber A Wales 
Chaa Hoff Co 

TACOMA. WASH. 

Pantages (15) 
Roy.'il Cns''o!gnes 

Strain Sis 
Orii<» l;,'irn''« Co 
Marion AVrllt CO 
Polly A Oa 



LONOVIBW 
(U) 



Torino . ^ - 
FntDk Braldw#9t 
Bhapsodlans 
Watson 8fai 
^ S Melrln* 

FRAMCISCO 

rmatacM (IS) 

Wttio Plplf*x 
Ir«a« fltone 
Fargo * Blcharda 
' Jolly Thespians 
Aahlf 4 Sharpo 
2>ftBO0 FMhtona 

I,OS ANGKUBS 
rnala^ (IS) 
Ossie A LlBko 

Tom Kelly 



Olbaoti** Navltat'a 
J«Mf RoMablatt 
D««4|lM OkftriM Co 

SALT lAKB 
Tmmtmgm im 

lAwtoa * 

Burnum 

Hafter * Paul 

Qaby Duvalle 

AaUioay ^ Xogora 

Z«aB«nilQta 



xrtAM 

(ill 

MaiT lUlor 
Frank Sinclair 
Raymond Wyll« 
• Pashaa 
(Two to fill) 

OMAHA, BTEB, 
Fantaffoa (15) 
Breakaway Barl'a 



HEKNINE SHONE 

nfOOltPORATBD. 

t SOOKINQ FOR KCITH^ALBEK 
AND ORPHEUM CIRCUITS 
llff BItOADWAT. NBW TORS 
iMIo tot Bnraat till 



Vox A Walters 
Alls A Pullman 

SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

FmmUmm (15) 
F*t'm Nlvht Clnb 

IX>irO BBACH 

Pnntaces (15) 

Fsttla A Paulta 
Billy Carmen 
Harry SeymOVT. 
Boy LaPearl 
4 Pals 

T Brown's Orch 

OCEAN PK., CAI.. 

P«ntaces (15) 

- tdtiopp'o Clr 
Bmperors of Sons 
Baby D Bold 



Ted Leslie 
Dancing Franks 
Murley A Angtr 
Klgas Rev 
(One to fill) 

KAN. MO. 

Pnntaffeo (15) 

Emma Raymond 
P A F Hanson 
Davey Jamlesoa 
Jan Rublnl 

Ford & Whitney 
Cosmopolitan Rev 

MEMPHIS, TBNN. 
FMltOtM (It) 

Takcwas 

Taylor & Bobbie 
Harry Qlrad 
Mack A Coral 
Hippy Rar'tOB Clr 




KoMi^Alkoo (1«) 

4>he Serottas 
Sargent A Lewis 
A A M Havel 
4 Camerons 
Fwrksr Babb Co 

ITFM BOVOB. I^. 

ColombU (14) 
Peres A Mars'rtte 
Georco N Brown 
tf OrOhs • 
Tommy Rellljr Rev 
^oll CyBHoA 

BIRM'GH'M. ALA. 
Majestto (14) 

% Daveys 

Redmond A Wells 
Chas DeRoche 
The Croonadcrs 
Jarrls Claire Rer 

DALLAS, TEX. 
Mojestle (14) 

Brrtt A Del 

McCarthy A Moore 
Kaomt Glass A C6 
Jed Dooley 
Long Tack Sam 
(Ono to 1111) 

VT. SMITH. ARK. 

Jole (14) 

Knos A Stetson 
Jack Llpton 
DeWolfe A Klndler 
Baley A Joyce Sis 
Carl Rostal 

IT. WORTH, TEX. 

Majestle (14) 
O A B Parka 

Mills A Hunter 
Kerr & Westoa 
Honey Boys 
B Sheriff Co 

GALVBST'N. TEX. 

Mijeitte <14) 

Frank Wilbur Co 
Helene A Stanley 



td balf (17-10) 
Pablo do Sarto 
Romaine A Castle 

In Wrong 
RAD Dean 



N. ORLBAN8. LA. 
Orphenm (14) 

T & V Patts 
I^ouis London 
Rock A Blossom 
Stan Stanley 
Harry Carroll 
Howard A Llad 

0KL.4H0M^ CITT 



Ist half (14-11) 
The Gabborta 
Fred Huf;i»09 
Grant Gardner 
Lane A Harper 
TlUls & I>aRue Rev 

2d half (17-20) 
Wheeler & Wheeler 
Cart men A Harris 
Hughle <i1^ 
A A F Ste^ttM*. 
Radiology 

S. ANTONIO, TBX. 

Majeatio (14) 

Amaranth Sis 
Eddie Milter S 
Al K Hall 
Miss America 
Arthur Alexander 
The Westcotts 

TULSA. OKLA. 

Orphenm 

1st half (14-14) 
Wheeler A Wheeler 
Cartmell A Harris 

Hughle Clark 
A A F Stedmaa 
Radiology 

2d half (17-20) 

The Perrys 

Creedon & Davis 
Mnhon & Scott 
5 Disranlos 
(One to All) 



J. J. SHUBERT Prvs<>nts 

BILLY GLASON 

in "GAY pares:? 

EN BOUTX 



Myra Les 

May A Klldnff 
wally Sharpies 

HOUSTON, TEX. 
M^^lMtte (14) 

Herbert Bolt t 
Villa A Strlggo 
Manny King Co 
Kva rinrk 
Parlslennes 
(Ono lo All) 

Z.*LB BOCK, ARK. 
Hnjeatio 

1st half (14-18) 

Knor A Stetson 
Jack Llpton 
DeW Klndler Co 
Haloy A Joyce Sis 
Carl Roaint 



WICHITA, KAN. 
MAjestIo 

1st half (14-18) 
The I'errys 
Treodon Davis 
Mahon & Scott 
Nick Hufford 
5 Discardos 

2d half (17-20) 
The Oabberts 
Warden & I^Coste 
Tillls & LnRue Rev 
Fred Hughes 
Belle Montrose 

WICHITA FALLS 

Colrmbia (14) 

Selblni A Albert 
Jean Granese 
The Jansleys 
Texas 4 

Danlets A Xornm'n 



Bnglewood 
1st half (U-IT) 
Frank Wilson 
Reynolds A White 
Corner *Dnit Store 
B'dlne de O'ves Co 
James A Sinclair 
2d half (18-tO) 
J A C McMahoo 
Maud Allen Co 
Primrose Somon 
Hart's UoUandera 
(Ono to fll|> 



(»€ACH> 

American 
Sunday (14) only 
i^ne Star 4 
Zeck A Randolph 
Bronson A Gordon 
(Two to All) 

1st half (15-17) 
'AC MoMahoa 



Maud Allen Co 

Primrose Semon 

(Two to fill) 

2d half (18-20) 

Holland Fantasia 

De Harty Co 
Mason-Dlxon Bd 
(Two to fill) 



1st half (14-lT) 
Jinks A Ann 

H'gton R'nolds Co 
Sampsel A Lenhart 
Lomas Tr 
Oroh A Adonis 

2d half (18-20) 
Musical Geralds 
Gordon A GroS 
Nell Roy Co 
Barr Mayo A B 
(One to nil) 

LIncobi Hipp 

1st half (14-17) 
Raffia's Monks 
Carroll A Gorman 

(Three to nil) 

2d half (18-20) 
Frank WHson 
Reynolds A White 
Corner Drug Store 
B'dlne de G'ves Co 
(One to nil) 

Majestle (14) 

Valentine A Bell 
Hoffman A liamb't 
Pinched ^ 
H'w'd Harrla A I* 
Let's Dance 
3 Senators 
(Others to nil) 

AURORA, IU«. 

•VoK 

2d half (ll-SO) 
The Rials 
Pair of Jacks 

Guy Rarlck Co 

BL'M'GTON. ILL. 

Majestle 

1st half (14.17) 
Sandy Lang Co 
Cahill A Wells 
Paul Tocan Co 

2d half (18-20) 
G A A Schuler 
Patrick A Otto 
The Parlslennes 

CHAMPAIGN, ILL. 




1st half (14-17) 
Bronson A Gordon 
(Two to nil) 

Sd half (11.10) 
Synco Show 
Jack Mack Otch 
Bob LaSalle 
Clark A Jacobs 
Florence Rayfield 
Johnny Special 
Zastro White Co 

DAVENPORT, lA. 

Columbia 

lat liair (14-lT) 
Musical Geralda 

Jean Boydell 

Variety Pioneers 
Frank W'msley Co 

iMrdUnMi ' 

?d half (18-20) 
Maurice & R'hman 
Yoeman & liizzle 
Sparling & Rose 
Darille A Palo R 
(One to nil) 

DECATI R, ILL. 

Lincoln Sq. 

1st half (14-17) 
G A A Schuler 
Patrick A Otto 

The Parlslennes 

2d half (18-20) 
Sandy Lang Co 
Cahill A Wells 
Paul Tocan Co 

DM MOINXS* lA. 

Orphrum 

lot half (14rl7) 
The Lamfs' ' 

Sid stone 
Yoeman & Llsslo 
Primrose Minstrels 
Fiddlers vs Jass 

td lialf (If-tO) 

Jean Boydell 
Variety Pioneers 
Frank W'n;ialer Co 
In China ■ 
(OM 90 fill) 

DimUQUK, lA. 

Majestic 

1st half (14-17) 
S Melody Girls 
Tower A 
Servany 

2d half (18-20) 
Griffith A Youns 
DOnee Flashes 

(One to nil) 

BLGIX, ILL. 
Rlalto 

1st half (14.1T) 

Dance Flashes 
I'alr of Jacks 

EV'SVILLE, IND. 
Oraad 

1st half (14-lT) 

Fypro Khow 
Jack Ma(k I3d 
Dob LaSalle 
Clark A Jacobs 
Florence Rayneld 
Johnny Special 
Zastro White Co 

2d half (18-20) 
i:a]r Shannon Co 
I'urdy A Pain 
(Three to fill) 

FREMONT. NBB. 

Empress (10-SO) 

l,ew FItzgibbona 
Versatile 4 



CD HLAND, NKB. 

MaJcoUe 

2d half (18-20) 
Deslys Sis 

(One to nil) 

HASTINGS. NBB. 

Kerr (lo-to) 

Prltch'd A Russell 
DeWitt A Gunther 

JOLIET. ILL. 

Rlalto 

1st half (14-17) 
Baxter A Frank Co. 
Guy Rarlck Co 

(One to nil) 

2d half (18-20) 
Murray A Irwia 
Joe Dennett Co 
(One to fill) 

torwf, MO. 



OALESD ' RO. ILL. 

Orpheam 

1st half (11-17) 
Davis A I'elM 
Il'KHWlh A O'fd 
Cam pan Boys Co 

2d half (18-20) 
Tiratln as 

Freeman A Seym'r 



1st half (14-17) 
Ates A Darling 
Johnny Hermaa 
Fox 2 Co 

td half (It-tO) 
Bobbe A King 
Trovato 

L Faulkner Co 

KAN. CITT, KAN. 

Electric - 

1st half (14-17) 
Bernard & Mcrritt 
Wright D'glas A K 
(One to fill) 

2d half (18-20) 
Judy A Lorans i 
(Two to 911) 

KAM. CITY, MO. 

Malnstreet (14) 

D'mx & H'm'tn R 
Fern A Marie 
Carl Freed Orch 
(Twa to All) 

UMCOLN^ NEB. 

Uberty 

1st half (14-17) 
DeWitt A Gnnther 

Harry Kessler Co 
Borde A Robinson 

td half (lt-20) 
Fiddlers vs Jass 
Primrose Minstrels 
CUA Clark 

Orpheuai ilt^) 

HI Lo I ' . 
Calm A Oftio A«v 

MADISON, WIS. 

Orphenm 

1st half (14-17) 
Del Ortos 

Hal Harris Co 
Jerome A Gray 
Gerbcr'a Gaieties 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (18-20) 
B A J Browne * 
Rich & Cherle 
Royal Hung'in Bd 
Johnny Murphy 
Arthur Corey Co 
(One to nil) 

MILWAUKEE 
Majeetlo (14) 

FinVs Mules 

Ferpuson A S'dl'd 
Quinn Binder A R 
Billy Champ Co 
Brooks & Powers 
Harloiiuln Rev 
(One to nil) 

MINNEAPOLIS 

7th St. (14) 

Hughes A Montle 
Wedding Rin* 
All Wrong 
Adams A Rask 
Banjoland 
(Two to A») 

PEOBIA. ILL. 

I'alnce 

1st half (14-17) 
Darling 2 
Murray A Irwla 
Wilfred Clark Co 
Gordon A Oroff 
Deno A RochMe Co 

2d half (18-20) 
Plantation Days 

PADUCAH. KY. 

Orpheum 

1st half (14-17) 
The Harlequins 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (18-20) 
Ketch A Wilma 
(Two to fill) 

QUINCT, ILL. 

Washington 

1st half (11-17) 
Bradflas 

Freeman A Seym'r 
Mason-DI«on D'crs 

2d half (18-20) 
Davis A Pelle 
H'gsw'th A C'Wf'd 
Capmaa Boys Co 

ROCKFORD. ILL. 
Palace 

1st half (14-17) 

Leo's Rlnpers 
Rich & Cherle 
Hart's Hollanders 
White A Tierney 
Lucille Bal'tlhe Co 

2d half (It-JO) 
Del Ortos 
Jinks & Ann 
James A Sinclair 
Baxter A F'nk Co 
(One to nil) 

ST. JOE. MO. 
Electrle 

1st half (14-17) 

Judy & f/oren* I 
Debell & Vine 
Hughes A Girls 

2d half 411-20) 
MinettI A Cook 
D..r.:f» * Robinson 

Fox 2 Co 



ST. LOUIS 



Grand O. H. (14) 

Booth * Ninrt 
^) (:()nnell fk W< st 
HiiRh John- on 
Rosemont Troubs 
Haven McQuarrie 
Paul Brilliant Co 

I'DUSUtll 3 



PAUli 

' Palaeo 

1st half (14-17) 
Harry Cooper Oa 
B A J BrowM 
Kajlyaogta 
Staaloy Chapmaa 
Royal Hung'ia Bd 

2d half (18-20) 
Alex'ders A Avelya 
Musical Hnatera 
Haunted 
Small A Maya 
Daaeo O'Moate 

SIOUX CITY, lA. 

Orpheum 
Ist half (14-17) 

Aiex'ders A Brelyn 

Haunted 

Dance O'ManIa 

(Two to fill) 
td kalC (ll-t0> 

The Lamys 



mroviBLD. nx. 

MaJeoUe 

1st half (14-17) 
Plantatlea Days 

td half (11-80) 
Bd wards A Lllyan 
Dlehl Sis A McD 
Jeaa Acker Co 
Bronson A QordoB 
(Two to nil) 

SPB'OnBLD, MO. 



1st half (14-17) 
(One to All) 
Trovato 

Ates A Darling 
2d half (II-IO) 
Wrigkt D^flaa A K 

TOPMKA. KAN8. 

Korelty 

td half (18-20) 
Beraard A Merrltt 



SUN-KEENEY 

BOOKiNG 

Vaudovillo and Picturo Theatrea 

1S60 B'way, Nmw York 



Sid StOBO 

Kajiyama 
Tower A DarroU 

Harry Cooper Co 

SO. BEND, IND. 
Palaeo 

1st half (14-lT) 

Klrby A Duval 
Har'gton A Green 
Al Tucker Bd 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (18-20) 
Kelso Bros Co 
(Ono to Sll) 



Debell A Vine 
Hughes A Girls 

WICHITA, KANS. 

Orphenm 

1st half (14-lf ) 
Tko Perrya 

Nick Hufford 
Mahon A Scott Co 
Creedon A Davis 
2d half (18-20) 
The Gabber ts 
Fred Hughes Co 
Warden A LaCoste 
Tlllla A LaRue R 



Orphram | 



CHICAGO 
Dtversey 

td half (11-14) 
Dlehl Sis A McD 
Hamilton Sis 
Coyne A Freack 
Bert BrroU 
Let's Dance 
(Others to All) 

Palaoo (8) 

Oallarini Sis 
Gordon's Doga 
Harry Fox Co 
Marion Harria 
The Oalenoc 
Nazimova 
O'Donnell A Blair 
Tho Blpo Sllokora 



(•) 

Brooka A Rosa 

Wilfred Clark Co 
Shaw A I^ee 
Gerber's Gaieties 
The Del Ortoo 

Stoto-Lako (S) 

Kitaro Japa 
liSdy Oden Pearse 

Jt>rry & B Grands 
Kddie I'onrad Co 
Calm A Oale Rer 
Fern A Mario 
Small A Maya 
Rlebard Vintour Co 

Tower 

td half (ll'-lO) 
Flo Irwla Co 
5 Bracks 
James & Sinclair 
Griffith A Youns 
BIsa Brsi Bd 

DBNVER, COLO. 

Orpheam (S) 

Joe Darcy 

Lottie Athertoa 

Great Leon 

Mike Ames 

Carrol McComaa Co 

Alela Verne 

Coram 

HKNN'PIN, MINN. 

Orpheam (8) 

Sybil Vane 
Owen McGlvenoy 
The Wagor 
W A J Mandell 
Sessue Ilayakawa 
(Two to All) 



Deere Girls 
Pleasure Seekera 
Harry Buraa 
Theo Robofta Oo 
(One to All) 

OAKLAND. CAL. 

Orphenm (8) 

Morvlt Hegedna 
Dooley A Sales 
Seymour A How'd 

Alan Rogers 
Arthur Corey Co 
T A A Waldnsaa 

PORTLAND, MB. 

Orpheam (8) 

Meehan's Dogs 
Solly Ward Co 
Les Ghessls 
Davo Appollaa 
Aunt Jemima 
4 Foys 
chaa Par Oo 

ST. LOUIS. MO. 

Orpheam (8) 

Harry Holmes 
Herman Timberg 
The Rebellion 
Burks A Derkia 
Roslta 

Something for N 
(Three to AH) 

St. Loato (8) 

Mile Gade Corson 
Sam Robblns 
Odivas Seals 
Roger WllUama 

(Two to All) 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Ooldea Gato (8) 

Count Beralvfel 
Cronin A Hart 
Lahr A Mercedes 
The 'Seabaoka 
Jeannio 
(Tliroo to ill) 

OfFktMi (tl 

Tendon f^arlO A NT 
Krafts A Lamoat 
Ernest HIatt 
B J Pearson 
Blossom Seeley 
Ferry the Frog 
(Tluoo to til) 



(S) 



Wo Aro Maklas Aadleaei 


M Seream Every 


Show With Ow mmm 


SO and JaUoO 


HARRY 


MART 


CARDIFF and 


WALES 


DlroeUoa— SAM 


LTON8 



KAKVS CITT, MO. 

Orpheum (8) 

Jack Korworth 
Hughle Clark Bd 

B( rt Hanlon 
Allen A r'ranford 
Marlon Wi'.kins 
Geo D Ormonde Co 
(One to All) 
LOS ANGBLF>S 
IliU Street (8) 
DIero 

Weavf^r Bros 
C'.'imtlln's Birds 
Cuby A Smith 
Frank Silver Bd 
Nan Halperia 

Orpheam (8) 

Keane A Whitney 
Ray Chimmlngs 

o.lall Carcno 
Kliyme A lleasoa 
mil Robinnon 
Dora Maughan 
Walter Fchi Oo 

MILWAUKEE 

Orphenm (8) 

Walter Walters Co 



Clara Morris Co 

Sun Fong Lla 

Bert I^vy 

Hewitt A Han 
Tyler Mason 
Hoses of Thorao 
Ingenua 

(Two to ail) 

VANCOUV'B, B. O. 
Orpheum (8) 

Wilton Sis 
isd Janis Rot 
Jos Mendl 
Jones A Rea 
I'atil Klrkland 
Itaa Samuels 
Coscia A Verdl 
(One to AU) 

WINNIPBO, CAN. 
Orphenm (8) 

Calif Colligans 
Kast A Dumke 
Willie Hale Bros 
Aileen Stanley 

firrir -lla A Th'dore 
I (Three to nil) 



Masott-Dlxon D'crs (Ono to All) 



Keith-Western 



Hyde A Burrell 

Royal Peacocks 

2d half clS-20) 
Osainan A Grey 
Watts A Hawley 
Princeton A Yale 
Hunter A Perclv«l 
Ir.a Alcova Co 
Jack Norton 
Alex'der Santos Co 

DETROIT 
Orand Blrerla (14) 

Swift A Gibson R 
Couk Morton A H 
Marie Stoddard 
Bertram A Sagtoa 
Plckard's 



Hart Wagner A L 

(Three to nil) 



Iflt half (14-17) 
Calh B Sinclair Co 
Myers A Nolan 
Frank Hughes Co 

2d half (18-20) 

Flirtation 

Collins A Peterson 
Fred Seaman 

FT. WAYNB. IND. 

Palace 

1st hn^f (U-17) 
Flirtation 
Davis A McCoy 
Collins A Peterson 

(One to nil) 

2d h.-ilf (18-20) 
Frank Hughes OO 
Mortens^oii 
Signor Frlscoe Oo 
(One to nil) 

HAMMOND. IND. 

ParthrnoB (18-SO) 

S Musical Maids 
Billy Miller Co 
Fashion HInta 
(Two to All) 

IMDIANAPOUt 
Palaeo 

1st half (14-17) 
Ale'der Santos C!o 
IVInceton A Yale 
Watts A Hawley 
Fred Ardath Bd 
(One to All) 

2d half (18-tO) 
Myers A Nolaa 



XGTON, KY. 

Bea AU 

•d hftIC (lt-H> 
Angel Broa 
Casper A Morrlaay 
(Oae to All) 

LIMA. O. 

Faarot O. H. 

1st half (14-17) 
Hill A MarKle 
Cooper A Herman 
Monti A Tart I 
F A O Walters 

td h.-\lf (18-20) 
White Bros 
Ooss A Barrows 
Shields A Delaney 

Courtship A Song 

Ml NCIE. IND. 

Wysor Grand 

2d half (18-tO) 
Hill A Margie 

Wright A Dietrich 
Ememon * B'dwln 
(One to nil) 

TEB. H.^TE, IND. 
ladlaaa 

1st half (14-17 
Angel Bros 
I'unly & Fain 
Henry Caialano Co 
Casper A Morrlsey 
(One to All) 

td half (It-tO) 
Hartley A Pat'son 
8tars Other Daya 
Davis A McCoy 
(Two to nu) 

WINDSOR, CAN. 
CapUol 

1st half (14-17) 
Ossman A Grey 
MortensoB 
Cun'gham A Ben't 
Gose A Barrows 
White Bros 

2d half (18-20) 
Monti A Parti 
Kirby A Duval 
Bobby Vail Co 
Chaa Rogers Co 
F A O Wattera 



2d half (11-14) 
Ptelot A Schoneld 
Wm Kbs 
Pat Daley Co 
(Others to lU) 



2d half (11-14) 
Berk A ^aua 
Carney A Pioreo 
(francos Arms 
Beaay Rubia Co 
(One to All) 

AKRON, O. 



KoidrAlboo 



MBW TOBX CITT 

Broadway (8) 

Cor'dinia Animals 
FAB Ross 

Skelly A Helt ROT 
Daly A Nace 
O' Hanlon A Zaniyi 
J C Flippen 
Telack A Deaa 
(One to All) 

Collsevm 

td half (11-14) 

Stepping Out 
Marlon Sunshine 
Bert Wheller Co 
Gaston A Andreo 

(One to nU) 

81et Street (8) 

Miss Du Doiao Co 

Dotson 

WIgglnsvillo 

Tom Smith 
Around the World 

ftth Ato. 

Sd half (11-11) 

Chas Riley 
Corrlne TlltoB 
100% Rev 

(Two to nil) 

88th St. 

td half (11-14) 
Pat Honning 
Lulu Mc(!onnell 
Cole A Mills RsT 
Brady A MahoaoF 
Violet A Ftnr 
Bob George 

FORDHAM 

td half (11-14) 
Powell A Rhineh't 
Frances A Wallj 
Frank Fay 
Merchants F Shows 
(Two to All) 



Clemens Billing Co 
Murdoch A Mayo 

(10) 
Rddie Leonard 

Trlnl 

Smith A Strong 
York A King 

(Otkom to fUD 



td half (11-14) 
Kelson A Diamond 
Freddie Rich Bi 
Georgle Price 
(Two to All) 



CLEVKLWD 

Rend'a Hipp 

1st half (14-17) 
Qaroli Bros 



Fred Sosmaa 

Chas Rogers Co 

Hart Wagner A 
Bobby Vail Co 



2d half (11-1 4> 

3 Red Caps 
Oliver A Crangle 
Roger Imholf CJo 
Ruth de Neelo Bill 
(Two to Otll 

Hippodrome (1) 

demons Ifaw'in Co 
Reed & Duthero 
Frank A ToWAO 
Modena's Roir 
Rome A Gaut 
6 Petleys 

(18) 
Alf Loyal 

4 Diamorda 
Carnival of Ysateo 
Tom Smith 

(Two to fill) 

JeflTersoa 

2d half (11-14) 
Alf r»yars DogO 
Jean La Cross 
Ray Rogers Co 
BraKdon A Mor'sey 
Herbert A Neelsy 
Bits BriOO lid 

nMh St. 

2d half (11-14) 
T K Andrews 
Freda A Palace 
Arthur Whitlaw 
iM»r*f n<-r gea 
Bob (ieorge 



Falaeo (■) 

A A n Falls 
M'-v«T!y Bayne 
A P.'ibins 
Morris A Campbe'I 
il.ici.'tt A Delmar 
Frankle Heatk 
Arthur Prioco 
Runaway 4 



td half (11-14) 
Turner Bros 
Rublnl A Rosa 
Vera Gordon Co 
Vic Laurie 
(Two to All) 

BIrerslde (8) 

Dufor Boys 
Klla Shields 
Brown A Whifker 
Ledova 

Robt Chlsholm 
Joan Acker 
Bddle Nelson 
Luster Bros 
Shorwln Keiir 
(IS) 

Diamond A Broa'a 
4 Karrys 
Aan Snter 

Arthur Prines 
Carr A Parr 
Gaston A*Andree 
(Three to nil) 

Royal 
Sd half (11-14) 
Francis 8 
stacey A Jamea 
Walts A HawloF 
Toto 

Boo A Oormaa R 
(Oao to All) 

CONRY ISLAND 

TIlyoB 

td half (11-14) 
Olrlo Co 

FAB ROCKAWAY 

Colombia 

td half ni-14) 
Wilfred DiiHols 
Irving A Chaney 
Amateur Nlte L'd'n 
Joe Browning 
Bdlth CIssper Oo 
(One to nil) 

BROOKLYN 
Albeo (8) 

4 Karrya 

Louise WrlfTht 
WAG Ahcara 
4 Mertons 
Dunnlngcr 
Reed A LaVero 
Wright Dancera 
Doo Rockwell 
Tho Mere.llths 
(15) 

Gaodnmith Bros 
Jane Cowl Co 
I.ock fords* Orck 
Jim Thornton 
Roger tmhof Co 
(Othem to All) 

Dash wl ok 

2d half (11-14) 
Lydia Barry 
Wallace A May 
Final Rehearsal 

Carney A .Toaa 
(One to nil) 

Flatbush (8) 

Nance O'Nell 
Belle Baker 
Patty Moore 
(Three to All) 

Oreenpoint 
2d half (11 14) 



Sd haM (11-14) 
Welder flla 

Riekard A Oray 

Halg A Howland 
ClifTord A Marlon 
Mulroy McN A R 
(One to All) 
let half (18-lt) 

i llrHrl'n 



Billy Sharp MA 

Harlequine 
Howard A LIbb 

BOSTON 
Koth (8) 

Wright A Dale 

Mae Francis 
Harry Holn\.\n Co 
Florrle \.a Vero OS 
Jimmy Lyons 
Kramer A Boyla 
Margie CliftoA <9g 
Trial (To 

(Oao to ill) 

(18) 

Roye A Maye Rff 
BeK Gordon 
Bussey A CaM 

Paul Kodak 
3 Swifts 
Cecilia Loft US 
Graoo DoagoA 0g 

(Two to nn> 



TMIS WKBK 
BURNS AND WILSOH' 

Ave. B. and Ilillsldo 
HAZEL CROSBY 

state. Now York 

KERR AND ENSIGN 
Greeley and Richmond Hill 

Direction 

CHAS. J. FITZPATRICK 
180 W. 40th Street, New York 



Sampson A lyglao 
Orph Ualt • 
Manuel 

2d half (It-Sl) 
Ruby Norton 
Morris A ShOW 
In China 

Intem*al Jaaa Roy 



ALBAKT, Hi T. 

Proetor'e 

td half (11-14) 
Lola Arltne 
Jack McQowam 
Harrlngtona 

Jack Conway 
(One to AU) 

ALLBNTOWN. FA. 



2d half (11-14) 
Helen Carlson 
Stuts A Bingham 
Stanley A Blraa 
Everet SandOrMA 
Billy Purl 

ALTOONA. FA. 

Mlschler 

2d half (11-14) 
Kalght's Roosters 
Soger MIdgely 
Bddle Rogers 
Koehler A Bdltk 
Harry Downlag 
(One to All) 

AlWDAM, M. T. 



Kow BsatsA m 

Temple 4 

Bd wards A Morrla 
Pillard A Hllliart ' 
Lockstt A Pago 
Laurea A LaOaro 
Frank SkleMS 

Gordon's Olympic 
(Scollay 8q.) <t) 

E A M Beck ' 
Orlffln 2 
Grace Ediar 
Montana 
Arthur Jarrott 
Looaard 4 Culvtg 
A A F Fr^kolt / 

Gordon's Olympla 

(WasA. St.) (8) 

Demar A Lester 
Burt A RsasiOlO 
Bita 

Brysoa A Joasa 
DatoA A DMOMO 

BBADFOBD, FA. 
Bradford 

td half (11-14) 

Ana Cliftoa 
Paul Raha 
Hmtor A BaltaF 
McLaughlin A M 
(One to nil) 

BBIDQBPOBT, CK. 



2d half (11-14) 
WUther's Opry 
Meehan A Shaaaon 
Fraak Rlehardaaa 
Bddle Doaata 
Jeaa Carpoator 

ASMBY'LB. X. 0. 
KeltA 

td half (11-11) 
Jerome A Bosljna 
Jue Fong 
L P Jackson Oir 
Clayton A Leaale 
Ruby a 

Pala4« 

2d half (11-14) 
Prince Woag 
Barr A Lamar 
4 aiftop Olrto 
(Throo to fill) 

AUBURN, N. T. 

Jefferooa 

td half (11-14) 
Old Homestsad 
2 Vagrants 

Claude DeCar 
(Tw& to nil) 

balumorb; md. 

Hlppodroaso (8) 
Babe Egaa 08 
Marks Broo 
Fraak X Silk 
Oolmar'o Itloao 
CaoBOB A Loo 

(•I 



td half (ll-Ill 

Armand Devore 
Freeman A I^yoa 
Charleston Champs 
Weston A Hutchlag 
Carnival of V« 
(Oao to nil) 

FoU 

td half (11-14) 
Steppe A XMTWlil 
3 Swifts 
Hall Esley Rev 
Bud CarleU 
Mask A 



BUFFALO, N. If. 



Bddlo 



Chap' Is A CarleteB 
LAM Wilsoa 
Donald Gaffney : : 
Moss A Frye 
Fred Ardath Bt ' 
Chooa' I Staffg 
(Two 10 til) 

OAMDMM, M. A 
Towers 

td half (11-141 

Marg Padula 
Gypsy Camp 
Rett's Seals 
Devine A (louM 
Cols A Ward 

CVSTON, W. FA. 
Ksarso 

td half (IMOI 
Bell A Naples 
Colonial Best 
(Throo to til) 



DR. ALBERT S. EPFS 

•urfloofi Dontiol 

1570 BROADWAY. NEW YORK 
PsMltlV BsllOlsf Pltost: Ckitlierisfl 0010. 
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I<ew Martin Co 
(Othsrs to All) 

Orpheum 

2d half (11-14) 
Stojjpin A J-:<f;a 
Lyle I/a('inc 
Will J Ward Co 
Dee A Gorman it 
Arthur Auhlcy C« 



Bthel Davis 
Sydell A Spotty 
Bttraa A Alias 
Ora 

6 Mongadnrs 

Follies Olrls 
Diamond A Br' aan 

(II) 
Fraak Fay 
T^s Follies Rouges 
Corlne Tllton 
Kelly A Jackson 
Carllnle A LaMai 
Peter lligglna 
Jack Danger 
H A R Sternard 

n'VRR VIA, PA. 

Regcat 

td half (11-14) 

B * J Crelghtoa 
Frank Leffell 
(Throo to til) 

DINGH'TOir. V.T. 

Blogliamtoa 

2d half (11-14) 
Shel^ma n VHrman 
Cole Murphy 
(Three to All) 

B'RM*OHAM. AIA. 

Majestio 

2d half (11-14) 
Shields A Delaney 
Willing A DcBrow 

(Continued 



onfcmifAn, 

Keith (8) 

Dancers Clownland 
Boudinl A DerAirA 
('oogan A Casey 
West A McGlnty 

Mack A Honslter 
Collins A Cccley 
Allen A Torko 

^ (li) 
Pat ReoBOy 
The Kennys 
Ford A Cun'ghaao 

5 Abby .SIO 
B llal!en 
Raymond Pike 
Hyde A Burrell 

Palace (8) 

Oscar Martin Co 
Nada Norralne 
Casper A Morrlaay 

6 Keaucalres 
Janet of Frnnco 
fJen riHaiio ('> 
Can McCullougk 

(16) 

Sllvertown Orch 
Kodea 

Herb WTIIamO 
Thos S. Bhea 
(Three to nil) 

CI/K8B'G, W. TA. 

Kearao 

td half (11-14) 
Harry Onod grass 

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W«diiftdajr« Novtmber 10, 1926 



NEWS FROM THE DAILIES 



This department contains rewritten theatrical news itenie at pub- 
lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago 
and the Pacific Coast Variety takss no aradit far thaai na^ ttaMMi 
aaah haa baan rawrittan fram a dally »«»«r. 



NEW YORK 



ConaUBt Nymph*' and '*Tliaf<i Waa 
a Mair la New York. 



ARNY-HAVY PRICES 
BOXES UP 10^ 



'ROUND IHE SQUARE 



Alice Fisher gavo a tea last week Georsa Blumenthal's Franco - 
At kar homa f or the Actora* Theatre. American Operetta Co. sailed from 

Parte on the Paris last week. They 

Max Flamenbaum, east side drug- open In light opera at tha Jolapn 
ftet, will build a musical comedy j theatre Nov. it. 
theatre for his son-in-law. Peseche 

Bumstein, Yiddish comedian. , CHICAGO 

Alfred Weiss, president of the | . . 4 

Amertean Multl-Color Corp.. has Harry Fink, said to be an enter- 
acquired the "Out of the Inkwell" talner of this city, was called to 
atudlos and the Red Seal Pictures Detroit to identify and claim the 
C^rnoratlon. body of his wife, said to be a cab- 

Corporauon. | ^^^^ .mger. who was killed when 

she fell or was thrown from an 

automobile. Detroit police are 
searching for a man. known as 
"Don." thought to haya bean Mrs. 
Fink's companion whan tha #001- 
dent occurred. 



"Black Velvet" comes to Broad- 
way shortly after Christmas. 

Charles Hopkins has purchased 
the dramatic rights to "Cordelia 
ChantreH," a romanoa hf MmA* 
Mlaaacaroda. 



Mae Murray and her new hus- 
band, Prince David Dlvani» got In 
Bemi W. Levr. Bnglteh play- I town from the coast, but left rltht 
wrlght, delivered a lecture before away for New York, aftar aavaral 
tha Writers' Club of Columbia Uni- snapshots, 
trarattr OB Bngiiah plaj oaaaoraliip. — 

The benefit at the Apollo for the 

Robert Milton has acquired a new I American Theatrical Hospital As- 
nlay by Fanny Htirat. entitled 'The aoclation fund realized about $12,000 
OaM IB FMi/' I for 111 and unfortunate actors. The 



. Dramatteta, Inc., will produce a 
aatlrlcal comedy entiUad "Tha Qay 
Xtlfe*" In January. 

Georges Iiewys, author of "Merry- 
Oo-Round," has nied suit against 
Universal (pictures) charging the 



benefit was the 14th annuaL The 
hospital association maintains a 
floor for the profession In the 
American Hospital, 850 Irving Park 
boulevard. All of tha owrrant lights 
performed. 



^ , College Boys and ^'Cutting-ln* 

Chlcaso. Not. i. I 

Theatre tickets for the Friday- College boys In the night club belt, otherwise Times Square, should 

Saturday nlghu of the Army-Nary *» ^ ^h* 

football gaina ara balBC ta thai night clubs of New York draw a heteogennoua crowd, far beyond tha 
regular Saturday night prices with comprehension of any college boy, student or football player or both, 
n ralsA of 11 In some sdoU Local Many in the night club attendance know nothing of "cutting- In." To 
a ra sa ot »! in some p «. | -ataalln* tha »lrt.- It ttiay ba all rlffht ob »tli avanua but 

it's out for Broadway or the side street places. 

The young fellows from school in New York for a good time are taking 
a dangerous risk in practteing their college town stunts In a New Yoric 
night elttb. Mora dancaroua thaa tli#y hmvm mm Idaa 6t Thoaa of tha 
college boys who are reading Variety should spread this about. Variety 
has been requested to print this warnlnir for the college boys, under 
the impression that Variety has more college boy readers than any paper 



theatre managers recall the fiasco 
of tha Army-Navy thaittra Bight on 

Broadway in a year past, and evi- 
dently being governed by the wishes 
of Congressman Britten, one of the 
leaders raaponalbla for tha gmma ha- 

Ing played in Chicago. 
"Cocoanuts," at 16.60, te already 



practically gone. Local managers *roortalnln» ao Intimately to Broadway. 



ara figuring tha Friday night will 

be more substantial than Saturday 
night because of the necessity of 
the West Point and AnnapoUa man 
leaving Immadlataly aftar tha eoB- 
taat. 

Prices for Specs 

Blocked on this ,and. Independent 
local speculators haTa made recent 
visits to West Point and Annapolte 
with a view of picking up tickets 
for the Army -Navy game. 'Thus 
tBT no raporta hava baaa mada of 
success. 

Some box tickets have already 
crept into tha hands of local apacu- 
latora. Prlcaa of $250, |S00 mad 



It came about through an occurrence the other evening in a night club 
right in the centre of this mid-town. Three brawny college boys who 
thought they could take care of themselves were in the place. This 
version Is from a by-atandar, a ntwapapar man, who watched the an- 
jtlre affair. He said that had anything serious happened to the boys, 
the night club would have been blamed, whereas everyone in the place 
excepting the college boys attempted to prevent the fierce free for all. 

Among tha danoara on tha floor were a couple, with tha man one of 
the hardest characters In New York City. No one has ever worsted him 
at anything and as a rule he's always ready. But this night he was in 
the night club with his young woman, there to have a good time and 
nothing else. A cartaln hunch In tha plAea that night had joona 
there without rodg ir jacks, fhay wBBtad no trouble and wars* B«il 
expecting any. 

One of the college boys "out in" on the couple while thay were danc* 
Ing. Tha Now Yorker did not get It To him that waa an ungodly action. 

But seeking to avoid trouble he brushed the college boy away and told 



$450, varying wl|pi tha lOoatlOBt AM I him to leave his girl alone. The hard boiled one pushed the college boy 



_ - _ _ William M. Skelly. former police- 
film "Merry-Go- Round" wai pirated I man. and Mrs. Hazel M. Spiking, 
and plagiarized. The complaint I former cashier at the Trianon hall- 
raads that Eric Von Strohelm as- room, were charged with conspiracy 
signed all his rights in the picture in a true bill vote by a grand Jury, 
to Mtes Lewys and that Umvaraal Tha pair ara charged with defraud - 
- ^new this, but credited various em- Ing the ballroom of $10,000 by the 
[ ^b>yaa with the story Instead of I sale of duplicate tickets, pocketing 
^ attributing It lo tha author. | tha aioBay. 



The economic committee of the 
Imperial Conferenca now being held 
In London has proposed a plan for 
floating a large Empire film pro- 
dttolBff company designed to defeat 
^ AinarloaB picture monopoly. 

•*What Price Glory" opens at the 
JtaUB H. Harris theatre Nov. 

fiblaraa Cassinelll, pictures, Is to 
appear on the concert stage In 



Chicago heard John Alden Car- 
penter's **SkysdrM«ni^ for tha M 
tUna., . ; 'v. • 

Spacious aSvertlsing In the dallies 
by the Walgreen drug store com- 
pany acclaim the "Paul Ash Orien- 
tal Sundae." designed by Paul hlm- 

?elL The Ice cream special retails 
or If ibisBts at tha WaltMirMa 
fountains. ^' . : * 



being asked. 

The arrest of Harry Waterfall at 
the Palmer house for speculating on 
a Chicago-Illinois game season 
book placed somewhat of a quietus 
on the "specs,** who now faar they 
win ba eloaely watched with Army- 
Navy game tickets as far as 
ing the tickets are concerned. 



CHAELES BELMOHT DAVIS ILL 
Charles Belmont Davte baa re- 
tired for the time being as dramatic 
editor of the New York "Herald 
Tribune." ninesa haa forced him 
abed at hte homa at tha Hotel Al- 
bert. Davis te suffering from dia- 
betes aad la bates with in- 
sulin. 

T. G. A. Goldsmith has been ap- 
pointed dnuBStlo editor. He has 
not been concerned with theatrlcate 
heretofore, being a staff man. 



Florida shortly. 



Bdward liocke'a *^n Thla Room." 
formerly called "The Leap." will 
National Music week will be held I open Nov. 14 at the Princess with 



week of May 1-7, 1M7, aa uauaL 

PhUip Goodman is to have htej 
•WB thsBtra te Jfew York next aaa^ 



Louis Wolhdm, OKtro Till sad Dob^ 
i^d Gallaher. 



LOS ANGE|i£S 



Rehearsals have been called for 
•The Trumpet shall Sound," written 
by Niven Wilder. 



Johnny O'Day, a Pcalflc Coast 
. boxing favorite, lost a decision In 
~ — . , . . Superior Judge J. W. Summerfleld's 
Schwab and Mandel have "old | ^ ^^^^ ^jf^ ^as awarded 



''HOWDY KING" COMINa BACK 
"Howdy King,*' tha new Anne 
Nichola proiimattt li fBpactad to 
reach tha bMrai BCnte latif ttlte 

month. 

The show was closed after several 
ottt of town. 



the British rights for their new 
operetta, "Lady Fair," to Lee 
Bphraim. "Lady Fair" opened In 
Boston Nov. 8. for thraa weeks be- 
iivt Bpponrlng In New Taik. 

Dissension ta tha entourage of 

Queen Marie centered this week ! 
around Lola Fuller, famous dancer, I 
who cama on tha royal train to j 
Washington with the Samuel Hill 
party, although ahe is an intimate 
friend of tha Quean. Rill quit the 
train after a dispute with Marie's 
major domo over authority. Then 
tha row ahlttad ovar to Miss Fuller. 
Before that there was a Jam over 
J. B. Ayres, Henry Ford's represen- 
tatlva^ who waa quoted In an In- 
terview as saying Henry was pay- 
ing for the royal party's motor 
trsBSportatlon. Ayrea waa azpallcd 
\ttaBi tha train. 



a decree of divorce on a cruelty 
charge. , ■ ' ' 

Mrs. Irene Schoenfeld, known as 
"Hollywood's prettiest wardrobe 
mtetress," has filed suit for divorce 
against Edward .Bchoenf eld, alleg- 
ing cruelty. 

Hearing on perjury charges 
against Lela Sue Jones, screen ac- 
tress and beauty contest winner, 
was continued until Nov. 9 in Mu- 
nicipal Court by Judge Ballard. 
Mrs. Jones Is accused by her hus- 
band, C. Leonard Jones, of having 
given false testimony In Judge Sum- 
merfield's divorce court, when she 
testified she lived with Jones after 
the granting of tha telirloe«|tory 
decree. 



Frlanda of Bddle Cantor gathered 

at Uie Bijou thontre Sunday to give 
tha comedian a farewell party be- 
fora ha leavea for California to 
make pictures. The gathering de- 
veloped into a memoriiil service for 
Harry Houdlnl when Castor eulo- 
gized the dead magician. William 
Morrte presided as chairman at the 
meeting. 



The body of Tom Foreman, pic- 
ture director, was found shot 
through the head in the home of his 
parents In Venice, Cal. Police be- 
lieved he had committed autdde 
during a nervous breakdown. Fore- 
man was an actor before he became 
a director. 



Frank Shellenback, pitcher of the 

Hollywood baseball team of the Fa- 
clflc Coast League, and his wife 
received painful burns when gaso- 
line with which the latter was 
cleaning a garment exploded. The 
injuries nra not serious. 

Announcement Is made of the en- 
gagement of Mae Atwood. film ac- 
tre.ss, to Phil Rosen, director. They 
will be married some time next 
year. Rosen waa lately divorced* 



Cecelia Hoft De Mllle's horse. 
"Dream r.irl," won first honors at 
the Pacific International Horse 
Show in Portland. Miss De MlUe 
is a daughter of Cecil B. De MiUe; 



Edgewater Bench club, with debt? 
aKgregating more than $300,000, has 
gono into a receiver's hands. The 
club Is located midway between 



Joseph M. Schenck signed the 
Duncan Sisters to do a screen ver- _ __„_ _„ 

alon of their musical comedy, **Topsy | Santa Monica and Ocean Park, 
and Bva." 

The stork is expected to vlult the 
Mary Plckfonl .clcrned Sam Taylor I home In .Tanu.-try of William J 
to direct her next picture, title of I Cowen, assistant to C. B. De MlUe. 
Which IS stf II m aDcyance. | Mrs. cowen is Lenore uonee^ J^e 



Arch Selwyn and George White 
will sail for Europe Paturday. They 
will praduce the "Scandals" In Paris 
next spring in association with Ed- 
mond Sayak, French producer. 



Mllle scenario writer. 



Basil Dean will make 
lour after he has prodt 



a lecture 
4 "Tl 



Kathnm Hill, picture actress and 

artists* model, wants no more of 
married life. She Is going to sue 
Ira Hill, New York photographer, 
for divorce. It Is said. 



*'The Qreenwlch Vlllafe FolUfS' 



BENNETTS 'CREOLES' 



(Continued from page 1) 
public teorallty. ^ 

It Just naturally slaps me right 
in the face as police cenaor," the 
corporal said. •^ouTl hivta lb elosa 
it up." 



away gently, thinking the boy was stewed, although none of the thriee 
college youths appeared to be dmift or drinking. 

The college boy returned to his table, evidently telling his companions 
what had occurred. Whereupon another of the trio attempted to do 
the same cut-in with the same couple. The second college youth in- 
slstad aiftd would not UatOB to the maB'v remoBstraaee. Tha latter «b4 
dured It as long as he irni meBtaat •Bigihia of doiagr then turBsd aa 

the boy from school. 

The other two college boys, with all three over six feet tall and in 
perfect training oondltloB,- gave Botlce of a battla. That battle raged for ^ 
10 minutes. Involvliig Bearly everyone in the place, with everyone but 
the boys from school attempting to quell it. Its outcome was that the 
three boys were thrown into the street There was nothing else for 
the Bfght oliib to do oBlaia it wMitad a iMMb HML 

Yet the college boys came back within 20 minutes, wanting to con* 
tinue the fight, the first Indication that they were intoxicated. When un- 
able to do so they said they would return Sunday (last) with "20 other 
football players' had dloaii #ifl tht Jdtet* did not ratuni Suuday, 

however. Also th^ three boj^ may baaii gthiaated ool^ft boy% 
aad, are- BOW jpte^rfrs. .' 

Burglar Siren Falsely Rings 

Feldman's Jewelry store, on Broadway and 45th street, across from 

Loew s State, which was the victim not so long ago of a daring stick-up^ 
had its burglar siren discharged Saturday morning at 10:30. It brought 
two traffic cops froni the 45th and 46th street Intersections and Kenneth 
M. Grattaifi, one of W •tele's Ik^^ scurrying Into the store. 

Standing Inside was the six-foot 4-lnch Eddie Marks, the State ticket 
taker, looking at the daintiest of dainty wrist watches. In Itself a laugh 
by contrast, while the store's negro porter was frantically trying to 
•hilt tha slrOB ha had iM^aBtally sot oft. ^ 

The number of days left until the opening of the aaw Paramount 
theatre is changed dally on the aldewalk temporary fraina oaBopy. 



The chain nut stores In Times Square sell nothing less than quarter 
pounds. There are no lOc bags like the orangeade stands sell. 

North of Times Square on Broadway Is a photographic plaoa 
one may have his picture taken, eight on a strip, for two bits. 



A driver of a one-horse rig Is profiting from iho#aiaBshlp. He aftaiste 

In reply to a question from Morley I a makeup of the old Jehu style that attracts attention. His horse and 
the censor is reported aa aaylng, | open barouche fill , in the rest of the ballyhoo. He doea most of his 
'*Sur«^ I enjoyed IfM ilitfW pmOB- I parking Bsar the 8. speakH 
ally, but I'm a cop.** 

It is expected the theatre will ap-.| What are expected to be both show places will be the new Chllds* 
ply for an Injunction to prevent restaurant at 46th street and Broadway and a Lucky Strike demonstra- 

tioBrbiniB at 4ith BBd Broadway. 



police In 

The San Francisco Jury which 
will gather before Police Judge 
Golden on Nov. 17 to try D. Worley 
on the charge of presentteg am In- 
decent play will be Invited to at- 
tend the show and pass It for 
themselves. -U-^ ' ■ - 



System In the employment of girls by the candy chain stores Is best 
exemplified in the Schrafft stores, where there is an age limit. 



Worley was arrested flatorday for 

presenting "Creoles,^ by Samuel 
Shipman and Kenneth Perkins. 
Dennett grew hot over the arrest 
of Worley, . apoke o t * Ve f orm fat- 
heads." and said he did not believe 
censorship was typical of the citi- 
zens or spirit of San Francisco. 



Selling Commish for Stage Career 

Herbert J. Dotterwelch Is honoring a select list of Broadway stars 
with a little proposition which involves the selling of books. Herbert is 
employed by a Haw fork bankhig flrHi Mt Is Imbued with a desire to sea 
his name In electrte lights some ^y, hence his plan to acquire the 
patronage of celebs so that ho may earn enough money to quit bis Job. 
and prepare himself for a stage career by study. 

D ottetiNil bh4s n and UvsK to Jersey City where iie mada^Sh'blr^htt^ 
with the pastor of St. Joseph's Church when he played In "Veronica's 
Veil" for the benefit of strictly local audiences. Following his astoimd- 
Ing success Herbert tried to "become associated with the theatre in New 
Worley was granted a Jury trial. | Yoric"- but found Channlny Pollock, Chatles Dllllnf ham, and others <»f 

their Ilk surprisingly unrespOBSIve. In tact,' they m not even^hiBt ft4 
talk to him personally. 

As a last resort Herbert tried to get a small part in a Greenwich Vil- 
lage show but his Inability to pronounce ten-syllabla words oOrrectljf 
added to the unpardonable sta Of brijMhtes: his jMllT fevularly left him 
without a chance. 

Herbert has prepared a form letter In which he oilers stars books at 
current prices, his Commissions to be applied to study. The young man 
feels that he has been boi'n for the stage and besides, all of his friends 
have told him that he has been wasting his time In a brokerage house. 
With the commissions Herbert Intends to pay for courses in Shake- 
apeare, singing, vocal training, grammar, diction and physical cultMre, 
so that if he ever meets one of the producers again he will be abfe to 
dazzle him with an Impromptu recitation of the "Quality of Mercy,** 
startle him with a brilliant Interpretation from "The Queen's Neck- 
lace." and subdue him Into submission with a few well planted wrestling 
holds. 

In his form letter Herbert .states with becoming modesty, that "many 
capable Judges who have witnessed the work I have done on the semi- 
professional stage agree that I have exceptional tolent and ability.*' 
Among the distingtilehed judges are Is ob e l Me rson. o n ee Upo n a time 



and "The Olrf Friend'* are under- 
lined for the Blltmore in 1927. 

Schumann -Heink & Co., recently 
Incorporated under the laws of Cali- 
fornia to deal In Investment secur- 
ities, opened offices In Los Angeles 
with Ramsdell S. Lasher In charge. 

Emmett Flynn, film director, ar- 
rested by traffic police near River- 
side on a charge of reckless driVteg. 
Released in |1,000 balL 

Radio station KMTR, Los Ange- 
les, purchased by C. C. Julian, local 
oil and real estate promoter. The 
station Is located te Hollywood. 



Ruth.MIlo, screen actress. In pri- 
vate lif e Mr s . Rtrth GclpI, awarded 
a divorce from George Oelpl (MUo), I teacher of Shakespeare* and Harriet Darling, of the Society of^American 
also an actor. I Arts and Letters. 

Among those who have been the recipients of Dotterwelch's letter are: 
Nancy Zann, film actress. W K^j^^j^ Cantor, Basil Rathbone. Mario Saxon, Fanny Brlce. Fred Stono, 
wJT'^^^u^ t«'Li«I 211 f^^ Mencken. Marilyn Miller. William Hodge. Paul Robeson, Mitzl, 

KngHes'ho" wl?i7he"lj\inon!Uva Pu^ Artl.ur J^y^n Jack OsUrman. Mary ^Uis, Basn 
aire in the suit brought by Mrs. Marjorfe Rambeau» Iieonore tnric, Wlnnlfred fit. aalr and Genevieve 



Merrltt for dlvoreai 



Tobin. 





10, 1926 



TIMES SQUARE 



VARXSTY 



NICHOLS AND W PUT 



CHEESE CLUB ON PARK AVE 



r One Day Only — Needed Luncheon mad 2,000th 
Performance of ^Thm Mirade Ip Get 

Newspaper Boys in Foreign District 5 



In the Italian Garden of the Ho- 
tel Ambamdor a luncheon In cele- 
bration of tho tkSMth porformance 
•f *'Ablo's Irish Rose" made a great 
day for the Cheese Club. Those 
boys will never forget It, but the 
function roally was to the *'«entle- 
■MB of the press"~for the radio 
only. William De Llgnemare saw 
to that; smart fellow that. His job 
Is general manager for "Abie^'—- 
mad mtat a job It Ilk WICCA did 
fho broadcast. 

There were speakers, of coUrse. 
;And who should be the best oao but 
•Anne Nichols, author and producer 
of "Able," the world's wonder show, 
the only woman present, and rightly 
rated the "Queen of 'Abie's Irish 
Bose"* br IMT^ Mtttmey* M. 1« 
HaleylnskyT 

Miss Nichols looked the queen, 
Uracioua jet impeitel. There was 
jbentloa 0f Muie's, Queen of Ru- 
mania, Tisit to this land, aild the 
observer could not but note the 
■imilarity bejeause they typify the 
thorottghbred In womanhood. 

T^lrful Voleo 
Against a background of after - 
dlnnw speakers. Miss Nichols' ad- 
dress shone like the diamond on her 
finger. It was her maiden iiil^eeeh. 
^ith a tear in her voice she spoke, 
not of herself but of others. When 
•he said that love is the greatest 
thing in the world, ikere ^inm% 
man present that would not lUKve 
kissed her hand. It was a prec- 
edent for Miss Nichols, and now 
that |t la known she le a elever 
talker tiie women's clubs will angle 
for her y r e e e n be «| tb« llstive 
'board. 

Harrr Herafleld, .ereiktor df nn- 

•Cher "Able," the evergreen of 
eomic strips, as president of the 
Cheese Club, was master of cere- 
monies, and he was right good at 
it He said that Jack LAit claimed 
royalty for the use of "Able." He, 
for himself, claimed to be the papa 
•C "Able,** b«t D# tigiiemm tn- 
Ished the eanatloa hj saying that 
Anne was the manA* tt|d thatwasa 
Jienulne laugh. 

Cheesers Kicked About 

The Cheese Club has gone through 
mmuf Tlelssltiideft boy» Iniv^ 

been kicked out of many places, 
acme good. Over on Park avenue 
they were for a time abashed, yet 
. not rovghneek. W Hm^ jAqM iha 
high spot of the tiini WfflWtlt fit- 
ting sloughed. 

Never hoping to repeat jn the 
lolat, they will prtHMOf yoint With 
Srlde to their grandchildren that 
the Ambassador didn't air them. 

It's true that the high -class food 
•tuck in their teeth and there mrerc 
no toothpicks. No squawks about 
that, and for a special reason. 
Kever, should the Cheesers remain 
intact for a ddeade^' ther fet 
So close to the ritz stuff. But they 
don't care, and left the place walk- 
ing upright. 

Of the other epeiflMM, Mr. Ifa- 
levlnsky was a corker. It happened 
that the occasion was the 31st an- 
aiversary of his marriage. He didn't 
aiention it ae bis heart was tnU M he 
remarked afterward — 31 years with 
the same woman. Yet when he said: 
''When the time comes that women 
cannot be trusted life wott^ be 
worth while," he might have gone 
into the glorification of woman- 
hood but he meant Anne Nichols and 
his wife. 

There could have been a succes- 
•ion of efTuslons over the world's 
record accomplishment of "Abie's 
Irish Rose," for nd comedy has ever 
run so long on Broadway and no 
play can now approach Its consecu- 
tive performance record in the his- 
tory Of the theatre. **Abie" Is close 
to his fifth anniversary. 

The record spoke for itself. Not 
n man present but who did not be- 
'. Uere Anne's middle nndM la Olory. 

Other speakers were E. E. Pid- 
gcon, Paul Meyer, J. P. Mullcr and 
-Utijor Edward Bowes. 

Miaa Nlehola charmed the gather- 
ing with a recital of the meeting 
of her eight-year-old son* with 
Queen Marie. The bright k)oklng 
youngster sat beside his mother at 
.^c epeakera' table. Following the 
Queen^ cordial greeting to the kid- 



let, he rushed to hia mother, ex- 
claiming "Mother, now I'm in love." 

Miss Nichols' Ulk took a humor- 
ous turn when alM turned to what 
is probably -Abie's" pet anathema. 
» Robert Benchley, critic for "Life." 
Benchley didn't like the play, and in 
hia weekly comment be wrote '^aa- 
ty cracks" for two years, turning 
the other way thereafter fof Mre 
kindly remarks. 

It aeema Benchley la m in a koa- 
pital. but he wrote Miaa Niebola in 
this wise: 

"From a bed of pain I am wriUng 
you. I tbiidi if we all get behind 
this thing (Abie) we ought to put 
it over big." That was a wow 
among the newspaper crowd, and it 
aidlned a right witty thing coming 
from the "opposition" about a play 
in its fifth year M Braadwir. . 

The guesta: 

B. F. ailv||#^ " KAt Uef 

Olendon ▲Uvlae Georse L«ffler 

Henry 8. AdSOW Ifaro LAchman 

Kelcejr Allen Wm. I>« Llgnemare 

John Anderson M. L. Malevlnaky 

Milton J. Bryan Jamea S. Metealf* 
Major Edward BowesJ. P. Muller 

Robert Benchley Joseph Mulvmasy 

J. A, B«nJamUl Paul Meyer 

GeorKe Brltt Loula Meyer 

Fred Block George H. MaJnea 

George BroVa Thoe. McVeigh, Jr. 

A. Baron Ward Morahoiia* 
Perry Charlea Harry Mandel 
Julius Cohen Henry Major 
Jack Charash B. A. Miller 
Wallace H. r?sm(plisll Chaa. Moacowtts 
Burton DavIS Jack Newmack 
Bid* Dudley Jack Pulaski 

Nat Dorfman Bd Everett Pldswn 

Edward Dobna FhlUp Pimi« 

Dooald FISSMB m. ir. Pmltliis 

H. J. Fnltor Morris Ryritlnd 

Q«ori« FltdMkt ttst^km Rathbtm 

Joseph Flolslor Wfd Bbhador 

Marlon O. OlUisa Fs«l Bwlnehart 

Lowia Oonslor . 8. Lu Schmid 

Milt Groea O. B. Spiero 

Chaa. M. Gravsa . R. J. Schnlttcor 

Ben 8. Grosa Bllaa F. Steadier 

Roy W. Harper Percy Stone 
Norman Shannon Hall Chaa. Stewart 

Arthur Hornblow A, Rellg 

Harry Herahfleld Harold Stein 

F. J. Hughea Samuel SchwMflHBM 

B. F. Holsman C. Stoddard 
Harold Holt Bernard Siobel 
Major Radu IriSMfCU Terry Turner 

Dr. A. Jaesei. Edward W. Voynow 

J. Jacobs Samuel Welter 

Neil Kingaley Ryan Walker 

A. J. Kayton Lawrence Welnor 

Harry Kraft Richard Watta Jr. 
Walter J. Klnfaloy H. F. Wooley 

Max L.lef Aloz. Tokel 

Gordon Leiand Paul Ta,f^ta 

Low Levenson C F. ZltldH 

M.jr.-- 



Taxi Driftf 'Steered'; 
20 Dais in f 9cldMiQse 



Hyman Oleisher, SI. taxi chauf- 
feur, S64 6th avenue, Astoria, L. I., 
was found guilty in West Side 
OaoH MaglaMo Joaa»li m O0r- 

rigan on a serious charge and 
sentenced to the Workhouse for 20 
days. The chauffeur denied the 
ebargo. ft* «MI%- tho de- 

fendant a day to disprove the de- 
tectives story but to no avail. 

The chaufCeur was arrested by 
Maetlvag KtUjr imd Murray of In- 
spector Lahey's staff. The sleuths 
raided an apartment at the Schuyler 
Arms, 305 West 98th street and ar- 
rested Oleiaher and i«fWi| iPtwijtn. 
The -latter are to he arri^fAld-Jn 
Jefferson Market Court. 

Kelly told the court that Oleisher 
had brottgUt HHivafmt men ii^ hia eab 
to the Schuyler apartment house. 
The detectives declared that they 
had had the apartment under sur- 
Teillance^ . 

The detectives stated that Oleish- 
er picked up his patrons at the 
High Hat Club. Oleisher denied 
this and aaid he got hia farea from 
43d street and 6th avenue. While 
he was In the house, Kelly said, the 
hallway was crowded with men in 
tuzodoa brought from night eluha. 



Rah for Bill Rogers! 

rawtucket, R. I., Nov. t. 

A single ballot for Will Rogers 
was caat laat Tneaday in tho Itait 

Hill section of Providence. 

Someono wanted Bill to be the 
local justirft of tha peac e. To avoId 



'Hard iniot 00 Sq. 

*Tf yon pick out the Ired' ace 
I pay ymi two for one; if you 

fail you pay me. 

It's Just a litUe game of 
science and skill, which often 
proves the old adage, that the 
hand is quicker than the eye. 

"Just step baclc a little and 
lot that gentleman, who looks 
as if he has keen eyesight pick 
out the Yed' aoo uid Win Ilia 
day'a expenses.** 

8o wont tho apiol of » go- 
negambian fairly clever at 
that for the conditions and 
high tension under which he 
was working, throwing what is 
called by the sure thing work- 
ers, ••Three-Card-Monte." 

This happened right off busy 
Broadway on West 4Srd street, 
between four and five p. m. 

If you think all the yokels 
are in tho otieks, you're wrong, 
for the New Yorkers were 
shoving and pushing each other 
to pick out that *red one/ 

Tho yield in a brief tiw mbl^ 
utes was aigiii lit for iho 
operator; 



error, tho Totor identifled him as 

•*ropo spinnor and talker." 

Mr. Rogers was swamped as the 
town had a Republican landslide. 
Ho was defoated according to an 
unofflclnl oount by something like 



AERIAL CIRCUS DURING 
BWS CELEBRATION 

;9aHpMifsMB 

Street Carnival Out~Parade 
with. Floats— Due for 
y Uw. 17-19 

* When the lOOth anniversary of 
New York is celebrated on the sec- 
ond day (Not. 18) an Aerial Cir- 
cus will wend its way ovor Broad- 
way to give Times Square an aerial 
christening. Later the new Para- 
momit bHildlniif Will bo ohHitonod. 

The much-heralded street carni- 
val has been "canned,^ following a 
consultation with the police depart- 
ment. TralHo li ataMit wMnanage- 
able now and the organizers of tho 
celebration were advised to find 
another outlet for their excess 
▼Irility. Tbo word baa therefore 
been passed to the night clubs to 
'*cash in** on the event by staging 
a special "carnival nightf' on their 
respective promlaoa. Thia will have 
to substitute for the oriltkMUly 
planned street cfmival. 

The Now Tork "American" ia get- 
ting out an extra section in the 
Sunday edition of November 14 to 
bo called tho "Broadway Section." 

VMdAy, Nor. It. MftsiitiOB 1!)ay 
and Orand Finale, will see the for- 
mal recognition of Battery Park 
and a street parade including over 



TIMES SQ. ELECTED FAVORITES 



Various bands and military and 
naval detachment|( will add OOlor 
to the pageant. 

Fnthor Xnioliirb0«har iaad Utas 

Broadway will occupy positions of 
honor among a group of picture 
stars at the presentation of two 
bronso tabMg for tho FiarmBiOant 
Building. 

Tho parade will lead from 72d 
street to a point near Herald 
Square, Mat likely S8th street. 
Times Square and perhaps Colum- 
bus Circle will be suitably deco- 
rated for the oecasldn. The pro- 
cession will be filmed and featured 
In the News of the Pay fllna in 
Paramount theatres. 



Willielmina Jacobs Stole 

Coat in Macy's— 10 Days 

A woman giving her name as 
Wilhemina Jacobs. 25, of tl6 West 
Mth atr a at , a ad^-daimlng to bo an 

actress, was given 10 days in the 
Workhouse in Special Session Fri- 
day following her plea of guilty to 
petty larceny. 

Miss Jacobs was arrested Oct. 80 
when leaving Macy's with a coat 
valued at |47. taken from a rack In 
the store. She admitted she had 
taken the coat, but claimed pho did 
not know what she was doind at 
the 'time.'-- ^ •"' 



Doo't Want Dirt' Plays 

(Continued from page 1) 
kora who grabbed tho latter aa Umi 

as obtainable figuring a clran-up 
on stock releases see Jlttlo proba- 
bility pf getting from under unless 
there la a ehangtf tn stock demands. 

Stock managers claim that the 
risque stuff won't go In their npots 
for two reasons — that they cater to 
famOy group patronaf4 WRA WOll't 
bring in the younKstors to see ob- 
scene plays, also that local church 
and civic authorities raise a hulla- 
balloo wliOtt thoao plays are an- 
nounced, and patronage suffera for 
aoveral weeks afterward. 



Times Sauare. liko mdat othor 
sections of New York City, woift 

Democratic on Kloction Day. 

From the Wigwam to the Circle 
most of the favorite sons had come 
through amiling. 

Wiseacres of the Square, touting 
Smith and Wadsworth weeks be- 
fore, were agreeably aurprtoed by 
the turn of the tide that rode Judge 
Robert F. Wagner in as U. S. Sena- 
tor-elect on the Democratic ticket, 
siio#lng linder SeilMilbr Janea j; 
Wadsworth (Rep.). 

Governor "AI" Smith, rated the 
miracle man of poliiies through his 
sweopiht Tfotdry for rooiaotion to 
the gubernatorial throne, is credited 
with haven ridden both .Btato and 
county tickets through. 

The only casuaUtiaa eencemlng 
candidates of the uptown district 
was tho defeat of Charles White. 
Assistant District Attorney, Demo- 
cratic candidate for member of As- 
sembly In the 10th A. 1)., by Phelps 
Phelps, Republican incumbent. 
White made a good showlB# te this 
notorious Republican stronghold 
despite defeat. White's popularity 
and at)ility made him the most likc- 
ir candldato of hia pa.rty, but the 
digtrlet went Republican aa usual, 
filoom's Great Showing 

Congressman Sol Bloom, Demo 
iMflllMO' la •mfniid .blnailf 

in the 19th Con^rcaslonal District, 
had a similar handicap in having 
to buck what has been traditionally 
known an a - BOpubllcan atronghold, 
opposing Harold Korn, Republican 
nominee. Bloom made a vigorous 
campaign, beating his opponent two 
to one all tho way. 
R^piblleaaa iMdft $ two-*llaiad 



campaign to elect Kom. but BU 
and hia foUowora made it difTerea^ 
the Congressman winning by oTor 
17,000 majority, almost double 
he got two years ago. 

William Cohen (D.) won 
Louis Stotesbury (R) as Congress- 
man-elect tfom the 17th A. D. tn 
a closely fbikfht eaatiat and ia Mi* 
other thorouglU^ XapvMleftll 
trlct. 

Abraham Qreenberg (D.) defeated 
C^onrtiandt NieoU In tbo Sonatorial 

race in the 17th Senatorial District. 

Much elation was expressed over 
the election of Judge Max S. LtcvlnOb 

nnouior of Ttmea B^nara^ ia^ittn 

sons, elected Judge of the Court of 
General Sessions on the Democratic 
ticket by his victory over Robert 
B. Manly (R.). Judge I^evine wis 
appointed to the General Po<»«ions 
bench some months ago by Qot* 
emor Smith, then eleyated. from 
City Magistrate to fill the unexpired 
term of Judge Alfred J. Tallcy, re- 
signed. Judge Levine wai| nomi- 
nated to aneoaod bimiilt;' 

With the Times Square aysraga 
of Democratic victory, also witb 
practically a clean sweep for tho 
State with the oaeoptlon of Beaja* 
mln Stoix, as Attorney General, who 
lost to the incumbent Attorney 
General Ottinger for. that oflloe^ 
both uptown and d ii » ata w a l>ipaa' 
crats w«i% .biili^^a^^ 

result. 

The wet referendum going over 
at tho ratia «r t fa r ia Nifw MM 

City and 2 to 1 upstate was addi- 
tional gladdening news to cabaret 
owners and restaurateurs of tba 
Times Square area la 
aaft.Naw Tari.CllF- .ia iPpMaL, 



iOIE HELD TRUNK 

On Dance H9U HMtaHWB pQjj 153 BOAM |j| 




lin'a *yom" aquad haa boon yisit- 
ing dance halls and dancing acad- 
effilea of the Times Sauare district 
for the. past two weeks, checking 
up on the hostesses and compiling 
liata of thoaa omployad t tw a iy «»r 
future information. 

Although working QUietly, the 
"lady bulls'* have thrown a acare 
into many of tlM daaelat hoatoaaoa. 
After answering questions put to 
them several have given their for- 
mer places of emplojrment a wide 
berth. 

No statement has been given out 
aa to the occasion of this unusual 
"Vouad vpi** aiana iBa~ attotel action 

other than tabulation of the names 
gathered, the reason for the dance 
hall check up is still tho secret of 

Sorrejitino Used 'Slugs' 

Ralph Sorrentino, 23, of Common- 
wealth avenue, Merrick, 1^ X., who 
a taf a d llNit he waa fonaWfy «a 
actor and of the team of Ralph 
Dean and Willet Wayne, was ar- 
reated on the charge of putting 
«*aiugs'' Into a toiaplioiia box at itis 

Broadway. He was arrested by 
Walter Simpson of the N. Y. Tele- 
phone Company, who turned him 
oviar to 'Dotootira laha Walah of 
the West 47th street station. 

Sorrentino was arraigned in West 
Side Court b^ore Magistrate Tom 
MaAadrawa aa tba -a bar ga- M- potty 
larceny. He waived examination 
and was held In |3C0 ball for trial in 
Special Sessions. His family fur- 
nialMd tko bOiitf. 

Sorrentino told reporters that his 
last Job was with the Dollno dance 
academy on Broadway. The tele- 
pbaaa auaipaay fca# placed a watch 

on the booth lirhcre they had been 
receiving "slugs." Whon they 
searched Sorrentino he had on him 
about W af ib0m > 



Furrier Returns Deposit 

Max Friedman, furrier, 825 6th 
avenue, returned $60 to Qudrun 
Peterson, tO, eommercial artist, of 

28 West 9lHt street, that the latter 
had gyvcn to Friedman as part r^y- 
ment for a |225 fur coat. When ex- 
plaining ahe would bo unable to 
complete the payment ahe asked 
for the return of her money and de- 
clared that Friedman refused. 

Miss Petersen procured a sum- 
mons f ro m Ma g islp a t s Thom as 
MrAndrr-wn, in West Side Court. 
The latter heard the artist's story 
and directed a complaint lodged 
agalnut Friedman. The latter de- 
rided, throijph nttomcy, to give 
the artist her money. 



Mrs. Paulette fiureon, who said 
ahe waa rohearalng for "XMgr 
ParoaT* at tba Wlatar Qardoa aai 

who just finished with "Tempta* 
tion's" appeared before Magistrata 
Rosenbluth in West Side Coari 
againat tbo managomant of ifia^ 
Hotel I«angweli whom she charged 

with aalawfallj wtlbbaldiag taa 

trunk. - 
Mra* Torgooa dald aba was aa- 

able to get tba trunk because the 
hotel people claimed she owed board 
Mrs. Turgeoa aaid the money awed 
waa tba «tbt ar Wr»baabaad. 
hotel representative aaid that 
Turgeon had owed the hotel |5S 
fore she left with tba road abow 
and folp 
ing the trunk. 

Magistrate Rosenbluth dlsmiaaed 
the proceedings and advised tba 
•ctraai ta ga ta tba affft tfMt 
riaiilp'.'lifr ,propar^». 



11 


J 


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1 » 



Bsth Legs Fraderd 



Kitty Moore, 26, who aaid aba 
waa a aiadal aad IMar at tiM 

PaTaco hotel, 132 West 46th atroct* 
was feerlously injured when she fel^ 
so sho told the polloo from tho 
third floor of tba botal to tbo laar 
courtyard. She was hurried to Bol- 
levue hospital by Dr. HofTman who 
foand that both legs were frao- 
tured. Pit OoadHM il bsSd U ba 
serious. 

Guesta in the hotel heard groana 
eomlng from the rear yard. Tbaj 
looked from their wlndowa and aaw 

Miss Moore, fully attired, lying te 
great pain on the flagging, niey 
called datootiyea Dugan and Oil* 
roy, who bataa aa laToatigaUoa. 

No one saw Miss Moore jiunp. 
Seized with a fainting spell she 
toppled from tbo window, Miaa 
Moora..|!iljb:^j..- 

-""tn i. -1. ' V' iMiiif' I. '..»'. 

Soda Cleric Discharged ; v 
BelUlop Didn't Appoar 

Tlarry Martell, soda dispenser, of 
141 West &3d street, was discharged 
in Special Sessions following hia 
arraignment on a charge of potty 

larceny. Martfll waa arrested Nor. 
1 on the complaint of John Raese, 
bell hop of 1G4 West 64th street. 



stolen his coat from Raese's home 
while a party waa la progreaa ia 
the place. 

The Justices dfachnrged 
V. h^n the bell bop failed ta 
the charge. 




-v., I*, 



▼ASUTT 



SPORTS 



FOOTBALL 



;|' Princetx>n drew most of tba foot- 
Wl pubUclty In the East attar last 
mnlta cana in, aad not 
Vm tlia Tl«ar*a 11-0 

ibkNaipA eould hardly 

be termed a surprise. Pre-pame 
bettinff in Cambridge favored tiie 
Grlmaon, hut there waa no reaaon 
for that, and the eeore proved it. 
And at 1 p. m. this cominpr Sntiirdaj 
Tale will probably be a £avx>rite over 
FrUicetM outaide the Palmer SU- 
dilaak It^a never failed to happen. 
Kino years out of tea the Blue Is 
fuvorcid over the Orange and Black, 
aiMl faaaamek im Immb hald lila 
varsit)' men on the aidellnea last 
week, the Bulldog will get the finan- 
cial ed^ by the end of the week. 

Wa Biifg Tala-Prteeatoa gaaM 
le an eTea propoaltlon. Har- 
vard's line was over-rated on ita 
against Dartmouth and the 



ariaa as4 



ia figurine Princeton. But it*a a 
rash premise. Tale will co into thla 
game aa danseroua as ever from a 
nmw JteMT atandpotat and with an 
excellent chance of wlnnlnc If the 
aona of Eli do triumph don't bo aur- 
prlaad If Harvard wlaa tha foUow 



often. 

Roper'a outfit undoubtedly alipped 
hw Hanrard vttlwat atmitlaip all 
Mi atuiC Thia we* Prlncetoa caa 
tl^nvw the lid away, aa Tale alwaya 
nijins flala to ttaa Juasla oat. Thie 



thla year beeauaa of the 

asreemeat between the two achoola 
np^ |o jpaek. Heaca, mld-waek prac- 
Um Mt.fMibably ka gtwwm ovar tor 
parf ectfais •ffeoaa and foada- 
mentals of defense for both teams 
without duaMiy aertauaafea against 
•Mil t mm% tUtiym as dla«niind by 
speclalista. Under thoao drcum- 
ala nces It aeems logical to suppooe 
that both aqaada wfll acora. Cer- 



be a pretty aven hatUa between 
both lines and if Noble vata In be- 
hind the Yale forwards, unlikely 
at tills writing, it will mean much 
to the Blue. 

Brown flgurea td takia Hanrard 

in turn because tho Crimson will 
surely let the Bear romp If there's 
no alternative and wait Cor Yale 
tho follows waik. Bipaelallir la 
this true at this stage of the sea- 
son. Injuries would be fatal to 
Horween's chances in the Bowl 
Nor. S9, that p ait lbl i Hy (ipta lring 
forttiilL 

Ndlra Owna Ovar An«y 

IiMally the Array and Notre 
Dame will provide enough fireworks 
for one afternoon. Football men 
who aaw tba Gadata at litfr HaTan 
weren't ao impreasad dMIPlte the 
acore. and the Indiana laatltutton 
won ita laat weefc'a game without 
lU flrat llAa men. Baaldaa this. 
Rockne was at the Point Saturday 
watchinc the Soldlara. The Army, 
with iU vaunted Una* may hai^ as 
edge OB a wet field* wttli IMb alao 
due to Casle, a atronir runner, who 
la touted to be tho beat bade the 
Cadets have irot. 

The s*mo aeems a toas-up. The' 
S3 polnta against Tale aren't too Im- 
pressive la lien of other de vylo p» 
mants, yet the Army ia oduMaA 
to be attOTO Ita^^neral average tn 
calibre. On the other hand, Notre 
Dame haa yet to face aarloao la* 
terfaronee^ b«t tgmtm to ha ra- 
sonroeful enough to otttaoftart the 
Cadets If the balaaoa at yowar la 
doae In the Ilnea. 

Colgata wan nigh beat tha Kavy 
and Syraeoaa haa aprouted a few 
gray hairs since the Army game. 
Thia upstato daaaic ia comparable 
to tha Tala^PriBoaloa iaiwil «mi- 
enaa wfll take nothing for granted 
where Colgate la concerned. It'a a 
traditional feud Invariably produe- 



ahoold ha primed. Pitt waa aztaadad 

by West Virginia laat week, fig- 
ures aa a favorlta, but tho Waah- 




PROBABLE FOOTBALL WINNERS 

ODDS • ^ 



aATURDAT. Hots. IS 
Bx SID BILVKBIUS 



QAM£t 



WINNER8 



Acwiy-Noira 
Harvard* Bfwwa 




Brown 
Ohio 



OOOR 
Cvan 
Kvan 

7/S 



Dartmouth 

yai ins ylv a nl a «Celu m>la Penneylvama 
Plttsburgh-W. A J. W. dlJ. 

ICapyrlglit. IfOI, by Variety, Ina.) 



B/4 
4/i 



talnly each of theae etovens has 
Buflleient baaic power to get over 
or under a goal post. 

Tolo iMMift aoored la Ita laat 
thvae* games, hut that doesa*t mean 
Morthtag urtMB thaaa two colleges 
lace 'mm sBollMr. Vha^ Bfea first 
■trlag man will have had a rest, In- 
aamuch aa they've aeea mo action 
aijnco tha Anaj tamed on ita bar- 



A year ago Tale waa a three to 
one favorite In New Haven aa hour 
before game time. Tha Instances of 
tw« to Mto favoritaa to footbaU aa 

It's played today are rare. T.!atlng 
every major game In tha country 
from. mid-October to the finish. 
Umoo to» hm/i/f' favorites oould be 
counted on one hand. In . other 
worda, there really is no ' Is for 
two to oaa odda la footbaU any 



Nawfspapera Causing Upsets . 

veteran followers of the 
point to tha aawspapera as a 
major cause for tha Bnaay upsets of 
, ' the past three seasons. This is due 
to tha boya reading about them- 
trttnm la tha dalllea, and It pralMd 
allowing the press matter to go to 
their heads. If belittled they take 
a xeverae attitude, it's unqueBtion- 
«wJjr troa that tha modem fbotball 
plajrar follows the accounts of his 
games like a hawk, looking for his 
name very much aa an actor reads 
a . oritlc'a raylair. But there's 
enough material there for a story 
by Itself and It's sufficient to say 
that one ramody aoggeatod has been 
. to'lMp ipwtiag Mid mwj from 
— h rmilHII mpi M mw6k aa 
albla. 



aat *gattlaff back to Tale and 



tlva of aome great footbaU and 
thrilla. With Carr out Pete Reyn- 
oMa la haadlcappad bahliid tha 
line, but la Tla IliiWM haa mm 
of the countr7*a outstanding ends. 
Tha Maroon aeems to have a lot of 
aad the yearly paycho- 
Byracoaa 





with BO clach. Slagle is 
• gveat hack, ha Showed that to 
oatsAdan aa aarlr oa t^^Ijhigh 

to m ^iMTMr* s plongteg 
M thg awl taMTB. II 




III M riiilrfaii 



propoaltlon, and Colgate. 

Cernell • Dartmouth 

Pana-Cohinibla will hold more 
Interest than usual becauae of the 
local taam'a aurprlaa trlMMii mwmr 

Cornell. This game, of course, 
should give a line ofi tha future 
Pans -Cornell Turkey Day ovent. 
But laugh that off, too. Penn State's 
abUity to hold the Philadelphia 
boys to three points waa aa eye> 
opener, yet that^ Btato*li big game 
and the urge is there. Liou Toung's 
ensemble of helmeted youths rate 
as posaeaalng too much class for 
Columbia, with Darta|MMh tevMad 
to beat Comen. Thr graaa haa 
lost about as much prestige 
OS It rolled up during tha two 
previous aeaaona. Paaslbly beeanae 
it started out this fall a greatly 
overrated team. Dooley has ob- 
viously been emphasised too heav- 
ily aa one of tha gama'a great 
with Dartmouth's Tale game two 
years ago enough to disprove that 
theory by itself. Harria, from re- 
port*, la ruaiiiag avae with Dooley 
for a varsity berth and is 'that Col- 
lege's current white haired boy. 
Tha Doleful Dobie's Inevitable long 
teaa hi Joatiilad at thla tlma, but 
there's enough ability under his 
wing to make it awfully hot for 
Hawley'a crew. Not much choice 
either way, hat Dartmouth la dua. 

Fluctuating Pittsburgh Is biting 
off a good slsed piece with Wash- 
ington and JefferaoB om tho card 
aai BMir ha to tor a «Ma ad Indl- 
yeotton. W. A S. bowed to laifay- 



leat Ohance. 

Ohie auU-Miehigaa 
Ohio Bute did aot play laat waek. 
arlth tha policy of a M-gaaM wm 

always open to queatkm. If Wilce's 
anderlings can got by Michigan 
thejF- have aa outstanding chance 
for a aiaaft atota, wllii lOtoota to 
overcome as the aftermath. This 
promises to be a battle in every 
sense of the word, inasmuch as 
Mlchlgaa gava avideaea against 
Wisconsin that pre-Navy difllcul- 
ties have a omew hat aubsldod. Ifll be 
a great diy In Colombua and 
there's a good chance for a celebra- 
tion. Ohio State showed plenty of 
clasa against Columbia hero, diara- 
garding that aeora> SS— T, aad the 
Blue and Whito'a weakness at that 
time. • Michigan will have Ita hands 
full and it'a logical to ^uppoaa the 
aatlra ttmto team ggw tha Mldil- 
gandara trim Wisconsin. Deapite 
tho Navy loaa, Michigan could rete 
aa tha favorite, stOl there isn't 
much faaaM tor II awtolda af gaat 
prestige. Another tooa wm With 
Ohio tovorad. 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON SPORTS 



An overwhelming defeat was administered to the horse racing referen- 
dum in .California last week. The Hearst dailies were dead against tho 
meaaure, designed to legalise parl-mutuala, although aevaral of the best 
known picture men of the state, including Joa. M. Schenck came out la 
favor of the blU. Had it passed it waa reported before election that 
Curley Brown would be the chief racing operative^ California ia hia 



WJZ-WEAF HOOK-UP 



(CoBtlaaed tnm page 1> 
came a national Institution, and as 
aa tlia othsg detaOa are 
•var dad WBAF'S 

network wHI ga^ IR tot till Other 
sbowmaaship. 

When WSAT, for ayampla, will 
hraadoMi mm tptoaHa toatora, tha 
aame hour on the WJS chain will be 
gauged for varianoe ao that * the 
•pop" fana can switch at wilL A 
talhar vto tha WJS Mtow* tvU 
probably And hlaoaelf opposed by a 
Jaaa band from tha contemporary 
aetwoifc. Thisk too, haa been a ery- 

ly operatlag ftodtaig Mi 
of dinner and It-lt v. m. dance 
mvale afl htaatlag away at ona and 
tha flMM ttaMb Thaaa whs da taat 
Caaor Jtag Imvo ao altematlva at 
tteae houra but to ^ut dowii the 
la hatween, the aame aa- 



haaal tolka hav« ImM torto. and 
thoaa craving ether dl- 
urere at tha mercy of 

tha 
tha 

concerned. 

For a time tha publlo 'atood for 
that baoavaa anything that came 
out of a radto IMMII waa a novelty. 
lAtterly the commercial plugging 
liaa been amoothod up axtcaaively, 
but tha lalaat advancamaat Ml 
tha 
dk> 

fore axlated 



and there will be many — ^the altar- 
aato features on the contemporary 
hook-vp wOi ha aqoaUy aa atrong 



order to sidestep tha present reault 
of a celebrity numopoUslag tho aa- 
tlon'a majority attention and avary- 



slde, ao to apeak. 

With the ahoarmanship alant on 
the program rotttlaing, which in 
ItorfC wm fiaai radto toi * new 
plane aa a genutaa theatrical Cactor, 
the programs themaeivea are to ta- 
cluda mora "namea" than ever be- 
forob The keyaato fm glMk with 
the Eddia CUkwrnm 9M a totevto 

booking. 

Right now there la a dearth of 

mand Ita own figure. Thla to ex- 
plained through managerial restric- 
tlona prohibiting 4uito a number of 

turn has gtvea rlto to the thought 
by the broadcasters that certain 
"names" be gotten and built up un- 
der a paeudoiiym, il u &m d a b ro ad " 
caat, so to^lbeak. Thus Al Jolson 
(this is theoretical, of courae) would 
become Tom Browa on the air, and 
tlia ooBslataat partormaaoaa by Jol- 
aoa, aliaa Brown, would aoon inake 
the latter an Important '^ame." 
Jolson, of course, ia too valuable 
a name to bury, but th^ Idea la to 
take anybody that la likely and de- 
velop "name" raldla ooafarenoiara. 
These are lacking. 

Cantor waa chlded by tha press 
for hIa anttoulty on tha gaggtog. A 
radio personality ia something dis- 
tinct unto ItselL "Whispering^ 
Jaak Baath ts ona taatoaaiL Thtra 
ia aaotlMr irmpathatle tenor toi tha 
Coast who would give Bull Montona 
tough competition on tho physiog- 
nomy end, hut whoaa broadcaating 
peraoaamr hm wada Idai m toMM* 
dous factor, ao much ao that one of 
the blggeat phonograph recording 
compaaiea brought him eaat to 
**caa» ft iaflk aCMtoai to 
radio demand. 



To Exploit indoor Golf 
A deal la under way to set up more or less permanently in New Tofk 
a copy of tha miniature indoor golf eovraa featured At tha ttptotlkMI 
in the Armmw 0i tha mth Fiakl Artillery aa uppor Braadwaj, cloatolr 
Saturday. 

tt any ha triad at H hd l aoa Bquara Oardaa tat to introduce tha 
aeheme. The course la a tricky mldgat layoal aC It holaa^ playd wtlfc 
a maahle-alblick and a putter. A score between 4f and 6S Is good, but 
it haa heaa done to M and leaa. A totol of 144 alao li poaaibla. 
hole to a poaslbia ana aad abma are «lao poaaibla ra. 

Tho fifth la a mashle niblick chip avar two wire feneaa to a 
about three feet wide. Altogether there are six lofted shot* to be made. 
Tho real are putta. Tha surface looka and feala like papier mache. It 
ia macii too toal tor any putting practice, hut thto aoald Im corrected 
with the use of sand, aa to the Camiliar typo of indoor galC glaoto^ ft to 
tho chip ahots that make the type intereatlng. For iwactica the only 
g9od tha layout acoonpliahaa ia to force the player to keep hla head 
doira. Tha obitaeto -tonoaa are aa cloae to tha tea% it la essential ta 
keep tho eye oa the hall or dlaaater foUowa. 

The It holea are laid out in a tanbark enclosure about the else of a 
city lot, to hy IH toot, or thereabents. Tha falrwaya are raipod threa 
iaehaa ahvva Clia Baito lavaL llMra ara thraa *idog l«g^ halaa aa which 
tha player pntU agalaal a atopfaig baak to change tha .dkto tl t a aC 
ball. A fee of 61 cento a round la chavsa^ aa^ togiiaii 1il!l^,gftoa^ 
than aiagto rounds at tho Armory. 

Tha toi«aBt hato la tha aaeoad, aa ahatoda pltbh aC fl todt ahdHiili 
ahorteat ia an eight-foot pott over a tow ridga. There ara aeveral punch 
bowl "greena'* to which th^ gtofto toiMi«to|l Jril% d(^^^^^ 
to m#lM ttto Ml..ltold,. • - " 

Falling Down oa Aa a a ano lng Sporto 

Any ez-profeoalonal ball player aentenced to liaten-ln on the radio 
reportiag tha lato World'a Berlea asaat have burned when the "mlkeT* 
reportera darlooad tha totonaatioa that aa aad laaa Jaal thrown 
"Pitch to IM.** 

"Pitch to Flrat** calls for the aame reaction from oaa varaed In tha 
real langaaga of the diamond as, "He atrack hia oppoaaatT* would from 
a manager oC a professional pugUlat, 

Tha Atotolitleaa of cartata plasra and tha announeer'a interpretottoa 
also muat have called for gooee plmplea to the initiated. One play da* 
acribed with a Tank on aecond baao> a left handed kaowa rlglit hitter 
up, was aeea through tha eyes of aa amateur. 

Tha ilgil Md MItor waa plajred for properly by Homaby who moved 
over toward flrat a bit. The St IjOuIs pitcher pitched outoldow Thla 
resulted ta a hard hit ground ball right at Thevenow, tha St. Louto 
shorUtop. Toauny blufllad tha aaaa on aecond with tha asual prop 
gaatara aad thraw tha hitter a«t at mnm, ■ Tha a aaman a r ggtoad ttar 
could hava got tho man off aecond if Homaby had covered. 

But the priae deduction of the seriea waa tho announcer's befuddto- 
ment aa to whether they wero Iryiag to walk Rath totoatlonally whaa 
Oravir Ctlatotoai ftUiaadT had a iwo-aad-twa aonat oa htan. 

Tho day tor **eacpert" announcing via the ether haa arrived. A. plena* 
Ing voice and what is knowa as radio personality will never aaauago 
the lack of technical kaowladga dioplayad tor the avarago radto broad« 



Tho fntnre air tons will call fer apeclallsta on each sport unleaa aoma 
paragon arises, with a proCuadtty oC aophlgHoatipaa broad oaoagh to 
oncompaaa all aporta. . , ,* 



tho program Ideat, WJS wBl 

a 'Strictly eoaunerclal" sUtton Jan. 
L That ia. It vrlU aeU nime" like 
WEAF. WJZ Is not wholly 'Vsom- 
menslal" aaw, m^lUng ito tataal to 
aa advacCiaw hut not the uae. of the 
facllitlea aa WBAP. Thla ia ex- 
plained by tha Qovemment lloanse 
being of tha '^ttoaHonaT Olaaai- 
ficaUon, which in uhlitto tho aale 
of "time.** Instead, a commercial 
broadcaaier ia coded tha facUitiea 
of atotkM WJH, providlag ho huya 





Tlia commerclallaing oC WJZ 
along 4rtUi WMAW wlB eroate a gi- 
gantic network of about* 12 to SS 
stotions, which at the |fM per hour 
schedule will repraaeat aa aatimated 
ineoaao oC ftf,fMi«it tor tho Mto 
of ^me** a1on«^ baaed oa a OfBli* 
aervative fonr-hoor nightly ached- 
ule. This estimato la, of courae, un- 
o 

mat 

The radio advertising business 
is getting to be quito a factor. Reg- 
ular advertising agencies are now 
rsprioMitiag CMr a ll e ato ta aego- 
ttotlona with broadcasters. The 
circulation, aa with the periodicals, 
figures. Tho atrongeat argument la 
tho Toator olrowlatfca at leaa'ooot 
and to more pleasing and enter- 
taining fashion, resultont "good 
will*' taking on aa unuaual valua- 
ttoa. While ohleOy good wfll oa- 
ploltatlon. the repeated impression 
of radio favorites, which generally 
have their productiT namea tacked 
on aa a proflx, haa tha pahUe natur- 
ally asking for thla brand of candy, 
that kind of toothpaste, this make 
of rugs, that brand of coffee^ bak- 
lag-powdar, tadto aet, tjrpawrllara, 
eta. Juat Uka oao thought of the 
circus only la relation with Bar- 
n um A Bailey, almilarly auoh necea 



BaOkard 

behalf with carta blanch ordara to 
deliver the best there la. Similarly, 
the Woltaoha Mnalcal Bureau, tha 
oomart agaBO|r« aapplioa Atwaltl^ 
Kent tho miadolphta radto maa- 
ttfactnrer, with classic namea of 
highest calibre, tho "modem Jenny 
XJad,** Frloda HOmpel, bitag tho 
latest achednled. Ignas Friedman, 
the eminent pianist, ia slated for 
tha SvMoady Hour alao* vto 
WBAF; TOotiha Beidei Uto young 
vloUn virtuoso, with Nat Bhtlkertra 
▼Ictor recording orchestra, will of- 
flclato vto WJZ on behalf of tha 
MOkwOU Cofltao Coaeatt; Waitor 
Damrosch's New York Bymphony 
ia of the Belklte program, under a 
personal |2S,000 annual contract 
along wito olhar -namea of almltttf 



torrific the 
about It, 
too aoopa 



tha wlaa ratnma ace 
advertiaer makes no 
but goea about 
oC tho radto Plag. 

Vhiro to 

Cmt tho ■vere%dy Hoar. They buy 
•aieat oC ofory 



RodMtcr PmI to Be Ftaht 

Ar&BOL When Cmveiied 

Rochester, N. T^ Nov. f. 

Actual arork of oonatroottoa oa 
tho roof to ho plaoed ovar iho Ito* 

tatorium. Sea Breeae Park, started 
this week. Stevenson, Brien Sk Co. 
of New York, own the plant By 
Nov. SO tha place wUi houaa .aa ar« 
Uflclal loe rink 150 hy Z09 feet and 
a winter program of sporta will 
open. The revamping of the Nata« 
torloni wm glva Roohaatar oao af 
the big sporting arenas of the coun- 
try, with 22.000 seating capacity. 

Sam Wiederick, owner of tho 
Boohaoter toaia to tho toteraatlonal 
League and owner and matchmaker 
for the Genesee Valley A. C, is mdv- 
ing his fight club out to the Nata- 
torluau Boiw A Baadaraoa of 
Rochester ace handling aport pro* 
motion aad oiliihitleaa for tho aow 
arena. 



Dmvtqr's Betan Boot 

Loa Angelea, Nov. f. 

According to Bstelle Taylor, Jack 
Daa pi i y haa a.retam boftt on Jaly 
4. 




W#datt^yi Novtmber 10, 1926 




WOMEN'S PAGE 



VARIETY 



S3 



P«Uy MiU«r's Lost Chanc* 

Monday. 
Bay Masei-. , 
8aw Qeoryi* JmmI In his flnt 

picture this afternoon at the Hip- 
podrome. Called "Private Iwy 
Murphy." 

Zilttle drftnry* but what of that? 
They will eat It up over on the East 
Bide. It didn't cost very much to 
make and I wonder if that was the 
reason for Patsy Ruth Miller's slip- 
shod manner of dressing. Can you 
imagine a dame when she has the 
field to herself not grabbing the 
ehanoe to look her best | never 
saw her look so badly, juid her 
make-up was smeary. 

Vera Gordon plays Georgie's 
aMHia. and how! She fftvea irou a 
few heart throbs, believe tae. 

The first act of the vaudeville 
made me think of Doraldina, the 
Hawaiian dancer at Relsenweber's 
years ago. It was called Clemen's 
Hawaiian Ramblers. They played 
po fast that you didn't know quite 
^Hiat Uiey wanted to he. 

What a bunch of marvelous sing- 
ers Countess Modena's Fahtases 
had In her act. Tried to figure 
Which Htui the tiUed lady, but I 
irave It up. Quess you have seen 
this one in one of yoiir j^ctMre the- 
atres. 

Couide of quiet kids, Reed and 

Duthers. They did the Black Bottom 
in unison. It was fr^t ail<it 
course^ got over. ' \ - ■ 

.'What a great guy In th* Five 
iN^ey's act. He does comedy 
trapeze work and ^MUly was the 
Wholo act. 



Greatest Show In Years 

' Tuesday. 

Dear Maaie: — When I tell you, 
Masie, that I saw the greatest 
show of years last night, I'm not 
fooling. It's at the Imperial, and 
Is called *'Oh Kay!" Featured were 
Gertrude Lawrence, Oaoar Maw 
and Victor Moore. 

What an audience! Beatrice 
' Lillie was there to see her English 
Bister ride on. the success wave. 
And every person of note In town. 

The music was so catchy all 
were humming it on tha #«i 
•f the theatre, especially fwMtti- 
one to Watch Over Me." 

At times Miss I<awrence re- 
minded me of Elsie Jahls. Sha can 
do everything. What a poach of a 
partner Is Oscar Shaw. He looked 
fine, and say, kid, it seems to be 
latest In styles for men to wear a 
coat of one color and the trousers 
another, with wild colored handker- 
chiefs. 

V From the extra weight Htarliuid 
JMaton has picked up he must have 
spent the summer at a milk farm, 
but it has not hindered his danc- 
ing. His big hit ^ flM ayeiiftig 
was when he danced with Betty 
Compton, pretty and dark-haired, 
and Janette Gilmore, who is a 
blonde, making qulta' a contrast. 
They got a chance to show tholr 
own particular lino of work. Betty 
sure can kick, but the other girl 
made a sensation wttin gha did 
her stuff. Acts like a girl that haa, 
worked In a night club. 

They had the Fairbanks Twins, 
too. I am glad that they ara back 
together again and I hope that they 
stay put. Could take a few lesson.^ 
from the chorus in dancing. Speak- 
ing of them let M tmi irmi that i 
have never seen such beautifully 
trained girls. No need to worry 
about the Tiller troupes now, baby, 
our dames can straf wh«» their 
want to. 

Sacha Beaumont's Clothes 

The clothes are beautiful. Hard 
to say which was the prettier. 
Sascha Beaumont looked very nice 
in a green negligee, trimmed with 
ostrich of the same color. The last 
gown Miss Lawrence wore I must 
admit was gorgeous. It was a 
cream color, . the bodice partly 
trimmed with spanKlos, and the 
•kirt being of silver thread.s. 

If you think that you can make 
New York by next summer let me 
know and I'll get you a couple of 
seats for this troupe. It will be 
here then, and maybe longer. 

Well, guess that's all. I'll h.ave 
to qu it as I want to play some of 
ihose longs on my new piano — — 



Familiar Haines en Program 

Wednesday. 

I>ear Maze: 

You asked me to see tho Frod 
Stone show '•Criss Cross." Well, " 
did. And cigpye4 it. It is great 



I 

for 



kiddies and there ware plenty of 

them there. 
From the names on the program 

tho.se who once work for Fred Stone 
are with him for life. I hope in the 
next show they will add some new 
talent 

This family pride Is all right, but 
why not give Dorothy a chance to 
catch her breath In between num- 
bers? Ton recall Dorothy Francis? 
Whenever I see her I think of Nita 
Naldi, the picture vamp, and won- 
der what she would give to be as 
thin as Dorothy. 

Roy Hoyer has the lead. Say, 
listen, did the boy have wavy hair 
when you were with the show? As 
I remambar It was straight. 

Just between ourselves, what 
would Dorothy Stone give to have . 
new leading man? She must feel as 
if she Is playing In a stock Company. 
Not that Roy Isn't a handsome 
Apollo. But she is entitled to that. 
I know what you are going to say; 



Thttraiiyi 

Dear Mazle: 

I often listened to you and your 
girl* friend tell about M^a thelk 
in a movie theatre trying to make 
you. How I used to laugh. I apolo- 
gize, but I bet you were never 
"double timed," one on either side. 
They were two extremes, the.se 
guys, one old and the other the 
sheiker. The latter was the faster 
iMrllar mtll I apoka, and TU aay 
not In a manner becoming to a 
lady. Then old pop showed his 
pep and speed by heating the other 
getting out •tff .the theatre. 

This happened at the New York 
theatre while I was watching the 
picture **Then Came the Woman.*' 
The woman that I thought woul:. 
never appear to give a little action 
to the story was Mildred Ryan with 
that look men call appealing* 

Mildred brought all of Selig Zoo 
In all different poses. Thought for 
a moment it was an Educational 
uinftfl the fevait ffre buret forth. 
Always a sure-flre finish. 

Being a special feature day this 
was followed by "The Unknown 
Cli^llef^ Wifh Keo Mayaard. This 
ibey Ken has had a lot of trouping 
with a rodeo in his life from the 
way he performed. He didn't miss 
one piece of buainesa as far mb 
showing what he can do on a horse. 
Thought I was in dear old Cali- 
fornia at the rodeo In BurbiaBi. 

As for the horse "Tarsan,*^ It had 
a chance to show how ho could 
untie a knotted rope. As for being 
a beauty ha la ftir from that. His 
broad back made you wonder. If 
he could think wouldn't he wish to 
be back on the lot with the rest of 
th« etotua crtnrit Ke waa au pp eeea 
to be white but he has faded in 
color and is much in need of a 
blonde henna rinse to brighten him 
up. 

Juat a lot of *nior8e talk.** 



Laver af Levers 

Friday. 

Dear Maze: 
Oh, baby. If you get a chance to 

see John Gilbert In "Bnrdelys the 
Magnificent," go to it. He is the 
lover of lovers. The scene where 
John and Eleanor BCardBian are 
floating along in a canoe on a lake 
caring less where it takes them, is 
when the warti lai^ 
used. It is warthr tit an artlat'e 

bru.sh. 

It is too bad Mr. Gilbert made 
himaelf look id ittU^h nke Douglas 

Fairbanks to cause comment. Ml.ss 
Boardman with her plain hairdress 
certainly shows that tresses don't 
mean a thing When «ne has a face 
that can express so much feclinpr. 

I enjoyed it Immcn.^'oly and could 
see It again. But listen, Maze, this 
Isn't a tip for you to reserve a seat 
for every day In the wock. Cause 
too much of anything, even love, 
one tires of. 



IMrs. Kingsley Dancing Again 

Saturday. 

Dear Mazle: 

Went out stepping the other 
night. Stopped in at the Club Fri- 
volity to see the Black Bottom 
danc er, Kitty White. She is the brst 
I've sorn so fur, hut, like the 
"Charleston," it is being done to 
death. 

Of course, they have the u-'ual 
master of Cfremonies. This fellow — 
A] Hrody is the name— makes a very 

nice appearanee, and when Wa turh 
came he wrprtsed me with his aWl- • 



Qacksp— Dumb Doras 



In the choruses of the musi- 
cal shows there are a number 
of feminine members who are 
known among their crowd ad 
"Dumb Doras." The word, 
"Dumb Dora." has become so 
well known that it has crept 
inta general Broadway alan- 
guage as meaning any girl who 
is apparently sans gray matter. 

Among the colored shows tho 
girls who are In the same cate- 
gory as "Dumb Doras" are 
called "Clucks." This word has 
been In use among the Negro 
profeaaionala a long time. 



GRAY MATTER 



By MOLLIE GRAY 

(TOMMY QRAY'S •ISTCR) 



ity to put over a song. He won't 
be long In this place. 

On came a little girl with her red 
hair in curls, but minus the baby 
face, who sang. A team danced the 
tango and auch. The girl. Mas, I 
understand. Is Walter KIngslcy's 
wife. I suppose the wife urge was 
on to work again, so Walter slipped 
her in what he thought waa a hide- 
away. 

I like Beth Challis very much. 
You would, too. With her pretty 
eyes and maifvetous smile she is 
Just okay. Can sing so much Ake 
Irene Franklin that If you closed 
your eyes she sure could fool you. 
But I don't like that white dress 
she wears. It'a pretty and all that, 
but not for her. One of those up 
in the front and dowii in the back 
affairs. 

HangoMf for Men 

What a hangout the Fifth Avenue 

Theatre is for men; and they ap- 
plaud everything, which was very 
evident when Weyth and Wynn 
wera on. Honestly, Ifas, here Is an 
act that makes a marvelous appear- 
ance as far as looks and clothes 
are concerned; but they are sadly 
in need of material. 

The girl in the Frank and Towne 
act could use a nee<lle and thread to 
advantage on her first dress. Her 
other one la a peach. A black net 
knee length with apron effect, 
trimmed with rhinestones in a de- 
sign of a spider's web. A cute lit- 
tle hat tilted on one side, too. 

What a big act closed the iihow. 
called •The Enchanted Canvas." 
Thought at first It was going to be 
one of thoae posing things^ But as 
it went along it built up into some- 
thing worthy. Plenty of women in 
this* with Just one lone man who 
1MI<I flia nenra to wear a black vel- 
vet tuxedo. All the guys In the 
audience must have felt that they 
got their fifty cents' worth ou( of 
this aloiie. 

You would have liked the num- 
ber where the eight girls sing a ne- 
gro spiritual and danced a slow- 
motion black bottom. They worked 
under difUcuIty, too, as most of 
them had their toes or anklea tai>ed. 



Fields' Laugh 

Saw W. C. Fields In "So's Your 
Old Man," and it's a laugh from 
itart to finish. Alice Joyce Is play- 
ing a princess. I like Alice, but gee, 
Maz, she sure had a load of make- 
up on her eyes. Why she took this 
part is hard to explain ; but, then, 
she Is a woman. I fslt the same 
way about her as she acted in this, 
unnecessary. 



ENGAGEMENTS 

For the English version of "Mo- 
zart," at Ford's, Baltimore. Nov. 15. 
before coming to New York, in- 
cludes: Irene Bordoni, Afartha Lor- 
ber, Jeanne Greene. J. Blake Scott, 
FYeda Inescourt, Frank C'^llif^r, J. 
Stewart Baird and Harold Heatoii. 

Nina WoUr, Miss Boston In 1925, 
in chorus of *'Mlse Happlnesss," 
Boston. 

Ellen Dorr succeeded Kathleen 
Comegye in the frmlnlne lead of 
"Loose Anklon" Monday. 

Angelyn Nelson for "Two Bride.s." 

Melba MeltHing, replacing Mar- 
jorie Lane in "The Ramblers." 



NEW ACTS 

John Barton in new act with Ann 
Ashley and Winifred t)ean. 

Roger Imhoff has a revised edi- 
tion of '*Th« Pest House," opening 
at the Palace, New York, Nov. 22. 

Gahy Zjeslye, with Richard Stuart, 
dancing aet. 



it You Doiet 



**VARIETY** 

Dan'i Advmrtim 



Talented and Well Dressed 
Shaw and Carron and their talented company (act) present an en- 
tertaining dance act, some good vocal selections and several piano duets. 
The pianists wore pretty taffeta frocks, one hlue and .one peach color, 

with circular bands of gold lace on the .skirts and the same draped over 
the shoulders. They did very well both singing and playing. The girl 
who danced was graceful and attractively costumed the Russian one 
jf White satin embroidered with s» quins and trimmed with wide bands 
of fur being the most elaborate. Tho brilliant headdress and white boots 
worn with it completed the ensemble. A two-piece sport dress of green 
velvet and green felt hat worn for another number was good looking aa- 
was also a military costume of blue satin and sliver. A tijcht bodice of 
orange color velvet and skirt of ostrich worn for the finish was reallj 
the least attractive of the costumes. 



Too Many Clote-Ups 

*lt Must Be L.ove'' Is all Colleen Moore. For the most part this Is 
satisfactory but the long succession of close-ups is uncalled for and 
a little monotonous. A splendid performance hy Bedll Rosing as the 
Gorman mother provokes the hope to see more of her. Tho story Is In- 
teresting and amusing with a finish unexpected. One of the titles "The 
Sunday morning papers are on the street so it must be Saturday after« 
noon** delighted the audience. 



The girls in *'The Lady Killer" (act) are all attractive, even the one 
who plays the old maid. A black (rock of flat creite trimmed with 
rhinestones was effective and another of pink crepe de chine with tight 
bodice and skirt of beaded fringe was also pretty. For the finLsh one of 
the girls wore an elaborately beaded white georgette and another a flesh 
color taffeta with yarl-colorcd silk flowers appliqued to the full skirt 
The sketch is funny and the audience liked it 



Sabin and Lyons are a graceful dancing team. The Black Bottom aa 
they do it is a little different and above the average. The gtrl wora * 

pretty frock of pale green crepe with a bow on the right shoulder from 
which hung long streamers of the same aiaterial as the dress. JSha .W<M^ 
no stockings with her silver slippers. , ^ 



•Tolsrance" and Today 

The revival of 'Intolerance" is a welcome one not only for the plea 
It makes for tolerance which is needed now as much as it ever was, hot 
for the chance to see again the spectacle of ancient history i^raaenteA 

as only CrifTlth presents it. 

It is also Interesting to see the changes time has made in so me of 
our movie stars by trying to recognize them on the screen. ConsMlMV 
Talmadge and Mae Marsh are the most easily identined. Usuatl^ 
people dislike to recall things too long past because they think they 
have Improved and advanced so much, but nobody connected with this 
picture has anything to be ashamed of. 



Piano Player Dressed Up 

"Syncopating Sue" as played by Corlnne Grimth Is a not Impossible 
person. Miss Griffith is rather accustomed to being dressed up. That 
may account for the elaborate evening gown and fur trimmed wrap when 
dining with her big producer, but they did seem out of place on a plana 
player in a Broadway music store. It Is an amusing picture with wise 
cracking title and a close-up of the Conn saxophoaa to help the syncopa- 
tion. Joyce Compton was suitable aa tha kid aiater and Sunahine Harl« 
had a email part as the landlady. 'hi 

Qlria at the Palaee 

Beverly Bayne Is clever and attractive in an amuMlfig sketch at the 
Palace thin week, i^'ho handled the role of the young wife with the ease 
of iicr experience of the screen. However, the idea of a young womaa 
in an elaborate formal evening gown darning socks Just to use the line 
"Here's your hose." which didn't get a giggle, was misplaced. Her gOWA 
of cloth of gold and black was beautiful and becoming. 

Tho Hackett and Delmar Revue is a succession of gorgeous eoa^ 
tumes, interrupted by some clever dancing and a few songs. The eight 
girls are pretty. Since they sensibly did not attempt to sing, tho open* 
ing chorus was entirely intelligible. Their georgette frocks of acarlel 
had collars of gold lace and girdles of narrow gold braid. Miss Uackett'i 
first gown seemed to be made of whining gold itself. 

The next costumes were of nicely blended shades of green and purple 
silks, and another was of different colors of taffeta with appliqued 
flowers of velvet on the extremely buffant skirts. 

"Fine Feathers" was an effective number, with each of tho girls wear- 
ing a costume of a different style and color and all lavishly trimmed with 
feathers. A rose tulle frock was pretty and the gold costumes for thg 
Indiiin number unUSUal. Por the finish a green v< lvf t frock worn by 
Mi.^H Hackett waa a change from all the glitter of the previous lavish 
display. 

Frankle Heath has a delightful personality and mndo rnrh of her 
songs a story, flor frock of orchid georgette had wide baiulH of grey 
fox on the wide slorv s anl with hor grey hat made an attractive picture. 
Even her hair was good to see because it waa soft and pretty and not 
roaroeled. 



Act Recommended for Brevity 
Skelley and Heit and three girls at the Braodway this week do a little 

bit of cvorythln^r. and that i:; < noUKh- Tho quartet at tho finish harmo- 
nized nicely. The girls wear ombroidorod shawls over simple georgette 
drc!8Hes. Miss Melt's frock was of flosh color georgette, the cascade 
drapery at the sides falling below the hem. 

Daly nnd Mace, "two glrl.s trylt)^^ to gft ah)n>^," would rnaVe a step 
In the right direction by being more choice In their material. The best 
thing about the act now ia Its brevity. 

O'HanU.n and Zambinl are gracoful dancers and mjilntnln a snappy 
I/aco. Tlio two girls wr.ar Kpanlsh costunio.s wltlj bodioi H (if kc(juIii.m and 
skirts of white silk fringe, while their white mantillas were bcautlfuL 
Another pretty dress was of purple velvet with skirt of Small net ruffles. 
.Miss O'Hanlon has a most brniiliful white shawl finely embroidered and 
with unusually long heavy frlnj?e. The dances wore all Spanish and 
with the Argentine musicians putting the proper dash to the mu.sic, 
everything was very lively. 



Church's Sunday 'Show' 

(Continued from page 1) 

church, 55 lines across two columns 

(110 lines). 

Tha advertisement was headlined 

"Dangerous Girls** as the pulpit's 

subject for the evening. 

[A Tpprodurtlon of th*» ad rf rtls e- 
ment appears herewith ] 

Leaves No Defense 

Local showmen, besld^-s desori 
Ing the Wesley Church "progra 
as nen-theatrtcal opposition, wit 
out alluding to the '*seay" title of 



the sermon, are asking what i^'* 
fense the church will have against 

Itself for "Sunday porformances" if 
"playing a program" that Includes 

an Impersonation by a six-yoar-old 

child. Both would conHtitute ordi- 
nance violations in a commercial 
theatre. 

rhtirrhmrn remain mute on the 
aiihjort. Thry apparently undor- 



stand that such an udvertiseraent aa 
this and programa Mke tfala in asy 

urch will be utilized by showmen 
tHte world over agnln.«^t propaganda 
priject^ by or upon behalf of a 
chliM^ on the "gnndajr ahow" agl* 
Utioa. 





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15 YEARS AGO 

{From Variety and "CJipper") 

"b\xy* system In legitimate 
theatre tickets was becoming rccog- 
nUed. Tyson & Co. contracted tor 
blocks of 161) pain nightly at $600 
for "The Slren»* at the Knicker- 
bocker, "The Never Homes" at ^« 
Broadway and "Passers By" ttj 
Orlterlon. Th«r# wm »• 



The Heidelberg Building, a tall, 
blank tower at Broadway ^and 42d 
■tTMt, buUt as a huge advertising 
space, was doomed and plans were 
made to change It into an office 
building. A prlo« p£ » 
was plaeed on th« wall space, but 
nobody would meet the figure. O. J. 
Gude was one who turned the 
proposltlMl 



The Vaudeville Managers' Pro- 
tective Ass n, replying to a request 
from the Whlto Rat^ appointed a 
oommttteo to meot with a dele- 
gation of performers to 'discuss 
actor grievances. On the managers' 
oommittee were B. F, Albe«,Jiif cos 
XjOCW, Martin Beck, 
Md W UUamik 



Carl Laemmle was In the miudc 
m Mi tllR tallerests. 



Wedneida/, November 10, 1926 



How a Critic Can Hurt Feeliiigs 



A dramatic critic Is seldom Intentionally cruel in his written comment 
or opinion upon plays and players. The oapUoue and oauetlo reTiewers 
on thJ* drama appear to have flkded awnjr. XT there f wa&pUtona, none 
Is knows In New York, although the mmm remark oeuld not npply to 
l*ictur#. critics, particularly the ywnm # >i»e» POflBK M Meh WiM itfll 
dote on being considered "amaxtm" 

Yet a criticism may deeply hurt the feelings of a player thMfh with- 
out Intent upon the part of the reviewer. Such an Instance Is nt present 
revived In New York through the sufferer attempting to do a come-back. 
A beautiful gifted girl of foreign descent, but with her home and career 
In New Tork. was *^etlced" In one of the metropolHu dnillee vader » 
persaiinlly signed crltlclsai nf n piny. 



It^ Aye years since, when her breakdown followed. 'Two of these 
years she never left her bed. Recently the girl returned to New Tork, 
sufficiently Improved to attempt the come back, but not upon th« stage. 
That notice shHveled her stag^ nerve. She Is trftaf iSMthtaff «iM^ 
prefeislonnllj. 

« 

Whether It was a flippant, satirical or merely plain criticism we don't 
know. But we are very certain there Is no crltle la New Tork today 
who wovld havn knowingly uttere^Laajr coniBient ta hflBf eko«l mvA 
sttfferlat. 

The power of the type Is stronger than the power of the skirt In the 
legit show business of this country and that Is quite a statement. Sut 
It's a ftkct nevertheless and with that in mind, always, the reviewing boys 
of experience should set the example for the younger ones SS there Is 
more than one way to reach a point. 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON PICTURES 



RIGHT OFF THE DESK 

Br NBLXIC REVELL* 



Sunday afternoon's meeting of the Jewish Theatrical Guild began as 
a farewell party to Eddie Cantor but It ended. In deference to hio v\ i,sii, 
an a farewell to the widely moiimed Karry Houdlnl. And if we had not 
already known how great Is that loss we would have realized It when 
we saw Eddie Cantor, heretofore always clowning or "gettinff a rise" 
out of Sam Bernard, break Into tears and was forced to retire, as he 
attempted ta pay hii tHIMila ta lite deoeased fHendv 

The house was packed — and not a "Joey" in the lot All had conie 
to say good-bye to Eddie, and of them all not a soul was glad to see 
him go. He has ColloWed his make-up box to Hollywood to make another 
pitcura there.' and somehow It doesn't seem fair. They have so much 
sunshine thei^e that they might leave Eddie for us so we'd have some 
sunshine too. But he has promised to return for the dinner which the 
QttUd will five la 8am Bernard, aelehraUng his i9 years on the stage. 

The Iaut?hs were not absent and one of the best came when Captain 
Irving O'Hay, the soldier-lecturer, declared in his talk that he was tlie 
only 'Irving* thera who was on-the-level Irving. And the next time I 
am asked ta address the Oalld I hope X won't have to follow hlm^ 



Then there wan Maude Raymond. Yes — our old Maude RJiymond, the 
widow of one o£ the Rogers Brothers. To lend a touch of poignant niem- 
orles to the gathering she sang a couple of her old songs for us. . ' 



Star-Room" was 



The fourth of T>anW Frohman's "Ten Nights in a 
held last Saturday In his studio. As usual, the cream of tiie theatre and 
Its allied Interests were there. 



A bright spot at the studio party was Trixie Friganza, who had just 
blown Into New York from Hollywood and stopped long enough to play 
a Sunday engagement at the Century and show the new "Bag of Trig*' 
she has'oollectad. ' . '.-i.'r ;■' - J'-.,-: vv' 



Cecil . DeMUle had written and 
Jesse lAsky was prodvolns a vaude- 
ville musleal sketek 4«tttM "Wl- 
fornla." ■ 

Eddie Leonard declared this would 
be kfa la«|«aeason on the stage. 
After that kf MMI##d l» hf a 

ducer,^ . ^ 

In reebgnWidii air Olete^^^^^^ In 
getting ready the heavy production 
of "The Garden of Allah," the Lleb- 
lers voluntarily raised th9 P<^ 
the sts«a HaHii atma Centkirtirom 
|l.Tt a vtvisnnance fa ft; 

There were 21 legitimate attrac- 
tions current In New Tork (last 
week's Variety listed 60 dramatic 
and musical nhows), and Rilly 
Woods, manager of the Broadway 
theiatre, pointed out that with so 
much crowding In at amusements 
better salesmanship VTSt Uk demfUld 
at the box office. # 



50 YEARS AGO 

(From "Clipper") 
The baseball season having 
closed, the sporting editor takes up 

a profound dlscuHsion of the new 
curved ball, introduced apparently 
that season. He questions Its wsrth, 
holding that When batsmen became 
used to the new style, club man- 
agers would go back to the old 
straight ' hall that depended upon 
change of pace. "College profes- 
sors," the article says, "deny that a 
pitched b%ll can change Its direc- 
tlan, asi u api by gravity or under 
force of a cross wind." The ob- 
jection to the curve was that pitch- 
ers lost more tn control than they 

iaUM«.-via-'iiMifr* '' ' " 



Katie Putnam, having appeared at 
the Comlque, New York, advertised 
hiiP ''Crowning Triumph,** which ap- 
pears to be words of approval from 
William Winter, dramatic critic of 
the New Tork "Tribune." Her play 
was Little Nell and the Marchioness, 
In "The Old CurloPity." During the 
course of it she contributed several 
>AanJo specialties and Jigs. 

New Academy of Music, Terrc 
Haute, opened, another addition to 
the academies that sprang up ail 
over the nation following the open- 
ing of the Academy In New York 
It Is related that the building holds 
1,400, Is 60 by 100 feet and has a 
luxurious wihe room, 20 by M feet. 



Saenfif had Ftihlls are now JolnUy Interested In ssrsrsl sovthern 
theatres eutslda oC the Saenger's 'territory," which to La. and Hiss. 
MosUy the Jointly owned houses are In Texas. Xa ihm new Pnbllx- 
Saanger aottthsm deal, the Saengers In La. and Miss, wm ka ooosldered. 
i^mfi trtm the remainder witk any naw houses ta ka Iscali* ky gus n ger 
ta ke operated ky tt, knt wttk Pnbllx as a partner. 

Tkto move to looked npon as advantageous to dtoengsr wItk 7ullus 
Saenger and E. V. Rtokarda acting for the Saenger Company In pro- 
moting It with Famous Players. With Marcus Leew also a partner 
with Saenger In New Orleans In Loew's State (In which A. L. Brlanger 
also has one-third), and Publix right across the street In the house now 
building, the Saenger Company appears to hold New Orleans solid with 
their own types of big houses, one the picture-vaude pop policy and the 
picture presentation show in the other. 

The Samger bunch appears to have adroitly handled their southern 
towna Not only In Kew Orleans but the otker La.-Mlss standa. In New 

Orleans with the present line up it looks as though the only Invader, if 
there Is an opening for another big house there, would be Fox. The 
Saenger Con\pany must be such a big buyer of Fox releases that Fox 
would probably think several times before going up against the Saengera 
Much credit appears to be given for the skillful direction of the Saenger 
Company to Richards, who is an old showman (In experience only). 
People around Broadway who have traveled for years say the Saenger 
Company has been a picture pioneer In several angles. It to claimed 
that Saenger opened the first training school f or hauss maassSia la thto 
country, several years ago. 

Upon the record the Saenger people have sensibly tried to forestall 
opposition In their many towns. Without waiting for another distributor 

or exhibitor to look over sites, they have kept a little ahead of the trend 
by building large houses, whenever seeing a "hole" in one of their towns 
that could stand It or when requiring a larger theatre to play better 
pictures. 

A Publlx-Saenger association to a big thing In the sdutk. Saenger 

as a circuit stands unusually strong down there and through the Pub- 
lix's connection, the strength commercially is much more than consider- 
able. It's a belief In New York that eventually there may be a mutual 
holding company for aU of the Saenger southern houses. Including those 
In which Publix now has or will have an interest. This could lead to a 
huge capitalized promotion of the chain with no dUDcuHy In stock flota- 
tion. 

For Publix there Is a gain In annexing an outstanding southern repre 
sentative. For In Saenger through the Saengers and Richards, Publix 
can go to sleep on their southern Interests; knowing they are in the 
hands of showmen who know their business as well as their territory. 

That seems to ba a persistent and smart point cC VkBious Players- 
Publix annexations; they are always selected with a dare as to the 
apex of the connection, like Mike Shea in Buffalo for another example. 
Mike Shea la looked upon In the western part of New York state as 
one of Its most substantial business men. In thto way Publix must have 
erected sectional representation of what might be called the best people 
of their communities. It means much In pr ssyge and manipulation or 
financing. 

Ztosplta tha pallcs of Newark, N. J.» making their protestations knid 

anent they would not permit a local theatre to play anjrthlng they didn't 
want In It, Sam Cummings secured an injunction against the police In- 
terference with hto "Naked Truth" picture at the Capitol, Newark; then 
called on tha same polica to regaiata the crowds a|i|!igfllnt ta get Into 

the house. 

Safety Commissioner Brcnnan, of Newark, had made the statement of 
authority when a local manager weakly bowed to his demand that the 
Shuberts' "Red Blinds" (stage) be closed after the first performance. The 
Shuberts threatened an Injunction at that time, but Morris Schlesinger, 
the local manager, annulled the effect of that through Issuing a statement 
upholding the Safety Director. 



The people of the theatre have found these "at homes" of Mr. Froh- 
man's the ohoioest of all tha dropi»ing-ln plaees on Saturday nights. 

Representing the dramatists were J. Frank Davis, J. C. Nugent and Cosmo 
Hamilton, and among those who play in the play when the play vvrlgiit 
finishes It were Teresa Maxwell Conover, Marlon Kirby, Frank Mclntyie 
and CIsSto Lof tus. 



Frankie Bailey, whose shapely presence during the days of Weber 
and Fields helped to make the Muste Hall a national instltutfon.* and 
who of recent years has been a mcmkst of the Hollywood movie colony, 
will support John Barrymore in hla new plcure, "Francois Villon." Anpif* 
Norton (Norton and Nicholson), for many years In vaudeville, Is playing 
the feminine comedy lead In the sa as t company of "Ai^ ftatter and Egg 
Bfan/*. • ■ - • . 



What Horace Llverlght started last winter with his "dicss suit** 
Shakespeare, La Ascarra has come to New Tdrti ta tka Unlrtiteg 

touches on. He attempted to modernize the Bard of Avon's work entire, 
but La Ascarra's plan Is more modest and more apt of fulfillment. Her 
work this winter will be recitals, "Humanising and Modernizing Shakes* 
peare's Women.** « ^ 

Miss Ascarra — In private life the wife of Doctor Wagmer, a very suc- 
cessful San Antonio physician-— Is far from unknown to Broadway,, hav- 
ing been seen here last In "Spanish Love" In ItSl and previous to that 
under tka management of SMft^ Belasoo Ik '^Tlvsis »«^*^ 



Now that Irvin S. Cobb Is a grandfather we can expect some authori- 
tative stories about babies. INiat'a iOt rights IXrvl Ttt larilva yoifr^va 
Inflicted many on yea ak s tit - my g#ii | i 4kW itsr» aoaie of whl^ are traa! 



Wherever you run Into Jo© Laurie you also run into a brand-new funny 
story. (He has a wonderful mettcrr tor stariss, thattgk a Very poCr ana 

for watches) and the latest I have heard from him In about the two very 
good friends, Abe and Moo. The pair were great pals; they played 
pinochle together, loaned each other money and agreed on everytliing 
except religion. Abe was a reincarnatlonlst and Moe stuck ta aUiClstti. 
Then Abe. the reincarnatlonlst, died and Moe missed him groatly. 

As he walked down the street one day not long after the funeral he 
was greatly amased to hear Abe's voice saying "M^e!** Moe' looked 
around, but there was nothing near exdept a white hor.se attacked to 
an ice-wa^on. He turned to pro and once mora he heard his niune; this 
time the white horse was nodding at him. - 
•*What" iald Moe, "that ate't yen, to It, Abaf* 

"Yes, Moe," sa|# the |isrs*^ s^^^ reincarnated ma 

as a horse." 

"Why, Abe, this Is terrible— Is there anything in the world I can do 
for you?" 

"Yes, Moe," the horso told him, "please ask my owner not to load his 
wagon so heavy and to give me more oats and not to uso his whip." 
"I certainly will," Moe promised. "Is there anything else?" 
"Yes. Moe." 
"What is it. Abe?" 

"Don't tell him I can talk or he'll want mo to holler 'Ice'." 



suddenly decided to leM iNSi •mtih 

they were originally. ■■ j:- * ■ ' ^' 

Trouble to reported brewlnjgjm tha j;ei^an^ Csmp BtKfiUY, govern- 
ment aviation unit in San Antonio, Tex., where Famous-Players' "Wings'* 
is in production. It seems that the War Department in Washington will 
not permit the exploitation of the air service — particularly when It in- 
volves the dlscipllns and morale of an entire army base. 

Government officials claim that the directors of the picture da not 
know how to handle a good thing without abusing it The directors, 
it to said, have utilized the whole army post, from the commanding 
officer down, to the almost total exdiuslon of regular post activities. 

All this means that should the government Interfere at this stage of 
product!4>n it will cause Famous no little inconvenl<M)Ce as the picture 
Involves the use of approximately 200 airplanes. ' 



For the University of Southern California and Stanford football pnme 
, , held here, arrangements were made to enable Harold Lloyd to enter the 

It created a feeling between the Shuberts and Schlesinger which sUH grounds with his automobile at a special gate. Wlien Lloyd arrived and 



endures. That may be a partial explanation of why Schlesinger has rented 
the Shubert, Newark, to the Warners for Vitaphono, leaving only the 
Broad in Newark to play such legit attractions as Schlesinger hereafter 
may bs abto to procurs^ 



his chauffeur announced that Harold Lloyd was In the car. one of the 
student watchmen peered In and not eeolnff the "spers" on Tvloyd's face 
said. "I'm sorry, but there were five ahead of you and they all wore 
glasses and you have none." 
Lloyd got In through the regular gate. 



Distance tries ngnlnPt time were 
popular. In England E. P. Weston 
hung up a new mark for a M-mlto 
walk of 8 hours and 19 minutes. 
Dave Stanler rode a bicycle 100 
miles in 0 hours and 44 minutes, 
losing a wager ha could, da tha dto- 
ttaoa la f kaiirk» 



D. W. Griff th enjoys a reputation all his own as the particular bane 
of all film orcliestrai conductors through his constant slashing of his I It recently came to lipht that Al Shear, man.'iger of the Rlulto, Now 
pictures, which necessitates re-cueIng and re-scorlng of the musical York, and a graduate of the second Publix manager's training school, is 



accompaniment. On top of this, Qrlfflth essays musical synchronisa- 
Llun on hto u w au m has a fali id e a o f m ood s and tri sa t s In eerpofa s e 

his own ideas. 

This is prelude to Griffith's dallying with the "Sorrows of Satan 
score durlhjg the period Hugo RIesenfeld, Its composer, was on the west 
coast This didn't make a hit* with the house orchestra leader, the latter 
receiving somewhat of a shock when GrifTlth suddenly told him to re-cue 
the original score as RIesenfeld had It orginaily. Not until the fol- 



the Junior partner of Sobel, Richards A Shear, owners of about 25 
neigrhborhood houses in New Orleans. 

Shear derives a large income from his New Orleans enterprise?. In 
addition to his not as large managerial stipend. 



Louis Mayer Is said to have decided upon another hlc; .ccono In hln 
special fire picture for Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr after screening tl»c iihn 

„ . at the convention of fire chiefs In New Orleans. Just what the scetie l« no 

lowing day, when RIesenfeld showed up at the Cohan, did he understand one In New Tork knows. It may have been suggested to Mayer by soms 
that Qrlfflth, having heard of the musiclaa's rsturm ta Naw York, had 1 of the vtolting firemen at the southfm metropolis. 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIBTT 



atSW: OEY CmZEN- JURIED 
r PUY-OTHERS INVESTIGATED" 

Jleported Jurors in Majority Found No Rmdical 
Faults in Drama at Empire — Attempt Fails to 
< Balk Resolution by Womon^s Clubs 



Although Equity imd the Drama 
X^Mtfu« ofllolala wara pledged to 
eeeraer mi mattarg aoaeanUns tha 
pr^nt setiylttea af tk* eitliena' 
play Jwry It Mcaina Imawn that 
y^^raaentatlvea of both organlza- 
tloiia conferred with the district at- 
torney last week. It was stated a 
jury was empaneled and viewed a 
performance o£ The Captiva,** one 
ef aeVeral new productions com- 
plained against, according to Gil- 
bert Miller, its producer. 

Around the Empire the Jury vla- 
Itation appears to have become 
known. It was stated the opinions 
of several Jurors left the impression 
the play would ba offlclally o. k.'ed. 
One juror Is reputed to have stated 
Ills opinion to be that not only was 
**The Captive" an admirable stage 
work btit that It was informatlm 

Under the rules, nine members' of 
a Jury must be against to force the 
closing of a play. Recommenda- 
tloBs .for changea In llnea or situa- 
tions must be compiled with. 

The other plays in question were 
Tisited by Investigators from the 
poUoa department. Whether they 
will be included In the citizens' Jury 
Investigations Is not definitely de- 
cided. • • * , : " ■ 

At a maatlng l»«tha dlstflai at- 
torney's office • suggestions for 
changes In the Jury system were 
-prdposed. The changes are said to 
aoncem attractions which might be 
xegarded as risque but would not 
wholly rate censorship. Revuea 
tan In that dlyisloa and ordani Hor 
changes might be left UP ta ilM 
district attorney alone. 

Women's Severe Resolution 

Becently at a meeting of tha Fed* 
arated Roman's Clubs reaolutlon 
regarded as a severe stricture 
against salaciousness and nudity on 
the Broadway stage was aSoptad. 
Equity's secretary, Frank Gillmorc, 
was present by Invitation and pro- 
tested against such a measure, since 
It virtually meant haamhchliig thi$ 
city without proper lnvestigatl<m an 
the pare of the club women. 

Gillmore asked whether the com- 
mittee Had Invaatltfiitad and isid 
that he had done so prior to at- 
tending the meeting. He declared 
that of the plays current at that 
time, 4t were beyond queitlan SC 
censure and that nine others of a 
aophistlcated nature might possibly 
•ffend 41 supersensitive person. Of 
that group thraa wara MdUig over 
from last eeason and had ^aan 
passed On by play Juries. 

In his efforts to ward off the pas*- 
aage of tha reaolttttatt, ^Mllmare 
frankly told the club women a num- 
'her of the four dozen plays would 
ahortly be forced to close because 
of lack of patronage, ga mifcad If 
they objected to the stronger type 
of play why they did not support 
the more moderate type. 

"Dirt** Out of Town 

Out of town the dirt play matter 
appears to have been focused on 
the first company of Earl Carroll's 
"Vanities." It played Cincinnati 
after warned to stay away by City 
Manager Sherrill. That city's offl- 
alals have baen firm agalnat BOdlty 
or Indecent exposure en the sta/rc 
for three years. It seems Sherrill 
aased up some time ago and per- 
mitted bara lege. 

The furore over •'Vanities" In 
Cincinnati does not appear to have 
benefited attendance during the en- 
sagement last weak. It wis i^a- 
portpd to be poor. 

The agitation caused embarrass- 
ment for the other "Vanities ' show, 
«ao tourtng tha middle west. That 
troupe is under the direction of 
<>aorffa .Kicolai and JoseiA Pe 
llUt ■ 



CarltM's Opentta Witii 
Peggy Joyce id %uiie' Trio 



_ ri© Carlton intends to pro duce 
/Tfhe Rose Song," an operetta. 

Carlton will project the piece With 
S triumvirate of featured pliyers 
aomprlslng Tom Purk#», Ada liiay 
•i>d Peggy Hopkins Joyce. 

It's been soma time since Carlton 
Made his last legit production. 



Nearly $300,000 Gross 
For 'Miracle' m Phifly 



Philadelphia, Nov. f. 
Morris Gest's "Miracle" ended Its 
five-week engagement here to gross 

receipts of nearly $300,000. There 
is but a difference of $96,000 be- 
tween that figure as claimed by 
the show's management and a aaSK 
servatlve estimate by Variety's cor- 
respondent, who sets the total at 
a UtUa over $276,000. 
. Over 40,000 people from out of 
town are said to have been attract- 
ed to this city especially to sea the 
spectacle. 

"The Miracle** next opens in Kan- 
sas City, at Convention Hall, Nov. 
22, under the auspices of the Cham- 
bar of Conunerca and # jguaimntaa. 



TREASURERS CLUB'S 1ST 
OPPOSISH IN 37 YEARS 

Additional Names for Govern- 
ors on Regular Ticket — 
Election Nov. 20 



Wot tha AN* ifaiM In If fwa 
tbaia trilt baaii appaiiM^i^ tkM fit 
tlii llinual alaetlon the Traas- 
orers* Club of AnMrio^ whlfl^ la 

dated for Nov. 20. 

There appears to be no serious 
objection to the ofilcers. nominated 
to hold over for another year, but 
the list of candidates named for the 
board of golraRiaini arouaad ilitaa 
slon. Tha latter were named by a 
committee of retiring governors, 
appointed by Jed Shaw, only living 
paat pMildant ^ 4i» idnW 

A petition waa Had by the appo- 
sition and during this week names 
of additional candidates fOr the 
board wm ba placed wltli tiM aaa- 
retary. 

With the regularly nominated 
governors, perhaps 20 names will be 
on tka tiakat^ fkrom wUoli its ira 
to be elected. 

The opposition' Is said to have 
arisen amoung treasurera Wlio are 
alaa mambers of the 42nd Street 
Country Club. A meeting of the 
group was held at the Liberty the- 
atre Monday night, follaWing'lI'Mili 
a bin for fdreshments amounting 
to $123 ^raa aubuilttad to flol , da 

Vrles. '. 

The oflfcera ta-nomlnatad are 

Harry Nelmes, president; Al^n 
Schnebbe, vice-president; Sol Me 
Vries, treasurer; James McBntee. 
aaeratafy, *nd XanMni TliM«nt» ifMUi- 
clal aecretary. 

Ricksrd*s Amphi Club 

The Am phi Theatre Treasurers' 
Union, the original members of 
which are tlckal hilars at lUdlaon 
Square Garden, Is an organization 
sponsored by Tex Rlckard. The 
Garden's ticket men are not eligible 
to the Treasurers* Club of America. 

A number of Broadway theatre 
treasurers, however, have been 
made members of the Rlckard 
group which is not n nnlon but 
rather a beneficial «||^ iTith a 
$1,000 death benefit. 

One reason for its formation 
angles on Sunday night activities 
at the Garden, the club receiving 
10 per cent, of the gross. Barry 
Hardman is president .and Bill 
Billig, secretary. 



Demand 10 Per Cent of Gross of 
All Benefits Go to Actors* Fund 



A re4|TieBt la issued by the Actors' Fund of America that with 
this season of benefit performances, now tlourishlng for the ben- 
aflelarlaa If not for the volunteer entertainers, all professionals en- 
gaging in benefit performances make the condition of thoir every 
appearance t^^at 10 per cent of the gross receipts be donated to the 
Actan^ Fund. • 

JjBLst Thursday at the Elliott, New York, J. C. Nugent arranged 
an Actors' Fund benefit (matinee) performance of "The Co Cotters" 
(**QoA Love Us**), with $1,700 realized at $1.65 top. The rather 
large proeaada ware considerably Increased through indlvifkttalypa,* 
trona pnjlnc Urooi 110 to isa far ticketa in aeverai InatalMaa^ 



REPORT WIRE MAGNATE 
BEHIND 'AUTUMN FIRE' 

First Theatrical Proiect Re- 
ported Having Backing of 

; Clarence Mackay 



"▲vtuBMi Vfrch** p raas n tad at the 
Klaw. Haw Toik. by John I*. Shine, 
has tha reputed flaancial backing 
of Clarence Ifadcay. It Is the first 
theatrical venture known to have 
Intereatad the aa^ble and teMfraph 
magnate. 

A high affldal of the Catholic 
Church in New York Is also named 
as concerned with the pr e een tatlon. 
along with ICackay. but It IM said 
the latter has supplied the funds 
thus far entailed. 

Lady Amwtvang; wife of the 
British Consul General Herbert, is 
credited with interesting Mackay 
in **Autunin rira." It ealla far a 
generova nsa ef reUgloiia geatures 
by the characters, who frequently 
make the sign of the OroiM and 
count roaary bead s . 

Ifaokay is aald to have expended 
$40,000 in the play with as much 
more probably called for before the 
'ahow pasaea an. Ha Mrat week at 
the ' Klaw was reputed to have 
grossed $1,000. The second week 
was estimated a bit more than 
$2,000. Wttk tiM iMnae guaranteed 
$4,000 weekly tha loss hurt week 
was put at $0,000. taking up the 
difference due to the theatrCi ad- 
vertlllBg and aalarles. 

8 Weeks Guaranteed 

Two weeks' notice was giver the 
attimctkm Saturday by the Theatre 
Clund, wlilch la operating the Klaw. 
but the show Immed lately started 
kwklng for another berth, Intep t on 
continuing. Tlia Mnw booltl hl^^^Wg 
for flour i r ss k B. ▲ waik was pliynA 
In Providence. 

Under the eriginal contracts the 
players were gnarantaed n minl- 
nram of eight weeks and aalarles 
for that period oinst be paid if the 
Show does not play that long. 
Virtually the entire cast Is from 
iMlaad, where la Dublin "Autumn 
Fire** has been ^alte a hK^ with 
Shina's brother playing Itoa liM. 



Hich' Author McGuire, 
StiU OwM Rethy, $850 

Joeepb R. ReChy has taken judg- 
ment for $800 against WUliam An- 
thony IfcOoire, author-producer of 
nf I Were RlOh." Rethy alleged 
an original story wan tiM plot foun- 
dation of the play. 

Rethy admits receiving OMO on 
account af the $1,000 agreed on for 
the sale of tha gtacy. He aiied tor 
the balance. 

Sat Mat at Midnight 

Loe Angeles, Nov. 0. 
Carter Da Raven la emulating 

several of the downtown houses by 
switching his Saturday matinee at 
his Hollywood Music Box to a mid- 
night 



Mack Back With 'Sue' 

When "Lily Sue*' Opena under 

HelajH^o management. featuring 
Beth Morrill, at the Lyceum, its 
autlior, Willard Mack, will re- 
appear in the cast as the sherifT. 
Mack played it one night In Balti- 
more, and th*»n, Incapacitated— for 
active work, was rushed to a saal- 
tarlum. 

A quarrel -v^lilrh ensued between 
bim nnd Eclafico, who has been 
producing most of Mack's a^ipts 
and glvlhg him principal mi#a in 
several* waa smoothed ovor* 



Pve B«y, Singbig Actor 

William Sullivan, regular flre 
laddie, attached to Fire En- 
gine crew No. t. New Rochelle, 
N. T., who la Binging in the 
"Countess Ifarltxa** show 
through permission of his flre 
chief, Walter Jones, Is slated 
to receive a aala aaafgnmant 
before long. 

Sullivan sings baritone. As he 
Is also good looking, the Shu- 
beila are reported aa e^id- 
erlng him a ••find.* 

Sullivan attracted attention 
through singing in public with 
the Mn^aipal Four eC New 
Rocheil% and alaa en the 
radio. 



(M Aiteots "BuilingV 
Acts Work tQ 'Show' 



The Charm Club will stage Its 
third **openlng" of the season Nov. 
If when'Lew Bmwn siif aidnay 
Clare como In. v 

The cafe closed last weeit to side- 
step a contract with Harry Walker 
who booked In the last show. Mar- 
tin & Lewis, owners, dismissed 
three of the people the opening 
night because of the 8hew*i nMdloc- 
rity. they allege. 

Harry Pearl originally had a show 
spotted at the Charm Club in sup- 
^rt of Tot Qualters, who wna the 
attraction for several weeks. Wal- 
ker approached the cafe manage- 
ment offering an entertainment at 
a reduced scale, about half of what 
Pearl had his show booked In for. 

On the proposition of af?ents. 
some of them are fetching quite a 
few squawks from performers who 
are "booked" in ostensibly to "show" 
but find themselves giving free en- 
tertainment at thia or that cafe*s 
"speciar* nights, the agent being 
seemingly in cahoots with the night 
club and probably compentafcd for 
"bumnr' tha pffiinnani m 
taln'imtia. , 



0. DAVIS FOR 
Fim STORIES 



Author's 5- Year Agrep- 
mml With F. ^ 



Owen Davis, America's most pro- 
lific playwright, will write for pie- 
tures. Of the 17^ plays written by 
X>avis. abent 00 have been pic* 
turlscd |n»t 1^ W iio^ 
thored ;ie«r Am ataga >r^^ 

Davis has signed a fttie-sMurVat^ 
tract with Famous "Pi^hti^lMiitf, 
but will also continue stage writ- 
ing:. Flo agrees to deliver a mini- 
mum of two scenarios annually, for 
which he la guaranteed over |100.- 
000 yoarly. He may write four * 
scenarios per annum and under a 
percentage arrangement, it will be 
possible Cor Davia la Mat«n ft,* 

000.000 for his PifiMM 1« ttia 

five-year period. 

JUUA BRUNS' RETURN 
AFTER 'lliW'(WAPSE 

Former Prize Beauty Haf 
'Beaten If She Sayt-^ 
' likia Cfliiiiiil 



DeHAVEN'S RESIGNATION 

REQUESHD mmm 

Wants Name Off Billing Also of 
Musio Box, Hollywood— 
$12,500 Moi^SakNrfted 



Los Angeles, Nov. f. 
Carter De Haven has been asked 
ta lesign ais managing director af 

tlM Mftmo BMC at Retiywood br'the 

board of directors, following a 
meeting at which 126.000 was de- 
manded by De Haven from stock- 
holdera for futtti<i inindtlir af the 
current attraction. 

▲ sum of $12,500 was subscribed 
on condition that De Haven's name 
be taken off Music Bett billing and 
the hous^ he known In the future 
as the Hollywood Music Box. The 
stockholders also requested J>e 
Haven to wtOkbi^w fraoi Mitfs 
production ditttii 4Md *1****^|*TIWfil1 
of the theatre. 

De Haven originally bail |30,000 
of stock in the Music Bos; M he 
returned this to the corporation at 
the last meeting when all the stock- 
holders were assessed for continued 
operation. 

William Holman of Christie Films 
waa chosen by the directors to take 
over the general business manage- 
ment ef the theatre^ 



N«w 42iid SL Honse— 
Goodmao-Hilliaras 



A new theatre with a capacity of 
1,800 la contemplated for 41nd 
street The house, designed prin- 
cipally for musical comedy, will 
have a 20 -foot entrance lobby from 
the thoroughfare leading to n liO- 
foot square plot Jstending into 4trd 

street. 

Site Is west of the Belwyn the- 
atre, adjoining the Caae bunding. 

Philip Goodman is concerned as the 
principal in the proposed house. In 
which Mack Hilliard will be associ- 
ated with him. It Witt be caUed 
tha Booaevelt 



1I4EXET ST.'S MINSTREI^ 

San Francisco. Kov. 9. 
A minstrel show on Market 



former 



street! — — — 

It's been years and years and 
years. Now the Cameo, ordinarily 
devoted to the output of Carl 
Laemmli^s atudlos, announcea for 
a week's engagement the original 
"Memphis Minstrels" in the flesh. 



rent on a tlbmm^ 'H.mwm^. 
the profeaalon, |^ ^^ttaoM bafllkf 

Shattered but ^me, she has ra*' 
turned to Broadway and Is conval* 
esclng and regaining her health and 

composure, meanwhile confessing 
that she is practically penniless and 
is eager to atart again at the bot- 
tom. She has retained Kendler A 
Ooldsteln as her attorneys to at* 
tempt to recover acme of the prop* 
arty which she let slip tinmigh her 
Angers whUa MtdsT ^9^^ . «i ' 
"dope." 

Miss Bruns has sold her oonfes* 
siona to U f a tnall e nal Faa ti m Pir^ 

vice, admitting the entire story eC 
her downfall and degradation, pro- 
claiming that by an almost super* 
human aMigii an* haa baatiNi mi» 
habit.*' 

She Is a St. L^uis girl. She 
started her stage career in 19K an 
a ahorua girl in "American Maid** 
and was discovered by James Mont* 
gomery Flagg. who idealized her on 
magazine covers. She later played 
principal roles in Totash and Pert* 
mutter," "Help Wanted," *'Buslne8a 
Before Pleasure." "The Blue Pearl** 
and in several films, supporting Ar* 
nold Daly* 

la BuMpa alM lived fabulanaliiv 

having chateaus in France and a 
rural castle in England with ser- 
vanu maintained by the year at 
each, and waa an aaaoalate e( nn* 

billty and the smart American ei# 
patriate set. She owned a honM^ 
also, on fashionable Button places 
in New Torii Oily. 

It la to recover her equity In 
that property that Miss Bruns has 
retained attorneys, claiming she 
chipped it away^ fdr n Cnr i 

f "fiaker^ tin jMpiit 



of 

sinyaiy* 




Gbewing Gum Wrigley 



Chicago, Nov. f. 

The climatic point in advertising 
credit lines in theatre programs la 
reached at the Studebaker theatre* 
where Mrs. Insull opened her re- 
pertory aeaaoii laat week. One 
credit line advises. *WrIgley*8 P. 
K. Chewing Gum used in this pro* 
ductlon." 

BUI Wrigley gets a bad break* 
however, for none of the cast ap* 
pears to chew hia product during 
the play. 



ALLAN K. 



FOSTER 



School of Dancing 

344 W. 72d 8t. 
New York City 

Home of 

The Fester Giria 



ainiiMi 



VAsmr 



LEGIT1MAT£ 



WHIIE'S imm' HkY IN LEAD 
OF BIAFS IBDERS. AT $47^57 



"Broadway," $31,000 Last Week, at Big for Drum 
r-^huberU' "Pearl" Doing $800 Ni|^tlj|r at 



FORRESn DARKNESS 
SAVED BY PICTURE 



Managerial squawks reverberated 
along Broadway after a particularly 
poor Monday night. While com- 
plaints had been general for the 
past month. It was expected the 
after-election period would show 
normal strength. Indioattons are 
that this is ftn off season. 

While the legitimate attractions 
are in the dumps, in front of Broad- 
way's picture theatres are nightly 
continuous lines of patrons. The 
producers are srelUng that the pop- 
ulace ha8 gone picture mad. 

The season started like a win- 
ner. More than the usual number 
of successes seemed to be among 
the early arrivals. It gradually be- 
eame apparent quite ft" nNr of the 
supp^ MMni wM|i 'J«il ;aMdl- 
ocre. ■ 

BeieetiOd produoem admit only 
•hOWU with a real punch are get- 
ttMr and that goes for the road 
M wSi tm N«ir York. All the 
eChera are comparatively paltry. 

In the agency field complaints are 
seneralk too* Failure of the former 
heavy Saturday night demand is a 
factor. It is likely that the more 
nlDnent patrona are dodfflns the 
general Saturday crush, as they do 
the night clubs on that evening. 
Another thing, there have been no 
major football games in town, 
whereas formerly such attractions 
aurely counted in Friday and Sat- 
urday night demand. Out-of-town 
games draw many New Yorkers 
away Saturdays. 
^ Despite the slump conditions, 
showmen declared this week It Is 
Just as hard as ever to get theatres, 
which are demanding guarantees. 
With the steadily increasing num- 
ber of houses that atttwr la WMMl 
to be changed. 

Leaders Sensational 

While the fleld may be in the 
lurch, the actual leaders are get- 
ting sensational grosses. Last week 
"Scandals," with an extra matinee 
(election). WMit to $47,657, again 
the best gross in the country and 
amazing for a show in its fifth 
, month. 

The nearest contender got about 
$10,000 less. "Criss Cross," but a 
new contender may develop in "Oh, 
Kay," opening excellently at the Im- 
perial Monday. 

**The Ramblers" picked up and 
bettered $32,000; "Sunny" has been 
elMtng with last week's mark 
around |S0,000 and the lowest to 
date; "Countess Maritza" figures 
around $30,000 ^nd has been af- 
fected though rated sure kit; "^an- 
iUes." about $27,000: "Queen High." 
over $2S,000: "Castles In the Air." 
$20,000; "The Wild Rose." $18,000; 
"Honeymoon Lane," $20,000* with 
the balanee of Ch^ niusleals strag 
SlInpT. 

"Broadway^ cannot be touched 
and with nine performaneM last 
week got over $31,000; "The Cap- 
tive" and "Gentlemen Prefer 
Blondes." |l|,09«» Iho fonher plsy 
ing an extra UMitliMt; "An Amcr 
loan Tragedy,^ |f9,000 in nine 
times; *'£ultt Belle,'* $17,000; 
••Shanphai Oesture," $14,000; "Yel- 
low," strong at $14,000- "The Noose" 
rated at $13,000; "We Americans" 
climbing and nearly $11,000; "Daisy 
Mayme." $9,500; "The Woman Dis- 
pute,** $19,000 and the balance away 
down to ns low as $2,000. 
''Play's the Thing" Has Chance 
Among last week's new shows. 
"The Play's the Thing" looks best 
witli business after a Wednesday 
premiere veins to $t,fOO and viri 
nightly. 

"Pearl's" Costly Flop 

"The I'carl of Great Price" is re 
gardcd a costly flop at the Century 
and the Shuberts are angling to 
move it to a mnaller house where 
It should have been spotted orlg 
Inally. Rusincss was reported un 
der $900 niphtly after the opening 
•and tlje ^rt)ss was estimated less 
than that gotten in Brooklyn, where 
the show did $13,000. "Loose Ends' 
was liked by the first nlghtors a 
the RIts but drew a mild press of 
$7,000 for its first week. "Seed o 
the Brute" didn't start much at the 
Zjittle, but claimed $6,000 or over. 

Seven attractions leave the list 
all failures, "frentle Grafters" closed 
suddenly at the Music Box. which 
will be dark until Nov. 22 when 
*'Mozart" (English version) opens 
there; "Black Boy" similar, closed 
at the Comedy, "Sure Fire" moving 
ther e from the Waldo rf: "Fanny" 
leaves the iLyceum, with "Lily Sue" 
following. Tuesday, "Juarez and 
Maximilian" closes at the C'.uild. 
which will offer "Pygmalion"; 
••Happy Oo Lucky" quits tho Lib- 
erty which gets "Twinkle, Twinkle"; 
"Henry Behave" closes at the Bayes 
to be followed b/ "Gertie"; "God 
Ix>ves Us" (renamed to "The Go 
Oottors") to duo out of Mazlno Bl- 



FQRO:$ DARK THIS WEEK 

8eoond Tkno This •oasoii 

Baltimore. NOv/fi 

Baltimore got Its first glimpse of 
"The Green Hat" when Katharine 
Cornell sported the ArlenesQue top- 
piece at the AuditoHlMA.v Flay had 
outstanding week. 

Ford's drew ''Nanetto" fbr a re- 
turn. Cancellation of "The Daring 
Duchess" leaves Auditorium show- 
less this week. It follows a recent 
dark week at Ford's. Ford's has 
"Zlegfeld Follies" with no lef It op- 
position, v: ^ 
Last Week 
Auditorium— "Oreen Hat." Ad- 
vance interest beeauao of book and 
Miss Cornell. Matinees sell-outs 
and nights big. Around $16,000. 
good for dramatic. 

Ford's— "No. No, Nanette" at this 
house last season. Return drew 
good notices. 

Wm^t l^ tm, hy VaHoDr. Umu) 



Ilott's. which will offer 
Woman" next Monday. 
:., V ^iihway 
There were two on the subway 
circuit last week; "Cradle Snatch- 
ers," which got over $17,000 at 
Werba's Brooklyn as against $3,200 
gross when the play originally 
showed tiMre last year prior to 
opening on Broadway; "Oh, Kay" 
got $25,500 in Newark, an excep- 
tional mark for a new show; "Lalf 
That Off" got $8,500 in the Bronx, 
a better ll|rure than It drew on 




This week are 3T> attractions listed 
as buys In the premium brokers' 
offices, with all having taken a 
heavy loadtaf on **Otk Kmt* opontaig 

at the Imperial Monday. Brokers 
are carrying aro^uid §09 A nicht for 
this attraction. 

■Tlisn <l>-:<aio 'n yitr lor' 'Ow^ aiw 
"Gay Paree" at the Winter Garden 
for about 450 a night, with lighter 
buys for "The Play's the Thing" at 
the Mlllir. tit tiigM: "The First 
Love" with Fay Bainter, Booth, 400 
night; "Old Bill M. P.," Biltmore. 
275 night. "The Play's the Thing." 
whioh opOBOd last week did not get 
a buy until Monday of this week. 

Total list of buys include "Queen 
High," Ambassador; "Whites Scan- 
dals, Apollo; "The Wild Rose." 
Beck; "Lulu Belle." Belasco; 
"Americana." Belmont; "Old Bill 
M. P.," Biltmore; IfirUt t*ove," 
Booth; "Broadway," Broadhurst; 
"Vanities," Carroll; "The Pearl of 
.Great Price," Century; "The Cap- 
tive," Empire; "Tho Woman Dis- 
puted," mr«st; "Katja," 44th St.; 
"The Donovan Aflfair," Fulton; "On 
Approval." Gaiety; 'Criss Cross," 
dItrtM: Afnerioans." Ilarrls; 

"Oh, Kay," Imperial; "Honeymoon 
Lane," Knickerbocker; 'Happy Go 
Lucky." Liberty; "An Amet-ican 
Tragedy,** liongaofe; •Tanny," Ly- 
ceum; "Ramblers," Lyric; *The 
Play's the Thing," Miller; "Sunny," 
New Amsterdam; "Loose Ends,** 
Bits; '*Castls« ta thtf Air;*' M^Fyn: 
"Countess Marltasa," Shubert; "Gen- 
tlement Prefer Blondes," Times 
Square!; and 'Gay Paree," Winter 
Onrdeii. 

Cut Rates Still Strong 
Despite the number of shows 
moving out Saturday caused the at- 
tractions tn the out ffito Mil 
minlsh, there were still 29 shows 
available Monday. They were "The 
Straw Hat." Am. Labo rato ry; "Hen- 
ry Behave,*' Bayto; "What Bvwt 
Woman Knows," Bijou; "The Vaga- 
bond King," Casino; "The J»earl of 
Great Price," Century; "John Fer- 
guson.** Cherry Lane; "Sure Fire." 
Comedy; "The Little Spitfire." Cort; 
"Naughty Riquette." Cosmopolitan; 
"Sex." Daly's; "If I Was Rich," 
Bltlnge; «The Woman Disputed,** 
Forrest; "Katja." 44th St.; "Shang- 
hai Gesture," 46th St.; "The Judge s 
Husband." 49th St.; 'The Blonde 
Sinner,'* Frolic; "Ijooso Ankles." 
Garrlck; "Two OirlH Wonted," 
Golden; "Junrez and Maximilian," 
Guild; *'Wev Amer i c a ns," Ha rr is ; 
"The Noose.** Hudson; "Autumn 
Fire," Klaw; 'Happy Go Lucky." 
Liberty; "Seed of the Brute." Little; 
"Fanny," Lyceum; "The Ladder," 
Mansfield; 'Just Life," Morosco; 
"Yellow," National; and •*The Olrl 
Friend." Vanderbllt. 

(Cepyrieht, 1926| by Variety, Inc.) 



Friday and Saturday's Foot- 
ball Crowds Saved Philly's 
legit Houm Lait MPk 



Philadelphia, Nov. f. 
With "Oh, Kay!" departed, the 
"Follies" had the fleld pretty well 
alone last week, although a new 
rival appeared In "A Night In Paris" 
at the Chestnut Bt. opera house. 
The capacity of that hotuM and scale 
prevented It from running anywhere 
near the figure of the Zlegfeld show. 

The "Follies" had empty seats at 
virtually all the perfonnnnoos ex- 
cept Saturday night, but there 
weren't a lot of them, and the big 
revue grossed $39,000 or a little less. 
The engagement, as a whole^ was 
much better than that of last year's 
show, whleh had easily the bottar 
notices. 

No dramatic show In town came 
anywhere near the gross establish^ 
by "Rain** In Its slnglo WBOk*s en- 
gagement preceding, but "Craig's 
Wife" showed surprising strength, 
considering Its ratnor disappointing 
business in Boston. Big theatre 
parties and the week-end jam pulle d 
the groias lip over |16,00^.' With 
$2.50 top It looked great to every- 
body. It Is not figured as the kind 
of a play which ean hold its present 
pace throughout, although the crit- 
ics are doing their best to push It 
across. 

"Able** had another good week at 
the Adelphi with the gross again 
hitting only a few iMMidred dollars 
under |lt,000. Remarkably little 
variation In "Abie's" business since 
the staiC 

"The Last of Mrs. Chesmejr" was 
a little disappointing considering 
Ina Claire's large <dlentele here. In 
the first week of a month's stay at 
the Qarrick this delightful comedy 
clicked to only abo«it SIMM at a 
13.30 top. Notices Were generally 
good, bat with a couple of surpris 
ing exceptions. Like the others, this 
attraction benefited by the Saturday 
sell-out. and Friday was also big. 
This Friday attendance fM tVM «t 
mootvOf the eight houses. 

Picture at Forrest 
The Lyric was dark which, with 
grand opera at the Shubert. gave 
the town just two musicals and four 
dramatic attractions. 

This week has only two new- 
comers. One is a second return en- 
gagement of "The Student Prince, 
this time at the Lyric. The only 
new show is "The Song of the 
Flame" at the Shubert for three 
weeks. The Forrest was to have 
been dark, due to the inability of 
the Beatrice Llllie show. "Oh, 
Please," to 1^ ready by Monday, but 
at the last moment the Stanley com- 
pany decided to book "Cyrano De 
Bergerac," the FrMich colored film. 
Into the house fUr a single wmUl 

Next Monday's openings will in- 
clude "Oh. Please," at the Forrest 
(two weeks), and "Tho Patsy,** at 
the Walnut, for three weeks. The 
succeeding week ha» nary a new 
show, but Nov. St will bring quite a 
flock, with "The Nightingale," new 
Shubert operetta, with Peggy Wood, 
billed Mr the Shubert; *«The Honor 
of the Family," with Otis Skinner, 
announced for the Broad; "Love-in- 
a-Mist" scheduled for tho Qarrick, 
and "Tip-Toes," return, at the For- 
rest The Broad and Garrlck book- 



joisol TO tsm 



Boston, Nov. 9. 

With much interest locally in the 
election, btislness at the legitimate 
houses eleqtton ovo and election 
night was off nil ulong the Una. 

Losses sustamed on these two 
nights were made up considerably 
by one of tho major football gmmea 
at the stadium. Harvard -Princeton 
brought into tho city thousands of 
vlsltotn and at .tho advandod priota 
which ruled Saturdnr ttUngt tumad 
out pretty well. 

The Shubert string of houses seem 
better fixed to get the break this 
week with the only two musicals in 
town. "Lady Fair," a new show, 
opened at the Shubert Monday, with 
"Artists and Models" In at the Ma- 
jestic These are tho only two mu- 
sicals In town and bealdes this an- 
other Shubert house seems to have 
the comedy hit for the present, 
"The Butter and Bgg Man," M the 
Plymouth. 

Kstlmates for Last Week 

'Artists and Models"— Majestic 
(lot week). In final week "Student 
Prinoe** did about $25,000. 

"The Butter and Egg Man*— 
Plymouth .(Sd week). Picked up 
about ttjm Inat week, tor 

<«Tho Wisdom Tooth"— HoUis (Sd 
week). CAoae to IM.OOO. About on 

par with week before. 

*'Love in a Mist"— Park (Sd week). 
On flrst week about $7,M9. 

"The Pata/»— Wtthl|l»^ «Uli,MO 
first \(^6q1c« 

"Lady Fair^— Shubert (1st week). 
In closing week Jolson dlA whalo of 
business^ver $32^0. ^-'Z^ 



ings are for two weeks only. Lauder 
comes to the Walnut week of Bee t. 

Helen Hayes Is announced as 
coming Into the Lyrio around 
Christmas, and At Jolson arrives at 
the Shubert about the same time. 
Otherwise no December bookings 
are known as yot. 



"Song of the Rame" (Shubert. 
1st week). Operetta. For three 
weeks only. San Ourlo Opera com- 
pany got slight profit on single 
week's stay, thanks to iipstalrs 
trade. • 

• ^HUn^ WW (Broad. Sd week). 

Business surprisingly big. with the- 
atre parties and clubs supporting 
play because George Kelly is local 
man. Over $16,000 at $2.&0 top. 

*'Cyrano the Bergerac" (Forrest, 
single week). French film put in to 

fill gap. Zlegfeld "Follies** 

about $39,000 last week. 

''Night In Paris** (Chestnut, 2d 
week). This revue caught on. 

About $23,000, splondia for this 

house and scale. 

"One of the Family" (Walnut, 2d 
week). About $11,000, not big but 
satisfactory with moderately geared 
sho^v. 

"Abie's Irish Roie** (Adelphi, 10th 
week). Continues steadily and con 
sistently at usual gait. Almost 
$16,000. Indeflnite, of course. 

"Student Prince" (Lyric. 1st 
week). Indications are for big de- 
mand on this third local appearance. 
Four weeks set House darit last 
week duo to falluro oC tlfMit Outs- 
by.** 

"Last of Mrt. Cheyney" (Garrlck, 

2d week). Business to date not 
quite up to expectations. High class 
elfentelo tnit no reftUy Mg deUiand 

until Friday. Figures to pick up 
and register strong gain this week. 

(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, Inc.) 



SPANNED 
AD TAKEN GUI 

Usual Skubert Methods 
Mantell SB»660 mt SI 



Washington, Nov. 9. 

After a big opening. "Artists and 

Models" did a nose dive at Poll's. 
Reception of reviewers ran froni 
outright pans to glowing prafaa. 
Leonard Hall, of the "News," was 
one of those that panned — it cost 
his sheet the house advertising. 

Willard Mack's new play. "Lily 
Sue," produced by David Belasco, 
played to about double the usual 
takings at this house for new ones. 
Though a western, indications point 
to good chances ahead. Mack, 
though billed to appear In the ad* 
vanoe advertising, did not appear. 

Frazee's "Yes. Yes. Yvette," got 
below the usual takings for new 
musicals at tho National, while tho 
President, with Its stock In "Ladies 
of tho Shrening." caUed things off 
for keeps Saturday. 

The real surprise of the week was 
the business done by Robert B. 
Ifanten in Shakespearean repertoire 
at the Auditorium. Scaled at the 
$1 top and, playing the schools for 
all they were worth, got good re- 
sults. With its 6,000 seats and out 
of the way location the house has 
been passed up heretofore. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Auditorium — Robert B. Mantell in 
Shakespeare. Styled as the '*only 
company playing Shakespeare on 
tour" business surprising. Reported 
at $8,660 for eight performance*. 
Sale for second week indicatsa ovoii, 
bigger return at $1 top. 

Belasco — "LUy Sue" (Davl^ 
Belasco). Scribes praised and ready 
to predict success if westerns can 
be put over. Twtoe usual, or $S,000. 

National— "Yes. Yes, Yvette" (H. 
H. Fraseo). Bstimates run from 
Sll.OM to n4»Ht. At M top poa« 
slbly latter about hits It 

Poli's — "Artists and Models** 
(Sl^uberts). No aatlsfsrlng them, 
says the house management, when 
they're new — they^re too new and 
when they're old — ^they're too old. 
Anyhow giving the show $26,S00, 
good $7,000 under usual figure for 
tile undraped ones, aboal IM ««■ 
and very liberally, too. 

President — "Ladies of the -Even- 
ing** (stock). Second week held up 
to just about same figure as first*. 
Management, after poutfng cus* 
tomary notice, wknted to go on 
ftoyn week to week. .. 3eyen4 mem* 
hers of east hsd O'ther 'ongagcimetitgf 
and another attempt to put this 
house over failed. The usual thing. 
Abdut fijte at n top. SiiiPii i^m 
baokori eonslderable sum, • 

This Week 

Auditorium, Robert Mantell; 
Belasco, "Glamour"; National, **N(i^ 
No, Nanette"; Poll's, dark. 

(Copyrig iit, 1ft2<|, by Varif ty, Inc*) 

Buck- Hope Productions 

Francis X. Hope and Gene Buck 
have formed a production com- 
pany. ■ 

It is understood that backing is 
furnished by X>etroit aut^ body 

manufacturer. 




THE NEW MILLER BUILDINa 



(AT NORTHEAST CORNER OF BROADWAY AND 46TH STREET) 

I. Miller ft Sons have dedicated the building ploturM abov^. oonUInIng the MlUer Broadway retail 4io* 

store to Show Folks. The Inscription along the upper led^e so states. 

View of this picture is the 46th street side ef the biillding, tho most artistic in design and appearance 
within Times Square, for lU else and site. In tko lltefaes Wtll he itatuettes of the most popular women of the- 
itricai^ to ho chosto through 1^ pb^ulaHtjr cduUit ^tfu^oei h# 1 Bfiair * ta tho programs of the (New 
' i'ork theatres. 



FigurM •tttmated and comment point to fcome attractions baing 
•uceassful, whila tha aama groaa acoraditad to othara might auggest 
mediocrity or Iota. Tha varlanea la axplainad in tha differenca in 
liauaa eapaeitiaa, with tha varying ovarhaad. Also the siz« of caat, 
with conaaquant diffaranca in nacaaaary gro— of profit. Variance 
in businata nacaeaary for muaical attraction aa against dramatic 
play ia alao conaidarad. 

Claaaificatian of attraction, housa capacity and top price of the 
admiaaion tealo givan balow. Key to claaaification: C (comedy); 
D (drama); R (revue); M (muaical comedy); F (farce) i O (aparo tto ). 



•'Abie's Irish Rose," Ropublic (234th 
week) C-901-$2.75). Business af- 
ter election failed to ret^ister ex- 
pected strength and complaints of 
alumpinsr trade heard all alongr. 
Broadway run leader atlll turning 
profit. 

i^Amerieana,^ Belmont (15th week) 

(R-615-$5.50). Ought to last 
through fall period; although off 
aomowliat, small house fits revue 
atid profit elaimed both wayei, 
Ill.MO. 

#'An Amerlean Traoedy*" Longaere 

(5th week) (D-1, 019-13.85). Get- 
ting important money, without ac- 
tual eapacity; Uat week aided by 
extra iioliday (Election day); 
takings again around $18,000. 

•'Autumn Fire," Klaw (3rd week) 
B:(J>880-|3.30). Will probably 
T. close after another week; among 
lowest gross attractions of sea- 
•on; last week rated under |S*600. 

>Black Boy," Comedy. Taken off 
Saturday after playing little les.s 
than five weeks; business failed 
to improve at hoped; 16,000 or 

under. 

"Broadway," Broadhurst (8th week) 
(CD-l,118-$3.85). Extra matinee 
last week pushed gross over $31,- 
•00 for Mcond time aineo imash 
opened; oaetly tops non-musical 
field. 

••Castles in the Air," Selwyn (10th 
week (M-l,067-$4.40). Reduced 
scale effective starting Election 
day; no extra performance; gross 
estimated at $20,000; aimed for 
Boston Dec. 6. 

"Countess Maritza," Shubert (9th 
week) (0-1,395-15.60). Seems set 
for run, getting excellent patron- 
age, with trade close to actual ca- 
pacity; over $30,000. 

"Criss Cross," Globe (5th week) 
(M-l,416-$5.50). No extra mati- 

.. nee last week, but Saturday 
prices ($6.60) charged Monday 
night, with gross figured to have 
reached nearly $88,000; second to 
"Scandals." 

«Qdd Loves Us," Maxine Elliott's 
(CD-924-$3.30). After announc- 
ing last performances suddenly 
decided to continue, with title 
changed to "The Oo-Getters"; but 
will probably stop Saturday as 
"A Proud woman" opens * here 

• next Monday. 

"Daisy Mayme," Playhouse (3rd 
week) «m*87f*$8.80). Nine per- 
formances last week, approximat- 
ing $9,500; that rates new drama 
as fairly food but not exceptional 
draw. 

••Fanny," Lyceum (8th week) (C- 
957-18.80). Final week; goes to 
subway circuit; aj?ency buy kept 
show going, but did not approach 
real money; under $10,000; "Lily 
Sue" next week. 

•First Love," Booth (Ist week) (CD- 
707-13.30). Fay Bainter starred 
in Shubert attraction; adapted 
from French by Zoe Akins; 
opened Monday. 

•6ay Parea," Winter Garden (1st 

' week) (R-l,498-$5.:.0). New edi- 
tion of revue well regarded out of 
town; also Shubert attraction; 

_ opened Tuesday. 

•Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Times 
Square (7th week) (C-l,067-$3.85). 
Playing to virtual capacity all 
P'Mformances, with gross second 
highest among non-musicals; over 
$24,000. 

•Happy Go Lucky," Liberty (7th 
week) (M-l,234-$3.85). . Final 
week; musical that appeared to 

be liked hut not draw; maybe 
114,000; "Twinkle, Twinkle" next 
week. 

•"Henry— Behave," Bavos (12th 
week) (C-860-$3.80). Final week; 
started around $8, 000 , bu t consid- 
erably under that reported Of 
late; "Gertie" next week. 
Honeymoon Lane," Knickerbocker 
(8th week) (M-1, 042-53.85). Prob- 
ably run through winter; business 
v^ry good, fluctuating, however, 
like most others; $18,000 to $21,- 
000 and over. 

•I* I Was Rich," Eltingo (10th 
week) (C-892-$3.30). Attraction 
STUarantSeing house; average 
weekly mrosses around $5,000. 
««ntle Qraftera," Music Box. 
Closed Saturday, playing less than 
two weeks; got little; house dark. 
Mppenin«r Nov. 22 with "Mosart" 
(English version). 

riolsnthe," Plymouth (29th jveek) 
(0-1,048-83.80). Nearing end of 
record run f«r OUbert and Sulli- 
van revival; rwently around $10,^ 
000 or less. 

•Juaras and Maximilian," Ouild (6th 
weok) (D-914-$3.30). Final week: 
Theatre Ouild taking ahow off 
before expiration of usual six- 
week subscription period; too ex- 

^ vfevivud here. 
Just Life," Moroseo (9th week) 
(l)-893-$3.30). Doing fair busl- 
nefis for star attraction at about 
8M00 last week: about even 
weak; will atay for time, then 

•{•tja," 44th Street Mth week) (M- 
«.326-84.40). Althoufifh operetta 



got rather favorably notices, busi- 
ness quite ordinary and must Im- 
prove to stick; $14,000 estimated. 

"Loose Ankles," Garrick (14th week) 
(C-537-13.30). Moved here from 
Blltmore Monday for Indefinite 
engagement; rated $8,000 to $9,000 
In latter hou.se; innovation of 
midniprht p«^ri'f»rmanee.s of "Sav 
It With Flowers" will be tried by 
Brock Pemberton. 

•Loose Ends," Ritz (2<r week) (D- 

945-$3.30). Krcli.s}) play received 
fairly well but looks like mod- 
erate money show with lower 
floor draw; first week, $7,000. 
*'Lulu Belle," Belasco (40th week) 
(D-l,000-$3.85). t^lump felt but 
with gross at $17,000 or better 
holdorer hit still getting real 
money. 

"Naughty Riquette," Cosmopolitan 
(9th week) (M-l.d0O-$4.40). An- 
nounced to move to another house 
late this month but will prob- 
ably go on tour; Mitsi show get- 
ting around $14,000 weekly. 

"Old Bill, M. P.r Biltmore (1st 
week) (C-944-$8.30). Sequel to 
*'Better 'Ole" with Churlea Cobum 
in l^d; Bairnsfather piooa spans 
tonight (Wednesday). 

«*0h, Kay," Imperial (1st week) (M- 
l,446-$5.50). Aarons ft Freedley 
produced new musical comedy 
which drew exceptional grosses 
in Philadelphia; opened Monday 
with Gertrude lAwranee ono of 
leads. 

"On Approval," Oatety f4tfc Wttek) 

(C-808-13.30). Lonsdale comedy 
getting smart audiences but off 
upstairs; $11,000 to |It.tOt, Mting 

it fairly good. 

"Queen High," Ambassador (lOth 
week) (M-1, 168-84.40). Figured 
to make season's run; business 
good from start with •recent 
takings $23,000 and above. 

''Soandala," Apollo (22d waA> <R- 
1,168-15.60). Leads field and only 
variation in standing room; $47,- 
677.60 actual gross last week in 

nine performances, another amaz- 
ing gross; demand so strong that 
sea.son's run sure. 

"Sex," Daly's (29th week) (D-1,173- 
$3.30). Management expectant of 
running through new season with 
holdover drama; making plenty 
of money at $8,000 to $9,000 weekly 
right along. 

"Seed of tha Brute," Uttle (2d 
week) (D-530-$3.30). Quite raw 
In theme and dialog, which may 
be one reason why business is 
nothing to get excited over; $5,- 
000 to $6,000. 

"Sunny," New Amsterdam (60th 
week) (M-l,702-$5.50). Continues 
very good upstairs but lower 
floor dropping; last week at about 
$30,000, lowest gross since open- 
ing; wiM g% l»itQ itiAmtt, 
ever. 

"Sure Fire," Comedy (4th week) 

(C-682-$3 30). Moved here In 
quick shift Monday after playing 
two weeks and MK At Waldorf; 
picked up bit blii Mdlr prom- 
ising at $6,000. 

The Blonde Binner,** Frolic (18th 
week) (F-711-$3.30). Rental ar- 
rangement with house, show get- 
ting by with aid of cut rates and 
gro.sKing approximately $5,600 
weekly; said to be making money. 

"Tha Captive," Empire (7th week) 
(D-l,099-$3.30). Capacity all per- 
formances; continuance of abnor- 
mal demand questioned in ticket 
circles but on form exceptional 
drama should make real run of 
it; nine peKormanoMt $24,- 
000 last week. 

"Head or Tall," Waldorf (1st week) 
(D-1.142-$8.80). Added booking 
when "Sure Fire" decided to move 
to Comedy; presented hy Henry 
r.arun; opened Tuesday. 

"The Donovan Affair," Fulton (11th 
week) (D-9l3-$3.30). Went up bit 
last week, holiday 'countfnfr, and 
gross around $11,000; new mu- 
sical starring Beatrice Ully 
slated for hou^o soon. 

"The Girl Friend," Vanderbllt (36th 
week) (M - 771 - $3.85). Rated 
around $10,000, satisfactory; per- 
haps another month, with new 
musical, ♦'Peggy,** due around 
holidays. 

"Tha Judga'a Husband," 49th Street 
(7th week) (CD-707-$3.80). Laugh 
ahow; cleverly acted; while not 
among leaders, doing good busi- 
ness, connidering sise of house; 
over $9,000 claimed. 

*«The Ladder," Mansfield (4th week) 
(D-l,007-$3.30). Unless another 
house serured, this attraction will 
leave after another week; esti- 
mated at $5,000; Moscow Theatre 
Ilabina slated for Mansfield, 
st arting Nov. 22. 

■«TF»e Little Spitfira," Cort (18th 
we#?k) (CD-1.046-$2.76). Theatre 
parties counted last week; gross 
above $8,000; drawing moderately 
good money right along. 

"The Noose," Hudson (4th week) 
(D-l,094-$3.80). Seems to have 
good chance, without yet able to 
command heavy money; last week 



Los Angeles. Nov. t. 

On account of an inferior cast, 
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" did 
around $18,000 the opcnin? week, 
with $5,000 of it at a $6 top for the 
opening performance. 

At tha Belasco '■Castles in the 
Air" did $11,600 in seven perform- 
ances after opening on Tue.sday. 

El Capitan. third week Do 
Haven's '*Musie Bos Revue" did 
$15,000. "Struttin* Sam From Ala- 
bam," third week at the Majestic, 
$6,500. Fourth week, "Family Up- 
stairs." at the Moroseo, fO,IOt. 

"Rain" opening Friday nipht for 
four performances at the Orange 
Grove did $2,000. 
(CopyHght, 1926, by VaHetjr^ ||M») 



POOREST if GIT FALL IN 10 YEARS 



Too Many Bad Shows for Season's Openings — Few 
Exceptions Amidst Gcneral^Sox Ofico Depress 
il9ii--^^F««r Big 



'MAKEHEIAH' CHORUS 

Professional musicians are pre- 
paring to organise a new unaccom- 
panied male ehorus to be styled 
"Makehelah." It is being promoted 
upon a mutual, non-proflt sharing 
alliance. Admission requirements 
are based upon Tooal ability or an 
academic Habrow Mid lltiir(i^<eftl 
education. 

The chorus, for the present, has 
established headquarters at the 
Continental Hotel, N«« l(;orl^ 



around- $18,000 tH^l^i, With HtU- 
day aiding, 
The PeaH of Great Priea," CoiitiiiPt 

(2d week ,D-2,890-$3.30). Shu- 
berts made exceptional produc- 
tion for aymbolio (dirt) drama, 
but business reported away off; 
$800 to $900 nightly reported. 
"The Play's the Thing," Henry Mil- 
ler (2d week) (CD-946-$3.30). 
Brilliant premiere Nov. 3 for 
Molnar adaptation, which figures 
to command smart dowiistiMi* 
trade. 

"The Ramblers," Lyric (8th week) 
(N-1.400-$5.90). Holding spot 
among big money musicals, with- 
out attaining actual capacity gait; 
eight performances last weeli; 
went to over $32,000. 

"The Shanghai Gesture," Chanln's 
46th Street (86tb week) (D-1,399- 
$3.85). Slated to wind up Broad- 
way run Dec. 18. after which 
Guitrys spotted here; "Gesture" 
at $14,000 last week fairly good. 

*The Squall," 48th Street (Ist week) 
(D-969-$8.30). Jones & Qreen of- 
fering new drahan wttb BliiiMlia 
Yurka in land} ffiMI tomOfTOW 
(Thursday. 

"The Vagabond KinOr" Casino (SOtfa 
week) (0-l,447-$3.85). Another 
two weeks after this, operetta 
holdover going on tour; next 
will be "Lady FaUf"; 'lUng^ 
mated at $12,000. 

'The Wild Rose," Martin Beck (4th 
week) (lt-1.089-|5.50). Moder- 
ately paced musical, considering 
house and soale; about $i8,ooo. 

"The Woman Dieputed," Forrest 
(7th week) (D-1.000-$3.SO). Get- 
ting fair share of trade for mod- 
erate success; good acting fea- 
ture of drama; around $11,000. 

"They All Want Somsthing," Wal- 
lack's <ith week) (C-770-$8.30). 
Indefinite; William Tilden piece 
having strong financial backing; 
theatre partiea accounted for in- 
crease last week to about $4,500. 

"Two Girls Wanted," John Golden 
(10th week) (C-800-$3.80). Sur- 
prising jump after gMvad tnta 
Little to new theatra; aUlIflMd to 
have bettered $7,000. 

''Vanities," Barl Carroll (12th wask) 
(R-998-16.60). Some benefit from 
holiday, but held to usual num- 
ber of perfonnaneeg, vtth last 
week's groaa estimated Mtf |t7,- 

000. 

"Ws Americans," Sam H. Harris 
4th week) (C-1.051-$3.30). Im- 
proved again; eight performances 
last week; between 110,500 and 
$11,000; another berth after Nov. 
20, when house gets picture, 
"What Price Glory." (Fox). 
"Whst Evsry Woman Knows," Bijou 
(3l8t week) (C-606-$3.S0). About 
another month and then for road ; 
doing excellently for revival, av- 
eraging over $8,000 weekly. 
"Yellow," National (8th week) (D- 
1,104-88.80). Steadily improved 
and now rated among hits; last 
week George M. Cohan Attention 
around 814,000. 
SpecisI Attraetlena Und Rep 
Rsquel Msller will complete repeat 
engagement Sunday night, play- 
ing tour matinees in addition to 
Sunday; business picked up sec- 
ond week, matinees averaging 
over $1,600. 
"Csponsacehi," second production 
by Walter Hampden, attracting 
some attention and will be part 
of repertory at Hampden's. 
Civic Repertory, headed by Kva La 
Galllenne. at 14th Street Theatre., 
offering "John Gabriel Borkman," 
"Sisters Three" and "Saturday 
Night- 
Neighborhood PIsyHoute, offering 
"The Little Clay Cart" and "The 
Lion Tamer." 

Outside Timet Square — Little 
"Naked" opened at I'rincefin Mon- 
day; "The House of i;.«?nh<>r" closed 
seven months' run at May fair Sat- 
urday, house offering ' Knir»eror 
Jones," starting tonight (Wednes- 
day); "Ttelgen," Triangle; "John 
Ferguson." Cherry Lane. 

(Copyrfo^fr im, by Variety* Inc.) 



Chicago, Nov. 9. 
The peak of the fall legit Season 

has been reached with gros.ses far 
below normal. Shows have been 
slipping In and out, denoting the 
weakness of trade und impossibility 
of the calendar asi^uming a nubstauo 
tial make-up. ' 

That general conditinns nro off 
is proved by the noticed decline in 
gross with ilia topnotchers. Satur- 
day night trade, which should be 
solid capacity at thia time, is slow 
forming; with the fOothall crowds 
hiking to the night elubs instead of 
to the legit theatres. Saturday 
matinee grosses have alwaya been 
light during the football season but 
this fall they seem to have fallen 
below the call of other years. 

One of the veteran speculators of 
the town went back as far as 10 
years on the books and disOOlFiarad 
this fall's trade has bean In4<^ AAy* 
thing ever checked. 

It may be that the town hasn't 
gotten over the avalanche of bad 
shows, shot in at the start of the 
season, when the theatregoers were 
at scratch and fagar to patfOiUaa 
the legit 

Legit trade In Chicago is at a 
standstill and even the big-monied 
shows are finding it hard to reach 
their gross goal. 

Que of the morning newspaper 
critloa nMind enough news in the 
box offloe conditions to turn over 
his Sunday column to the status of 
alSalrs. 

Sensational Lows 
While there have been sensation- 
ally low g roisse a with tha lk»pa this 

fall, perhaps, the leading flop, con- 
sidering the expense of th^ organ- 
isation and, the high aparatteg at- 

penses of the theatre concerned, 
may be credited to "Bubbling 
Over." II IsCI tlia Mwjm Saturday 

after two weeks, with the gross 
doubtfully reaching $14,000 for the 
fortnight. 

Here's an Instance of where a 
show's trade will go widespread, but 
It should hold no reflection on the 
town's condition. As it was offered 
in Chicago, the attraction couldn't 
hKfm scored In Strawberry Point. 
Ia. The Philadelphia hotel men. 
backers of the show, paid up all 
bills, with the total laii flgorlng 
$186,000, if not higher. 

So It has been with other flops In 
Chicago. Shows have been rushed 
into V>wn with even the unsophisti- 
cated realising after the opening 
night the pieces had no chance. This 
would suggest with emphasis that 
the play market to low. 

Lines at Oriental 
On the other hand the local man- 
agers cannot reach a reason why 
certain good shows haven't struck a 
"punch" basis. While the managers 
of the thaatrea Ih tha RtttidoTph- 
Dearbom-Clark area stand In their 
lobbies bewailing conditions, the 
line of aostomers for tha Oriental 
spells something at least. The Orl- 
enUl's daUy and nightly lino of 
waiting auatomars to a mw rsoord 
for Chicago. 

With only Thanksgiving week 
with the added hnpetus to the ex- 
pected hurrah to be made locally 
over the Army-Navy game the same 
week, on the horizon before New 
Ye^T^^weeil. there's apt to be fur- 
ther aomersaulflng in the local 
legits, quite unlike aayl^^ •ver 
before in Chicago, 

Tt^s hot the town as much as bad 
shows," claim the sharp speculators 
who ligure the spoils of the fall sea- 
son have already been lost. 

Estimstss for Last Week 
"Honor of the Family" (Black- 
stone. 1st Week). Opened last night 
to customary light gross that ap- 
parently cannot be overcome for 
Monday openings. "Coal Oil Jennie ' 
figured no higher than $6,000 week- 
ly average gross for nine weeks. 

Sins of 81ns" (AdelphI, 1st week). 
New title for "Hymn to Venus," 
opened last night. No advance sale. 
"Ghost Train'* averaged $5,500 
weekly gross for three weeks. 

"Greenwich Village Follist** 
(Apollo, Id week). Far below pace 
of other years with probability en- 
gagement will bo sliort<'ned. Sat- 
urday night trade helped to pull 
week's gross around $18,000. 

"One Man's Woman" (Central. 
4th week). Holding surprise win- 
dow sale call, with $7,000 to $$,000, 
marveloiifl for this house. Still to 
Ket bcneflt of special tickets used 
here which means Christmas ahould 
be reached. 

"Kongo"* (Princess). Got nine 
weeks with premiere gross of $9,t00 
prob.'iMy hf.ldlng lii^jh. .Sunk to 
$6,000 or trille higher, which put the 
house in darkness with "In This 
Room" next week. 

"Cocosnuts" (Krlanger. 4th week). 
Off from full gait, slowing up at 



hotels Sunday, yet paced town at 
$28,000. Looks strong enough to 
liold high for four weeks more. 

"Tip-Toes'* (Illinois, 5th week). 
Moderate und has house until ar« 
rival of "Follies" in December. 
Having hard time hitting $22,000. 

"Runswsy Road" (Studebaker, 2d 
week). Ov« rtlowed with society for 
brilliant opening, big gross, and 
showed fair draw balance of UlSt 
week. Approached $12,000. 

'*Jass Singsr" (Harris, 6th week). 
Town's condition affected thU • 
scorching hit nearly $1,000, yet 
gross Of $18,000 proves strength of 
call. Advance sale slipping with 
"last weeks" mentioned In ads, 
probably to offset belief tickets ara 
hard to get. 

"Bubbling Over" (Selwyn). Didn't 
have chance once sighted at opening 
irigllt Very doubtful If total groaa 

of $14,000 reachcHl in two weeks. 
Terrific loss both sides. "Butter 
and Bgg Man" Nov. 21 giving housa 

two dark weeks. 

•nrho Shelf" (T.a Salle, 3d week). 
Balcony parties helping to overcome 
off night early part of week. Gross 
of $10,000 consl.lered eneoiiraglng 
at this house in face of general con* 
ditlami; 

"Sweetheart Time" (Garrick. , 8th 
week). Saved from disastrous 
grosses hy special party stunts at 
reduced prices, although week's 
gross hard to figure beyond $11,000..^ 

"Shs Couldn't 8sy No" (Olympic, 
Sd Waak>i Heavy papering openlac : 

night, holding light grosses balaaan 
of week, probably striking $7,000. 

"Poor Nut" (Cort, 11th week). 
Football visitors scored high grosa 

week-end, yanking gross back over 
$1,000. Fine call for holiday per- 
formaBMa 

••Affslrs" (Woods. 18th week). 
Last thraaweeks announced. With 
help of ^TMink.sglvIng and Army- 
Navy game should make gross riso - 
for splendid exit gross. Sallying 
around $21,000, having fallen with 
thud three weeks ago. Tremendou*> 
ly successful ii^pigamsnt for Rufilg 
Le Maire. ■ 

"Vagabond King" (Great Korth<« 
ern, 10th week). Slowed up bit, 
but atiU powerful, around $26,000. 

'^rtn e a ss Flavla** (Pont Cohana. 

8d week). If not for big pnrty sales 
cause to worry hero. Not getting 
healthy hotel call, hot reported 
gross was $18,000. 

"Alias the Deacon" (Pl.iyhouse, 2d 
week). Hasn't picked up with move 
here and azit notloa expected short* 
ly. Figured $7.000. 

(Copyrifhti t9m, by Variatyt Ine.) 



Honkey Basiness' Stops; 
'Creoles"Dirt,' $11,000 



San Francisco, Nov. 9. ' 

Mflke CJorpers "Monkey BustnesiT^ 

collapsed und<r the wclKht of a 
heavy overhead last Monday night 
and^e Cotumhfa went into mourn* 
ing. It will remain dark for a wf^ek 
or more Until receiving "The Heav- • 
en Tappers," new, presented here hy 
ICdwin Cnrewe, the movie director. 
"TupiHirB" had its initial Uyout last 
weelt In Can Diego. 

Business has not her»n good locally 
for some weeks. "The Poor Nut," 
expenshra to operate, failed to show 
nnything at the Alcazar, and will be 
shelved in a fortnight, with re- 
vamped production of "Aloma of tha 
South Seas." ealled "Pearl of Neu- 
tane." to follow. Second week on 
"Nut" around $1,000. 

"Creoles," the new HIchard Ben- 
nett play, which lived up to Its ad- 

vance billing as "hot stuff," is in 
for four weeks at the Wilkes, and 
started to build early when tales of 
its "dirt" were broadcast "Creoles" ^ '* 
Is a topic of conversntion here, and 
for that reason should have a profit- 
able tenancy of the Wilkes until tha 
house gets Kolh and DIM Nov. 29. 
"Creoles" probably around $11,000 
flrat week. 

A flll-In booking for two wecka 
only, the Johnny Arthur prodncllon 
of "The Butter and Kgg Man" was 
unable to even begin to get across 
here, >ilthough a bit in Los Angeles. 
Around $j>,000 at the Ciirrun. 

"Alias the Deacon" will probably 
ri«le until January. It is holding 
close to $8,000. nice takings for the 
President and Indication of run 
Htrength. Fifth woefc llgured about 

|7,<00. 

(Copyright, im, hy Vsriety, Ina.) 




VARIBTT 



LEGITIMATE 



TWO IN PUY 
FROM MOUNE, ILL 

Small Towners Humming Over 
Entrikin and Wiman, Natives 
-^Local Sjociai Interest 



Mollne, 111.. Nov. 9. 
The production of "Seed of the 
Brute," Knowles Entrlkin'a hot- 
lanffuaged play of undttrworM life. 
fttlMd flrst pages in the local 
papers last week — because Entri- 
kin. the author, is « Moline prod- 
uct and Dwight Deere Wimen, as- 
sociated with William Brady, Jr.. 
In Its production, ia also a MoUne 
native. 

That combination in Itself Is 
thrllUnff to the home-town folks, 
for they are almost opposltes of the 
little town's social life. 

Entrikin is a brother of the dean 
#f'#omen in the Moline high school, 
the son of a clerk In one of the 
manufacturing companies, an ofC- 
sprinc; of the agrricultural Imple- 
Bient factories founded here by 
John Deere, who built the fortunes 
upon which Wiman is engaging in 
his theatrical ventures. 

Wiman. a great grandson of the 
plow king, never caught the family 
yen to wrest money from foundries 
and such commonplace activities 
as Industrr. The lurtlstle urge got 
him youngr and after a flier be- 
neath the Kliegs (not so good) he 
became one of the ambitious stars 
sC liM loeai mue thealM move- 
jnent. 

Finally the family came across 
With the capital, and young Wiman 
became a manager. 

Wrote "Small -TowrMrs" 

Entrikin has had an earlier play, 
"Small -Towners," proKluced, and it 
was acclaimed a "sueoess,** but he 
y;^Hll only the press notices to prove 
' IL His latest venture, his home- 
town folks fear, has been inspired 
to dig the gold only. 

Boelety itsBM^IIi oennectlim with 
the home-town story of the Entri- 
kin -Wiman smash on Broadway 
were that Mr. and Mrs. William 
Butttrworth were amon^ the flrst- 
B^tera Not so much to Broad- 
way, but Butterworth Is a gold- 
^a^^ name hereabouts — through 
inQju||e. successor to the head of 
^jfaVbse of Deere and present 
bui^iA* of its fortunes. Incidentally. 
BuAd^vorth stands for all that is 
ami-#utgarian. and from such de- 
KMptlons of "Seed** as have 
reached here it's a safe bet how he 
Viewed his nephew's association 
witli. Itt« Itntrikta opus. 



99 



Dealy as Producer, 

Caster's ''Collegiate 

James Dealy is the latest casting 
agent to become a legit producer. 
Dealy, in association with Vtaeent 
V^alcntlni, will sponsor a new mu- 
.sical. "Collegiate." due for a show- 
ing next month. 

Valentin!, aside firom being oo- 
produccr, has contributed the book, 
lyrics and music. 

Dealy recently acquired $12,000 in 
settlement' of a damage suit for 
$25,000 against Gus Hill. Dealy 
was a member of Hill's "Mutt and 
JefT' several years ago and lost his 
left eye when a prop pistol ex- 
ploded in his facsh 



NAnOVA BEATS GIRL; 
PUBUOTY FOR m 



Misses Delroy^Hooey Do Their 
Stuff Too but on Same Day 
— Nattova Held for Assault 



Chicago, Nov. 9. 

The "Greenwich Village Follies" 
In general and Natcha Nattova in 
particular were subjected to plenty 
of publicity last week, favorable 
and unfavorable, but publicity. ^ 

Mme. Nattova, dancer of the 
show, beat up Helen Carrol, her 
protege. It is .believed that Miss 
Carrol served Mme. Nattova in 
other ways, fOr one of her daily 
chores was to take the Nattova 
dog, "Droushlca," out for an airing. 

On the day in question. Nattova 
returned to her apartment at the Bel- 
mont Hotel to And Helen crying and 
"Droushka" missing. Helen said 
the dog was bumped by an auto In 
the middle of the strolL The danoer 
went Into a rage and proceeded to 
mete out a licking to Helen. The 
beaten one swore out a warrant for 
her arrest The warrant was signed 
by Judge Borrelll In Municipal 
Court and Nattova was arrested 



Vita's SbdMrt, Newark 



Tho flhubert, Newark. N. J., will 

pass into control of Warner Broth 
ere Jan. 1 and used for Vitaphone 
programs. It is understood Warners 
havo tftlM the hoass oa a flve-year 
lease. 

The loss of the Shubert as a legit 
stand leaves legits for the Broad 

only. 

The Fabians are also after Vita 
phone, with an offer to Warners 
which may block the Shubert deal 
Vitaphone may yet land ia the Fa- 
bians' Triangle or aaofher of the 
firm's housea 



7 SHOWS OUT 



Two attractions listed to close 
last week are continuing. One Is 
"Sure Fire,** whieh sWitelied from 
the Waldorf to the Comedy. The 
other is "God Loves Us," which is 
playing Maxine Elliott's under the 
new title of "The Oo Oottera,** whi«h 
is due to close Saturday. Sis addl> 
tional productions are leaving the 
list, including two which suddenly 
stopped last Saturday. An art of 
this season's vlataca aiUl ratad 
failures. 

"Gentle Grafters," produced at 
the Music Box by Sam H. Harris, 
was taken off after playing two 
weeks. The show was well regard- 
ed in Philadelphia but could do 
nothing here. 



"GENTLE GRAFTERS" 

Opened Oct. 27. Critical Jury 
about evenly divided. Dale 
("American") deemed it "tre- 
mendously entertaining," while 
Atkinson (''Times") penned, 
"seemed commonplace." 

Variety (Ibee) ssidx "a short 
life." 



"Fanny," produced by David Be- 
lasco, will leairo the Lyeeum for out 
of town bookings, the engagement 
here being for eight weeks. At the 
start the show got over $12,000. but 
was supported by tha agaiiey buy 
and slipped. 4roppi^ imdor 110.M0. 



"FANNY" 

Opened Sept. 21. Generally 
flayed with the exception .of 
Anderson ("Post"). Mantle 
("News") thought it would get 
some time because of the Fan- 
nie Brioe publie, but Winehell 
("Graphic") titled it as^ "OOt 
a good show.*' 

Variety (Samuel) said: "bad- 
ly written and badly piay ag L *^ 



Donald Brian Will Many 
Virginia O'Brien in Boston 

Dayton, O. Nov. f. 

The marriage of Donald Brian and 
Virginia OWen, widi tha Chieago 
company of "Caatlea la the Air," 
will take place in a few weeks when 
the company reaches Boston, ao- 
eording to Brian's aaaouiieeBMttt 

The marriage would have occurred 
sooner. Brain said, but his payment 
of alimony to a former wife, now 
living in Paris, had to bo made un- 
til she remarried. While here Brian 
received word of her marriage, re- 
leasing him from the alimony 
clause; 

Both Brian and Miss O'Brien 
claim Boston for their home and 
for that reason the marriage will 
take plaoe thara. 



REIGEN' PLAYS ONLY 
TO MEPERSHIP 



Kathleen Kirkwood's Triangle 
Has Adaptation of Play 
Stopped in Berlin 



'^laek Boy," produced by Horace 
LIveright, closed Saturday at the 
.utu i.^«....w,<>. Comedy* playing but live weeks to 

Shi "profiwid'^to believi' MUs I around^ ••.OW and wif*>^ 
Carrol had sold -TDrouihka- and ThU show was also figured having 
[landed out the story of his death a «ood chance tha out o^ town 
to cover. This was refuted when | showing. 
"Droushka's" remains later turned 
up ia the animal morsoa^ 

Along with the assault and bat- 
tery charge. Miss Carrol also al- 
leged that the dancer Is insane. 
This was thrown out by Judge Bor- 
relll, but the assault charge remains 
and will probably be aired this 
week. 

Ardent Admirer 
The same day the Nattova-Carrol 

tale broke, Irene Delroy and Evelyn 

Hooey, also principals in the "O. , ^ * 

V. F.." caused the arrest ot Wil- "Juares and Maximilian? toit 
liam Xangston.*SO. of the Sheridan production this season by the The- 
Plasa. who is accused of beiac a atre Guild, will close at the GuUd 
too ardent admirer. at the end of iU fifth weel^ one 

Langston admitted it. He dis- heM than tha aanal sabseription 
gulsed himself and his car as taxi per*o^- The piece was well done 
and chauffeur, respectively, and but too expensive to operate. Busi 
parked it at the Apollo stage en- I "tarted at $14,000 and steadUy 



''BLACK BOY* 

Opened Get. Paul Robe- 
son, colored actor, dominated 
the reviews from all papers 
v^^hich, In tha majority, re- 
jected the play. Gabriel rSun") 
liked it, as did Dale rAmer- 
ican"), but the latter qualified 
his opinion. ^ . « 

Variety (Abel) saldx *'defi- 
cieneies oanr.at be offsatr 



Wlkig Over' FoUs Up 



Chicago, Nov. 9. 
^Wibbllnt Over." latest Cecil 

Lean-Cleo May field piece, stopped 
at the Selwyn Saturday after two 
weeks. Business was poor through- 
out the run. 

The Selwyn will be dark until 
Nov. 21, when Georpe S. Kaufman's 
"Butter and Egg Man" succeeds. 



Mixed Cast Engaged 
for 'Semational' Story 

The new play that Jack Goldberi? 
Is putting into rehearsal this week 
with a mixed cast has not been 
permanently named. The original 
script by Frank Wilson was not 
considered "sensational" enouph for 
Broadway and it has been rewrit- 
ten. This caused a ehanga in re- 
hearsals as all the company had 
'been engaged last week. 

The colored players engaged are 
Ida Anderson, who formerly had her 
own drnmntie compaagr on the road; 
Carlotta Freeman, J. Lawrence 
Freeman, Barrington Carter, Marie 
Toimr and Jaeli Ohirtar. 
After a preliminary road test the 
Mpaots to raaeh Broadway. 



trance. As Irene and Evelyn came 
out they got in the ear, thinking it 

a cab. 

Orders to go to the Ambassador 
were unheeded, and Liangston 
drove everywhere else. When stop 
lights halted the car on the north 
side, the girls Jumped and hailed a 
cop. The number of the car was 
taken as Langston sped away. He 
was later arrested and slated to be 
heard before Judge Schulman. 

The two tales in one day made 
things look fishy but both received 
spacious breaks, the Delroy -I looey 
story running only one day with the 
Nattova- Carrol thing doing a full 
week; 



dropped to around |10,Mi^ 



Coast 'Rain's' Cast 

Los Angeles, Nov. f. 
Arthur Freed's **Rain*' made its 

appearance at the Orange Grove 
Nov. 5. with Charlotte Treadway as 
Sadie Thompson. Balance of the 
cast includes Dudley Ayres. George 
Pearce, Charles Gill, Virginia 
Thornton, Ilelene Sullivan, Marta 
Golden, Albert Van Antwerp and 
Burden Jacobs. 

Charles King directed, assisted by 
Harry Shutan. 



"JUARKZ AND MAXIMILIAN" 

Opened Oct. 11. .Theatre 
Guild's first of the season and 
given lengthy reviewe. Cole- 
man ("M'rror") believed it 
would "interest the student 
more than the playgoer," while 
both Dale (** American") and 
Atkinson ("Times'') typifies it 
as "lifeless." Anderson rPost") 
approved. 

Variety (Rush) said: "makss 
its appeal to a limited eirele." 



"Happy Oo Lucky," presented by 
A. L. Brlanger, at the Liberty, goes 

out after playing seven weeks to 
moderate business. The opening 
week's gross was claimed between 



Duffy's 'Rain' RighU 

San Francisco. Nov. 9. 
The rights to "Kain" for Denver 
and west have been obtained by 
Henry Duffy, local manager, who 
Is readying a company with the ex- 
pectation of a 25-week season. 
Isabel Withers will play Sadie 
Thompson. Hal Salter, recently re- 
turned to the States from Australia, 
will have the Rev. Davidson part. 
"Rain,** with Miss Bagels, only 
played three coast cities. San Fran- 
cisco, Iios Angeles and Seattle. 



-HAPPVfj^O LUCKY* 

Opened Sept. 80. Ignored by 

most of the first string crit- 
ics and panned by those who 
"caught" it. 

Variety (Abel) said: "net 
much hope for this one." 



$14,000 and $15,000, but dropped 
under that, with trade light for a 

musical comedy. 
"Henry — Behave," produced by 



The Triangle, Greenwich Village, 
New York, is adhering strictly to 
membership patronage for its cur- 
rmut performances of "Reigen." 
translated version of Arthur 
Schnitzler'a play which was sup- 
pressed when production was at- 
tempted In Berlin. 

Kathleen Kirkwood, managing di- 
rector of the Triangle, ran afoul 
of the law for public ticket sales in 
an unlicensed theatre last summer 
when "Bare Facts." intimate mu- 
sical revue, was the attraction. 
Conviction on the latter charge was 
made with $100 line as penalty. A 
civil action by the city is also pend- 
ing against the theatre for operat- 
ing without a license through the 
previous sale. 

The nature of "Reigen" reaching 
the ears'of downtown slummers has 
made for business at the celleretta 
playhouse which the outsiders passed 
IIH ft&ther than risk another pinch. 



Gieb Salely ManagBg 
BardHH is Ibnart' 



B. Ray Qoetz is presenting Irene 
Bordini in ths English version of 
"Mosartf en his own. Heretofore 
Miss Bordini has appeared under 
the direction of the Charles Froh- 
man Company in association with 
Ck>ets. Frank Storrs Is reported 
interested in the "Mosart" venture, 
though Goetx and the Frohman of- 
fice are ststed to be on friendly 
terms as heretofore. 

"Mozart" will open at the Music 
Box Nov. 22 with a regular $5.50 
top evening admission scale with 
the premiere at $11 top. 

The Guitry's in the French ver- 
sion of "Mozart" are due at the 46th 
Street at Christmas time, the top 
admlssloB not belnc set. House 
will probably be scaled to exceed 
$40,000 weekly. The French com- 
pany will cost $18,000 in salaries 
iMTeakly. 

Gilbert Miller had favored "Her 
Past," a Fred Jackson farce, for 
Miss Bordini this season. That was 
to have beea tha Frohman-Ooetz 
attraction. It is off for the pres- 
ent. John Halliday was chosen for 
the nukle lead. He will be paid two 
we^csf salary because at the post 
ponemeat of tha Jadkfon play. 



QUEEN-FUU THEAIKE 
WHEN HARIE VlSriE^ 

Duffy's President, SeattIeK 
Claims Queenly-Theatro— 
Calling Record 



"HENRY— BEHAVE" 

Opened Aug. 23. Mantle 
("Newe*') waen't impressed. 

but Coleman ("Mirror") liked 
it. Other comment from sec- 
ond line men. 

Variety (Ibee)) said: "must 
depend on cut rates for sup* 
port" 



Qustav Bloom, elosaa at tha Bayes 

after a qiilet 13 weeks. Bvalness 
claimed around |S,000 waekl|» on^- 



'WWAY'W €0481 OUAfiAHTBE 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 

Wilkes Brothers' Queens theatre, 
legit, will be finished by Christmas, 
with the houjM to open Dec. 27. The 
initial production, it is said, will be 
"Broadway.** 

It is reported Jed Harris is being 
given a guarantee of $16,000 based 
on 51) percent of the profits for his 
share of the Hollywood run. 



ly from cut rates, but trade was 
reported considerably under that of 

late. 



"QOD LOVES US" 
Opened Oet. 18. Title changed 
to "The Go- Getters." Exeel- 
lent pereonsi noticee for J. C. 
Nugent and eeven of the 11 
critics thought well of it. How- 
ever, seme believed play lim- 
ited. Mantle ("mSSn ap- 
proved but deuMai ita asm- 
mercisl vslus. 

Variety (8kig) eaids ''hasn't 
strength ta rata itaalf aa hit 
show." . 



Seattle, Nov. t. 

The President theatre, Nov. 4. had 
its big night. The dlstlnotion of 
being the first, it not tha only 
American legit theatre to entertala 
Queen Marie of Roumanla and her 
royal party, came to the Henry 
Duffy house. 

William McCurdy, manager, be- 
lieves the show business Is a gamblo 
and he took a big gamble on the 
queen's appearance. He gambled on 
queen and when the cards wers 
turned a queen full came out to flU 
his house—queen, prlnpess and a 
prince. 

Other local theatres feared the 
whims and caprices of a qu6en and 
would not gamble on her coming 
to their houses, when S. 8. Millard, 
with the Roumanian Society, cariis 
up from Los Angeles to arrango 
for a benefit for the church and Red 
Cross of his organisation. 

The benefit was arranged at the 
President. It was advertised, and 
when It was all over McCJurdy 
breathed with relief, for you can't 
tell about a queen. Her arrival ia 
Seattle was delayed for hours, so 
her local visit was at a breakneck 
speed. Tet shb fbuhd time to spend 
at the President. 

75 Countrymen 

A special program of Roumanian 
songs and dances by members of 
the local Roumanian eolony aug« 
mented the dramatic progfiai, "Tha 
Gorilla" being the bill. 

The colony of her countrymen 
here consists of but 7i, so oredit 
must be given this small group for 
their enterprise in securing this 
royal attraction at their benefit. 
The aooiety bought tha haoaa for 
around $800 and netted a neat sum, 
boosting prices to $3 and $5. The 
block in front of the theatre was 
the. only one in town featooaed with 
welcome*' banners. 
Mr. Millard met Lois Fuller, the 
dancer, abroad. He credits the 
madasMk who la with tha royal 
party, for helping to put over the 
theatre appearance of Queen MariOb 
The chairman of the local Rou* 
manlan society, Oeorga Meelea, waa 
desirous that Variety correct soma 
wrong reports that were in the dally 
press. "There is no starvation in 
Roumanla,*' ha said. **The country 
is prosperous and happy. I have 
this from members of the party and 
firom home advices. Crops are good, 
and that means a great deal for 
90 percent of our people live on the 
soil. Because of this production 
and pastoral life, there is vnifons 
prosperity^ Some seem to eonfusa 
Armenia with Roumanla." 

Many of the Roumanians present 
at the theatre were in pictureaquo 
home country costumes, so that the 
scene in the foyer, as well as ia 
ths theatre proper, was colorfuL 



Gea Stage Mgr.-Scenarist 



A scenario called "Night Play- 
grounds" has been purchased by 
Robert Kane from Norman Hous- 
ton for a picture. Tha latter ia 
general stage manager 'ior A. H. 
Woods, writing plctiiva stories oa 
the side. 

His -Man Bait." produced by 
P. D. C will shortly be reieaaed. 



BlumV *Rulh' Off; 

No Salary Bond 

"The Book of Ruth." by Abraham 
Blum, to have been ph>dttced by the 
author Nov. 1 at the Central Park 
theatre. New York, was postponed 
two days and then called off. The 
reason given is that a salary bond 
for the second week failed to be 
posted with Equity. The play was 
fully rehearsed and two weeks' sal* 
ary went to the cast. 

It isnow doubtful of appearanosw 



NO MARY DUNCAN RELEASE 

A. H. Woods is reported to have 
refused a bonus of $500 weekly for 
4$ waaha ta releasa from her run- 
of-the-p1ay contract in "The Shang- 
hai Oo sture** the ingenue^ Mary 
Duncan. ■ 

Miaa Dunoan, who flrst attracted 
attention In "Arabesque," had an 
offer from a film company. When 
it developed that her services were 
the property of Woods, tha offer of 
120,000 waa made by Harry Woolff, 
Miaa Duncan's personal manager. 



Wednesday, November 10» 1926 



VARIETY 



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65& /^^ Curtain 



SHOWFOLK'S 
SHOESH.OP 



ATONTHS of preparation beki 

the 8cenea**and now tbe cur- 
tain riaea! Tbe new Broadway akop 
reveala itself as an ideal ata^ setting 
for the lovely slippers on display! 
For while the informal charm of the 
original Showfolk*a Shoeshop has 
been cleverly retained* the lovelier 
turroundinga* greater comforiand 
even fiaei^^^ic^^of the new shop 
extend an invitation of their own. 



And the slippers! Truly, in the ex« 
quiaite modela that have been 
especially created for this almost 
historic occasion, L Miller has sur* 
passed himself. • • • «Aptly so* f <ir th^ 
opening of this delightful building- 
dedicated to Beauty in Footwear**is 
a tangible tribute ^to Broadway— an 
expression by I. Miller to his 
^eatrical clientele of bis appreciation 
for their friendship during the past 



. MILLER 

SKow/olk's Sh.oe.sh.op 

BROADWAY 

at the Northeast Corner of 
46TH STREET 



i 



LEGITIMATE 



Wednesday, November 10, 1926 



ART THEATRES 

By Theodore Pr«H 



The Harvard Dramatic Club has 
•elected for Its annual play an adap- 
totion bj Gilbert Seldea of eaH 
QoiMrs *«Or*iig« OmtAy," 17th cen- 
tvrj satire. Three of the club's 
pteys have recently seen New York 
production, *'Tho Moon IM » Oong." 
* The Makropoulos Secret" and 'The 
Chief ThlnSf" 1S4 liAMwr Ai- 
looton 

mo Radellfte Ulor, oollogo dra- 
matic association in Cambridge, 
Mass,, is getting a production of 
"Arms and the Man" under way. 
MUT BftBdfl, sister of Dorothy 
Sands of the Neighborhood Play- 
iMUMb to diroctor. 




Timely 
the season's plays sched- 
1^ tho Hart House Theatre, 
ViBfoiito* Is Mrs. Beams'.** by 
e» K. Munra Shaw's "Heartbreak 
House'* was presented Oct. 25-30, 
and will be followed by "S. S. Ten- 
Mltir" tof ft %ook, ilitflliif IfoT. it. 
W<iltor Sinclair, formerly director of 
tIkO Amateur Dramatic Club of 



Tremaln-Garstang, Fijffllsll PQipIr 
artist, handles that end. 



Gllmore Brown, director of the 
Pasadena Community Players, has 
returned from Europe bringing sev- 
eral plays tdlWh will bo trts* eut at 
his playhouse. Among these are two 
German dramas, "From Nine to 
Nine," taken from the novel of that 
name, and '*Tho Track Walker's 
Child." Another is ''Ambor," by 
Charles Cottrell, Englishman, while 
Philip Barry's "In a Garden," wiU 
follow tho current 
Farm«r*s Wife.** 



The Huguenot Players of New 
RocheUo, N. T., baVo In r^earsal 

"Dicky Bird," by Harriet Ford and 
Harvey O'HIggens. "The Girl," by 
Edward Peple, and "The Man Who 
Died at Twolfe ^'Cloek^*' by Ma; 



will have two full-length plays pre- 
sentod this season, while MoBrlde 
has docldsd te aet ae kle ^ubUabor. 

Middle West 

"Hell Bent Per Heaven,** by 
Hatcher Hughes, was produced for 
a wook by tho Kaaaaa Olty Iilttie 
Theatre. The house, which seats 
400, was sold out for every per- 
formance, and an extended run was 
only frustrated by business interests 
of the players. The play was dis- 
cussed in several elty pulpits dur- 
ing its run. '*Tho DoTire X^lpto," 
by BerneMI IRutW, wmmM^mm 
ottwlMlgf , 

The Burlington, la.. Drama 
Iteasuo has altered tho conditions of 

its 1926-27 prize play contest to in- 
clude any play, whether one-aQt or 
longer. . , : ' 



araux WATU'S uoapt 



Robert Wayne ot the "LAky 
Sue."*, which eomee Inte Now 
York Mot. li, is heir to aa 
estate of $1,000,000 from an 
uncle who died in England. 

Tho uncle Is a brother eC 
Wayne's father, who is also 
dead, the actor getting his 
father's share and dividing 
with another brottMT. 



VufimW Notice Down 



Notice of oSoalng was posted 
backstage at the Selwyn. New 
York, for "CasUos in the Aii^ 
Monday, but ehoHlj remerod. The 
explanation offered related to some 
cast confusion regarding salary 
adjustments, pointing towards a 
cut.- Satlsfhctorjr arrangemei^ ap- 
peared to have been made. 

"Castles" will remain at the Sel- 
wyn another month. It is due In 
BesCon Dee. f. 

'Tte Constant Nymph" %lll flol- 
lew In at the Seiwyn. 



Paul Green, philosophy instructor 
in ik Southern university, sesent to 

be the most talked-of playwright in 
New York who has sprung from 



Song Kong, is director, while T. one-act plays and little theatres. He 




GAiEnratviss'i.r.-,!* 

: citamfiM muxyoiiAM stesMts 

*0N APPROVAL' 

4 ComedT br FREDERICK LONSDALE 

- With WAULAOB SDDfNGEB 
ynOIMT KKMBIJi COQFH 
XATHUDOB M arDONMBIX 
and HUGH WAKEFIELD 



CBARLK8 
DILLINQHAH'S 

KT«a, l:SO. 



GLOBE 



T H E A T R ■ 
46th 8t a B'way 

ICaU. Wed. a Sat., t:S9. 



CHARLES DILLINOHAM preaents 

FRED STONE 

la a New Mosleal Comadjr 

4nuss cmomr wiu i w <riM moke 

Aa Indlapatable SacoaMi 



L. BRLANQER presents 

In the Naw 

Muaical 

Comedy 



Ed<tie Dowling 

Honeymoon Lane 



WUmnrM TBXA.. W. 42d St Eti. S:S0 
9Sil«W ¥11 luu. Wed. and Set. S:SO 

lAMM W. ELLIOTT'S GLOBIOUS 

CASTLES io tbe AIR 

with Tlvlenne Sacal. Bernard OranvlDc 
J. H arold Murray, Thaia lAwtaa 
m MUSICAL SENSATION OV 
QBNEBATION 



The sixth annual desert plsy. "The 
Arrow Maker," was produced at 
Palm Springs, CaL, under the direc- 
tion of Oamet Holme. Tke eeet In- 
cluded Lou Mohahan, Willlani |le|r* 
mond and Jeffrey WilltaunSt^ 

''He Who Gets Slapped" wets pre- 
sented by the Garret Club, Los 

Angeles, for Ave performances. Wil- 
liam J. Parker played "He.** The 
supporting cast included George B. 
McNulty. Arthur Qeenke^ Will 
Reynolds, Ross Sperry, Mary Ra- 
dova, and others. Chkrlee Mopre 
staged the production. ^ . 

The AIhambrfl-8an Gabriel Com- 
munity' Players presented "Kin- 
dling," by Charles Kenyon, at the 
Art Center theetre, Alhambre, Cat. 

It is the fourth play given by the 

players this season. The others were 

"Camouflage." "Pollyanna," and "On | CaUlbn, Elliott Roth, Bruce Evans. 
tti*»Wnt^lJiijM»-^^^^^^ ; \M.r. Webb, C. RiliflMU 8age, Ed. 

. ■'■ '^ Powers. Selma Tmrn^ MuPf O'Neal 



Hub's 'Cradle Snatcher^s' 

The second company of *'Cradle 
Snatchsre,** enependlnv some weeks 
ago because ot bad road eondltions, 

is reorganizing for another try. 
The company, headed by Blanche 
Rlnff, went Into rehearsal last week, 
with the opening set for Not. 18 at 
Springfleld, Kasa.* aimed for a Bee- 
ton run. 

Support Ineludee Th^ereea Max- 
well Conovor, Margaret Shaeklo- 

ford. Maude Eburne. Joseph Mc- 



BELASCO 



Prama in three acta hj Hendrt«k 
Dlreoted by Eva La OalUenne. Battings 
and costumes by Q. B. Calthrop. Preeented 
br Civic Repartonr ^ThMtra at the Uth 
Street theatra, lii#.liiiir 
Knut Brovik.....^«^««v«;«.. Sydney Machat 

Kala Foall .. .Ruth Wtlton 

Ragnar BroTlk.. .Harold Moultpn 



DATiD mmuuno 



LENORE ULRIG 



as LULU BELLE 



FOB 'V006£NH£IM£S'» 
Oeorge Sweet, formerly of **My 
»;::!?"Ra» wStS l ^^^^-^ been eniaced by WUliam 
. X, . . - . ^ Hanrtd Mottiton B. Friedlander as a principal with 

r-aS^ Altaa*iii22l*^**r****^^^^ S»« Bernard revival of 'The 

'Dr. Rardai.^. sajrra Crawiejr R>eh Mra Hoggennelmer.'* Harry 

Misi Hilda Wbsi i ata t» ilsmeane I McNauglitea will alee be la the 

■ I cast. 

Builder,- by Ibsen. The show is expected to be ready 
was the first play of the genesis of for Ita Initial eat-et«tewn aliAwlii^ 
tho present Civic Repertory Theatre nos?^ eu^-ei^iewn snowing 
when it sprouted its matinee kings I '^/^ 
last season. With 



RMPIRP * St. Eva 1:10 

EOnriilC Mata. Wed. * si t:S» 

.'' .^'.A>WIE -, 

A P T I V 

jjl^ward nourdet'a World Trlnmph! 
wtth HELEN MENKEN. BASIL RATNBONC 





▲oaot 



C^medlea 



^flLjMl.W.or B'r. Krt. R:SO 
arnata Wed. A Sit. S:2Q 



QUEEN HIGH 



with CHARLES RUOOLES, FRANK 
IfelNTTBB, ^UBLLA GEAR A 10 Othara 



LBW rmiHr iisir iiubical eoiaD^ an 

"tHE GIRL 
FRIEND" 

aSOBftB WHISB'8 ATOIIO %f • 
popuLAm MAnC jvaa'a tAT.. tai 



season, with "John Gabriel 
Borlunan," by the same controver- 
sial Norweffian, preeented Nov. 9. 
it is a revival. These two plays, 
with "Saturday Night" and 'Three 
Sistere,** wiU be plajrsi immately. 

The play takes on a more robust 
appearance in its reviv 
Lo Gallienno 



GEORGE WHITE'S 
SCANDALS 



«erid'i Qraatait Sbow. 



Wecld't OreateK Cait 





JOHN GOLDEN Theatre 

lath St.. bat. B'war A 7th Ave. 
llattaaas WED. and SAT.. 2:S0. 



ROADWAY 



BROADHURST. W. 44 th St. 
■fa t JO. Mela. Wed. A BeU. l;eo 



Philia Gaedmae areMnta America'i Funniest 
CeaMlhuia la tlia BitsMt Mutlcal Camady 
Saeeaaa ml the Saasaa 

CLARK and McCULLOUGH 

in THE RAMBLERS 

with MARIE SAXON and a RenarfcaMe Cast 

LYRIC TH EA. 



nil TAMThaa.. W. 4<th St. Bvaa l:SO 
rULilUll Mate.. Wed. and Sat S:SO 

"The finest of mystery melodramas.'* 
—Herald Tribune. 

hDonovan affair 



O'Haras for Antipodoe 

Zioe Angeles, Not. t. 
Mr. and Mrs. Fiake CVHara ealled 

last week from San Francisco for 
form. £va I Australia, where they will inaugu- 
. . - -iPieKer ap- rate a tour of the Wcurd-Fuller time, 

most of the cast new. Onbe a«aln 7,, Down Limerick Way,* both 
Miss Le Gallienne's direction till* I ^^'"'^ Nichols, 

and does so especially in letting Mr. ' ' 
Brecher have his own way abont 
enunciation. The effect of getting 
the Impression of words rather than 
the words themselvee is at flrat 
bothersome, then warming |a tti 
vital assumption of reality. 

Beatrice Terry as the enbittefed 
master builder's wife gave a splen- 
did performance, while the rest of 
the company is better balanced than 
in any of the plays yet set Miss 
Le Gallienne has added new and 
bizarre quirks to her curious Hilda 
Wangel. and it is the numt effeottve 
of her roles. 



'CASTUS' RECEIVERSHIP 
ARGIffiD^ IN COURT 

John McMahon Wants It Under 
10% Interest— Elliott Asks 
Complaint Bo Oitmissed 



On Fridajr. John MoMahen argued 

his motion for a receivership and an 
accounting of "Castles in the Air'^ 
in his suit against James W. Elliott. 
Monday the latter made another 
motion to dismiss the McMahon 
complaint. Both matters have been 
taken under advisement by Justico 
Deiehanty In the New Tork 8u* 
preme Court 

The McMahon complaint is slml* 
lar to John Meehan's trouble with 
ElUott As tho Meehan-Blllott 
Corp. both were to have 45 percent 
interest each in the company, with 
the remaining 10 percent to Mc- 
Mahon. The latter never received It 
and is suing for an accounting. 

Elliott allBO refuse^ to account to 
Meehan. despite the letter's namo 
being lent to the corporation, ^Uott 
contending that he and some 
"dummy" incorporators furnished 
by Charlee F. Murphy, his New 
York lawyer, were the sole eon* 
trollers. That end of*1t was settled 
through Elliott buying out Meehan's 
it percent for .150.000, to bo paid oCC 
at the rate of twe peroent' eC the 
gross receipts. 

As recently as last week, a liitch 
on that part of the payment sys* 
tem occurred, but O'Brien. Malevin* 
sky & Driscoll straightened It out 
on behalf of Meehan. , 

The same law flrai, new aetinc 
for McMahon, who was a Hearst 
newspaper executive before induced 
to aUy with Elliott, states that Bl« 
liott Is dlsslpatlnr the *tSastlss hi 
the Air** profits and wants an ae« 
counting and a receivership to lkre« 
tect his 10 percent holdings. 



Arlington Hotel 

Known to the Pro f s ssl en ai 
THI hotel in 

WASHINQTON, D. 0. 

25% Ofioount *Off Published 

Rates 



NEW HOTEL ANNAPOLIS 



la the Haart of 
Theatrs DIatrlot 

11-12 atod H ttai 



HENRY MILLER'S 

MATINICS. WED. A SAT., tM 

HottiKook Blinn 

In mtKNG M0LNAa*8 

THE PLAY'S THE THING' 

MATI .VKSa. TI1UR8. 4 SAT.. 3:M 

Hew Amsterdam '''S.**- 7'- 

Kata Wad. a Sat., 

bOHstiaa a MitfMS. Hi. wm. 

CHARLES DTLLIKOnAM omMto 



MARILYN MILLER 

'SUNNY' 



And h«r Star 
fwmisy la 



Aristocrat 
of Maalcal 
CoR)«dlaa 



THE LITTLE CLAY CART 

HUidu drama in alaht aoenas. attrHlttted 
to King shudraka. Traaalatad br Arthur 
William Ryder. Diractatf by Affnaa Morsan 
and Irena Lawlaoha. BtCUnsi and ooatumas 
by AUna BanstalA. Ajl hm tTilrtlinitsiff 
Playhouae. N«w Tork. ' ■ "a^""" 

£r*^r"^*'*** *• Maclaren 

Maitraya Edgar Kent 

ya^ntaaena Betty Llnh y 

santnanaka Mare I^oebell 

A Shampooer Albert Carroll 

Sharvllaka Theodore Uaoht 



genhemen 

PREFER 
BLONDES 



TIMES SQ. 

TBSATlia 

Wast 4 tad Street 
EveninRB at l:St. 
Mata. Thuradajr a 
Satardar St S:H. 



Pf A VUI^IIQF^V. 48th ST. V.ypK 8 :tn 
ri^inUUdlLMat*. Wed. a S*U 2 30 

ROSALIl SreWART Preients 

DAISY MAYME" 

A COMEDY 

By George KeUy ".Iff^JiSS&ffi*" 



If Ym Dtn't Advertise in 

VARIEH Don t Advertise 



"The LltUa Clay Cdrf Is a re- 
vival, played at the Neighborhood 
two seasons ago. It will alternate 
with Al%d Savolr's "The Lion 
Tamer" at the Grand street house. 

This second production of the 
whimsical Hindu fantasy retains all 
the delleate charm it possessed be- 
fore. The cast is practically the 
same, though Betty Linley now plays 
tho courtesan. Vasantasena. She 
carries the role with deep beauty 
and appeal, while Marc Loebell is 
still the same villainous delight 

The play, with its story of a mar- 
ried merchant's love for a beautiful 
courtosan. is lyrically poetic in Its 
ribsurd pretence. 

The Neighborhood Playhouse Is 
that rarest of things in theso days 
of concentrated art, an art theatre 
possessing suiflclent ability and un- 
derstanding not to taks Itself too 
seriously. 

Aline Bernstein's costumes are In- 
trlcetely and expertly contrlvoO. 



"Our Baby^ in Prospect 

William Hlccardi is readying an- 
other vehicle for Broadway presen- 
tation In "Our Babjr,** a comed/ by 
Van Velser Smith. 

Riccardi is currently reviving 
"1^1^ Joe." 



JOHN 

CLARKE 



LEADING TENOR • ; ; ■ 

.IN, 

"PRINCES CHARMING" 

Palace Theatre^ Londoiiy Eng. 



WBEKLT DISPATCH: 

Another ezcAlleat slastr fa the 
SOB of Joha Clarke eiays Captala Tor- 
•IIU aad his slnttes of *'8wordfl and 
Sabros^* with m ale ehorus was. one of 

the Ma Knv or m mvwuKk 



NEWS OF THB WORLpt 



. role of tho Naval oAeer 

oseoltontly takoa by Joha Clarico. aa 
artist who can act and has a charming 
voles. "Swords and Sabrss" brought 
ths houHe down aaA had to he rop s at od 
sevsral times. 



Pron» among the flne all round east 
one must aoiect for the hiffheet praise 
the charmng and molodious "Winnie 
Molvtlle as artistic as she Is prettjr. 
John Clarke, who Blags splendidly aad 
acta spurtlr as iMr sailor lOTor. 



MORKINO ADyBRTTSmtl 

The singing, especlallr br MI.os Wlnne 
Meilvllle and Mr. Joha Clarke, Is 
alflooat. 



BVENINQ 8TAR: 

Joha Clarke dooe oTorythlas he has 
te do oxeelloatlr wolL Be slme aad 
makes love aad looks every faek a 
sailor man. Tho most enjoyable oomle 
opera since Marie Tempest aa "O Mi- 
mosa San." in 1891 and Edna May as 
"The Belle of New Tork** la lift set 
the whole town talking. 

Jeha Clarke Is asotksr Hebett Bfett. 



DAILY TBLBaRAFRt 

John Clarke played the gallant lover 
with plenty of spirit and used offec- 
tlTolr his sendeeabie tenor Toieib 



BVBNINO NSWVt 

Winnie MrIvIIIo and John Clarke are 
a charmtnsr pulr of lov«re who tioth 
sing dollffhtfullr and act Wltk a alee 
sense of tho dramatlo. 



TORKSHIRB ORSERVKR: 

Mr. John Clarke Is a newcomer whoso 
name should shortly rank among the 
West End "stars" If he maintains the 
staadarda of his porformaaoe lealsht. 



Wednesday, November 10, 1926 




V A K I sjr Y 



41 



Should Fathers Beat Their Sons? 










ff 



By CYRIL CAMPION 

(Amthar of ^'Ask Beccles/* Another London Success) 

LONDON^S LATEST AND GREATEST DRAMATIC "WALLOP** 



DqUy MaU, Oct. St7i 

\**lt is the story of a prodigral son that is told a^aln In The JjbuAl* BVt In this 
ease the erring youth, aged 21, does not return repentant to his home. 

"His father finds bim in the home of a married woman and give* him a 

severe flogging. ' 

"The drastic measures taken by the father make STRONG CUHAX to a 
play which has many fine scenes. 

. . promises to be a big West End succepw. EVERY ACT ItAST MIQBT 
H£LD THE AUDIENCE. The standard of the acting was high. 

**. . . tremendous applause which greeted an interesting production.** 



Daily T^mgraphi 

"... received with treat applsiuse last night. Tliere Is a strong sense In 

most of us that the only way to deal with a thoroughly bad boy Is to glTe him a 
thoroughly good hiding, and in not a few of us there is a feeling, not quite admirable 
but very human, that if a hiding is to be administered we should like to be allowed 
to look on. In the big scene of Mr. Campion** play both emotlona be gratlfled. 

". . . the whole affair moves well to a satisfactory conclusion; ao that Mr. 
Campion, who Is already part author of 'Ask Beccles,' may well hftT« a MOondi suc- 
cess to his credit." 



• . ROBUST DRAMA 

. . it is a flrst-class Stage thrashing done under our egras and those of 

the victim's mistress. 

"Mr. Campion's short way with decadents seemed to have the approval of the 
audience, but his piece is more than a plea for physical force in thsM aott daja 
His play Is Interesting because it makes his story Interesting." 



Star: 

". . .By quite simple means, the author contrived to keep us interested and 
wondering what was going to happen next to the young scoundrel. • . 

"... The son had been sheltered at the flat of a married womaji In her hus- 
band's absence. Now the father resolved to play the stern Roman parent . • . 
Never was a thrashing so richly deserved, never did an enraged parent deal out 
such hearty thwacks • • . a commendable restraint . • .** 



Daily Chromele: 

'If you are a strong man with a wastrel son, and the son wastes his allowance 

on na.sty people, and if the son secretly marries a typist with a heart of gold and 
then deserts her, and if you send him to Australia and he leaves the boat to return 
to live with the wife of a friend of yours, while the friend is 111 In a nundiig homa, 
then whip the youth good and hard in the presenca of his mIstraM . • • SustalM 
interest and provokes excitement." 



Daily Skatch: 

"A STRONG PLAT.** 

. . atrong meat . . . good stuff, and evidently Cyril Campion Is 
to be rackoned with. A* Tery favorable recepUon." 



anthor 



London Evaning Standard, Oct. 27: 

'nrHHAmiHQ on the staqb 

«*efowM THHlla in New Play 

'^t may quite lil<ely happen that the big scene in the third act of Tha lASh' 
last night at the Royalty will be the one to get itself talked about, and to lead to 
comment, curiosity and a long run. 

*1t Is the scene in which the Irate father breaks Into the flat where his 
20-year-o!d son is making love to a married lady. He orders his son out of the 
house and on his refusing to go, there and then draws a length of some lethal 
substance (leathert) out of his pocket and gives him an energetic flogging. 

"This scene. It wUl be gnthmred, crowds as many thrills together as may con- 
veniently be packed into any given play. I congratulate the author very heartily 
on all the writing that leads up to it . . . the two acts that lead up to it are very 
good. All the previous quarrel scenes between father and son are excellently cast 
and excellently played. The confrontation scene between father and young girl 
the wastrel son has inadvertently married Is also very convincing. Mr. Campion 
writes often with wit and with unfailing dramatic sense that keaps puihing the 
plot of the play forward by bri.«»k stages and with no lor of time. 

**. . . The flogging scene brought down the house. But either with it or with- 
out It, I do not d«i^ ittit Ik* ^lajr nadf an iaelttat •vanlng.*' 



EpmUng Hoamt 

'i>ARINa OF 'THE LASH/ 

"... . The most remarkable thing about tha play Is Its courage. 

"When the climax came It almost took the audience's breath away. A father 
thrashing his son of 21 on the stage! Ordering him to take off his jacket and then 
giving It to him good and hard with a heavy leather strap! And the son a married 

man, too! 

"Audacity ^as rewarded and the scene waa accepted as strong and vital • • . 
tha successful daring of the author. 

"When the thrashing does come, the author has done all In his power to make 
it probable — and it will probably be agreed by the majority of the audience that 
the climax has in it truth and force . . . the play stands flrmly on the cliaracter- 
perf ormaant «t lathar and M^** 



Morning Advertiter: 

" The Laeh' is another success for Mr. Cyril Campiop, the author, who sprang 
into fame with a detective play, 'Ask Beccles.* It also deals In crooks, personified 
in one glittering example and their effect on a Weak young man. 

". . . Provides an evening of gathering eaKitament • • ^ It is marvellous • • . 
superb . • . heart-breaking thrill." 



Daily Mirror: 

"INTEHESTINO IDEA IN NEW PLAT. 

It works exceedingly well, and the total result from the point of view of the 
audience Is a good, strong interesting play, which should All tha Royalty Theatre 
for months to come. The scene In which the father thrashes the boy Is a full- 
blooded dramatic thrill, which last night brought down the house, and the whole 
play la written with a true sense of the theatre. 

'^ISzcollent acting Ml a^raoiid contributes to the auceoM of the production." 



Daily Herald: 

"BEAT THE BAIRNS SLOGAN. 

**• . . a very human modem problem." 



Wm9tnim9tor GoMoitmi 

"A WELL mj^:Wiii 
writtan play." 



alavarly worked 



a waU-butlt and waU- 



«THE LASH" IS GREATER DRAMA THAN *THE WHIP" 

No Horses! II Actors! Two Simple Interiors 

(iNQLItH OAtT OtTAINABLE IP DCSmCO) 

A **WALLOPING" SUCCESS 

Fop Amertean, Canadian or Oihar BnUtA Dominion righit oi tha p lay or Mm apply ioi 



PERCY BURTON 



Cora ^ FaMIMI^i LMtt St TruiC Co.» 

15, Cocktpur Street, 
London, England 



CaUess PERBURTON, LONDON 



42 



VARIETY 



LEGITIMATE 



Wednesday, November 10, 1926 



'Say Yoa Do' for Chi 



▲ mnsical voraion ot "Mama 
iMWm Papa.** to be oalled **Say You 
Do" l» aimed for tho Oljniiplc, Chi- 
cago, In December. Thomas Ball, a 
Ciilcagoaa not known to eastern 
Aow elrel«% will proaont the at- 
timotioa. 

The musical comedy book version 
la by Jack MacGuMran* the score 
being from Dell Owen, with lyrics 



In the cast will be Rogrer Gray. 
Marjorie Gateaoa, Billjr Roaelle and 
Roj Goodwin. 

^limauT in Um original form was 
produced by Alfred & Aarona at the 
f^rreat laat aaaaoa for » Mmited 

ensrarement. 



W. T. WYATT BUILDINO 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 

After more than two years of work, 

W. T. Wyatt has organized the 

Wyatt Theatre Corp., which will 

erect a modem theatre and offlce 

building at Vermont' and Seventh. 

Preaent plana eall for tha new 
house to play legit attractions. The 
site Is in the Wilabira reaidential 

district 



Kelh and Dill in Frisco 

San Francisco, Nov. %, 

Kolb and Dili will open in San 
Fmnclaoa InataaA of XjOo Aagelaa as 

llrat planned. The opening date la 
set for Nor. 29 and the theatre 

mentioned is the Wilkes. 



Sittart^ at A. Ce 



Sam H. BEhiI# 
"SiatM ThiM^** 
lantio OKjr naat 
hairing Urn FaraA Itows U 
tera." The onal famaina tntarct aa 
when the piece promialngly ttiad 
out late in the aummer. 

One excapUon la Charlea Mabie, 
who aupplMiM ^WMIiV 



Road Tip Toes' Through 

Tlie tourinjT company of "Tip 
ToeaT' wiU done nt Wereeater, 
Maaa, N*r. «k wMaH ttana M 
will have been omt eight weeka. 

No "Tip Toeaf* la now rvnalng In 
Chicago. 



*'• f 



Actors' Fund 

' - . ', ■ • , • ■■■■■....■''■"■'"■",:*• 

By J, C. NUGENT 

I was whacked, sad sshsmed of mj9^» and over onfy 
bther healthy and prospenng actor and actress; wfiea I real 

the Actors' Fund's announceoicnts in Variety. 



.Wc soon forget — don't we? — when all is well with 

We have money to squander on midnight driaka aad 
laaches we are better without; in useless dress and lazj. 
taida» and ridkuloufi ''showins^-off"— WHILE TKR BUND 
AND HALT AND OLD OP OUR PROPBSSlbN AWAIT 
WOR US TO RBMSMBBR THEIR MISERY. 

The Actors' Fund! 

Of all things to be neglected by the men and .women wha 
should be first to reoietiibar itl 

The most unostentatious, noble and efficiently conducted 
of all the charitiea. 

And who be so ttronf and proud and rich but that aa 
acddent nuiy bow them to the deptha of illneaa or povarly, 
or both, in a minata^ or any minute? 

And age waiting grimly, willy-nilly 1 

What's the matter with a lot of Sunday night entertaian 
menta for the Actors' Fund campaign? 

Who will furnish theatres? 

Who will volunteer? 

How many will sit down now and send a few dimes oi^ 
dollars, which they will never miss, to Daniel FrohmaaF 

EVERYONE IN OUR PROFESSION SHOULD RE- 
SPOND, ANYHOW— AND NOW I BVBRY PROPBt- 
SIONAL SOCIETY, EVERY INDIVIDUAL SHOULD 
RESPOND, SO THAT NEVER AGAIN SHOULD OUR 

8blp«<:bntbred sblfishnbss makb us OUILTi; 

. op ALLOWING THE ACTORS' FUND TO ASK PUB- 
LICLY FOR HELP FOR OUR OWN! 

C» NugmL 



PUYS ON BROADWAY 



The Play's the Thing 



Pfoaoocl br tb» Charles FrohaaB 

At Henry Miller theatr* Not. t; 
adapUd by P. U. Wodahouaa from U|e frig- 
Inal ct Fttrenc Moinar; HolbfeUt aaan 
■urrad; staced bjr lettar. 
MaBskjr •.•••••••.••••*•**•••• Hub#v€ DniM 

Sandor ' Tural ..........«•• ^^olbnaok BUna 

Albert Adam •••Slward Gtandall 

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Itoaa 
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■mtlnflw 0*lb 



OUbart Miller, manacinir director 
of tiM Frohman Company, choae 
thia pUy wiUi the Ida* of havlns hla 
father, the late Hennr MiUer, atar 
in It Ferene Molnar called the 
place "Spiel Im Sohloaa,'* literaUy. 
the play in a castle. Just before it 
opened out of town the Shake- 
epeareaa phrase, "The Play's the 
Thing," was decided on for a tltlo— 
Uutt aounds as good as any other. 

P. O. Wodehouse has made an ez- 
ceUent adaptation from the Hun- 
garian original and Holbrook Blinn, 
who ia starred, did a neat bit of 
staging of thia amusing play. Out 
of town BUnn made up with a sil- 
vered wig. this being Miller's idea to 
characterize Molnar. It is said 
Blinn looked the part but the wig 
became troBMaiama gad wma tffa- 
carded. 

There is but one woman in the 
cast of seven, which holds several 
very clever actors ia addition to 
311nn. The play opens with two 
authors and a compoaer discussing 
shop and the manner of vnrlting. 
The two elder men have collaborated 
In many aucceasea and have Jnat 
completed an operetta, the score 
having been fashioned by the young 
composer, who is ia love with the 
prima donna. She, he bolievea, la a 
madonna but haa had nlteinL 

Through the thin walla of her 
room thoy hear a former lover plead 
again for her affectlona The boy is 
heartbroken and he threatens to de- 
stroy the acora. The visit of the 
authors to thia Una old Italiaii caatla 
looks like a bust. They haa oomo 
in prospect of a plaaaant tUna^ away 
from **thin akIiMiad aatora and thicfc 
skinned managers" as Sandor Tural 
(Blinn) tho amartar of tha two play • 
wrighta puta tt Ho had ramarkad 
that a "when a composer Is happy 
ha writaa hlta; whe« a prima donna 
la hippj, aha ataiga off key less 
often.** The distressful situation is 
a problem which ha promlaaa to 
solve and brings tho eurtalli down 
with the pledge of "a waddtaf^ a hit 
and a happy ending.** 

Thaa ha goaa off to tha library at 
four a. m. to work, his Job being the 
writing of a playlet in whidi tha r*- 
matka hoard through tha wall ara 
Incorporated. The boy listens to a 
refaearsaU hallevea ha haa mada a 
mistake about hig bal#?«d and tmt 
the finale a clinch. 

Sandor'a cunning manner of 
shielding tho prima ^!nnn% aaaom- 
passed ona of tha fuonleat Unaa of 
the play. 

Perhaps tho most novel bit of the 
fashioning of the play before the 
eyes of the audience was at tho end 
of tha aecond act when the thraa 
men gave their idea of how the cur- 
tain should be brought down. Aa 
the more elderly author aad tho 
heart-broken youth gave their ver- 
sions, the curtain started down a 
foot or two, then raeadad. That 
was something new. 

For regular playgoers, there is 
much In "The Play's the Thing** to 
amuse and not the least is the good 
acting. Blinn's suave, cultured 
manner, his confident and unfaJl 
ingly effective ideas indelibly stamp 
him the clever playwright he la sup. 
posed to be. The exchanges between 
him and Ralph Nairn, the butler, 
are tho source of many chuckles. 
Nairn's playing registered so surely 
that the first nighters wanted him 
on for a bow with the others at the 
end of the second act but for aoma 
reason he did not appear. 

Tho third act rested almost en- 
tirely on the acting of Reginald 
Owen, the meddling lover, who al- 
moat gummed the works for the 
authors. Sandor had written Into 
tho playlet many long French names 
whioh the actor had to memorize. 
In tha rehearsal bit, when he un- 
limbarad them, the audience waa 
tickled foolish. Hubert 1>rnOa as 
the other playwright, Edward Cran- 
dan as the composer, and Catherine 
Dala Owen aa tha remlaa prima 
donna completed the main support 
of Bllnn'a urbane aupportlng com- 
pany. 

•*The Play's tho Thing" Is a smart 
play, one that will attract class pa- 
tronage. That means It figures to 
do very well on the lower floor. Up- 
stairs trade is doubtful, yet the at- 
traotloB ahould be moderately aua- 
ceaaflil. /»aa. 



side, much patronised by the high- 
brow approval and rcgurded as a 
"duty** to translate and produce. 
Speaking of duties, the original title 
of this piece was, in the Italian, 
"Vest re gl'lgnudl,** which literally 
set into English means "Clothing the 
Naked." and that Is, according to 
tho Bible, one ot the Christian du- 
ties. It waa Augustln Duncan who 
performed that charitable rite for .. 
Pirandello this time, clothing with 
all a man could do a play that waa 
naked of drama appeal. 

Arthur Lilvlngston, who made the 
translation, is Dr. Livingston, pro- 
fessor of languacaa at Columbia 
University. He undoubtedly did 
full justloa to the Italian'a script|^ 
which had previously beea trans«^ 
lated into the PVench and performed 
at the Henry Miller with Mme. Si- 
moao In the role hero easayed by 
Marguerite Rlsser. That gives this 
opus quite a New York career for 
its age, since it waa first uncur- 
tained in Rome in 1923, having 
flowed from tha prolific pen of PU 
raadaUalBim 

As the author of "Six Characters ' 
in Search of an Author,'* a money 
failure but an artistic fufore when 
riiown at the same Princeaa theatre 
late in *23, Pirandello waa hailed 
hereabouts as a Leventlne Ibsen. 

This shot at immortality is more 
a la Ibsen than tho other, but only a 
la Ibsen — ^not Ibsen by far aad not 
as strong as "Six Characters. This 
one has seven characters, and they, 
too, may search for an author. Pl- 
raadallo dldtt^ do aiaak for them. 

Perhapa there Is a profound un- 
dercurrent that tha lay mind can- 
not follow la Ita drftt; maybe there 
is a symbolic veiled significance that 
the myopic trade paper reviewer 
cannot vlauallso. If not. thea 
"Naked'* is Just a septolog, without 
action, without suspense, without 
progress, without climax, without 
wit. It is In truth a tragedy, with 
a weakly attempt to laugh that off 
aa aa after-curtain by haTlae tho 
main male character, who Is a nov- 
elist, aay ha could hava rewritten It 
widi a happy aadlag; That la du- 
bloaa. No ending could have made 
that play happier except a quicker 
oaob 

Dimcan, aa the meddlesome, kind- ; 
ly old writer, plays with his usual 
ultra- natural genuineness. There 
can be no cavil that Dunoaa Is one 
of the finest character actors we 
have. As a play-chooser he is not 
so forte. His performance is unc- 
tuous, honest, artistic and admir- 
able; too bad it can't be seen in 
some play that it could help instead^ 
of in plays that nothing can help, 
like this one and "Juno and tho 



NAKED 

Aaittitis Duncan presents plar la tbrM 
•ote by Lulirl Pirandello, EnKllHh irana- 
latlon by Arthur Livingston, stairM tejr Mr. 
Duncan; at i'rlnceai tbeatra, Nov. 8 (t3.80 
top). 

Brallla Dral .ITartnMlta RUsir 

Ludovico Nota.. •.Assuttln Duncan 

Siffnorta Onoria Mattia Keen* 

Cantavalla Porter Hall 

France I ijisp lg e .....CsHls CrandaU 

Emma ..*••..,«•..« .<}«ofgtfia van Tornow 
orottt 4 OsrrsU Astabom 



Pirandello Is one of the few con- 
tinental playwrights of the living 
age regarded an Important on this 



Miss Risaer, who has done ex- 
cellent roles In New York and on 
tour, auffara from the aama ailment. 
She gives a one-keyed part here, a 
rendition it scarcely merita. She la 
a pathetic, atruggling flgura, luurp* 
Ing on the strings of human sym- 
pathy with a voice of pure dra- 
matlo fibmr and ^o vahamence of 
true acting. The reat of the cast 
ia ably directed and neatly aelectcd. 

Tho atory la of a girl who waa 
found la a public park where she 
attempted suicide; her story Inter- 
eata tha tiewspapera and their story 
stirs the public; as she Is dis- 
charged, the old scribbler takes her 

(Continued OB paso 44) 



PUYERS IN LEdTMATE 
FLORENCE MOORE i 



CLARENCE NORDSTROM 

in "QUEEN HIGH" 

AMBAMAOORi NKW YORK 



HEtYN EBROCK 

'^HONEYMOON LANE** 

KNICKIMOCKBR, HBW YORK 



MARIE SAXON 

WITH 

"RAMBLERS" 

LYRIC THEATRE 
New York Citjr 



PHIL TEAD 

PLATINO MCAD IN 

"THE POOR NUT' 

ALCAZAR, SAN FRANCISCO, C 



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NATACHA 



NA TTOVA 



Tired of imitation, Nattova has just completed 
a new extraordinary and original dance idea— 
her own exclusive property— which will be the 
sensation of the dance world at its initial show- 
ing in New York. 



AT PRESENT WITH 

"GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES" 

APOLLO - CHICAGO 



44 



VARIETY 



LEGITIMATE 



Wednesday, November 10. 1926 



PLAYS OUT OF TOWN 



YES, YES, YVETTE 

WashinKton, Nov. 6. 
H. H. Pra«e« present* a new rnunlca 
•emady in three acta. Dock by Jamei 
MoBtcomarr. baaad on a atory by Frad- 
•rto^aham. Lyrtca by Irvlijir Caesar. 
lC«al« by Mr. Caaaar and Philip Charig. 
'Swm arrancad by Carl Hammer. New 

SSSft Bauttt. of Batetoo'a Sunnylaad 

* ■ ■* ■ Lynaa Ovarman 

* ^•''•^» ^'^'^ Narbirt '&rthall 
M Miiallr. atoa 1. tha «rm^.y;-,„, 

Mr. Van Dusen. a speculator.. Jera Dalanay 
Bishop Doran, on his vacation. Arnold Lucy 
J. P. Clark, leader of the Winter 

Cblony Leslie Stilaa 

T^rttto Balaton, Balaton's Daughter.. 

JcanettR MacDonnld 

Ifra. Ralston, his wife Roberta Beatty 

Ethel Clark, a debutante Amy Kevere 

Mabol Terry, vaudevlUe artlBt .Helene Lynd 
•ablo Tanry, JJ^^'^ti^^ 



In UUing this as "Yes, Yes," as a 
follow ~ up on •T^o. No, Nanette.' 
Frazee has placed a terrific burden 
on those charged with revainpins 
WH11« Col1t6r*a ''Nothing But the 
Truth" into a musical comedy. 

As all new ones are in the forma- 
tlv« atavo until pronounced a hit 
or a flop, **Yes, Yes," to overcome 
such a handicap, would have to be 
lililiiratton from the code— and ao 
far It Isn't that, by any means. 
It does possess much that goes 
In gMng on— a chance to 
gret across. Caesar and Charlgr are 
building toward a nice job as to 
their end of it. New members are 
goingr in and out, with the two out- 
standing compositions now being 
one by Caesar, a peach of a tune. 
"I'm a Little Bit Fonder of You," 
and Charig's "Six O'Clock," Which 
tfl almost equally effective. 
Tba. Caesar number was first 
the London produetlon of 




produ 



had the boys and girls waxing en- 
thusiastic over it. . It is being de- 
veloped aa the aeng hit. but be- 
cause of its march tempo (thus 
tending toward a slow, draggy fox 
trot) this may hold down Ita repe- 
tition and consequent plug hjf the 
dance orchestras. 

As the score is very much in the 
maklnfiT, though the piece has al- 
ready played two weeks in Detroit 
and five days here, it is safe to 
predict that from the indications 
already given the composers can 
build thla up to a aatlafactory 
point 

The book is equally as funny to- 
day as it was 10 years ago. Pro- 
ceedings are now a little choppy at 
times when swinging back from a 
number, but this ,can and 'Should be 
readily adjusted. ■ 

The chief fault lies in having 
Lynne Ovcrn-nn, who pives a very 
excellent performance of the Col- 
lier part with the many deft touches 
that this light comedian can put 
across so readily, set the tempo. 
Overman naturally plays way down 
and everybody else stays down 
there with him, with the exception 
of Herbert Co^helL 

When Corthell Is on things pro- 
ceed in a key that not only makes 
Overman stand out all tha more 
in contrast, but which also times 
the proceedings up to the real com- 
edy level. No director is listed, al- 
though Frazee has credited himself 
with "general supervision." The 
failure to pep up the playing of Vie 
book must be corrected. 

In the feminine lead is Jeanette 
MacDonald. She is good in every- 
thing she does, but never once 
great in anything. Possessed of 
much In the way of blond loveliness. 
Miss MacDonald knows all the 
trieks of the trade, but lacks the 
■PMitanalty to niaka those same 



NAKED 

(Continued .^in. iMiga 42) 

home to shelter her, but IM^ en- 
tirely in sexless altruism. 
< The rest of the blather then con- 
cerns endless recriminations over 
whether she spoke the truth, and 
how, and ivliett not, and why, and 
hairline distinctions and dissertlons. 

The lover who she says seduced 
her mn& betrayed her oomes hack 
to make amends — she spurns him; 
the married * guardian who took her 
. after iihe was deserted comes back 
— no one ever finds out why, though 
he talks plenty about it. In the 
end the girl doea lilll h^rsalf he- 
cause she Is harassed over the argru- 
ments. because she had nothing to 
na Wfth that emild hold any ene, 
whereas every one else lied to get 
her— >or somethifig of the sort 

ft to very un-American amvae- 
ment, If amusement at all, n.nd can- 
not survive beyond transitory pa- 
tMMaga af th# aiotarfe minority, 
with a low -cost oomj^aay ini a low- 
aoat theatre. Laii* 



LOOSE ENDS 



•••••••aa* 



CoBMdy drama In 
tar Sam H. Harria 
WHttan and ataged 
Xr. Tltbaradgo. Vf 
Xarr faatnrad. 
Deborah Bryca 

Cyril OaylInK 

Sarah Brltt 

Nina Qrant 

Branda Fallon 

Ralph Carteret 

Bfalcolm Forres 

Wlnton Fanner 

Raid. ••••••••••»••••< 




at 

by 



Prasantad 
Nov. 1. 

d»e. 

Molly 



..Alisoa Bradshaw 

...ItlolMal Braddall 

Ethel Grlflles 

Violet Hemlnv 

Bemlce Beldon 

Molly Kerr 

Stanley Lo^n 

Dion Tltheradge 

.Charlea Quartermnine 
f...Vera Mialaon 



•••••••• 



English plays with the stamp of 
Xiondon approval liave the peculiar 
habit of falling down on Broadway. 
"Loose Ends" is no exc«.*ption, 
though it did get oft to a better start 
than most predece sso r s . 

"Loose Ends" was on Its way to 
talking itself to death when viewed 
several nights after th e l»raii iiagar 
About the mlJdle of the second act 
the story perked up in a dramatic 
sense, and the last five minutes of 
that act was Interesting stuff. How- 
ever, the third act, promised with 
the fruit of excitement, petered off 
to a tepid solution of the problem. 

The reason for that may be found 
In the chnnRcd finale. In the origi- 
nal form Malcolm Forres goes away, 
losing his actives bride upon the 
discovery that as a youth he had 
committed murder. True, it was to 
atone for his sister's death, the prirl 
having su1cI«1(m1 when the virtrm 
Who seduced her refused marriage. 
Yet Malcolm had the air of the de- 
pressed, the mru k of 15 years* penal 
servitude in Australia. 

To be In line with the presumed 
American likinn: for a happy endlnpr, 
Malcolm is not only taken back to 
be mothered and loved by his bride, 
but Is also beloved by her best 
friend. 

The curtain situation, then, does 
not find this thin, wracked hero an 
outcast from society through his 
error In homicide, but the pot of 
two women. At loast one, the wife, 
was etched in such a manner that 
the audience was led to suppose her 
further living with him would mean 
a serious handicap to her profes- 
sional career. On the o^hor hand, 
tha. .<k>afesBlon of afl^ecupn on tht 
part 0f the otheir wdman* ready to 
mArry Malcolm through genuine* 
fislihg. left her pent up In another 



raon without a last-minute inning. 

Nina Grant bowls over Malcolm 
while riding through the park. He 
is Jobless but well spoken, and when 
proposing marriage she accepts 
without much hesitation. That is 
curious in Its^f, since the stranger 
from the Antipodes does not dance, 
drinks but sparingly and is entirely 
without knowledga of modem social 
customs of Ninas set. 

It is through a prying reporter 
that the true status of Malcolm is 
established. With only a slight 
change In name, he is identified as 
the college youth who killed in cold 
blood. The incentive is made genu- 
ine enough, but the crime and in- 
carceration establish Matoolm as a 
dubious sort of hero. 

Mr. Tltheradge Is a thin, pale 
Malcolm, believably a wreched fel- 
low from the prisons. Violet Hem- 
Ing 4s named first in the billings 
ahead of Molly Kerr, but it is the 
latter who sets the pace among the 
casta women. She is called on to 
use several ugly expressions In tho 
first act. One term is "lousy." But 
thereafter she becomes a sincere 
enough person. Miss Heming as the 
actress has not the emotional chance 
usually put her way. The balance 
of the cast Is English also. 

"Loose Ends" is said to have done 
right well In such a city as Provi- 
dence, which is quite a surprise. 
Its chances on Broadway appear to 
be aimed for the lower floor only, 
and that Is not enough in the pres- 
ent-day going. A limited stay to 
negligible gro.s.ses Is anticipated. 

"She Couldn't Say No" was sent out 
of the Kits to make way for the 
English play, and It's no secret "No" 
finished to a |9,000 week. That was 
quite over the first week's takings 
for "Loose Ends," including the pre- 
miere performance. Jbee, 



Mrs. B. J. Bork«'s Death 



. " ' ' Chicago, Nov. f. 

Said to have been brooding over 
a separation from her husband two 
months ago, Mrs. B. J. Burke 
plunged to her death from a 15th 
story window in the Hatel Sher- 
man. 

She was 42, and reported a for- 
mer actress of Cleveland. 



'DeacoD's' Cat ^ No Avail 



Chicago, Nor. 9. 

The cast of "Alias the Deacon," 
which closed Saturday at the Play- 
house, haa agreed to a 10 per cent, 
cut in salaries to extend the run. 

It was decided later that patron- 
age didn't warrant the extension. 



STEVENS &ECUPERATINO 

Los AnKcIes, Nov. 9. 

Ashton Stevens, dramatic editor 
and critic of the Chicago "Herald - 
Examiner," who haa been seriously 
111, Is expected on the Coast 
Nov. 14. > 

He will go to Qlendale |or recu- 
peration |i8, the guest if liillt lirother, 
Landem Slaffiii^ shirft:had Mneen 
actor. 



tricks appear aa a birthright rather 
than as having bean aaawred. 

As Mr. Frazee haa invited com- 
parisons, "Yvette" must ba another 
"Nanette," such aa iMdm Otoady 

or Ona Munson. 

Helene Lynd is slated to make the 
hit of the piece, with Emily FiU- 
gerald running a close second. As 
two of the "merry merry," believing 
themselves possessing that which 
constitutes a sister act, the two 
win everjrthlng In sight. What lit- 
tle may have been given Miss Lynd 
as far as the part goes is made up 
for by Miss Fltsgerald with her 
dance specialty. 

Reverting to the scorSp "Sing. 
Dance and Smlle^' waa liked, but 
checking up disclosed that this Is 
slated to go out "Nothing But the 
Truth" to decidedly okay, while 
"Yes. Tes. Yvette" ranks on a par 
with the "No. No" of the preceding 
piece. The comedy number, ••Noth- 
ing Left to Live For," starts off 
well, but then reverts to burlesque 
grand opera and rather skids. How- 
ever, with two that look like sure 
hits. "I'm a Little Bit Fonder of 
You'* and "Six o'clock," a rather 
good average is struck. 

Outside of a couple of fiashes 
there is nothing particularly inter- 
esting In Carl Hemmer's dance rou- 
tines. The chorus, though, is a 
hard working and good-looking 
group of girls, while there is also 
the male contingent as in "No. No." 

Headed for Chicago, the next two 
weeks allows ample time to iron out 
the kinka As it stands, the pro- 
ceedings Just top the •'pleasing" 
classification. With opposition In 
either of the big towns it will face 
diflncultles, principally due to the 
fact that an attempt to ma^e to 
trail along on the haeto of auch a 
smash hit as its pradaesasor^^ 

THE RUNAWAY ROAD 

Chicago. Nov. 4. 
Comedy la thrao eots by Oiitehan Dam- 
roscfa Finlattar. By Rapartoira llMatro Co. 
Not. 1 for run. 8ta«ad ty Ira Rards. 
Frederick O. Lawl« sasortaH dliestSff. At 
atudebaker, leased f9r Sissia fey MrK 
samsal lasuU to tta Me ef the thsatra 
compaajr. . - 

Harriot Bpode... Halan Strickland 

Archio Thomaa Gorman 

Milaney Tltcomb..' Mrs. Samuel Insull 

Jefferaon Tltcomb Joseph McManus 

Deacon Wilde Jack Bennett 

Ellse Owens June Elvidre 

Mme. Bourjoua Adrtaaaa d'Ambrecourt 

Mme. Paul Lily Ken- 
Lieut, de Jamac XjBola d'Arclay 

Antoinette Bourjoss*..... MaHe Ilka 

Patron •»«.«.. •••..Isidore Marctl 

Blanche Banolt Marn Ja Rsbla 

MeHt» d'Hotel HanyggAl 

Onaata, waltera ete. 

Before a brllltont and picked au- 
dience of Chicago's society, Mrs. 
Samuel Insull and her Repertoire 
Theatre Co.. for' which she has leased 
the Studebaker theatre, presented 
their season's first play. It to nicely 
entertaining. 

Mrs. Insull Is the wife of Chicago's 
wealthiest man. By right of that, 
Mrs. Insull is recognised as the head 
of Windy City society. And by right 
of being an excellent actress (Qladys 
Wallls), Mrs. Insull has Installed in 
Chicago about the most extensive, 
from all angles, repertoire company 
the city has ever held. 

The proposition was warmly re- 
ceived by society, probably in at- 
tendance on invitation the opening 
night. Applause was rousing and 
comic dialog quickly caught Mrs. 
Insull was presented with 12 gor- 
geous fioral pieces. That'a worth 
while mentioning, though it haa no 
bearing. 

Though society doea not support 
the theatres here, the reception It 

tendered Mrs. Insull was Inspiring. 

The play has been perfectly writ- 
ten by Mrs. Flnlettar^ .That Is Its 
chief virtue. In one phata It be- 
comes beautifully poetic. 

It Is the story of a farm wife 
yearning to be "fascinating." Her 
yen Is fired the more by a woman 
member of her husband's campaign 
committee. The farmer-husband 
jenses the Legislature. Mrs. Tit- 
comb throws some bondi; .Igi' htr 
grip and goes to France. 

Her adventures there, in the sec- 
ond act, are made interesting by a 
young French soldier, lover extraor- 
dinaire, and a clever situation the 
authoress implanted. The Tltcomb 
farm Is a standing local attraction, 
for In one of lU bedrooma Oeorge 
Washington once spent a night. 
Mrs. Tltcomb now uses that very 
bed nlghtlj^: 

In explanation of this bit of his- 
tory tho lady is misunderstood by 
the French lad, who passes word 
around that the American is none 
other than a Mme. Pompadour to 
the President of the United States. 

The comic situation leading up to 
and growing out of that Is skillfully 
written, well handled and great. 
That it was not continued, even 
faintly. In the last act when Mi- 
laney Tltcomb returns to home and 
the farm at Sparta, Me., to disap- 
pointing. 

Mrs. Inpull Is superb. Her moods, 
her change of worda and character 
are strikingly reaL But ona fault 
with the cast: Joseph McManus, as 
.Mrs. Titcomb's unappraototlve hus- 
band: — H e app ears tou ymitiiful tor 
his ftnpp wife. This not In action, 
for Mr. McManus is a fine perform- 
er, but in looks. While the French 
lover is still younger In appearance, 
the idea of his being a French lover 
offsets that. 

Louis d Arclay as the Frenchman 
flurpas.<?cd for playing, not excepting 
Mrs. Tnstill. A love scene between 
Mrs. Insull and D'Arctoy to the act- 



ing highlight Ha seems destined 
for a matinee idoL 

Helen Strickland as the mcUden 
companion of Milaney to corking. 
She handles the toughs, most of 
which are in her role, with an eaay 
and calm delivery. June Elvldge. 
of pictures and legit stagey gives an 
excellent account as the political 
helper of Jefferson Tltcomb. Miss 
Blvldge Is good looking and a good 
actress, with • fcnaeh of waving 
clothes. 

The whole production Is handled 
In stylish manner by Mrs. Insull and 
her company, and no Wdnder. The 
overhead Is supposedly quite heavy. 
But Mrs. InsuU is in for a successful 
season, firom Indications at ' this 
date. 

The season's program to scheduled 
to hold savaral new and old ptoys. 

It Is commendable and favorable 
that Mrs. Insull chose a new Ameri- 
can play to lead with. Her attempt 
last season with "School tor Scan- 
dal" proved futilo. Loop, 



CREOLES 



San Francisco, Nov. 4. 
Melodrama In three acts by Samuel Ship- 
man and Kenneth Perkins. Presented Nov. 
1 at the Wilkes theatre, San Francisco. 

Madame Hjraclntha Evelyn VauRhan 

Juachinta « Hortense Alden 

I^ Golondrlna*...«.....«*« .. .Louise Squire 
Rl Hato. ....••••••••••••••Illchard Pennett 

Merluche Felix Krembs 

A Priest Arthur T. Foster 

Oamblan^ aarvants, gvaata, ofllear. 

Another •'dirt play" for Broadway. 
Apt to do nicely at a box office 
on Broadway or Geary atraet 

It serves for Richard Bennett to 
locally star and will be presented 
later in New York by 8am Harris. 

"Creoles" is familiar enough In 
basto. A mother to running a brothel 
aii4 fcaaping it from a daughter just 
ripening Into womanhood who. of 
course, returns suddenly to discover 
the state of affaira. 

In this Instance the mother is a 
proud FrMich- Spanish (Creole) 
aristocrat and the brothel to the old 
family manse 40 miles from New 
Orleans. The action takes ptoce 
shortly aftei^ Uia ISHril War. 

To the house comes EI Qato (Mr. 
Bennett), brigand of the sea. He 
wants a nice fht woman. Because 
of his reputation and rough manner 
the ritzey ladles of Madame Hya- 
clnthe's high-class establtohment 
give him the air. He hangs around 
spending his money at the gambling 
table, drinking, and Intermittently 
bemoaning his Inability to get a fe- 
male companion, this being the first 
port, he states^ Whani ha was un- 
able to do so. 

Madame Hyacinthe hopes to be 
able to recover her lost caste and 
family eminence by marrying her 
daughter to one Merluche, rich, un- 
scrupulous and politically powerful. 
Merluche desires to have offspring 
by a pure-blooded Cre<^e. Being of 
mean origin himself ha to Strong for 
marrying our Nell. 

In El Gato, the brigand, the 
daughter recognizes the man who 
fished her out of the Mississippi 
years before and whom she has 
since Idolized In her heart. The big 
wallop of the second act Is when to 
escape Merluche who has told her 
his wife must be a virgin, the girl 
goes to E! Gate's bedroom, and the 
mother following her is thrown bod- 
ily out of the room. 

There is much use of a wide va- 
riety of synonymns all equally of- 
fensive when applied to a woman. 
The brigand to the extreme reach of 
candor. In short, "Creoles" has the 
elements that shock many paople 
but never the box ofllce. 

The andiance at the first perform, 
ance was as brilliant as San Fran- 
ctoco has had in a year's time. Mr. 
Bahnatfa rep and ths shows ad- 
vance billing as Exhibit A for cen- 
sorship made everyone anxious to 
get in beidva tho pollea did. 

Absurdly long-continued applause 
greeted the appearance of jKvelyn 
Vaughan, ' first prinelpal fa enter. 
This was repeated for Felix Krembs. 
playing the purple-coAted villain; 
isr -Rartense Alden, aa the daugh- 
ter, and for Bennett, 
..Late in starting the first few min- 
utia Idokad Ilka It #aa iaing to be 
just too bad. A stage full of peo- 
ple poorly grouped and extremely 
stiff, an nnnatumi bit balvMton 
Madame Hyacinthe and a driniiten 
guest designed to sell the auOMlce 
qvlek that Ore6ia didn't mettn Ne- 
gro, a song and dance by some 
"cabaret" entertainers — it was very 
unprepossessing. 

This beginning will have to be 
done over and like as not most of 
the supers and atmoM^ere will be 
written right out of .Ihs script. A 
few actors with bits would plant 
the atmosphere far better than a 
mob of amateurish eztraa could 
ever do. 

Bennett In a role comparable to 

Holbrook P.linn's cabellero In ^'The 
Dove," is well fitted. With a dialect 
and shiny hip boots he is pic- 
turesque plus. His performance was 
excellent 

Hortense Aldan did very well as 
the girl. Ilcrs Is a long and a hard 
part. Despite a vocal tendency 
towafd a a f a l se tt e mea e ton e M i es 
Alden acquainted herself nobly. Miss 
Vaughan left nothing to be desired 
as the mother. Louise Squire In 
rather a wl.shy-washy role was 
chiefly prominent to the eye. She 
wore tights. 

Krembs, polished actor, turned In 
a first class performance as the 
heavy. A priest that could as well 
be left out of the play was handled 



by Arthur T. Foster^ The part waa 
imposalbto. 

"CreoleiT looks sure to make 

Broadway but will require loto oC 

Man Who Forgol * 

Providence, Nov. 6. 
Owen Davia and 8. N. nehrman are 
billed as co-authors of this mo<l«rn melo- 
drama in three acts, presented by Cmsby 
Qatre and HuKh Ford. Stayed by Hugh 
Ford, with aettinca dastvned by Arthur P. 
SeraL At ftorlOMMe ODOta house 



Friable Coa..;.... Fred TiJen 

Dr. Frederick R<nroa Frad Irving I^wia 

Emily Itoyoe**^^..;^... Mary Morris 

Waldo Hay...,,., ••••••«,,,, .Brio Dreaalar 

James Lao. ••.•*•••••.. Joaaph BaU 

Tom Caray..^...^..,..^^.Jamaa Pandlatoa 

Sue SImpaon Blala Bristol 

Judge Maaoa William Ingeraoll 

Mra. Qvacd • Lilzsle McCall 

Dixon J. K. Applebeo 



Amnesia and the strange actiona 
of ita victims is the. theme of thla 
play. It begins with a murder and 
ends with a Justification. 

The material would make better 
stuff for a book than a p^ay. This 
"modern melodrama" lacks color, 
convincingness and the general ap- 
peal to make it acceptable tO 
crowded Broadway. 

The settings are drab, the char« 
actera unexceptional and the lines 
dull. A competent cast has a hard 
Job trying to put the play across the 
footlights. Comedy relief is spas- 
modic and inadequate. The few 
laughs trickling from the small dog- 
town audience here were only half- 
hearted. 

"The Man Who Forgot" doea 
boast a good second act When 
Wallle Ray, the youthful law offlea 
employe who has killed his brilliant 
boss, is put under a floor lamp on 
a darkened stage and hypnotised 
by a doctor, the atmosphere greir 
grippingly tense. 

But the first and third acto wera 
woe- begone in comparison. Fven 
the hypnotic confession which to 
about to be wrung from Wallle Ray 
in the second act, and which to the 
highlight of the evening, to lessened 
In value because the course of 
events has already revealed to the 
audience that he M the murdereir. 

Mary Morris Is acceptable as 
Emily Royce, a stenographer in the 
same law dfltoa With Ray. Elria 
Dressier has a strong role. As 
Frisbie Coe, the malevolent criminal 
lawyer and boss, Fred TIden doea 
nicely In a slightly theatrical way. 
In the secondary roles, Joseph Bell 
as James Lee, Fli.se Bristol as Sua 
Simpson, Lizzie McCall as Mrs. 
Queed the landlady, and William 
IngersoU as Judge Mason seem to 
be much better than the ptoy de- 
serves. J. K. Appiebee has a pleas* 
ant bit in the last act. 

The pl^y has a sure-enough idea 
behind ft ' btit fha Idea In Itoelf to 
hardly attractive, and the trealHiWl 
seems decidedly faltering. 

■ ■ Da ^firif*.''- 

GLAMOUR 

Washington, Nov. 8. 
Albert L*wls, In association with A. H. 
Woods, presents a new drama by Hugh 
Stani.slaus Stanjfe with Ralph Morgan. 
Staged by Mr. Cawta Baissoo. Waahng^ 
tno, Nov, a. ' 

Bonnla OMiia«*.rY.r Irene Homar 

(Omuim^ M tiipsill Jaaaay) 
Baas ........ *«'. . . . ..... .'. ...... .Blala fiUts 

Henry .........•*•.■..•«•.*... Roger Pryor 

Wally Banks Ralph Morgan 

Mnroelle Andree CaroB 

A Dispatch Rider, A. E. F, 

Robert W. Craig 

Spike. A. E, F Allen Jenklna 

Ulink, Shropshire B^t John Irwla 

Sergeant Maldvaile, Shropshircs 

Billy Hedges 

A Shropshire M. P.... Arthur Jones 



Another war drama possessing 
soma merit iMit In naad of knit- 
ting together. 

It holds but four momento of 'in- 
terest The first three could b^ dis- 
posed of in Ave minutes each, with 
the fourth being only one worthy of 
the fun period of time allotted to 
the customary stanza of a drama. 

The story sets forth that a man 
for years has been loved by an older 
sister, with the latter having sac- 
rificed everything for her sister, a 
girl who wants to buy the first pret- 
ty dress she sees with pi^ioa tagg 
her principal aversion. />-^^^. . ^^ 

An entire first aal' to roQtitoOd th 
get that across. 

In the second stanza the man 
marries the younger girl and to or- 
dered to sail to the fight 

Number three brings word to 
the man at the front that the bride 
In name only has a child, while the 
second scene has the husband meet 
the bragging father of that child in 
an outpost. 

The final act has man and wife 
again meet. The girl a beautiful 
no-account and the man a victim 
of shell shock. 

This act possesses much of drama 
in that mootinFT. particularly as \he 
wife thought him dead, with the au- 
thor solving the situation by having 
the older sister restore the man's 
senses and a consequent statement 
that all will be worked out some- 
how. 

The entire play could almost be 
onnnfart mm hripfly om the abo ve iS 
set down, which moans a playlet 

Ralph Morgan impressed as feel- 
ing his way. lie was effective in 
the fin.nl meeting. Minna Gombel did 
exceplionaily well with the sacri- 
ficing roll, of the sister. The per- 
formance "of Irene Homer as the 
girl wife was the outstanding work. 
J. Kent Thurber scored in a light 
comedy rolo. ifcaJpto. 



Wednesday, November 10, 1926 



MUSIC 



VARIETY 



45 



REPORT U% DROP IN HDSICAL 
INSIRllENIS; PIANOS DECREASE 



. V ■ 



Washington. Nov. f . 

Though a drop of S.5 per cent 
to regiflt«Md ia tlM total Totamo of 
musical Instruments manufactured 
in 1926, as compared with 1923, the 
•ter-mounting wave In popularity 
cU tho ■yneopattBg oroheatias re- 
flOlted In a substantial increase in 
the value of the band and orchestra 
Instruments manufactured. 

The Bureau of the Census, from 
data ooUoetod during the biennial 

census of manufacturers, reports 
the total value of musical instru- 
ments turned out In 1926 as $124,- 
t49.611. as eSflPttia VlOli tUlkOM.- 
913 in 1923. 

This decrease was entirely ab- 
sorbed by the piano makers, manu- 
facturers of iamo reporting a total 
output of but $93,640,142, covering 
321,639 pianos in 1925 as compared 
with the 1923 product of $104,362,- 
f78 for t4T,M lastrttments. 

laeidentally, as an indication of 
the trend in these standbys, it is 
pointed out by the bureau that the 
upright player type at *teproduolng 
piano, as well as the straight i^p- 
rlght, decreased over 60 per eent. 
in number, while the baby grands 
Increafta 1#0 fi|r aant J^^^l^^^ 
trsvaliiai.'.:. ;■ : . ..V 

Organs Inereste 

The theatre building in all parts 
of the country is credited with the 
Increase In the output of pipe or- 
gans. Figures this respect 
reached 1.994 instruments, valued at 
$12,799,220 in 1926. against 1,712 
such in 1923, iwiasd at $13,629,031. 
The roid srgaa popped, however. 
In the number manufactured from 
7,772 valued at $538,614 in 192$, to 
but 4,285 In If Sl» wtth a sale inldue 
Of $436,012. 

The value of band and orchestra 
Instriiments increased over $4,000,- 
Brass tnstrumonts, 1»l«bout 
the number of such given, reached 
a value of $8,846,386 in 1926, With 
1923 totaling $7,305,014. 

Wood instruments ar^ reported as 
vaUM at |6ll,f9S in 1926. wbUa the 

figure for 1923 was $506,967. Stringed 
Instruments, percussion and qther 
Instruments (chimes, xylophones, 
ira ii a b s il i ^ traps, ate), also dis- 
glose an increase from $2.288436 In 
It23 to $2,886,458 in 1925. 
The perforated music rolls In 



ereased, too, with $6,306,837, repre- 
s sa tlag tho value for IMf as oom- 
yared with $5,742,386 for 1923. 

Though the piano rolls are in- 
cluded, no data Is reported as to 
the manufnetura off phonograph 
dislcs and instruments in this par- 
ticular report of tho bureau. 



"Silver Bells" 

ARE 

Good Banjos 

ASK 

'■{[ MONTANA 

JOE ROBERTS 
^ SAM CARR 

RUSSELL MANUEL 
ROY SMECK : 
BANJO LAND . " 
, LLOYD IBACH 
EDDIE ROSS 
AND MANY OTHERS 

NEW ILLUS. CATALOGUE FREE 

BACON BANJO CO., INC. 

GROTON, CONN. 
.F. J. Kacon D. L. Day 



WUteman's Fib Test 
aairwiyitCliib 



Paul Whiteman stopped off in 

New York two days last week en 
route to Boston from the coast on 
his Publix tour. Whiteman has 
some screen "shots** he made at the 
Famous Players studios and is 
considering a film ofCer. 

This Is nbt the maostro's first 
screen test, the "London** (Qlsh) 
feature which showed at the 
Bivoli, New York, two weeks ago. 
Including ''shots** of Whiteman and 
Vanda Hoff (Mna Whiteman) at tho 
Klt-CaX Club. 

An elaborate Vitaphone produc- 
tion with a story and plot built 
around the Whiteman syncopation 
is a likelihood. Whiteman Is also 
being approached by Fox for the 
lattor's talking movie. 

The Whiteman -Publix tour will 
not terminate Dec. 16, as planned, 
but a month later, Publix insisting 
on playing Its premier mnsloal at- 
traction for the full 16 weeks orig- 
inally contracted for although 
waiving the option at Whiteman*B 
ipafiiai re<iuest In view of tho ut- 

ter'A 19,600 contract with Charles 
B. DllHngham for his new musical 
show. 

la eoanoetloB with tho masieal, 

an elaborate night club with a nov- 
elty idea, which will have White- 
man personally performing a unique 
music-chef stunt, la on the tapis. 

The decision by Publix to have 
Paul Whiteman play the full 16 
weeks contracted for, before start- 
ing herearsals ifor the now Dilling- 
ham show, alsd cost Whiteman two 
unusual engagements. One was a 
15,000 flgurp for a New Year's Eve 
daaea at w Washington, D. C. so- 
cial function, a repeat stand, the 
Whitemanltes playing for the same 
hostess last year v a stop-oCC en 
roaio to Coral Gables. 

The other was a $5,500 contract 
for a single night's performance 
with the Sveready Hour on WEAF 
aa# a ^Mttlonal radio network. The 
same firm compensated Eddie Can- 
tor $100 a minute last week, and is 
one of the biggest buyers of "name" 
taliptt W0 : Ito ; atlMr azplolUtion 



Atlanta, Nov. 9. 
A record in phonograph disk 
mslrtag was ostabliihed here 

last week when Frank B. 
Walker, with a Columbia re- 
cording machine "canned" 28 
seleetlons from f :tO a. m. un- 
til midnight. Electrical equip- 
ment was used. A prcrvious 
record reported was five num- 
bers within three hours. 
- Walker worked with nine 
difterent organizations, using 
not only dance bands but 
solos, ehoirs and other Tocal 
numbers. Seven of the nine 
organizations "canned" had 
never recorded before, thus 
neoessitating an unusual num- 
ber of tests. 

During the actual 12 hours 
spent la recording, an aver- 
age of seven numbers every 
three hours for 28 numbttrs 
was maintained. 



Chicago, Nov. f. 

Paul Whiteman and his orchestra 
hsTo bsoa engaged for a oao night 
appearance at the Drake hoUH the 
evening of Dec. 4. 

Customers in the main dining 
room wiU. bo taxed If .60 per person 
for ina^bpti frtfUeges. ; 



ISALIOE'S &ADIO aOUB 

B. A. White, realtor, now becomes 

a radio sponsor with a White Hour 
via WJZ, starting Nov. IT and con- 
tinuing every Wednesday evening 
Jack Denny's oro bittr a win supply 

the entertainment. 

Denny is from tho Frivolity Club, 
which la under White control. 



BALL ROOM OPERATORS 

WANTED 

Energetic, ambitious, and preferably young experienced operators 
wanted for public ballrooms to supply the enormous demand for 
individuals who are fully capable of operating* lirst elass ball- 
looms throughout Iho United Stotes. with aMUty fa aa&dio ia 
SBtlro argsalsatloa, including ptfblloltr, floor, aAvorOsIng, special 
fetes, parties, oto. 

Applications will also be considered fcrom persons who desire tr ain- 
ing la tha ballroom field In our experuasatsi a 
Appljr by letter only to— 



mar 



A. H. UNDER, 
Music Corporation of America 

9i WEST RANDOLPH STREET, CHICAGO 



COLUMBIA BACK 
WITH DISK 
LEADERS 



RADIO RAMBUNGS 



Under the bond of radio entertainment: "Tho time Is now 1:41. 
Supplied by courtesy of Such & Such Jewelry Co.," with address given. 
This Tia WMCA. 



New Electric Recording 
Proceti and Okeh-Odeon 
Mcrgeir Responsible 



Tho progress, AoTotopment and 

renewed Importance of the Colum- 
bia Phonograph' Co., ^ Inc., Is a 
standout in the trade at this time. 
At one stage, after a number of 
unsuccessful tries, the company had 
slipped flnanelally and In business 
prestige was in the second division 
class. Now the Columbia product 
rates with the leaders. 

The product has eonuaaaded re- 
newed public confidence and sup- 
port, this despite the natural hand- 
icaps of radio and the already es- 
tablished Ylotor,.aad the import&nt 
Brunswiol^ as a sontonder for first 
honors. 

The Columbia laboratory stslK has 

been quietly but efficiently market- 
ing an improved electrically record- 
ed disk that is rated as the smooth- 
est of Its kind, bolng*a1lsoliitely free 
from needle-noise, scratching and 
other heretofore unavoidable me- 
chanical shortcomings. And sales 
have spurted. 

The subsidiary Harmony disk 
fast took its place In the pop -priced 
record elass and the latest merger 
whereby Columbia has taken oyer 
the Okeh and Odeon records from 
the General Phonograph Co. gives 
Columbia an advantageous comer 
on the disk market. Ix>uis S. Ster- 
ling chairman of the board of Co- 
lumbia's directors, who came back 
from England to take hold, will of- 
flciato similarly as head of the new 
Okeh Phonograph Corp. Otto 
Heineman, president and founder of 
the General Co., which had the 
Okeh disk as one of Its products, 
is president of the new company, 
and Allen lYltzsche is vice-presi- 
dent and sales manager. 

Ose Master for 3 Brands 

Okeh is a 75-cent disk and rates 
fourth or fifth In the running as a 
royalty earner f^r the publishers. 
Columbia's prestige, with its new 
mechanical executives Including Ed 
King, who came over from the Vic- 
tory, wMl oount heavily, Sineo the 
same "master" record may now be 
utilized on three different labels. 

Brunswick has a subsidiary in its 
▼oeallon, which also retails at 76 
cents. Victor has none, although 
at one time, when the Pathe-Per- 
fect and kindred S6-cent disks cut 
In on ovorythtttg and everybody, 
there was talk of Victor possibly 
creating a cheap disk. However, 
the Victor Talking Machine Co. Is 
against a cheapening of any record- 
ing product. 



Csnten'e Ballroom Reopening 
Canton, O.. Nov. 9. 

After dark for almost a year, 
L and O* Dance. C anton's half mll- 
lion ooiuur aaiiroom, erocted more 
than a year ago by tho Northern 
Ohio Amusement Co., now defunct, 
has been leased for a term of years 
to Al Kali, Canton man, who re- 
cently returned from Floridn. 

Reopening is schrUulcd for this 
month, without policy mentioned: 



If thiit's a gont^ral stylo of WMCA exploitation, it's Just as well that 
WHN drowns out that McAlpln station at times, as it did Wednesday 
night when Bddie Elkins' Jass from tho Parody auh blarsd fsrta aai 
everything in the vicUiity was stilled. 

A unique personality among dance bnnTi leaders Is Anna C. Byrne, the 
only female, conductor of a malo on-hestra on the radio. She heads 
the La France half hour from WHAF. a "commereial.** MiSS Byrao li 
generally prominent as a society musical caterer. 

Incidentally, the **mysterioaa** cycle of vocalists has astended to Hds 
organisation, a Mysterious Baritone^ regular part pf the Xa Fiaa6s tear* 

WJZ*s United Press sport reports and WEAF'S newspaper hook-up 
offsets WMCA's fallacy in seeking to dissuade some theatrical attrac- 
tions from enipl^yint? the doily pnprrs for ndvortislnjr. That wan the 
case of "The I>londe Sinner" for a time which relied solely on the radio 
plug via Irwin Abrams orchestra. The smarter radio otfmpanles appre- 
ciate too well the prestige of printer*s Ink and seek Its «o-operatton. 



John Morehead, bass, was a distinguished entry from WNYC. The 
same sUtion also ottered If errlU Hughes with IMs COUeglalo BpmMsvib 
snappy synobpators. 



A flock of sure- Ore Friday night favorites Included Ijopcz. Harry 
Re.«»er*s Clicquot Kskimos and the Goodrich Zippers. The latter are a 
variety outfit, headed by Henry Burr and featuring the 8 Victor Artists 
off and on. , This hour replaced Joe Knecht's Goodrich Silvertown Cord 
Orchestra, now on tour. 



A new half hour is the Coward Comfort Shoe period, which has B. A. 
Rolfe's orchestra officiating. Tho general musical motif is sooUiing and 
sentlmentalf in keeping with the peace and eomfort Idea suggested by 

the title. " , 



May fiinghl Breen. banjoist, and Peter De Ros^ pianist, are consistent 

WEAF contributors. Their dual instrumentation IS sure-flre. They merit 
a good hour, pot that 6 p. m. period when the au^lenee is too uneertala. 

George 01sen*s orchestra from the ttotel Pennsylvania and tho Xaynl 

Typewriter hour are WJZ standards. Jack Denny, oompamtlvo HfctW- 
comer, is also clicking via the same station. 

WMCA's (Broadway review is an obviously paid advertlslag plug, do* 
llvered twice daily in mid-afternoon and early evening, presumably for 
feminine and family effect, respectively. The repeated stressing of cer- 
tain shows and tho talker's statement he has seen sueh and such twice 
or thrice is Immediately nullified upon second bearing, if not readily 
grasped at first. Of course, it's the weak sisters among the legit pffer- 
ings that are thus lauded as being so ultra delightful If such wera tho 
case genuinely, the prodaoor would not bo pijrteg WHCA lor this fotm 
of .ether exploitation. 



Bmlo Goldon's orohestra Is a repeated entry from WMCA and 
stantly impressive. . . , Jimmy parr also figured fSVSMMr. • • ■ 
In oontrast, they'ra selling used cars via radio bow. 

WMSO broadcast tho opening festlvftlss of tho rodeo at 'Madlsoa 

Square Garden. Just preceding the broae ptag, 'll^nr T9 Drivo a Cai^ 
was another exposition by a talker. AbsL 



Br«Mlr-FnedBii Split 



▲ee Brigodo and his VIrglBlaas 
aad Joe Vrlodmaa, aianagsr of the 
ore h s itm , have some to a parting 
of *tho ways professionally but 
otherwise friendly. Brigodo wUl re- 
tire from the band field, Friedman 
to take over full control of The 

Virginians and continue the unit 
under that billing without Brigode's 
name as heretofore. 

The orchestra has built up a rep- 
utation as a recording organization. 
With Brigode's retirement Fried- 
man plans to continue tho orehes- 
tra in the picture houses, where it 
is now playing for Loew at the Gar- 
den, New LfOndon, Conn. 



Peggy English's Cannings 

Peggy English, who records as 
Jan Grey for Harmony, has signed 
to "can" 14 numbers a year for 
Vocalion under an •xcIuhIvo con- 
tract for the use of her own name. 

The "blues" songstress has Just 
closed a tour of tho Chicago B. A 

K. houses and is applying herself 
to the new recordings. 



Berlin Catalog Slow 

The Irving Berlin. Inc., catalog 
Is not selling as well as it might 
4ha now BerUn-authored songs, kf 
eluding ''Because I Love Tou** bmt* 

ing surprlMagly slowv tha Jobtaa 

say. 

Berlin, Inc., will start exploiting 
a new catatog firote reports by Ika 

end of this month. 

As a general thing, the masts 
business is . in lU seasonal slump 



JOHNNY SYLVESTER 

Who dlrecto his mwkmlrm wllh th* 
draoMtle racMSt^ slenfM 

ThMtfe^ Kew Terk, Is sttll Mother of 
the mmmj erehwtm Imimn to ftmtmr^ 
KobMiM-BBffol PeMleetleas. With e 
view to rliArm and dintlaeiloa la the 
typ« of manle dlN|M>iui«d for tho edl* 
flcudoo of • *'lrgit" eadJrnoc, Mr. 
Hylvtmtrr nAtnrollx tamo to tho hoooo 
of Kolibln»-Knffol for tho boot. 

''HUQ a KI88E8" (Vsnitiee) 
"CLIMBINQ THK LADDM OP 

LOVE" (Vanities) 
''ONLY YOU a LONELY ME" 
'TRAIL or DREAMi^ 
"ALABAIM STOMP^ 
(Vsnitiee) 
robUahed by 

Robbins-Engel, Inc. 

709 Spvfuth Ave.. New V<»rU C Hy 




M VARISTY 



OLIVER NOLAN KILLED 
BY STRANGER IN CAFE 



Milwaukee, Nov. 9 
Oliver Nolan, pianist in the 
Pramtatm Inn, downtown cabaret 

here, was shot by a stranger who 
walked in and opened lire HUdden- 
Ijr. Th» latter then turned th« irnn 
on himself and sent a bullet 
througli Ills l9(t lunf near the 
heart. , 

The Fountain Xttn ii one of^ttlie 
most notorious of Milwaukee night 
places, rote Ilerro, the owner. Is 
well known to the police and fed- 
•mi agents. 

Recently Rerrn MMii the arrest 
of a traveling man charging that 
the man posed as a federal agent 
mm nffuMUd to get noMr fMi 
him. A few days later Herro was 
hauled into the alimony court for 
being over I1.0D9 la arrears tO hla 

wllo. Ho woo ordirod to 
duce or go to Jafl, mN 
to his assistance. 

Two years age Herro cot Into 
• llBfat With sevoral mombers of a 
fehow troupe in a Minneapolis hotel 
when he oaUed two choraa girla 
Into hie loom for a drink and then 
tried to iBMp thoio wlOi litioelf and 
two others. Male members of the 
troupe broke into the room and roi- 
cued tho girls. 

Herro at tho tteo threatened to 
km the actors bat m 
Oooa as he sobered up. 




UM WIST 4nrM snuBxi 
90 



Refused to HeacV— Cafe 
Man Shot Through Heart 

Milwaukee, Nov. 9. 

When William Strausser, propri- 
etor of the Buck Horn tavern, popu- 
lar resort near here, refused to obey 
a hold-up man's "put 'em up," he 
was shot through tlie lieart an<\^in- 
stantly killed. • 

The man came Into Strausser^s 

place after midnight and ordered all 
to throw up their hands. Strausser 
reached for his gun, back of the 
har, aiid wnii kIM. tlii» kandit 
then ordered the woman and cus- 
tomer to lay flat on the floor, ran- 
sacked the till and made his get- 
away. ;:-:.:^::::r 

The 

Qkngkt* 



MGHT aUB REVIEWS 



Cabaret Ageits Cai't 



Agento who spoekiWse In placing 
acta wttk oabaroto and nlsht oikbs 



oC an 

able them to coUeet commlsslens 

from artists placed In the clubs. 

A.ccording to the agents, artists 
who wouldn't dream of withholding 



matle agents ha^ra no compunction 
about forgetting the existence of the 
cabaret agent nftsr placed In the 
nigkt ohik. 

The artists move around from 
dub .to club thereafter, with the 
dob 9wnora mCiialnc to liatsn to the 
pleas oC tko aconto nai ftoUMNr 
themselves poV<kliMi Ik 4Nik0t 
commissions. 
Tko laok of an orsanlsatlon Is 



Lairy Fay's Show 



uled fer 

unian 
but. 
skew. 



kis SI ff^ sched- 
Mof^r m wMk 
Osrtmdo Vender- 
Mr Xnite In fbm 





BiilBri iiw nooE SHOW 

Cktcngo. Not. 9. 
New fteor Show at Tearaay's 
Town dok CcaharotI tnetaidso Bstty 
Moore. Jens Mondctaon. Onion Ms- 
tors. Loma Lse. AUoo Turner. Irene 




Noir forts, 

show wlU be staged by Roekm * 
Richards, who are returning to the 
nlp^t club producing with this ooo. 




Le Porrocniel Do Porit 

(NEW YORK) 

New York. Nov. i. 

Tho premiers. Not. I. of Roger 

Wolfe Kahn's Le Perroquet de 
Paris, In association with Rone Ra- 
eover. Parisian cafe on tr e p rononr. 
took on unusual proportions as a 
night club venture because of the 
Otto H. Kahn family connectton. 
The ultra after-theatre cafe of its 
kind Is the last gasp in ni^iit c.ul»3. 

The room is a novelty, physically 
and artlstionlly, of simple grandeur 
in its furniahlngs, art and mural 
decorations, representing an **offl- 
dal** llOS.OOt Investment and said 
to bo "unoflldally^ noarsr im.000. 
through last-aalnuto to«okon not 
computed. 

Roger Wolflo Xnkn. Instalted as 
the head of such erpensive a prop- 
ositkm« finds himself, at the ago of 
19. not only tko mnooCiw^ n IMtly 
developed orchestra purveying syin- 
pronic syncopation, but also the un- 
assuming gnld o, ssontor and spon- 
sor of the finest njight dub in New 
York, and that token to virtually 
the wo atoin kondspksro. 

It to n largo capndty room, oeat- 
ing 500 with conifort. Tko*opeaing 
night oouver was scaled at |2S. with 
16 the regularly exlstiag diarge. 

If young Kahn can attract a ca- 
pacity trade at $5. well and good. 
That's the ultimato purpose. But 
If he finds only half n k o u ne coming 
in at 15, It might be' wiser to cut 
the couTor to half and double the 
attondaneo. Mkt ow that, this 
doesn't take into consideration that 
many may be frightened away by 
the IS proposition. 

Kowever, tie Perroquet was never 
designed for mass patronage. Ra- 
cover and Kahn count on a truly 
ultra following, strictly formal and 
all that. It to not a snobbish 
thought with young Kahn, a pos- 
sible and most natural deduction on 
the bare facts alone, but Is • a 
thought based on social contoct and 
his knowlodio that the socially 
oloct nro «ot partlcolarly given to 
late hours. Hence tho boys' desire 
for a voluntary 2M a. ss. enHrtow* 



wtihstanding. 

Tko oa)onlng nlgkt %M reserva- 
ttono rend tiko a oodal ■ o tlsUf. not 

to mention the theatrically, artistic, 
literary and others generally proml- 



10:Mr. 



BKOO' 



AVALON CLUB 

EARL RICXARD 



COUCHBIIS MSt 




nCTEI 

MuS^ 



im BBOADYraT 

BIRD 

rOX AN 

MABCIA WHTTK, 



RD8I8TUS MaMkgWT W. 



'A ¥__ 



MARGIE COATE 



Tos tm Eajof 
atnj White IB 



as 



PHILADELPHIA 

THE LA MARGUERITA CAF£ 



to tto 



Me> 



i,r. 



Italian and AnMiioan Cookinir 

Dlan«r, Sfte., r Ir Cmrtm IJwIss 
Given Those uf thm TIlMtrtOal 
Vlirit I he fUrf t T 



Its features are saany. The 
mirrored dance floor which loses Its 
powers to reflect when utilised for 
general dandng, tko aquariums be- 
neath the Indtvldnal tobies, the 
lavlshnoss and equlslte taste of 
every appototraenU tko Roger Kakn 
baad« tho show, nnd kst torgotting 
those come- again expensive souve- 
nirs, are knt a tow 9t tko things 
that flinm. 

The femmeo win Uke the Idea of 
a now gift onck night. Many 
gnssssd nt tko f dk to of oxpenslvo 
perfume tko women received at the 
premlerow ' Tho average surmtoe 
placed Ito valuation at Itt to |S7.i*. 
Ike brand Is said to retoll at 115 
and bought wholesale la below that 
for the house. Certatoly that and 
the French dressed dolls (which the 
Onlnan duk rsCnlls at tC each) 
made op for those |2S couver items. 
At tho |i ocalo, n stoUkur idea of 
eicpenslvo ooveonir SMiy netaally 
offset the 110 charge per couple. 

Of tho show, Uarnr Rlchntan 
(who fovtosiir ViMMd OkoPk Mtok 
Roger Kahn metamorphooed teto a 
oC parroto) olBctotod at 
as ssaster of ceredsonleo. 
a gsBtore of professional courtesy 
that was muchly coounented on. 
Rich man welcomed tko audience 
and spoke about Roger, the latter 
thereafter introducing a succession 
of individual novekieo. The Idea to 
for constant sktfttng variety, 
dance, an act, a dance, another 
specialty, etc. 

No ''names," outsldo ^ 
Kahn. but generally pIsHMkt num 
bera Two dance teams were equally 
pleasing; although of different char 
actor. Cunningham and demento 
did whirlwind stafT: BIlUe Shaw 
<i3eabury and Shaw) now toamod 
with Bobby Dupree^ wori 
acrobatic and novelty stoppera 

A* highlight;^ were the Fo|ir Aris- 
tocrats who oime to attention via 
the Publlz tours, also on the Vlto- 
phone. It's a Tacht clubblsh quar- 
tet, the deocrlption being reoourMd 
to to vtow of the other four being 
tko first to ostoblish themselves, 
although the simile ends there. Un 
lik^^ Chic Kndor's praotJc&lly solo 



singing, each of the Four Aristo- 
crato goes in tor vocalising, beaides 
which their Instromentol prowess 
is above the average. Their ap- 
pearance is nice and clean-cut and 
in total they aio excellent bets for 
Intimate, class room entertolnment. 

The Mound City Blue Blowers 
were a 'liot*' Introductory ana 
Maria Lioy rounded It out with a 
dance spectolty. She Is a foreign 
importation of serviceable ability, 
though nothing bojrond that to dlg- 
tingutsh hor. 

Le Perroquet de Paris has much 
about it to rato as a natural propo- 
sition. Tho room Itself Is a natund 
draw. The sawdust disciples and 
the class night cluk patrons will 
want to take to this Intorior Just 
for self-odttcatlon and edlflcation, 
if nothing oloe. Once In. the rest Is 
bound to Impress. 

Of course, the biggest, most 
wholesome and not unromantlc fea- 
ture about it all to thta yonng aUI- 
Uonairo maestro who has etoct^d to 
go from rickss to **ragir* bocause 
syncopaUon to to hto soul and a 
desko to wtaM a baton to. to kto 



The sincerity of this scton Of tko 
house oC Otto H. Kakn wko Ciirs 
that all tk^ hnnkli^ knstosns tftoro 

is in the world can go to his brother. 
Gilbert, to favor of tho thriU of 
creatlnir klgkly doootopod syncopa- 
tlon, to most Impressive, wko can 
gainsay tko rospoct for 
Kahn's oonrngo off kto 
victlona. 

On top of all of which, he de- 
livers handily. His music requires 
no apology. Any Beale street. St. 
I^ttls or Memphto Jass purveyor 
risen from the ranks would not ex- 
pect to kavo kto stuff ^nalUled with 
antocsdsnta knt off oonrss tho kan- 
dicap of a family tree makes many 
a would-bo retiring bcaack a nat- 
ural targot fer pcomlnsnoo. 

Because young Kakn can afford 
suck ntoetles as a |ia.OM spectolly 
flVsBck-destrned bandilsnd that ta- 
sures the ultimate In aoooustics. or 
an elaborato Ughtlng system that 
would credit a Belasoow to but a 
blessing of circumstance knd a 
windfall for jazx. After all Is said 
and done, there has never been a 
poverty-strtokon genlns wko did not 
have kto progiow smootkod tw a 
patron's pottage, and that Kahn 
can make posslkis the smoothing of 
hto own path and the progress of 
hto preferred type of music — syn- 
copatton, or Jass, If yon win!->is 
not niqradnff to ko nnnsnally eom- 
m«nted on. 

Tho new Lo Perroqnet tooks like 
a kanioMMkr ptatood kkd. net 
grudy or raucous to ito prattle as to 
the wont of some parrots, but a 
dignified, beautiful object that wlU 
fetch plenty of attention from the 
truly "nice" people. Of course. 
Jimmy Dumnto and his conspira- 
tors kavo not keen prospering for 
naught, bnt OUre to an equally 
torge field that WlU llko Roger 
Wolfe Kahn and hto cafe Just like 
tko ■kd ktdl aa i d Kkes Kakn. kIs 



VANITY FAIR 



Chicago^ Mo«. t. 

With night club business general - 
ly at a standstill around town, ex- 
cepting to one or two spoto, the 
Vanity Fair to koMUnff Ito own com- 
paraUvoly speaking; Not having 
the advantage of an "to town" lo- 
cation It kas to depend U9S« Ito 
own and con slst snt oUentele. 

In statns thto place raaks with 
the best. Otto Singer aad Ralph 
Janson, tko opomtora, are of lone 
standing t o o tout a nt pxperlence. con- 
servative and systematic. In view 
of tkto tko ovockosd to kept nt a 
mtolmmn. nnd witk tko kroaks 
profit is assured. 

Buddy ¥aiolan. ntiastsr of oere- 
montan, to n otoea ent chap who 
knows how to handle himseIC and 
thto environniMt to sialtsd to klm. 
Ho departo from tko nsnpl flippancy 
and pprforms la a straight, clean 
manner, besides slnginc a nifty 
ballad In his own spodaltr. Tko 
Lamb Sisters, here for three con- 
secutive shows, aro still prime fa- 
vorites. The girls aro from thr 
coast and have been working slnct 
.coming to town. Their harmony 
and several dance routines, covpled 
with good looks, clicks. They leave 
for Now York at the close of the 
show. 

A dole Walker, divetto, playing a 



return engagomsnt keri^ to 
llks^ A pleassnt voles and floor 
expertoncs score for^ her. Qtodyn 
Mints, Oriental dancer aai itSto 
wtoa, shows up nicely to snappy, 
tookmg'costumea She Is an attrac* 
tlve blonde and has a night club 
^ sovoral years standing. 
Elinor Bandsl. recent soubret ar- 
rival in Chicago, is a neat-looklnc 
gifljdptog songs and steps. Miss 
BanM was previously at Friars 
Inn. 

Tho Vanity 1^ Syncopators, 
composofl off tkreo Hawailans, are a 
stondard here for the past two sea- 
sons. They flU to witk instrumental 
and kannony work and Imvo a large 
repertoire of pop numbera 

Van's Vanity Fair Orchestra sup* 
(Hog. tkn «MMto nad to boeoalnt 



CARLETON 

WIMMliifMITONI 



Nov. 4. 
to tko Mm* 

exdnslvo tkto c|nk. npok «IMi £to 
siderable money has been expended, 
to shootinc high. Others kavo tried 
fto tkto aoM tking, wrktok to Wnsh- 
ington means the diplomatic, society 
aad oongreastonal nsts. WIdo as 
tkto ttonp may sessi wksn tt oonios 
to numbers, tkey'rs a kard kidimk 
to lino npw but If thoy are to bo 
gotton, tko CSarieton kas the right 
idea to land them. 

In tko am plaoa. B. a A. Reed 
(for tko pant !• ysan to tko con* 
sttlar s e t Hi l oo to Parts), Ito stonager, 
kas kosn ntvsn wkat appears to bo 
an unllnutod bndget by Harry 
Wnfdaenn, owner off tko kotoU trosa 
every angle and more particularly 
from the entertainment standpotot. 

For tho o p e ni ng twn weeks Reed 
has Carl Hyson and PesTgy Harris. 
Decided feature to themselves. To 
make tt good, tho three Otorsdorf 
Sisters, playing thehr flrst caknrtC 
engagement, are also kera. 
Hto opening nigkt. witk tkr«tow€ 



FAST FEET 




m ftAiimig null 
vnwtpgippwhp^lPipH 

NOW 

NEW YORK 



Tim GU ami Hf Km» 

BEitNICE 

PET-KERE 



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PARODY CUIB 

NEW YORIC 




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GAREN SISTER^ an 

(BABE and PEGGY) 

it-^WARIEJTIES ol 1926-2 

wkk LOENA LEE— HOY SCHUSTER-ENRIQUE NUNEZ 

MOW »ATu«» AT TEARNErS TOWN CLUB, CHKAQO 

APrm A«iNe>ctPWL t mn rr w r mt m tcnni or vMiosvnxs and mctum N«u«n 



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Wednesday, November 10, 1926 



VARIETY 



47 



atalr* dinlnff room to Uko eare of 

ovwrllow, both the dancers and 
the girls went over exceptionally 
well. This in spHe both had to r«- 
peat up and down ttairs. lSiiffag«- 
pientfl are for two weeks. 

Operated on a cash basis for 
membership, resident members are 
nicked for 125 entrance fee and a 
like amount annually, while the 
womoii miMt pay ISO to'«o¥tr tho 
same ground. Out-of-town mem- 
bers get by for |10 for each of the 
two roQiiiromonta. A ft cover 
charge prevails. 

Am the music feature, a Boem- 
cteln unit prevails with W. Spcnoor 
Tupman directingr. "Tup" has got- 
ten together a worth-while group of 
nmcldaiM with his subdued melody 
Ideas clicking here particularly well 



Mpmryihing it HoUy 




HQTSY TOTSY 




Singing Tho§m Torrid 



AT THE 



KENinCKY CLUB 

■ f 

NFW YORK 



If held up to the starting point, 
the club has a chance to get away 

with the exclusive stuff to a good 
financial return. Meakin. 



BLACK BOTTOM 

(NEW YORK) 

The "hottest" spot In Times 
Square Just now is the new 
Schwartz Brothers-Liou Rlchman 
cafe, The Black Bottom, an up- 
stairs intimate room of restricted 
proportions, but sizzling. The idea is 
Harlem transplanted to Times 
square, with colored entertainers 
doing: "grind" frolicViing for dimes 
and quarters, with occasional paper. 
When the money "grind" is not In 
force a self-starting-, self-windlngr. 
never-stopping cooch specialist ex- 
ercises into a new state of muscles 
each night. 

That gal can keep rotating until 
the auditor gets diuy. She's a hlgh- 
yaller, very high brown, with blonde 
hair and almost fools the customers 
on her African antecedents. The 
supporting gang Is more obviously 
ebcmy-hued, always hot and step- 
ping, the room maliitalnlnv a whirl- 
wind marathon of action at all 
times. 

The dance floor Is quite small and 
nobody bothers about the stopping 
excepting at what would be ordi 
narily long intervals were it not 
that the floor action Is so dynamic 
one relishes the idea of letting the 
tireless Africans strut their ma- 
terial. 

When the "wise" mob gets a load 
of this spot, the capacity will be a 
handicap because of Its limitations 
It's a corking drop-in-and-out 
place; no convert; just a 50-cent 
"service charge"; reasonable choice 
of two dishes, either $1 for ham and 
i"?g8 or $1.75 for southern fried 
chicken. The coin-tossing to the 
torrid entertainers Is In Itself a 
"kick," and when the spirit moves 
lust grab anybody. No color line 
here. 

Of hotsy-totsy proportions, It's a 
little more cafe-ish in layout and a 
corklnir room for some laughs. 

am: 



MOULIN ROUGE 

(CHICAQO) 

Chlcairo, Nov. S. 

Entirely renovated, this loop night 
club is one of the irihow spots of 
Chicago's night life. Bill Roth- 
stein, proprietor and manajfer, has 
gone to big expense in remodeling 
his old room. A unique and almost 
exact replica of a street scene in 
'aris is the result. A vast improve- 



ment and hardly recognizable from 
the Rouge of last year. 

Rothstein believes in doing things 
in a broad and open-handed man- 
ner. Any one who will draw money 
is worth money to him. Ahvay.-; 
known as a believer in "names," 
Hothstein obtained Karyl Norman. 
Unfortunately, Norman didn't draw 
as expected. Not through any fault 
of his though. Local night lifers 
are peculiar and "names" mean 
very little to them. Novortheless, 
Rothstein remains undaunted and Is 
constantly on the lookout for more 
drawing cards. 

At present there Is a small but 
neat revue. Gene Wentz staged the 
numbers. Myrtle Gordon is mistress 
of ceremonies. This is the first time 
Myrtle has attempted anything of 
this sort, and the result is a pleas- 
ant surprise. Her sontrs are easily 
the hit of the show. She has ac- 
quired the knack of putting over 
lyrical numbers and that added to 
her showmanship and appearance 
chalks up a score fOr her all 
around. , 

Sophie's son, Bert Tucker, is 
doubling here from the B. & K. 
houses. Considering the brief time 
he has been In the business. Bert is 
holding his own. His hoofing puts 
him over. He is also adding a bit 
more to his vocal efforts. Youthful 
personality and an eagerness to 
please have made him well liked 
here. 

Kathryn Parsons, a pleasing so- 
prano, showing voice culture, slngR 
some numbers ranging from tho 
classical to the pop ballad. She ac- 
companies herself on the piano in 
some of the numbers. 

Peaches and Poppy, sister team of 
more than average ability, are an 
attraction. Besides looks the girls 
have some good dance routines and 
can sing. Their names are very 
appropriate. 

The six Abbott girls are a credit 
to their teacher. Their presence on 
the floor adds a good deal of color 
and their work Is capably executed. 

Fred Hamm's Orchestra is well- 
known around town and the boys 
are also radio favorites. Their play- 
ing is a help to the performers. The 
dancing patrons also show signs of 
liking them. 



Monte Carlo Show Off, 
FaOiiig It Pay Of f 

*Xovely tAdles.** the flcor enter- 
talnment at ths Monte Csrli tsg* 
taurant In Oth street. New York, 
closed suddenly Thursday whsn the 
management failed to p\y the week- 
ly wages due the showgirls. 

The revue, staged by Barl Lind- 
say, was paid the previous week. It 
is understood that Lindsay was un- 
der weekly contract for |300. 

The girls were under personal 
contract to Lindsay wno will make 
good the money comlnr? and p!ace 
the revue in another night club. 

In the revue were Marjori« Royce. 
Rose BlkofT, Pauline Bartram, Ada 
Winston, Caroline Gerken, Bernice 
Lockwood and Margaret Callan. . 



CEULOH CAI7£ ft£0P£N8 
dileaco, Nov. t. 

The Crillon Cafe, home of the "400 
Club," after beiuK closed for six or 
seven months, reopened Nov. 4 
under new management. 

A. Laser is president and manag« 
Ing director, while Emil Rottmueller, 
formerly connected with the De 
Jonghe Hotel, is manager. No show 
has been announced but two orehes* 
tras play dance music. These are 
Bennie Kantor's unit and Hugo's 
Society Syncopators. A 16.50 cover 
held forth for the Hires format 
opening nights, TllUrsdasr, TtidtLf 
and Saturday. 



I 



Joe Lewis Vaeationinf 

Chicago, Nov. f . 

Joe Lewis, master of ceremonies 
and comedian at the Frolics (cab- 
aret) for the last year and a half, 
will vacation. 

Lewis plans to go to New York 
for a week or two, after which he 

will return here. 



FRITZ£L*S V. T. CAEEt 

Mike Fritzel is due In New York 

this fall. The owner of the famous 

Friar's Inn. Chicago, Is said to be 
interested in Invading the New 
Tork cafe Held and install Chicago 
ideas in a metropolitan night club. 



Frivolity as Golden Slipper 
The Frivolity reopens late next 
week as the Golden Slipper, sister 
propostllon to the Silver Slipper. 
William Duffy of the latter kas 
bought In 4t percent of the Frivolity 
and renamed It B. A. White, the 

realtor, and original owner,, remains 

his partner. 

Jack Denny's orchestra and N.T. 
O. revue wUl be Installed, Denny 
being a hold-over. Meantime Denny 
will double into the Stanley picture 
houses around the metropolis, being 
last week at tka Mark Strand, New 
York. 



Tommy Lyman Back 

Tommy Lyman, the globe-trdtp 

ting songster, returned from Lon? 

don last week. He is lilated to open 
at the new Helen Morgan Merry- 
Oo-Round, nee the 54th Street Club. 



The Life of the 
Party 

BERT 
GILBERT 

MILE-A-MINUTE 

iUstar ol Mirth 



cuwMHS iwiniy 

PAROPY aUB 

NEW YORK 



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ROCKING NEW YORK WITH LAUGHTER 



Thanks to 
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8. Jay Kaufman 
O. O. Mclntyra 
3«orge White 
Mrs. R. T. Wilson 
Mrs. Clara Ball Walsh 
Mrs. Fradarie Johnson 
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Daniel Frohman 
Walter Winchell 
Percy Wenrich 
Eddie Dowting 
Maury H. P. Paul 
Law Briea 
Harry Herahfield 
William Fox 
Ruba Qofdbofo 
Frisco 

Ben Bernia 



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Wednesday, November l6, 192$ 



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BIG JUMP IN 



ORGAN TRADE 



Stati»ttc«l Figures for. '23 



Washington, Nov. 9. 

Utatlstici of the organ industry 
from 1923 to 1925 show that al- 
thoufirh two establishments ar* list- 
ed "amonff those missing,** the num- 
ber of employes has increased from 
1,86S to 2,460, with a 35 per cent 
wave Increase from 12,661,904 in 
If 21 to |M09,58t In 1925. 

CM of mat«rlft]% fuel and electrie 
power has risen over 33 per cent 
since 1923, wfth the total value of 
the products at $12,283,089 in 1925. 
as compared with lf.602,692 in 193S. 

The piano manufacturing indus- 
try took a slump in 1925, total num- 
ber of pianos m^e standing at 
ill,5l». With a Talua of $98,640,142, 
as compared with 347,589 pianos, 
with a value of $104,362,578 for 
1923. 

Upright plajrer^ptanoa ara tlie 

most popular, showing a total pro- 
duction of 143,831 for 1925. The 
upright piano comes next with 102,- 
t21, and tha balvsr grani to third 
with 40,000. 

Band and orchestral instruments 
jumped from an estimated produc- 
tton vmlua of $1S,929,081 tii 1121 to 



Hideway Booths Hold by 

Wash. Cafe's License 

Washington, Nov. 9. 
The Valencia, scheduled to opon 

last Friday, was denied a license at 
the last minute by the police, who 
objected to the secluded nature of 
the booths. When these doors were 
closed it gave absolute privacy to 
those within, the only opening be- 
ing a window affair measuring 
about a foot square. 

The license was finally secured 
late Saturday on condition that the 
doors be removed. 

The place is operated by Jose and 
ChriHtopher Borras, whose brother, 
Pete, has the already established 
Spanish Village Just around ths 
carnar from tha newar dub* 



Beethoven as a Picture 

Paris, Oct. 80. 
A film dealing with the Ufa of 

Beethoven, by Reno Blum and 
Raoul Duhamel, will be shown at 
the Monte Carlo opera in Decem- 
ber. This pictorial biography of 
the great composer will, of course, 
be accompanied by selections of his 
music, on which there is now no 
copyright, r 

Another scenario of the ' same 
kind, dealing with Mozart, is now 
prepared by the same authors. 



ARNOLD JOHNSON IN MIAMI 

Miami, Nov. 9. 

Arnold Johnson and his orchestra 
open Nov. 18 at the new Cinderalla 
ballroom here. 

Johnson has been at the Holly - 
waod OsttBtry Olub tha past thraa 



Q. R. S. ABSORBS U. S. 

Tha R. a Co. has bought out 

tho U. S. Roll Co., the latter the 
nearest competitor to the Q. R. S. 
product, which has been more or 
less la a chua by Itself. 

Whether Q. R. S. will continue 
the subsidiary company or merge 
it Into their own business has not 
beeik decided as yat. 

The U. S. marketed a pop price*! 
roll that was developing into quite 
a competitor to the Q.' R. S. sub- 
sidiary Imparlal product. 

The roll business Incidentally is 
in the worst commercial condition 
yet since radio became a factor. 

$30,000 BALL 

Chi Musicians Raise ^um and 
•anallt Affair— 14^100 Attand 



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LEADING ORCHESTRAS 



IRVING AARONSON 

And HIS COMMANDERS 

Bmek Hanm Ag^m 

mVINQ AARONSON't 
CRUSADERS 
Direction Frank B. Cornwell 
Hefbrau-HauSf N. V. 



DON BESTOR 



Jf^d Hit Orchestra 
Victor Records 

Management: 
Musis Corp. of Amerioa 
V ^lagflOf IH« 



MIKE ELUNCTON'S 



WA8HINGTONIAN8 ' 
Fifth Season 
CLUB KENTUCKY, NEW YORK 

DETROIT 



JEAN GOLDKETTE 



JOrchettrms 
ncnm abookm 



PAUL WHTTEMAN 

^ — . im^ 



METROPOUTAN 

BOSTON 

Oirwtion: WILLIAM. MORRI* 



Chicago, Nov. 9. 
About tba i^eeds of $1 

admission and program advertisinizr, 
was realized for the union's benefit 
fund from the Chicago Federation 
of Iffttsielana ban at tba Collssum 

last week. Around 14,000 attended. 
The ball classes as the largest 
public dance affair ever run in Chi' 
cage. 

The affair was arranged by James 
Petrillo, president, and was the flrut 
effort of the kind by the Chicago 
local. It frtir ytobably bacoma an 
annual symII* ^ 



BBEAU WITH HARKS 

Iiouis Breau. songwriter and pro- 
fessional manager, has Joined Bd- 
ward B. Marks in that dual capa- 
city, euceedlng George Ramoy. 

Tha latter will ba wast coaat gen- 
eral representative for Marks and 
open a braacli qAm ^Mp Xte 
Cisco. 



INSIDE STUFF 



On MuBift 



As ta BaHin and Waif 

The unusually friendly freling existing between Milton Wall and tba 
personnel of Irving Uerlin, Inc., has given rise to what seems a well- 
founded deduction that the hook-up extends beyond tJie social and into 
tha professional. This Is now ganarally denied altlioiigli to those who 
are in the music business and know h<)w it operates, It Is seldom that 
rival publishing houses enjoy the friendly spirit agisting batwaaa tha 
Berlin, Inc., and the Weil concern. 

At ona tima Wall did approach Berlin. Inc., «Bao«t|ya% with a Tlaw to 
such a business arrangemant, thay being ciosa Irfsnda. Tha eovldli*t 
come to terms, it is said. 

Weil had been former Chicago executive for Berlin, Inc., and these 
past business relations and present oodal feeling probably counted In tha 
general Impression around town that a business tie-up existed. 

Song pluggers for the other Arms were given to understand by various 
acts and bands that neither Berlin, Inc., or Weil, Inc., would displace 
another's plug songs. Henry Bergman (Clark and Bargmim) now tha 
professional manager In New York for Weil and also financially in- 
terested, denied that, stating the usual business enterprise would not 
be retarded as regards "landing" acts with songs. 

Tha Wall > firm whila comparatlyaly new is an Important contender 
and rated as a "comer." Were It not for the deductable circumstances, 
one would have discounted much because the Weil concern is function- 
ing sufficiently on its own not to necessitate being rated as a subsidiary 
proposition. 



BOOKER, FUBUSHINO 
Charles H. Booker, former or- 
disstni MNr at tM Chib Bamvllle. 
Msw York, has embarked in the 
music piibUalUQg hHSlnsas il| New 
York. V 



JO ASTORIA 



and Ma ^ 

CORAL GABLES COUNTRY CLUB 
Coral Qal^lfif Fla. 



ELGA 



And Her 

MUSIC BOX GIRLS 

America's Foremost 
GIRL JAZZ ORCHESTRA 
Management 
FRED BENNAGE 



NKaiTOUB NOTES 

Rosita and Ramon with their 15- 
minute revue have been held over 
for another four weeka at the Club 
Madrid, Phlladeifiiii; 



Milt Merrill and his band are at 
tha Melody Band Box, New York. 



Duke Yellman and his orchestra 
succeeded Kddie Klkins at the Par- 
ody Club, New York, booked by 
Bemla Foy^r. 



Hilda Ferguson is slated for the 
Club Anatole, New ' York, next 



MAL HALLETT 



ROGER WOLFE KAHN 



AmerloA's GreatMt Mbdem Dance T>«ad«w 
AND HIS ORCHESTRA 

glwi ta ffed lev f CHMMseattve fwieeas 

on Rroadwajr 

PERMANENT ADDRBSS: Liiwrtnce, 
RISM. 

Mgl.l CUARLE8 BHRlBMAIf 



Midi HIS ORCHESTRA 



••Boeseher lastnnacatt 



'H.. I4lf9EIIAII» 
CARL d. CARPKNTIR't 

MELODY SEXTET 



CLUB PADDOCK 

#srsonal Representative "TAPS," 
18t7 Broadway, New York 



[GRAHAM PRINCE 

AND NIB ORCHESTRA 
ttrd Contaaifliva Waak 
at Briggs' Restaurant 



Oatrai 



K' Hssuiurai 
Miehi0an 



VINCENT LOPEZ 1 

And His 

Ca9a Lopmz Orchestra 
CkoIusIvs Brunswick Artiat 

CASA LOPEZ 
246 W. 64th St., New York 
Diraetian WM. MORRIS 



GEORGE OLSEN 



and His Music 
Exclusively Victor 

HOTEL PENNSYLVANfA 

New York 



B. A. ROLFE 



AND HIS i'AI.AIS II'OR ORC'llKtiTRA 

WEAF Radio Siar 
Fmahtred Edi$on ArttMi 

■eUe's Ofleei IMS Broadwar, N. T. C. 



I CHARLEY STRAIGHT 

and Uh OrdttiHi 

BRUNSWICK RECORDS 

Op0fi«tf ' Frolios, Sept. 27 



Rates for Cards 

ONE INCH 
13 timet $61 




Benny Fechter, cafe rounder and 
banker, has bought in on the Knlnck- 
erbodiar BTin. Bart Iis#fa and Ann 

Allison are show additions, Harry 
Heser's Clicquot Club JBsklmos 

boin|; the feature. 

'' ' " • -I ■ ■ -1— pi' 

7-11 Club's Colored Show 

The former Chummy Club at 711 
7th avenue tccomes the Club 7-11 
with a colorad slM/w, this marking: 
another step in the current trend of 
darktown on Broadway. 

Maceo Pinkard is staging and 
writing the show. It will feature 
the dusky female boxers. Emma 
Maitland and Aurella WI.eeldIn, 
w^o recently returned from Paris. 
Wen TalbsrtTa danoa iialfed Witt ba 
Installad* 



HERE AND THERE 



Radio Announcer Explains 

During the Freddie Rich orchestra hour from the Hotel Astor via WJZ 
tha night of Noy. t, Edward B. Husing, station announcer, had an- 
nounced "Play Gypsy" to be played by Rich's band. Ulch started oft 
and had gone only a few bars when the music was shut off completely. 
Then came Musing's voice apologizing for the number stopping, stating 
that It was restrlotad for iha air and that another melody would ba 
substituted. 

Mr. Husliiff explained by 'phone that "Play Gypsy* 'la from "Countess 
Maritza" (Shuberts) and that It was restricted for ate* prssantmant, 

PoWars QaMraud Wrota "Jm TAIma^ 

Jeanne Aubert, the handsome French blonde, appearing on this side 
for the first time is singing "Je T'Aime," means "I Love You" (Harms), 
in "Gay Paree." Powers Gouraud la the composer and lyricist of the 
number. Ha is a brother of tha late Jaeksoii OoMttd, fillo married 

Aimee Crocker. Jackson Gouraud in his days was one of the best known 
around the towners in New York. Jackson also had written some songs. 
His marriage to the Crocker heiress was Urodway talk for months. 



PALET XAKSB PUEV OF TBIO 

Chioaco, Hot. t* 

Ben Pa ley, of the trio of stage 
bands that have rotated weekly at 
the Harding, Belmont and Senate 
theatre* (Ij. it T. film houses) is 
out beginning this week. Paley's 
withdrawal waa^ announood aa "res- 
ignation.'* 

Tha Art Kahn and Mark Fisher 
bands will continue to rotate. 

A third combination, including a 
stage band with Home And I>unn. 
harmonists, acting as nuMtara of 
ceremonies, will substitute. 

A report that Ralph Williams, 
formerly at McVicker's will fill the 
Paley gap is denied. 



Yacht Club Boys' Top Mark 



An unusual salary for a male 
quartet Is the $2,200 mark which 
the Yacht Club Boys have attained 
with their new 16-week contract 
at tha Club Udo. 

Chio Endor and his boys hava 

also signed for the new Ziegfeld 
"Follies" to open New Year's BJve 
and will triple into tlie Ziegfeld 
Roof fMHe. t 

Because of these contracts, tha 
quartet has called off its originally 
planned Florida engagement as last 
winter; 



Harry Bush, professional manager 
of tha Villa Marat Mualc Co. at 

San Francisco, has raconsidered his 
resignation from the firm and will 
remain in the same capacity. 

Earl Gray Is back in Seattle with 

his orchestra and is personally con- 
ducting the Varsity (night club) at 
the location formerly occupiad by 
the Club Lido. 



Jackie Souders' orchestra is the 
attraction at Vanattan Oardans, in 
the Olympic Hotel, Seattle. 



The Louisiana Five are playinp 
'» Palmetto CInK Ji\?K^""v"'^i 
Fla. 



Whitey Kaufman and his Victor 
recording orchestra are next' week 
at the Land O'Dance, Canton O., 
with the following week playinpr at 
tho University of Pennsylvania, 
(luring which they will record at 
tha Vtotor*s Camdan hiboratorisa, 



CABARET BILLS 



HEW YO&K 



Avelea dab 

Earl Rlcknrd 
Ruth Wheeler 
Hird Rl» 
Roy Fox Bd 

Beaux Arts 

Mons Dario 
Irene A Nadin© 
Marguerite Howard 

Will KollaBder Bd 

Benay Pavii^ Club 

Mlmle 
Benny Davis 

Dorothy Qampert 
Oto Hale 
R«ne Valerie 

Rthel Allix 
The Diplomats 

Cafe de rarti 

Oeo rrice 

Ouy Sla 

Ben Selvla Bd 

Caae I/opei 

Prank Libuse 
Keller Sis a L 

V Lon«x Bd 

Chateaa Sbaaley 

Will Oeklaad 

Chateau Bd 

Ches Fjraher 

A Nllsflon Fyeher 

Guilli-Guilll 
Gene Fuadick Bd 

Ciab Alabasi 

Colored Revue 

Club Anatole 

An.itol Friedland 
Thrt D'Atha 
Hilda Ferguson 

Al Jockerfl* Bd 

Clab Barney 

I.onJ Stengel 
Hale Kyors' Bd 



Chib DeMTille 

Ruby Keeler 
Maryon Dale 
Jimmy Carr Bd 

Clnb Ude 

Tftcht Club 4 

Coaale'S Ina 

r.eonard Harper R 
Allle Jaokeoa Bd 

Deiver deb 

Jimmy Durante 
12ddie Jack«oa 
Lou Clayton 
Julia Qeritjr 
DeTtr Club B4 



Bunny Weldoa R 
Eddie Chester 
Joe Candullo Bd 

5th Ave. Caravan 

Jane Orey 
Thomaon Twins 
Jerry Pr'dman Bd 

Heica MMiaa'e 



Helen Morgan 
Al B White 
ilrady & Wells 
Alice Qeuldea 
Tommy Lrmaa 
Oisen Bd 

Hofbraa 

Ivan Bankoff 

Bert Ollbert 
Beth Cannon 
Bnid Romany 
Ous Good 
Peterson & Ch'l'te 
Amy AtkiaaoB 
Lauretta F Moss 
fuzxy Knight 
Frank Cornwall 
Crasaders Bd 

Kaiekerbocker Orill 
Ctleauot Bskimoa 



Bert Lewis 
Ann Allison 

La rerroqaet de 



R Wolfe Kaba Or 

4 Aristocrats 
Cun'gh'm A C'ra'ts 
Dupree A Shaw 
Maria Ley 
Blae ~ 



Maurice a Amb'ee 
Canaros 
Florida Tango Bd 
Johnny J'nson Bd 

McAlpla Hotel 

Brale Qoldea Oreh 

Melody Bead 

Bubbles Shelby 
Allen Walker 
Igaats ft Band 

Monte Carte 

Billy Arnold ReT 
Buddy Kennedy 
Janis a Jolaada 
Bra Dowllng 

>felUe Nelson 
Norman L<askey 
Mildred Bevrl 

Waneyo 
Radio Franks 
California Ramb'rs 

Moaimarire 

Miller a Parrell 

Emil Coleman Bd 

Moulin Rouge 

Variety Sbow 

Rutty Leonard 
Jack Edwards 
8peeht Bd 

Paddock 

Nan Travelelne 

Elsie Huber 
Ardle Heller 



Eaxt Carpenter Bd 

Palais D'Or 
Rolfe'a Re rue 
B A BoMb Bd 

FUSa dj Club 
Hollaad * Barry 

Muriel DeForrest 
Duke Tellman Bd 

PeonaylTanla HoM 
Oeo Olaea Bd 



N T O Rev 

Oeo Raft 
Helaa Moraaa 
Plarvround Bd 

Bichmaa Clab 

Harry RIchmaa 
Nate Lelpsls 
Rabin ft Lyoa 
Madelyn Killeea 
Mary Lucas 
Betsy Rces 
Deeaorer a B'a'ff 
Dave Bemle Bd 

Sit 



Daa Healy 
Carlo a " 
Beryl Halley 
Jack White 
Dolly Bterlinff 
Ruby Keeler 
Eddie Bdwarde Bd 



Te 

Teaae .Avlaaa Rev 
Texas Ranblera 



Speeht Bevels 
Clayton ft HIeks 

Germaine Gcroux 
Wallace Eddie 
Paul Speeht'a Bd 

Waldorf-Astoria 
Harold L DHi d Bd 




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Words by Helen Stone. Music l)y Jark B. Tonney. 
Ob all leading Phor.osraph Ueeerde aad 
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From Tour Dealer or Direct 
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OBITUARY 



JAMIi HACKITT 

4msaovm American actor, died In 
pi^is November % of cirrhosis of 
f^e llv^. With him at the time 

hl« wife, the fort&er Beatrice 
Beokley of London. Hr. liackett 

to have appeared at a royal 
matinee before the King and Queen 
of England In icMio from "liao- 

th«'Mun« 4a]r* 
, He had been In poor health for 
gi^e time and realized several 
weeks before his demise his con- 
dition was btcoming worse* 

While Mr. Haekett was an inter- 
national stage favorite he was at 
one time considered an ideal Amer- 
ican stage Idol, Mr. Haekett obtain- 
ing nationwide popularity with 
dtgge followers through his looks 
^Bd playing of romantic roles. 

When he was 24 he was the 
Mungest leading man in Ameriea 
gad ke rose to immediate stardom 
by" his stellar acting, geting his 
gtage start under the tutelage of 
the late Charlee Frohman. When 
his matinee Idol days had paised, 
he finally swung Into tlM maiia«erial 
jmd producing field. 

Mr. Haekett was born at Wolf 
iUland, Ontario, iSept. 6, 1869, while 
^tfs parents, Americans, wer* tour- 
ing Canada. Theatricals engrossed 
him and it was recorded that his 



of Our Friend 

EDWARD E. RICE 

wlis departed Nov. 16. ISM 

TRANCES and IXOBEHCSE 



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itage debut was made la the Park. 
Philadelphia, in IMS. 

The following year Mr. Haekett 
found himself In New York of the 
eslebrated Lyceum eompany with 
his subsequent stage rise phenom- 
snal and popular. His greatest 
^youthful successes were In "The 
V Prisoner of Zenda,** •'Rupert of 
\ Hentsau" and **The4 Pride of Jen- 
Bico.** In 1897 he married Mary 
Mannering, then his leading woman. 
. A divorce followed several years 
[c ister. In Deceiiftber» 1914, 1m ffaln 
married, his preeent widow. 

Around the same time Mr. 
Backett received $1,000,000 inheri- 
tance from the estate of a j^ieee. 
'Mrs. Minnie Haekett Trowbridge. 
' daughter . Ifr*. Mackett'a half- 
1^ V brother. 

bf * Although Mrs. Trowbridge iMid 
5 eut the aetor oft in her will and 
^ left her wealth to her husband, 
^Mr. Haekett inherited it when Mr. 
j^Vlrowbrldge died. 

; nrom 19M to 1911 Mr. Haekett 
^^ppeared in many plays. One of 

f ids most memorable successes was 
When he produced Shakespeare's 
"Macbeth" tn the Criterion. Hew 
; York, in 1914. 

In 1919 he received the American 
Hed Cross badge for unusual serr- 
tee for Ma produeUon of "Out 
There,- which turned over $700,000 
to the Red Cross in three weeks. 
He produced '*The Rise and Fall of 
Silas LApham^ in 1919 and ereated 
the stellar role. The following year 
he took his entire presentation of 



QEORQE HANLON 
PoUowing the death of Oeorge 

ttanlon, eighty-two, 1060 Amster- 
dam avenue, of the family of well 
known acrobats of a generation ^o. 
Henry Motley, forty-nine^ 14 St. 
Nicholas Place, a taxi chauffMir, 
was held in $3,500 ball for ewnina- 
tion in the Homicide CoXurt 

Hanlon. who lived at the Home 
for the Aged, was crossing Amster- 
dnm avenue at 110th street when 

of my dear voted ^iMterfi 

VIOLET MOORE MAYERS 
VIVIAN MOORE MYERS 

Sadly fnfffs«4l by 

JFNE MOO nF WA<;VFR 

struck by Motley's t&xlcab. Ue was 
thrown several feet In the roadway 
and rendered unconscious. Imme- 
diately following the accident Mot- 
ley stopped his machine. With the 
assistance of Several passersby he 
placed the aged actor In the auto 
and hastened to St. Luke's Hospital, 
a few blocks away. 

Upon their arrival a physician 
pronounced Hanlon dead. Police- 
man Sheehan. West 100th street 
station, summoned to the scene, ari- 
rested Motley. The ehauffeur said 
he was blameless as the aetor had 
stepped from behind two parked 
automobiles and walked directly in 
front of his machine. He insisted 
he was travelinf at a moderate rtite 
of speed M th« Updtf ft tk# peai- 
dent. ' 

When the ease was called before 
Magistrate McAndrsws in West Side 
Court the police asked for an ad- 
journment. Hanlon's Identity was 
ascertained through papers and keys 
found In hiift fMfsession and later 
representatives «f tl|# Moma tOld 

Who he waa(. 

ANNII OAKIfiY 
C^"* Pranli -'BiiliBr'). 

Annie Oakley (Mri. Frank B. But- 
ler) for years America's champion 
rifle shot, died Nov. I at her home 
In Greenville' after an ttMii at itfz 
weeks. Her death brought to a 
close the life of a remarkable wo- 
man. Her fame as champion rifle 
and pistol shot was WorNl iiHiik ' ^ 

Annie Oakley was born in Oreen- 
vllle. Ohio, In Hie early sixties. 

When 16 she went to Cincinnati 
and met Fradk B. Butler at m ilMM«- 
Ing match. He was an expert shot 
also. They were mftrrled and to- 
gether toured the world, giving ex- 
hlblUona ef their prowes s with guns. 

Her first year of public life was 
spent In vaudeville, giving exhibi- 
tions of fancy shooting. Later she 
Joined the Belli Brothers 8ft«w and 
for two years gave exhibitions, 
shooting from a running horse. 

The theatrical vernacular of 
'*Anne Oakley's^ refttrrtny t* passes 
to shows was derived from Miss 
Oakley's shooting punch holes In 
the Uckets denoting the "paper." 

After this eame a leitf eMaf*i' 
ment with Buffalo Bill, with whom 
she traveled 17 years, visiting 14 
countries. ' With this , show she 
vliAted tkia toiiden aa« PaHs ex- 
posiuons a^d lha Chieico. Weifd 
Fair. 

Many records were established by 



Ha had apparently 
recovered and was about to return 
to the box oflloe n^en taken sud- 
denly in again. 

Mr. Robb was ia miadelphla box 
ofllce man before eomlng to New 
Tork« He toured as eompany man- 
ager for ii^eral . Cohan A Harris 
attractions, later going into the 
Harris theatre box office. From 
there he went to the Sari Carroll 
theatra aa trsa surer, but was un- 
employed since the first lllnesa A 
son and daughter, six and seven 
of age. survive. The funeral 
were handled by the 
Club of 



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icbeth" to the iUdwyeh theatre. 

'London. 

Mr. Haekett was twice received 
)y the King and Queen of England 
\X Buckingham Paiaoe and was dec - 
|brated by the Authors and Com- 
posers of France In recognition of 
artistic stage success. 

He returned to this eountry in 
1924 and was the first American 
tctor to be aocorded a public re- 
ieeptlon. 

When the BVench Government in- 

rlted Mr. Haekett to bring his cn- 
[Ire company from London to Paris 
^e was decorated with the Cross 
\t the Legion ef Honor. The de- 
ceased was very popular In Paris. 

Mr. Haekett belonged to a score 
►f New York and Washington clubs. 
During W%m ma«>>^rlftl career he 
Jbandled William H. Thompson, 

(Isabel Irving, Fanny Ward. Paiiline 
^rederick, Nanette Comstock, E. M. 
Bolland, Brandon Tynan, etc. 
A cable iO Variety from Its Paris 
representative, dated Nov. 8, stated 
Mr. Hacketfs remains would be 
«r«mtted.» 
Miinrii ■in'" I r il 1 lii "lim— —'i iiiV ii 



her with the rifle. Among the best 
were the following: breaking of 145 
tossed balls out of 1.000; 96 small 
olay pigeons out of 100; 50 straight 
double slays and 49 live blr^ls out 
of 60. It also Is recorded that she 
broke 4,772 glass balls out of S.OOO 
In one day's shooting. 

The last appearance of Annie 
Oakley before the public was in 
1913. 

The deceased's husband, now 76. 

is confined by Illness at the home 
of his sister-in-law, Mrs. . HuldA 
Haines, of Perndale. Mich. Three 
sisters, a brother and a number of 
nieces and nephews also survive. 

Miss Oakley's remains were 
sliipped to Cincinnati for erema- 
tlon. 



BUDD ROBB 
Budd Robb, theatre treasurer and 
company manager, died at bis heme 
in Beechurst, L. I., Nov. S. He had 
been ailing for two years, suffering 
a nervqus collapse following the 
death of his wife at that time: 
Last year a stroke of psralysis was 



MAQQIE WE8TQN 
Maggie Weeton. aetrees. widow of 

James Connors, vaudevllll^, was 
found dead In her home, 648 West 
45th street. New York, Nov. 6. 
Miss Weston had beea with a num- 
ber of Iscltlmate eompanles a id 
had also worked hi* pictures. She 
made her last stago appearance in 
support of Mrs. Flsketn 192S. Prior 
to that she was with •Irene.** 

The Aotore* Fvad aooduoted the 
funeral. 

NeUie WailMi ieweer, who died 
m ifK waaaslatireCtlM daQeased 

actress. 

Intermeat In the Aetorsf Fund 
Bvergreea plot, iha renataia, being 
Interred beside those of Mr late 
hiisband. Jamas Connova. 



•IDNIY 1. KENNIOY 

For many years an orchestra 
leader and bandsman In Provi 
dence. R. L. Sidney E. Kennedy died 
suddenly Not. 4 at Mrt*^ Pa. <age 
unknown) where a show (unnamed) 
of which he was mosioal director 
had been playing^ 

He bad been en tba road with 
various musical shows for several 
years. He was a leader In Provi- 
dence of the orchestra at the old 
Theatre Comlque, which burned In 
1888, and of the orchester at the 
Westminster theatre, now the Em- 
pire. He played In the eld Readley 
and Reevea American bands. He 
was a member of tho Masons 
and the Providence Musicians' Pro- 
tective Society. 

Burial was at X<awell. Mass.. 
where Mr. Kenned j 



HRST RODEO AT NEW GARDEN 



J. PATLCN 

J. Patlen, 48, theatrical agent and 
singing teacher of Chieago, dropped 
dead Oct. to while eating in a 



ascribed to heart failure. 

Mr. Patlen's booking aetlvltles 
were confined yrlaclpally to musl- 
elaas and vacattsts. He was well 
known as a vooal laatnietor. A 
widow ^urvivea. 

VIOLET MOORE MAYERS 
Violet Moore Mayers died Oct, tO 
in Cumberland, Md., following a 
caesareaa operatlea. Prior to her 
marriage shs appeared In a num- 
ber of legitimate attractions Includ- 
ing Tolly of the Circus.- -Peg o* 
My Heart," HolUnv Stones" and hi 
companies headed by Grace Ceorge 
and Sam Bernard. Mrs. Mayers 
was the daughter ef ^Tankse** 
Moore and Belle Vivian (Vivian 
Sisters). Her bneband and son 
survive. , * 

HARRY H. NEWMAN 
Harry H. Newman, 19, of the 
Fairy-FMds ateek company, died 
Nov. 1 ef pneumonia at bis home 
In Decatur. HL He became 111 when 
the company played at Knozville, 
Tenn, 



The mother, €9. cf Sammy. Harry 
and BoUy Le% died hk Mew York, 
Nov. t. 

Louis Lsvy, 40. stage manager of 
the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los 
Angelea, died aa44enly Nov. I fol- 
lowtef an attack of pnemaonla. 

Joseph A. LyonCf IS, prominent 
New Sngland baUroem awner, died 
Nov. t In Marlboro. Mass. 



DEATHS ABROAD 



Paris. Nov. 1. 
Mme. Costsflst, TO, music pub- 
lisher, died suddenly In Paris. 
Marie Camllle de Qeyen, wen- 

known French painter, was found 
dead In his studio. Murder or sui- 
cide by shooting Is the cauee the 
police are trying to dedda 

Madier ds Montjsu, 18, French 
joumaUst, died following aa opera- 
tion. 

Emeet Waleh, tl. AaMrtoan poet, 

died at Monte Carlo. 

HenW Merimss, 4t, author and 
French translator ef several 
Spanish hooka, died at Teulouss. 

Jules PrsvieuXf 10, I<Yenrh 
novelist, died at Malcherle. Nlevrc. 

Gustavo Qoublier, French com- 
peeer and former ceadttater at the 
Moulin Ilaag% Parian 



New York's sole rodeo for 1926 
opened at Madison Square Garden 
Thursday night (Nov. 4) and ap- 
parently got away to a flying start 

The event is belnc hold under the 
auspices of the Droad Street Hos- 
pital, with the billing heralding that 
Tex Rlckard presents Fred Beebe's 
World Scries Rodoo. Tho sport 
classic of the ranch hands is to lust 
until Nov. 13, two shows daily, at 
an admission of $3 top. It's the 
first rodeo for tho now Garden and 
the auditorium, seating 14,000. is a 
corking spot for the events from 
the spectator's angle. 

About 7.000 or 8.000 turned out for 
the opening, with the gathering lib- 
erally sprinkled by evening clothes. 
Earlier In the day the contestants 
held a ballyhoo parade in the down- 
town district, which finished in City 
HaU Park.' Mayor Walker was Qn 
hand, at night, to make a brief 
speech through the Garden's am- 
plifier of 21 horns, and this an- 
nouncing device may well nigh put 
the rodeo over on its own. The 
names of the contestants, winners 
and times are easily heard. 

Msbel Strickland Thrown 
The program held If events, with 
the first casualty coming In the 
fancy riding. Mabel Strickland 
was the victim on her second round 
of the arena, when she lost ber 
grip on the saddle pommel, was 
dragged a few feet and finally 
stepped on by her horse. That she 
was sufferinf Intense pain beoaase 
apparent when some of the boys 
attempted to carry her off. She 
begged to be put down. The next 
morning the Polyclinia Hoapital re- 
ported Miss Strickland to be rest- 
ing comfortably, with It expected 
she would return to the rodeo in a 
few days. The aeddenl vndonbted* 
ly dampened tho enthttalaam of the 
first night's crowd. 

Previously Miss Strickland had 
taken second "day moneys In the 
girls' bronk riding, first place going 
to Ruth Roach, while Hugh Strick- 
land came home in the calf roping. 
StS-l seoonds. X/se Roblniin was 
second at St.l: XMok Shelton, )blrd, 
28.4. 

ShelV>n beat Uoyd Saunders by 
a fifth of a second for flrst plaee In 

the bulldogging by tbrpwlng his 
steer in 11.8. The boys gave the 
house a number of thrills in this 
event through quite a few beatinc 
SO aeeonds. Ekin Thode won the 
bronk event through a pretty wild 
ride on "Sundown.'* 

Polo in Between 
Two periods of a pblo game be- 
tween cowboys and the Merokee 
Polo Club (three on a team) were 
sepcrated by the boys' bronk rid- 
ing. 

The events were run off snapplly. 
As the first performance, the night 
was productive of dynamic bronks 
and • atubbom steere. If succeed- 
ing shows can uphold the action 
crammed into the premiere, Beebe's 
Rodeo should turn out a financial 
winner. 

Prize money is divided as fol- 
lows: Steer wrestling— $1,200, $900 
17000. 9500 and |200. with first "day 
monsiT $120. Calf roping takes the 
same amounts plus a difference in 
the daily purses graded down from 
$60. Roping Is also on the same 
financial plan, with no dally prizes. 
Bronk riding will net the winning 
boy $1,000, the next four places 
taking $800, $600. $500 and $200. re- 
spectively. First day money Is $100. 
The girls In this event will collect 
$700, $500, $300 and $100, with a 
$60 daily top, and in the fancy rid- 
ing will draw •1,000, $800, $000, $400 
and $200. 

Bareback bronk and steer riding 
are remunerative only In "day 
money." 

The program lists 128 contestants 
with 11 chutes taking up the entire 
east end of the Garden. 

Attentfanea 

The contests trofll the open 

■paces attracted popular Interest 
and night attendance went to 
standee proportions by Saturday. 

The a/ternoon draw was not so 
good. Attendance for the evening, 
contests was running between 6,000 
and 1.000 early thle week. The gal- 
lery got little play, the arena not 
bflrp vlHlble back of the front rows 
In that section of the enclosure. 

Injurtee and disqualifications 
wcro BO numerous that out of 50 
odd gnntpat/inta in t he buckinc 
bronc contests, only . seven were 
eligible for the finals. In the event 
the purses total $5,000, the final 
flrst prize being $1,500. 

As a protest against the rodeo 
8. Parkes Cadman resipnod from 
the board of the Broad Street hos- 



pital Monday. The Society of Pre- 
vention of Cruelty to Animals ap- 
pears not to have made any pro« 
test, although a blue-coated ofllclal 
attempted to tell the trick riders to 
tape their spurs. Some do not use 
squrs at all but the emperta ok* 
plained the tape idea all wrong, 
sinco it clamped the rollers and 
permitted the steel to sink into a 
horse's tide. If spurs roll the bida 
is never penetrated. 

7 of 11 Thrown 

Riders thrown In the bronc rid- 
ing events are disqualified for tha 
finals but may continue in the dally 
prize money events. In one after- 
noon seven riders out of 11 con- 
tesUnts wsre tOesed to the tan 
bark. Tho frisky buckers who did 
the tossing were out of Tommy 
Kirnan's bunch of. broncs brought 
on from Ft. WoKh. 

A similar group was supplied bF 
Eddie McCarty from Pendleton. 

Among those thrown were No- 
water Slim, winner at the Phila- 
delphia and Chicago meets this 
summer, and Norman Cowan, the 
Pendleton winner, who had several 
fingers broken. 

Of those injured Habel Strick- 
land was most severely injured. She 
feU In a triek ffdlng event the open- 
ing night and was kIdM te ^ 
stomach. 

She appeared in the Garden Mon- 
day night 

Saturday six hands were hurt. 
Floyd Stillings of Marshfleld. Ore. 
broke three ribs at the matinee 
show while John Henry of Cbp- 
peras Cove. Tez., broke a bone in 
his hand. Both were* thrown. At 
night they again entered the event 
and stuck on the broncs. 

Fanny Nlelson was bruised when 
her bronc rolled over on her. Rene 
•belton and lUtH enwon ^Mva 
hurt when their ponies pushed 
against the concrete wall. Red 
Sublette, the clown with the clever 
donkey, was kicked la the head br 
a steer, while Homer Ward suf- 
fered a- similar injury when thrown 
In the bareback riding contest. 

The contestants oama elose to tba 
records In both ateer bnlldogylnff 
and cafe roping. 

8o fttf aa ebjeetfott trwn the 
cruelty people went, the handa fen 
If there was any protection 
around they deserved it first. 



S.-F. Laid Off 5 Days 



The Sells-Floto Circus, (riSclally 
ck>slng Nov. 1 at Little Rock. Ark., 
remained In that alMit nnUl luiiir- 
day. gohig to Anderaon, Ind., fof 
a special Indoor engagement, mark- 
ing the oflacial opening of Uie new 
Deleo-Remy aleatrlM ma&ttfaetar* 
ing plant. 

Five performances were given 
starting at !• a. m., the floor ef 
tlie plant beln« aovered wttb tan 
bark. The show was given Intact 
save for the aerial acts through 
insufllcient height for the riggings. 

Tb» tama were paid 
week's salary 
to Nsw York. 



£iicoiira{iiig Refonoert 



Aurora, HL, Nov. f. 
In a drhre agalnat eiot maohlnea 

In this city. Police Chief Mlchels 
Invited any citizen of the city who 
knew the location of such maohines 
to noUfy bim, that he iAiCht dis- 
patch a wrecking erew to dispose 
of the device. Thus far there baa 
been no rush of informers. 



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A pretty good bill at the Majestic 
thla week Isn't getting any exploita- 
tion other Uian baling outside tho 
t|^tr«i CImland and X>owroy hava 
a eMiiiy' iit that oould hava been 
spotted latar than fourth position 
for better results. Cleveland is a 

tall fellow who eaia a l>anana and 
danvara his Ms msokly fof aaeel- 

lent results. Peifgy Dowrey carries 
the other half of the dialog in great 
styla. The best bet on the bill. 

Not far behind in quality were 
Barr, Mayo and Renn, who are hurt 
somawhat by a weak closa after a 
strong start. This turn rates as blg- 
tima atufl during Ita flrst several 
aiinutss aC wisaoracktng. but takea a 
sudden turn back to family time. 
A cx>medy talk Sipt, carrying two 
aien and a girl, all good. 

Bob La Salle, No. 5, got over with 
his song and talk. A capable sin- 
gle. Very early in the bill Zeck and 
Randolph bettered their spotting 
with a line of dialog that showed a 
loaning toward the blue, but didn't 
step past the line. , SlUjT SSscilL IS a 
good comedy typa. 

Haven MacQuarre and Co. have a 
sketch which is pretty loose in plot 



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but okay aa nut entertainment 
Havan is blUad as a famous stage 

and screen director, and carries K. 
Earle MacQuarre and Gladys Marion 
as sorean stara Ha announoas that 
a portion of a Belasco film will be 
made on the atage and that it will 
be shown at the theatre soon. He 
also calLs for persons who want a 
screen test, and gets three planta on 
the staas, one of whom dav^jjM In 
the company'a oomedian and car- 
ries the sketch. A little too much 
rough hoka 

Undine and her seals opened the 
second show very mildly. The girl 
does Just about nothing in the tank, 
her seals do less, and the only kick 
in the act is the close, where the 
man announcer drags what looks 
like a crocodile Into tho wator for a 
wrestling bouL 

''Jacks and Quoens,*f a sls-psroon 



songs go over Ilka a band and be 
haa to do pisaty to satisfy. 

The Six Oalenos opened the sec- 
ond half and did weU. A good- 
looking sot Is avtstanding. while the 
boys work hard and fast tskias 
falls and tumbles galore. 

Twenty-four flilhutss of Johnny 
Burke had the crowd yelling for 
more. Johnny la a big favorite in 
town and got a great reception on 
his entrance. A few new gaga 
brought big laughs, the others do- 
ing well, ' too. His gag about not 
being able to buy a package of cig- 
arettes from the T. M. C. A. while 
in the army beeauso ho OBlj had 
$1.50 was a payoff. 

The Blue Slickers, violin, two 
banjos and a k&oo, with the as- 
sistance of a cute little girl who 
sings and dancoa, wars entiral/ out 
of plaes hsNk TIm> aet la aadly 



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BUFFALO 
CHICAGO 
CINCINNATI 

DETROIT 61 

DUL.UTH ..•••••*•..•.••«.•••• B6 
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LOS ANGELEf v^.>.M<.«K... B2 
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NEW ENGLAND ...i... 51 

OKLAHOMA CITY 62 

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ST. LOUIS 56 

SAN FRANCISCO , 8t 

SEATTLE ...«••••>-«• . 62 

SYRACUSE' 51 

WASHINGTON 61 



looking Ilka sisters, fair. Margaret 
Oebhart a cute little gtrl, looking 
like a stubby school kid, warbled 
her way accompanied by a uke and 
her shouting number went welL A 
bad cold waa a handicap. 

Prince Sergi. "Egyptian" double 
Instrumentaliat, plays two claro- 
neta, an ac^rlna and a one-string 
violin and then 'two potatoes'' at 
the same time. A turban and 
make-up lend tho "Egyptian" ef- 
feet what lookod like a aong 
plugger flUad is Witll a Toeal 
numJt>er. 



Ben Blue, comic dancer, will sail 
for London Dec. 4. with his wife 
and child, where ha will open In 
the CafS da Parts la ths Priacosa 

HotaL 

A new show produced by liou Bol- 
ton is at the Granada Cafe. Estelle 
Beatty. Ray Oswald. Eddia Van 
Shalck and Blllis l|tanMd ara the 

principals. 



The Waltons, dance team, in local 
night clubs, have been booked into 
the Samovar. 



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McVICKERS THEATRE 

DIRECTION BALABAN A KATZ 
WARNER BROS. Present 

VITA PHONE 

Xha Vender of the Ate 

AND 

JOHN BARRYMORE 
in "DON ilUAN" 

FRICBS: Mats., Oxeept Sat., BOc^ 
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II I INOI^ MntlneM 

Wedncsduy and Saturday 
A. Im Brtanger A Harry J. Fuwers, Mgra 

M a rt sal Comedy TriaaSph at 
Continenta 

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Andrmr Tcmbet. Harry WatSM. Jr.. Rlghar4 Kmm 
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notusical act, got fair applause in the 
Uilrd spot. Three aailora and their 
sweeties, with one of the sailors fat 
and funny, about explains this one. 
Strictly a family-time turn. 

Don Quixano, who has been 
around here aa a cabaret singer, la 
carrying a siz-plooo string orches- 
tra, a dance team and a girl "snake" 
for a good flash act. The. outfit can 
carry a feature spot la aar OC tHo 
W. V. M. A. houses. 
Busineas not so forte lor Sunday. 



routined and Is weak all around, 
though Marie Whits Is a stunning 
little miss and a capable dancer. 
Even for smaller time this turn 
woalda*t ao. 



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FRANCES STARR 
in "THE SHELF'' 

A a«w comedy drama by Dorrance 
Da via 

With ARTHUR BYRON 

And a Dlatlnrutshed Cast 



The scarcity of good acts in these 
parts is noticeable at the Palace 
this week. When an act of the 
calibre of the "Blue Slickers" is 
slipped in, though it was a closer, 
the proof is there. 

Nasslmova aplits honors with 
Marion Harris in headlining. • The 
latter, held over for the second 
week, is still going strong. Holding 
Ave spot, Miss Harris wsiit through 
her usual repertoire of sonprs. mak- 
ing several changes from last week. 
Except for her bteih aalfit la the 
opening, she taw^M M <diamhif aftd 
chic as ever. 

Foltowint Miss Hsrrts. KaHMio^, 
with all of her renowned fire and 
spirit, gives a tense dramatic piece 
of acting, kooplag her atitflonso in 
awed silence. "A Woman of the 
Earth" is the one-acter, written by 
Bdgiir Allsa Woolf. In spite of the 
rather weak support Nazimova 
carries the whole thing practically 
by herself and oohiss through with 
flylnj? colors. 

Gordon's Comedy Canines opened 
the bin to a goea haad. Tho paps 
.show training and receive many 
laughs by their antics. Qalla-Rini 
and Sister, a good deucer. The 
young fellow trots out as many mu- 
iscal instruments as he has time to 
play and does well with each. His 
accordion is' still the main thing, 
though at the opening. The si3ter 
has little to do. The program billa 
the act aa "What Nextr' staged by 
C. H. Stlmmel Where the sUglng 
came In is hard to find out, unless 

It waa the paradlag areun4 Gaiu- 

RinI does. 

O'Donnell and Blalr cleaned up in 
No. S with their fast and short com- 
edy skit, "The Plasterers." Mostly 
slapstick, but good and full of 
laughs. Harry Fox with the charm- 
ing Beatrice Curtis scored all the 
way. Stlli a preat showman, know- 
ing the ina and outs of the game. 
Those *«slz beautiful girls" are good 
for a laugh any time, while Bea- 
trix Is Htm rharlestonfng. Harry's 



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One turn Just off the Orpbeum 
circuit "big time" aad fbar regular 
association acts constitute the "Or- 
pheum circuit" bills playing what 
are vsailr W. M. V. A. houses 
around the city, which condition 
makes it hard to distinguish Or- 
phsttOi and assoeiatloB vaudsrille. 

The Tower, second part last 
week: The Transfleld Sisters. East 
and Dumke, Kajiyama, Frances 
Kennedy and I^ucllle Ballentlne, the 
last named seen in number two spot 
at the New Palace a couple of 
weeks ago, and the others for the 
past few months on association 
around the country. 

The Tranafleld Sisters, in town 
houses for some "weeks now, possess 
a good deal of showmanship. They 
look as good as in years back. 
Thshr mm, including a Jsas baad. 
is a flrst-class small timer, Btos for 
the smaller pictyra houses. 

Bast aad Danks. mala songsters 
^ith good looks. laughed their way. 
in with a couple of comedy songs. 
On second. 

Kajiyama pulled in his usual 
mystifying hit In the middle spot. 
His mental stufT is surefire. Frances 
Kennedy had number four. Billed 
as "The Personality Qirl," she 
failed to Stew what tha hUlIng 
suggests. 

Comely Lucille Ballentlne closed 
and scored with her good looking 
dance turn. Favorable picture house 
stuff hssa. 

"OlgolO,** p. D. C. weak sister, 
picture, and no draw in that. At- 
tendance prettjr gpotf, Mm to 
about ths thrsa-qusnsr mark. 



Ascher Brothers' Colony opened 
about three montha ago. In a new 
aection, sparsely populated until re- 
cently. It seems to be making 
money. Almost capacity house 
Friday night Tom Mix's "Great 
K. & A. Train Robbery," film fea- 
ture, probably tha biggest draw. 

The housa plays a picture and 
small time yaudeviUe with four 
changes weekly, Sunday, Monday, 
Wednesday and Friday. Thla last 
half held#hat k>oked atanost Uke a 
good amateur show, backed tip hy 
Fred Weaver's seven-piece orches- 
• tra, which also plays the pit. on the 
staga 

Weaver plays the rloltn well and 
is a fair conductor, but devoid of 
stags- presenes. Ha Is strtetlr for 

the pit. 

Eddie Vine, good looking, did the 
master of ceremonies stuff and a 
specialty, with tha rest of the play- 
ers working as in a picture house 
presentation and not as individual 
acts. The Pyrne Twins, neat look- 
ing boy dancers, were liked. Two 
dance bits, an encore and a short bit 
of stepping In the ensemble flnale 
were all good, enhanced hy the 
boys* excellent appearance. 

Mur ray Sisters, blonde and bru- 
iivllB JHXB singers, o ka y for— sur- 
roundinga. The dark girl, it seems, 
would make a good burlesque sou- 
bretta. that to hs takea as a com- 
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A scarcity of good acts can be 
noted on the new Palace (Or- 
phfum'a big timer) billa recently. 
Aa a result acts avaiua>le are being 
tilled in. A gradual and consistent 
decrease in business sinCe the open- 
ing Is also notleeable. 

Guy Voyer. producer and musical 
comedy playsr, Is la Chleago organ- 
izing a musical comedy act for 
vaudeville. Leslie JoneS, Juvenile 
from ths Logan Sqaars Players, has 
busB sagagsd. 

Bunioa Richards termlnalted her 

engagement with the McCall- Bridge 
Players. Lyceum, Minneapolis. 
Minn., and ia now with ths Psruchl 
St06k ia ClMMrleston, & C. 

George C. Roberson, manager of 
the Roberson Players now playing 
at the Jefferson, Hamilton, Ohioi is 
la OMssgo looking for materlaL 

The "Three Sailors." who have 
bsSB^ pUglMj the local picture 
houses, open on the K-A time at the 
Palace, New York, Nov. 27. 



thing at the Olympic The feature 
▼ague for the past 
couple of seasons at the Empresa. 
Queation has been raised kbout 

JriH®^ SfTf of a night town 

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The local Roumanian Society will 
give a banquet in honor of Queen 
Marie on Nov. IS. Ths sntertain- 
ment part of the program will In- 
clude a Roumanian ballet and will 
feature U p to fil* -Httt-WIm im In 
charge. 

The Cafe do Paris, a new l^lack 
and tan cabaret,^ located at 31st and 
Cottage Grove, will put in a colored 
revue to be produced by Jack Fine 
and staged by Lawrence Deas. TfkS 
room will seat about 900. 



Her Majesty, Queen Marie of 
Roumania, graced the Thursday 
night performance of "The Gorilla" 
at the President, Seattle, last week. 
The house Is operated with stock hy 
Henry Duffy and is scaled at $1.25 
top. For the Thursday performance 
Duffy made an outright sell to the 
local Roumanian society, which 
.scaled the house from S3 to SIO a 
seat. The royal party occupied a 
box. With the exception of the 
Metropolitan, New York, the Queen 
is believed to have attended no 
other thsatrical perfonhance In 
America. ' ' 



in 



CINCINNATI 

mg JOE KOLLINQ 

Shubert— "Queen Hlgiu' 

Grand— *'Coal Oil Jennie." 

Cox— National Playera (stock). 

Keith's — ^Vaudeville and Alms. 

Palscs— *'Mismates" and vaude. 

Olympla-^AivttiiMr the Worlu 
(Columbia). 

Emprasa — Cunningham Revue 
(Mutual). 

Lyric— "Stella Dallas" (2d week). 

Capitol — "Syncopating Sue." 

Walnut— "Take It From Me." 

Strand— "Tou'd Ba Surprised." 

"Pure and dull" was the label put 
on Elarl Carroll's "Vanities" by local 
critics last week, and the show did 
poor business at the Shubert. The 
girls were burdened with more ap- 
parel, perhaps, than they will wear 
at any other stand on the season, 
and the skits and puns were free 
from sriiut— all of this to keep City 
Manager Sherrlll from carrvinp out 
his threat to close the theatre if 
the attraction wasn't clesn. At the 
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By eNBtrill ■. BAHN 

Wi«^'<^0 — First half dark; laflt 
*7U4 BooUT; next week, first 
JS! That Off"; last half. 

Sglossom Tlm^** fifth lOMl «A- 

Mireinent. 

^Ceith'e — Vaudeville and pictures. 

Temple— First half, '^e Gorilla." 
Columbia Wheel; last half, six act« 

Savoy-MvtiMl "Wlietrs *9ucar 

Babies." 

Strand — ''One Minute to Play.** 
Empire— First half, **The Waning 

IBex" and Smpir* Fur and Fhihlon 

fihow, produced by R. C. Snow. 
Roi>bins- Eckel— First half, *'Ool- 

leffe Dagm^; iMt half, "Blaek Pwa-' 

Sse.'* 

Creacent— "What Love Will Do." 
Ilefent— "Up in MabeFs Room*' 

and nPhe Viaitor." 

Palace— "His Secretary.** 

Local representatives <if the Ho'b- 
hins interests deny that a deal is 
on for the transfer of the Robbins 
chain of theatres In this city, Wa- 
tertown and Utica to the Schine 
corporation tn which UniTorial Is 
Interented. 

There is much, however, to give 
color to the story. Universal has no 
jnodlum for its pictures in Syra- 
cuse. Keith's has a few, so has the 
Bivoli, while the Eckel hcui played 
le Midnight Sun" and "The 
intler,** two super-Jewels. 
During the pfvst year, two other 
deals for tho Bobbins string were 
on the Are. Famous Players-Lasky 
was interested at one time, while 
later the Strand circuit dickered 
with Bobbins. 

The annual Mutual Welfare Show 
at Auburn Prison will be given on 
Kov. 18. There will be a minsstrel 
first part, with an olio of specialties. 

The Allen theatre in Medina is a 
new link in the chain of Genesee 
Theatrical Enterprises, Inc., of 
Batavla, ttid mako» >lh» flif iwt b 

The Temple, Geneva, hereafter 
will be managed by C. C. Young and 
C. B. Dadson of the Schine inter- 
ests. Robs McVoy, in charge here- 
tofore, has resigned. The house is 
to bo remodeled to give a 2.000 ca- 
pacity, and will have a combination 
vaudeville and picture policy. 

Safe robbers, cracking the strong- 
box in the office of the Savoy thea- 
tre here Sunday night, got away 
with $1,500. the r«ooAptf ioT SiUur- 

day and Sunday. 

"College Days" at the Robbins- 
Sckol, In opposition to the Red 
Grange picture, "One Minute to 
Play," drew excellent business. In- 
dian gummer woather during the 



Mrlod falMI t« materially cut into 
»• theatre biisiness in the city. 

The *tkurriek Gaieties.** sponsored 
on tho road by j. H. Yorke. which 
had its premiere at tlie Wieting 
h«re last week, proved pretty much 
of ft flop. The show was offered 
here at IS. It was poorly rohoftned 
and Inadoquately staged. 

NEW ENGLAND 

The Goldstein Brothers of Spring- 
field, Mass.. have acquired the 
Playhouse, Chicopee. Frank Gal- 
lagher, of New York, has been 
named manager. Straight films. 



James Knox, chief usher at the 
Auditorium, Lynn. Mass., has at 

last been granted his wish to be- 
come an actor. Last week he 
played with the John B. Mack 
Playen in *'8o This is I^ndon.** 

The Sequas^en Corporation has 
expanded its plans in the construc- 
tion of a theatre at Plainticld, 
Conn. The cost of the structure, 
originally $75,000, will approximate 
$150,000. The directors have voted 
to place on sale a new issue of 
$60,000 seven per cent, stock. The 
new plans will douMo the site of 
the theatre and also make room for 
eight stores in the building. 

The new University theatre at 
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MaRs., 
seating 2.000. was opened Oct. 30. 
The double features were "Midnight 
Sun" and "Laddie." Included in the 
programs are musical and stage 
specialties. The University was 
built by a group headed by Charles 
E. Hatflcii» tl g MUl M Of MIddtePPX 

county. ^: - , 

B. M. Loew, operator of several 
New England theatres, has lost the 
Majestic at Fltchburg, Mass., as a 
result of tho ownor Toifuirinf to to- 
new leaso. , 

The Springfield (Mass.) tfyipl- 
phony Orchestra will have WfMnon 
musicians f or tho iflHt tiOMt TiMre 
w«l bo U. 



JOSEPH csmiH 

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that ho to now loeatod at IIm 

Doret Studios 

28 West 47th Street 
NEW YORK CITY 

Phone Bryant 7451 

Where he is conducting dancing 
classes and arranging routines 
for all manner of dancing acts. 
Private instruction by nppoiat^ 

ment. 



Charles W. BadclifTe, of Holyoke. 
Mass., has filed a suit against Ellas 
M. Loew of Lynn, theatre circuit 
operfiftor. demnnding payment for 
13 promissory notes for $6,500. He 
asks that Loew bo enjoined from 
transferring any stock which he 
owns In the Liberty Amusement 
Company, Capitol Theatre Compa^ny 
and IMtvlMgtor Theatro Company. 

Susanno Wttiminif, who plays the 

daughter of Alice Joyce in "The Ace 
of Cads." is a native, of Hartford, 
Conn., and H WMt only a year ago 
that she became a professional, be- 
ing invited by Ned Wayburn to 
appear to "Vnhn Beach Follies." 
She bears a remarkaMn 
blance to Alice Joyce. 



The theatre building project at 
Portland, Conn., has been aban- 
doned, temporarily at least, by 
Fagin, Bat wink & Fagin of New 
Haven. They bought property in 
Main street for the theatre. Exca- 
vation work is being continued, but 
it is expected that plans for the 
theatre will be dropped and that in- 
stead three stores will be erected. 

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Auditorium — Robert Mantell in 
Shakespeare (2d week). 

Belatco — "Glamour" (Lewis and 
Woods); next, Kathorine Cornell in 
"The Green Hat" (Woods); Nov. t2, 
"A Lady's Virtue" (Bhuberts). 

National — "No, No, Nanette" 
(Frazee); next. Ziegfeld FoUieH. 

Poll's— Dark. Nov. 14, "Big Pa- 
rade" (film): 21, "PassinflT Show"; 
28, "Blossom Time'*; Deo. fi, A! Jol* 
son In "Big Boy." 

Wardman Parlc--^*Manon Loocaut" 

(Ufa film). 

Gayety — "Aloma of the South 
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Mutual— "Nlte Life in Paris" iMu- 
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Columbia — "Bardelya the Mag- 
nificent"; next, "The Quarterback." 

Metropolitan — "Forever After" 
and Cliff (Ukelele ike) Kdwardb; 
next, **Paradise" (Milton SUls) and 
Three Giersdorf Sisters. 

Palace— "So's Your Old Man" and 
Old Time Orchestra; next, "Aloma 
of the South Seas," witli prologue. 

Rialto— "Perch of the Devil"; 
next, "Michael Strogoft" (Amorican 
promlor of French film). 

Tho Showing of UFA'S ^ICanon 

Lcscaut" at the Wardman Park 
currently is the first American 
presentation of this German film 
production. Next week at the Ri- 
alto Washington also will be the 
first to see the PYenoh fllmlOE of 
VlUchael Btrosoflt." 

INirton Holmes Is to open his 

winter series of travelogues at the 
National on Thursday next, Nov. 11. 

The wife of Corbin Shield, pub- 
licity man of the Rialto, 10 roeov*- 

ering- in a local hospital following 
an automobile accident. 



construction, and altered the plans 
so that it will bo a 1.700-»eater in- 
stead of 1.400 as orif;iimlly planned. 
The house will cost l-'aO.OOO. A site 
Ju8t where ununnuunced, was re- 
ported purchased in Main street 
East for a new theatre to cost 
)3r>o.ooo. Schine Knterprlses now 
own or control iiv>arly lOd hOtlSOS in 
the statue, with two hero. 



Thursday tho Kaittman will change 
from its regular film program for 
the day. In the afternoon an all- 
WaRuer program ly tho Kochestor 
Philharmonic nnd in the evening 
.lusef llutlmann will give a ro it ii. 
Mordktn and hii Russian Bi\\Ui 
have the Eastman for Thursday, 
Nov. 18. 



DETROIT 



The p«>r8onal appearance o€ 

Ccach FirldiMK H. Yost, of iho Uni- 
versity of iMiciiigan, at tlie Capitol 
tht^atre during the engaKcment of 
"Th*» Quarterback" boosted re- 
ceipts. With him appeared a halt 
dozen of the Michigan stars. Auto- 
graplied footballs woro thrown tillp 
the audience. 



C. C. Young and C. E. Dads^in 
have taken over management of the 
Temple (vaudc) at Geneva, N. Y., 
recently l«'ft vacant by the ^o.sl^:;na- 
tion oL* Ross McVoy. The pair have 
managed the Schine houses at Ge- 
neva for some time. 



BALTIMORE 

Auditorium — Dark. 
Ford's— "Ziegfeld Follies/ 
Qi»ild--"Patience.- 



It is practically certain that Vita- 
phono will bo open at one of tho 

Shubert theatres early in Decem- 
ber. Most likely the house selected 
will bo tho Now Csss. Tho doAl 
between Warners and Kunsky is 
said to be oiT, as Kunsky cannot lot 
go any of his flrst-run houses, ow- 
ing to the numltor of 
booked ahead. 



Herb W. Traver, Detroit manager 
for United Artists, is still confined 
to hi8 homo ■ or lo wly iU iprttpi 

trouble. 



Next week Doris Jackson of Zleg- 
feld's Follies, which attraction will 
bo M tho Katlonat. will double into 
ACOjper Dn - • • T V- lis Cafe. 



PITTSBURGH 

By JACK A» SIMONS 

Alvin— CtaA " Carlo* CMid Opera 

Co. 

Nixon— "IJfly Sue.** 

Pitt— "The Big Parade" (return). 
Gsyety— "Give and Take" (Co- 
lumbia); 

Academy — "Partolan Flappers" 

(Mutual). 
D gi> tti "Kid Boots** and iraude- 

ville. 

Aldine — "The Four Horsemen." 
Grand — "Forever After." 
Liberty— "Kid Boots." 
Olympic— "Youd Be Surprised." 
Cameo— "The Flaming Frontier." 
Regent— "Forever After." 
State— "Millionaires." 

Harris— "Wool of BroAdway" and 
vaudeville. 

Sheridan Square— "The Midnight 
KiM** sad iraudevills^ 



After a delay of several months 
work on the new Stanley house was 
started last week. About a block 
away the new Pona theatro, a Mar- 
cus L.OOW house. Is being rushed to 
completion. 

Tunis F. Dean, for many year;, 
associated with the Aivin and Da- 
vis theatres here, was in the city 
last week in ndv.incc of "I.,lly Sue." 
this week at the Nixon. Harry 
Brown, manager had Mr. Dian in 
tow. 



The Wamer-MetropoUtan has Its 
second manager since the resigna- 
tion of Bernard Depkin, Jr., last 
month. Seltzer, formerly of the 
Fox, Philadelphia, was down for 
about three weeks but apparently 
didn't car© for the climate and 
entrained for the north, to be suc- 
cooded by I. A. North, formerly of 
tho X^nrie, Camdon, N.»J, 

The production of "Patience" by 
the local Play Arts Guild over- 
shadowed the touring legit. In the 
estimates of the local reviewers last 
week. Garland, of "Tho Post,** de- 
voted most of hi8 Monday space to 
the enterprise, which is beaded by 
T. M. Gushing, dramatic critio on 
the "Morning Sun." The prodUOtiOU 
is on for an indelinite run. 



U. R. Brummel i.s reported out of 
tho managerial berth at the L«oew- 
Parkway. Brummel, former hotfse 
manager at tho Century under the 
Whitehurst regime, went to the up- 
town Loew houso on tho reopening 
this tBXi. 



Ous Sun WHP here last week con- 
ferring with hia local oOice and 
I^w and Ben Cohen of the Colonial 
theatre, who are building the now 
Hollywood theatre on the west sido, 
seating 4.000 and coHting over 
million dollars. JU. ipUl lMt 
through Sun. 



At this writing over 900 tickets 
have been sold for the Paul Wliito- 
man dance at Oriole Terrace Nov. 
21. during his engagement at tkHi 
Michigan theatre. I'ho oouvert li 
$10 per^ 



Arbitration by tho ozhlbltors* 

sociation and the Detroit Flhn 
Board of Trade will bo resumed thli 



BRONX, N. Y. 

Harlng A Blumenthal are to re- 
enter the Bronx theatre field. They 
are building a 2,600-seat picture 
house at East Tremont avenue and 
Davidson, to open about, the end of 
.the year. They formerly had Uie 
Webster and Crosoont Uioatm In 
this borough. 

Sidney Stavrofs next production 
at tho Intimate Playhouse, tho little 
art theatro which ho controls, will 
be "The Damned Fool," by Jo 
Swerling, newspaperman. Btavrof 
will play tho loading rolo. To open 
in about two weeks. 



The Consolidated Amusement Eln- 
terprises has acquired a site at 
Jerome avenue and 176th street for 
a 2.000-soat picture house. Con- 
stnictloB work wlU bogin ha, the 
•print. ^ 

Instead of re-opening with stock 
burlesque, Irving Fordan, who has 
the Metropolis, may install a pic- 
ture policy. Police action forced 
Fordan's previous atock burlesaue 
to oloso. 



MINNEAPOUS 

Metropolitsn— IfJpi, liTaiMtlS*' 
(Johnny Fields). 

Shubert— "What Price Glory" 
(Todd) Bainbridge dramatic stoek. 

Hennepin-Orpheum — Vaudeville 
(Sessue liayakawa) «nd pictures. 

Palaco>-"81ck Abed** (MoCSill- 
Brldge musical comedy tab). 

Pantages — Vaudeville (^as. 9* 
Corbett) and ptatwso. 

Seventh Street — Vau( 
(Harry Cooper) and plcturoi^ 

Gayety ^ ^thttllsa Mid 
(Mutual burlesque). 

JBtate— "The Temptress" (Moi 
fllm), Karolyn Harris and itrlng mm 
chestra stage show. 

Qarriok— "Laddie" (Bowers nim|« 
Eddie Bratton Melody Makers, 
stage show. 

Strsnd — *'Y*rloty" <JaniHni 
film). ' ,..S'.v. 

Lyric— "Hold tiMl Um* 
MacLean fllm). 

Aster^"Blarney" (Renee 
fllm). 

Grfnd— "Mare NootflUB'' iTmgff 

Moreno), rerun. 




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Once again tlie name on the door 
of tho manager's ofllce of the Cam« <> 
theatre, a Universal house, has been 
changed. This timo it roads, Albert 
KotUfman. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By H. D. SANDERSON 

Lyceum — "Ben-IIur" (film). 

Keith-Albee Temple— Vaudo. 

Fsy's— Pop vaude. 

Qayety— "Boso Snyder's Show" 
(Columbia). 

Victoria — Pop vaude. 

Corinthina— "Follies and Dollies" 
(Mutual). 

E s • t m a n.^'Tho Quarterback" 
(film). 

Regent— "My Official Wife" (film). 
Piccadilly— "Prince of Tempters" 

(fllm). 

Announcement from Batavia that 
the Genesee Theatrical Enterprises 
have taken over the Allen theatre, 
at Medina, gives that group 15 
houses In Batavia, Predonia. James- 
town, Dunkirk, Olean and Medina. 
The Genesee Knterprises is owned 
by Klkltas Dlpson, John R. Osborne 
anVi Judge Edward A. Washburn, all 
of Batavia. 



NED WAVliyilN 

w«r>ts to engage the services of esyjijbtt 

STAGE MANAGERS 

who can dance and teach dancing to , 
professionals and amateivif 



J. M. Schtne, of Schine Enterprises, 
Inc., of Gloversville, vl«it«'d Kochen- 
ter recently and closed a series of 
de^lp. Tho hirrK^Ht. junt annonn^rd, 
was a lo.iKe on the new $500,000 
Riviera theatre, Flower City Park 
and Lake avenue. He purchaBed 
the new Liberty theatre, now under 



HAVE an IntcreetinK proponlllon for a n\mi« 
bor of capable men who have had experionco 
In staging dances, diaiuguo scenee, etc. 
Prefer men who hayo had some experience 
under my dhroetlon md who 4uro famllter wItS 
my mothods of otagUig productions, but win 
gWo consideration to «ay man who has provon 
his capability in previous work, whether PITOf 
fesHional or amateur. Bteady posltlonn. 
Write me, outlining your experience, shows 
handled, etc. 



Apply by letter to 

NED WAYBURN 

NED WAYBURN OFFICE 



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Though there was not a name on 
the entire Oihlkheum bill which would 
directly draw trade, the bill In Its 
entirety was better than the aver- 
age there. It waa one of those all- 
around standard variety shows 
which had a slow start, but built up 
a8<^it went along. 

Weaver Brothers, held over, proved 
to be the hit of the show again. 
These boys and their girl friend had 
the Sunday night mob stepping on 
It. It was Just a natural dick. On 
the bill, also breaking In a new act, 
were George Whiting and Sadie 
Burt In a number of song ecenei 
(New Acts), which went over big. 

Opening were Paul Remos and 
his midgets. Of course, Remos does 
the heavy work, while the midgets 
clown with a little knockabout. 
Deucing it was Thomas J. ttytin, 
aided by a girl In a singing and 
dancing skit, "Father's Comeback." 
Ryan did bits from hts routine in 
song and dance Tlack to the days of 
Diamond and Ryan, and flnished 
with a Charleston. It Hr^ nn ensy 
put-over for him. 

Albertina Rasch's Pompadour Bal- 
litli ia tttee niMfK; with the octet of 
solo steppers and In the individual 
Steppers, especially Morree, a con- 
tohiontst. and Andy Rtoti Jr., Hm- 
Isterlng. 

Following Weaver Brothers and 
closing the first part were Robert 
Bmmett Keane and Claire Whitney, 
aided by P. J. O'Connor In the Ed- 
win Burke novelty sketch, "The 
Faker." Here is a nifty offering 
and one which fits anywhere on a 
vodvil bill, with Keane. of course, 
carrying 95 per cent of the burden. 

Following Whiting and Burt, who 
opened the second part, came Bill 
Robinson. This colored hoofer seems 
to have an aversion to stepping. Too 
bad, for folks know him as a mas- 
ter dancer and want more dancing 
than they do chanting and talking. 
An extra dance routine might re- 
place two -thirds of his conversation. 

Closing' were Lucas and Inez with 
their hand-to-hand gymnastic rou- 
tine. TIUs !• a wow and gem of a 
turn. ' ^ Vng. 




Alexander Pantages continues to 
dish out excellent vaudeville fare 
for Los Angeles. Last week's bill 
was no exception. Four of tho six 
acts wefo of real merit, with noth- 
ing wrong with the remaining turns, 
fctientlng that mewin^ ; alii g>lde 
thr ^lAstandlng hltib tiMf i ei m i a a 
trme slow. 

torn Brown and the Six Brown 
Brtthers topped the bill. Rightly 
so, although probably due to the 
rinent visit here of the fot,- they did 
nrft seem to click as strongly as 
they did on the previous aPI>earance. 
RareiHieless tho Motadnr night 
crowd was mighty strong for Tom 
and his musicians, and the boys won 
the liberal applause they merited. 

Roy LaPearl and Lillian Gonne, 
supported by two unprogramed 
•«plant«" of tho **wopP* tsr^ ran the 
Brown outfit a close race for top 
honors. Their turn was a wow, 



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wit: the spectators howling. The 
Four Pals, male quartet, with out- 
of-the-ordlnary harmony, an excel- 
lent bass, and BUly Carmen, xylo- 
phonlst. wore Oio other outstanding 
acts. ^ , 

Carmen opened with both clas- 
sical and semi-classlcal numbers. 
Aided by clever sUge lighting, the 
one-spot was not hard for the xylo- 
phonisL For a finale Carmen has 
an unusual fadeout. wherein his in- 
strument is gradually moved up- 
stage until it disappears in tho folds 
of a back drop. ' 

Spanish Trio, two girls and a boy. 
had Spanish dances and two vocal 
numbers. Harry Seymour and Myna 
Cunard did a refined singing and 
piano diversion. One of Seymour's 
comedy songs was lost on the local 
audience because not acquainted 
with Rockaway Beach, Long Island. 

In closing spot were the Brown 
Brothers in the same routine as on 
their last appearance, about two 
months ago. Tom Brown and his 
boys are always surefire in this 
town. 

"The Lily" was feature picturo. 

Carl Mueller, of Mueller's Coffee 

Shop, has gone to Oilman's Hot 
Springs for two weeks to recuperate 
from a nervous breakdown. Mueller, 
with his wife Lillian, formerly the 
Muellers of vaudeville, has been in 
business here for several? yoank 



Mary McAllister will play the in- 
genue lead in the forthcoming pro- 
duction of "Love o* Women," which 
John Grifllth Wray will direct for 
Fox. Blanche Sweet and Warner 
haro the principal roles. 



"The Rose of Monterey," a drama 
of the days when California Joined 
the Union, will be filmed at First 
National, announced as the first di- 
rectorial etrort for George Ms- 
maurlce under his new two-year 
contract No cast has be^n selected. 

The Los Aiigcles concert Mason 
got under way last week with the 
appearance at tho Philharmonic 
Auditorium of Louise Homer, in a 
program of song numbers sung in 
her rich contralto voice, and the ap- 
pearance of Louis Graveure, bari- 
tone. Both concerts drew heavily. 

Amy Leslie, dean of Chicago dra- 
matic critics, arrived here accom- 
panying Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. P. 
(3azzolo. of Chicago, for a brief 
vacation. During a portion of her 
stay hero Miss Leslio will bo a guest 
of ~ 



new United Artlsf #iismd seat 

house. Speaking of the future pol- 
icy of the house under contempla- 
tion. Mr. Schendi sUted that Jass 
bands and chorus girls were out. 
and that, in his and Sid Grauman's 
opinion, tlioM olements did not ho- 
long lorn pictu ro hom o, 

Claude Wagner has resigned as 

stage manager of the Oranada and 
will go east. Bill Ethington will 
ouooood him. ^ 



Benny Birman and Harry Bush 
have resigned from the staff of Villa 
Moret Music Co. Both wore with 
the firm for two years. 

Kolb and Dill are rehearsing at 
the Capitol in "Queen High." open- 
ing at the Wilkes, indefinitely. Nov. 
29. In the completed cast are Mar- 
gary Sweet, Walter Craig. Llla 
Mann, Audrey Dixon, Donald Car- 
roll, Jack Cumey and Nilsson 
Twins. Carroll and the twins were 
with last year's Kolb and Dill show. 
Dances being staged by Walter 
Cralsr. Waltor Rivera wUl handle 
pttMiclty. 

Among those at the premiere of 

"Creoles" was W. O. Anderson, the 
"Bronco Billy" of the early western 
pictures. Anderson haa hooa seri- 
ously lU. 

Hugh Cameron acted as master 

of ceremonies at the benefit matinee 
given at the Wilkes last week by 
the Theatrical Mutual Association. 
Ruth Chatterton's company did the 
second scene from "The Green Hat" 



The northern division of West 
Coast Theatres, Inc.. has contracted 
for the entire block of Warner Bros, 
pictures for all their houses with the 
exception of the Warfleld, using 
M-Q-M and Urtt KiHiMl. fgjn- 
sively. 

Al Hoffman, old-time vaudevlllian 
fuid more recently a local play 
iMTOker, is now theatrical manager 
of tho BOW Golden Stoto U&m, 

Jack Lewis, former house man- 
ager for the George Mann Circuit 
has purchased the West Coast 
Amusement Co., a booking oflftce 
here. It has no connection 
West Coast Theatrera, Ino. 

While appearing locally Billy 
Robinson,, colored Orphoum head- 
liner, pulled a publicity stunt on 
Mission street by running backward 
against an opponent who ran front- 
ward. Robinson Is well ImowB *for 
his phenomenal speed la 



Ray Rocket is hero from the east, 

where production work has Just 
been completed on "N9t Herbert." 
featuring Paulino Starke, for First 
National. He will continue his pro- 
duction activities at F. N.'s Burbank 
sttidlcNa' 



Arthur Lubin. screen actor, is lin- 
ing up players for four one-act 
plays to be given late in November 
by the Writers' club, of which he 
is secretary of the dramatic com 
mittee. Lubin will likely start 
work under the M-G-M banner 
shovtly. > 

tTnlversal • renewed Its contract 
with George Slegmann, character 
actor. His next role with Universal 
^111 be In the part of Simon Legree 
la **Unolo Toms Cabin.** 



Robert Bow. father of Clara Bow 

screen actress, has opened a clean- 
ing and dyeing establishment in 
Hollywood. 

When Clara Is not busy at the 
studio she is drumming up trade for 



SAN FRANCISCO 

Rube Wolf opened his local en- 
gagement at the Warfield with a 
great blare of publicity proclaiming 
him the world's homeliest man. An 
ad was run In the dailies asking for 
100 homely men to form a commit- 
tee of welcoiAe at tho depot when 
tho lii^ ikttgolos bandsman arrived. 

Joseph M. Schenck was in town 

last week and made a careful sur- 
vey of market street for a building 
site. He announced as tentative a 
location on 10th and Market for the 



Joe Slnal. highest prieod drum- 
mer In San Francisco. Is no longer 
at the Granada. He has gone to 
Chicago to visit Mi Mtkor^-law, 
Paul Ash. 



SEATTLE 



By DAVI nWP 

Metropolitan— "Bohemian OlrL** 
President— '*The Gorilla" (stock). 
Pantsgeo— **W oman Power," 

vaudeville. 

Fifth Avenue— "Kid Boots.** 
Orpheum— VaudfWIIii. 

Coiiseum— '*Bavdoiyi Iho Mag- 
nificent." 

strand— "Padlocked.** 

Columbia— "^ ntaiac mn- 

tler." 

Liberty— *«Tho AMnmH(iit Ooiitle- 



men 



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The Winter Garden had "La Bo- 
heme" this week, while the Egyptian 
theatre, University district sub, had 
the same attraction on simultaneous 
release agreements. This feature 
was first shown here 45 days agro at 
the Coliseum. Evidently the subur- 
ban and the downtown Winter Gar- 
den are not considared opposition. 

Alexander Paatages has booked 
more athletes foras circuit Charley 
Iloff, the champ polo vaulter, is 
featured this week at the Pan here. 
CJortrude Ederle and other swim- 
ming stars will be on an early bill, 
while Babe Ruth Is booked. Re- 
cently Carpentif'r was an attraction 
on Pan time. The circuit has just 
had its 26th anniversary and has 
been drawing consistently big busi- 
ness. 



The niffht of Nov. 4 WM9 "royalty 
night" at the President theatre, 
Queen Marie of Roumanla and party 
attendinpT. ThO house was turned 
over to the Roumanian -Serbian So- 
ciety, with S. S. Millard coming up 
from Los Angeles to direct the per- 
formances. Proceeds were for the 

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PORTLAND, ORE. 



Harry Arthur, president of the 
Paciflo Northwest Theatres. Inc. 
(North American subsidiary), an- 
nounces a chango in personnel as 
to tho ftrm's local theatres. Eddie 
Hitchcock, formerly publicity direc- 
tor with tho West Coast Theatres, 
will manago tho Rlvoll aa a 'Vun" 
house, and Floyd Maxwell has been 
promoted to succeed Jiunea Clem- 
mer an manager of the now Broad- 
way theatre here. Clemmer will 
leave for the new Fifth Avenue, In 
Seattle, where ho will manago that 
house. Hal Horne oOmes to the Lib- 
erty theatre hero firom Seattle to 
Institute a presentation inrtlcy. 

The RIvoli discontinues Western 
Association acts Nov. 20, at which 
time the house will clhso for two 
weeks, reopening w9l|l J^,;ld|Mr-nin 
picture policy. ; 

Frank McGettlgan, manager of 
the local Orpheum circuit house for 
the past ten years, has resigned to 
enter the real eslate business. 
Harold Murphy, treasurer of the Or- 
pheum, , at Seattle, has been pro- 
moted as manager of the Portland 
Orpheum. McGettigan is to remain 
tho Orpheum representativo until 
December. 



OKLAHOMA aTY 

Boh Ingram, formerly of Progress 

Pictures, has been appointed man- 
ager of the Enterpr^ Film Com- 
pany WChange at IKllas. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hegman. J. J. 
Hegman, Jr., and four employees. 
Earl Kennedy, John Beckham. T. 
Cox and Paul Martin, of the Cres- 
cent theatre, were arrested in Aus- 
tin, Texas, recently, on a charge of 
operating the theatre on Sun<day. 
They wero released on a bond of 



Fire caused damage estimated at 
$3,000 in the bootli Of the Crystal. 
Pittsburg. Texas, on Oct. 23. No 
one in the audience was hurt. 



The new Texas theatro oponod at 
Austin, Tez.» Oct. 21. 



Jay Brown. Sr., and his son 
opened their new theatre across the 
street from tlM VMhrerslty of 
Texas campus recently. They will 
show pictures for the university 
•HMtaM Mr Mi won ai fho pfMc. 



W. T. Henderson has opened his 
now yal o tho»yr» »t U$m t^ Okla. 

KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. HUGHES 

Shubert-:-"Blg Parade," second 
week. ' ' . 

Newman — "Ace of Cads." film. 

Roysl~"Bardleys tho Magnifi- 
cent," film. 

Pan«agi#-rTiradOTillo and pic- 
tures. 

L{berty«^'*Tlio Runaway HKpraa s ," 

picture. 

Orphsum — ^Vaudeville. 

Missouri — '^Buddies," Katlonai 

Players stock. 
Glebe— Musical tab and Pictures. 

Tho two popular prieed irande 

houses — Mainstreet and Pantages — 
were all wet this weeic The former 
featured Mllle Oade Corson, chan- 
nel swimmer, together with Odiva 
and her seals, while the Pan 
splaahod with^iottio^ Mnyiy end her 
IHvlng'lfinuses. 

Samuel Carver, who resigrned a 

few weeks ago -as manager of the 
Liberty, Universal first run house, 
is back on the Job, under a new ar- 
rangement with the corporation. He 
announces that Emil Chaquettes 
ten-piece orchestra will occupy the 
pit The house has Without a 
regular orc^fatra* 

When the box office for "The 
Miracle" opened Monday there was 
already on hand $50,000 from mail 
orders. This was the largest ad- 
vance sale ever made in the town, 
an<d the sale in advance of the open- 
ing will probably too dose to $160,- 
090. Tho local guarantee for the 



attraction wa« hut 160,000. so tho 
underwriters are on oaajr otroot. *Thm 

spectacle is here for twenty-four 
perfocmances, and If oapaclty in 
done at all tlio toini IrOl iuabnnt to 



*no Devil's Disciple^ ia next 
offering by tho Kansas Oitr then* 

tre. It will be given for one week 
starting Nov. 29. The Theatro 
Art Craft haa in rehonraal "Mar* 
ton of the Movies.** for the secondi 
week in November. This organlKtk«i 
tion la in its flrat aoagon. 

MILWAUKEE 

By HERB M. ISRAEL 

Davidson— Carroll's "Vanities.** ■ 
Qarrick— "High Stakes.** 
Pabst — German stodc* . 
Palaes — Vaudeville. ■ ^, 

Majestic — Vaudevillo. 
Miller— Vaudeville. 
EmpresS'7i;Jockey Club" (stogj^). 



GayetyH^*l 

tual). 

Al ham bra— "Oh. Baby.** 
Garden — "Men of Purpose.** 
Merrill ''Spamwnr* (aoooaA 

week). ^ 
Strand— "Ace of Cads.** 
WJfMiiiiiiT-*'OainpiMi 



John MacCormack did not api>eair 
at tho AuditoHum as schsiiliS, |H» 

ness preventing. His a] 
was moved up. to Nov. 17. 



Then Mllwaukeo Foal No. 1. 

Amorican T^eglon is sponsoring tho 
"Men of Piurpose" film at the Qar* 
den•'^ 



Sascha Corado Is hooked as soIo« 
Ist at the annual concert of tho 
Milwaukee MaeniMrelMNr «t tli« 
Pabat, Not. II. 

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Tlio Mllwaukeo Opera Houses 

used as a storehouse for the past 
ten years, has been placed on tho 
block. An advertisement appeared 
in the newspapers this week of- 
fering "kindling wood" for sale, as 
the former theatre is being ripped 
down to BMko way for n ijlipgtoinnA 
payilion. 

Another tKeatro landmark oC 

Milwaukee, the Crystal, is soon to 
pass on. The theatre has been sold 
by the Toy Interests and an offlco 
building will take its place. The 
Crystal was Milwaukee's first 
vaudeville house, later passing into 
pictures, then a dance hall, thien 
back to tabs and pictures and now 
is running as a ten- cent place. 

Hinda Wausau, s]j!mmy dancer at 
the State- Congress, Chicago, opened 
ftt tho IhnpiPiift liaro Bnnday as 
added attraotfon.. MoT lunlilng la 

indf^flnito. 



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B«aaM * Balri 

4 Bell Boys 
Q«B. Piaano 
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id half (lS-21) 
WlilU W M'Otnty 
Dollla 4k Blllie 
D9Wnf * Clmfg* 
Carl ICeCvlloovli 
Ifllltr ft GararA 
Ttaa Voyarera 



J * m LaPaa»l 

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I«aala Hart 

iMth St. m 

mm ft Margla 
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Wnia IMgay Ot 
Bid X<awla 
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Waldar lia 
Chaa Wlthara 
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Jaaa Badlal Oa 
Dlffitaaoa 
Barat ft ToffC 
trana Rlearda 
Bod lot Hella 0*hfa 
Ponoa 81a 

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Haaaaa ft B'toa Bta 
MlldAA LJvUicatoa 
DMBartM * X>«U 
FMda ft lateMft 
Vaa da Velda 
Kodr ft Walaaa 

Kai«k (•) ' 

Bart Hufhaa Ca 
Adlar Wall ft H 
Oaalia ft Olaaa 
Roatar ft Halbraak 
Mali4lla)a * f*Mk 

HATTON, a 

Keith 

2d half (11-1«> 

Haac Kong Tr 
■Uwart ft oaww . 
Jaa DaUar 

Mildred LlvlBratoa 
Fielda ft JohnaoB 
■tlvartowB Cd Or 
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KoklB ft QaJMm 
Stroud S 

Harbart Warraa Oa 

Abbb FittlB 

Maro ft Lyaa 
Ttemmn'a TUBaiTtha 
The Kemmya 

(16) 
Bart Brrol 
Tha DIfltaaes 
Hvrat ft Vast 
Ireaa RIcarda 
Jeaa BedinI 
Hallo Ooodbya 
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■ftlVOW, PA. 

Abla'a O. H. 

td half (11*14> 
IMxIa 4 
Wyeth Wyas 
(Others to ill) 

KUZABBTTH, M. J. 



Id half (11-14) 
Bobby Folaom 
Teat 

Bobby Jarvla 
(Twa to Hi) 



2d half (11-14) 
Alexander ft Pegffy 
t Golfera 

Oardea of Malady 
(Twa to flU) 

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Erie 

2d half (11-14) 
4 Kades 
Manual 

MeCaal ft Doola 
Hal SprlBfford 
(Two to flll) 

lat lutir (li-lf) 

Janet of Fraaca 
linnff Kong Tr 
Barret Broa 
Clavalaad ft D'w'ay 
(Twa to ill) 



Id half (11-14) 

Alberta Lea 
Chaa Kellogff 
I>«ne A Ooldaa 
Oladya Oreea 
RoUy A Ogdea 

GUENS F'LS N. T. 

Blalto 

2d half (11*14) 

Rarl Rial Rer 
Clark A O'Nell 
Gold Mfdal 4 
(Two to nil) 

GliOT'SV'LB. N. T. 

Oloba (8) 

Claude A Marloa 
Whltflald ft Iralaad 
Waataraars 

(Twa t« ill) 

CD R'P'DS, MICH. 

Raawoaa Park 

2d half (11-14) 
Jackie Collier Sla 
Maud Allea Ca 
Fred Sosmaa 

Whlrt of Syaaa 
Colilna ft Pataraaa 

HamliB A Kay 

lat half (If-1T)« 
Birdie Rev 
Stroud 2 
Billy Ravay 
Mayo ft LyMi 
Blum S • 
Contla^ ft Olaaa 

2d half (12.21) 
Mr ft if ra Stamm 
Kokln A Gallatta 
Will Mahonay 
Richard ft Orap* 
4 Baattoalraa 
(0|M to in) 



f4K PA. 
Stfaiid 

2d half (11-14) 

Marten A West 
HOBter A Bailey 
Bula ft Teaay 
Sabttlaa l>aBa Broa 
SampsoB A D'glaa 

GRKKNITD. MASS. 



ITHACA, y. T. 

Stnuid 

2d half (11-14) 
Marty Duproo 
(Others to flll) 

J'KAONV'LB, FLA. 

Arcada (8) 

Smith ft Sawyar 
LaHoaa ft Dopraa 
Barto ft Maak 
3 Weber Girls 
Hulinf Co 

JAMESTOWN. TA. 

2d half (11-14) 
t Mounters 
Cliff Johnat 
Mvtoal Mas 
A ft T Sla 
(Oaa ta ill) 

9Mk. CITT. «• «. 

Stoto 

Id half (11-14) 
Marie Vara 
Ann Codea 
Florence Varaoa 
Monroa ft Oraat 
(Oaa ta ill) 

4 _ _. _ V; 

lomsvowii* 9M» 

Btojeatle 

2d half (11-14) 
Dara ft Taitaa 

LamoBt 2' 
Jamea Kllpatriek 
(Thraa ta ill) < 

LANOASTKB. PA. 

Coloaial 

2d half (11-14) 
Willa' Aoaa 
Earl Hamptata 
Haney 818 * 9 
Mel Klaa 

Oi'CJoaBor ft V*thn 

ijkwm*cm, MASS. 



2d half (11-14) 
Bloom ft shaa 
Ed Whlta 
Thrlllera 

Roblnaoa ft Plaroe 
ShuroB A Douriea 

U)(7KPORT. N. T. 



Mma Hannaa 
(Oaa to AH) 

MA8inr*iJk mnr. 



14 kaif (two 

Goiny Homo 
Foster A PeggT 
Harv'd WInlf ft B 
Laymaa MeO ft C 
J R CUffard 
O D Sllyara Orah 
(Oaa to ill) 

pi iiii i^ m 

Da CSalloa 
Took Mardovk 
Xwvap.ft CharTto 

II ■W BUBO, X. T. 



2d half (11-14) 

Buaap ft Ctm 
Saooaar Jr 
(Othars to ill) 



td half (11-14) 

JanIa A Oaald 

Stan 

Frod MortOB 
B'way Llffhto 
(Ona ta ill) 

NSW H'VKN. CT. 

Palaoa 

2d half (11-14) 

Martla A MaKla 
D Barrla Ca 
Tall Taiaa 
B*A B Gormaa 
Fraa.maB ft Lyaa 

NXW LIfpOM. OT. 



2d half (11-14) 

Cola ft Saydar 
PaMta Rav 

Static 

(Two to flll) 
NBW OX*N8k TA. 



M halt m-14) 

J JaByy*a Oaii 4 
Va»»oa 

Chaaa ft CalUaa 
JfToma ft Ryaa 
XiralBf Olorlaa 

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Bartraad ft R'aton 
Lovo BIrtfa 
Fraak Maya 
Homar Ck»shlU 
(Oaa to ill) 

■AXBISB'O, PA. 

Stota 

2d half (11-14) 
2 Taamaniana 

John Hyman 
Billy Gilbert 
(Two to flll) 

HARTFORD. OT. 
Capital 
2d half (11-14) 
B Oordoa 
Northlano ft Ward 
Armand Devora 
D'othy Katnden Co 
Weston A H'chlns 
Bond ft IiOoa« 



id half Clt-1«^ 
Wllaoa 2 
Millard ft Marila 
Sen Murphy 
Mallnda ft Dada ' 
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2d half (11-14) 
Raymond PIko 
Kody ft Wllaaa ^ 
Domaraat ft Dall 
Cun'rham ft Baa't 
Harry Co^emaa Bd 
Nicola 

1st half (It-IT) 
WUUa W McOlBty 
DalUa ft Bulla 
Dowaaw ft Clar'so 
Carl McCuUouffh 
Miller A Gerard 
The Voyafera 

2d half (18-81) 
Harb Warroa Cte 
Bobby Adama 
Banoaa ft Balri 
4 Bell Boys 
OoBoral Piaaaa 



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2d half (11-14) 
Artie Mehllnsar 
T ft D Ward 
Mr ft mo 
Irla Ofa«S 
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2d half (11-14) 
Bardell ft McNally 
Carnival of Venice 
Weston A H'chias 
Ib* the Backyard 
(One to flll) 

HAZEXTON, FA. 

Foeley'a 

2d half (11-14) 
Rosy La Rocea 
WoaplBf Wlllaar 
(Twa ta ill) 

■m^rOKB. MASS. 

victory 

2d half (11-14) 
FergusoB ft 
Steele t 
'Edmunds A 
4 Wordana 
Thbmaa Bvaaa 

■OBimi^ X. T. 

Shottnek 

2d half (11*14) 
T Colletlaaa 

Illmo A Mkttf. 
Howard Ntehalf 

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2d half (11-14) 
DriacoU A Perry 
Co-eds 

Ward ft Mowatt 
Frlaa ft Cody 
(One to flll) 

INDIANAPOLIS 
Kdth (8) 

Downey ft Clar'ffe 

Cnrdlne 

The Maynkos 

Hyde & liuiraU 

A C Astor 

Bobby Adams Ca 
t>ara ft Wahl 
La Torecllla Ca 
Billy Shone Co 
DoBohue A LaSalla 
(15) 

Laa Oabaaoa 

Niaala 

Cooffaa ft C aaiy 
AUoa ft York 
Boadlnl ft Bernard | 
(Oth«ra to All) 



MACON. OA. 

Graad 

2d half (11-14) 
Genaro Girls 
Briscoe A RaaA 
Tulip Time 
Lamb'a Hom'attaa 
Ja4k By«ft Oa 



BQppodroBao 

2d haU (11-14) 
MelTllla ft Statatir 

L B Ryaa 
Pint Site Rer 
Michon Bros 
Carlisle A T^amal 

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2d half (U»H| 
4 Flashea 
Lvmm A 
Bob BaU 
Toto 

Alexandar ft Oi 
BUCBIDAN, CWM 
PoU 

2d half (11-14) 

Eddie Clark 
Rex Melody Makers 
Bd Blondell 

Kallaa* ft O'Daia 
(Oaa^ auy . 



Lyrle 

Id half (11*14) 
Barblar SIma Co 

Orph Comb 4 
Claudia Colemaa 
Boyd A WalUa 
(Obs to flll) 

MT. VNON, N. T. 
Frafjtor'a 
2d half (11-14) 
Lllllaa Mortoa 
Johnay'a Naw Car 
Moahaa A Newmaa 
Ramfay*a Caaarlaa 
(Tva to iU) 

MONTRRAI., CAN. 

Imperial 

2d half (11-14) 
Stuart 81s 
Smith A Baflay 
LaSatlo ft Ma«k 
Rath Sia 
Millar ft Mack 
Homar M aioa 



2d half (11-14) 

Franola Hart Ca 
Gilbert ft May 
Princess Wahletka 
VanCell A Mary 
(Oaa ta iU) 

NIAdARA FAIX8 

Bellevlew 

2d halt (11-14) 

Fori ft Caa'ffham 
Claytoa ft Claptaa 
Mlao Damball 
(Twa to SO) 

JIORFOIJt. TA. 

Colonial 
14 half (11-14) 

Harbarta* 

Marion Gl 
Jr Orph 8 
Swor Broa 
(One to flll) 

N. ADAMS. MASS 



2d haU (11-14) 
McWlatera 
Royal Pekla Tr 
Ferrari ft Jordaa 
Batto CaT'sk ft T 
(Oaa to ill) 



Oahrtai 

Id half (11-14) 
L.ll!laB Roth 
Thelma Arline 
Foley A Weltoa 
Fay Elliott ft K 
(Ona to ill) . 

iioK#ion» or. 

Broadway 
2d half (11-14) 
Connell liOoaa ft z 
Tim Crane 
Jeaa A Clair 
Homer LInd 
(One to flll) 

OTTAWA. CAIC 

Keith 

M half (11-14) 
Caatleton A Mack 
Barry A Whltledre 
C B Greas 
QulBt Rer 
Mta ft DawB 

9V9ma, w. TA. 

Keith 

2d half (11.18) 
Blllla Baker 
Billy Fanran 
Joha Olflia 
(Twa to ill) 

PAA8AI<3. H. 

Playhooaa 
id half (11-14) 
Fraak Dobaoa 
Janet Kippoa Oa 
Warner A Mack 
Marjorla I<aaaft 
(Oaa to iU) 



Hlcfla 
Jaek LaiHop 
2 Good KBlffhta 
Medley T Dvp 
Bart Baker Ca 
Valaw aC 
apaa a 



O. 

2d half (11-14) 
Carlataa a Barl 
TiaiBp Tr*» TkTp 
Lew Roao 
Aohollla ft Vai 

(om ta an) 
Kaaa m 



PAV 



Maialib 



WORHTOWN, N. J. 



Id haM (11-14) 
Harrfa ft HoHey 
MarU4 



2d half (11-14) 
Waybura'a Bla Rot 
(Othara to iU) 

PENS'COlLA, PLA. 

Saenrer 

2d half (11-14) 
Ryan Sia 
Sawyer A Eddy 
Chaa Wllsoa 
Btttffy Rlda 
ftlekaall 

PHILADKLPinA 

Allachaay (8) 

K'fman A K'fmaa 
Gaudamiths 

Ann Chandler 
(Two to flll) 

Broadway (18) 

Matlnaa Mola 
Philbrick A Oeroe 
Ma«k ft LaRae , 
(Thraa to ill) 

Oroaa Keya 

2d half (11-14) 
I4W Rally 

Kurray A D'f herty 
-anklya A Royaa 
Sheika of Arabp 
(Oaa ta ill) 



Mi 

Ooalar ft Loaly 
Jamea Thomtoa 
Daphaa Pollard 
Healy ft Jae k aaa 
Memorloa aff Optra 
Hlekay Braa 
Maak a BraaMir 

(li> 
Vaa ft Bella 
Borne ft Gaai 
DuBBlafor 
Fraak Rlehardaaa 
Claada Da Ghrr . 
Fraakle Baatk 
Saaya Mlohal a * 
Ladora 

(Oaa to ani 

Nlxoa 

td haU (11-14) 
Broaak a Balla 
Jack Kaeelaao 
Bmp Comedy 4 
CTvpa ta iU) 

PITTSBITBOH 

DaTto (8) 

Denao Sla ft T 
Sarpeat A Lewla 
Donoaa'a Colllaa 
4 Camarona 
Sle Tahar Tr 
Ruby Norton 

(15) 
Sylrta Ltoyal 
Olffa Mlahka 
Staward ft OUya 
Frank Parroa 
Mutual Man 
(One to flll) 



<») 

Flashes Teatordap 
(3arpoa Bro4 
Prank Work ft ■ 
Rosa ft Laddp 
Road ft Ray 
Olya Caadlak 

Bharidaa 8«. 

2d half (11-14) 
RonuMi Tr 
GAM Moore 
J F Thompson 
Block A O'Donnell 
Harry Rappt 



wmaan, mass. 



td half (11-14) 
RIchy Wally 
Goldea Birds 
Hall ft Rotara 
Jonea ft Jonaa 
(One to flll) 

PI.AINFI'D. N. J. 

Oxford 

84 half (11-14) 
Btaalay ft Atraa 
Bennett t 
Dare Thuraby 
(Two to flll) 

PIATTSB'O. N. T. 



2d half (11-14) 
Laara Ormaboa 
(Othara to OI) 



ColoBlal 

td half (11-14) 
Stuart ft Lash 
4 Coaatry Club CPIs 
Wm A Kennedy Co 
Van ft Bell 
(One te flll) 

rOBTLAND. MI 



2d half (11-14) 
Bentell A Goald 
Joe Rich Co 
EMdte Dayta 
DeWay Sla 
Home Comforto 
Anderson ft P'raon 

portsmoitth; o. 



2d half (11-14) 
Miller A Girard 
Emmys Mad Ware 
Jackie A Blllle 
Ray ft Harrlaoa 
(One U flll) 

POTT9VII?LB. PA 

2d half <11-14) 
Good A LeIffhtOB 
Naynon'a Blrda 
Jolly Jnalora 
Holdaa ft Klnc 
(Oaa to flll) 

P'CMB'Pm* H . P. 

' A 



td half (11-14) 
Nanette Nina 
BevaB A Flint 
Maddox's Trlcka 
Jean Kenny Oa 
Stanley Blva 

PROVD'CE. B. I. 

Albea (8) 
8 Stuarda 
Frank Mullaaa 
Any Family 
Willie Solar 
Alnaa Nellsoa Ca 

(IS) 
A Bobbins 
Clifford ft Orap 
Stuart Sla 
Harry Holmaa 
4 Mortona 

Colambaa 

(Hark MorroU 
HaSMr Und 
Ward ft Taylor 
D'Wilfrad A B'man 
(OftS ta iU) - 

BMADINO. PA. 

Rajah 

2d half (11-14) 
A A P Gypslaa 
Billy Batehalor 




(Othara to SB) 

BICMMOND. TA. 

Lyito 

td half (ll-t4» 
Harbarta Beeatft 
(Othara to flU) 



BO^oam 



Jtyiea Moraaa ft 
Blklaa Fay a B 
Jeaa 

Llttl4|ahaa 
(Ob4 to ~ 



2C V. 

Taafipla 

2d half (ll-m 
8 Mitoa 
Barrett Broa 
Staa Karaaanah 
Lytetl ft F&at 
(Ona to flll) 

SABATOOA, X.T. 



84 half (11-14) 
Jerome ft Hawaii 
Mary Cook Caward 
W'ner ft Mary Ann 
(Two to flll) 

SO'ITCT'DT, M. T. 



InBOceBce 
Joaa Moore 
(Thraa to §my 



Strand 

2d half (11-14) 
Col Jadk Oeorca 

(Others to flll) 

SYBACUSB. N. T. 
Keith 

2d half (11-14) 
Frlead A Watklaa 
Tumbliar Clowaa 
Ruaaell ft Marcoai 
OlrUa ft Dandiea 
Barda a Cva'cham 
(One to flll) 

lat half (16-lT) 
Boyle A Delia 
Duncaa'a Colllaa 
HarriartoB Sla 
Halaa MeKeller Co 
Donald Oaflfney 
Choos A Stara 

Zd half (18-21) 
Jana ft Whalea 
Leon ft DawB 
Nor Brfords 
Roborta ft VeUa 
Whlah ft Bllla 
(Oaa to ill) ' 



td half (11-14) 
2 Worcesters 
SiBffiBa Bell Boya 
Neil Mack Co 
Dollla^ft Blllla 
Billy kallaa 
FlIrUtloBB 

1st half (IS-IT) 
Mr ft Mra Stamm 
Kokla ft OalletU 
Will Mahoney 
RIckard A Gray 
4 Beaucairca 
(One to flll) 

2d half (ll-tl) 
Blrdla Rap 
Stroud 2 
Billy Raray 
Mayo ft Lyaa 
Blum 8 

Oaalla a 01a« 

•CBANTON. PA. 

PoU 

2d half (11-14) 
Expo Jubilee 4 
Palmar ft Hnatoa 
Robarta ft Valla 
Milt Colllna 
Olson ft Mack 

SBAMOKIN. PA. 



2d half (11-14) 
Sailor Boy 
Levan Putnam ft B 
Bob FulforA 
Paramount Qnlat 
(One to flll) 

a KORWAI^ CT, 

Palace 

24 half (11-14) 
Oalqaa Broa 
lADoax ft Ml 

Fred HeYder 
(Two to flll) 

ST'BENVILUlk O. 
' Qipltol 
2d half (11-14) 
Clair VlBCOBt 
Elalaea Sorea 
Maria Rial to 
naak Parroa 
Jlai Jam 1' 



TAMPA. FLA. 
Victory (10-11) 

(Same bill plays 
St. Pet'sb'ff 12-13) 
Kroglo A Robles 
JohB A B'dwia Sis 
Maria Hughea 
Billy Blliott 
Dan Shermaa 

TORONTO. CAN. 

Hippodrome (8) 

Harriet Naurot Co 
Der'ksoB A Brown 
Arnaut Tiros 
Edith Clllford 
Walsh ft Bllla 
Lockfordo ft Tlaen 
Jans A Whalen 
Erford's Novelty 
(15) 

Jaek Smith 
The Traekson 
Chapallo ft Carlton 
Meaa ft Frye 

Theo Roberts 
M'lAllon A Sarah 
Seed A AuBtla 
(Oae to flll) 

TBKNTON, H. 9, 

Capital 

2d batf (llrl4) 
Morriaaay ft Mvr'p 




ItMbetdaj, NovBinber 10, 1926 



.»f* k*lfa»-if) I 14 half (18-81) 
jtaair Martoa I 8 Bracka 

(Twa 88 iBi VchSTta Ml 



kaif ai-i# 

ft Rahyatto 
ft KIrfc 



m.9. 



24 half (11-14) 



Ruby Latlu 
Maker ft* 



wmuk, B. T. 



84 half (11-14) 
Dorothy Bytoa 
Frawley ft Pa 
Bell ft Bw 



(Thraa to ill) 
WA] 



24 half ai-t4) 
Darkoa* Dors 
Karter's Koma4'aa 
Aanette Dara 
X Wlvaa 
(Oat. to IU) 




Maake4 Voloa 
Stanley ft Qulaatto 
KUnvar Rot 
Mr ft Mra PhtlUpa 
Al lloore B4 
(14) 

2 Good Knichtb 
Jaek IioVara 
laka ft DaokOT 
Ryan ft Lee 
Win Hlgrla Oa 

Beltfc (V) . 

Red Folleo 
Smith ft Straas 
Torka ft Klav 
Sully ft Thomaa 
liBrimer A Thomaa 
Jack Smitn 
Deaao Broa 
Kola ft Sylvia Oa 

(14) 
Daphaa Pallard 
Memories of Opara 
Hickey Broa 
Buma A Allea 
Edna Torrence 
Mary Cook Coward 
i Morlsa4ora 
Kafka Maa ft 



PA. 
Stato 

24 haU (11-14) 

Bnraa ft Weat 
Harry Kahao 
(Three to flU) 

WATBBBVBT. CT. 



2d half (11-14) 
Peter Hinlaa 
Cbarltotoa Gkampa 
Romaatle 
Bob Fiaher 
RaaaaU ' 



WTBRITWH, B.J. 

AToa 

2d half (11-14) 
JolHr Colemaa 
(Others to flll) 

W. PAUI BBACH 

KaBk (18-11) 

(Same bill plays 

Daytoaa 12-18) 
Bob Bob ft Bobbie 
Reeres ft Wella 
Going Straight 
Miss Marcel 1 
Cookie Ritzle ft M 

WHEfX'O. W. TA. 



2d half (11-14) 
Chevalier Broa 
Oxford 

Warraa ft O'Brlaa 
Joyner ft Foatar 
Clareaoa Dawaap 

W*KB8-B'Bfl^ FA. 
PoU 

2d half (11-14) 
Calvin ft O'C^aaaar 
Nerelda 
Eraest R Ball 
Boylp ft Dalla 
(Oaa tf iU) 



td half (11-14) 
RaymoBd A Ana 

Clifford A Gray 
Baby Henderooa 
Marvel Rev 
Carlton A Grant 

WB'STBB. MASS. 
PoU 

2d half (11-14) 
Ward ft Dlaaiaad 
Sanaoma Co 
W A I Holmea 
Spencer ft Wlll'ma 
(Oaa to ill) ' 

TOMKBBfl. V. T. 

Prof tor's 

2d half (11-14) 
Anger A Fair 
McKay ft Ard'a Co 
Ruby Lathaa 8 
Eddie Martin 
D'Alberts Rev 

YORK, FA. 



Sd half (11-14) 
3 A cos 

Krans A Walsh 
Mathewa ft Ayara 



(One to flll) 
YOrNOSTOWN, O. 
Ulppodrama 

2d half (11-14) 
Sylvia Loyal 
Barrett A Farnum 
Keen* A Williams 
Orvillle Stomm 
WIU Makoaap 
Acag a Q08a» 



CARIOVAUS 

(Psp eurrtnt wtak (Nav. S) whta 
■•I sthsrwiss iiMiiaat^) 

AlabamA Am. Co., Piedmont, Alk 
AlftTO'^vo, Baa Ansalo, Tasasu 
Bifttp's Ovattend. L«panto, Ark. 
Bernard! Expo., Phoenix. Ariz. 
BanutPdj Oraatftr, Camdan, & OL 
B«st Potter Bhftws, L8aor% Oklft, 
Borts Midway, Arkadelphla, Ark. 
Bniea Graatsp. 8ootlftB4l V9t»u 

N. a; 15, WiMhtaBtoB. 
J. Lk CronlB, Key Weat. Tia. 
Florida Tip-Top, Waat FkUB 

Beach. Fla. ' ■ T^-- 

John Francia, Houston, Taicaai 
Oallar'a Expo., Madiaon, Fl^ 
Billy Oe^, Newberry. Fla. 
Oloth QraataP. Vidalia. Oa. 
Oloth Showa. Hidvale. Oa. 
Greater Rialto. Westminster, a CL 
Harrla' Combinad* SUvtr Cltp# 

ri. la. 

Kau'a United. Warsaw, N. C 
Thoa. P. UtUajohn, VftldoatA, Oft, 
J. Oaorsa Loos, (^orpBs ChrlatL 
Texas. 

Ralph R. Miller, Baton Rousi. Ia» 
MiUican'a Ualts«»- MhftairO«.t^ 
^Millar BPoa. lii^ 

Ix'd. Miurpafi/ JNaoaloint* 
Texas. 

Pa^ a WUaoii, Saoford, K. C.f 

15, DilloB, a a: S^psifc 4 Aiiitiwst 



a c. 

Poola a Schneck. Alice. Tezas;^ 
15, Klngsville; 22, Harlingen. Texas. 
Rica a Dorman, Eagle LAka^ T«lb 
, Rlea Bros.. Marvell. Ark. 
Royal American, Clarksdale, MlsSt 
Straysr Am. Co., Shelby, Ifisa. 
Trada-ftt-Homa, Houaton, t^axas. 
West's W«H4's WftBdftP, Ftoi«ao«^ 

WopU ftl Rom% IfiMlsdswpUlSk Os. 



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' Three and four rooms with bath, com- 
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LETTERS 



8aadto« far MaO 9a 

▼ABury. 



POMOABDSr ADTnnSlNO aa 
OIBCULAS LETTBS8 WlIX MOT 
BB ADVBBTISED 



OiM 



▲dlum z 

^4Uf•r Qria T 

^Att Anterk 
Allyn Armond W 
Altman Frankle 
Anderson Lucille 
Anthony Grace 
Atkinson Jlmmta 

Babcock A 
Bannister Harry C 
Barbour Irene 
Barnett Milton A 
Barrlson Pblltp 
- Barry Mra J ■ 
Barry mora BCbal 
Barllett Elsie 
Bartholomew Ckas 
Bayen NoVa 
B B B 
Belle Vara 
BoaMtta Charlea 
BlandoB |fra B C 
Blum Dnke 
Blundon Bern'dette 
Blundon Edw C 
Boa4 lUap P 
Baaria^Jaaii - 
Brennaa MtfOW M 
Brennaa O 
Bromeley Mildred 
Bronnon Aleen 
Browne Berlya 
Biirka Koaa 



Burnett B 
Burns A 8t Olalra 
..,Biti9ir' Fraak Or 

Capman Broa 
Car l»aa Hal9* _^ 
Cutton 1^9a9pfi 

Catlin Margie 
Chamberlain Ch K 
Clare Alma 
Clark Floretta 
Clark A Kuhn 
Cogswell Bob 
Condray Party 
Cooke Oeorre B 
Coyle Leslie F 
Correlll Marie 
Cunningham Bt 

X>alay Lillaa 
DaBarrh CbaHoUa 
Dafray Gertrude 
Demar Rose 
De Marce Millie 
Da Muth Dolly 
X>a Raz Billie 
iriaar Al laa 
Voe Praas 
Diaz Eddie 
Dlckamn Emll 
Dodson Chaa 
Parr Oraca 



Oargullo Franclsca 
Oaarral Catharlaa 
OibaoB Baasal 
Oleason A Browa'g 
Glover flfdwin 
Gordon Jeaaaa 
Oorr Bam 
Orlttaa Allaa 

Raraa Wlilrlwtaa 
O 



Harrah Ray 
Harrlarton Prank 
Hoffmaa Martoa 

Howard 
"Hughes" 

Jackson A Rlckard 
James Joba V 
Joebt I<ea 
Jones i B 

Jones Johnny J 

Carniral Co 
Jwlnmm Oraat 

Ketchmaa Joba 
Kimmal Wm 
Klrby A Daval 
Kaeatafoatair 

La Foy Elizabatil 
Lane John 
Layman R 
Lam an A Co Viola 
Legge Gertrude J 
Leonard Albert F 
Le Roy Alfred 
Linde P J 
Iiordoa Btaalay 

Malnard Edith 
Malinget Benny 
Mardo Fred 
Marks Geo 
Mark with Walter 
Marshall Oeorga 
Marx ZiSon 
McDowall Jaek 
McOoldrlek Oladla 
McGovern Matty 
McGowan F 
Mclntyre H C 
Maahan JimmT 
Verrall Blaa9li 
Miller Jimmy 
Moraa Pat 



Oakea XatlMriaa 
O'Brien Perria 
O'Connor Bdaa 



Philips Jean Oo 
^a4t Tbaodora 

Ray Huston 
Reed George ■ 
Rogers J B 
Rose Robert I« 
Russell Martha 
Ryan Dorotby 
Ryaa Mattd 

Shannon Harry 
Shannon J J 
Shaw Jack 
Shaw Maurice 
Sboabrldra Nellla 

Taylor James R 
Thorns Miss B 
Tay Cbla Cbaa 

Vincent Bros 
Waller Wblta 
Walsb Tom 
Walton Gordon 
Walton J A J 
Watson Roy 
Weldon J B 
Wood Maarloa 
Wrlrht Joa 
Wrirht WUliam 



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Allen P Wlllard 
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Baker Jack - 
Benjamin R L 
Bimbo Chas 
Bonn Walter 
Boyer Mayballe 
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Braaae Btella 
Brawa A MoOrair 



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$10.00 UP $12.00 UP 

Our Bast Front Rooma, $16.00 
124 W. SOtk 9t. Ntw Yerk. Pheaa 9179 Cirsis 



Harris Dava Ravae 
Hart Warner * L. 
Hastinrs Ed 
Herts Ltniaa 
Hogan A Stanley 
Holanaa Aba 

Lange Howard 
LaSaile Bob 
Laymont Vesta 
Leavltt Dottflaa 
I^e Laurel 
Lloyd Arthur 
Loraine Peggy 
Lund's Musical 
Luaoa MUa 

Melrose Bert 
Mangean Troupe 
Miller n 
Miller H 
Miller W O 
Montrosa Bella 
Mortensca If 

Norman Bobble 

Page Ruth 
Pasqualt Bros 
Penny H Mra 
Pymm Prad A P 



Rash Bddia 
Ray Dave 
Richards IfHal 
Ritchie Joe 
Rogers Blsia 
Rosa Mrs . 
Ross Rita 
Rothschild Irving 
Roy Phillip^ 

Savara Stava 

Shafer B 
Sherry Edith 
Slater George 
Stanley Alleen 
Stanley C W Mrs 
Sylvaatar Jk Vance 

Thaaiaa Lllllaa 
T ar aa r May t 

Vlaaaat l^i: 

White Bob 
White Pierre H 
Wilson Geo P 
Wright Geo M 
Wynne Ray 

Tates Bob 

Baatrow Boy 



BUFFALO 

By SIDNEY BURTON 

Shubert-Teck — ^Kathcrlne Cornell, 
"The Grten Hat" "Great T«inptji- 
tons/* next. _^ 

M a J a a t i c — McGarry tMmt, 
'Bluebeara'a Eighth Wife." 

Buffalo— "Syncopating BM,** 
Barnyard Follies. 

Hipp—" You'd Ba Surprised." and 
vaude. 

Lafayatta — "Gigolo" and vaude. 
Loaw'9— "Tha Magician" and 
I vaudo. 

Gayaty— (Columbia), nisrlaf t» 

I Go." 

Garden— (Mutual), 'tSinger Girla** 
Palace— (MetropoUtanJI, :<9»Mip|B. 
land Babiea." 

Tha Palace la out with an an- 
nouncement this w«ek that- it has 
now become a member of "the new 
Metropolitan burlesque . circuit." 
Performances are continuous from 
10 to midnigrht, with pictures filling 
between shows. This weeks attrac- 
tion, "Dreamland Babies," features 
the Girl in ih6 Diamond Mask and a 
chorus of SO. 



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I Its monthly meeting Wednesday 
voted to forward a letter of con- 
dolence Ip the relatives of the late 
Harry imdlnl. The following offi- 
cers ware elected for the coming 
year: Charles Pender, president; 
Raymond Hartman, ▼Ice-president; 
ICTharles Hook, feoretary; Adam 
Rosa, treasurer. • 

Buffalo Is Katherine Cornell mad 
this week. Buffalo's talented daugh- 
' ter is playing a week's engagement 
I at the Shubert Teck under her new 
starring arrangement in "The Green 
Hat." The Teck has been sold out 
for opening: ni^ht since over a week 
asra. The local dailies >re devoting 
columns to photos ana reaamg 
ter. 



A new theatre and office building 
to coat $500,000 will be ereoted at 
I Genesee and Nevada streots by 
Basil Brothers and Bernard Voh- 
wlnkeL The house will teat 2.200. 



"The Heart of Europe," a (3erman 
film, wai ihawn at the Bhubert- 
Teck Sunday nlpht under the dl- 
r,ection of Dr. Robert Trent Eus- 
tace Resmolda, Buffalo lawyer. In- 
troduced the picture and special 
choral numbers were sung by local 
Germaii tlBglng soeletfea. Tba pro- 
ceeii'S«'l» i^arity. 

Tha Mark-Btraatf Intsrests this 

week announced a new neighbor- 
hood theatre for picture presenta- 
tions at Oeneaea And Bailey ave- 
nue, Buffalo. According: to plans 
the house will seat over S.OOO peo- 
ple and will cost almost a million 
dollars. Since the closing of the old 
Strand in Main street three years 
ago the Mark- strand CO. hat oeased 
opeivitlMMi ia Buffalo. 

NfiWARKt N. Je 

By C R. AUBTIN 

Shubert— "Twinkle, Twinkle." 

Bread— "Laff That Off." 

P»i oi off »e V audevlUo and *Vhc 
Campus Flirt." 

Loew's State— Vaudeville and 
"The Magician." 

Nawark—Vaoifvlllo Slid Trivate 
Ixzy Murphy." 

Mosqua-^'*Tho Ai« oC Oi^ and 
vaudeville. 

Branford — "Diplomaoy" and 
vaudeville. 

Rialto-^**TlM Black Pirate'* (third 
week). 

Fox'a Tormina I — •'Whispering 
WIrea" and "Speeding Thru." 

Capitol- "The Naked Truth" 
(fourth week). 

Miner'e Empire— "My OlrL"* 

Lyric— "Pretty Babies." 

Orpho imi ^ Xlraole Bmltb sad Co. 

The Hale Square Realty Company 
has purchased a plot of ground on 
Central avenue, East Orange, at 
Harrison. On this the Baldwin 
Construction Company proposes a 
$600,000 theatre. This would be op- 
poelto the Stanley -Fabian's new 
HoBjrwood. 

The Capitol (Stanley-FAblan) Is 
having trouble with the musicians. 
They demand that the house either 
put III aa orchestra or have no 
music. The union has called out 
the organ players and the house is 
totally muslclesa. 

DULUTH 

By JAMES WATTS 

Lyric — Vaudeville and pictures. 
"Babe" Ruth In p^^rson. 

Lyceum— "Th e Grea t Oatsby." 

Garrick— "La BohemA." 

Orpheum— "Ol^rolo." 
Strand— "Liaddle." 



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IBabe" Ruth is takint? a cross- 
country jaunt for eight days In the 
Arrowhead Country durlnjar a lay- 
off oa his tour of the Pantages cir- 



cuit. He opened his Ecason at the 
Pantaiares in Minneapolis Oct. 80, 
and having eight days before filling 
his next engagement, was booked by 
Finkelstein A Ruben to play the 
Lyric here two days. 

Morris Abrams, exploitation rep- 
resentative of Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer, who is a former theatrical 
manager of Duluth, spent the week 
hero doing advance w^ork for "I^a 
Boheme" and "The Four Horsemen." 
Mr. Abrams spent several seasons 
doing monolog In vaudeville and 
later took charge of a theatro, here. 

M. F. Manton. advance agent for 
"The Big Parade," spent two days 
here this week heralding the return 
engagement. He reports the fllm 
went into Canada with some trepi- 
dation, fearlnff that some of the war 
scnca might offend, but the Can- 
adians took warmly to the play. 

John McCormack, the Irish tenor, 
opened the season at the New Ar- 
mory* About 4,600 seats were sold, 
several hundred bought standing 
room and seats on the stage, while 
many were turned away. 

The Duluth Symphony orchestra, 
directed by Fred G. Bradbury, will 
open Its season at the New Armory 
next Sunday. Nov. 14, with Marie 
Sundelius aa soloist. The orchestra 
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Steel"; Loew's State, Que Edwards 
and RItz-Carlton Ni>i:hts Revue and 
"There You are"; Missouri, "arSjal 
Gataby" and Karyl Norman. 

t>houraa are giving another trial 
to the heretofore unsuccessful plan 
of eomblnlnir the separate ado of 
their three first-run houses Into one 
single space. The display value oC 
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STe LOUIS 

By LOUIS RUEBKL 

American — "Do-irest Enomlos." 
Shubert- -Rialto — MugUa (Ka- 
llch). 

Empreaa— "Forever After" (atook). 

Orpheum — Vaudeville. 

St. Louie— Vaude. *«Her Man-o*- 

War." 

Grand Opera Houae — Vaude. 

''Whispering Wires." 

Gsrrick— "Moonlight Maids" (Mu- 
tual). 

Gayaty— "The Bat" (Columbia). 
Liberty — Burlesque stock. 
Picturaa 

Ambassador — "Aloma of South 
O e a.s" 



Capitol -"Don Juan" and Vita 
(6th week). 
Grand Central — "Iler Second 

Cli.'tnf'-" 

Kings— "Tilnek JMrate." 
Loew's Stats -"Four TTf»rs«'m"n." 
Missouri— "Flo's Your Old Man. 



A theatre managers' assorlatloB 
has been organized here with WU* 
Ham Hartung of the Orpheum 00 
president. All the legit, stock and 
vaudo house managera are members. 
Thursday luncheon to tlio 
meeting for the body. 



Kadwryn R^B9d B iUi 

(Continued from page 1) 
of IIOO.COO and possible arrest for 
assault. It Is believed the latter 
couroo will not bo rsoorlod 00 
though threatened. Inside reporta 
have it that efforts are being made 
to arrange a settlement of the sulL 
Whether either prinolpal to aaz- 
lous for a trial Is questioned, yet 
the financial loss sustained by Miss 
Ray and the expense entailed 
would naturally osB for # noliotaa* 
tlal oettlement. 



Houses Opening 

Capitol, new film house at Rich- 
mond, Va., seating 800, opened Mon- 
day. It Is located In the west end 
two miles from ths main theatro 
district. R. P. Rosser Is general 
manager and C. S. Langue manager 
of the theatre. 

The Llnder Agency Is booking the 
Park, Rcidinp. I*a., and Bayslde, 
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NEW TORK Cmr, WEDNESDAY, NOVEBIBER 17, 1926 



66 PAGES 



mm EFFECT ON THEATRE 



m PARADH' WORLD'S RECORD 



Pooled Net Profit of $500,000 at Astor, New York, 
* Aaetfier Theatrical Record— Nearly Cost of Pra- 
ductioii in N. Y. Aloae— 10 Companies on Road 



th« tint Umm a «MlioB pio- 

turs han totalled a business in ex- 
c«M of $1,000,000 in a slogU Uteatre 
•o a continuous fttand. 

That reeord has ft6hi«v«S by 
•'The Bljr Parade" at the Aster, 
New Tork, where the Metro -Oold- 
wyn world'-beater has been just a 
few d4yt Ut» than a yaar. The ac- 
tual receipts for 51*^^ weeks ending 
tapt Saturday night were $1,012»- 
* (Continued on page 56) 



FATHER YANKS 




Jola Merino, chorister In Bunny 
Weldon's revue "Tid-Bits" at the 
nvtrghUlM (ftiglit K««^ 

was literally yanked off the floor 
during one of the ensemble num- 
ben Sunday night by an irate 

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Vaodevillians' Merry Xmas 
Clerks in Stores 



Unemployed performers, mostly 
vaudeville layofCa, are attempting to 
laaur» m SNrry Xmai for tham- 
•elves and families by making: ap- 
plication to department stores and 
^ «Andy shops around New York for 
> temporary employmMKl dorflie tha 
holiday rush period. 

Several of the concerns have 
l>6en "sold" on the idea of the "per- 
•onallty" salespeople from show 
business. They are giving perform- 
ers preference, especially in loca- 
tion* in the uptown theatrical dlf- 
trict. 

Many of the casting agents have 
received character questionaires 
from the shops from ap]^leants who 
Styen the agents as rtference. 

North Reinstated 

, The Meysr B. North Agency has 

•>een restored to pood giare In the 
Loew circuit's booking ofFicf\ 

North and his assistant, Joseph 
Plaum, were suspended for two 
Weeks frtr failure to have a repre- 
sentative in the North omce when 
the Iioew circuit bookers phoned to 
All a dissappointmeat. 



N«lit adb Staff 

8:30 in the morning.. 

On a Times 8q, side street. 

Children on their school way. 

Out of a night club come 
four young men and eight 
jrounr wevVMit In evening 
elothes. hilnrteiaaly hilarious. 

School children at 8:80 in 
the morning can't distinguish 
wHether sights of that sort are 
made up or plastefod. 

Mayor Jimmy Walker said 
the night clubs poured out the 
d re ss clothes at seven, disoen- 
tenting the^^ •^ttty f IslQg W#ff|l* 
Ingman. 

Perhaps Jimmy's remark was 
'.attp'sC 

Bo tbtflr ^Mnsrid tke sidt 

hour. 
To 8:30 a. m. i 



90,000,000 WEEKLY 



lltlos^ N. T.. Nov. 1«. 

Accordinpr to Carl E. Mllikin of 
the Will H\ys (fganlzatlon, picture 
houses now play to 90,000,000 ad- 
mlssfotts weekly. 

Miliken made the above state- 
ment In a speech before Oneida 
Chapter, D. A. R., Monday night. 

P r esent popmlatfon of the United 
States Is estimated at between 
000.000 and 120.000,000. 

Many picture fans attend two or 
more theatres weekly. 



lUdio "Kifled" U. S. Band 

Topeka, Kan., Nov. 16. 
Radio is credited with Maving 

"killed** the attendance for the only 
concert ever piven here by the U. S. 
Band. Attendance was disappoint- 
ingly meagre. 

The Band has radioed all over 
and often. 



Gershwin Under Radio 
Contract at $1,000 

George Gershwhi, composer and 
pianist. li;xs been placed under con- 
tract for a radio concert at |1,000 
per. hour. 

The Eveready company has se- 
cured him for their "hour" nnd a 
program comprising nothing but 
Gershwin composinsns will be 
utilised. 




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pendent in 
Newspaper PvUieity — 
Larger Cities Not Dam- 
aged hj Elaborate Ether 
Eetertainment — Ran for 
Four Hours — Smaller 
Towns Felt Stay-e »M e «i s s 
Mosl_Wili RegeH and 
Manr Gariiii •MMtt^^e^ 

BIGGEST RADIO EVENT 



Following are reports of theatre 

business throughout the east (of 
Omaha) Monday night with the 
effect If any from the elaborate 
broadcast program of entertain- 
ment that evening. 

It hse been noted In the varloue 
wiree that where the dsiiy news- 
papers gave but scant publicity to 
the forthcoming Radio events the- 
atre business remained normsl 
without ansstion. Acoordingly 
Radio is apparently dependent to 
quite some extent on newspaper ex- 
ploitation, ether tMn lii His daily 
printed programs. 

It's the flrBt actual opportunity 
presenting itself to secure a line 
on the exact opposlttoii a kflkvliy 
fContlnved on page 44> 



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BUILD HOMES 
FORAaORS 



Berlin. Nov. S. 
The German Actors' Union, sup- 
ported by the elty. Is behind a 

project to erect an artist colony 
within tho limits of Berlin. 

As there.. ia St Ul a Kr eat shortage 
of apartments, this scheme win be 
welcomed with Open arms by tbe 

Berlin actors. 

Before actual building began a 
large number of the apartments 
were eontracted for. This Is the 

(Continifed on page S8> 



6 HOUSES LEFT ON BIG HME 
IN EASr-^ OF THEM W 



Reversal of Box Office Conditions in Twice Daily 
YandedUa Within 15 Months— Most Marked 
QuMige in Show Bosinesf HIilorjr 



WEAF's Bookings 
iU Cooflusnoo (rf \$% 

IWw IVW ' Vv^V^Mmip W WM 

the rSdio. WRAF is broad- 
casting intermittent announce- 
ments its artists are available 
IMP elubs and otbw pilVsia 
f ttacitos for bookings. 

WIQAF has an artist's bu- 
reau that chargee 16 per eent 
eommlssioa fsr aS aelsMa 
bookings It negotlatsd by It 



CANCER CURE CREDIT 
TO SHOW iOISINESS 



Johin J« linriibek. general man- 
ager of the Kelth-Albee circuit, is 
the responsible person through 
whom the show business will 
eventually receive the credit for 
having discovered at least a partial 
check for the dreaded dissass of 
cancer. 

An International News story was 
sent out this week, mentioning the 
success achieved to date In the ex- 
perimental process of Dr. T. J. 
Gtover, who IS the bead eC a aiedl- 
ont' circle of surgeons througbout 
(Contlnusd on page t4> 

ONLY MARCUS LOEWl 

liOs Angeles, Not. It. 

Marcus lioew Is only ths president 

of Ivoew, Inc., who owns the Metro- 
Ooldwyn-Mayer Plctiire Corpora- 
tion studios. But that means noth- 
ing In the lives of temperamental 

actors. 

Mr. Loow, aftor arriving from 
New York, wns at the studios with 
a party of friends who came from 
the east with him, lie wanted 
them to see John Gilbert at work 
in a picture. 

Mr. Loew eame ta the sfage and 
was about to enter the door wh'^n 
th« watrhrnnn Informed him that hf- 
was very sorry, but Mr. Gilbert had 
lust ordered two people off the se t, 
and. liierefore, felt It would not be 
in (rood t iste for Mr. I^oew to bring 
friends In. 

The latter agreed with the watch- 
man snd walked away. 



There are six bis time vsvdeviNa 
theatree left in the asslem srea 
this side ef Chieago. 

All of the elz are Keith-Albea 
houses, opsratad and booked by 
that circuit with the possible ex- 
ception of the Maryland. Baltimore, 
which may be 0ehBnberger-oper« 
ated. 

The theatres are the Palaoe and 
Riverside, New York; Albei^ 
(Continued on page 2t) 

lk45AH.RADIO 
MOST POPULAR 



One of the most popular radio 
features, if not the biggest, are the 

setting-up exereises broadcast via 
WlOAi". Nf'w Yorlc; WKlil. Boston; 
WGH, Buffalo and WHO, Washing- 
ton, D. C. fyom ths Metropolitan 
Tower, New York, through ,the 
courtesy of the Metropolitan Life 
Insurance Company, under A. Ifl. 
Bagle3r*s dlreotion. 
On the matter of fan mail, tba 
(Continued on page 1»> 

Aiaee't Om Pkbve 

Tx>8 Angeles, Nov. IC. 
J. H. Herman, promoter, has sold 
Almee Sample Mcpherson an idea 
to appear In a picture with a storT 

based on the kidnapping episode 
and her trials since she hit tba 

limelight. 
Herman took Mrs. McPhersoa 

over to the UnlverKal lot where she 
consulted with oiliclais who told h«r 
they did not care to produce a piu« 
ture Of that nature, but would be 
plad to rent the sets and ppace on 
tho lot to her if she wished to 
make the production entirely at hor 
own risk. 

Almee stntod she would r onsidef 
the matter and givo them aa 
answer this week. 



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For show p«opU as well as laymsn, this Quid* to o«n«rafl armiMnrMfits 
In New York will b« published weekly in response to repeated requests. 

Variety lends the judsment of iU oxport guidanco in tho various an- 
tertainment denoted. _ . — . ^ J 

No slight ar blight la iatanded for those unmentloned. Tha liats ira 
af Variety's eompilation only and as a handy reference. 
. It may ssrva tha out^vf-towner aa a tioM savar in selection, 

PLAY8 ON BROADWAY 
^^>;Current Broadway legitimate attractions are completely listed and 
S^mmontod upon weekly in Variety under tha heading: ''Shows and 
Comment.^ 

In that department, both in the comment and the actual amount of 
tha gross roooipts of each show will bo found tho necessary information 
•a to tha moat auocaasful pisys, also tha aeala sf a^mlssian ahergad. 

SPECIAL PICTURES WORTH SKKINQ 
. ^Beau Qeste" (Criterion). War type. 

^Big Parade" (Aster). War type with plentiful comedy. 
^ Vltaphono (Colony and Wsrner's). "The Better Ole." comady flhn. 
•addad at Colony: "Don Juan," romantic picture at Warner'a, . 

BEST NEW FEATURE PICTURES OF WEEK 
Capitol— "Vpatags.** ' ' ^ . 

Paramount— Opens Nov. It .•fObld Oi.VS 9QMd^ay'S asw- 

mi landmark as playliouse. r /: y:':::::^ 
Rialto— **Wa'ra taJttia Navy Now.** 
Rivsli-<«p aN|l»; S^ 

• ' NIGHT CLUBS 

r (Hotsy-Totsy or "Sawdust" Cabarets) 

Avalai» Club^ $2 and |S eouvert, the latter on week-ends. liveliest 
around 3 a. m. and thereafter. Good floor show. Cozy and Intimate. 

The Black Bottom Club is an education. Hot! And how! Harlem 
tnuisplantad to Broadways ' Mat be known to got In. Ka couvart; avary- 
thing reasonable. 

Dover Club, "Those three boys," Jimmie Durante, Eddie Jackson and 
X^u Clasrton. Enougrh for the "wise" mob. Couvert |2. Alwaya Uvoly. 

Texas Quinan's 300 Club, $3 couvert. Rataa aa "human museum." 
Celebs, rub alioulders with everybody. 
' Bmall'a Paradfaa, Harlem "black and tan." Tha Show- place 
of Harlem's mixed cafes. Quite the thing with the dress crowd for 
wind-up spot and thrill. Whites and blacks rub shoulders and Celestials 
daaca with either raoa. Vary hotsy-totsy and raasanable. Zx>ta of 
atmosphere. May encounter your colored maid, porter or chauffeur at the 
jkezt .tablOt but . raj;e. color or previous condition of servitudo doesn't 
aount. Doii't miss the Monday morning breakfast dances. 

The Nest, Hoofers' Club and CTub Bamvillot all Harlem "black and 
tans." also with atmosphere and novelty, unlike the regulation, colored 
ipots ttt Harlem' for strictly' wlift4 tiMla. Tha Nest's FHday au diUice 
MMtlfiM IPS worth while. 

^'POPULAR" TYPE CAFES 

Bubstantial typ» sf alitfit «lub» flYing stistsmsrs a good floor show for 
$2 or IS eisuysrt, Hm lattsr far Bilirdaflr Id^ts, and a r aa s s n a M s menu 
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VIneent Lopes it Casa liopss. 

Anatole Friedland, songwriter-master of ceremonies heads at Club 
▲natole. Scale |S and 14, attempting to be somewhat "daasy," but 
aetnaily drawing "popular" type patronags. 

The Parody Club Is Inclined to be hotsy-totsy, depending on evening 
and attendance^ That condition goes similarly f<^r the Parody Club, 
Kvergtadea and Tommy QuInan'S PlaygroundL Ail standards among 
Bight life places. 

^jp lub Bsrneyi on West Id street, la. Broadway brought to Oresnwich 
▼nlag«. Nothing particularly Bohemian but alleged atmosphere of the 
locale. Connie's Inn and the Cotton Club are Harlem institutions un- 
like the genj|JiMUIsas BipisU's. also a |ransplan^d Broadway further 
VptoWn. -CLASS" NIGHT CLUBS 

Roger Wolfe Kahn'a La Perroquet de Paris ia the last gasp in smart 
Sight clubs. Ultra artistic and ultra in following. The millionaire 
. BKaestro's own crack dance band. Be sure to make it. $6 couvert. 

For the dress-ups. Not that dinner Jacket la open aesame. If they 
need you badly enough, you can come in overalls providing you look 
like a b. r. But with the winter season, the Ltdo, Montmartre, Mirador, 
Club Richman and Rendezvous more or less high-hat spots. Not so 
much the last two but the climbers and the actuals play the Lido, 
Ifontmartre and Mirador. 

Ches Fysher (former Plantation) has A. Nilson Fyahar and Quilli- 
Guilli, fakir, who sits at tables. IS and $4. 

"KILL TIME" SPOTS 

Recommended for those with several or many minutes hanging heavy 
In between dates, are Hubert's Museum on West 42d street. 

Two distinctive public ballroonui are the Arcadia and Roseland, on 
Broadway at 53d and 61st street, respectively, where rsllaed general 
demeanor distinguishes these from others. 

For a slant at hotsy-totsy stepping by tho adoloscsnts are the Trianon, 
Orpbsuiii and Paradiss» situated 4Sth to .4j|th,.s( Mr. ss ti^ . sn Broadway. 



PARIS 



Paris. Nov. 6. 
ir Mouvet, brother of the 
ir, Maurice, has opened a res- 
taurant under the name of Ches 
Oscar. 

-^Ji new cabaret, designated the 
■leatre Aiventin* ia opening short- 
ir In tlia imtparnasss distrlsl. 

A new cabaret, designated as 
Nuits de Prado CTIisPrado NliihtS). 
under the direction of Rasimi and 
Mauricet, ia opening thia month. 
With Miaa Harriett, Iwii i s r ly ens of 
the Gertrude Hoffmann girls at the 
Moulin Rouge. Boucot and Pisanl 
aa headlinera. 



The French edition of "Marie 
Hoae" will be presented at the The- 
Spre Sarah Bernhardt by the Isola 
Mothers in February, with Ga- 
briells Riatori (now hi /^s. No. 
Nanette" at ths M«iSdsr| toppiog 
the bilL 

Alph Bill, circus performer, had 
his skull fractured while cycling 



on a revolving table at 70 miles an 
hour in a traveling tent show at 
Paitiers, France. Owing to a break 
in his machine he was hauled off 
tha table before it could be stopped. 



Another picture organ is to be 
published here, the latest "Schema," 
edited by Germnine Dulac, which 
will be a trade magazine. The first 
copy is promised for Nor. 17. 



Andre Daven, manager of the 
Champs Elysees music hall, who 
has been down with a serious attack 
of pneumonia for the past two 
months, ia now im the hlgH load to 
recovery. • 

M. Lombardo is Inaugurating the 
Apollo as a restaurant- theatre 
(prompted hy the suecese of B. 
Sayag at the Amhassadeurs this 
past summer) on Nov. 10, with Ja- 
cobleir as stags msaager. 




and 



I IHE HT-CAT CLUB 



LONDON ~ 

' ArtiitM 

] J. CLARKE 

y*J*HAtTOR HOTfeL. ♦ 
^ HsW York City 



DUSE'S SUCCESSOB 

Paris, Nov. 7. 

Negotiations are on for the visit 
of Emma Gramatica, Italian ac 
trpss, to ths United States next 

y^ar. 

After the demise of Duse. Mile. 
Oramatloa was classed as the 

greatest tragedienne in Italy. Over- 
tures for tho American trip were 
made during her season here early 
this month* 



Representative in PARIS: 

ED. G. KENDREW 

66 bis, Rue Saint- Didier 



ONLY ONE PANKMUNE 
IN LONDON'S WIST EI|D 

100 Readying for Holidays in 
Pmpioes— RevertUw to 



London, Not. T. 
Ths approach Chriatmas brings 
pantomime round again, and, al- 
though activities in this direction 
diminish srsry year, there are many 
places where the old tradition holds 
sway. There will only be one pan- 
tomime actusITy in the West End of 
London, but In the auburbs and 
provinces over 100 aj-e in prepara- 
tion. The Palladium and Lyceum 
will be the theatres represented in 
ths iistropoili, although hook and 
principals for ihe Lyceum are as 
yet unselected. Most of the shows 
commence either boxing day (Dec. 
H) or GhriStsnas Bvs, but In Scot- 
land and the north H>f England they 
begin earlier. 

Those to be produced by Julian 
Wylie are Glasgow, "The Sleeping 
Beauty," featuring Kitty Reidy, 
Stella Browne, O. & Melvln, Nell 
McKay; Manchester will have 
"Humpty Dumpty" with Jeniiie 
Hartley, Barry Lupino and Georgie 
Wood; Liverpool will house "Queen 
of Hearts,'*' with Gladys Stanley, 
Jack Edge and Robert Hale, while 
at Wimbledon, a London suburb, 
will be staged "Mother Goose," with 
the following principals: Rita Ber- 
nard. Roy Barbour, Lily Lapidus, 
Fred Kitchen, Fred Conquest. 

All these Christmas shows are go- 
ing haOli to the old-styls of pan- 
tomtms, Boere than ths ^rpo of glit- 
tering revue they havs developed 
into of reoent years. 



LONDON 



London, Nov. 6. 
Noel Oowhrd's play, "The Rat 
Trap" has concluded a three weeks' 
run at the Everyman. Its successor 
is a new play by J. B. Stemdale 
Bennett called "The Gift Horse." 
Cast includes Eldith Hunter, Alison 
Leggatt, Ifurieil Pope. Athene Sey- 
ler, John Howell, Matthew Boulton, 
Bromley Dayenpart ana Ernest 
Mainwarlng. 



When the Diaghlieff Russian bal- 
let ssason opens at the Iiyceum 
popular prices will prsvau^the 
lowest being one shilling. 

St. John Ervlne, dramatic critic 
and playwright, is branching out in 
a new line— musical comedy — hav- 
ing collaborated with James Dyren- 
forth, the American. Some of the 
music for the new venture has been 
composed by Carol Gibbons, also an 
American and leader of a hotel 
dance band in the West End. The 
show is scheduled for ths Wsst Vnd 
shortly. 



Another musical play likely to be 
seen early in the New Year is 
"Mary's Orchard," by Daisy Fisher 
(who wrote "LaTsader Ladies") and 
Erie Coates» a song writor. 

Billy Bennett, the English come- 
dian, is on his way back from Aus- 
tralia without having finished his 
engagement He is suffering from 

some internal complaint, and will be 
operated upon as soon as he arrives 
In London. 



Bob Albright is being brought 
back to England by Charles Gulliver 
in January of next year to be feat- 
ured In a new Palladium revue. 

With the recent retirement of Lee 
Ephralm from the Daniel Mayer Co., 
that concern SeSms to be trimming 
sails in tho matter of productions. 
It is understood that when the sep- 
aration occurred .Sphraiih toblc over 
tho rights to "Sunny." and now it is 
announcefjl the Mayer concern has 
transferred all Its rights in "The 
Song of the Flame" to the Drury 
Lane people, retaining only an op- 
tion Oft the provincial rights. 

A newcomer to actor-manager- 
ship la Sydney Mottrani. who has 
acquired "Following Ann," a farce 
in five acts by Vernon Woodhouse 
and K. R O. Brown, from the novel 
of the same name. A brief pro- 
vincial tour will be given before its 
production in London at the Christ- 
mas holidays. 



Weston and Lee, among the best 
Iv'nown RnRlish comedy Fonp writers, 
have written a new act for Billy and 
Elsa Newell which they will intro- 
(^urv for th e d ps l tim e I n A m e rica 



shortly. . . 

Connis Bdlss. wha has been ab- 
sent from the West End since 1924, 
returna to town. when shetakes up 
Gladys FfoMlot's role In '•The Ghost 
Train." Sydney Fnlrbrothcr has 
bcen^apii^riny^^i^c pisrt.|» .. 

At a special pnrty p:iv»'n l»y the 
(Continued on page 19) 



LONDON AS IT LOOKS 

"By HANNEN S^AFFEfl 



My remarks about hoollgsaS In Ihs galDsry, Vrhk^St^yii^l^' qcL 
20, caused a stir in London. 

A copy of Variety was passed along the queue waiting to aee the first 
performaass .si r*'Qseen High^ and. later on, during ths performance a 
man on the "Daily Mail" heard eight or nine young women of the ^tW 
type threatening to mob me when I came out of tho theatre. 

Fortunately for them I did not hear of it until tho next evening. 

Things are coming to a pretty p4ss when a BUUi cannot express his 
honest opinion without slum -bred flappers threatening to make a scene. 

When I attend theh: meetings, and lash them for hooliganism, they sit 
quist enough. Not that X am surprised, for the poor little fools are 
inoShsrsnt IB ths^ flatttHy. 

«t ■ ' """"""" 

A Critic Objects to Criticism 

I went to the law courts yesterday to see POOS James Agats suing 
another critic for libel. 

Things are coming to somethihUr' when a man who earns his living 
by criticising others, shows such a lack of humor aS td objsct to a 

slating. 

It seems that '^e Guardian," which is a respectable church news- 
paper, said, in its criticism of a well-namOd book.cSUed "Agate*a IV>l]y*';' 

"The fact that Agate is now regarded as one oif our leading dramatio 
critics represents how pitifully this important branch of criticism has 
deterioratsd.*^i 

I should regard that as a compliment. But then Agate apparently tries 
to be as dull as were the critics of a former generation. 

Agate called Cochran. Ashley Dukes, and James Fogan and Nigel 
Playfair, snd alt four of theni sSId things that dldn|t tnattsr In the box. 

''Blessed Are the Rich" 

The truth is, of course, that Agate takes himself too seriously. How 
a man, after writing a play like "Blessed Are the Rich." can venture 
to express opinions about other people's work passes my comprehension. 

One counsel referred to the great daya of criticism, when there wars 
men like Shaw, and Beerbohm, and Archer, and Grein, and Walklcy. 

I should not think Greln really was regarded as very Important, be- 
cause eounssl did not seem to know he was still writing. On the other 
hand, nor does anybody else. 

Dull eritlcs ought to bs^ouide to read each other's drlvsl. 

, Tho Prince as a Dancer 

By the way. although the Prince of Wales has had quite a good prao« 
tice, by this time, he still dances the Charleston very badly. 

In the Cafe de Paris, the other night, although he had so expert a 
partner as Adele Astai^e, his attempts at back kicking were quite of 
the horss-fall order. 



Flogging Scene In a Play 

I went to the Royalty theatre the other night to see "The Lash," a 
play in which a boy Is thrashed with a strap by his father so brutally that« 
if you could not see ths shape of ths board down his baek. It would bs 

terrible. 

The Royalty is In the Soho slum. Its drop curtain belongs to about 
the year 1840. The scenery to stage a wealthy woman's flat was the 
ugtlsst and orudest arrangement of canvas walls I hays svsr sssn la a 
so-called West End theatre. Yet they Shaigs ths- sams prios for ths 
stalls as though it were His Majesty's. 

Alfred Drayton, as the father, gave a very clever performance. The 
plajr iMMi smr strong momsnts. 



The Actor-Knighfs Wife 

Lady Martin-Harvey broke her own record in "The Showing Up of 
Blanco Posnet," staged at the London Coliseum, of all the places in the 
world, with hw husband as Blanco. I mean she was quite good— for her« 
For years, her husband has given her leading parts to play with a rsgu* 
larity that shows what a good husband he is. 

I read, tho other week, some scathing press notices of Lady Martin* 
Hanrey, when ths two appeared la Glasgow. 

In London, as a rule, we are too fond of Sir John to mention ths 
fact; In Glasgow, apparently, the only thing they do not save is wordi^ 

In this sketch. Lady Martin -Harvey, for once, has a part that she cad 
do. .1 eongratulats George Bernard Shaw. 



American Dancers Make Good 

Menzeli and Solomonoff will return on your side with a great European 

reputation. 

Ths man Is ob ss s s s d with ths idea of making his partner famoua Shs 

was brought up in the New York Ghetto and trained by Menzeli. Now, 
refused lucrative employment in America, the two ars searching for 
fortune on our side. ^ 

Qsnee, who gavs a dinner party laat Sunday la Msnseirs honor, said 
the girl had not only grsat clevemsss as a dancer but a most clsrsr 
personality. 

The retired Danish ballerina is going to Paris next week to sss Msn« 
sell's nsw danceS. 

It was William Morris who advised Solomonoff to come and see me. 
Fortunat^y, he did so, Although, as I was a member of the staff of 
"Variety," the young man was rather nervous abou t it The boom I 
havs glysil him In London win help him right acrssSMMMMHIilsnt* 



More Trouble Over Noel Coward 

I am always in trouble. A few days ago, I printed the fact that, ac- 
cording to ons of the management, *'The Rat Trap.*' Noel Coward's 

most recently produced nonsense, had been killed by the crltlca. 
Now, the mnnagement say they did not say it. 

The truth is, they sent a representative to see me with the story of 
their new play, and when I asked htm why "The Rat Trap" had failed, 

he said, "The critics killed It." 
"Do you mean me?" I said. 
•'No," he replied, "all of them." 

Besides, If the critics had not killed It, they ought to have killed It 
If they tried to and failed, they ou^ht to be killed themselves, all except 
Agate, I mean. I want something left to make me lancrh. 



SAILINGS 

Nov. 24 (New York to London), 
Jay C. Flippen (Berengai^Ia). 

JYoy.; IS (Nsw York to London), 
Matt lioKetgus (Andrania). 
Vtoiu It (London 4s -Msw York) 
r and 

(LevtatiknSl 

Nov. IS (London to New York) 



Bertrsmililtls (Berengasia). 



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if MO*lil Great Newport St., 
V ♦ LONDON, , W. C- 2 
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|0 AMERICAN PLAYS WORTH 
IMPORTINa SAY ENGLISH HGRS. 



Epiiraim Saw 21 Play* ill Two Wealtt ill New York- 
Brought 2 Shows— '^Broadway'' in London and 
Pooled — Y.% Current Seaton Reported Poor 



London, Nov. 16. 

liCe Ephralm la the first of seven 
XiOndon managers to return here 
after aearohinff for American plays. 
Spiumlm*^ fMMrlw m tht situation 
art rather erari^le. For VuA nat- 
ttia loM tiMitrldAl leoloiiy Is 
lauflilns over tbo oomle spsctaeto of 
tiiise BUUMgini sMlBf two sliows 
4mX17 in Kow York la a vain oftort 
to find somethfug'. ' 

Ephralm describes the cxirrent 
Manhattan season as the worst In 
four years, from a London point of 
Tiew. He declares American man- 
agers are only repeating themselves. 

Aftor seeing 11 shows la two 
•weeks he bought "Lady Fair," which 
he saw three times In Washington, 
and another unnamed. It is £ph- 
*falm*s bollof that Ills eontemporary 
producers will find nothing on your 
Atlantic seaboard and that this 
means thero "wtkl be no influx of 
American plays ^Tor here. 

When Ephralm reached Washing- 
ton he found two other London 
managers also there, and all Igno- 
rant of the others' i»r6saneo until 
aoeldentaUjr mooting. 

Qaunt's "Broadway" 

However, William Gaunt has pur- 
chased the English rights to 
Broadway," which will consummate 
a Joint venture here when it opens 
at the Adelphl, controlled by Gaunt. 
The presentation will be in. associ- 
ation with Jed Harris and Crosby 
Gaige. with no advance royalty 
(authors' royalties as usual), the 
house to pool profits with the show. 

"Aloma** oomos baok to this house 
shorUy, with "BroadwasT probably 
following. ^ 

In this more or less war over buy 
) taff Amerloan plajrs Sir Alfred Butt 
doolares that he will not be a party 
to any competition which will send 
up prices (royalty and advance). 
Vhis. despite that Sir Alfred has 
gone to Now^York to see five plays 

Following the success of "Rose- 
Harie" here Arthur Hammersteln 
•tatod that 1( ho wsro only getting 
two per cent, himself he did not 
see why the English managers 
fehould get all the profit. 

Waltt Likes Licas; 
Gping to See a Queen 



Iiondon, Nov. 16. 

Nick Lucas has been taken up by 
the Prince of Wales who has per 
tonally invited this American boy 
to entertain tho Queen of Spain. 

That Lucas Is "over" here Is as 
toured, his opening at the Alhambra 
' Ivaudevllle) being splendid. 

On^ contributing factor to Lucas' 
Success Is ^ia jp^^TMPlty .mlth en- 
tores. 

Nl9k Lucas is a veteran phono 
graph recorder in this country, also 
-having appeared in lesrit musicals, 
picture houses and vaudeville, play 
Ing a guitar and singing. 



"Half a Loaf"— Nothing 

London. Nov. 16. 

"Half a Loaf proved to be 
trivial upon opettins at the Comedy, 
and unsuitable for America. 

It is a comedy. 



B£VU£ IS COPENHA&EN 

Leo Singer has cabled to New 
Tork for Bobby Connolly and Leo 
Morrison to go abroad and produce 
a revue. 

The vontui-e is scheduled to take 
place in Copenhagen during Janu 
ary, with the name of the house 
unknown at this time. 



550,000 FRANCS 
WON BY DOLLYS 



Sitters May Give Award 
to Actors' Union 



Paris, Nov. 16. 
The Dolly Sisters have won an 
award of 550.000 franco from the 
court In their sull^ against the 



wuu 



Moulin Rouge, growlhf out of a 

breach of contract when the thea 

tre management split the top bill- 
ing between the sisters and a 

French star. ' 

The theatre promptly gave notice 
of an ippeai against the verdict, 
but the actresses were reported to 
have made arrangements to turn 
the 'half million francs over to the 
French Actors* . Union anyway. 

The controversy Is now many 
months old. The Dollys were en- 
gaged as feature of the Moulin 
Rouge revue and when another star 
was brought in for co- featuring 
they protested and retired from the 
attraction. The suit was baaed on 
allegations of breach of the con- 
tract which, they held sucessfully, 
gave them premier billing. 

Almost simultaneous with the 
publication of the court award 
the Dolly Sisters opened Friday in 
their new revue at the Theatre 
Bdouard VH. entlUed "A ^ vol 
d'Oiseau" ("As the Bird. Flies") 
scoring a substantial success. The 
piece is by Sacha Guitry and Al- 
bert Wtllemets and the house has 
been rented for its presentation on 
a run basis from A. Franck.. 

The book has to do with an aero- 
plane tour of the world, an idea 
employed for elaborate scenic and 
ensemble effects, Including the use 
of moving pictures. The premiere 
was an impressive personal success 
for the Sisters and substantial ad- 
vance bookings eeem to insure 
prosperity for all concerned. In the 
cast are Rosie And Jenny Dolly, 
Madeleine Lebergy, Alerme, Jean 
Coquelin, Gaby Bcnda, Lada Arneva 
aifd Gaston Mubosc. who replaces 
Polin. 




WILLMAHONEY 

Will be back In New York NEXT 
WE^K at Keith's RIVEHSIDB. 

The *'Toung8town Vindicator^ last 
week said: "Will Mahoney came 
here lauded as an unusually clever 
comedian. He is all that and more, 
he is a GREAT comedian. He is a 
Jack Donahue, Leon Errol and all of 
the best Ringing comics combined 
Mahoney scored one of the biggest 
hits ever recorded at the Keith 
House since it opened." 

Direction 

RALPH G. FARNUM 

(Bdw. 8. Keller Offloe) 



THREE NEW PARIS PUYS 
TO VARYIN(;.RECEPnON 

Fantastic Comedy at Mont- 

martre Does Welt — Race 
Play Fails 



HAUPTMANN'S 1 
TAUSr TITLES ^ 
UFA-REJECTED 



mm GES1F 
TOPS LONDON] 



Fmimmm' Speewl Did $70,- 
200ui2Weeln 



Xiondoii, if or, 19, 
-Btmn aest%** tha 9iamoM-Fiay- 
ers-lMky "spedal** M ^the 

Plasa, has topped every groia la 
town for two weelok |ortttlclit 
total is $70,200. 

On its first seven days the pic- 
ture did $83,750, and in iU second 
(last) week, $29,475. These latter 
figures are net, or less the 10 per- 
cent tax. 



'DE KONINGEN' BERLIN'S 
CURRENT BIG SMASH 



So Reported in London — 
Operetta's Cast Can't Be * 
Duplicated 

London, Nov. 16. 

The sensation of the Berlin season 
is the new Oscar Strauss operetta, 
"Do Koningen." Madge Lessing 
went over to view it for the Shu- 
berts, and others have made the 
Jaunt for this particular purpose. 

Reports on the show center 
around the cast, headed by Massary, 
with It declared the Berlin company 
defies duplication either in London 
or New York. 

While all agree that "De Koning- 
en" Is a certain "smash," it is alao 
put fortli that Strauss has annexed 
"Valencia" aa a waits for the tbeme 
melody. 



FYSHER FROM PARIS 
FLOPS « HEW Yp[ 

Poor' Trade at Former Planta- 
tion—Backers ''Walk'W 
Contract StftMnHif 



Paris, Nov. Ifi. 

Of three new plays late last 
week one seems ti> be a success, 
one a downright failure and one a 
fair prospect. 

"La Comedle du Bonheur," at tht^ 
Theatre Montmartre, is a three-act 
N'^rsion of an EvreinofC piece 
adapted by F. Noxiere, played by 
Charles Dullin's Atalier troui>e. It 
has to do with an eccentric philan- 
thropist who employs a company 
of players to live in a boarding 
house and impersonate the aftlni- 
ties of various disappointed lovers, 
bringlnir them temporary Joy until 
the iUiisioa Is shattered. 

Madeleine Berubet is especially 
good in the role of an acrimonious 
spinsXer. CamiUe Corney lias a 
good comedy part, while the phil- 
anthropist is la the hands of 
DuUin. 

A new dramatic comedy by Rene 

Fauchois entiUed "Mile. Jockey," at 
the Potlniere, was poorly done and 
went into the record as a failure. 
The loca||» is a horse trainer's cot- 
tage and in brief, the story relates 
how the trainer's daughter rides 
the horse of a ruined nobleman to 
victory, winning fortune and a ti- 
tled husband. 

Abel Tarride plays the trainer; 
Blanche Montel his daughter in 
the title role, supported by Debu- 
court and Belieres. 

Tho first periodical performance 
of tho Aide et Protection dramatic 
grotp dirseted hy Pierre Atdebert 
and Gabriel Imbert fras offered at 
the Trocadfero Thursday evening 
(Nov. 10) to Just fair returns. A 
politieat. satire Is oonoealed in the 
story of a humble Inventor of the 
fifteenth century who is persecuted 
because of his visionary schemes 
for flying. He Is killed when he 
tried to make a visit in an airship 
to a noble lady he loves and w)^o 
loves him. 

In the oast ara Pa«l Oettly, 
Maurice Donneaud, Bima. Marcelle 
«enlat and Andro Ca^Htao. 



YeDowsaiids,' $11,000, 
SyiryOfirMef$U50 



London, Kov. It. 

The only show in town to hold up 
during the drastic slump of last 
week was "Yellowsands." Its en 
tire cast salary list totals only I1.2S0. 

*' Yellowsands" did fll.OOO on the 
week, leading the non-musicals here. 



Germany's Great Drama- 
tist Wmt "Orerboard' 
in Phraseolofy 



Berlla, Nov; %, 

Oorhardt Ilauptmann, Germany*a 
most noted living dramatist, has 
had the tiiloH he wrote for the film 
version of "Faust" rejected by the 
UFA. Instead, those written by 
Hans Kayser, author of the scenario, 
are belag used. 

i;his Is considered quite a step for 
the ITTA to take^ hut li aet loefcei 
upon as reflecting la any way oa 
the German poet As a gestura of 
respect, the UFA Is «lvk« » specilal 
performance for the press^ la Wlildli 
the Ilauptmann titles are used. 

Those who have read both titles 
realize why the UFA had to make 
this decision. The Uauptmann cap- 
tions ara unquestionably of high 
literary quality, but quite unadapted 
to the screen. Not only are they 
often too long, but in many cases 
so involved that It would be Im- 
possiblo for the average, auditor to 
grasp them during the short period 
which they are thrown on the 
screen. ':-S'--r , ■ ■ 



Unknown SoUicr' Oit 
Bj Exhibs. by PenniMM 



XfOndoa, Kev. If. 
Owing to the strong ressfttmeat 

against the American fllm titled 
^'The Unknown Soldier," Producers' 
Distributing Corporation wired 4S 
picture houses hei'e offering to re- 
lease them from their flnanoial ob- 
ligaUon . if desiring to withdraw 
the fllm. scheduled tS IPM J^TIttlg* 
tice Day, 

Mfeay exhibitors Imd expressed 
themselves as regretting the book- 
ing and availed themselves of tte 
opportunity to avoid olashinf inS 
the pahlle. 



Continental Bookings 

Paris, Nov. 1*. 
Chez Chase Is booked to open at 
the Apolk>, Duesseldorf,' Nov. 16, 
moving thence to the Scala, Berlin, 

Dec. 1. 

Another Continental booking calls 
for the appearance of Winston's 
Seals at the Empire, Paris, Jan. 28. 




SCHOOLS 



OF AMERICA, Inc. 
2^ West 72d StrMi 
NEW YORK 



MARY READ 



Poor trade l)a8 caused a radical 
change in tli# entertainment at 
Chez 'Pysher, formerly the Plan- 
tation in the Winter Garden )>Iock, 
New York. The sponsors of the 
place ran out of money, sa they toM 
Fyahcr: could not afford to further 
use the Parisian artist and. hil 
company of eight. 

The place took Fysher's aaiae 
when it recently opened* The 
Frenchman and hie company .were 
booked from Paris for eight weeks 
at $2,000 weekly by ft Ray Qoets. 
The latter and Fysher were to re- 
ceive a split on tho covers, though 
the entertainment tmit was pro- 
tected by the guarantee. 

Said to be interested In Chez 
Fysher are Frank Ford, Morris 
Abraham and J. Gannon. The 8hu* 
berts are understood to be con- 
cerned also, though not partleg to 
the Fysher contract. 

Press matter named Goets as the 
principal proprietor, but the book- 
in? appears td have beeajiis sole In- 
terest. 

A settlement In eaaoellation of the 

contract is to be made. Meantime 
Fy.Mher is mentioned aa returning 
to the Century, where he yas a 
night club entertainer last season. 



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i^mistice Night Quiet 

T^ondon, Nov. 16. 

London had a quiet Armistice, 
with the celebration not nearly so 
wild >as heretofore. 

Business at the theatre.«i was be- 
low previous years on the night. 
Hit shows had turns ways but « the 
others revealed no increase. 

The cabaret cstablL-ibments were 
well patronized but none totiehed 
capacity nor saw anything of a sen • 
aMlonal nature taka place. 



Marion Harris Wanted 
Advance— Didn't Get It 

Tvondon, Nov. \%. 

Prince's Cabaret put on a new 
revue last week, produeed and ar- 
ranged by Frank Masters, despite 
tl>f' defection of Marion Harris. 

Miss Harris failed to come ovor 
because the management refused to 
advance her |2,000 for gowns before 
she sailed. 



Tracey and Hay Oirer 

London, Nov. IC, 

Tracey and Hay made their debut 
at the Coliseum (vaudoviMc) and 
scored strongly. The team Is 
doubling into a cabaret 

At" the Rame house II.\nk. tho 
mule. piuy)ng a return with the a<:t 
better adapted for the stage, was 
received mtich more heartily than 
on its previous Visit. 



INDEX 

Foreign .»•.... t-I*1t 

Pictures 4- IS 

Picture Reviews 14-18-17 

Picture Presentations ... 20 
Film House Reviewt ./..If -21 

Vaudeville •,......tS*26 

New Acts , , 20 

Burlesque Z! 

Burlesque Routee 27 

Cabaret Reviews 46-47 

Bills 30-31 

Cabaret BiUe 47 

Timee Squsre 33 

News of the Dailies 34 

Editorisis 36 

Llterst{ 18 

Women's ^aft 34 

Legitimate .36*43 

Legitimste Reviews ..41 •42-43 

Musis 44-47 

Night Cliiha ..•.46-47 
Outdoors .*.......«•....• 48 

Sports • 32 

Carnival Routee • • « . ..... 48 

Obituary .•...*...••••*... 48 

Correspondence 46-56 

Letter Liet 66 

inside Vaudeville ....«.• 0 

Inside Pictiirgg 18 

Art Theatres 40 

^ ^ O •••••• ••••••■••oeee 44 



^TUNES< 



I^ndon, Nov. 16. 
Josephine Trlx Fields, niHt'-r rtf 
Helen Triz and wife of Kddie 
Fields, became the mother of a 
nine-pound eon BUnday, Nov. 14. 



'PiM>DUCTiOIIS^ 
PI CTURK S 

GOWNS 



IMINVIDIIALS 

IHNKIDBR- 



PICTURES 



IN IKAT HONEY FOR 
W FIUISrORIES AND PUYS 



$6,000,000 Represented in All in Picture Studio Ma- 
terial for Famt-rF. P.4« LMding With $1,000- 



Los Angeles, Nov. 

A minrey of Um librarieH of pio- 
tnr»' studios hna dinolosed that over 
$0,000,000 in iitories and plays, sup- 
pi»9ie4l)y for picture pnodaetkni, are 
idle on Uie sUrlvea^ and thai ntor*' 
than $3,000,000 of thin amount of 
l^k and atory raliM will ii«Ter 
yfftdi tk* aerMn/'" ■ ' • 

.Oartat 111* PMC thrc« yeaxa the 
production organizations liave been 
buying^ playa, books and stories, 
placing most «( thMii «B tiM rfteW«s 
for SQtMienticnt ma— aeciiario editors 
with th« hig companies dabnlnc 
UML posaiMy oaa oat oC ten reaches 
Ifea tamn, Mipaaiea, noi- 

withstandinc, seem reloctant to 
dispo«« of any of their so-called 
"not wanted" atorlea and playa. The 
reaaon t9 wM m ba fliaii tiMy aM 
set nowhera vMr the purchase price 
for them If dAM lo otb^ o9m- 
jMUilea^ 

tt id 

Idltl haa about $l,MO.fOf worth 
of *UM\d" book and play ralne. Me- 
txO'OoIdwyn-liayer la catimated to 
ftmj^ lii «Mi*aldrldB 
wUh Tim Natkmat hav- 
kkg aroitiid $lM.0Of> worth. Joseph 
M. gchonck, known to awn the moat 

ported holding 1200,000 In ipppee- 
tlve productions which will riot be 
turned oift by him. Universal, 
knows id' liiir IWwinw ^ tto 
yard," also haa ahotit the same 
amount of ddy r pi ucdh ld irtddid ai» 



NO AUTHORIZED NAMES' 
miESnMQNIA^ 



Famous iamet, Fnc, SutMnits 
Uriauthentlc Lrst, Claimed 



OaVIHd Id adid to haive aM«M 

IMO.OOO W!drth» with many of the 
other lodepetklent producers also in 
thd "cold rod" from ^jm to 



Kov. 16. 

Picture stars are indignanf ovei- 
the actlvitiea oi Famo«ia Nainea» 
Inc., Cblcaso coi^rii wMdh otfara 
for aala to advertisers the names 

Qf screen hdnMldVlNd dfdi ldi|i^ 
monlala. 

A chack*np on the ttat of mmwa 

snbmlttad by the company to pros- 
pective advertisers disclosed tha.t 
out of ^ pteturo people whose 
names wava affesad, 9$ ha^ ha4 no 
dealings wHh thia company. 

In the prospectus sent out by 
Famous Names, Inc., it waa stated 
that nhnodt withaai uai s ytl sn any 
pictnra star or stage eelettlrity Is 
available through their service. 
They ftttach a Uat containing 75 
tnclnding every iMiB i drf i i n. 




OnAmi « 'Shuts' 



Efforts to 
suhldita drfCh 
Broadway picture h 
week b eong b t out 
theatre la 




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IS 



16 NATIVE FILMS 
IN AUSTRIA IN 
II MONTHS 



MOVE TO RESnAU SDNUHS 

m$J!mWiaWi FILM 



CkdBM In j w utlkm mm ^Wwor 
MUMMisr Inj 
Hm $89kOOO in Pktwe 




"m Cprporation 



STUDEXr Of PKAW 
SfOmDJiBEBUN 



Already ' FaSorw-^s. 
peeled to Pie Od 



Wddhlngton, Nov. K. 



concam offered the names 
and pIcUirea of the atars to adver- 
tiaetra at rated fhnstar fidad flid 
to %tM^, aeoordins to the 
itr^whlah thoy r 



Ak^tffi^fafl.R. 



SteufiBf Off ParmMDt' 

Both thd dkpltdl aad thd Strdiid. 

Mew York, are making special ef- 
fort to offset the possible effect that 
the opening o^ the Pdramowit then* 
tro wUl tmnh mm- thalv ^fdMiUve 

box oinces nest week. 

Paramount opens to the public 
Baloriay at it a. m. after an to- 
vitation premiere SYiday night to 
which a long list of notables have 
hean lnvltod and will be praaent. 
Thd Itrttial plctura at the 
mount win bo Herbert Brenon's 
pfoduction of Dixie Wi1Isoi|'|| Slory. 
"Ood Gave Me 20 Cents." \ 

Vhd diild *t thd idir hditd win 
be: 10: 4S a. m. to 1 p. m., all seats 
(except loges) 40 cents; 1 p. m. to 
t p. Bk, 7S cents on week days; on 



gaged Crcorge Abbot, coHaborating 
author with Phil Dunning of the 
current hit '^Broadway.'*- 

Weeks at lUtd wa^ly to make 
adaptations and write original 
stories, it is understood if he aub" 



a separate prim #flt bd I 
agreed upon. 

An option at a salary to be agreed 
updh d(t thd ddplddt len of thd dm** 
rddt ddStmet la didd • dhMiaa. 



10:45 a. m. to 1 p. m.. 40 cents; 
after 1 p, ni., S9 cents. LiOgo acatd 
wUl be |l.f» at all times. 

ThIa la d dllght advance ovdr Ihd 
scale which has been in fdidd dl 
the Hialto and Rivoli. the two othdr 
^blix - controlled housw on the 
atreet. 

It wl?l be a great week for Her- 
bert Brenon on Broadway. In addl- 
tlmi td •lOdd OiVd Srd It CenU** at 
the Paramount, he will have his 
"Beau Oeste" production continuing 
at the Criterion, and "The Great 
tSdCiA^t* -'IdhMi hd'; iddd ' '4MMdtdd, 
will come Into the RfvoTI Saturday 
dd the uttrartion for the weelc. 

At the Capitol, the Cosmopolltan- 
4k. mr; ^pfdddetJdd, '^d Flaming 
Forest," with R^^nec Adorec and 
Antonio Moreno, will be brou»$ht 
in, a spfdal show bufit up for the 
pldddttldtlan. 

At the Strrin<T .Tosf-ph Phmkett 
has secured Vincent Lopez, who has 
always been a strong Strand druw- 
hlff card, for the week, and the pic- 
ture will !>(» the First National re- 
lease, "The Blonde .Saint," with 
Dorla Kenyon and Milton Sills. 



Mwlvd e. Porter, former ea 

ecutlve and director of Fam-)ns 
Players -l^tsky, la returning to Aim 
activity upon dfi dhiibot^te scdk. 
from report. 

Since his retirement from pic- 
tures, Mr. Porter l:a8 been delv- 
ing te many things. 

mmimmsBBmssssesamiassssssBss 



Anstria'a dodttagdat apatam on 
the Importdtids dt iNdtpi Shda, 
efCecUv^ Sepi Ik iiilj V 
looked dpo» dd-4l Mttra aa fdr «s 
aaaidtlng the natlvd producers. 

An investigation, upon which a 
report has been forwarded to , the 
department of eommerer, dfadoata 
that bm If fUma have been, pro- 
duced In Anatrla since January. 
These have been approved aa a 
basis for import licensed. 

The Id filnM actually made have 
been produced as follows: Nine by 
Austrian llrma; two tar Czechoslo- 
vak and live by Oitfiiwh Cdficertta. 
The Austrian companies producing 
were: Sft.scha, Alliance, Ifag, Pan 
and two or throe antaller concerns. 
The Austrian '"Vltd" firm, whfdh got 
Idto ftmuMlal troablea last year, 
rented Un studios to ^:drdigll In- 
ducers, it la peported. 

With d^ reatrleted market atid 
high Cddia df pfdduction the inves- 
tigation has cansed the opinion to 
bo expressed that the conning yearw 
win find the Attstrfan producers un- 
dbld to meet the requisite ntmiber 
to supply the demand for foreign 
films on the basis of 20 to 1. 

It la axpoctad that^ the Indlec- 
tlvenesa of the contingent system 
wilt gradually be rccbgnl2Vd and 
that the system win eventnally die 
• iyatvrdl death, v . 



First 



T.od Anfeles. Nov. 16. 
' Emit Jannings, after ail, will 
make aw hid ftrat fUm for Famdtts 
Players-Laskir, mm Ifdii Who For- 
got c;oii." 

Eric Pommer will supervise the 
production, with Manrftd 0ftlli>r* di- 
recting. 

Jules Furthman and Lo.jos Biro 
are doing, the screen adaptation of 
the story. ' • 



IxM.Angeloa, Nov. It. 
Bddie Cline, former Mack Sennett 

dirortor, will dirert the next Doug- 
las MacFye.in production forFninous 
rifty« i'?f-LinWiy. 



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IF YOU DON'T 
AI^VERTUE 

Mi IN VARIETY 




Glombeck Held Prior Rights to 
Sokol Picture — Theatre . 
KsspsM Sfaowiim / 



Berlin, MoV. 3. 

"Tiie Stiuient of Prague," Sokol 
fihii with intern iere at Capitol, hA» 
been tempormriiy stopped by erd^r 
of thd dsmt. A Sbn tdhe* tkmn 
the same ^^^^fltl on which the pres- 
ent pictui'e mTounaeJ waa prodiiced 
fn ItlS. It now deveFops the origi- 
nal prodtirera stfTl nave control 
Of the fibn rigbt.s. This ftnm» the 
Glombeck la snlng th« preaent 
mahelra fdl> dannages' and hdd dne> 
ceeded in tempordrOF tying the . 
Sokol product up. \ 

Both scenarios were written by 



lUC metmvm Corp. iu ukiug the 



vary atn laful novel of the same 

namd as the picture. TTie first flTm 
was made In August, Itl3. with 
Pnul tFegmMMf^^'lte' thd Idddhig 'raia 

and had a fliie reoeptSon then. Kvl- 
dently b«jth th^ author and th(> 
8(rtiol were under the impression 

former sold and the T.ntter bought 
the scenario over HK?tin — this time 
for H^ddd. Wlkett the new versioa 
made tid-' d»» td < gii ii» thay ^vtaOy 
began rebooking the old* Mcol 
tried to stop ti»«m. 

The testimony showed that the 
Olamhach #era mNMs timlr ftgfats. 
and they at once coumered by get- 
ting out a susiMmslon order against 
theSohol. The Sokol lain particular 
trodbia; as It had cnnttaetea with 
many theatres for a showing af the 
picture and is .iiai>le to be sued if 
it cannot live up to fta agreement. 

An amusing angle on tiie affair 
is that the Car»itol theatre in Berlin 
ia going right on abowing the film, 
as th^ chUm that they hava bought 
the print outright from ^tfw> Sohol 
eannot be. stopped. 



T. and Charles Riling . ami tho 

RingUng Broth«rs and Barniim 4ic 
Bailey Combined Shows from inter • 
fertog with the JUC pTctm reVmm, 
**Blggftr Than Bar num The fUm 
cosapany eiaiovks tlMt ti»e lUnglinga* 
iniunctioa suit ia Minneapolis re- 
cently to raatrahi' the exhfhltion «f 
th<» pirtriTP is *ima^rfng the |?lff,ddd 
existing contracts for lutara re- 
leaser 

*R-C seta fortii that it emt ftd^OOO 
to produce the film and an addi- 
tional $I9,ted for advertising and 
$1^,000 mow for prints, bringing 
th«ir total mvestiMat to ItO.ittL 

The Hinghag-Barnum suit, they 
ciaiitt. can ha carried oo tlurou^ 
every fddhffnl dlalrfet coort hi tha 
TJnited Statea and greatly hamper 
their business by the circus people 
suio^ each local exhibitor ^ a 
necessary technleal- co-defaadaatt 
aithoush nei^er R-C or Rlngllng* 
Barnum is a re.«!ident of Minnesota, 
as in this case, bo}:h operating from 



By Joining eaoI> local picture 
bouse as a defendant the matter can 
be threshed out ad Infinitum with 
each exhibfCfow dhte. altkiagh lUO 

contendiR that the possible injunc- 
tion interfer en ce l» wearing ex* 
hibiters away and cancelling book* 



TaDng' Raw Stock 

The iflmtatrnd Kodak Laboratories 

at RoohcHter are e^iperimentli^ 
wltlt a new raxv film especially for 
"talking movie" production. 

Th9 chief shortcoming of the 
various musical sirreens has been 
the mutter of amplification, the en- 
larging of the aomud ahowing iip 
many idprdiliieihg dafdetd. 

Most pound fin** In a pn>je<^ti()ii 
room, but in a targe auditorium 
with the souhd ampllflad' many 
ttmdd morr. ltd* adother qvestlon. 



JACK ARTHUR 



Sherman Ckmns Jessel 



Harry ffhermda is seeking to 
punish George Jessel for contempt 
of court in a suit to enjoin Jessel 
from screen services for anybody 
but Bfeermdhv- ' 

A motion was made before Jus- 
tire Wa«p^?rvogol in the New York 
Supreme Court Monday, decision 



Sherman claims a prior contract 
for the comedian's screen KcrvIc^B, 
Jossers "I'rivato Izzy Murphy'* for 
WdlWdr IMthdfd ddusing the ac- 



Cftrlf Jret GiVM Ptisititni 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 

C.'!'*! f.nf»mmlo. Jr., 19, won of th.- 
head of Universal, has been ap- 
pointed aecond asdistant to Ifenry 
Henfgson^ gdndrdt «mn^icr -df Udi- 
verssl City. 

Harr>' Zohner will continue as ns- 
liistant general manager under 
ffoiHgaoii. 



"""""" , ' V ■ • : 

8yd ChapUn may ahnrlty ha am* 
nounced as a new United Aytldld 
star. Kegotiationd did dlmodt eidd 

pleted. 

8yd has a p pe ar e d hi a niuhbdr dC 

pictures with hfs brother, Charlie, 
tike most notable of which was 
"Shottlddr Arms,** but for the most 
part he haa bdow a iort df btwinedd 
manager for his btother. 

It is said his terms are $3,500 a 
week for the first year, $5,000 week* 
ly for thd ddddhil ami after thht 
|7.SdO weekly. ' 



%^Oa-Scater in Chi 

For CMonrf $^|6lsip 

CMddgdw ' ISa^ 1<S>" 

A theatre as an amusement cen- 
ter for Chicago's large colored pop- 
ulation, at t7th street and 8o«th 
Parkway, center point of tha Mddllv 
belt, is projected. It wilT be a 3,500- 
aeater with pictures, ballroom (4.- 
50d capacity), arcade, offices and., 
biiops, launched by Harry and Louis ■ 
JtJnglestein and T»uiR Kahn. real 
estate men. who have formed the . 
Sodth Center Amusem'ent' < aad i 
Bnahieda BMifdlid for tlie .|Mr«< 
pose. 

The building takes .VOO feet on. 
the Parkway and on 47th fltreot, . 
Alexander lisvy and William J« 
Kle!n, who deslgw»d ih*>! locr»l «^ra- 
nada and Divers ey th eatres^ are thd 
architects. - 



FRAXi: MATO hl 

Frank Mayo, s'^i^een star, who waa 
shortly to have appeared in vaude- 
vtn. hda been forcaS td ShMadttadd^ 

rehearsals because of illness. 

He is confined to his rooni>; at the 
Hotel Algonquin, New A'ork, by 
pleuro- pneumonia. ^ . 



SIXTH WEEK 

SAMUSI, OdLI»WV:« 

Piw wts 

HKIVKT KINCrS 



HHSBAKGE OF 'OOiUIS 



THE B^AU BRUMMfbL OF PERSONAMTY 
This n*eek feature attKirtion Hivoll, BaTtimore ■ 
Lata JuvenHd of "Castlea In tha Air" 

SNmtidn AitrWuk SPim 



— ^ Los Angeif*^, Nov. It. 

Univer.sal has made a deal with 
Mttro*Goldwyn-Mayer where Ly 
it will loan Jean Herscholt for n 
part in the LubiltK>Ii proilu-^tlon of 
Old Heidelberg" and Metro will in 
tdm Iddii tham llenad Addffdg dor 
fddtiif%. 



''Tbe Wkmiiig of 
Barbara Worth" 



with 

tMmma sad 

ytlsis muriqr 

KplaoOlc Pre*,^ntatior> 
Henkel's Melody i'lMMalrii 



TCP HCNKdL 

AiisoacmsntA 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, Novtmber 17. IMI PICTURES VARIETY 8 

STUnrSTRIKE' SITUATION 



mrS TER-CENTENARY aOSES 
WnH PARAMOUNTS BIG OPENING 



ISO Per Seat Offered for InTitalioii Ticket§-*-Para- 

mount Theatre and Building, Record in Building 
Achiemmtt — ^Daiiiet Peeved Over Advertising 



The three-day celebration of the 
Ver-Centenary of Broadway will 
oalminat« In the openins of the new 
paramount Friday night, Nov. 19. 

The playhouse, said to be the 
most beautiful theatre in the world. 
If being thrown open to the public 
months In advance of the comple- 
t|btt of the Paramount building it- 
self. The building will be ready for 
oceupanoy about Feb. 1, 1927, about 
two months ahead of the original 
contmot. achedule for its comple- 
tion. ' 

In virtually every'irespect tfte his- 
tory of the Paramount theatre and 
building thus far is a record build- 
ing achievement. 
Last night at the Rita -Carlton 
a irttle private dinner at which 
(Continued on page 12) 



UNDES LEAVES KANE; 
10 WED MISS NAOUULL 




OFF PAYROLL 
FOX SAVES UUCH 



Three Dnrectors Ou t ' ilMo i ". 
chanical Force Ciit 




. 30 IS SLT BY 
UNIONS; NO REPLY 




Loa Anseles/ Hot. if . 
Fox out Its overhead afoiM 9ii»« 
000 a week when General- 



German Director Released in 

MkMla of 2nd Kane Picture 
^ Many Retakes 



Robert Kane has released Lothar 
Bfendea, German director, who di- 
rected "The Prince of Tempters" 
for Kane and was directing "The 
Song of the Dr{|gon/' now being 
•hot at Cosmopolitan Studios, New 
York. 

The picture is half finished and 
features Dorothy Mackaill, Buster 
Collier, Eddie Qrlbbon and a strong 
east It wUI be finished by Joe 
Boyle. 

On top of Mendes bowing out of 
the pleture after Kane had pro- 
tested against the number of re- 
talces, etc., it is announced the Ger* 
man director is to marry Miss 
Maekalll this week. 

According to Information the 
split occurred due to Mendes de- 
sire to ally himself with Emil Jan- 
Blttgs, the IJFA star now under 
contract to Famous Players. Jan- 
. nings expressed a desire to have 
Mendes direct his (Jannings) first 
ploturo for Famous. Mendes was 
under contract to Kane and is said 
to have asked for his release. It 
was refused. 

He subsequently directed "The 
Prince of Tempters" for Kane, 
turning out an unusually expensive 
picture dua to retakes, etc., ac- 
cording to 'report. 

•"'"'he Rone: of the Drapon," upon 
Which Mendes was working until 
»' ^eWlr ' ^this week, is said to have 
fepresenied a production cost for 
Story, rewriting:, treatments, etc., of 
$110,000 before a cranl: was turned. 



Csmpaign Boddet Tdk 
•f HifliMlentaMliBis' 



Minneapolis. Nov. 16. 

F. & R. have started circuit-wide 
campaign of educational advertis- 
ing to remove from public mind 
"misunderstandings regarding the 
movie business." Ench of the 73 
house managers has received a 
booklet, *<What the Publio Doesn't 
Know About the Movies," contain- 
ing the information to be Imparted 
to patrons and public. 

In an appeal to its employes, the 
concern urges that, wherever i>os- 
*«ible, they address pathorinirs on 
the stibjcct matter contained in 
the booklet. 

"The names of all employes re- 
porting talks that they have made 
to organizations large and small 
trill be k^pt1on1Ue b^ the general 
ofllc#.^' lifstntctldns etatr. 



tendent Sol Wurtsel eliminated |00 
people from the payrea Sfttut^ty^ 

Also leaving at that time were three 
directors: John Griffith Wray, 
whose contract had expired; George 
Melford, made one picture for the 
organisation, and Eddie Cline, to 
have served as alternate director 
of the Tom Mix pictures. 

The SOO cut oil the payrdll wete 
mostly carpenters, .property men 
and electricians, working on special 
productions the last six months. 

At the time of the lay-eff WIray 
had Just completed "The Love of 
Women';; Harry Beaumont, ''One 
Increasing Purpose" and Irving 
Cummlngs, "Bertha, the Seerlnir 
Machine GlrL" 

There are now eight companies 
at work on the Fox lot, beside the 
comedy companies^ wkleh gMnd IS 
weeks in the year. 

In another clean out this week 
with several executives oft and their 
positions belnt doubled by othere 
Harry Bailey, business manager of 
the Fox studio for the past year 
and a half has been given a vaca- 
tion with his work taken ever by 
Ben Jackson, general studio man- 
ager. When Bailey returns he will 
be assigned to another position. 
Matt Morgan, assistant to JAOkson, 
has been replaced by Ed Butcher. 

In the publicity department four 
camera men were transferred to the 
production department. These men 
will double In case the publicity de- 
partment needs their services. 



Thones/ Tones," and 




The next fair iriiki maSLM^M* 

William Fox people entering into 
active competition in the field with 
the Warner Bros, with talking pic- 
tures. Both organizations are now 
figuring out a basis on which they 
wiU be able to opentte with the ex- 
hibitors. It looks as though the ad- 
vent of the various -phones and 
-tones was going to revolutionize 
the sales end of the ^vmi' 
ness. 

Warner Bros, are offering the 
Vitaphone to the exhibitors on a 
basis of installation which costs 
from $5,000 to 115.000 and In addi- 
tion Is a per -seat tax for the music 
end of the pictures, in addition to 
the usual rental for the film. The 
Vitaphone installation, it is said, 
takes anywhere from three to four 
days. 

The Fox Movietone, according to 

insiders, takes but two hours to in- 
stall and the cost of the neces.sary 
mechani.sm is said to be $1,500, but 
there is a royalty rental on the ap- 
I>ar,'it»is itsf^lf in addition also a p'-r- 
seat (hartr»' on the picturfs which 
-w44i be oquipped with the Movietone. 



One Million Men Apt to Be 
Affected — Musicians 
Brought in — A. F. of L- 
Informed of Impending 
TrouUe— -Unions IntittoBl 
Hollsrwrood^Pidlnire Mdj^ert 

atttd Bodies Hava As- 
tamad Cluurca 



RURALITES OBJEO TO TYPE OF 
FILMS-WANT BETIIR PICTURES 



Matter Going Before Haya-^Department of Agri- 
culture Interested- — Milliken Promised Better 
Films— Country Tired of ''Ragged Ends* 



EQUITY'S POSITION 



THUMBNAIL GIST OF 

UNION DEMANDS 
Union shop 
Eight- hour day. 
Tima and a half far ovar* 
time. 

Double time for Sundays. 

Pay for six legal holidays. 

Readjuatment of waga rataa 
in conformanea with uniam 
atandards. 



Pox, It Is stated, will be ready to 
fiporate In about six weeks to two 
months* time, and It is said that 
within a year he will be able to In- 
stall abotit 5.000 of the MotMetone 
devices in theatres. 



With midnight Nov. 30 set when 
union mechanics employed in Cali- 
fornia picture building and manu- 
facture win walk out if producers 
insist on "open shop" conditions, 
the biggest strike in the history of 
the film Industry will ooeur. 

If Dao. 1 dawna and tka pfoduoara 

(Continued on page It) 



vrrmicTOR tie-up 

CHiS WARNERS EDGE 



New Vita Program on B'way 
Dfc. 24-*After Sousai 

The Warner Brothers' latest tie- 
up with the Brunswlck-Ballce-Col- 
lender Co. for the first call on their 
artlsU glvea the VHaphona a prao* 
tical corner on the choicest avail- 
able recording artists. Victor Talk- 
ing Machine Co. has been hooked up 
with intaphone from tha gtsirt, tha 
initial program being an all-Vletor 
starring group. 

Between Victor and Brunswick, 
plua the arrangement with the Met- 
ropolitan opera company, whose 
artists in the main are also exclu 
sive Victor songsters, Vitaphone has 
a natural edga^ beeauaa H la being 
proved that the singers who "take 
well on the phonograph recording 
wax are best suited for the Vita- 
phone reeorda, and for the same 
reason. It parallels the radio and 
record sitration. the microphonic 
transmission In both figuring Im 
portantly In conneetion With a good 
ampliflcatlon. 

Vitaphone's third program is set 
for Dec, 24. Some of the new 
"names" like GIgll, Charles Hackett, 
Mary Lewis, Vincent Lopez's band, 
and Van and Schenck will be pre- 
sented at a legit house In Times 
square yet to be obtained. Clark 
and McCuilough's deal la off for the 
present at least. 

A possible tie-up with P. D. C. 
which would mean a Kclth-Albce 
outlet is fitlll being considered, but 
hardly liltcly to eventuate for the 
vaudeville reason alone. 

Vitaphone is latterly much Inter 
fstod in Sou.sa and his band, Paul 
Whiteman's orchestra and George 
Qlsen and his music from the Ho- 
tel Penn.sylvanla. Vita had a nice 
rontraot drriwn with Whitcman un- 
til I'ublix interfered owing to the 
muestru'.*' picture hou.se tour. The 
conclii.slon thereof and the Dllllnf? 
ham music'il comedy production In 
January will again make possible 
Whiteman's services. 

S irn T>. Warner •»ritf>!^ he is polng 
after the ace dance band loader. 



HEARST-ROACH 
AS PARTNERS 



May Coat Publishar Mil- 
lion -for 50 Per Cent 



Loa Angali*. Ndv# ll. 
William nMittil^lk^ T^^ be 
a partner af liUii^ B. Roaeh In the 

making of two-reel pictures to be 
released thfoush Metro -Gokliirya- 

Mayer. 

It was reported some time rgo 
that Hearat and Itoa<^ were itagiH 
tlating whereby the latter would 
turn out a series of two-reel sub- 
jects based on comedy strips now 
running In tha Haarat papara. 

When E. B. Hatrlck, general 
manager of the Hearst picture in- 
terests, was on the coast a month 
ago, the deal took on » 4MMrant 
aspect, it Is said, with Hearst sig- 
nifying a desire to enter into a 
production partnership with Roach. 

Hearst aant a number of audttafs 
Into the Roach offices, and they are 
now going over the books of the 
concern. The deal Involvea Hearat 
Uklng a half Intereat 1m pn ^ m^ 
tion and iht atndito* pi^Piftr^ ss 
well. 

Soma time ago Roach floated a 
bond Issue for $400,000 on the studio 
site and grounds at Culver City. In 
the statement the assets of the 
Roach companywere given as $1.- 
700,000. It also showed the build- 
ing and property with equipment 
were appraised at $778,160.30 last 
April. Alao ahown Were tha net 
earnings for tha company during 
the past seven years and three 
months were $1,215,113,40, with the 
earnings for an eight-month ptrlad 
up until April t. lttt, baiiiir 

$156,314.04. 

It is said that Hearst was asked 
to put In Ol.OSO.OOO til eaah fb^ aie 

interest he seeks, besides giving the 
studio first ciill on any pictures that 
may be used for two-reelers. 

Hearat ajrHted* Itera fram Haw 
York this week. It Is expected that 
the accountants will be through 
with their survey at>out Dec. I and 
that the partnership will be entered 
into immediately thereafter. The 
M-O-M releasing contract for Uic 
Hearst product will not become ef- 
feetlTf until Sept. 1, If ST. 



5 WOMEN WRITERS 



Washington, Nov. 16. 

Tiiose of tlie rural districts do not 
like the sort of Alms shown to tiiem 
and, through the American Country 
Life Association, a protest is being 
made to the Hays organlxatlbn. 

Tha Department of Agrleultura 
is taking a haM in It, It belna 
stated at the departmcTnt the coun- 
try people are getting tired of the 
"ragged ends ' of the motion pic- 
tures produced. 

At the annual dinner of the asso- 
ciation here former Governor Carl 
E. Milliken of Maine, now with the 
Hays organization, made a speech 
and promlaed io aee that betteir 
Alms were forthcoming. 



2D WEEK'S GROSS 
V WILL BE LIFTED 



AT HIGH StiPRIES 



Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 

Metro-Gold wyn -Mayer have five 
female scenario writers, drawing a 
weekly aalary of $1,000 ta fS.SOO 

each. 

These writers Include Frances 
Marlon, Bradley King, Sada Cowan, 
Agnes Christina Johnatone and 
Dorothy Farnum. 

They are all W(»rklng on originals 
or adaptations, each having a con- 
tract of from one to five years. 



Strand and Capitol Raising 
Amounts During 1st Weeic 
Necessary for Hold Over 

A switch in the amount of the 

box oflico take, to warrant a feature 

picture holding over on Broadway 

at either 4he Capitol or the Strand 

will be brought about by tboae the- 
atres changing their opanhw day* 
from Sunday to Saturday. 

The Strand inaugurated a Satur- 
day opening policy laat week. It 
was atated Monday Major Bowes, 
managing director of the Capitol, 
was considering the changing of 
the opening day at that houaa. 

The Strand opening with 'Tha 
Silent Lover" last Saturday played 
to about $600 more than it would 
have done ordinarily according to 
an average of receipts taken over 
the last two months. Heretofore 
with a Sunday opening the Strand 
stipulation for a. aecond week of a 
picture was that it had to do $19,- 
000 on Sunday, Monday and Tues- 
day. With the new order of thinga 
the decision will be made on ra- 
CfiptM up to Monday nipht and the 
mark that a picture will have to 
reach will be $23,000 en tha three 
days. 

At present the Capitol Is holding 
its second week for pictures on the 
basis of reachtng Itl.tM en the firat 
four days. In the event that they 
get to the Saturday opening they 
will undoubtedly demand that a 
picture do I4S.000 on tha flrat four 
daya of the run, as they are con- 
sidering at present moving up the 
receipt requirement to $40,000 with 
a Sunday opening. 

The reason for this Is that too 
many pictures have been reaching 
$35,000 and consequently a number 
of plcturea that would have other- 
wise been booked into the house 
have been forced Into the sub- 
sequent runs without the^ prestige 
of a Broadway delura- akowlng. - 

Onf» of thoso pictures that were 
forced out was the Heatrire Lilly- 
production "Exit Smiling" the rea- 
son being that If all pictures wera 
hold hack for the Cnpitol showing 
tlie rclca.Me sciicdule would be 
forced so far backward that the 
local exchange would be unable to 
keep up with the parade. 



'Napoleon/ Foreign, Here 

Before the end of the year Metro - 
Goldwyn-May,cr may. have another 
big picture on Broadway that comes |/ 
from arrows the Atfnntlr. ft ts n 
French "special," entitled "Napo- , 
leon." I 

Arthur LoeW, who has returne<l 
from Kurf'po. arranged for the j 
American rigiits. 



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PRODUTTIOifS 
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PRSSBNTATICXa 



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VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, November 17, 



"ACE OF CADS" BUILT UP WnU 
UXIAI^ TO $16,0110 AT NEWMAN 



.Mainstreet, With l«t Nat'l Film and Orpkeum V«ud«, 
■ $13,000— Pantagea Did $10,000 With Pop Bfll— 



(DHiwing Population, WO/M) 

Kansas City, Nov. 16. 
Amusements got a break last 
week. Those houses not cleaning up 
•vtdAntly did IM4 iMiv* tlM wares to 
•ttract 

First three days not so good. 
That hurt in the tktM totals, but 
from Wednesday on no complaint. 

Weather line and 10,000 teachers 
Imto tor state convention. All of the 
city schools were dismissed Tluirs- 
day and Friday, and on Thursday 
Kuisas City's Liberty Memorial 
was dedicated by President Cool- 
idge, who made the trip from Wash- 
liiirton for that sole purpose. / 

In addition to the Memorial serv- 
ices witnessed by 150,000 persons, 
great crowds were drawn downtown 
again that night to witness tbo ro- 
^eption to Queen Marie. 

At the Royal "Bardelys the Mag- 
Bifleentv after a alow atari rallied 
and hold over. . 

Royal — "Bardelys the Magnifi- 
cent/' M-Q-M (920; 25-60-60). 
Heavy type given to John Gilbert. 
Original score by Boguslawski's or- 
chestra. Reviews unanimous in 
praise for both picture, director and 
star, but business pretty light first 
part of week. Commenced to build 
just In time to keep picture over. 
19,000. 

Newmaii— "Aeo ot Cads" (F.P.); 
1.180: H'49i*96*99y. "Loyers in For- 

CoUiin," one of the Publix's pret- 
SteLSSSiS J'^ftlMl^ toggljher. with a 

his New Idea orche.stra, altliough 
musical gang back in pit this week. 
Ken Widener and his singing class 
also present as popular as ever. 
Notices were compUmentajry to 
Ifeiijou, but not 80 Mrofiy fbi^ ple- 
tfttse. Business light until Wednes- 
day, when commenced to hit. |1€.- 
•00. 

Mainstreet — "Duchess of Buffalo" 
<8,200; 26-60-«0). Constance Tal- 
madge pretty near wliolo llha. Pnb- 
licity gives her full credit as star. 
Stage show had Mahon and Scott 
and Co., Primrose MinstMii and 
Five Pecardos. Business better, but 
house like all others suffered first 
•f week. |13,00«. 

Liberty — "Runaway Express" (IT) 
O.OOO; 26-35-50). Melodrama with 
thrllla and more thrills. Emll Cha- 
quette's orchestra, fixture at house, 
tnade first appearance. Jazzy, noisy, 
pleasing bunch of entertainers, vo- 
eal and musical. Okay. $4,700. 

Pantages — "Blue Eagle" (Fox). 
With help of Uncle Sam's flghtinpr 
fleet gobs of "gobs" and lots of 
ships, all full of fight. Sure wow for 
rough and ready action stuff. 
Vaudeville bill one of best house 
baa bad for some time. Ted Meyn. 
llixture at or^ran, given spaoo on 
TandeviUo program. $10,000. 

•hubort— "Big Parade" (M-G-M) 
(1,600: $1 top mats.; $1.50 night.'^). 
Se cond ;Week of .three- we ek stay. 
PapcMv ffSiva fl aecond reviews and 

draw steady. Picture lost Tuesday 
afternoon (concert booked), but fln- 
Sshed strong. |16.S0e. 
^Oeffyrighted, 1926, by Variety, Ino.) 

Mix 'Ruined' Speeches at 
Jiinqr\ <Nri('s DiiyMr 

toa Angeloa; No*. 1«. 

James Quirk, editor of "I^hoto- 
play," gave a party in honor of all 
tb« firtoiii playwrighta and writers 
of the screen who are la Hollywood. 

For some unknown renson or other. 
Tom Mix was included among the 
Mtsfary Mon.- 

It naturally waa one of those 
speech -making: affairs, with ever>'- 
one telling how he wrote stories or 
VFOidi wrtto tbom. 

Tom listened for two hours to a 
number of them talking and finally 
llfilred there would be only one way 
to tbirottle th<* speakers down; that 
was to talk himsolf. 

Mix got up on the floor. For an 
hour and a half he told the writers 
and playwrights what ho thought of 
them and of their work. By the 
time he finished, no further desire 
for speeches was evident. 



Ix)8 Anpele.s, Nov. 16. 
Jfames Quirk, publisher, was mar- 
ried to May Allison, screen actress, 
— ^tcsterday at Santa Barbara. 

The couple will jcave for Now 
Tork after a short hyneymoon. 



^•byiM Ralsten's Contrset Ending 

Los Angeles. Nov. If?. 
Jobyna Ralston's contract as lead- 
SniT woman with Harold Lloyd for 
tfaffoo ywuni &aplrt9 with th« #iimBt 
Xloyd pvodfietlon. 



MILWAUKEE'S BUZZARD 
HELD DOWN GROSSES 



Palace and Alhambra, with 
Vaude, In Lead — Wisconsin, 



Milwaukee, Nov. 10. 
The first freezing weather and 
blizzard of the mid- west' winter last 
^eek played havoc with local film 

houses. End of week showed ft- 
markable pick-up, however. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Alhambi^— "Ob Baby"* <tt.) (8,- 
000; 15-25-35-50). Vaude. pulled 
house through. Title of picture 
cmvMt milo prestige With local mm 

fans. Around $17,600. 

Garden— "Men of Purpose" (Spe- 
cial) (1,000; 25-50). With American 
Legion spon.soring picture and out- 
side ticket sale canvass, house did 
rather well, with Leg^n boyS goC- 
ting split of net. Around $5,200. 

Majestic— •* Almost a Lady" (War- 
ner) (1,600; 15-25-40). Combination 
vaude. and picture with film adver- 
tised above acts. Remarkable busi- 
ness for weather and competition. 
Around $8,S09. 

Merrill— "Sparrow.s" (TT. A.) (1,- 
300; 25-60). Second week and liked 
enough to eontribttto about $6,200, 

bringing two* Wait grOM to abOUt 

$16,000. 

Miilei^"Love*8 Blindness" (M-Q- 

M) (1,400; 15-25-40). Vaudo^ pNtf^ 
above picture. Near $7,000. 1 
Pala«o-^**Her Mali V Waf^ <!». p. 

C.) (2,400; 25-50-75). Theodore 
Roberts as vaude. draw pulled them 
into this house. Abo«t If S^Mf , Miat 

in city for week. 

Wisconsin— "Campus Flirt" (F. 
P.-L.) (3,500: 25-50-60). Fair stage 
bill and good draw for film from 
collegiate fraternity brought theatre 
near marks made before Alhambra 
injected Pan time. Near $17,500. 

Strand— "Ace of Cads" (F. P.) 
(1,200; 15-25-50). Menjou has fol- 
lowing here but picture not as pop- 
ular as should have been. Probably 
due to weather. Around $7,300. 

(Copyriflitt UMb Variety, ino.) 

B^Btkr Vrade in Fop 

House at Buffalo 

Buffalo, Nov. 16. 
Business decidedly on the down 
and down last week. Takings, 
which dove deep a fortnigiit ago. 
remained well under water. The 
Shea houses preserved about a me- 
dium level in the falling market. 

Kstimataa far l^at Wo*k 

Buffalo (3,600; 30-40-60)— "Synco- 
pating Sue" (F. N.), "Barnyard Fol- 
lies." Excellent all -round card kept 
busine.ss at middling. $23,500. 

Hip (2.400; 50)— "You'd Be Sur- 
prised" (F. P.) and vaude. Closing 
of Court Street (K-A vaudeville) 
unquestionablv helped takings here. 
Hip is now offering five acts as for- 
moiiy booked at ,<;^rt^ Btmt, ' IjfltSt 
week, $15,000. 

Loew's (9,4^: fS^f •>W«The Ma- 
gician" (M-G-M) and vau lo. This 
bill a puzzler. Picture excellent) but 
mtstltled; Vatide was off except the 
Stantons, headlining, who passed 
completely and silently over the 
heads of the pop crowd; BuabMNKi 
wretched at $10,000. 

Lafayette < 3,400; 35-50)— "GiKolo" 
(P. D. C). Playing to oflf-agaln-on- 
atrain l»u.sinfs>». with past wofk 
about half-way. Estimated $13,000. 

(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, Inc.) 

'B«aii Geste' in Toronto 

Toronto. Nov, 16. 

"Beau Geste" ha.«? a pood chance 
of breaking all box-ofl[lce records 
for Canada and is proving a real 
money-maker for the Rodent, lead- 
ing Toronto house of the Famous 
Players group. 

were doubl. d for this pic- 
ture and now bring $1.75 top, with 
nil seats reserved. Takings have 
beftorcd $12,0'M) \ve<-kly for a month. 
With the picture gtnnl fo r at Icacl 
three weeks more. Speculators did 
their first lo«*al Imsinos.s wi(}i tick- 
<^ts for this picture on Cana»la'« 
Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 6). 

"The V(*\)v Hovs.'nu n.*' .it TOr. top. 
gathered more than $10,000 at the 
Uptown, another Famous house, Inst 
week. 

(Oopyn'eht, 1926, by Variety, Ina.) 



'SUMS OF BERLIN/ IMP., 
GOT $10,408 IN LOOP 

'Sue' Did $42,000, Average, 
at CMeago— Paiil Ath Got 
Another $47,000 



Chicago. NoY. 19. 

A new type of audience was 
brought Into the loop last week. 
"Slums of Berlin," German-made 
flbn, advertised oztenaively in Chi- 
cago's German papers and also re- 
ceived plenty of publicity in the 
foreign dailiea Consequently the 
Randolph was filled with a class of 
patronage which rarely, if ever, hits 
the downtown housea. Thia city 
has a sizeable percentag-e of Ger- 
mans. They turned in $10,408 at the 
Randoli^'a box ollico during the 
first week of tho picture's run. 

The Chicago lumped back up to 
ita average of $42,000, with "Ssmco- 
patlng Sue" aiter aeveral weeks of 
slight depression. The film didn't 
get such good notices, but had 
drawing power. 

At the Orpheum, Warner Broth - 
era deviated from the policy of 
ahowing their own pictures and put 
Reginald Denny (Universal) In for 
a week. Denny had played the 
Oriental and Randolph. lie didn't 
catch on so strong at the Orpheum, 
where he unreeled to $7,800. 
' ntiiiit It Orlantal 

Why "The Great Gatsby" was 
booked Into the Oriental can only be 
accounted for by the assumption 
that pre-views led the B. & K. or- 
ganization to believe that it wasn't 
strong enough for their other house 
where pictures mean something at 
the box office. At the Oriental it's 
all Paul Aah and films are actually 
considered as the Hy in the oint- 
ment by quite a portion of the 
younger element. The "6at8|i>y" pic- 
ture Was liked by the reviewers. 

Douglas Fairbanks, second week 
at the Roosevelt, rang up $22,000 
with "The Black Pirate.*' Th^ open- 
ing week was practically capacity 
at- $25,000. Line-ups are outside the 
house every evening. 

"Her Man o* War" at the State - 
Lake got razzed by several of the 
dailies. The films playing here have 
been so bad as a rule that people 
are shying from the house. Aver- 
age unfortunate week with $19,000. 

Vitaphone and "Don Juan," in 
their eighth week, held relatively 
strong. The aecond Vitaphone show 
is coming Into tha Woods Deo. 8. 
Estimatea for Last Week 

Chicsgo — "Syncopating Sue" (1st 
N.). (4,100; 60-76). Back to aver- 
age; $4t,999, brovght in by Oorinne 
Griflnth. 

McVicker'a — Vitaphone - "Don 
Juan'* (Warner). (2,400; M!«.«|$). 
Drew 917,999 In algh^ . ;>9|9Brnils 

week. 

Monroe--*nl9 Mow Zero** (Fox). 
(973; 50). Buck Jones brings In 
nice gross of $6,999 for this house. 

Oriental — Great Ckttsbsr" 

(2.90; 35-60-75). (Ist N.). Picture 
out of place here, but Paul Ash had 
ona «f his $47,999 weeks, neverthe- 

Randolph— "Slums of Berlin" (Im- 
ported). (969; 90). German film 

drew new type of audience. House 
had great week with $10,409; pic- 
ture In for run. 

Roosevelt- "Black Pirate" (U. A ). 
(1,400; 60-76). Second week and 
drop of $9,000 from high start of 
$25,000. 

State- Lake— "Her Man o* War" 
(P. D. C). <2,800; 50-75). Pop 
vaude. house apparently tied up in 
picture contract. Weak pictures 
not drawing cards; $19,000. 
(CopyritH 19fi9i by Varioty, Int.) 



Boys $1,500,000 Ranch 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 
Cecil B. I^eMillie, Jesse Lasky, 

Harry Chandler, publisher of Los 
Angeles "Times," and other Holly - 
wood and Los Angeles business- 
men have formed a corporation, 
purchasing the, Bartlett estate of 
New Mexico ahd Colorado, at a 
price said to have been $1,500,000. 
$1,000,000 was paid in cash. 

The Partlott estate comprises one 
of tlie best known ranches in th<' 
Southwest 



S9txe's Hpteb 

Milwaukee, Nov. 16. 

The Saxe Amusement Intorosts 
have spread themselves into the 
hotel field, it was learned here this 
week, when they purchased the 
Randolph Hotel from the lland«lph 
Brothers. The name of the hotel 
Will bo changed. 

The hotol Ims l>e»Mi the theatrl<'al 
'"^""^M""*'*'"-B fftr hurlsa^"^ pmnlf 
for years. 

The Saxe people announced they 
aro also interested in three other 
hotrls here, new ■Relinonf. just 
opened and managed by Frank liur- 
flingcr, former night club operator; 
Shorccrest, and the Stratford Arms, 
family apaftment hotels. 



ST. JOHNNORMAL 

■voir with Canadian Thankaaiving 
and Anntolieoliay, Top^KW 

8t. John. N. B., Not. 19. 
A sudden shift in the weather 
from the prevailing mlldneas to cold 
helped busineiaa last wook at the 

local picture houses. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Imperial (1.600; 16-36)^-9. *'Devil 
Horao'* (Pathe). Monday. Canadian 

Thanksgiving Day. with consequent 
increase in patronage. 10-11, "Man 
o' War" (P. D. C). 12-13. "Hold 
That Lion" (F. P.). plus "Fighting 
Marine" serial. Saturday night 
drawing for hope chdat held stim- 
ulating business considerably. $3,500. 

Unique (850; 25)— 8-10, «*Red 
Kimono" (Vital). 11-19, *'8ilent 
Pal" (Lumas). $1,150. 

Queen Sq. (900; 25)— 9-9. **ItMust 
Be Love" (F. N.). 10-11. "Dixie 
Merchant'* (Fox). 12-13, "Cowboy 
Musketeer** (P. B. O.). •'Broadway 
Lady" billed for midweek change, 
but transfer made with no cause an- 
nounced. 91>000. 

Palace (550; 20)— 8-9. "Merry 
Widow." 10-11, "Laat Frontier" 
(P. D. C), It-il. "Ariiona Swoop- 
stakes" (U.). $460. 
(Copyright, 19^ by Variety, Inc.) 



PRES. REUnVES MD 
NOTHING IN WASH. 



But Palace, Wash., Had Fields 
Film— Terch Devil/ Way 
Off 



(Ewkimmi^d Whita Population, 980^- 

000) 

Washington, Nov. 16. 
The President's relatives, as a 

stage feature at the Palace, did 
little at the box office of the Pala,ce 
last week. 

"So's Your Old Man" on the screen 
helped considerably, evidenced by 
the fact that business bullded up- 
wards from rather slow start. 

With no explanations necessary, 
Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) boosted 
at the Metropolitan by a goodly 
spurt, repeating in this picture 
houso within a few months of his 
appearanoa at tha Affla (vaude- 
pic). 

Columbia with "Bardelys the 
Magniflcent," second week, was ott, 
while the "Perch of the Devil," with 
five days allotted, the house closing 
Friday for a pre- showing of 
"Michael Strogoff." did a pitiful 
business. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Columbia— "Bardelys the Magnifi- 
cent" (M-O-lff) (1,292; 85-60). Un- 
der usual for B Oinp >i w aa l c VoauHtily 

$7,500. 

Metropolitan— "Forever After" (F. 
N.) and Ukulele Ike (1 518; 40-60). 
Hou.se claimed picture liked, too. 
Appears to have been Of - pig; (Mat 
Clifr Edwards. $15,000. 

Palace — W. C. Fields In "So*s 
Your Old Man" (F. P.) and Old- 
Time Vermont Dance Orchestra (2.- 
390; 35-60). Washington is accus- 
tomed to President's and other high 
officiala* relatives. About $14,800. 
Nothing exceptional. Picture set- 
tled. 

Rialto— "Perch of the Devil" (U.) 
(1,978; S5-60). Five days with new 
policy setting Saturday as opening 
day: did nothing startling; $4,000, 
generous. * 
Thia Week 
Columbia, "Quarterback"; Metro- 
politan. **Paradi8e'*; Palace, *'Aloma 
of South 8oaa**: RlaltOk /MIMmioI 
Strogoff." ^ \ 5 . ^ 

(Copyright 1t2«> VarW|y; |M) 

Tariety,' N. O. Sensation 
3d Week at Tudor 

New Orleans, Nov. 16. 

For the first time in Iccal film 
history a picture theatre is holding 
over a feature for a third week. 
The picture is **Varkity.»* Incon- 
spiouons Tudor Is showing Its heels 
to the more auspicious cinema tem- 
ples about by establishing a record, 
and that after wallowing about in 
the despond of neglect for months. 

Tudor was Just $400 behind Its 
opening week, witli its second week 
of "Variety" running above $6,000. 
The picture Is in at a flat admission 
of 40c. 

Lew Cody in "The Gay Deceiver" 
did not help the State much, the 
house dropping below $15,000. 

Business i)ickrd up some at the 
Strand when Corlnne Griffith in 
"Syncopatin* Sue" topped $5,000. 

Liberty, too, was above Its aver- 
age with "Nell Gwyn." a picture 
that is showing a deal of Dorothy 
Glsh, figuratively speaking. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Loew's State (3,600; 60)— "The 
Gay Deceiver." Not so good for this 
one. Business under normal at 

$14,800. 

Tudor (SOO; 40)- "Va defy.'' Local 
sf^nsatlon. cjot $5,200 second week, 
hehl over for third. 

Strand (2.200; 75)— "Syncopatin* 
Sue." I'oi inne arlffith quite favorite 
here. $5,100. 

Liberty (l.SOO; .•;o>— "Nell Gwyn." 
Proved suipii^''. jotting $4,400. 
(Copyright, 1929» by Variety, Ine.) 



OVER $301 000 FOR 
m BOOTS' AT 
STANLEY 



Rushing Fall Busines9^ 
Continues— Fox Oyer 
$20,000 Utt Wook 



1 



Philadelphia, Nov. 19. 
No apparent let-up in the general 
big business in t&e film liouses last 



Tbo only excoptlon waa Mary 

Pickford's "Sparrows," a bitter dis* 

appointment in its two weeks at the 

Strnton. Last week's gross lAiowed 
a drop of over 94.009, with loss than 

$9,000 claimed, and most of that 
due to overfiow from other bouaes 
Thuraday and Saturday. 

Stanley had another big week 
with £ddie Cantor in "Kid Boots" 
the film feature. Previous week 
house got $34,00(r, with "The Quar- 
terback" and Waring's Penneyl* 
vanlans dividing the credit. Las9. 
week there was a Stanley Frolic to 
help the picture, but by no means 
as strong in local box-ofilce pull as 
the Waring crowd. Hence Cantor 
must get most of the credit, and tha 
gross of between $30,000 and $31,000 
was all the more amazing. Aa 
elsowhere. the flbn fans accepted 
Eddie Instanter, and the picture 
proved a box-office "natural." It 
might havo stayed a aecond week 
with great results, but that Is not 
the Stanley company's policy for 
this house. 

Fox had a bully week without the 
aid of any big names among the 
stage acts. Tha picture, "Midnight 
Lovers," was panned, too, but this 
didn't make much dlfTerence. Gross 
was again over $20,000. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Stanley (4,000; 35-60-75)— "Kid 
Boots" (F-P.). This Eddie C^antor 
film proved sensation with some 
help from "Stanley Frolic" Over 
$30,000. 

Stanton (1,700, 35-50-75)— "Spar- 
rows" (U. A.) (2d week). Distinct 
disappointment with less than $9,000 
in second and final week, despite 
general good business. "Four 
Horsemen** this wetic. 

Fox (3.000; 99)— "Midnight Lov- 
ers" (Fox). Picture not given much 
praise and bill had no very big . 
names, but gross better than $20,000 
again. Jan Garber and Musical 
Merrymakers given chief billing. 

Aldine (1,500; $1.65)— "Bean 
Geste" (F. P.). Wednesday and 
Thuraday nights big, and, of course^ 
Saturday. Matinees still so-so. 
Climbed peg with almost $11,000. 
10th week, and no end In sight. 

Arcadia (800; 50)— "La Boheme"* 
(M-G-M, 1st week). Good business 
but not promising longer than twa 
weeks. Around $4,000 or little un- 
der. 

Karlton (1,100; 50)— "Young April" 
(P. D. C). Helped by boom given 
house by Red Grange picture^ About 

$2,750, with rather weak feature. 

(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, Ino.) 



TOPEKA'S HIGH $2,600; 
LOW $750; DISMAL W'K 



'Waltz Dream' Among Flop 
'Speeding Venus' Prize 
Bust 



Topeka, Kans., Nov. 19. 
(Drawing Population, 85,000) 
Pitiful week, not even Armistice 
Day helping the box office much. 

The only real money taken in was 
at the lais with "The Merry Wid- 
ow," second run, and at the Oeok 
with the "Vanishing American," sec- 
ond run. The "Widow" showed to 
more people on second run . than 
when first released for this burg. 
Kven the Novelty, vaudeville, the 
town's most consistent money 
maker, did no more than break even. 

No explanation. Business first 
half practically a flop everywhere. 
Estimates for Last Week 

Jayhawk (1,500; 40)— "Walts 
Dream," with Italian Serenaders on 
stage, established new low for first 
three days since house opened. Last 
half, "Forlorn River." forlorn bet. 
Went into 'the red" with total of 
$2,600. 

Orpheum (1.100; 30) — "Eagle of 
Sea," ail week. "Only a picture." 
Not more than $1,400. 

Cozy (400; 30)— Mediocre picture?* 
both halves. Results 'bf low normal. 
"Speeding Venus" fPrlscilla Dean) 
took low rrcord for town. I^ast half 
opening on Aruiistice I'ay almost 
witlumt advertisinK. "rnkiiuwn 
Soldier ' mu»h better, but failed to 
do bettor. T«»t;»l for week set at 

(Copyright, 1929, by Variety, Inc.) 





PICTURES 



VARIETY 



B'WA Y RECORDS 




WEEK 



UPSTAGE," 2D WEEK. L A, 
lOMDOrGISH FILM. MET. $2411110 



Fanchon & Marco Prolog, Alto Held Over at State, 
. Equal Credit— ''Mystcrj Club/' Foz*s, (^trnfm.' 
▼iifdbfe Sign mt Uptown Widi 



Los AjiffelM, Nov. 16. 

(Drawing Population, ^^SSOJOOO) 

Armistice Dajr w$lm a life aaver 
last Ht^k. liighi prices wert Ui ef • 

tect all day. 

' Lioew's State took the leadership 
%way from the MetropotlUa, tor^- 
Ing its grons around $4,000 ahead of 
the larifsr house. This was unusual^ 
as'dis State tia4 a hoMover proloff* 
with Norma Shearer In "U|>«ta«e." 
However, the FMichoo^and Marco 
■tags p r — tn ta t loa wmm wow and 
foUcs did not mind looking at it a 
' second time, sometliing they do not 
do elsewlicre. With BCIm Shearer 
as screen attraction It was cinch for 
house to boost over |§,000 above 
week before. 

Metropolitan waa way off with the 
Dorothy Oiab picture, "London." 
House droMNid around |t.90O below 
week before, which was only fair 
in comparison with the busioeiis 
« th^ bouse ^8 l^n dolngr. 

•Temptress" ended a four- week 
run minue two days at the Million 
Dollar, taking in around $13,000 for 
the period. "We're In the Navy 
Now" opened to capacity Armistice 
Day and looka as though it is in 
for at least four weelu*. The Beery- 
Hatton combiMttion in this town is 
Just as rellahabto M los cream on a 
sweltering day. 

."Don Juan" finished a 14-week 
engagement at the Kgyptlan Tues- 
day* The Vitapbone attachment did 
not seem to «pur business along any 
with the picture alone having played 
to around 2&0,000 people before Vita- 
phone took tlie place of the Grau- 
man prolog. However, Vltaphone 
continues here with the Colony show 
of New York opening Wednesday 
(today) with "The B< tter 'Ole." 

•'Bardelys the Magnificent" pulled 
stakes at the Cwrthmy Circle Sunday 
niirht after a none too wholosome 
engagement. House remain* dwk 
until Nov. if When "What Price 
Glory" 1m»itH world premiere. 

"Kosher Kitty Kelly" cau^rht on 
at the Flgueron rnthor gtron^ and 
Is beln^ held over for a third week. 

"The Mystery Club" proved a 
great selling title at the Uptown 
and did close to $8,500. 

Estimdites for Last Week 

•iltmore~"Ben-Hur^ (M-O-M) 
(1,«50; 50-$1.50). Strengthened up 
bit in next to final week; $12,50«. 

Qmuman'e Cgyptian — "Don Juan" 
CVTarner) (1.800: 60-$1.50). Sud 
denly halted to make way for "Bet- 
ter 'Oie"-VluplioBO oombftnation 
Final nine-d«dE< tntnkg avoiivd |U,- 

000. 

Carthay Circle — "Bardelys the 
Magnificent" (M-O-M) (1,650; 60- 
$1.50). Rnded none too good run 
Sunday. House dark until KoT. If 
Final week around f 11,000. 

Forum — "Winning of Barbara 
Worth" (U. A.) (14ff; 26-76). Very 
good fifth week; around $11,000. 

Loew's 8tate~"Up8tage" (M-G 
M) (2,300; 25-$l). With WOW of 
prolog, this Norma Shearer left 
town with $28,500. 

Metropolitan— "Liondon" (F.P.-L.) 
(S.6fl; 21-66). Dorothy Gish no box 
ofllce winner in this English pic 
ture, as $24,000 denotes 

Million Dollar— "The Temptress" 
(M-O-M) (2,200; 25-75). Pinal five 
days brought in around $13,000 
through aid Hearst papers with 
beavy advertising campaign. 

Figueroa — "Kosher Kitty Kelly" 
(P.B.O.) (1.600; 26-76). Second 
Wfek winner, drawing around $8,600. 

Criterion— Mare Nostrum" (M- 
O-M) (1,800; 25-35). After long 
run nt Forum did remarkably well 
by getting $S.500. 

Uptown — "The Mystery Club" 
(Fox) (1,760; 25-75). Title seemed 
box offlre marget. Climbed from 
opening day to healthy return of 
arnitnd 18.600. 

(Copyrfflht, IfM^ Variety, Ino.) 



SPECIAL ACTS SAVED 
BALTO. BIZ LAST WEEK 



Victor Artists Coupled witli 
'Vwiety,' $24^ at 

" cimtury 



"Tin Hat*' " Sequel 

T.08 Angeles. Nov. 16. 

Edward Sedgwirk and I-^ou L»lp- 
ton, who made the screen adapta- 
tl(.n of "Tin Hats," which the for- 
mer directed for Metro -Ooldwyn- 
Mnyer, are now writing a sequel 
caUed "Red PanU.** 

Bert Roache and George Cooper, 
'rho played the leading roles in 
"Tin Hats/' may be continued as a 
team* 



Baltimore, Nov. 16. 

Laat week was unusually spotty. 

The Ix>ew-<:entury got another good 
break. "Variety." plus Victor 
ArtlsU, was the reason. The RItoII 
was also in the vanguard. War- 
Ittg's Pennsylvanians rather than 
I*als First" get and deser ve the 
credit. The two combination hottsss 
turned in excollent weeks. * 

It wan the second week of the 
PImlIco race season, and this likely 
shot the matinees but night weather 
was CairoraMe. Only one legit oppo- 
sition and Armistice Day gave iMiii- 
day to the six-day week. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Century— "Variety • (3,000; 35-75). 
Local reviewers turned in favorable 
conunents well ahead of locjil debut. 
Many regrets over censored version. 
Programed with Eight Victor Artists 
w\in drew biggest applause, with 
possible exception of Rubinofl. Very 
satisfactory week. $24,OfO. 

Rivoli— "Pals First" (2.000; 35- 
76). Picture was not tho thiug last 
week. Bi-annual engagMnani of 
War lag's Pennsylvanlans, and they 
delivered. 

New— "Take It From Me*' Cl.tff ; 
25-50). Failed to deliver. Appar- 
ently Denny film^ are of uneven 
audienoe i^uallty^ Hou.se suffering 
f r om u^iff w jjuaJilly of Alma. jLiioui 

Warner-Mot. — "MiintraiP* (1.800 ; 
16-^y. This local Warner house 
lius Just passed through period of 
resident-managerial readjustment. 
Consequently business affected un- 
sc ttled state. Too early in regime 
of present Manager North to pre- 
dict future. The fact is, however, 
that this theatre, formerly the crack 
uptown firat-run theatrt-. ha.s slipped 
within the past eigtit months. Busi- 
nlMS up and down. lASt week 
failed to turn In good account. 
Races and the proximity of PImlico 
partially to blame. About $5,500. 

Embassy— "The Boy Friends" (1,- 
400; 36-60). Business off here. 
lUocatlon makes for good percen- 
tnge of male matinee patrons and 
these likely drawn to races. Marked 
first week of return of the house to 
orchestra in the pit. Since ntopen- 
ing of house In fall Rea's "Califor- 
nia Nighthawks" have been filling 
the stage and the picture accom 
panlment has been left to the house 
organ. MIscha Guterman In for in- 
definite engagement as guest con- 
ductor. About If.Off. 

Hippodrome— "Miss Nobody" and 
vaude. (8,^00; S6-50). AU around 
good bm. Picture liked and vaude 
went over big. Exceptional week at 
between $11,500 and $12,000. 

Garden — '"Thirty Below Zero" and 
vaude. (2.300; 25-60). Buck Jones 
roped box office for a high score. 
Good week at over $11,000. 

Parkway— "Son of the Sheik" (1. 
400; 15-35). Valentino demonstrated 
his posthumous drawing powor at 
the big downtown Century. Moved 
uptown to Lioew*s second run 
house, film boosted receipts, which 
have been well below $5,000 since 
the reopening week. While not ca- 
pacity and matinees spotty, Satls 
factory at $5^00. 

Ttiia Week 

Century, "Sparrows": Embassy. 
"Cat's Pajamas"; Hippodronie. 
"That Model from Paris": Kivoli, 
".lohanna"; New. "Return of Peter 
CJrimm"; (larden, "Country Hn- 
yond"; Metropolitan, "Millionaire.^." 

(Copyright, 1f28, by Variety, Inc.) 

SETTZ BACK— WOEKIKG 

I»s AuK^lcH. Nov. IS. 

John Seltz, recently returned af- 
ter several years In Germany, has 
been engaged by Metro-Cioldwyn- 
Mayer to photograph Lillian Gish 
i in "The Wipd." 

Seits Is .also an expert In film 
chemistry. 




HOME TOWN EXH16S BEST JUDGES 

OF pictures-iariety; ^ 



mmnm 



GvMt lUcord PaiMd for 
S«ip«r on C o m oc Mtiy Ron 
and Rialto'a High Sur- 
pMtnd om "HMnd"— En- 
oluurigtic Oon^fivM Pictnra 
Got $9,300 at Jolson 
Firtft Wnak— ""Dm Jumn'' 
at Wmmt^s jiMwInt Gnin 
for Two Wooka— -Straad'g 



PARAMOUNT^ FRIDAY 



Picture history was created on 
Broadway last week, with "The Big 
Parade," the first screen production 
to pass $1,000,000 in receipts on a 
consecutive run, achieving that rec- 
ord In less than a year, and again 
with the breaking of the house rec- 
ord at the Rialto, where "We're In 
the Navy Now^ rolled up $43.76$, 
giving nine performances a day. 

Two records in one week, to the 
credit of the run production In the 
legitimate house and one tor the 
grind " at popular prices. 
In the regular ^re^ljr change 
houses the one other development 
of note was the changing of the 

(Continued on page 13) 



3 NEW BANDS IN 
BISCO: TOP, 
.$211000 



N«vy* $16,000 at impMrud 

— Granada Get* SUige 
Flop and $18^ 



8an Francisco, Nov. 16. 

Three new band leaders In town 
last week. Rube Wolf at the War- 
fleld, Sherwoods at the California, 
and Ben Black at the Granada. 
Wolf and thf Sherwoods did busi- 
ness at the two houses better than 
their respective averages. The 
Granada was down around $19,000. 
That's below avorago. 

"Subway Sadie" and Wolf were 
tremondous at the Warlleld. Th^ 
Arst tawr dasrs receipts Indicate the 
pace: 

Saturday •••••••••••• $5,875 

Sunday .•• • • • • • • ••• •••••••• 6,250 

Monday ....*••••*•,••••••••• ?t,200 

Tuesday 3.100 

with Thursday rating a boost In 
prices on account of Armistice, with 
total In excess of $26,000. A groat 
ballyhoo fur Aim and for new leader. 
Estimates for Last Week 

California— "Butterflies in Rain" 
(U) (2,200: 36-60-75). Ruslne-s 
spotty but totaled better than usual 
at around $12,000. Inaugurating new 
type of stage band. 

Qranada— "Taxi, Taxi" (U) (2,- 
7S6; I6-iO-fi-fO). Matinees terrible 
and night business off, too. Ksti- 
mated $18,000, with new stage band 
flopping. 

imperial— "We're in the Navy 
Now" (F. P.) (1,460; 16-60-05-1)0) 
Second week of Be ery- Hatton com- 
edy natural, tremendous. H^-tter 
tlmn $16,000. Four week.s at least 
count*»d on by house. BuHin«'Ms 
erinailin? several stendlng records 
for liriperial. 

St. Frsncis— "Beau Gf-sto" <V. P.. 
4th w oi'l o (1 , 67 6 ; 60-$1.6 0) . I te pofl^ 
ed notice ziven muMicians and Nt:i^'c 
hand.s. Nobody will c.onfosM to .my 
knowledge of what follows. Vita- 
phono p^-noned. •*Beau" down to 

rtrr.iind $1 ?,000. 

Wsrfieid— '8ubway Badle' (F. N.) 
(2,630; 86-&f-f6-f0). $2«.f0f. 
(Copyright, IfM, by Varittyt Inc.) 




Comment From Minn, on *Xtean Version'* Sent 
There— Hennepin-Orpheum With ''Man O' War'' 
(Pa Da C)» $14,000t Poorttl-WeA in Months 



HEN OF STEE'' BREAKS 
RECORD WITH $10^ 



Majestic, Providence, Tries 
Sifigit FMtair*^ Orange 
FHm Slips 



Providence. Nov. 1$. 
(Drawing Population, tOOgOOO) 
Armistloe Day helpod Prorldonce 

buslnels tb chalk up good week. 
One new house record and one sur- 
prising flop among the lUm theatres 
were outetandlng. 

"Men of Steel" packed them in at 
the strand all WSOk* HoUfS rOOpCd 

wa.s broken. 

Red Grange's "One Minute te 
Play," on the other band, came 
through with a low figure, contrary 
to expectation of big businoga/Viai 
the football picture. 

Three houses — Fay's, Strand and 
Victory — showed surprising speed 
with pictures of the Brown-Harvard 
game at Cambridge on Saturday. 
The contest ended In Hoston shortly 
before » o'clock and the Alms of it 
were flashed in the three houses 
noted at the 7 o'clock performance. 

To compete with tlie two Fay- 
owned film and turn houses, the K. 
F. Albee theatre ha.s reduceil its 
Sunday prices from 7r»c. top to 50c. 
top. 

The two Fay flrst-run houses. Ma- 
jestic and Rialto, have adopted for 
an indefinite period the one-.eature 
policy. No appreciable <ii£fereuc« in 
business as yet. What few coiii- 
ments from movlo-^oor.s th.it have 
been heard so for have been unfa- 
vorable. This town has be^me 
UHod to the. two-fentnre policy, and 
it will take considerable persuasion 
to accustom them to anything: ilif. 

Cstimatoa Hr Last Week 

Majestic (2.500; 10-40)- Private 
Izzy Murphy" (Warner). Hlg re- 
ceipts Sunday and Armistice Day. 
Rest of week fair. One few ture nur- 
rounded by short Hubjects, i>er new 
l>olicy. Good at $7,000. 

Rialto (1,448; 15-40)— "One Min- 
ute to Play" (F. B. O.). Languid 
interest, although liked by tho.ne who 
Hiiw It. "The Quarterback" took 
edge off attendance. Barely average 
at $6,000. 

Victory (1.060; 16-40)— "The 
Temptress'* (M-G-M). Big business 
at $8,000. 

Strand (2,200; 16-40) — "Men of 
Steer (1st N.> crashed single-day 
record on Armistice Day nnd house 
rceord for wepk. .Short one-fuature, 
ttvo-liour show kept audiences mov- 
ing. About $io,r»oo. 

Fay's (2,000; ir,-50) Vaude drew 
most of buslnes.s. "Hreed of Hea" 
(h\ B. O.) feature picture. About 
$10,000. 

Em»ry (1.474; 15-50)— "Hlock Sig- 
nal' (F. B. C). undistinguished rail- 
road drama, ran second to vaude as 
draw. Good at $8,900. 

Albee (2.600; l&-76>— "Return of 
Peter OHto" (Fox) liked. Vaude- 
ville draw. Up at $10,760. 

This Wssk 

Victory. "Bardelys. Magnificent," 
"The Hoob": .Strand. "Amateur Gen- 
tleman." "When the W ife n Away"; 
Ma Jest i(. "So's Your Old Man"; 
Rialto. "Fools of Fashion"; Fay's, 
"Devil's Dice"; Emery, "Lost at 
Sea"; Albee, "Almost a I.ady." 
(Copyright, 1teS» by Vsristy, Ino.) 



Paramomit Ticket Demand 



This week ororyone in New York 
is t»aitllng to secure seats to the 
opening,' of the Parnmount tlientre. 
Lawyers, doctors. Judges, titled for- 
eigners, picture and stage stars, and 
theatrical managers, all trying to 
H o vur o o n e o f th e o o v s t od l nslts » 
tions. 

They are satisAed with what they 
can get as long as they can be 

tbf re. 

in one premium tlieatie Urket 
agency there was an offer of $900 
for six scats anywhert in the house. 



Minneapolis. Nov. 16. 
Fir.st real cold weather of winter 
helped to dent grosses last week. 
With the temperature 10 above zero 
the public, not yet accustomed to the 
chiUy bbiste. clung to tho hom o 
flres. 

"Variety." at the Strand, did the 
best business of .any foreign -made 
picture here since "Passion." At 
that, considering the newspaper 
boosting and word -of- mouth pralso, 
takings were nothing to exult over, 
although sufficiently large to war- 
rant a second week. 

To this reporter at least it seems 
certain that If Pamoiis players had 
seen flt to send Minneapolis the 
same print of * \>riety" as that 
shown In New York and at the 
Roosevelt. ChiraKo. the pi«;ture 
would have pulled probably 60 per 
eent better. . Instead, this town had 
It with the flrst two reels entirely 
omitted and the balance of the pic* 
tnro so twisted as to make it appear 
the trapexe performer and his lady- 
love were joined in the holy bonds 
of matrimony. 

The local exhibitors were In no 
way to blame for the failure to show 
the real "Variety," They tried to get 
the New York print. On the other 
hand, if these far-removed flim peo- 
ple were actuated by an opinion thot 
we are too provincial and squeamish 
for such fare, they gauged our men- 
talltles and capacity- for approcla* 
tion o: true art .without any InvestI* 
gation, and Just as much condemna- 
tion should be heaped ui>on them. 
In any case. It would seem, local 
exhibitors should ba the ones to de- 
cide In a ni.itter SUrh a.s this. 

"Tho Tem^tross." at the State, 
wdib *'fliiror, but adverso conditions 
hurt trade. 

estimates for Last Week 
- State (2.040; «0)— ^«Tfae Temp* 
tress" (M-(J-M); Karolyn HanLs. 
contralto, and string quartet. Three 
Sailors." on stage. Picture abdv^ 
average; big4«pi fair. Aruond 111* 
000. 

Strsnd (l.tOO; 60)— "Variety (P. 

P.). Press and public enthusiastic, 
hut takiiiKa iield room for improve- 
ment. About $6,000; big profit. 
H' ld over. ' 

Garrick (1,800; 60— •l^tddle" (F. 
R. <> ). Melody Makers. iRnored 
almost completely. • Around $4,000. 

Lyric (1.300; 36)— "Hold That 
Lion" (F. P.). -Well-liked comedy. 
Douglas MacLean has little bog« 
office pull here. About $1,400. 

Aster (890; 25)— "Rlarney" (M-O). 
Corking picture; deserved hotter 
b\jslnoos; $1,000. 

Grand (000; 25)— "Man* Nostrum'' 
M-G). Ueeond run downtown; mod- 
erate trade; $700. 

Hennepin-Orpheum (2,826; 60-H> 
—"Her Man o' War" (P. D. C.) and 
vaude with Sessuo Hayakawa; fair 
bill; skidding gross: arottlid |14.ggg: 
worst in weeks. 

Panteges (1.600; 60)— "Her Honor 
the Governor ' and vaude. James J, 
Corbett and Bobbie Jiarrle, headlin- 
ing, meant more than plr ture. Busi- 
ness off, dad to oonditions; about 
$6,000. \ ' 7 

Seventh Street (l,4$t; 60>^"Ador. 
able Deceiver" and vaude. Satis- 
factory show; less than $6,600; low. 
(GapyHghit IfMii by Varlalyii lna*)k 

Rizt Rof ce's OpinM 
oflhsWCbifci 

Los Angeles. Nov. If. 

^iza Hoyre, screr-n artresH, In 
private life Mrs. Joset von Stern- 
berg, went to a ptastio surgeon and 
had her noHt* put In the proper 
shape, f^he then returned to live 
with her husband after an 
estrangement of three weeks. 

Tho rfrf)n» i]i.itlon I:; ».xl<\ to have 
followed Vr)n Sternben^'« vl?«it to 
the ofllce of the phistie surgeon, 
to escort his wife to her I ome after 
the operation. Mrs. Von Hteri.bers:. 
at the tirciM ftild her huMlan<l was 
too tentptTuientui and that slto 
wouki Immediately bring a dtvoren 

a<" f i < ) n . ' 

However, ! Is tenii»e!*ament had 
changed to the .souilting kind when 
She left tfie office of tho ptasMg 
doctor. 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, November 17. 1926 



INSIDERS HOVE ORPHEUH UP; 
PATHE SINKS IN DULL HARKET 



^ Famous Players and Loew Merely Mark Time— Cki- 
eiktp Crowd Use Fall Business for Window Dress- 
ing— >Wftll St Not Inspired by Film Merger Telle 



Minor features in the week of 
■lock market trading were the 
movement of Orpheum out of its 
low around 2f to better than 81, 
probably inspired by Chicago^ in- 
•ideni; and the steady decline of 
Pathe £xchancs to 34Vi» new bot- 
tom, fiMPO— nflns Mlling due to ^ 
9orla oC SlmlntohoS prollts, dopArt- 
'■m%. of. Harold XJosrd ptodiiet from 
0m' llRtliii^ llsl Md il^T fMlon. 
>-^l^Jfm m^itaat IImoo movomonts In 

em tai emnoomgat group of 
jhunouo Players and Xjoew, 
remarkaMr slatlonary under 
■mall deallnfs. Famous Players 
was near Its best at IK at noon yes- 
tordays foltowiag a wo^ of chum- 
Ins pmmM d anrrow imngOp* iHiUe 
Xaooir^ont thtough' an entlro week 
of trading . without getting out of 
the narrow ground between 44 and 
SI. WbUo^eie laportiiat iMlMi 
wore merely watting, the smaller 
atocks gralibod the oontVr of tiio 
•tags. 



TiM Onlkmta aioTo was part of 

the annual play. The Chicago out- 
fit apparently wanted some action 
and aa usufl pSdced the middle 
•utoma to gtvii the tieker a whirl, 
ikmusements always look best from 
a trading angle about this time of 
year. The September-January pe- 
vlod la tiM bos olBoo ■eaeon, rep- 
resenting the public's return to the 
theatre after the summer lull. Thus 
the time la faTorable for a bull 
Staionitratlon teplylntf that ah en- 
couraging stataoMat proSta la 
la prospect. 

nr the time the glowing state- 
■rnt la Mda paMnt erobabir the 

long lines put out at this time by 
the pool will have been evened up. 
Benco the familiar oceurrence of a 
p i l ea raetaaleil Jaat as faTorable 
tiews gets on the news ticker. Deal- 
ings in Orpheum last week totaled 
if«Oft aharea, many times the nor- 
SMa turaoTir for this quiet issue, 
but still no Twy Imposing volume 
If it meant anything more aub- 
atantial than a smi^ll pool flyer. 

The worst apparently waa out In 
Pathe with the statement Issued 
Mondajf ahowing 4MroAts for the 28 
weaka aadlag July it, at the rate 
•f IMS a ihara ooaipared to $4.i9 
m ahare for the same period of 1925. 

Apparently the market figures 
Oiat tJ&e Immediate future la tiot 
promising. The peiiod reported 
does not, of course, include the 
business altogether without some of 
Om Pathe featurea which are now 
Mlaslng from its list The stock 
was high at 8t and in 1925 earned 
$7.42 a share net» compared to 



which the $2.22 reported la dis- 
couraging. 

' ' ' Merger ° isaeraid 

There la another Mglii to tha de- 
cline in Pathe. Thire has been 

much talk of a merger of this prop- 
erty with P. D. C. and other organi- 
zationa. The ateady drop oC- last 
week, representing more than f 
points at its extreme for the move, 
apparently expressed no hopeful 
rle^ an tiM part of the ftaaadal 
community of auch a deaL The ex- 
treme low was probably helped by 
the peculiar aituation of the mar- 
ket, wbea praliMMtonal aborta were 
combing the Hat for weak spots and 
concentrated upon this particular 
issue for a drive. When pressure 
was remored. PtJihm ffalli4|d aooe- 
what to S7tt, 1^ which point It ap- 
peared to have settled yesterddy. 
Fox and Radio 

The same kind of pressure was 
directed agalnat" Wox during^ the 
week. Support came in aroiiad 68 
and the atock ateadlad jeaterday 
around 7t« ^ 

In tfiibaetloB with Vox* aothing 
appeara to hav4 bean done toward 
discounting the new talking device 
to be exploited, although the owner- 
ship of ^le device by Radio Corp. 
of America haa helped tbat atock 
materially. Radio had a move yes- 
terday from §• to tO)t. It la aaid 
the Fox people are understood ta be 
ready to start a big campaign In 
the talking device, which holds out 
promise of profit. It la pointed out 
that the Warner campaign was 
based on juat aaieh a development, 
although, of course,, there is nothing 
to indicate that ,the Fox people haTo 
any iateattoii af aspialtlag their 
(BohneetlMi Hor atdck ■iaiket pur- 
poses. 

Fiastman Kodak voted an extra of 
7t eeita*aa Ita aoakmoa atoek, aip^ 

parently about What was exp^ted. 
The stock held steady just below 
120. Eastman haa an enormous 
surplus. ai|d the diabunpemeat Juat 
made is taken aa a fd^ecaat, af a 
more liberal ■ polley toward SloGk- 
holders. 

In the abaence of deaHngala Bala- 

ban & Katz for several weeks on 
the New York Curb, the Chicago 
Board supplied prices. Balaban A 
Kata waa done Monday la •.Chicago 
at 64, compared with the two -week - 
old price of 63 in New York. An- 
other out of town developipent was 
the reaomptlon of tba Mv^nce on 
the Philadelphia Bourse of Stanley 
Co. of America. Under heavy buy- 
ing (nearly 10,000 shares changed 
handa In a aingle aeaalon) the atock 
got to a new high around 92. 

In the bond department Warner 
OVi's were under preaaufe,' while 
Loew 6*8 were In demand at par. 
The Keith S'a.wa dvtt at t7% to 
88%. 



eaamsaav Sia liMOlt 




99 



96% 
.69% 



611.000 



ending Saturday, Nov. 18: 
STOCK EXCHANQE 

Jwmvf and rmt*. 

EMtmaa Kodak (i) not* 

FAmotw PUyM«-L*«ky (10) 

Do. preforrod (8) .*.••• 

rirat Nat'l lot prof. (O.^*)......* 

n>x Film. CUM A (4). 

1(.«Q.-M, ptet. il.66).^.. 

Holloa Pte^ CMUa (|.66) 

I^ow (8) ' Bote. ••..••..*.•.••••.. 
Orpheum (9|.... 

'DO. proforrod ftt. 

Ikttao ExohABso. ClaM A (8)... 

ahvOiort Theatroo (ft) 

Valveroal^ Plot, lot prof. (8).... 

, CIam a. ••**••••• 

CURB 

Amorloon Soot, new (2) • 

Do., cum. prof. (n,....«...«.'« 

Balaban A XttS 

P*llja Inop^t. •••..•••«••• ••••••• 

rv>x Theatroo. . a ••...••«,•* t*. 
l^alToroal Plota. ••*••••••••••••• 

Uatted ArUMiTT... 

.•.•••*•*•*.*••••*•• 
BONDS 



Hich. 

lao^ 

117^ 

f 

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42% 
42H 

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41 



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119^ 

44% 



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41% 
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T . T 
96 24% 

mi aa 
6T vt 




WAUUTH OF SYRACUSE 
KEW STATE NRECm? 

N. Y. State M. P. Commission 
Abolished Jan. 1 — Censoring 
Under Board SupenMon 



Byraouaeb'K. T., Kor. II. 

Mohn H. Walrath, former Mayor 
of Syracuse, may be named the new 
motion picture director of New 
York Btata aft a aalary aC m.00g a 

year. 

Members of the State Board of 
Regents and officials of the Depart- 
ment eC SdoeatloB hkf had aeyeral 
Informal conferences on the ques- 
tion of censorship of pictures, 
which function will be placed under 
the DdoeatloB ]>epartniaBt Jaa. 1, 
and the preaent Motion Picture 
Commission af ^tofo members 
abollahed. * 7 

It la axpeeted a^^WtailU plan of 
supervision will be decided on at 
the meeting of the Board of Regenta 
scheduled for either Deo. 2 or 9. 
aoreraor Bmlth ta bla ▼arlaua an- 
nual messages has recommended 
the abolition of the State Motion 
Picture Commfaalon. OiQciala of 
tha departOMati I ww a r e r t deaiared 
here today that eVery arrangement 
waa^ being made for active and 
eompleta .anforeement of the eon* 
sorship law tthtn It la repealed. 

Under the reorganisation law. 
motion picture censorship la -to be 
carried on by a bureau la the De- 
partment of E<du<^on, headed by 
an executive director. Members of 
the Board of Regents have dis- 
cussed at length the question of a 
salary for this poaldoa.' •The three 
present motion picture commission- 
ers, who are Mr. Walrath, chair- 
man; Arthur I«evy, of New York, 
and Mra. mittbeth B. Colbert, of 
Albany, get a salary pf 67,500 each. 

The eommlssion's present force 
Indudea tS employes, with the ap- 
propriation for the oommisaion 

164,120. -s--^ J; • ■ 



41% 
11% 



+ Vi 
+ % 



B. P. Ketth (Bxchanfc) 
(Baohaiuif) eo....< 
r (QmT «6i....« 



. 68% 
160 09% 
116% 106% 



D7% 98 
100 

n2% 



iir fcosfr hnlodoaei estmt rate Is esehMive 



eoo 0 o 

+ % 
ef fBO. 



m 

Hi 



~ Adapted ^IOm'' FHm 

JjOB Angelea, Nov. 16. 
Clarence Badger pat Into produc- 
tion this week "A Kiss In a Taxi." 
Bebe Danlela' next picture for F. 

'M la aa*^ aii|^tloii V CllffiDird 
CkOjgvfrom a French comedy. 
noHa^admoii aaadi^tlip acreeo J 

aaiMfaii^MiMm^aillilihiHi^MiMbai 



Loa Angelea, Nov. 16, 
OeOrge M. Dranejr, 24, picture 

actor. Is under nrrcst charged with 
embezzlement. He is suspected of 
having given a eheek for |1,100 on 
a New York haak la pagient for 

an automobile. 

The .check <;ana ^clc, ptiarked 
••No AcoounL** ' 



Negotlatlona are nearing con- 
summation whereby David Wark 
Qrifflth, who Is severing producing 
reiatloaa with Famoua Players- 
Lasky. may direct *^eace of the 
World,** an original screen stonr by 
H. G. Wells, the famous English 
author. wlth..Bdward Oodal, laaa- 
aging director of Godal Interna- 
tional Films, Lttd., now in New 
Tork, handling the proposed Areen 
production. 

"Peace of the World** Is a S3m- 
opsis-scenario by Mr. Wells, writ- 
ten from a auggestion by Mr. 
QodaL 

This is Mr. OodaI*s first New 
York visit In seven years. At that 
other time he waa the managing 
director of British and Oal6aial 
Kinetomogrraphic Co., Ltd. 

God&l la atopping at the Hotel 
Astor in New York. To a Variety 
reporter he confirmed the ''paadlag 
negotkitions" with Griffith. 

"Peace of the World*' la an 
allegorical atory abowing tha wprld 
aa a meltlag pot and attda irUli the 
next 60 years. 

Its manufacture will be backed 
by BngHah eapitaL 

There have been many stories as 
to what Mr. Griffith would do fol- 
lowing hie. recently reported sep- 
aratloB fieam Vamouai . . 

S. C. St^ne Must Hang 

iios Angeles. Nov. 16. 

8. C. Stone, stepfather « of Jack 
Hoxie, picture actor, convicted of 
the murder of Kina and Mae Mar- 
tin, and aentenced to be hung, had 
the court*a findings upheld by the 
Superior Court. 

Stone must face the gallows 
within the next 60 days unleaa Gov- 
ernor Rldiardaoa latareedof, not 
Ukely. 




Hiram Abrams, 48, president aC 
the United Artists Corp., died - sud- 
denly Monday night, Nov. 16, at 
hia hane, lU Weal Itth alreet, aC 
heart failure. 

He had been confined by illness 
for over two months, but it waa not 
aspeeted that there would be a'aerl- 
ous outcome. 

The funeral services were held In 
New York yesterday afternoon at 
tha Weat flad Funeral Chapel, with 
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise officiating. 
Remains were taken to Portland, 
Me., laat night, 'accompanied by 
Mra^Jfloreaoe Abrama, Mra. Hamil- 
ton, ^mother of the wife, Mr. and 
Mrs. Moxley Hill, Dennis F. O'Brien, 
Harry D. Buckley, Paul N. Laaarua, 
Creaaon Smith, Charlea B. Moyer 
and Rabbi Wise. Interment will 
take place la Portland toddy 
(Wedneaday). 

Hiram Abrams was bom In Port- 
land, Me. Early in his business ca- 
reer he conducted a piano and aheet 
muato atore there and lator beoame 
interaatad in a number of theatres. 
In association with Walter EL 
Greene he atarted the Independent 
Film Bxehange In Boston. This 
waa In the day of the one and two- 
reel ers, liSter the exchange se- 
cured the Famoua Plurera fran- 
chlaa for' the New TBngtaad terri- 
tory. 

With the sale of the franchise 
back to Famous Players-Liasky aft- 
er the formation of PaiwaMjuat, Kr^ 
Abrams came to that organisation 
as general sales manager. He be- 
came president .of Paramount in 
If 19, remalnihg wHh the organisa- 
tion tmtil 1919, when, upon the 
formation of the United Artists 
with Mary Pick(ord, Charles Chap- 
\ia, Douilaa iyn>anka aad D. W. 
Griffith, he became its president. 

He was one of the youngest ex- 
ecutives in the picture industry, 
only tt whea a l i al a d 6a Hii preal- 
dency of Paramount, and 41 when 
heading United Artists. At one 
time he owned the Portland baae- 
halt atflK 

Last August Mr. Abrams took 
the first vacation he had had in 15 
years and spent several weeks at 
*hla farm at Poland, Ma On hIa re- 
turn he was in harness a short time 
when taken ill and forced to seek 
an extended rest. It waa only last 
week that Al lichtmaa waa ap- 
pointed to the position of general 
sales manager for^. A., through 
the realization tlUR Mr. Abrams 
would ha anable to be aft '^e helm 
of the oraaalaatlop |ar jmaa thne 
to come. . . • 

. His sudden death» however, came 
aa a complete aurprlhe to' Ma Inti- 
mates. Wife and daiw^MftTr Oraoe 
Abrams, survive. * 



xnr BiooYiiim 

9. R. Kent, general manager of 

Famous Players-T.nsky. is recover- 
ing at Harbour Hospital ffom an 
operation f or apnendicitis. 
. Be will be able (o return io lib 
home by MMliel^ng. 




181 ''SnBAT' JM WITEETOWH 



Ogdaaahurg, N. Y.; Nov. 16. 
This city will have iU flrnt Sun 
day pictures next Sunday wMn the 
Schinea open Ui^/Strand. 



U's 2 Bis Films 

Not Roodir Boforo '27 

Two big pictures Universal haa 
on its list of manufacture, *'Uncle 
Tom's Cabin" and "Show Boat,'* are 
not likely to re ach B io f Mma w until 
1927, with neither givett gMfteral'ta* 
lease until next fall. 
. U haa had all klnda of delay with 
tHa ^Tmtr pMM aai tt haa coat 
ao far more m^ilr tMft aUgfaally 
appropriated. 

The "Tom" outfit ia on location 
in Miaataaippl aaw aad Universal 
has decided to have all the scenes 
at Piattsburgh retaken. This will 
be done following the return from 
the aoutli of the "Tom** troupe, and 
some subsequent atadlo gMI talfan 
in the studio. 

With "Show Bdat,^ tha Maa 
f^rber atory, U Will inake ah'hii a 
aillai ' iil roductlon iMi : poaalble. 

McRaa Cliaiifat Dutioo 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 
Henry McRae has abdicated the 
post of director general at Univer- 
sal and will start dlreeUng "Wild 
Horse" for «Maa daacem next 

Henry Renlgson. general man- 
ager, takes over the MolUie post, 

combining it with hia own. 

Paul Kohler has been appointed 
supervisor of the Mary Philbln unit 
There ia a possibility that Harry 
Zehner will replace him as caating 
director. 



J. E. Hall Set at Last 



Los Angeles, Kov. 16. 
Jamea B. Hall, F. P.-Xj. featured 

player, is nj^ain set to piny in 
"Love's Greatest Mistake," the 
"Liberty" (qiagazine) prlfe atory. 
Hall flhany left for New York after 

the role was first promised him, 

ff^en the 1 ^K^^'^t^^f ^''^f 



COSMO STUDIOS ! 
MAY BE SOLD 

BYUEARST 



Slittborts Want Building 
for Storehouse— S400.«« 
000 for Reiqodding 

r by W.R. 

Negotiations are under way be* 
tween the Shuberta and W. R. 
Hearat wberebF the former may 
take over the Coamopolltan Studioa 
and utilise the aame as a theatrleal 
atorehouae. 

In tha event that the ' Shuberta 
do secure the property, it will be 
through the medium of an-eutright 
purchase. The possibilities are that 
the contract for tha tranafer will ba 
closed to day. 

The studios originally were Suit* 
ser'a Harlem River Park. It ex« 
tenda from tnd avenue to the Bar* 
lem river from 126th to 127th 
streets. It was secured by Hearst 
through C. F. Zlttel, who was then* 
general manager for the picture ao* 
tivities of the publisher. At that 
time there was a rupture between 
SSIttel and Hearst over the matter/ 
The remodeling of the former 
dance hall into a picture studio by 
Hearst la aaid to have cost |406,600. 
The floor of the atrueture la laid on 
dirt. Any oUier necessary floor 
space that might be required would 
have to be secured by adding upper 
storlea to the building now ataad* 
ing. 

There have been several fires at 
the plant since it has been a pic- 
ture atudio, a aorloua one oocurrlnff. 
about three yeara ago. Tha aatira 
stages had to be rebuild 

Hearst ceased his picture produc* 
lag aetlvitlea at the atudio over IS 
montha ago when the Marion Davies 
company was moved to the weat^ 
coast. For mof>e than a year M> 8. 
BpatiB haa heen maaagar of tha 
property for Hearst, but there has 
been little activity , there, U having 
been rented for a time to First Na* 
tional but recently the only organ!* 
zation w?>rklng there has been the 
Kane Productions, although within 
the ]BMt few weeka the Gloria 
Swanaoa unit started on a platttra 
for United Artists releaae. 



AgoiU Qaim Aii£tioiis 

Stop 



The Publix auditions at the Crlte* 
rion, Rialto and Rivoli, New York, 
the latter after midnight and but 
occasional, are meeting with soma 
criticism from the agents who sub- 
mit acts, because of the reigning 
confttalon. The neeeaalty for re* 
peated showing for two or three 
different oflllclals is another factor, 
and the difliculty to get established 
acta down for aiidltlono for tha 
Publix units also figures. • 

Agents claim they are not being 
properly protected for commissions 
through the repeated aadttlmur, tha 
artists, one knowtag the routine of 
selling themselves, not bothering 
with the second trip. 

Rosen Directing O'Hara 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 
Due to a change in productloa 
plana Phil Rosen has been assigned 
by F. B. O. to direct George 
O'Hara's next picture, "California 
or Bust," instead of Alf Oouldhig. 

The Utter win ha aaalgned ta 
another picture. 

Helen Foster wil' play the fcm* 
Inine ;ead oppoaito C^^ara. Othera 
In the cast are John Stoppling, 
Johnny Fox, Jr., and Irvine; Lacon* 



Jack Conway's Tides 

Mary Brian has been engagred by 
Robert Kane to appear opposite 
Ben Lyon in his next feature. "Th# 
Duke of Ladles." It will be rO-^ 
leased through First National. 

Jack Conway (Variety) will do 
the tltlea. 



GIIDA O&ATS <<GABABEr' 

Gllda Gray's second picture for 
Paramount will be "Cabaret." Rob- 
ert Vignola will direct. 

The picture is adapted from a 
story by Jack Lalt. published some 
time ago. Production is scheduled 
• to l^gin Dae. S«b 



iaiiMioiiiiili 




Wednesday, November 17, 1926 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 




RUN UKES SPARROWS 

""and ms ik mm 



^Ben-Hur" Beyond Expecta- 
tion»*-"SteUa Dallas" 



Berlin. Nov. 1. 

AMMrtoM Mmm m« beinc better 
^^^y«<l here this seaaon, although 
the whole film situation eeeme to 
be eulXerlns from inflation due to 
jkoo many houaee. 

The general acceptance of the 
American pictures ia to be partially 
aaoribed to tha lack of any native 
kita, Up to BOW tha Oermaii Aim 
Industry has failed to dftliver any- 
thing with a punch. Kven the long 
heralded *'Fauat" haa dono nothing 
ta Mat tha baz alia*. Ita ar- 
tistic qualities are appreciated but 
do not seem to attract payinir vis- 
itors. 

Of the American fUnui tha big 

auccesseS are "Ben-Hur,** and Lil- 
lian Gish in /"Boheme." The Wal- 
lace speetacW lobks' as though it 
vara being forced at the Nollen- 
dorf theatre, but it has been doing 
much better than expected after 
tha rather aarcaatto tone of the erit« 
Islsala. Althou^ the Nollendorf 
house is small, its run of *10 weeks 
(still under way) Is a real achieve- 
ment for Berlin/- ' • ^ - 
Lillian GIsb's Fallawing 

The Gish picture at the Gloria 
palast haa been nothing short of 
ft aensation. Hisa Olsh has a real 
following here. They attend her 
avery picture and the critics al 
ways rave. The reception of this 
picture has bd^n more enthusihstte 
here than it wai in New York. 

Of* other American pictures the 
I>empaar*Tunney flght film and 
Mary Pickford In ''Sparrows** did 
aatlsfactory business. Douglas Fair- 
banks in "Hobin Hood" was also 
o. k. if not vi|p to expectations. 

Tliera hava baah too many Fahr- 
banktf* pramtarsa in a row hare 
lately. 

Gloria Swanson's latest, about 
thaattical lifa in a Mississippi 
hoiiieboat, pleased in a small the 
atra^ Mozart Saal. At the big UFA 
Palaat tha reception of Norma 
Shearer ' in laia Private Secre- 
tary" was adequate. 

Strangely enough Goldwyn's 
^Stella Dallas" did not go over well 
mt tha CapltoL Thara waa aven 
Boma hissinf at sentimental mo- 
■nenta at tha ^openlnir. 



24 Fox Films in WoHl 



Far West's FVesno House 
Operated by West Coast 

Loa Angelas. Nov. IS. 

Far West Thaatraa, Inc.. found 
hard aledding ia operating the Wil- 
son, a new house they built in 
Fresno, therefore Ilarry Arthur. Jr., 
head of North American Theatres, 
controlling Far West Theatres, 
called upon his former employers. 
West Coast Theatres, to take over 
tha m a n ag e ment and operation of 
the Wilson. It closed last spring 
after a short career as a picture 
and vaudeville house. 

Tha honaa will reopen Nov. 21 
with first run pictures and Fanchon 

and Marco Revues. Far West The- 
atres, Inc.. la to get a percentage of 
the proflta. 



*I>£MI-BBID£' STABTED 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer began pro- 
ducUoB of "Th^ Daml-Brlde.** for- 
merly called **Tha . I^ast Affair." 
starrincv Noma Shearer with Xiew 
Cody. 

Robert S. Iieonard la directing. 

LAst- minute additions to the cast 
included Dorothy Sebastian and 

Lionel Belmore. 



Victrola Sobstitiites 



It Is reported from the small- 
er towns that picture housee 
are placing ordinary (but im- 
prdved) phonograph instru- 
ments. 

Tljrough inability to make 
use of the muchly publicised 
"phone** subjects of music, the 
exhibs have hit upon the 
canned stuff as substitutes for 
"talking pictures." 

No raporta ha'va bean re- 
ceived as to tha Influence of 
the substitute at the box of- 
fices. It la presumed they 
hava been InaCallad to meet a 
demand by the natives for tha 
talking pictursa thiV have 
r<^ad ahout. 



U. in Detroit 

Detroit. Nov. 1«. 
A theatre for United Artists has 
had its plans filed here. It's to be 
located on Basley avenue. No pol- 
icy announced, but aaating capacity 
is set at S,20d, Indicating it Is in- 
tended for the V. A.'a contemplated 
reserved seat picture circuit. 



Pauline Garon in N« Y.; 
Huiband't DouMe Work 

Pauline Garon is in New York, 

but as lar as her picture connec- 
tiona ara aaneanied 'aha la *'at lib- 
erty." Hor husband. Lowoll Sher- 
man, Is holding down two Jobs. He 
appears in the legitimate produc- 
tion. "The Woman Disputed" at tha 
Forrest, New York, and during no 
matinee days is worhloi; in a now 
Kane picture. ' 

Sherman is a principal In fThe 
Song of the Dragon" In which Dor- 
othy Mackalil is playing the femi- 
nltta load. CHkars are Iiawr«noa 
Gray. Ian Keith and Buster CaOttr. 
li^itar Mandes is the director. 



KERRY DliW'T LIKE 
U'S "OAW" SCRIPT 



WoiUiit at T«e-Arl 

For tha first time ia a long while 

a film company was not in opera- 
tion at the Tec-Art, West 44th 
street. New York, film studios, last 



The next concern in there will be 
the Volga Company, making a 
series of two-reeled subjects. Roy 
Froigail la dlitflbttlilt* ani MimH 
Moss, assistant. Among the players 
are Jack Mcttoaii and Dexter Me 
Reynolds. 



Iios Angeles. Nov. 19. 

Six oomedy productions went into 
production at the Fo* West Coast 
Studios yesterday. With 18 dramatic 
and Wastem pi^odndtlona under way 
they make an even two doxen ilow 
In preparation. 

Amone the productions Just start- 
ad Is ••Sunrise,**' 'featuring Oeorge 
O'Brien, Janet daynor find Margaret 
Livingston, which F. W. Murnau is 

dlrcictlhg. ' ' 

/v1- ■ • ■ . : ■ 

Used ''Abie" Wrongfully 

Anne Nichols has retained 
0'3rien» Malevinsky & Driscoll to 
brint auU against F. B. O. for un- 
fair trade competition in employing 
"the 'Abie's Irish Hose" of the 
acreen^ as a slogan in connection 
With tlMlr <«KoshMr Kitty Kally^ ra- 
iMise. 

The same attorneys may take 
further action on copyright, but this 
present auit is for unfair trade 
Competition. 

Miss Nichols has another suit for 
direct copyright infringement on 
"AbtaT pandinff agidAat Universal's 
'•Cohans and ibe Kellys. " 



XMnmonds DiMPRear 

Iioa Angalaa, Nov. 16. 

Nita Martan, stag© nrtress, and 
Patsy Ruth Miller, screen actress, 
reported to the police that they had 
lost worth Of diamonds be- 

tween them while attending local 
dances. 

Misa Blarlan said a 42-stone dia- 
mond bracelet, valued at $4,000, was 

stolen from her person wliilo she 
was attending a dance of tho ttO 
Club in the Ambassador. 

Mlsa Miller stated that a IS.OOO 
diamond brooch disnpi>eared from 
her evening 'gown while attending e 
danca at tha Blltmora hotel. 



L. A. to N. Y. 

Robert O. Tlgnola. 
Mai St. Clair*. 
Howard Illgsia. 



Los Angeles. Nov. 1(. 

iTniversal has indefinitely pi>st* 
poned "The Claw," to have been a 
co-starring film for Norman Kerry 
and Claire Windsor, with King Bag- 
gott directing. 

Kerry did not like the way tha 
script was written, and the Unlver* 
sal executlvea seem to agree with 
him. It is now being rewritten. 

Meantime, Buggott has been 
loaned out to 'muit-- »millL■^t$^t•^^^km: 
next picture. 

Kerry returned to the Metro* 
GNMdwyn- Mayer lot. where he will 
ba compelled to work fur about 
t|M!aa weeks on retakes of "Annie 



S£RIAL WITH AEMT IH IT 

On Long Island, Schuyler Gray 
is making a serial which has much 
ta do with Mflsy in*. Mr. Oray 
hM (Mra directors on separata imlta. 



Moines Fully Open 
Des Moines, Nov. 16. 
tha opening of the Majea- 

tic this week, every theatre in tha 
city is in operation for tha 
time since the war. 



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CHICAGO SVENINa 
AMKRICAN SAVSt 



"t^oOsfs Dayt'p 
laMst piibUcised of aU the program 
offerings of tha current week, 
j|S ^ MY OPINION THB 

Ttit Off •rings for tfat 

were 
Douglas Fairbanks ia 

BIchsrd Diii ia 

•Lea tries Joy fn 

liMise Pazenda In 
*'Vad999 at Play" 

"CoUegQ Days** %*Hih 
MarceUn^ Dof amd 
dfwlf* JM0fi#p 



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BY THE 
LEADING 
FIRST-RUN 
THEATRES 

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VARIETY 



PICTURES 



WtdikMdjiy, Npvtmbcr 17. 1926 



FILM POSSIBIUTIES 



''Pygmalion" — F«vorabl« 
^PYQMAUON" (Theatre Guild. Guild theatire). Thia G. B. Shaw 
•omedy aeema to have been quite forgotten by materlal-huntera. The 

revival brings forth a thought that here is a prime high-clasa but not 
high-hat light farce with a tiiought behind it, suitable for a comedienne 
like Connie Talmadge. Colleed Moore or even Mary Pickford. 

Shaw'a name has draft with the middle classes that he Icids as well 
as the upper classes that he riddles. This piece has atmosphere, action, 
romance* and a "happy ending" is aimp)e to put on, aa it waa played 
With tileh n mmnng with Mra. Pit Cvnphell 



**0K Kay**— Favorable 
«*0H, KAYI" (Aarons & Freedlcy, Musical. Imperial). Musicals rarely 
attain acreening, aa cited time and again, unless a huge box office auc- 
eessi *'Oh. Kay!" not only qualinea In that direction but has th« «4ted 
advantage of possessing a strong "book" by Guy Bolton and P. Q. Wode- 
iMmi «^ JA aSactUve and afnrloeajbla eereen atory. 



BRITISH FIX EXPORTS 
DROP 50^ IN YEAR 



4,000,000 Feet Behind 1924— 
Imports Expected to Rise 
Oeepite High Duty 



**Th% Squall** — Unfavorable 

**THE SQUALL" (Jones & Green. Drama, 48th St.). SituaUon of 
mother love fighting against illicit relationa of both her huaband and her 
aoB' with a gypey wanton. Not wholesome for aeraen conaumptlon. 

Play'a legit chancea also unlikely. Sole recommendation la playing lip 



''Old Bill, M. p."— Favorable 
''OLD BILL, M. P." (Comedy Drama. Sheagreen and Vroom. Biltmore). 
Bruce Bainafather'a loveable character, flrat placed on atage in "The 
Bettfr "Oitir rtturnn with this new attraction. There may not be as 
much screen matter in **QIA Bill" btt| H aiM»ttld furniali fOOd aequel to 
picturised "Better 'Ole/* ♦ V 



Wadilngton, Kov» 16. 
OHHersal'a RialtQ haa another 
nainager, ita eighth te the paat two 

years, In the person of W. L. 
Poudlah, aucceeding Corbin Shield. 

Heins Roembald, formerly in 
Milwaukee, la dlreeting the orches- 
tra h»rlag a a e a efw ud Miaha Quter- 

eon. 



liKiz cuxTJAG jv nnwo 

Ban Viranelaco, Nor. 1%. 

Tha taeal Pitbllz organiaallon. 

which recently aboliahed all pataea 

to its houses, ia cutting ita adver- 
tising budget 60 per cent for far aa 
outdoes* diaplay ia conecrned. 

It ia. alao underatood that a cor- 
reapMMling reduction in newspaper 
space will be effected, in Una irith 
a policy of retronchmont. 




Washington, Nov. 16. 
Exports of motion picture films 
from Great Britain continue to 
slide downward, reports the Ameri- 
can Consul-General in London. The 
1926 figured, covering the first nine 
montha of the year, are ahown to 
be approximately 4.000.000 feet un- 
der the figure for 1924, while the 
report to the Department of Com- 
fiMNa 4laeioMa the drop from the 
firal' nine monOla of 1925 to the 
footage for the aame period of 1926 
to have reached cloae to 60 per 
cenL 

Ftcuraa far 1»26 are but 47J31,525 
linear feet, as compared with the 
nine montha of 1926 totaling 73,- 
792,672 feet. 

Raw fltana ezporta ateo continue 
to decline with this claaa of film 
making up the greater portion of 
the entire exporta. Here the drop 
ia approxlmataly 24,'00ft,000 -teet un- 
der 1925. 

Shipments of positives for the 
nine months already elapaed in the 
current year la set down aa 1I,M1,- 
427 feet, or Just about 2,000,000 feet 
under the figures for the corre- 
si>onding period in 1925 with 21.- 
041,728. Poaltlve exporta, however, 
for 1926 topped the 1924 output, 
with the latter year having regis- 
tered but 16,778,818. 

Brltlah exporta of negative fllma 
from the beginning of 1926 through 
Sept. 30 amounted to 289,017 feet, 
as compared with 517,734 feet of 
1926 and 860,498 feet of 1024. 

Importa continue to drop also, 
with the figures for the nine-month 
perio'd of the current year totaling 
but 89,875,000 feet, aa against 170,* 
587,888 feet in the nine months of 
1925 and 79.191,000 feet in the like 
period of 1924. 

As haa been previously pointed 
out in Variety, thla terrific drop la 
explained by the fact that import 
dutiea were not renewed after Aug. 
1. 1924, with the increaaed imports 
reaultlng. Announcement of tlie 
restoration of these high duties 
again brought a drop -in imports. 

In the meantime, however, Brit- 
ish dlatributora had aecured a large 
supply of film, which is now re- 
ported near exhaustion with indi- 
cations pointing to an increase in 
film purchaMa. 



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PIUUUglKTS SUPI^ VEHICLE 

Nm tiADIN« #ICTUilC THCATREB 

bmt it NEW STANDARD in PrMwUUoiis 

JOS. MENDELSOHN 

AMERICA'S GREATEST UQHT OPERA BARITONE 



An- 



" MELODY^ LOVE " 

The SeasonVIUit Artistic Musical AchieTemeiit 

WITH 

A SUPPORTING CAST OF 
' ARTISTS 
INCLUDING 





EIL 



HOYT 



Former Prima Domia George White't ''Scandala'' 
JEAN McGEE, ROBERT DUENWEG 



AND 



TTie "MELODY LOVE SINGERS* ^ 

WKITTKN, COMPOSED and tTAaeO IN IT* KNTIRKTY 



i^. yJ^ANK BANNISTER 

IXOkUtlVI BOOKINQ MMtlUNTATION 

229 W, 47tii St, N. Y. C— Chick. 2911 




New Frawh Patnted 
Projector Demonstrated 



A new picture theatre projector 
will ahcrtly he ptaiced on the mar- 
ket. It represents some 12 years' 
work by a noted French scientist, 
embodying severtil features, used 
with success hy the Franch gov- 
ernment during the recent World 
War. The rights for North America 
on this projector are controlled by 
Anne Nichols and William Le lis- 
namare of "Abie's Irish Rose." 

A demonstration hefore news- 
paper men. chief operators and elec- 
trical engineers was given in the 
basement of th© Fulton theatre by 
the inventor. During the demon- 
stration the machtaie received ievere 
tests hy a number of projection ex- 
perts. At the conclusion they pro- 
nounced the invention a marvel. 

The projector, yet unnamed, is 
less complicated than any of the 
present machines now in use. Two 
features are the increased light bril- 
liancy on the screen, and the re- 
duction of electric current used. It 
is claimed by the inventor that it 
can be operated, including two 
motors and tha'lirc, for four cents 
an hour. 

From the operator's standpoint, 
the projector will give the boys In 
the booths plenty to talk about The 
lamphouse Is much smaller than 
those now in use. The arc. or lamp, 
while simple, uses but one carbon 
to obtain the arc. while other ma- 
chines use two. One of the many 
noticeable features of this machine 
is the water-cooled system on which 
the arc is operated, the inventor 
working on the cold light basis. 

The feeding of the carbon is re- 
quired hut once every two hours. 
The balance of the time the ana ta 
fed automatically. The film re- 
quires no rewinding; the entire nim 
up to eight reels can b« splleed to- 
gether, placed in the machine and 
once the swltoh is thrown, with the 
exception of the operator rctrim- 
mlng his darbon once every • twh 
hours, it requires no other attention. 

A positive print will have a much 
longer life run by this new pro- 
jector. It Is ctelmed. as there la fka 
tension at any time on the film 
while projected through tl^e ma- 
chine. 

. Someone started a repM*! the inil'- 
chine would do away with the 
operator. While only requiring the 
pushing of a switch to operate the 
entire machine, the operator will 
still be needed, the Inventor's In- 
tention being to lessen the work of 
the operators, reduce the light bill 
and increase the brilliancy and Ufb 
of the positive prlnta fof the pro* 
-ducer. 



Bandit Season Opens 



Topeka, Kans., Nov. 16. 

Fall and winter theatre robbery 
season opened here Saturday when 
Florence Watson, treasurer of the 
Novelty, was accosted by bandits 
on the main street and knocked 
down. A satchel containing slight- 
ly less than |1,000 was snatched 
from her. 

The car used by the bandits for 
their getaway was identified and 
found, hut had been stolen. The 
money was insured, R. J. Mack, 
manager of the Novelty said. 

It la the second tittia In 11 montha 
that tha Novelty has suffered from 
bandits. 



Claud Saunders on Own 

Claud Saunders, who has been at 
the head of the Paramount exploi- 
tation forces In the home offices for 
a number of years, has resigned 
and opened offices of his own at 171 
Madison avenue. 

* He la covei^^g a comprehensive 

field In the picture world in his an- 
nouncement, which states that he 
is devoting himself to advertlsln*g. 
puhlldty^ exploitation, the designing 
of printing, the booking and direct- 
ing of tours of film specials and the 
representation of authors and ar- 
tists. 

Saunders' past exrericnce in both 
the legitimate and motion picture 
fields makes him capable of doing 
this work. 



Rnggles Fith CoDege Girk 



Los Angeles. Nov. 16. 
Wesley Ruggles. who dleaetod 

the series of Collegian two-reclers 
for Carl Laemmle. Jr. at Universal, 
has a new contract from that or- 
ganization. « 

It is to direct a second series of 
short subjects conceived on the 
Collegian idea, but devoted essen- 
tially to tha girl's angle. 

Some years ago such a airtii 
was produced by F. P. -I., adapted 
from Mary Roberts Rinehart's 
"Sub-Deb** stortes starrteg! Wl^> 
guerite Clark. 



Mildred Harris Promoted 

Los Angeles. Nov. 16. 
Mildred Harris, former wife of 
Charlie Chaplin, is goinq: to take 
another whirl at vodvil, openinR in 
a sketch she tria^ out last winter 
on the AssoclaCtoh 4slrCiitt. Thla time 
Miss Harris is not going to play on 
the "death trail" route, as she has 
beiBn promoted 'to Hha Orpbeum Cir- 
cuit and li.sotilK aflir the looal 
showing. The sketch Is entitled *?If 
Husbands Only Knew," with Harold 
Walters and John Cruse in support. 



2 Nmw on L * 

Two new productions Were start- 
ed at the Famous Players-Laaky 
Long Island studios on Monday. 
"Loves Greatest Mistake" with 
Eddie Sutherland, directing, and in 
which will appear Josephine Dunn, 
Evelyn Brent and William Powell, 
and -The Potters," the next sUr- 
rlng film for W. C. Fields, who wlU 
be directed by Fred Newmeyer. In 
the supporting cast will be Jack 
Egan, Mary Alden and Ivy Harris. 

Mel 8t. Clair, who returned from 
the coast this week, i.s to start 
shooting on "The Cross -Eyed Cap- 
tain" next week. It Is a story by 
l^ixie Wlllson adapted by Pierre 
CoUlngs. 



'BENNIE' K£WSFAP££ STORY 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 
"Beunle," original newspaper story 
by A. H. Giebler, former news- 
paper man, will he Colleen Moore*8 
next for First National. 



BR£WSm ALIENATION 
CASE MAY BE TRIED 

L A. Court Refuses Judgment 
on Pleadings Motion — Cor- 
liss Piamir Can Dsfsnd 



Los Angeles. Nov. 16. 

Superior Court Judge Fleming 
has denied a motion made by. at* 
torneys for Mrs. Bleanor Brewstar 
to allow them to enter Judgment 
against Corliss Palmer, screen ac- 
tress, now Mrs. Eugene V. Brewster, 
on the pleadings In the case. 

The suit brought by the first Mrs. 
Brewster in the local courts is an 
aftermath of the default of the 
Judgment she obtained in tha 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Supreme Court 
against the new Mra Brewster for 
the alienation of Brewster's affee* 
tlons. 

With the ruling of Judge Fleming, 
the case will be put on the regu* 
lar calendar, with Mlsa Palmar pra. 
pared to Mitar a -defenaa la apaa 

court. 

In the complaint filed by the first 
Mra Brewstar ft IS alleged ahe ob» 

tained a $200,000 Judgment agalnat 
Miss Palmer and that Miss Palmer 
l;as failed to pay any of the amount. 

The purposH llf ^ w^O^ IMtii^ii 
to enforce tha lliw Tarlc 'Jtiigiipal- 
in this state. 

Tho reason Mrs. Brewster's attor- 
neys asked fMP Judgment att tHa 
pleadings was that Miss Palmer's 
answer to the complaint did not 
constitute a defense. 




BENNY 
MEROFF 

AND 

ORCHESTRA OF 26 

MLO ABTI8T8 
At tha Now Three Million Dollar 

Granada Theatre, Chicago 

INDHFINITELY 



GABY RASIANO 

LYRIC DRAMAlIC SOPRAljld]'/* 

in PAUL OSCARD'S "UNDtBl V^HeJIAII' MIP^" 
APPEARING OVER ENTlM£ PUBLIC 4lllOllir 
• "'OICB OF QWLEAT POHW AKO BKAVTS 



W«dbefdt7« IVovenfrer 17, 199$ 

WUS CUSTOM 80UTIME 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



U 



S^bena Co. Has Projection 
in Mfarobtiiit Hear 



PA1ENTS 



N«r. It, 

The Sabena Film Co^ «C Bnw- 
selo. i^aa Uusdked a new «]rBt«« lor 
tte are-vi«vlflii; «t ioatigm film* 1^/ 



jUAdAT Die jMT»a>gemfBt ikeMr films 
from Parts «r« jwHti i is . «Btar 
Belgium wiikeut lha fMtuality of 
Ib^t f oingr ttirou^ the customs. 

The aMW>nii oBrngamF* vibieh also 
ppemUs tbe PMrto-anuMMls air 
Una. la preTrMIng steragre at its 
fMTodrom^ at tbo wnmte rates ia 
Xoroe in tibe i^Yeneb smrekawee. with 



am hemr a»d It francs am fcom* for 
hsJiAltaff chargrea. This does tMyt 
iaetude the payment ior serricea a< 



, Fadtttiea are auppliieA at the 
irafeboyse for ^nUttes and anj 
oChar vork tlutt may he ne cas sa ry' 
in eMuMolisA wllih Ite fltaa. Ws. 
says Mr. Canty; MMiMm tbe manu- 
factiprers or diatrtbsitwti te aeaii 
to IMslttm used prlata mil y^^V iiu 

jjtrojection and to aMitio« 
hlMtors the opfiortnnity ta 
films l>e(ora fwrrttasa. 

rl4a fFMn Bmii«hb «M» the 
assT he truM^siied freoB 



WaidUngtoa« Ner. 1€. 

te 41m near iaveotioas. 

upon wtiich patents have ixxsl ht?*:a 
irranted. is a aear photoisrajpldBC de- 
vice iiPsl sui Bidaey J. Tvia- 
fn^s of Los AoreleH nod Friend F. 
Bviker ot iMmkqnbttiu Cai. mhm tekt« 
AuUrned tt MS - 



Pnl v a wa l 

Corp. 

Many other new develupitteata in 
the picture Md aa well aa fai asa- 
sical instrumeata, outdoor xmu% de- 
vieea, etc^ are teduded la thm fol- 
toirliajr aeiectad list. 

tetenaatioa anay be s e cu red in 
each f—tsncii hy forwa«Mlfac l« 
rents, aloQc with llie serial 
ef the patent, te tlia 
ef Patsata. ITsidMaston. D. C 



■tatai flMt «h4s wfll sHre natire 
pBOdtrcCRS the Arat epflKatanity to 
Moara ^Iglum iMisiness. The pub- 
Ilaatfoaa urva tha Fnadk ladaatry 
te taJte ainMtejpe af the oppor- 
tanity IMm mfm09t^B 9mp&U Mr. 
Qanty. 



'Amw' liiisJEiiBt 

A numb^ pf Chriatjaaa pictares 
ane in the laaklac* Several have 



Stern Brothers wtll bring out 
"teootanat'e Iferry Christmas" aa a 

lyiraAa and TiMir Jtatg^ mtktm. 

The New Yark. crrhattges are dig- 
gkig up several "old boys" <o ac- 



Movtey WUimm macbiaa. 
C. Kotara. fndiaMpeaia, lad. 

413. 

Fllm^daralopiac #p|Mi<atHa. CbW. 
earletoa luid & O. Cfulitao. Mew 

Torlc. aesiinsors by direct and mcaae 
aas i g aa s e a ta te Owlex Motion Pic* 
tare faiastilia. iM, New Tatk. 

Photocrayhlac apiiarataa. 
J. Tw|aia«^ Jjom Anft/k 
Friend F. Balcer. VanksTMrn, CaL. 
aaHlgnors te Univensiil Pictava Cmrp^ 
New YertL tMZM2. 

PhotogTSfliliSc printing aMcWae. 
"St. X £toothers, Helyoke, Mans . as* 
Mgnor te JaoMa T. Robinsoa. Hol- 
loke. 

RcM pteotevrapby. S. Hsipaayi 

New Yoxk city. M04.3i9. 

Motion p i ctur e aiacblna. M. JL 
Cohii, Porttaad. Ore.« aaiicaar te 
Advoscope Co-. Portland. l^m.lM. 

Apparatas for the Prfatiar tot 
dnemateciaphic fitma. a. A. flalla% 
Vineenae*. Fraaoe. asslsner te Pitflia 
Cinema, Aacietui R.«*t«Vlla8eaaente 
Pathe Fxare«, VtocenuM^ 
Franoa. ljlH.40f. 

Projectioa ai^paralus Hp m»\ 
pictures. F« gallidfiL Iteiiriiiil 
City, lull, 



Mechanical drum beater. Th^io- 
dore Rohr, San Fraacisoo!. asaiask&r 

to Quainr MKn Ca, ^aa mmmmm. 

Plana Accordiaa tMltowa-locking' 

device. Victor 

Antsa f^edcraoa, Chiei«a. tM^Ul. 

it 



Pc« ar itey £or strii^cad lusirsi 
fnstrvmcata. Babi. IL f^ipa* Mew 

Tork city. l.604,3«t. 

Pad £or wind mnsicai instrumeata. 
C. M. 



Tayter, X. 

T..US Aneeles. Nov. 16. 
Matt Tayl«r« laeasUiy arrived 
here, signed a o^ptiprlMt with F. P;- 
i Jj. to sair iMMBiiidlia. . 

' L , , sssateaEisisssBssssssas 

i» i» —u t*tt<m by Mai. SI>WAJID BOWKS 

NORMA SH£ARf£ 
ia ••UPSTAGE*' 

CAPtTOZi OnAIfD IWteMPgTliA 

•ROADWAY 

at AHkt ST. 



Expression -cotitsviliac ittechajucm 
for pneumaticail/ operated jnusical 
toatraoMttte. H. J. La Jaie, £»jMt 
Oraapt.*M. 9» and tf. CJrqtnhart and 
F. Fokoniy* New Tork dty. assign - 
eca te Aute Partmnailc t rtif Oa« 
ICew Taric city. MftSLl42. 

Waeden-hr.ad hajajo. Joka Fa- 
vina. Maw Toc^ eity. XfiiO^UA. 

«9V dllta. 

X^etaaa 1. Xalia, 
N. T. l^.STt. 
PiMM hav^ 

A. G 
©08.676. 

String- type muidcal instrmneat.1 
A. 0'Mall«r« Mmr T^i* ci^y. 




SMABK a«^ 
T R A If U 



TRA 

MttJQN SILLS 

in THE SILENT LOVER 

A Fin«t XoHoaal PMains 



l.OEW'6 

STATE and METROPOLITAN 

B'war at Si at. B f— i cljra 

MUMtiPH VALEIfTINO 

in ««TIIB rOlin HOUHICMKN'' 
At thf 



Ctravity amusenaent deriee. J. T. 
Maloafan, «p«kkaa^ Waah. 
3ft. 

AmusemeoKt device. C. J. Neeham- 

kin and H. Cohen, Brooklyn, N: Y. 

Mieoatlaaaoue 

Sccre-t phonogrigafa record. .Tohn 
Mills, Wyoni'mc:;, M. asaignor to 
Western EViclrfe Oi^Mcv TMk cfety. 

1.603,287. 

AdJustahSe aad deftacha-Me shoul- 
der strap for cexaetets. taaasleres 
and slip.s. Julia M. Halts, PMladel* 
pliin. 1.60.3,915. 

Apparatus Xer ape ia dliaplaying 
advertla^twewH flMiHtm dr Wm Hke. 
Percy T^aw Tiilippgipj MilPtMli Tnpf 
land. 1,604.051. 

Apparatus for adl^t plMtelpravure 
printing. R. J. Sinuthfi'S. Holyoke. 
Maa^.. as.signor to Jaj&ea T. Bobln- 
< son Co.. Holyoka. tMUm 

Novelty Wig. Heaner M. ISmltm, 
Saffurd. Arix. 1.604;W7. ^ 




Ktau-Week Nat. 2* IGENE TUNNEY 
Maan>p.-w'aaiK.4jaa Farms asd in A.rti«a 



a. « m»nf 

T *4 E ATlte 

1 i ST* ^r 

MATS. 
tJAtLY 



Sti^)iM'$ New f^4Ml^ 

I^o#i Aisr^'k'y. Not. 1*. 

Tlie conti-ad voider wliich Ban- 
ner Prodattl^tis, Inc.. was to pro- 
duce 3 2 fesLiireF ffv release by 
GMTK-l»rrp:-Kaitn thrf*ugh Sterlintj 
l^ictures Corpora tiun was terml- 
mrted upaa ^ delivery of the 
eighth ne^tive. 

The remaining Xuur i»itrtuift» o£, 
tiiifl series are te be produced for 
SterUttg' t»y Koy Clemeuts ifroduc- 
tions. the firnt of which. ' Toaflies 
of ScMudai,' ia ttow in woi'k. 

mm Mfiakin. terafteai^ly president 
Of Baaaifli fVidlKllMlf . Inc., ti&a 
ne.«rotiatctd a new coutrurj v.'ith 



Olnsburp-KdJia dsr ike dleuibuiiou 
of a Keparaie wrles of IS feature-^ 
wUicb MrtM^A arill atari Jan. l. 

Tht r^w oontruci will allow 
Briskhi to apfmd moi-e inwiey ufHHi 
his productfdn*^ tfmn he hsa %aeu 
able td In the past 



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^ - - ToThilll New York! 





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Adapted iqr 
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Directed iqr 



jgVER dbce the MmatioMi svcceM of 
^Ponjola^^ enhibetpirs know wliat th^ 
box-offices have told them — ^Sam Rork^ 

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^ from HMyuHtodr "OU Uo— and 
Hew:* "Clothes Make the PiraUr 

((rpHE Blonde Ssim" is the next mM irom 

Samuel Rork! 'Nuf •ed! 

QPENiNG Saturday, NotfMnbor 20tK M, 
Y, Mark Strand. 



It's in keeping witii the hft-a-week 
policy of FIRST NATIONAL 



12 



I^ARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, November 17, 1926 




fiROADWAirS M-CENTENARY 



(Continued from page 5) 

were present Adolph Zukor, Jesse 
U L«sky. Harold B. Franklin. F«lix 
:Ktlui. WilHAm Or«avM. president 
of the Prudential Bond Corp.; Wil- 
liam H. Enerllsh. L. J. Horowitz and 
Frank Bailey. These same eight 
MH Mt et H dinner Ave years ago 
last night and at this meeting the 
Idea of the Paramount theatre and 
bttUdInc was bom. Last night's 
dtener was in celebration of the 
realization of their projected plans 
•f Ave years ago. 

IViday night an Invited audience 
win be present at the opening of 
the theatre with the program for 
the premiere laid out as follows:^ 

T:tt p. m. — Doors open. 

8:4S p. m «-Organ medley. 

9:M p. m. — "Star Spangled Ban- 
ner/' sung by Marguerite Ringo. 



WATCH FOR 

FANCHON 



AND 



MARCO'S 

Fint IDEAComiUniEtut 

•TARRINa 

DEWEY BARTO 



World's Greatest 
Comedy Daacef 

, WITH 

GEORGE MANN 

Midi' fUMWIKIiy ^'''^^/90Wltitf 

VM. wniSISi XtpmntatiT* 

West Coast Theatres 



Regular running order of the pro 
gram will begin, as follows: 

1— OveHure, '*ltll.^ trnn Taitet 

conductor. 

2— Helen Torke, coloratui|i) JN>- 
prano. 

S-rParamount News. ; 

4 — Maurice and Kleonora AaubfOse 
with Capafo's Ensemble. 

5 — "The Harbor Beacon." Bruce 
•eenle. 

•—"Organs I Havs MNPSd,^ Jesse 

Crawford. 

7— *«The Fage&nt of l>rbiress." 
John Murray Anderson Production. 

8~"aod Save Me 20 Cents." Her- 
bert Brenon-Paramount Picture. 

Regular Opening Saturday 

The regular opening for the public 
Will take piabe Baturday sisf tng 
at 10.45. with the scale of admis- 
sion prices for that day 40 cents 
until 1 p. n^ and 99 cents from 1 
p. asi an for all seats with Ilia ex- 
ceptiOii of the loges, $1.65 at all 
times. Poring the week days, with 
the exception of Saturday, Sunday 
and holidays the scale ef prices will 
be 10.45 a. to. to 1 p. m. all seats 
40 cents; 1 p. m. to 9 p. m, 76 cents; 
after < p. m. 99 cents. 

During the last two weeks there 
have been a three-shift force Of men 
on the job completing the work 
laboring S4 hours a day, with H. B. 
Franklin, R. E. Hall and Ted Bul- 
lock together with Mr. Barlow, vice- 
president and general superintend- 
ent of the ^Mnpson-Sterrett Cdtoir 
panir on the Job momlov, noon and 
night Is complete the house In time. 
^ Some BillingI 

An liitstelirs adirertlshis sAiln- 
paign was carried on to acqualqt 
the public with the wonders and 
beauties of the new theatre. A 
blVlng campaign ^whlch eoTsrsd the 
entire territory between New York 
and Philadelphia was In the hands 
of Phil De Angells, who handled and 
poStied tai Ifantaattaa, Breiix. Btaten 
Island, Long Island, Brookljm and 
Westchester alone tOO 24 -sheet 
stands, 600 elght-shSSts, 800 three- 
Sheets, t,090 one-Sheets, S.09t*fSS4 
stripes, 5,000 cards and 8.000 ban- 
ners. The same quantity was used 
on the territory between N. T. to 
Philadelphia. 

Vor ths Bswspapsta was »s ap- 



■ -Tiff 



West Coast Motion Picture Directory 
of Players, Directors and Writers 


BARBARA BEDFORD 

FOR FIRST NATIONAL 

'*N«w LoTM for Old"-r-Tomrneur. 
**Th« Sporttnc L4>Ter^— HiU« 
*'Wluit F«oU Mem'*— Archlnlwad 

MaaasewMii 
fPWABD SMAU OOM^ANY 


ALANROSCOE 

*nwUng With Lava"— glwt l^linai 
**D»mg9roinn CTrenta*^ iBSwIII'jSlliSwe 

MaMiMnMat 
KDWABD UilU. COMPANT 


HARYGARI 

"itU WiM Guy"— TiiMii miH; •. 

Flr«t National ■ 1^ -v_ . 
**Th9 Fifth CommandmSBVViiMSiMy 

JohMon — Unlv«rMU 
i«VMllIa ^1th m MIUi«SiFV4iMaMS 

Weight— F. B. O. 

SDWABD'sSXu.'^OMFAlfT 


LIONEL BELMORE 

«4toC«ni of Pater Grimm"— Fox 
**Bardele]ra the MaaelSssaiPVfYISSS 
M. O. M. 

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Maaacemcat 
MDWMMD SMAUb-^SmRAmf 


GASTON GLASS 

FOR FIRST NATrailAL 

'4i9i3nr«--lllke Levee 

' Mssesekaeel ^ ' 


GEOiUXIRVlNG 

''The Gooaa Hanirt HIsh** T—iees 

Flajrara— JaniM Osm 
"Plo"— irvLnff Cuniniinra — Fas 
'Thrae Mas Men '-^a«k For* gss 

Maaasemeat - v 
KDWABD SIIAU. COStljkl^ 


lAIMCE MacDO/IALD 

"Hall's Foer HSsiili** 

"UctatalB"* 

MaascesMBt 
XDWABD SMAIA COMFAXY 


ROSEDiONE 

"Mile. Modiste"— Oerkias MBlh^ 

Flrat MatlomU 
'flhiehem af Befale*'— Conttance Tal- 
. msdsa Sfdaey FraakllA— Ualtad 

Arltata 

"MssMB f eeeaif " Jalis BanyaMieiA 
« . AHb Csnhei PsitaSAsttots 
Maassemeat 
■DWABD SMALL COMPANT 


JOHNJUUAN 

'The DavU'a Otress^^-^^ikriBlleseea— 

_M. CL ML „ 

■iir*%Ji^eSBstlen^*^ 
■VlMtlsese WMtows'^wamer Bree 

MSMsemlBt 


EDITH ROBERTS 

"raiere Toa Are"— M. G. M. 

"Seven Keys la Baldyata"— Daaglae 

MseLana 
*4CriaMS at the Arm Chair Clob— 

VBlrar»st— Blaehe 

MaaaHremeat 

KDWARD RMALL COMPANf 



proprlatiSB of $26,0S0 to advertise 
the opening. A special series of 
ads being: laid 3ut that were In- 
stUutlonal advertising and carried 
no nentloa of the show or pro^ 
grama. Because of this A. M. Bots- 
ford tried to secure the commercial 
rate Xrom the New York dalles but 
was unsueesssflil; Therefore three 
papers whose differential rate be- 
tween commercial and theatrical 
was the nearest were selected as 
the medlima te earry the adver- 
tising. The papers were the 
"Times,- "Daily News" and "Eve- 
ning Journal." Sach received about 
t,SO» Maes last wsek. 

Advertising Squawk 

Immediately on the advertising 
appearing In those three papers 
there was. a t«Btral mum^ trom 
the papers that Wsra not Included 
In the list. 

Bdltdrlal departoaents were 
broatht hits the ftray. •everal 
managing editors were "on the 
wire*' to the Publlx theatres. In 
some cases all publicity for the 
theatre was curtailed In the papers 
that did not receive the large ada 

The executives of Publlx took the 
stand that the papers in curtailing 
the publicity space were doing an 
injustice to the theatre and the 
entire picture Industry, aa they 
give the greatest mK>sltlon of the 
motloB picture, the nwlo and books 
far greater free space than they 
give the theatre with ^much less 
advertlsiilg coming from that 
source even thougli they enjoy the 
commercial rate. For this reason 
a movement will be placed under 
way In aa effort to obtain an ad- 
justment of the existing condition 
In amusement advertising rates. 

The regular advertising for the 
opSBtng wtth the program . was 
g^ven to all ■iha.---''»aiSii>.'tor the 
week end. 

High Qffers for Opening 
During the sarH^« ^irt of this 
week thsrs was virtually a hattis 
to. secure Invitations to the open- 
ing. On the street there were 
offers of as high as $90 a Seat for 
the first night of the new house. 
In the Publix offices alone there 
were 12.000 applications for the 
4,00S ssals iB ths house and Adolph 
Zukor is reported to have stated 
that It woufd take the organization 
a year to Uve down the fact that 
thiy had to dlisippoliit so many 
people who«^ ttur BSl have 
room for. 

Among the notables Invited to the 
opening j^ho will be present are: 

Admimir-it K 
ket 

Adolph 8. OeSe 



ncer B. Drlrsa 

W. H. Drlecoll 
Hon. Chas. J. Dnahan 
Sdwln W. Dunn 
Owen Davis 
Joaeph P. Day 
Julea Delmar • 
Pred Deabers 
Harvey DeueU 
Rlehard DIx 



Bruc« Barton 
Bdgar Baruch 
Bernard Baruch 
Z. Iv. Chanc 
George Uaetman 
Thomas K. Eklison 
Wm. H. English 
Harold B. Pranklln Lm'T 
Daniel Frobraan John Bbttaon 

i^iiliam P. Gray w n MAMa 
SSm ^.T; HATtman j,. W. Ptnatoa 
^ Michel Poklne 



HorowKx 
Otto H. KaKs ^ 
R. T. Kane 
Ram Katz 
Jdorria Kats 
Dr. Harry Kata 
Arthur LiOew 

Julaa 

B. F. Albea 
Kelcey Allan 
Thoratoo W. Altoa 
Hvth 

John Murray 

•OB 

Joha B sl a bea 
Jaek Arthur 

Wk ▼ . MM 

A. S. Barlow 
Rax B^a/eh 

field 
R. Bender 
Clara Beranctff 

Mr. and " 

Berlin 
A. H. Blank 
Paul Block 
Ralph Block' 
Kranklin Booth 



C. A. Franklin 
Ernest W 
Crosby Oaige 
Geo. F. Gent«a 
B. G. GersLon 
rharles Dana Olboia ' 
Morris Geat 
A. II. Olannlnl 
Benedict Gimbal 
K. Ray Goets 
John Golden 
Nathan Gordon 
Samuel Goldwyn 
J^wrenice Gray 
©. W.jGrlfflth 
C« T. Oreneker 
VWaet Halaey 
Artbar Baarmamtain 
l^asdMra. ■sriU. 
Reannona 

*Ssm Rardinf 
Marton Ivy Harrii 
Sam H. Harris 
Ifarsaret Hawkeswort 
Marie Heiman 
Harry IIlrshtteM . 
Oabriol Hess 
Armistead II* JM* 
combe 



Major Edw. Bowes w. K. Hollander 



Peter J. Brady 
Wm. A.. Brady 
Bruce Bromley 
Frank Buehlei*', 
B. C. A. Bullock 
Nathan Burkaa- 
H. P. Burton 
Frank Csmbrla 
H. Tampa Knoll 
Eddlo I'antor .■, 
'"rank fane 
O. H. Chen*'/ 
R. H. Cochrane. 
Rinanupl Cohen 
M. B. Comerford 
Jack Connolly 
Harry Content 
Rlcardo Cortez 
Joseph Cosgrave 
Paul D. Cravath 
Jesse Crawfonl 

James Creefman _ 

Frank Crownlnshield Chas.'LeMsIre 
J. Clarence Davlea % Robert Lather 
IsratI Davlo Slaclalr Lewis 



Fannie Hurst 
Jules Murtif ?; 
Felix Kahn 
Al Kaufman 
O. S. Kaufman 
S. Jay Kaufman 
Messmore Kendsit 
Austin C. Keough 
IMerre V. Key 
Frances Rockafallar 

Klnic 
Sam Kini;r<ton 
Karl Kitchen 
Ralph Kohn 
Morris Kohn 
Arthur Klein 
John II. Kunsky 
Ja<*k I^ait 
Theo. W. Lamb 
Joe LeBIane 
Wm. I<eBaron 
Irving 



Ray Lons 
David L. Loev 
Harry LubliaMP 
L. J. kudw4« 
Mark Leuachar 
Rohart MaeAlaratir 
Joha MoBriSe 
Vineent McFaul 
Beraarr Maofaddaa 
Wm. Aathosy Mc 

Oulra 
John McGttlrk 
Mlaa M. H. Malklel 
Bums Mantle 
Townsand Martin 
Thomaa Melghan 
James 8. Metcalfe 
Frenk Meyer 
Louis Meyer 
Paul Meyer 
Gilbert Miller ^ 
J. ClarkBon Millar 
Paul Mooney 
Joseph Moore 
Wm. Morris 
Wm. Morris, Jr. 

B. 8. Moss 

J. J. Murdock 
Mae Murray. 
Fredk. A. Mtsehba- 

helm 
Jules Murray 

A. J. Balaban 
Barney Balaban 
Mr. and Mra. Jules 

Brulatour 
F. P. Adama 
Dr. Felix Adtar 
Wlnthrop Ames 
Fraak Bailey 
Qteige OeiSea Bst> 

tie 

DaTlS B > l s « os 
MonU B«n 
Robt. Ben chie y 
T. Benda 

John McK. Bomsas 
Nell Brlnkley 
Oeo. Broadhurat 
Betty Bronson 
Louise Brooks 
He^wood Broun 
Conde Nast 
Geo. Jean Nathan ' 
N. L. Nathai 
Paul Oecard 

C. W. Painter 
Mona Palma 
Joseph Patti 
Phil Payne 
Elmer Pearson 
Brock Pemberton 
Chas. E. Pettijoha 
John PokMdMk 
Qeo. P. Ptttaam 
Geo. L. Rapp 
lAithw Read 

J. U Raptof la ' 
Natlle Rarell ■ ■ 
Dr. Hugo Rlasiafll 

B. P. Boeder 
Harold Ross 
Watterson C. Roth* 



■. Rothafel 
Rlehard BewlsaA 
JohakeaMiy 
Jaliaa Saenser 
lisleelm Sc Clair 

Sf%^.%MBdarB 
Joaeph Schenck 

alehelaa M. Sclienck 
ortlmer Bchlll 
Dr. Richard Schus- 
ter 

Ohss. M. 8(;hwab 
Gilbert Seldea 
Arch Selwyn 
Kdgar Selwyn 
B. E. Shauer 
Michael Shea 
Rot>ert Sherwoed 
J. J. Bhuberl 
Lee Shubert 
Oeo« L. Blawson 
Hon. Alfred E. Smith 
Boyden Sparkea 
Lawrence Stallinca 
Bdward L. Stantoa 
Edw. Btelchen 
Herbert Stem 
T^awrence Stara 
Percy S. Straas 
Frank SulUvaa 
Edw. StttharlsM 
Otorla Swasaea 
Major Tbompapa 
-Oee. W. Traalle 
Monaan Trevor 
Oeae TvnnMr 
Fraak TvttM 
Fleranee Vidoir 
•H. C. Von Blm 
Hon. Robert Wagnar 
Hon. Jaa. J. Walker 
Rodman Wanamaker 
Walter Wanger 
FslK Warborc 
David Warfleld 
A. L. Warner 
Albert Warner 
Harry Warner 
Jack Warner 
Sam Warner 
F. D. Waterman 
Arthur Waters 
Victor Watson 
John V. A. Weaver 
Rita Welman 
John Wenger 
Louis Werba 
Maurice Wertbelai 
Louis Wiley 
I^is Wilson 
Thou. A. Wise 
Sir Wm. Wiseman 
Rudolph Wurinser 
Ed Wynn 
Florenz Zlegfeld 
Lois Moran 
Olga Netheraole 
Ben Lyon 
Lya dl PuttI 
Alice Joyce 
Nell Hamilton 
Mack Sennett 
Lee Eastman 



Algiar rrih New Ue. 

Lios Angeles, Nov. 16. 

Sidney Algier, assistant director 
with John M. Stahl at Metro -Gold - 
wyn-Mayer for sis iNMurt^ Isayss for 
New York this week to IsibI A new 
Independent company. 

He will direct a series of 12 two- 
reelers to %a» sSM ""NsiW York 
Nights" 

Four features for independent 
distribution are also contemplated 
hy the i^ew isiissitf. 

XSU; SITE JONES IN COUET 

Ltos Angeles, Nov. 16. 
Municipal Judge Ballard decided 
that, the ehaivstt WSfs InsulBelent 

to sustain a complaint made against 
Lela Sue JonesT screen actress, by 
her husband, C. I#eonard Jones, that 
shs perlured henislt in making a 
statement they cohabited together 
after he was granted an intsr* 
locutory decree of divorce. 

This statement eaiissil /nd«e 
Summer field to set aside a ttiial de- 
cree he had granted Jones, when 
Mrs. Jones Informed the court she 
was about to become a mother. 



Chugcd OpwM Aboit 

IbroDsides' AtUdamt 



Famous Plavers-Lasky has de* 
cided It will not have a Vitaphonio 
acoompaniment to **Old Ironsides.** 
at the RivoU and which will inau« 
gurate a run policy there at legitU 
mate theatre prices Dec. 9. This 
will oloss down the iMsa for » 
week or so. followias Met WSsii*i 
bill there. 

On the Inside the F. P. executives 
thought *'01d Ironsides^ biv'snoufli 
of itself to stand without Vltaphone. 

Dr. Hugo Rlesenfcld, it is said, 
will have the direction of the Rivoli 
as a run li^uss and he will i^laos aai 
orblMstra in tha theatre. 



R. Grlflitli's Orisinal 1 

Ifos Angeles, Nov. 1«. 

Raymond Grilllth will not go to 
New York to make the Alfred Savoir 
story for Famous Players-LASky. 
Instead, he will remain here, pre* 
pared to start Dec. 16 on an origi* 
nal story, now being prepared at 
the West coast studios. 

Arthur Rosson, who was to hava 
directed Qrlfflth In "The Waiter 
from the Ritz," will handle the 
aphone for the new picture. 



qONWAY DIEECTINO '*OUT" 
Loa Angeles, Nov. 16. 
JacK Conway has been ehosen br 

M-G-M to direct "Twelve Miles 
Out." with Jack Gilbert. 

Sada Cowan Is writing the screen 
adaptatloa of dilf^^Stace play. 

I II I III! ii'^ 



All Reoords Broken at 
Staaley-Fablatt's 

CAMTOUIEWARK 

ioelcedl fSr Kntire Cireuit 

vttli Helens Chsdivlck sad Jack Mulhall 
We win Beat Year Theatre 



PoMie WelfftM TIetira Corp. 

711 Seventh Avenue 
. NEW YORK 



DICK LEIBERT 

IWtBMd 

ORGANiST 

' ' ' • - * 

Loew*s Palace 

WASHINGTON, D, C, 




World's Flash Black 
Bottom Dancer [ 

DON SANTO 



The first whits aerfermer te Introduea 
**ilaeil i s tt s m ^ en any Amerlean sts«s 

StUI Deteg Ills "Mile-a-Mlaute Charleetea'* 
and featuring Vaudeville's 
most sensatlona] knee drops 

St. Louis "Times" said: "Don Santo Is a 
marveluus dancer speclallslns In astonishlns 
knea Srope." • 



VARIETY. NKW 



AN JNTKKN ATIONAL I'lCTl KK HIT I 

"SLUMS OF BERLIN" 

_ NOW PL AY I N O 

RANDOLPH THEATRE, CHICAGO 

Imported Pictures Corporation • • Ssn Francisco 



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Acknawimdgmi: ikamk§ i^i tk0' Puhlix jAiM^ manag^mmi ih^ hii^ oi hming 
mngagmd for thm opming oi ihi fiEW PARAMOUNT THEATRE in ikm ''Bpie' poMsn 

PERSONAL DIRECTION MRS. A. K. BENDIX 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



13 



2 BROADWAY RECORDS IN WEEK 



(Continued fk'om page 7) 
policy At the Strand from a Sunday 
to a Saturday opening. It compelled 
•*Forever After" to take a six-day 
Stay and finish with $26,500. 

The former record at the Rialto 
waa held by Harold Uoyd In **For 
Heaven's Sake." with 10 shows a 
day. $48,190 iU first weeH. "We're 
In the Navy Now" bettered that by 
about $500, with one show less dally. 
This week the picture is running 
along a little under lait week's busi- 
ness. At the RIvolI "Everybody's 
Acting" fell down rather badly, get- 
ting |21,51«. 

The Capitol, which held over 
**Bardely8 the Magniflcent" for a 
atcond week, got I49.29S, giving pic- 
ture f 117.057 on the engagement, 
f 9,300 for Congress 

A pictorial record of the Euchi^r- 
Istic Congress, made by Fox and 
sponsored by the Catholic Church, 
which took the Jolson on a rental, 
played to over 19.300 — surprising 
when^it is considered that the the- 
l^tM la way off the beaten path and 
those who attended bad to be puUed 
t>y main force. 

One of the two Warner Broa. com- 
binations of feature and VKaphbne 
slipped, while the other climbed la*t 
week, and the older was the one 
that did the trick. "Don Juan." at 
Warner's, played to $24,752, going 
up $500. while "The Better 'Ole." at 
the Colony, dropped off about $3,000 
|>elow the week before, getting $S1.- 
067.25. 

The Criterion, with "Beau Geste," 
also dropped a little last week, do- 
ing $14,639.25, while the same was 
true at the Central, where "The 
Scarlet Iretter" went to I11.258.7B, 
which brought the total for the pic- 
ture to 1172.821 in 14 weeks, the 
nofll Lillian Glah has ever drawn 
on Broadway. 

"Ben-Hur," at the Embassy, with 
a small seating capacity, went along 
at $8,969.50, a climb of a few dollars, 
while at the Cohan. Griffith's latest. 
The Sorrows of Satan." dropped off 
to $8,958.15. 

The D. W. Griffith repertoire, 
however, at the little Cameo, held 
its own last week, which was its 
third with $5,048. 

The town is all afire over the 
(Opening of the new Paramount, 
which takes place Friday night 
(Nov. 19). It will add around 8,600 
■oats to the section. Herbert 
1^non*s '*God Gave Me SO Cents" 
will be the opening picture. 
: Another event of importance 
scheduled for next week is the open 
Ing of the Fox special, "What Price 
Glpry," which comes into the Har- 
ris at IS.20 top. two showa a day, 
iTuesday night (Nov. 28). 

Estimates for Last Week 
Astoi^"Big Parade" (M-G-M) 
(1.120; $1.65-$2.20) (52nd week). 
This week "The Big Parade" com- 
pletes its first year on Broadway. 
Last week it passed $1,000,000 in 
receipts, the $18,888 for the week 
■ending total to $1,012,304.20, which 
gives the picture an average of 
$19,741.27 weekly to date. 

Cameo — D. W. Griffith Rep (549; 
50-75). Third week for Griffith 
films, business going to $5,04t on 
week. Good for house when con- 
sidered film rentals are held way 
down. 

Capitol— "Bnrdelys the MaKnifl 
sent" (M-G-M) (5,450; 60-11.65) 
For second week pulled $49,293.95. 
giving total for two weeks of 

$117,057.95. 

Central — "Scarlet Letter" 
(M-G-M) (922; $1.10-$2.20) (15th 
week). Slipping now, but has done 
biggest business any Lillian Gish 
starring Aim has had on Broadway, 
playing to $172,821 In 14 weeks. 
Last week. $11,255.75. 

Cohan— "The Sorrows of Satan" 
(F. P.-L.) (1.111: $l.tO-$f.«0) (6th 
week). Last week found tickets for 
this one in cut rate, but out again 
this week. Business $8,958.15. about 
$700 under week previous. 

Colony— "The Better 'Ole" and 
Vitaphone (W. B.) (1.980; $1.65 
$2.20) (6th week). Dropped off 
about $3,000 last week, $31,067. but 
•till nulling good advance .sale. 

Criterion— "Beau Geste" (B\ P.-L.) 
(812; $1.10-$2.20) (13th wcek). 
Dropped under $15,000 again last 
week, second time in run. but still 
doing above capacity for house 
La.st week. $14,6:i9.2r). 

Embassy — "Ben-Hur" (M-G-M) 
(59$; $1.10-$2.90) (40th week). Took 
jump of few dollars, getting $8,- 
969.50. Picture can go along at this 
rate for long time. 

Jolson's— "Kiirharistic Congress 
Fox-Catholic Church) (1.776; $1.10 
$1.65) (2nd week). First week of 
picturlzatlon of Eucharlstic Con' 
gress drew over $9,300, giving him 
great break considering Jolson lo 
cation. 

Rialto— "We're in the Navy Now" 
(P. P.-L.) (1,960; 35-50-75-99) (2nd 
week). New house record last week 
by Beery- Hattton combination. $4f. 
756. playing nine shows a day. 
Former record made by Harold 
Lloyd In "Por Hearen's Bake," 10 
show.s daily, drew $48,190 first week 
Starting second weak "NaVY" igff^ 

" id^r 



8trand— "Forever After* (F. N.) 

(2,900; 35-50-75). Strand switched 
policy to Saturday opening and this 
picture only got six days. Business 

$26,600, at rate of alwut $33,000 for 
week if it had bad the final Sat> 
urday. 

Warner's— "Don Juan" (W. B.) 
(1.360; $1.65-$2.20) (15th week). 
Jump here of about $500 on week, 
final figures showing $24,752, as 
against $24,230 week before. In last 
two weeks business has climbed 
total of almost $2,000, which should 
still wise ones, predicting novelty 
would wear off and* box ofHco shot 
after about 10 weeks. 

(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, Inc.) 



Buys Christedge 

Harold Christedge of the Christ- 
edge circuit has sold his holdings 
to Stan^adis i^cothers. 

Among the bouaea eontrolled by 

the brothers are the Empire. Apollo, 
Classic. Metropolitan and Parkway, 
all In Brooklyn. N. Y. 



U. A. After Grama's 



Los Angeles, Nov. 1$. 

United Artists Theatres. Inc., is 

negotiating with Sid Qrauman and 

West Coast Theatres, Inc., to pur> 

chase Ghrauman'a EZgyptlan In 
Hollywood. They want to make this 
house a first-run presentation house 
for their product when Grauman 
opens hia Chlntao Miafttr* aoxt 
April. 

west Coast Theatrea, Inc.. own a 

50 per cent interest in the house, 
with Grauman having the other 
half. It is said that $900,000 is the 
asking price for the property, with 
the buyers to give cash and stock 
In the U. A. Theatres, Inc., to Grau- 
man and Weat Coaat for their hold- 
ings. 



Francis in Film's hmmd 

In the making of **The Music 
Master" the Fox picture heads have 
promoted Alec B. Francis to play 
the lead. 

Lois Moran la tha . ||irtil^^ 
woman. ' ' " ■ ■ :'' j.*"-'? 

' Alan- Dwan directing. 



Levee East to Meet 
Rowbmd; Ist N. Changes 

Loa Angeles, Nov. IS. 

M. C. Levee, executive general 

manager of First National Studios, 

will leave for New York sliortly to 

meet Uirhard A. Itowland upon his 

return from Europe. I^evoe will 

then discuss the future production 

and operating policy of First Na- 
tional. 

It Is understood that ohanK^'s will 
be made in the pnnluction person- 
nel, as John McCormick, general 
production manager, will probably 
go abroad with hlH wife. Colleen 
Moore, to produce four pictures. 



&OSSON DIRECTS MENJOU 

Los Angeles. Nov. 16. 
Richard RoalMkii, who Just finish- 

ed directing F. P.-L.*s "Blonde or 
Itrunet," starring Adolph Menjou, 
wiLii next direct that star in "Gen- 
tleman in Bvenlng Clothes,*' the 
llcnry Miller stage play. 

Hosson will leave for New York 
immediately after this picture. 



2iid Vita Program at 
(kanmaD'v Hol^jMi 

I.os Angele.o, Nov. 16. 
After 14 weeks at Ctraunian'a 
i:g>'ptian, "Don Juan" will be with- 
drawn this week, with "^he Better 
'Ole," another Warner product 
taking its plaoo tomorrow (Wod« 
nesday). 

"Don Juan** opened with a Bid 

Grauman Proloff. Laat month It 

was withdrawn. With the Vitaphone 
substituted. As many people had 
seen the picture with the prolog,' 
the repeat busineaa for the - new 
Vitaphone did not materialise as 
expected. 

"Old Ironsides," the next picturo 
booked for the house, is not ready, 
and It was arrangcil to bring the 
.second Vitaphone Warner Brothers^ 
picture starring Sid Chaplin, di« 
rected by Chuck Relsner. 

The Vitaphone will be the samo 
program running at the Colon]^ 
New York, with 'The- Better 'Ole.' 




17.595 Saturday and %n,m Sunday. 

allghtlv under first week. 

Rivoli— "Everybody's Acting" (F. 
P.-L.) (2.200: S5-50-7B*'f9).. « easi- 
ness off little more than >6.000 
against week before. Receipts $21.- 
516, despite picture got good notices 
and Marshall M*ti*n'a diraetion 
Mlaed. 



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VICTOR SEASTROM'S production with Lars 

Hanson. Adaptadm, uiamio and titles by f^^^^^ 
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VARIETY 



FILM REVIEWS 



Wednesday, November 17, 1926 



UPSTAGE 



Itehwi QoMwyn production. Dir«ct««I by 
ItaM* BttU. Adapted by Lorna Moon from 
UlClMl aCory br T'altw D* Leon. Norma 
Kartr ataarai. OaMr fbaw and Darothy 
fiilBfa faatnvad. Tltlaa by Joa Fimham. 
Oaatana Oaudlai aaanara. At capital. New 
Tork, vaak Mav. M. Bmmimg Uma, arooad 
40 BBdautea. 

Dally HaTen Norma Stieater 

Johnny Storm. Oscar 4Uiaw 

Sam Davla. Tenen Holts 

Dixie Mason. Owen Lee 

mss Weaver Dorothy Phlllipe 

Mr. Weeton J. Frank Glendon 

Wallace KUia Ward I'rane 

r Charles MeaUn 



Mont* Ben ba« done some excep- 
tional directorial work on "Up- 
aUge." His h\g and little bits of 
HfWetlon. If an>thinfir. will make the 
layman like this picture of vaude- 
Tillians and backstagre life. 
' With a yogue of Btage plays 
seeminKly In the offlntr started 
by the smashbis ''Broadway.'* that 
■My extend to the screen. If so. and 
the iKiblic can crrasp all of Mr. 
BsU's snbUeUes, "Upstage'* wiU be 
m Wx aClee draw. Otherwise it will 
liaye to hold itself up throngh 
2forma Shearer and the story as 
outlined. 

But for the show business and 
for show people ''Upstage" is Ideal. 
.Walter ]>e I^een, who wrote the 

a TaudevilllaB. Per* 



haps Lorna lioea alse, the adapter, 
and surely Joe Famham knows his 
vaudy stufF as brought out by his 
humorous titles, no small part of 
this film. 

But where did Monta BelU a for- 
mer newspaperman, find out so 
much about backstage and the 
vaudevlUian? Mr. Bell tells he 
knows, not only In the booking 
agent's office scenes but In the 
Poughkeepsie "try-out" theatre. 
And he has given the vaudevilllan 
a picture of himself that every 
vaudevilllan, man ^ woman, will 
relish. 

"Upstage** la irrcat for vaudeville 
and for "Vartety** (Ute paper). It's 
the stoiy of a awell head. As It 
starts, one can almost recall the 
day when Billy Gould first brought 
Valeska Suratt Into the eld Rec- 
tor's restaurant, after both had 
come east from Chicago. And Miss 
Shearer as made up and photo- 
graphed in this picture does not 
look unlike Valeska did In those 
days, though Miss Shearer to the 
better looking altliough not quite as 
statuesque as Val always tried to 
Make herself, en and off. 

licavlng the home town to "become 
a stenographer In New York, Dolly 
Haven (Mfse Shearer) reads ah ad- 
vertisement of a theatrical agent in 
need of a stenop. Tn<julr1ntr fb'^r*^, 



She llBds the pealtlon flUcd, hut ac- 
cidentally rmm late a aonversatlon 

with Johnny Storm (Oeoar Shaw), a 
song and dance man In need of a 
partner. 

So Storm and Bayea eventually 
try out at Poughkeepsie. After that 
they read a New Act notice in 
"Variety.** It says the girl is there 
on the beaut thing; that "she is 
easy to look al aad aida valoa to 
the act." 

The eountry girl who fell Into the 
show business took a decided brace 
on confidence after reading the no- 
tice. It went to her head. When 
Johnny couldn't handle her he let 
the girl slide to do a two-act with 
Walhtee King (Ward Crane), a 
single. 

Again Poughkeepsie and a try- 
out and again a 'Variety'* New Act 
notice flashed upon the screen (in 
the same style as this paper's New 
Act notices). The King and Haven 
notice read that Wallace King did 
not hare enough alone to hold up a 
two-aet with a girl who eould do 
nothing. It tusseataA Ktaff jta hack 
to his single. 

That broke vp the second two- 
act, but Dolly still retailed her 
"head." She interviewed Sam Davis 
(Tenen Bolts), informing the agent 
she "guessed'* she would do a single 
h' rself. Sam guessed she might get 



la tha ehonie of a girl aet 
JDoUy gue s sed herself oat of bis of- 
fkof, but weat Into tha girl aet*a 
chorus after Johnny had declined 
her offer to "take him back.*' 

This leads up to the pathetic 
punch and the moral of the story, 
about when an actor becomes a 
trouper. Weston and Weaver, knife 
throwers, early in the picture had 
mentioned they hoped to have their 
baby with them on Christmas. And 
Christmas they spent in Pough- 
keepsie. 

Baby here was Inveigled Into ono 
of the nicest bits a stage picture 
ever brought out. In a Tsntriloquist 
having his "dummy" carry on a 
conversation backstage with the 
babe. It was that dummy, however, 
left alone on the corridor, that led 
tp baby falling over, onto the stage 
beneath, without mother or father 
aware of what had happened. 

Bell here got into the heart of 
the show business without any hlah 
stuff about "the show must go mi.** 
Their act was next. Weston and 
Weaver knew their spot and had 
to take it. but as they were on the 
stage and the husband about to 
decorate the board his wife stood 
against with knives, she saw her 
baby held In the arms of the stage 
manager in the wings. 

Here it was that Dollv. with the 











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SMASHED ALL 
RECORDS AT 

lid^OOO first weelt 

DOUBLED • 
NORMAL GROSS 
ATIMPERIAL, 




BROKE RECORD AT 
MILLION DOLLAR 
THEATRE, LOS 
ANGELES, BY $1,0(K>! 



"Biggest laugh hit since 'Tillie's 
Punctured Romance.' * Better box 
pl&ce bet than 'Behind the Front*." 

— yariety. 



**Even bigger hit than 'Behind the 
Front.* Qood for any theatre.*' 
^ — Harrisons Reports. 

**A riot of fun. Should be used as 
an example for producers with come- 
dies in t^eir system." 

— Y, American. 

^One great big laugh fest. Opened 
at Imperial to audiences which fairly 
stormed the doors." 

^^ .„ ''^-S4m Francisco Daily Ne»s, 

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^Cbreater than 'Behind the Front'.*' 

—-San Francisco Chronicle. 

•*A pronounced hit. Will be just as 
popular as 'Behind the Front*.*' 

—N. Y. Sun. 



€pictutes 



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girl act at the same house, got her 
chance. She motioned to the mother 
to take her babe and Dolly ran onto 
the stage, assuming hor place be- 
fore the knife thrower, who Son- 
tinned until Dolly, stricken with 
fear, enimped up and sUd down 
upon the stage. 

When opening her eyes to find 
Johnny Storm holding her, sha 
asked Johnny if he had heard some* 
one call her a "trouper.** Johnny 
had. They decided to string to* 
gether after that, with Johnny prob* 
ably airing Dixie Mason (Qwea 
Lee), his present partner. 

That trouper thing to the enuc 
of the tale, started with a versa 
about '^he Trouper" at the open- 
ing. Johnny had tdid Dolly she 
couldn't troupe and she couldn't 
even dance when first rehearsing. 
But Johnny saw she had "class" in 
her strut as she was walking out 
on him, and called her back to do 
that walk over again. It was % 
very natural bit. 

There are many natural bits. 

Photography throughout didn*t 
always give Miss Shearer the beet 
of it, and a few times decidedly 
the worst of it. 

Speaking of "trouplng.** regard* 

less of the proper definition, which 
isn't all heroism at lea^t. Norma 
Shearer gave the best example In 
her knife throwing scene. PVom 
that scene alone you can set it 
down that Norma Shearer can aet. 
It's one of the be.st bits she ever 
did; it's one of the best acting bits 
any American picture girl has ever 
done; it's splendid, and more se 
considering the double exposure In* 
▼olved. 

This picture will be played be- 
cause it is a fine picture, finely 
made, excepting the camera werl^ 
but to what extent it will draw ov«f. 
the average is problematical. 

Yet the picture is holding over 
In San Francisco this week. Sun- 
day at the Capitol, New York, it 
did over $13,000 on the day, nearly 
the Sunday record of the theatre. 
Kven eo. Just what appeal this stage 
ptoture win have for the general 
public is In doubt. It will depend 
a good deal upon the house manage- 
ment and the advance. There to 
an excellent press sheet a«i Jor 
thto film by M>G-M. 

Though the public doesn't take 
too warmly to the picture. It will 
give recognition to Mr. Bell, to Mr. 
Famham, Mr. DeLeon and MIsa 
Shearer, besides wHIch Mr. Shaw 
does very well as the s. and d. nmn, 
while the types anound the ageney' 
and back stage are near-perfect. 
Mr. Holts as the agent just missed, 
not enough to nofiee parfiealarly* 
but Just. 

One of the truest stage ^toriea 
ever pietored. 



EAGLE OF THE SEA 

^NMrii UarS Vradnctlaa piaaislsS liy 
Famous Flarara-Laaky. Kroa tha aoval 
"Captaia Sazarac," by Cbarlaa Taanay 
JaekaoB. adapted by Jelisa J aa g p h aoa. 
raaterins Plorenca VIdar and luoardo 
Cartes. At the Rivolt. New Torlc.'Wetk 
Nov. 13. Running time, Tt ailnataa. 
I^ulHe I^tron . ,i, .yiorenri? Vldor 
i^nptaln SaMrae .Ricurdo O^^s 

O;loiul I^Biroa. Sam De Urnke 

John Jarvla •....••*.Andro BeranRor 

Crackley ...•*..»a4*i.|lltchel) I^wie 

Holuche Quy Oliver 

r.tn. Andrew Jackaan Oeors; Irving 

DominioM James Marcua 

l->oT> RdipiS-*.. Krvin Renaod 

Bobon *'.,.;*.«.....,. .Cbarlaa R. Andatsea 



mm' 



Frank Lloyd has produced an- 
other sea tale for the screen. This 
time it is a tale of the pii*ates of 
the Caribbean of the early part of 
the 19th centT^ry, with the scenes in 
New Orleans and on a trio of sailing 
ships In the Oulf. 

Florence Vldor and Illi^ai^ Oor^ 

toz are featured. 

The picruie is good enough enter- 
tainment in its way. but does not 
stand out as Koniething extraordi- 
nary, whiv'h was expected coming 
from Lloyd. There are moments 
when the i)ic'ture is as stirring as 
Fairbanks' "Black Pirate," but thera 
are others when there Is a lack of 
punch to give the audience a kick. 
It will get by, but won't break any 
box ofllce records. 

The feature opens with a series 
of street scenes in old New Orleans 
In 1815 when General Jackson is 
paying a vltlt to the city which he 
had saved from the hands of the 
British a few years before. At that 
time Captain }=?azarac, a poted pi- 
rate, aHsisted in repulsing the Eng- 
lish. For thHt the General secmeil 
a pardon for the sea rover and his 
crew. 

But the pirate, it seems, would not 

stay put. even though some of his 
crew took on more hononiMe but 
Fess f xv itin^ employment. The cap- 
uiin apraln has a price on his. head 
\vh«*n ihi' pi' ture r>pen8, despite which 
fact he is In Nev, Orleans, drawn 
there l»y t^u- lure of a pretty face 
belonginf? to Louise Lestrom, whom 
he rescues when her carriage horses 
run away. , 

Miss Vi«lor is Louise and Mr. 
Cortes the pirnte captain whom she* 
has captivated. A pretty n»mano«! 
follows, the two meeting at a ball 



MiHiB nelare Frigs aera and Vtalrl%eli9eeff AniariM, ^.-^Wm It; tfsya, Frtai b st 



iglveh 16 tlenf ral .l a c k s on. who rec 
ognlses the pirate despite his mask, 
across the hall. He has him brought 
before hlni and Kivea him 24 hours 
to leave the town. 
7x>ul«o IS willing to finance an ex- 

Ipedition to St. Helena for ihr pur- 
pose of rescuing Napoleon. Her 
unelSb who to In the intrigue, wants 



<Centlnued on page 18) 



Wednesday, NovemW 17, liM 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



IS 



LITERATI 



■V' » 



"On th« Payroir* 
In the New York Dally Newa last 
week, Paul Galileo, aaaistant man- 
t^glng editor of that toadfnt t&bloid. 
In hi* sports column, printed a let-, 
ter received by the Newa from the 
secretary of the aasociatioq^for the 
protooUon Oif BOwapAptMk 

Tho tottor as herewith reprinted 

relates to the hockey gamea at 
Madison Square Garden. Mr. Gal- 
ileo In his testy con^ment Ineludod 
tlM "payroll" on flffhts. but OYor- 
looked that the same thlngii appears 
evident in the pro football busi- 
neM and haa been notorioiMi amons 
the raoo traoho around New York 
City. 

"The payroll for the boys'* (news- 
paper) is a by-word among well 
»o r o<d oporting men. PisMa havo 
been "built up" through the secretly 
paid for publicity. Fighters who 
have refuaod to "give up" as well 
aa flfht maaagements havo besa 
nclUed off" or auSoroA la that aort 
•C an attempt. 

In raoinir It haa boon only too 
•bvlous that **news" of the sort tho 
rtce directors do not want never 
appears in typeb Not all racing ro- 
portora aeoopt noner* but It dooo 
Mem as though the smarteat of the 
racing writers are "on the pairroll," 
placed there perhaps because of 
their expert knowledgo ittl ilMty 
to detect the wrongful aoH Ip aad 
about the track. 

This has been an inside scandal 
hi ICetropolitan aportlng and hawa* 
paper circles for years. It has ex- 
tended outside of the metropolis, 
•tber sport promoters in large dia- 
trtita t^ktag tha raa aad ■esmfaigly 
ftldlng ready compliance. Mean- 
while the public has been bllkod of 
millions in admission fees to pub- 
IMMd aportlng eventa, wMi tla 
system steadily followed and repeat 
after repeat, through free publicity 
la the sporting columna of thia 
dallies, given away by aairapa;- 
pers but paid for somehow. 

The secretary's letter Mr. OaUioo 
had the nerve and good judgment 
la print reads: 

"At Madison Square Garden 
there will be two hockey teams, 
one eontrollad hF Tes mkiiart 
and one controlled by Col. 
Hammond. The publicity has 
l>een placed In the hands of an 
advertising firm Ip Weal dfad 
street, and they have been told 
that the sum of |1S.OO«, 
from each team, haa been set 
mm^ far ptiMtBUy piMfif IS. luw 
Ulnictions have been given. 
Bbwever, that this money is not 
to be expended for advertising, 
hut la to bO expended if neccs- 
aary among newspaper men who 
are supposed to be receptive 
to financial rewards Mr aervico 
tottmated above.' All the news- 
papers are represented on thin 
list, although Uiere are names 
on this list of men who are ab- 
solutely beyond reproach with 
thle sort of proposal. The only 
conclusion to be drawn is that 
money suppoaad to ba nald to 
these newspaper men flndl a 
resting place in some inter- 
mediary's pocket, but this in no 
Way lessens the undaplraMNly 
of the reputation which Is being 
visited upon those honest news- 
paper men whoso names are on 
. .,. the Hit.!*:. 

New "Pleasure" Magaxine 
The Pleasure Magazine corpora- 
tion, an organisatioa which will 
publish a monthly magazine to be 
known as "Pleasure," has been 
formed In Chicago. It li attaoiilie«d 
as dealing with the "hlghUi^tii'' Of 
all forms of amusement. 

Harry A. Zook, Jr., recently ed- 
itor of *The Broadcast Ijlataiiar^ 
and at one time announcer at sta- 
tions KYW and WBCN, is editor. 
H. E. Reilly, connected with various 
theatrical enterprises, wilt hO atsO* 
ciate editor. 

The first issue is slated for Doc. 
15 and will sell for 25 cents a copy. 



Thonns BUrke Will do no more 
Llmehoune stories. The author who 
made Llmehouse famous and who 
gained much fame from Ltlghthouse 

In turn, declares so himaelf, and 
says he will henceforth write novels 
about people in all wallas of life. 



Ward Moorehouse has Join, d tlio 
dramatic Htaft of tho New York 
J'Kvcnins Hiinr writing a dai ly 
signed column' of show news. Un- 
til last week Moorehouse was with 
the ' Herald Tribune" dramatic de- 
partment. A shift sent George 
CJoldsmith from the "Trib's" news 
HtafT to the diamntlf editor's chair, 
left" vacant through tlu» illr.ess of 
Charleii Belmont Davis. Tiie latter 



is sufferins with diabetes. 

Stephen Rathbun remains 
the "Sun** aa dramatic editor, 
bart Qabrlal la tha aritlo. 



with 
GU- 



The Bcrlpps- Howard "News" In 
Washington, D. C, la boosting its 
sale prioe from one to two oehts. 
Starting with 12 pages, thia tab- 
loid has constantly grown, with Its 
dramatic editor, Leonard Hall, 
eredlted with a voodly portion of 
ita rapid advance. 

Harry EL Dounce, literary editor 
of the New York "Sun," haa gone 
over to lha K«w York "Poatr te 
the same capacity. Dounce will 
put the "Poat's** weekly literary 
supplement in new foriii and en- 
larga the department 



Jesse Lasky is said to have sug- 
gested the purchase of "Sorrell and 
Son.** the beat setter, by Warwick 
Deeping, for filming by Paramount. 
Ijaaky read th» book, which he 
picked up at random at a news- 
stand. In one alttfaig tha Ural dagr 



east on a train from Hollywood, 
and Immediately telegraphed his 
soenario departaMMt to aaoure the 
film rights. Paramount is believed 
to have secured the rights at a 
bargain, aa the book la now In Ita 
fourteenth printing, aa when Lasky 
read It, Just off the prOM, it 
pi*actically unknown. 



William Bandolph Hearst, pub- 
lisher, haa applied for a prallmlaary 

permit to construct a power project 
In Alaska to manufacture paper. 
Mr. Hearst'a application provides 
for the installation of a complete 
paper and pulp mill at Port Shet- 
tisham in the Tongasa liatlonal 
Fareat. 



ChaHle Utrie^ 

Charlea Kenmora Ulrio, who 
weekly gets out some corking press 
sheets for the Producers Distribut- 
ing Corp. an Ito many lllm% eele- 
brated his 50th annlv«rsanr of 
newspaper work Nov. IS. 

Charlie Ulrie Is one of the oldest 
aad beat-known newspaper mw In 
the picture press departments. He 
was city editor of the Chicago 
"American" around IMT and prior 
to that tlma waa to nawa pap e r wwk 



in San Francisco, breaking in there 
50 years ago. 

Uhrto waa on the New York "Her- 
ald" at the time John Flinn, now 
a P. D. C. executive, was doing the 
theatrloal atuff, Ulrle being an edi- 
tor. During hia pleture work, Mr. 
Ulrlc for some time was with Fa- 
mous Players - I^sky . He has t urned 
out original scripts and la alao tha 
author of aeveral legltlmaU atage 



Jim Ferguson's Libel Suit 

Former Governor James EL Fer- 
guson, husband of Gov. Miriam A. 

Ferguson of Texas, has filed suit 
for 1100,000 against the Dallas 
"News** for libel. The libelous ar- 
ticle, Ferguson's petition states, ap- 
peared under the headline, "Fergu- 
son Demanded 10 Per Cent on Bid'.' 



eign publicntiona is expected to bo 
rejected at the next hearing of tha 
Ottawa House of Commona la 

March. 

The petition is aimed at Amerl* 
can magaslnes, said to bo aweep* 

Ing Canadian and British maga* 
zines off the stands. The Canadian 
Wholesalers and Retailers, com- 
posed of selling agents, are agalnat 
the petition. The petition advo- 
cates the placing of ten cents 
a pound duty on publications, 
whieh woiild cut salea proflta. Tha 
Canadian Whoiosalera and Retail- 
ers oan't see that. 



Arthur Wallace Dunn Diss 
Arthur Wallace Dunn, for 



SO 



HBverybodyV* becomes an all-fle- 
tloa magasine with the December 
Issue. Articles and special features 
proved unpopular. 

With only seven out of about 

1.500 Canadian publishers repre- 
sented at a hearing, the petition of 
the Magazine Publishera' Associa- 
tion of Canada for a duty on for- 



years a political writer In Waah* 

InRton. died Nov. S in that city» 
within two months after his wife 
had passed away. 

If O. O. ICcIntyre doeen't beat him 

to It, Stephen (Iraham, the English 
writer, is to do a book to be called 
"New York NighU." Graham al« 
ready haa to hIa credit *'London 
Nights" and Is over here about six 
months already, gathering material 
for the new work. Graham knowa 
hIa New York. 



Sk^HodkHisIm! 
War. 




With GERTRUDE OLMSTEAD, OTIS 
HARLAN, EMILY FITZROY, CHARLES 
GERARD, GERTRUDE ASTOR, B 

rnm Um atwry bjr K. R. C BROWNE 

A UNIVERSAL SUPER COMEDY 

PreMoted hi CAiU. LAPilML£ 




A. SEITER PROD 



>XJCTION 



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VARIETY 

SfeS5SSU=SS 



FILM REVIEWS 



EAGLE OF THE SEA 

CGontlnued from pat* 14) 

to mt Bntland and America at war 
aiain, 9o that 8|>afii can eoma In 
and' seize Kew Orleans. He makes 
his proposal to Capt. Sazarac to 
head the adventure, but he refuses 
to do anything which will injure 
ikmerioa. gbtl overhears the 

plaM aad ll^i^ iiirBdown which Capt. 
Sazarac tivee her uncle and pro- 
claims that she will broadcast thoro 
Is such a plot. To prevent this her 
uncle and a Spanish diplomat con- 
trilra that ehe diza'ppear on an out- 
«6lnt jttirehant ehlp^ fivlnt forth 
the afire that Capt. Basarao had 
kidnapped her. 

When the captain hears of this he 
seizes the ship intended for the 
Napoleonic venture and gives chase, 
rescuing the girl and starting to re- 
turn with her, when his crew of cut- 
throats mutiny. He and his loyal 
followers are confined below decks. 
There is an attack by a Spanit>h 
frigate which has followed them 
with fortune first favoring one and 
raally the other, but the pirates 
victorious i the end. And Uie 
captain wins the girl. 

The sea fights are well done. One 
of the best performances is con- 
tributed by Andre Beranger as a 
sousied pirate with gaUant inclina- 
tions. 

Mitchell Lewis aa the leader of 
the mutiny scored as did also James 
Marcus. Cortes was a pleasing 
enough gallant. Frrd 



W^daM^ay, November 17, 1929^ 



FAUST 



sinm H 0 N I cl 



: : f SINGING 

DANCINfSj 

ORGANist 

COVENT GARDEN 
THEATRE 
CHICAGO 



Berlin, Nov. 3. 
This film may be a disappoint* 

ment— from ♦■he financial anfrle 
From the artistic viewpoint there 
is some difference of opinion. Per- 
sonally it is believed one of the best 
productions ever screened. But from 
the standpoint of taste and photo- 
graphic brilliance it Is doubtful 
whctlier there has ever been a pro- 
duction that surpassed it. It is not 
revolutionary as the same director's 
"Last Laugh" was but It has mo- 
ments which will create a good deal 
of stir in the American studios. 
Here in Qermany it won't equal the 
nnancial returns of **The Nlbel- 
ungen.'* 

The scenario by Hans Kayser is a 

combination of Goethe, the old 
Faust legend, and some modern 
variations. U has swift movement 
and gives much chance for the pic- 
torial. Performances are on the 
whole very satisfactory, the Swede, 
(loesta Ekman, registering as both 
the old and yorung Faust. Camilla 
Horn was a good selection for 
Ciretchen and gave naive charm to 
the part. In the dramatic moments 
at the end she did as well as It is 
necessary for a film actress to do. 

Yvette Gullbert, the Internation- 
ally known diseuse, was a happy 
choice as Martha and planted her 
comedy neatly. 

Emil JanninRs is a bit of a dis- 
appointment as Mephisto. He gives 
merely tha cowventionaliaed oper- 
atic conception of the* role, whore 
a more j>owerful, vital interpreta- 
tion would have strengthened the 
story. Jannings' performance Is un- 
questionably interesting but would 
be greatly improved if he could rid 
himself of the bad habit of mug- 
ging into which he has lately fallen. 



THE SILENT LOVER 

First National presents MlUon Sills In 
screen version of Lajos Biro's play, "The 
Legionary." Scenario by Carey Wilson. 
Oeors* Arch&lnbaud director. At the 
Strand. New York. wMk of Nov. 18. Run- 
nine time. 67 mina 

Count Pierre Tornal .'...Milton Sills 

Vera Sherman Natalie Xlngston 

Cornelius aherman WtlUam Humphrey 

Captain Horsvlt* «•...... Arthur E. Carewe 

Kobol ............William V. Monr 

Scadssa .Viola Dana 

ContarinI .Clause King 

O'Reilly • ••••V..CharII« Murray 

Qreenbavai. .'« » Art||v Btone 

Haidee. ••••y. . ^Alsva' BiniMi^ 



Here's a "sheik picture." only up- 
side down. The film distorts and 
makes ridiculous all those yomantic 
elements that made Mrs. HuU'/s first 
desert plctm a Ittik ofRoe amash; 
The result Is sometMnc ISka Jtoaking 



a gag varakm •£ ^Homeo and 

Juliet," 

"The Silent Loven'* has some low 
comedy that pulls laughs, but tha 
whole pattern Is hokum travesty 
and the results are not happy. Good 
pictorial values give the picture 
some Interest, but a low comedy 
treatment of a romantic subject 
promises very Uttla In popular ap- 
peal. Chances seem greatly against 
the picture registering on week runs 
where word ' eC ttiouth advertising 
counts, putting it in the daily 
change grade. For this class o( 
booking Ita impressive east will 
bring trade. 

The production is a jumbled med- 
ley of cross- purposes. A back- 
ground of romance Is built up with 
great j^ns out of the familiar ma- 
terials* of the French Foreign Le- 
gion, Arab sheiks, picturesque des- 
ert scenes and dashing horsemen. 
Having achieved a sentimental at- 
ntosphere, the story then proceeds 
to use it for burlesque comedy. The 
comic effects are obtained by the 
Jazzy antics of a trio of Legion 
soldiers. It is enough to Indicate 
the quality of the comedy to relate 
that Charlie Murray plays a Legion 
soldier named O'Reilly, exactly as It 
would be played on the Mutual 
wheel, and Is stipported by a fellow 
legionnaire named Greenbnum. 

The effect of Irish and Hebe dia- 
lect pitchforked Into the atmosphere 
of "Under Two Flags" is rather 
overpowering. Instead of laughing 
at It, the auditor is disposed to fee! 
vaguely that the producer Is laugh- 
ing at fandom. There are times 
when the serious romance Is given 
emphasis, but always a cynical 
twist pricks the sentimental bubble. 

For instance, the romance df the 
soldier-hero and the heroine, tour- 
ist in the desert, is worked up with 
elaborate mechanism of heroic res- 
cue, moonlight desert trysts, etc. 
Then when It comes time for the 
final embrace, it is the Algerian 
sheik who briagg the lovers to- 
gether because the sheik's favorite 
wife is sweet on the hero and the.' 
sheik wtints to see hini si^ely mar- 
ried and out of the way. 

Contrasted to this cynical vio- 
lence to sentiment, at another point 
In this wild narrative, the Legion 
ofilcer and the same sheik meet man 
to man out In the desert to struggle 
to the death In one of those heroic 
battles with the lovely heroine as 
iha stUca. 9*he - trouble with th^ 
picture Is that It has no definite de- 
sign. The comedy and the romance 
seems to hkve been hitroduced by 
ungoverned- whim and no sense of 
proportion. The effect as it comes 
to the spectator is Muq teratlng. 

nu9K 



JOSSELYN'S WIFE 

Tiffany Productions society drama sug- 
gested by Kathleen Nurrls' story of same 
name. Scenario by Agnes Farsons, di- 
re<-ted by Richard Thorpe. Harold Younif, 
film editor. Pauline Frodertck featured. 
Running time, &8 mlnutee (projection room 
spoed); 5.S4M feet. Set for release Nov. 15. 

I.illiun Joss^yn ...Pauline Frederick 

Thomae Jo«eelyn....4«.<,..Holmea Herbert 

Pierre Marcband ..Armasd Kalis 

Bllea If srrha nS ........... . Joseahine- HIU 

Flo ^....OamHuTCknsh^ 

Mr. Arthur r .Freenae wood 

Detective • Pat Harmon 

Maid Ivy Uvlngatoa 

Butler. .................... .INT. A. Carroll 



This Is the kind of drama the 
Laura Jean Libby fans used to love 
—which Is to say it Is false and 

artificial. Everything tl.at happens 
is absurdly make-believe. The 
whole phoney dramatio situation 
arises from the fact that a loyal 
wife goes to the studio of her for- 
mer lover. Her husband has asked 
her to have her portrait painted, 
and she knows the artist is going to 
make unwelcome love to her. 

If she had refused to go. or had 
given some excuse, as any woman 
who had good sense would have 
done, there wouldn't have been any 
story. 

Even so good aii actress uj Paul- 
ine Frederick oan- not make more 
than a dummy figure of the pure 
lady pursued by the amorous art- 
ist. The helpless lady victim of 
brute men is passe technique for 
stage or screen. The only emotion 
it excites is weariness and Impa- 
tience at building up hlgh-falutln* 
situations that, have no basis, but 
the author's and director's poverty 
of resource. 

Picture has some nice aettings, 
but the playing is In nb better 
style than the jtory, except for the 
always graoi^s acting of Miss 
Frederick. The men are Just actors. 
Then never for a moment convey 
any Illusion of real people. 

It's a tiresome jpicture, appro- 
priate only to the flBoat unsophisti- 
cated clientelsb :\-..,Mu»h» 



LADIES AT PLAY 

First National production, directed by Al 
Green. Story by Sam Janney. Doris Ken- 
yon, I^uise Fazenda and Lloyd Hughes fea- 
tured. Titles by George Marion, Jr. At 
Keith-AIbee Hippodrome, New York, week 
Nov. 15. Running time, atwut GO minutes. 



A very nice comedy, \vlth a good 
twist to the Sam Janney story and 
several laughs from the titles by 
George Marion, Jr. Al Green's di- 
rection keeps action on the Jump 
and makes a fast moving picture. 

In playing Doris Kenyon ran away 
from the others. Miss Kenyon has 
a rogiii^ rolsh always loaklpg fetch- 



tag, and here the photography im 

more than worthy of pas.sing noticeT 

In eccentric work Louise Fazenda M 
was In the lead, closely held to. ■ 
however in the "drunk" scene bj^ 
Ethel Wales. Virginia Lee Corbin 
did nicely as a sweetly slangy girl 
She's improving rapidly and ha.i 
looks. Captions were of distinct aid 
to her. Lloyd Hughes had no hard* 
ship in his simple Juvenile role. 

The story is another version of 
the marry-on-tlme or lose an in- 
heritance. 9ut here the heiress to 
Ms mllliona mth three days to se- 
cure a husband was In love with no 
one. The best in sight as far she 
was eoneemed was the hotel's mail 
clerk.* 

The mail clerk gave her air when 
she broached marriage to him. It 

looked like a frame to the "collar 
ad kid," as Virginia called him. So 
Doris decided to "compromise" the 
clerk, but that failed, too, since 
there was too much compromising 
about. 

As Doris had to have the- ap« 
pruval of her two aunts to a bus* 
band, according to the terms of the 
will, and the. ,old n^kidenly aunts 
thought two m^n in' one room was 
safety first, it left Doris hilt an- 
other day to wind if up. 

She decide to compromise the 
aunts, securing a couple of easy 
coin night club t>oys to do that little 
thTng." They worked in on the aunts 
by claiming relationship^ then took 
the old gals to dinner, filled 'em up 
with boose, removed Uienii to their 
apartment, and Doris did the rest 
with a camera. 

Quite unexpectedly a good com* 
edy to be found at the Hippodrome, 
where it drew plenty of laughter. 
Dcspita l^lot and deaeription, entirely 
clean. 

Good for a first run anywherie but 



HENRI C 
LEBE 

''KiBff of Melody^' 

Pantages' Chief 

ORGANIST 
OPENING NEW 

PANTAGES 

PORTLAND 






Under contract to 

SEPH Me SCHENCK 



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**KID BOOTS" . . . 
"MANTRAP'' 

"EVERYBODY'S ACTING" . 
"DUCHESS OF BUFFALO" . 
"HER SISTER FROM PARIS 
"KIKI" . ; 
"GRAUSTARK" . 
"SON OF THE SHEIK! 
"THE EAGLE" . 
"THE BAP' . 
"LADIES AT PLAY" 
"THE WISE GUY" ^ 
"SWEET DADDIES'* . 
"IRENE". 

"IT MUST BE LOVE" 
"ELLA CINDERS" 
"THE DARK ANGEL" 
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(Constance Talmadgi 
(Constance Talniadg< 
(Norma Taknadge) 
(Norma TaUnadge) 
(Rmialph Valentino) 
(Rudolph Valentino) 
(United Artists) 
(First National) 
(First National) 
(First National) 
(First National) 
(First National) 
(First National) 
(First National) 
(M.-G.m) 

m^sim - _ 



ODUCTION Bebe Danieb' 'STRANDED IN PARIS' 

' ^" ment JOHN W. CONSIDINE, Jr. 

Pfckford-Fahrbailkt Studios, Hollywood 




Wednesday, November 17, 1926 



FlhfA R£VI£WS 



VARIETV 



nothing extraordinary tor a draw or 
fell advertisemeat. , iBtaie. 

THE SMOKE EATERS 

Trem Carr ProduotlOB presented by W. 
Hay Johnston. Story by Arthur Heart 
•with C*. J. Hunt director. At Lioew's New 
York as hR\t of double bill. »M 4»f, HV9, 
42* Runoias tlm«, 64 mlna. 



As a eonipllmentanr ceiture to- 
ward firemen In general, and it's 
dedicated to the flame boya^ this 
«elliilold opiM miMee by many miles. 
Cheaply made, amateurishly titled. 
t>adiy put together and minus iMice. 
loavea little hopa for "Ths Smoke 
Eaters" outside of the "shooting 
saileries." It trading upon the 
peettfd prestige M.-a.-M.'a "Fire 
Brigade" is perfect, tha producer 
flopped Just as badly. 

The thrill seiitiences lack logic, 
much must be taken for granted 
and the big fire scene strongly sug- 
gests that Hunt was one of the di- 
rwctors who called out his camera 
men during the recent studio fires 
on the coast to take pot shots for 
future use. 

It's possible this scenario was 
written around the opportunity to 
ahoot the genuine fire stuff. -Cul- 
len Landls is the only cast member 
viewed in these scenes. He must 
have been hastily recruited tor the 
occasion, as all he does is to run 
over a network of rubber hose cov- 
•ring the street. 

It takes almost two reels before 
the script Jumps 20 years, so that 
Itandls and Wanda Hawley can en- 
ter tha story. Previously a pro- 
m>iiged stretch depicts the sorrow of 
>ia^reman and hia wife who have 
lost a child. When a passenger ship 
Ifoes up in flames this same fire- 
man reaeues a man^ woman and 
babe so that when no one claims the 
jroungster he adopts the' boy. 
- T^hhleally, the film is extremely 
porous. Witnesses don't have to be- 
long to the village Are brigade to 
note the errors. It's rank melo- 
drama with nothing to^ rrtiaire It No 
aomedy at all. 

Even Baby Moncure, doing the 
lost tot of tender years, had a grouch 
during his scenes. The aquatic fire 
atuff is phoney and looks it, as does 
the close-up rescue work Whan the 
Bight club takes to flames. 

It got on at the New York as 
one-half of those deadly double bins 
there,- but to style It even "Just a 
picture" gives "The Smoke Eaters^' 
. a lw«ak. ■ ■ MHIg, 

FLAMES 

Aaaoclated Exbibitora, Inc.. billed as 
••flret time In New York." Dealtcnated as 
I>wia H. Moomavr Production, with Moo- 
maw dlrectlner. Story by Alfred A. Cohn. 
who also supplied the scenario. Edited and 
titled by Frank Lawrence. In cast. VI r- 

tlala Valll. Uucsne O'Brien. Jean Ilera- 
olt. Bryant Washburn. Cisajr Fitsgerald. 
HunnlnK time, 60 mins. M BroSdwajTr 
Heir York, Mor. H, wMk. 
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A first rate commercial produc- 
tion is this picture from the unfop- 
timate Associated Elxhibltors* list. It 
comes as a windfall to the Broad- 
way, which generally Is restricted 
In its choice of features from in- 
dependent sources. In weight of 
cast names, In screen quality and 
In class the feature is far above the 
average of film material booked into 
Keith- Moss establishment. 

The story is one of those ro- 
mances of the open spacos, in this 
case the remote camp of a railroad 
construction engineer, to which the 
railroad magnate brings his daugh- 
ter on a tour of Inspection. The 
old formulas are used for situations, 
but they are well worked, and 
throughout the nature of the plot 
makes it possible to use remark- 
ably fine scenlo backgrounds of 
forest, river and mountain lake. 

" Some of the scenic shots are 
notably beautiful. 

Jean Hersholt does some very 
good comedy character work as a 

- ro ughn ec k Bwedo boss of a con- 
struction gang. The dramatic high 
lights are one of those rough and 
tumble battles between hero and 
heavy and thrilling views of a rag- 
ing forest Are, the. fire being par- 
ticularly well translated to the 
screen for vivid effect and realism. 

The story itself doesn't especially 
natter. It is the familiar one of 
the rich girl trying to decide be- 
tween a fashionable society man 
and the rough and ready railroad 
engineer. 

A simple, naive tale, well and 
aimply done. Ruah. 



western language is this classic: 
"He ouumarted us, gosh darn." 

The ugly sear on the faee of one 
of the villain's hirellng.s, Lew Stan- 
ley, looks exactly like a smear of 
raspberry Jam in the doseups. while 
the chief vlU'un, Palmer, played by 
Whitehorse. looHs about aa vilialn- 
Owi as a Canal utrfM pawnbroker 
on his day off. A youthful-looking 
sheriff, who tries to arrest the hero 
for stealing one of his own horses, 
appears to be the very Image of a 
finale hopper dressed up for a 
masquerade ball. 

The hero. Don Brandon. Is shot 
at by the western villains several 
times from a distance of about six 

feet, but, is not wounded once. 

This western is devoid of any- 
thing strong in the way of love In- 
terest, hot fiat fights or beautiful 
horses. There are no wonderful 
ranges literally covered with lowing 
herds of cattle, no strong, powerful 
men fighting for beautiful women. 
The viUr*.. Is a man past middle 
age who shot and killed Old Man 
Brandon while Don was in France 
fighting. Whltehorse then appro- 
priated the Brandon ranch, and 
when Don comes home finds his 
father dead-and the ranch In Strange 
hands. 

Whltehorse, described as a land 
and cattle grabbing octopus, the 

ruthless, terrorized boss of the dis- 
trict, looks about as awe-inspiring 



as a cigar store clerk offering a sub- 
stitute. Jack Perrln's face when be 
nondialantly threatens the **vil1yun' 

with vengeance is as expressive as 
a porous plaster and he plays that 
way right through the picture. The 
only love lnt«^reat consists of a 
couple of closeups of the heroine. 
Daisy Kent, looking softly after the 
departing hero. Of course, Don 
Hrundon gets back the old home- 
stead and wins the gal for his own. 
although how this i.«i done is not 
made very clear. "Starlight" and 
"RftTrivltt «t,Bg aalinal stara. 



SILENT POWER 

Hum Sax production. With Ralph Lew la. 
Dlreciod by Frank O'Connor. Supervised 
by Renaud Hoffman. Distributed bjr Lumax 
under Gotham latwi. At Losw'a New York 
theatre. New York, one tejr, MeVn IB, Baa- 
nine time, m pisalsa . 



An idea here, of a father In charge 

of a State prison "executioner's" 
switchboard who must swing the 
level thai throws the juice Into the 

chair where his son awaits death 
for murder. Of course the audience 
has a suspicion the boy awaiting the 

end Is not the murderer, but the 
theme is such that nobody can side 
step its moral — that capital punish- 
ment should be done away with. 
The story is held fairly well to- 



gether, but had Sam SaX gone in 
for a liberal expenditure he might 
have made something bigger of It 

than told here. 

However, Sax deserves credit tor 
what he has accomplished, because 
the story will have Its sentimental 
aspect taking effect in the neighbor- 
hoods, e 

That old gag about the swee.theart 
making a wild dash to the* tJavernor 
on a last moment's appeal to save 
her lover bus been done so many 
limes it calls for «omf>thinj| unusual 
to swing it away from the beaten 
path. Here it was the f;ithor, who 
had reconciled himself to the belief 
his boy was to bt electrocuted but 
;il I time whvn he was off duty dur- 
ing "killing time." 

It runs that the man expected to 
throw the switch walks out and the 
father must fulfill the duty. He 
does it. and in one of the most dra- 
matic bits of the film. The boy 
didn't die because the connecting 
wire had been cut. 

Kthol Shannon, long playing leads 
in independents, does splendidly as 
the sweetheart of the condemned 
boy. Her strides In emotional work 
are much to her credit. She also 
photographs well and Is effective In 
close-ups. 

Ralph Liewis is the hero. In his 
characteristic way of grinning that 
becomes boresome. A thankless role 
is well hantfled by Vadlm Uraneff. 



The acting of Charles Delany caUi 
for Hpcciiil mt-ntloo. 

There are slight dashes of produc* 
tlon investment, one in the nigb^ ^ 
club Hcene where the girls are do* 
Ing a number, but the story Itself i 
depends upon a rugged atmosphere 
of an outdoors. Photographically a 
boost for Sax. 

It's a picture that should run tha^ 
.gamut ot Independent booking with«ii 
out any great fault-fladlnc* ^ 



Jfarib. 



DEATH TBAP8 
(UFA) 

UFA short made In Oermanr. At Capitol. 
New York, wetk Nov. 14. Abeoc 400 feet 



This UFA short film is an educa- 
tional, really acleatlllc, a magnified 

view of death traps lying in wait , 
for the hii^ specie, something no one 
of tho ordinary humanS caves any* 

thing about. 

This is saved somewhat at its 
finish through a laugh begotten at 
the lightning-like speed with which 
a chameleon's tongue lashes out to 
seize it.s fi>(>»l. rrovou.sly was shown 
ix natural death trap for mosquitos. 

Looks as If in the UPA-F. P.-M* 
CS -M- Universal deal, not only did 
the Americans agree to exhibit UFA 
features on this side, but some of Its 
.•shorts '.ys well. Else this one never 
would have been itupurted. Sime. 



West of Rainbow's End 

Oeorce Blalsdcll produrTlon. Directed by 
B«nnett Cohen, presented by W. Ray John 
aton, dlBtrlbuted by Knyart Productions 
Starring Jack Perrln. with east IncludinR 
"Starlight." tlie horse, and "ReK," the 
<Log. Running time. 58 miauleH. 

A small town picture. >)Ut cx 
tremely doubtful if it will g^t across 
even before a none too exacting au- 
dience. The small boy pardner stufi 
has been worked to death in sccrci- 
of we.sterns and the freckle-facttl 
kid, liilly T.amar. Is unnatural In 
this picture owing to the soldiers 
Ir: un iform which could (-asily havi 
' ' l>*en dl.speiised with. Milburn Mu- 
rante, the faithful cowboy retainer, 
obviously created for *'come(ly re- 
lief." succeeds in looking ludicrous 
once, but never approaches anytliing 
like comedy* The titling is v»r> 
poor. As an.szample ot breezy 



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Colossal and awe*fiU- 
inf j jungle revda- 
tions! Straight from 
tho wilds of Darkest 
Africa! Where coaK 
black lounge-lizards 
• wear safety pins 
stuck through their 
noses and dark- 
skinned sweeties slit 
. their faces and stuff 
die wounds with hard 
rubber! A year of 
terrific hardship! 
Months of torture and 
struggle! But Ben 
Bufbeidge, daring 
huntsman^ brought 
back the most sen* 
sational adventure 
production ever 
filmed! 

JOSEPH P. KENNEDY 
BEN £URBR1DGE*S 



A WINKLER 
PICTURE 

DiMHUteJI 

GREATER 



NAIL THIS THRILLER OF THRILLERS RIGHT NOWS 



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PICTURES 



STUDIO SnUEE 



<Co]itlBiM< ftoa p«i« I) 

iM'Tt Stood eu tlM f«fii«a •! 

yi« combined trade unions* de- 
tnand:< on the Co?\st. that moment a 
trifle over 1.000,000 men will be- 
MOM Involved. Tbo proposed strike 
will spread throughout the country 
and affect every theatre operation, 
plan and activity where,in the pro- 
diic«rs either la 

ownership or munagremont. 

As matters stand the Actors' 
ZiQuily Association la not alfected 
other than If the members of 'that 
organization stick at their posts 
and the producers fonction film 
manufacture on noB-uakMi sMChsii- 
loal Isbor, then ths A. SS. A. Is cer- 
tain to be Amwn Into the fight. 
Equity's attitude hss not been 
•sked by any of tlif unions ds- 
wkndlnff **elosed riioi^ o^ikdlttoiM 
f$ Iks. Coast. 

Muakiane Now 

A later development brings in the 
mion musicians. The musicians 
HMM »M iMliidsd In tks orlfflasl 
line of union activity, but they sre 
bound to be drawn into the union 
fight because of tke prinolpio st 
flUlMr M tks IMt that the sUce- 
hands and operators backed them 
up in their fight last September 
when a strlks on tks Orpksnm Ckr- 
«nlt was tkreatsned. 

In a story from the Coast to Va- 
riety it says Frank Qillmors 'a- 
Vors a sympathetia noire. Bittity's 
presMsnt, Jokn Bis isun , Is report- 
ed opposed. 

President Joseph Weber of the 
AaMTlean P«id«ratlon of MiMloteBs 
toM ik Tariety reporter Monday af- 
tMOen in Kew York headquarters 
thiii tks muatelans were most apt 
to Ml 



and Ihkt IM 



doing an wMMb I ttatloA aC 



ated what he had said before, that 
tka produatra know saoMtly tks sa- 
tire status of things and that it 

was up to them to act between now 
and Dec. 1. Mr. Canavan said that 
tks matter was not ksing kandHsd 
by the local unions afTected but by 
the federated bodies that had Baade 
every effort to settle the matter 
ws^ ago with tko rsspasthra ksada 
of the national and Calif oml|^ pk- 
tur© producing concerns. 

No ofllclal communication has 
bssn sent by tbo labor unions son- 
cerned to BqwHy and none by rep- 
resentative or otherwise has re- 
quested them to "strike" Dec. 1. 
Any action wlH kftva ts #ii|S» some 
of their union Hi lii klWi ; ikr» -i»om 
ISqulty direct. 

Canavan's first meetings with 
Will Hays, head of tko national 
prodncsrs, wsro rsportai to tke 

other trade representatives as Hays 
having agreed to the **clo8cd shop" 
status; this later being repudiated 
by Hasrs. who stated that tks mkt- 
ter was up to the California pfo- 
ducers to settle locally. 

The combined unions then held 
several meetings via faprsssata- 
tives. Nothing furtksf kas ooms 
off! dally from the producers, and 
this week they had shown no incli- 
nation to offset a ssttlsBhsBt. 

Wkllo tko "ckiMd shop'* U tke 
main point, others on question are 
an eight-hour day, time and a kalf 
for ovsrHms, .donbls tkna for San- 
days, pay for six legal holidi^s and 
a readjustment of wage rates in 
conformance with union standards. 

3,500 Unions Involvsd 

As matters stand there are exactly 
S,SO0 unions In the country involved 
In tke propossi strlka tko Biast. 
this, with the musicians, comprising 
more than one-Uiird of the entire 
membsrskip of tko Ankerlcaa Fsd- 



kis power to avert a walkout. 

A doeldod stand kas kssn taksn 
by tko Intsmatlswal AOtaea of| 

Tkeatrlcal Stags X^mptosres and 
Moving Picture Operators, United 
Brotksrkood of Carpenters and 
J«lMr% Brst fcsfk o o d of Palatsrs. 
Dsoorators and Paperhangers and 
ths Intematlonsl Brotherhood of 
Bls^trloal Workers that tksrs must 
bo Iko oUmkMrttoB of 
shop** oh the Coast. There Is no| 



light sirsngth based «■ aivtr a aifl* 

lion union members. 

A summarisation of. tko workers 
certain to k* iMlvai if tHa slvfko 
occurs by one of tko tradso siecu- 
tives is as follows: Carpenters, 
406.000; musiciaasb 1M,N«; olsc- 
trMaas, 17i,m: >ki«ljlWk IHjm, 
and stagehandi ^ank s p tt ui s t s, 
30,000. 

On the coast aloao, somo S^OOO 
are afPsctsd, tkki ksIng tko ac- 



sidestepping that ultlmalttm kandod tual working strength of the tnidos 
to tke producers. making the "closed shop" demands, 

irated Bodies in CharQS I Of these enumerated figures tke' 
Wmiam F. Csaavan. pr«sldentof|^etsr*' Bnulty Is »ot tocluiod. ^ 
tka tatsmatkMal ABlaMS» rattar-l'^ present membership on the 

coast numbers between (00 and 
1*000;^ this, howovsr, doss not talM 
In tko ^extras*' wko ai« kot iptfon- 

ised only tkfjpik^lM 
represent. 

President OrosB of tka A. F. of L. 
kas boon informed of tko contro- 
versy and what kas happened to 
date between the affected trades 
and the pro< 




WYNN 



ni «<RBMC >ni CIIIT" 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON PICTURES 



The Balahan and Kata boys are now salllionalre|i. outright. It hap- 
pened with tks passing out of tko rsosiptly Balskan 4k Mats kousss to 
PukUx <Fkmoua Plnysra-Lnsky}. Tksfs aira fn% Bskilakfk ani two 

Katses in tho firm. 

About three years ago when the Katses and Bala bans saw tkelr 
opportunity and oommenced to expand, they agreed to place their B 4 B 
stock In escrow for 10 years, they mesnwkHo to draw sobalaatlal salariss 
only. Very high class Chicago backing was produced by the firm and they 
did expand* to 4ka point where Famoua daemsd it kdvlaakla to take 
them in. • , 

Tko vadsrwHtlng price for tko original B A X gtask to sa&d ta kave 
been 57H. with Publlx taking it over at 09, upon an understanding that 
PubUa must be provided with at least two- thirds of tks ontotandlng 
B A K Issue. Tko transfer of B A K naturally rslsassd tka stock firsm 
escrow. Instead of waiting 10 ysa^s, tho B A K group put tkelr cir- 
cuit and themselves over in three ySW^ Witk saok of tka B A K IM»- 
bers emerging a millionaire. 

A sort sC Akiddtai story oouM ks wrltts» akout tka foundsrs «f toe 
Ralahan A Kkto houses. Outside of ths skow business and the bankers 
perhaps but few would believe the truth of it. kMun Kats is - said to 
be about t2, with tke -Balaban boys tout slightly oldsr* Barnsy perkaps 
S4 and Aba M. - ' 



Jack L». Warner, production head of the Warner Studio, seems to have 
been the scout for other iMroducers so far as breaking in feature picture 
dirselora ata ooaeomod. Ha la not gf u lf Ursd «f tka task kut to aClll 
adding new men whom ho is«li tka kig p tjD d a ci it k VtB tflklr aitoST firom 
him within a year or two. 

Among those who gained recognition on tke Warner lot and who were 
**grakkod aT' ky atkar companies are Monta Bell, Mai. St. Clair. Lewis 
Milestone. James Flood. William Beaudine, Brie Kenton. Bmeot Lubitsch, 
Noel Smith and Walter Morosoo. Tkoso wko got tholr femurs SMkfaig 
opportunltiss and still rsmato ott tka WanMT payroll ara BsnMUi Hay- 
maker. Roy Del Buth. Ltoyd Bkcon, OkuSk Rs l sa w; 1mM I % SCafei And 
MIckael Curtis. 

Jack Warner now has addsd~ Robert Brotherton, film, editor for the 
ooBosm durtog tka past isur years. BTMksrton's Aiat asslgnmsBl will 
be to make 'Kentucky Hills," Bin Tin Tin starring, which was to kave 
been a Haymaker product. Haymaker Instead will make "The Oay Old 
Bird*** in whSck l^ouise Fasenda and John T. Murray will be co-starred. 

Aatikor now MdlUon to tka Wkmsir alafC Is fnunry Hoyt, wito will 
dkast Monto' Btaa and Pmt«y Butk MtUir «i '*3lttsr Apples." 




lOEW, 



ARTHUR HORWm 



T.OS Angeles, Nov. 16. 
Stage hands, oloctrtcians and 
Musicians at tka studios ara keing 

offered special Inducements to join 
the unions, with it being said the 
initiation fees will be waived in 
tksir cases kAftlftty krs only to pay 

dues. This vorfi to being done 
quietly at the studios, which are 
operating as an open shop but kave 
a largo aiMBksr of "rfston meaiksrs 
among: their employees. The pro 
ducers, it is said, are not perturbed 
about the membership drlfs <A 
Bquity and the other UnlsaA Tksi^ 
seem to be inclined to want the va- 
rious branches of the American 
Federation of Labor connected 
with tko picture toduetvy to tofUce 
tho first movsL 

Pr,oducers are said to be prepared 
for any emergency Uiat might arise. 
They feel that unionisation of 
the studios with the actor and the 
workman seems to be unlikely and 
that the strikes held In 191t and 
1921 showed this conctaslyely. Ssv- 
eral meetings of the Association of 
Motion Picture Producers will be 
held wltkln the next two weeks to 
formulato plans In case tke emerg* 
ency arises whereby a general 
strike will railed by the various 



A netuiisj opening may shortly start at tka Capitol. New Tork. fol- 
towtoff eClMr Brendway pteture keneei> Bespever. tksrs doesn*t appear 
to be any confirmation for the report that the Capitol will discontinue 
the hold over policy of features that kit Ml».0«e by Wednesday of tko first 
week. Still •tksre Is a ckanes tkat tka O^Hol will rswrlto tka Md ever 
ekwee to make tka aneimt klgker, psrtmpa %^M^ thtn^ wUmOm the 
number of bold overs. 

As tke Capitol plays tke Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releasss and kas had 
a numbsr ef keU ever IMS-M Ftetweg ft toto, tkat tai kMertofed tq 
some extent wItk the M-O-V program of regular releases, even tkough 
tko Capitol is looked upon a* M-G-M's house. The hold over policy 
at ths Oapitol aUgkt okllgo Metro to start somo of ito releases elsewbei-e. 
wKk eeeakSagly tke e«|ya9et to Maitfiattoa to da eo^ l^atm^ New Tork, 
a one-day house. Of course there Is Loew's SUte but that houss ap- 
pears to bo Irrevocably eommltted on Its week stead combination policy 
to tke first run after pre-rslsass of Metros from tke OspltoU and Famous 
PtayerurlAsl^r's firal nuto likewise. 

James B. West, chief scout exeaut^ve of tke Boy Soonte of Amsrles has 
given tke warmest endorsement to tka F. & O. en tlitlr toti s t Fred 
Tkemeon production "A Regular Scout** to which Thomson kas 20d boy 
scouts appearing. The star was k former Boy Scout Coinmlssloner. A 
privets skowtog of the film was given to a froup of tkoas Intsresled in 
tke koy seoot asewetoent aad «m toltor dC MdMogMMl fW tow ad their 
viewing tka film.- 

In New Tork now Is an apathy toward soenles and wild aalmkl sub- 
Jeeto, exklkd passing tkem up i»ken Isandag toete to as lemsntls angle 
or melodramatic thrills. There are seversi unusual pictures reported 
titled and everything, awaiting a shot at a Broadway kouss kut entirely 
out-and-out fihas of sosnery and wUd aklmala. 

One deals with the wllde of Atos^a^ aa ttt i sr ef tka Arstto aeaaeaA and 

still a third of Africa. 



B'klja Mgra. Sifn Scale 

Looks as though the picture house 
trouble that has been caused In 
Brooklyn through the managers de- 
mmrli^r against paying the opera- 
tors an Increase kaa keen adjusted. 
Some 70 houses are reported Sign- 
ing up for the new scale. 

The tocrease amounto to akout 
17 * 



HAL ST. CIAIB EAST 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 
Mai St Clafar will go to New 

Tork to direct "Cross-Eyed Cap- 
toin" for F. P.-L. 

Lois Moran and Arlettc Marchall 
are Ik B. 



branches of the 
tion of Labor. 

No members of • the various 
unions wkick It to said will bs in- 
volved in ths^ij^ walkout have mado 
any ovsrtures "io either the Asso- 
ciation of Motion Picture Producers 
or to the Individual producers as 
yet regarding unionising Of the Stu- 
dios on the coast. 



JUNENATHISWrrHU.iL 



, Kev. lA 
Famous rtojwa Tartijp'kae eiual« 
natoril the Foal «C editorial supers- 
vfssfa ef gT B d a at to a '' Wa will take 
back half a desen of the super- 
viaors to tho jok of writing, which 
thsy held befora assigned to tho 
otk«* jobw 

R. P. Schulberg decided on thto 
change, figuring considerable time 
waa being lost through using tko 
sup aif lsui a as msitlaiiis of eontael 
between himself and Bernie Fine- 
man and tks dtarectors as well aa 



Loe Angetoi^ Nov. 16. 

June MatkiA urke rsaeatly re 

signed as a First National producer, 
will sign a contract this week with 
Joseph M. Schenok to make ker own 
productions for UaUeA Artists. 

It to likely that Miss Mathls will 
supervise and produce all of tne 
Constance Talmadge productions. 



Sckulbsiv IISMa that both hm 

and Fineman most participate in 
story conferenco and construction 
of scenarios for production. 

When a story was oomptoted It 
had to be takon to Schulberg, Fine- 
man and BL Lloyd Sheldon, head oC 
tho w rlter iP atafft for a final okay. 
In ifioat Itialawcee the story needed 
changco or was abandoned. Result 
kas kssn tkat from three to five 
weeka mlgkt ka Issi to preparing a 
production. 

In the future the story con8truc<- 
tton and confereacee will be par-> 
tielpatod to k et wa en Se|>ulbergv 
Fineman. Sheldon and tke writers. 
They will confer dally as the ptory 
progresses and la this way figure 
tkat tketa wlB ka ke. Isat time in 
tho future. 

Schulberg la able to find plenty of 
time now for this work, due to tho 
faet fkar Ftoiman to UMm e'ser 
considerate of his detail burden la 
production, atory conference anA 
editing. 

All of tke prsdiaetlon supsrvtotey 

sditors sre to remain on the steff 
as writers. T!key Include Max Mar* 
dn. Joseph JaAsSB. John McDsr* 
Bftott. Homer Boushey. HerssaA 
MaMewlcx and Charles Furtkmaa. 



GiUiert-Carbo Ronaoce Otf 



Nov. lA 

Tke romaooe of John Gilbert anA 
Greta Garbo is oft. It lasted about 
three months and came to a sud* 
den end when Mlaa Oadw ^ilraa seen 
to public wICA liar former 
and flaaas^ lia^rtts Btin^ 

iOfc . . * 



*'' 



MiM Wortlk With Dcniny 

With "Tho Cheerful Fraud'* out 
of the way. Richard Denny's next 
picture win be **Slow Down.*' It 
will kavAa new leading wmaa (oi* 
Denny, Barbara Worth. 



mm OBOGG'S AEGULAE JOB 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 

Sylvia Grogg has been added to 
the publicity force at Warner 
Brothers. 

Miss Orogg was formerly presS 
agent for a local dance hall. 





GOUL.D 



Now Creating and Staging 
Novel and Digtinctive Dance Idem 



1 1 ; rt — 



For LUBLINER A TRINZ at Their Wonder Theateet, Chicago * 

THANKS TO MR. SAM TRINZ, MR. CHAS. NICCEMEYER •nd MR. LEOPOLD SPrTALNail 



IT. 



FOREIGN 



VARIBTT 



19 



1 



mM PLAYS 

By C HOOTER TRASK 



Btrltn. Not. 1. 

Otttiklrtir). Ti«c«dj by 
yMMttMk Lang«r. BtartJi out well 
tnftiyg^ ft * melodrama of crook life 
but breaks oa far-f'^tched theme. 
To stlU the remoraa caused by a 
murder which the police refuse to 
believe he has committed, the lead- 
Ing flerure strangles his sweetheart 
and is taken off happily to prison. 
Well conceived performance, under 
Max Reinhardt's direction, and 
splendid acting by Hermann Thimlg, 
Franxiska Kins, Oscar Homolka and 
Max Quelstorf couldn't hold it on 
for more than a week. 

''Neidhart von Gneisenau." Trag- 
edy by Wolfgang Qoetz. Treats the 
figure of a little known Gprnnan gen- 
eral wlio is claimed to be largely re- 
sponsible for Napoleon's defeat at 
Waterloo. An interesting study of 
the embitterment resulting from 
lack of rewArd for merit. A stirring 
performance by Werner Krausa in 
the leading role. Looks as though it 
should be one of the really big suc- 
oesses of the season. 

Komoedie— "The Captive/' by 
Bourdet. Same production which 
achieved such triumphs In Vienna 
and now playing In New York. Max 
Reinhardt's direction and perform- 
ance of Helene Thimlg in the lead- 
ing role are models of their kind. 
A tremendous finanelal suco«ss, 
with the "soldout" sign nightly in 
evidence. 

State Schsuspielhaus— "Die Raeu- 
her*' ("The Robbers"). Classical 
tragedy by Schiller. A bombastic 
revival of this ever popular melo- 
drama. The fact that the actors 
wear modern clothes instead of the 
usual classical garb can't Cpnceal 
the old-fashioned direction for 
which Erwin Piscater is responsible. 

"Amphitryon." Classical comedy 
adspted by KleiSt from Moliere. 
One of the best productions yet 
staged by Leopold Jessner, general 
manager of the Playhouse. His di- 
rection is overflowing with real 
ideas, and keeps the comedy note al 
ways uppermost. From an unusu- 
ally good ensemble performance 
special mention should be made of 
Paul Bildt, Karl Ebert. Ferdinand 
Hart, Albert Florath. Lina }<Q8sen 
and Else Wagner. 

«|4ilu,'' by Pfank Wedekind. This 
Is the two plays, "Earth's Spirit" 
and "Pandora's Box" concentrated 
into a one evening's performance. 
•'Earth's Spirit" appeared a few 
seasons ago on Broadway under the 
ridiculous title, "The Loves of Lulu." 
This scandalous assault will un- 
doubtedly make Wedekind impos- 
sible for America for years to come 
•^but sooner or later he must be 
successful there as he was without 
question one of the world's first 
dramatists. The present production, 
brilliantly staged by Enrich Bngel, is 
doing fine business. Leading parts 
are taken by Gerda Mueller, Fritz 
Kortner. Aribert Waescher anid Xu- 
Sle Hoefllch. 

Schiller Theater — "Soldaten" 
("Soldiers"), by Lenz. Well received 
revival of this typically German 
tragedy, which was one of Rein- 
hardt's big successes of former days. 
Interesting scenery by Cesar Klein 
and competent direQtiO^ by J uergen 
Fehllng. 

Komoedienhaus — "E i n b r u c h" 

("Robbery"). Farce by Roberts and 
Landsberger. Two crooks form a 
company whose object Is the re- 
turning of stolen goods to their 
owners for 20 per cent of their 
value. They are so successful that 
one of them Is appointed police com- 
missioner. In the end, however, he 
returns to his original and more ro- 
mantlc.professlon. A good farce for 
the German taste but depending too 
much on satire of German ofllcial 
dom to be of Interest for America 
One of the authors, Ralph Arthur 
Roberta, plays the leading role and, 
as he Is one of the, best German 
comedians, gets nil there Is out of 
It. He is w^ell supported by Julius 
E. Herrmann and Stahl-Nachbaur. 

Letting Theater— "Cromwell." by 
Klabund. Purporting to treat the 
life of the historical figure, it is 
really nothing more than a mixture 
of bad poetry and worse drama. A 
mediocre production by Saltenburg 
did not help Its chances. A resOund 
Ing flop. 

Koeniggraotzer Theatre — "Zwei- 
mal Oliver" (Twice Oliver"). Trag- 
edy by Georg Kaiser. One of the 
weakest plays yet written by the 
author of "From Mom to Midnight." 
A ridiculous story about a light- 
ning change performer who shoots 
his rival in love and believes he has 
committed suicide because the mur- 
dered man resembled him in one of 
hit impersonations. Viktor Bar- 
nowsky's direction did all possible, 
but Alexander Moissi'a performance 
in tho chief part would have been 
sn . InsurmountablO disadvantage 
for a m uch healthier specimen. 

Nollendorf Theatre— The ITahima. 
the Jewish section of the Moscow 
Alt Theatre. The reception of this 
troupe here has been tremendous 
aiid It i8 believed that the company 
Win more than repeat its continen- 
tal Rurrr.f;.,o« during Its New York 
•ngagement. The troupe Is unques- 



LONDON 



(Continued fross 



tlonably as fine as the Moscow Art 
company — always considering the 
imits which it has set for itself, 
ts best production Is the "Dybbuk," 
already known in New York, but no 
one has really seen the play till 
hey have experienced this produc- 
ion in the Hebrew language. Under 
the direction of Wachtangow, who 
has since died, the company gives 
a colorful synthesis of drama, song 
and dance. Nothing anywhere like 
It has ever been seen In America, 
and its exotic beauty should appeal 
to Jew and Christian alike. _ 

The other plays of the repertory 
are also of great Interest and In- 
clude "The Wandering Jew," by 
AnskI; "Jacob's Dream," by Beer- 
Hofmann, and Gtolem,** by 

Leiwik. 

Admiralspalatt — "An und Aus" 
("On and Oft"). Revue produced 

under the management of Hermann 
Haller. By far the best of the year's 
crop and would be good enough to 
stand the test anywhere. Particu- 
larly the scenery and costumes, as 
designed by Ludwig Kainer, are of 
real International caliber. If this 
talented young German had been 
allowed a chance to show what he 
could really do when he was in New 
York a couple of years ago, 
he would have unquestionably 
achieved deserved success. The 
music by Walter Kollo is nothing 
to rave about, but there is one good 
march song, "Annemie." Tlia COmic 
side is adequately put across by 
Paul Morgan and Max Ehrlich. The 
dancing is held up by the Ameri- 
cans, Ruth Zackey and the Dodge 
Sisters, also. The Lawrence Tiller 
Girls who have become a regriilar 
German Institution. This revue is 
doing good business and will un- 
doubtedly continue throilglioat the 
season. 

Metropol Theatre~*<Wieder |fet- 
ropol" (''Metropol Again"). Bevue 

produced under the direction of 
Friedman -Frederlch. Not so good 
Particularly as to comedy, it Is 
weak. Hans Albers and Paul Wes- 
termeier have poor material and 
don't get anything out of it, al- 
though the charming young Max 
Hansen has developed into one of 
the world's best revue personalities. 
He looks attractive as a Juvenile 
and can wring all there is out of a 
sentimental ballad; while, on the 
other haB4» lila broad oowtdy Is 
surefire. 

After him the next best asset Is 
the pit orchestra directed by Max 
Bertuch. It Is an augmented jazz 
band, and plays better than any or- 
ganization of its kind we haire 
heard. The scenery by Hermann 
Krehan brings a new note into the 
revue. It has a grotis<|ii# •ottisdy 
which is often very effective, and 
American revue producers could do 
worse than consider some of this 
designer's work. 

Business has not been up to 
standard and the show irlll soon 
be replaced by an operetta. 

Groese Schauspielhaus — "Yon 
Mund zu Mund** (''From Itootli to 
Mouth"). Revue produced by Erik 
CharelL This is the third annual 
by this director. This fall hts effort 
is 'way off. The scenery by Ernst 
Stem and Walter Trier Is compe- 
tent. The music, supplied by Fred 
Wreede of Harms Is of first rate 
quality and Includes "Who," from 
"Sunny" and other popular hits. 
Louis Douglas, American negro 
dancer, has arranged a few capable 
ensemble numbers. But the book Is 
simply terrible. Such good come- 
dians as Kurt Bois and Wilhelm 
Bendow are simply swamped. And 
the Ideas for til« splash costume 
scenes are either ancient or badly 
conceived. Add to this that Charell 
has staged the ballets himself and 
that they are all flops. 

Undoubtedly a lot of money will 
be lost this season and If Charell 
doesn't come back with a vengermco 
next year, he will probably have to 
dlsemil^lvo hi* series. 



Prince of Wales at York House 
Oct. 23 the only theatrical people 
who attended were Fred and Adele 
Aataire. The Revellers were spe- 
cially engaged to entertain during 
the evening and although there pro- 
fessionally, were treated as guestii. 
The Revellers refused their fee, con- 
sidering It an honor to play for such 
an exclusive assembly, but the 
Prince insisted they accept pay- 
ment 



A newcomer to vaudeville will be 
Heather Thatcher, former popular 
favorlte of Winter Garden musical 
shows, who Is to appear at the Lon 
don Coliseum Nov. 8 in a duolog by 
Monckton Hoffe. called "The Stolen 
Rolls." Her partner will be Henry 
Danlell; B. A. Meyer will present 
the act, which Sir Gerald du Mau- 
rler will produce. Recently Miss 
Heather made her debut In straight 
comedy in "Thy Name Is Woman," 
which did not set the town adreb 



AUSTRALIA 



Sydney, Oct. 20. 

"The Knew What Tiny Wanted." 
Maurice Mosrovitch feature.!, will 
be withdrawn this week from the 
Criterion. 



Williamson -Tait will present for 
the first time here "The Fake, ' with 
Moscoviteh. Nat Maddisott and 
Ellen Pollock. 



**Itose- Marie** is still doing ca- 
pacity at Her Majesty's. This pro- 
duction has been the musical com- 
edy sma^h «f ItSC n ii now in its 
22d" weelfc.'.-';. 



Dion Boucicault presented a re- 
vival of "Aren't We All" at tho 
Royal for five nights. After a re- 
vival of the Barrle plays in Mel- 
bourne, Mr. I>i>uticault will return 
to London, where he will app'.'ur in 
a new play with Irene Vanbrugh. 



EARLY MORNING RADIO 



(Gonttnttsd fir^ piMia 1) 

gymnastic Instructor is said to re- 
ceive from 900 to 2.000 letters daily 
from enthusiasts, all of the same 
general tenor In health-bullding 
and improvement. Some of these 
are further followed up by the life 
insurance corppany for its regular 
business. 

Bagley conducts three other gym 
classes at 6:45, 7:00 and 7:15 In 
the morning, the Met Co. distribut- 
ing gratis exercise eirculars which 
are referred to by number from the 

studio. 

Ilaglcy's "circulation" has de- 
voinppil * n<tw wrinkle, that of the 
nipht owls who tumble In just 
about the time the nveiape human 
gets up for his business day. The 
all-nighters take advantage of a 
few conciliatory exerciscH hf foro 
hlttincr the bay nn a sort of com- 
promise for the unM.«<ual hour«. 



Baumont Alexander, managing 
director ot the Princes' Hestaurant, 

has purchased the English rights of 
the American musical comedy "My 
Lady Friend." Negotiations were 
done through Con Conrad and Alf. 
Seitlin, who are In for two per cent 
and one per gilM of Ite ^f««Mtles, 
re sp f ot troly. ' 

"The Gold DIo'gers/' (American) 
Is having a fwrtnight's tryout in the 
provinces, prior to its West J|ted 
presentation Nov. 29. 

The Palace has shown a gross 
profit* to the stockholders the past 
year of $150,000. At the forthcom- 
ing meeting of the directors, Charles 
Cochran will take the chair, replac- 
ing Sol Levy, who has held tlM ||9m> 
sitioa for the last threa 



Hetty King was due to open at 
Toronto, but owing to her recent in- 
disposition her date of appearance 
has been poitpanad uatU tN. «t 
December. 



June, musical comedy star, will 
make her first appearance after 12 
months' illness when George and 
Harry Foster present "Happy Go 
Lucky" shortly. Originally called 
"When You Smile," this musical has 
been adapted for tha liOttdail llil^i 
by Harty ic yaniop. 

In spite of doubtful press com- 
ments, "Merely Molly" seems to be 
settling down to a success at the 
Adelphi. Maurice Cowan is con- 
templating presenting Godfrey 
Tearle In a new play somewhere 
around the New Tear, so If "Molly" 
survives it may lose its star. The 
new play for Tearle Is *^wn/' by 
Noel Scott* 



Ivbr Novello and Philip Ridgeway 

have gone into partnership, and 
win produce in December Fn^ns 
Molnar's "Lillom," starring Ko- 

vello. 

The Barnes theatre, with which 
Ridgeway was associated as pro- 
ducer, wilt ba aoM^ br 
Not. 10. 



VIENNA 

my PllOr. DR. E. B. RICE 

Budapest, Oct. 28. 
Marie Jaszay, Hungary's best- 
kiiowii actress, who gained prom- 
inence in Shakespearean plays, died 
here after a long illness, aged T2. 

The Jugoslav government has 
confirmed the Interdiction of the 
showing of the M-O-M production, 
"The Merry Widow" (sUrrlng Mae 
Murray), for the whole of the klng- 
d 



The revue, "Vienna Laughs 
Agaln,^ at the Stadt theatre flopped 
and was w ithdrawa gitar a fair par- 

formances. 

Rcinhardf ^Tlwatre in her Jo- 
scfstadt Is rehearsing a German 
adaptation of tha French comedy, 
"Monsieur Brottanneau/' bjr Flers 
& CalUavet. 

For the first time In the history 
of the Swiss army, troops of the 
mountain forts Bt Qothatd (on the 
.Swiss-Italian border) were allowed 
to take part in the making of a film. 
The story is by a Swiss author and 
the star is Henny Porten, well- 
known German screen star. 

Vienna, Oct. t. 

The Parisian troupe of L'Ateiicr 
Is giving a series of performances 
here. It Is the most literary thea- 
tre of Montmartre and the only one 
non -subsidized by the government. 
The director and foremost actor Is 
rharlofl Dullln. Tho Prenrh Em- 
bassy Is officially represented. 

Performances Uke place at the 
Kammersplole, the troupe of which 
will, in response, play in the theatre 
L'Ateller next spring. 



"Meet the \Vife" is doing nicely at 
the Palace under the Carroll man- 
agement. The play is priMonted by 
the DuUy Players from San Kran- 
clsoo and should oDjoy lilHy good 
run.- ■ ■ 



"The Sentimental Bloke" finishes 
at the Opera House next week. Ada 
Reeve will come into occupation 
with a new "Spangles" revue. Miss 
Reeve is. A big <ayo|rlt f ^uiia. 

"Abie's Irish Ro.se" will open at 
the Royal next week. Big publicity 
has been put out for the attraction. 
A special American compapy Will 
present tt)e attrf^ction here. 

"Mercenary Mary" Is still doing 
fairly well at the St. James for the 
Fullers. Madge Wbtta Is now nlay- 
ing the lend. Mai BaeoH haying re- 
turned to London. 



and New 
(films). 



and "The Love Thief» 



News from All States 
Henry Santrey and band hava 

l)een booked for a return sen son at 
the Tivoli, Sydney, during Decem- 
ber. 



Ada Reeve, through her lawyer, 
Mied Kric Edgley and other mem- 
bers of "Midnight tYolics" to pre- 
vent them from playing any sketches 
and bits from "Spangles," a revue 
ontrolled by the Knglish star. The 
defendants told the court that they 
would refrain from producing loo 
aforesaid slvctches until the full 
hearing of the case. ' 

Harry MuUer. San Franrisoo rep- 
sentatlve of Wllllamson-Tait. may 

he recalled to Sydney to take W§ 
managerial duties for his firm. 



Work is going along splmdldlT 
on tho Australian lilm produ<^oil <» 
"P'or the Term of His Ifattnrat Life.** 
When completed this picture will 
go into one of the principal the- 
atres controlled bgr Ualoa. Ttteatrea 
for a\run. 



The various managements expect 
business to drop off during the hot 
spell now prevailing in Sydney. 



The famous Theater an d®r Wiea 
headquarters of Viennese musical 
comedy, has been Invited to give 
performances In Pari 

T})e .\pollo has Lint^lia Singh j 
^fiiklr). Ada and IMdy. IJaroa (lad- | 
rler act) and the Piano Kiddles. 



"The Midnight Frolics" will soon 
close their season at Fuller?. Vaude- 
Yllla and talma wlQ ba tha "-mmi 
atlmallMi ^ this KMs^^ 

Business dropped off a bit at the 
Tivoli since the departure of Henry 
Santrey and his band. Nelile Wal- 
lace Is the headllner this vreek. Miss 
Wallace did nicely on her opening 
and should improve. Lee White 
and Clay Smith are reviving a num- 
ber of their old songs before depart- 
ing for London. Newport and Par- 
ker, songs and talk, fair; Van Dock, 
cartoons, pleased; Isolde and Alexis, 
okay with ballroom dancing; Tost 
and Cindy |iiM «t^aM «t(li clay 
modeling. . 

Pictures 

Harold Lloyd in "CoUege Days" 
will finish at the Mnee IQdward In 
two weeks. Picture hardly strong 
enough for a very long run. Kaal's 
Hawaltans All tit r«at of «ffl tHtli 
singing, dancing and musical num- 
bers. Pres^Bt attraction is hardly 
up to the standard^ of Prliie* Bd- 
ward. 

"Romola" next attraction at this 
house. 

Strand is offering "The Greater 
Glory" and "Zander the Great." No 
act is carried at this house. 

Lyceum h.as "With Cobham to the 
Cape • and "The Tower of Lies." Syd 
Beck is the featitfad iMt at thhi 
house. 

"The Midnight Sun" opened at ^hc 
Crystal Palace for a run last week. 
A special prolog precedes the feat- 
ure. Union Theatres offer the at- 
traction. 

Haymarket is playing "The Great- 
er Glory'* «iid ^4fau^ 
Mmf. IBlaa gti alH la tiia a<t l^alfa. 

•*KatJa" is going strongly at His 
Majesty's under Willlanison-Tait 
management. Marie Burke and 

^'''^^ J''^'"'"*^ are fea^urad* 

"I^dy Be Good" seems to have 
madf> good at the Princess under 

the Fuller management. 

"Abie's Irish Rose" is finishing Its 
season at the Palace. Attraction 
wtN go direet |a Sydnor fbr a run. 



Jean Earrloa and Edmonds nnd 
Lavelle have been engaged for a 
tour of the Tivoli circuit* ..Tba 4^ 
will both open. Sydnaar* 

"Charlie's Aunt" (play) Is still 
going strongly In this country. 
Frank Nell and company are play- 
ing; the farce In Mrtli> Waatafn Aiw« 
tralla. • 



Sir Thomas Coombe, a West Aus- 
tralian theatrical magnate, has an- 
nounced his intention of building a 
dancehall Mk tiia banks dC tha INmn 
River. 



The Empire theatre, now being 
built in Sydney, should be opened In 
1927. Rufe Naylor Is tha prtnolpia 
behind the venture and has statsA 
that musical comedies will be pre* 
scnted at pop priees. 

WlUlamson-Tait presented a road 
show at the Rosral^' Adelaide, for 
several weeks. Actll'dn the bill In- 
cluded Sheftell's Southern Revue, 
Flying WInskllls. Blroy, ChHila 
Strand, Qua Qulnn an4 I 



"Tell Me More** will ba tha nsat 

big musical attraction to open In 
Adelaide. Williamson-Tait will han* 
die the venture and will fadtltfn 
Uaarfs Gea and Mauds Fana. 

It Is reported from Melbourne that 
Willlamson-Tiit will purehase tho 
freehold of the Tivoli theatre, situ- 
ated in one of the principal streets. , 
The present lease has another 2S 
years to run. The freehold belongs 
to the est(ite of the late Harry Rich- 
ards Leete. It Is figured that the 
cost of purchase will be around 

ii,ooo,m 



For the first time ifi the history 

of radio here the whole of tho pres- 
ent bill at the Tivoli, Sydney, was 
given over the air by station 2 F. C». 



WIrth's Circus is In Melbourne for 
the racing season, which began thl.-^ 
month. Acts Include Hilary Long, 
Hilda Forest, nylng NeUions. Ho- 
manz Duo. Ix'S G ants. Albert Clarke, 
Danny D'Alma, Torelli's Miniature 
Circus.' ■■ • 



"Is That So?" will finish at the 
Royal shortly. Show will be fol 
lowed by Renee Kelly la '*Brown 

.Sugar." 



"Aren't We All" will Im* tho n^xt 
attraction at the King's for William 
son-Talt. 



Tivoli is playing Henry Santrey 
and band, Harry and Ann.a Seymour, 
Thr*'e iIh, i'.rodi nnd Decli, Iml 
to, Fantasl and Jaek Merlin. 

Rijou ha?; f^rnlth and Hnnlon. Leo 
Sterling, iJaleys, llobert.f and Part- 
ner. Jim Gerald revues. 



••The Vanishing- Race" (niuu i 
at th<} Capitol for a run. 

Majestic has "Ploneer.V and "The 
Great Je.wcl Robbery" (Alms). 

Paramount In playing "Old Loves 



Unlversal'sJ'Les M»ferahles" will 
shortly W bfilvad td axhlbllofd of 

this country by the AlfPinllan 

branch of the company. . ' -'-^ 

The film renters of New South 
W.ilcs were rudely awakened to tlie 
fact that the LalM>r Odirepfiment of 
.Vew .South Wales was determined 
to secure 5 shillings In the 

pound r|5) tax on all film renlali» 
rocelpts from printing nnd other aa« 
eessories ending June 30, 1925. 

That the film exehanges will ba 
hard hit can be realized because the 
imount involved Is nearly inoo.OOO. 

The validity of the act will l>e 
tried shortly in the High Court f»f 
Australia. The exchanges are ask- 
ing the exhibitors to get togothef- 
and assist In having the ect 
moved from the statute book. 



Hugh J. Ward in breaking away 
from the Fullers has stated that no 
ill-feeling existed between Sir Ren 
Fuller and himself. It was purely a 
matter of business. The Fullers will 
earry on the present attractions now 
playing under their management 
tint 11 such time as their popularity 
diminishes. 

Mr. Ward stated that he Intended 
taking his family for an extended 
trip abroad, but will certainly re- 
turn to Australia. It looks as 
though Mr. Ward #111 rejoin the 
Willlamson-Talt management or 
else go In with one of the smaller 
manng»Miient» such as the Carrolls. 



Harry Hall, American producer, 
who has been here for several years, 
will r<»turn to Amerlea .shortlv. Mr. 
Hatl has staged all the musicals put 
on bv Fuller- Ward. This will leave 
the Fullers wlthout a legithnata 



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VARIBTY 



REVIEWS 



Wednesday, November 17» Mi 




I PRESENTATIONS 

(Extra aiiracHanM in pieiure th^airmM, whm noi 
piciwnms, wUl be carried and described in this depart^ 
ment for the general infornuMiion oi the iradm*) 



NEW ACTS 



PRUSSIAN REViLft" and B%n 
M«roff 

•taflt Band, tiMcialtiM. ClierMi 

Work 

50 Mins.; Double 8tao« (Special) 
Qranade, Chicago 

Me Mvk Haskall produotlon, 
ivIOi BeiMMe 9mA hia band, 

la e darb. Jl^^ and good 



It la fcar iif the hfmt thing the 

Marks Bros.' houoe has bad 

the opening about six weeks 

agt). The Ha«k«ll pr<»«^ntrttlon and 
the Meroff ataff are run together. 
A policy reaumed after abandoiiad 
•a the first week's try. Together 
tbc^y look better than in tba sep- 
arate running order. 

Ruaaian atnoapbara threvgfiout 
and topped by IferofTs native d<t.nce, 
which closed and goaled. Meroff 
Is not only *n excellent b«ind leader 
M ditti danea aa to. 

Haskeirs set ls~neat, Russian dc- 
signn on the side drops with a mov- 
ing stage holding the Meroff band. 
•Udlng hi and out in the oanlar. 
ITba eoatumes lend vlass. 

The 24 chorus girls, a cut of 
eight from former weeks, make still 
too largo a number. In one rdu- 
ttoe they clustered up the stage, 
blocking the Tiew to anyone else, 
including Meroff. Costumed beau- 
tlfttlly, tkoy looked and workod wall 
in a dagger number with Meroff 
leading with a sword. Ail yery 
good eyo stuff. 

Twe ifemkei^-1ltae99^-m^ 

slipped in more RugMill okone with 
eleverly delivered native songs. A 
comedy number procured laughs, 
t li eeg> aet andorafandaMa, The 
women have good Toleoa with 
plenty of volume. 

Ned Miller, high -voiced tenor, is 
feed lookiatr and good Toicad. Ho 
tNMI liked in a stage nrmber and 
ona from a side box as part of 
•Albert F. Brown's orgaa specialty. 

•saia* ^Baaalo MorolTa alatoiy In 
her second week away from New 
York, was forced to an encore after 
two wall done aongs. Sonia la a 
ettto gin and ehows talent. In the 
way she sells a number. A couple 
of g95>d porfonnora^ tbf |ieroffa. 



MAUk irriiAiio moLic 

SpecialllP PMlMNIiil 

27 Mins. 

Strand* New York 

Strictly specialty program backed 
with ItMleat affaeta, faat-nMi¥ing 

and varied in material. Reaches 
scenic climax in Davis Saxophone 
Octet, broadcasting feature. Novel 
lighting oiroet uagd. 

Upper half of the back has a sky 
effect, lower half taken up with 
what appears to be a flat oereon 
with raised vortical ridgaa. The 
lifirhts playing upon this screen Rive 
effects resembling brilliant striped 
allk, tho aolo^ combinations changr 
ing witit Iho shifting of llRhts. It 
makes sn especially strlkini? back 
ground in coniun^ting with elabor 
ate color eiffMlta In floods and spots. 

The Sax eight havo a distinctive 
mc tliod in handllngr a popular musir 
routlno, the all-sax Instrumentation 
lending Itaelf ta thoae *'smypathetic" 
cITocts'. particularly fetching for 
«uoh numbern as "Picflrdy." elab 
orately worked up for a real punch 
Raat Of the flvif*n«nb«r bill ia 
uneven. Splendid bit of scenic sot 
ting for a Japanese ballet number 
With a pastel background of rosy 
aky and cherry blowwma, but rather 
slow dnnre movement as usual In 
Geisha ensembles. A "swan" dance 
aok> by Mmo. Klemova filled In an 
interval la **ono** prettily. 

Miller and Farrell. talkinf? ma- 
chine recorders, also night club fea- 
ture, with comic songs and string 
accompaniment havo one of those 
simple routines that stand out, 
made with a novelty number on the 
order of "Mr. Gallagher- Mr. Shean," 

Aaatolo Gourman'o Mark Strand 
Steppers are 12 girls, doing dance 
routines on the Tiller order. At 
tho flrot show Uieir timing was a 
little ragged, injuring the effect 
which depend upon exact unison in 
kicks and buck and^ wing r>teps. 

The first four numbers are all 



*«PIRATE LOVE" (14) 
PulMin Pra a a nt ation 

13 Mine.; Full 8Ufe ^ 
Rivoii, New York 

This pre.sentation makes a per- 
fect prolog to the showing of the 
latest Frank Lloyd picture, "The 
E^glc of the Sea," in conjunction 
with which it is presented at the 
Rlvoll this week'. 

Two most eflfectlvo points. The 
first iB the scenic setting represent- 
ing the deck of a Spanish galleon 
and tho ocean and eloud effect used 
and the bit of aerial work done by 
Bee Star Just before the finale. 

"Pirate Lkjvo" was produced by 
Boris Petroff with music and lyrlca 
by Ruboy Cowan. It Is a flash In 
ita way and different from anything 
heretofore shown by Publix. 

At the opening is a ^uet with 
Betty Lawrence and Milo Luka aa 
the principals. Followed by an en- 
semble number with a dance after- 
ward. Nono of this meant any- 
thing to tho audience. 

Then the arrival of the pirates 
with one doing a clever acrobatic 
danca bit that aarnod light ap- 
plause. 

This pirate In attempting to seize 
one of the women guests aboard 
tho boat rlpo oft her clothoa and 
she springs to a rope which is sup- 
posed dangling from one of the 
masts. The girl is Bee SUrr and 
she la oM In rogulatton aortal eoa- 
tume of tli^ts and runs through 
a routine a la Dainty Marie. It 
caught the fancy of the house. 

It Tirtually ii |i» tiint ttMNi la to 
the presentaUoor ethar than the 
scaaid aHocta. Tred, 



"ATOP NEW YORK" {»), 
Solo and Ballet Dancing. 
8 Mins.; Three <8pocial>. 
Capitel, Mew Yerfc 

Btautifully etagod danoiajg fan- 

tasy with eight nymphs in sea- 
green E^ptian costumes swaying to 
tho rhythm of the soft music in the 
wind and in tho ahr on a a p a ci oua, 
artistically designed balcony built 
into tho heavens overlooking the 
city of Now York. Through an open 
doorway la painted a glinpee eijC a 
dark -brown sky witli a faw gtifs 
gleaming brightly. 

Joyce Colea precodes the ballet 
oarpe with a too daaop under the 
benevolent influence of soft brown 
and rose lighta to tho Mcompanl 
mont of appropriate nitMb by the 
Capitol orchestra. 

The well-trained Chester Hale 
girls, in lemon-colored caps and 
bodices and yerr leief* atriped 
skirts, coma en tar llMa ^l^eiitina 
Ehisemble. 

Chester Hale, the Capitol chore 
ographar, and Arthur Kaerr, Mt dl 
rector, have got a lot into eight 
minutes without producing a rushed 
Qr top-heavy effect. 

.-tlV ■ I |- IN I ' -j ll' 




DIAMOND AND BRINNAN 
♦*The Faker" (Comedy 
18 Mins. One and Full (ipoaial) 
Riverside (8t. V.) 

Jim Diamond &ad •ybll Bvannan 

have a novelty in their new act by 
Edwin Burke. It is a new treat- 
ment for an old idea. In it Jim 
Brennan as *Tho Faker" atepa out 
In "one" to make a pitch. Inf^tead 
of passing out the usual stuff The 
r^aker informs the audience he will 
show thorn the fealploaanaaa of the 
average male with a maid upon 
matrimony bent. 

Miss Brennan, as the maid, and 
David Mowoll, M her unauapoeting 
but pre-doomed victim, thereupon 
illustrate the casual meeting, fol- 
lowed by the different phases of 
"courtship.** 

The rrvan Is hurrylnp to catch his 
train when the girl first marks him 
for her own. She eaters the sta- 
tion and waita for hia train. Strtk- 
ing up a conversation by asking if 
the 5.17 stops at Bayside, they be- 
come acquainted. 

Tha nozt acone la a faw weaka 
later. They are keeping company, 
and the panic is on him. He Is try- 
ing to divide a hundred bucks into 
fifty wHfle waiting for hor. She 
hasn't eaten, but announces she 
isn't going to let him speod much 
money. She compromlkea On the 
Ritx. 

At the Ritj; she leads the conver- 
sation around to children, ivy cov- 
ered cottages, etc., and Interprets 
his "I like children*' as a proposal. 
He is outwittaA #ad eagagad baforo 
he knows it. 

Next tho couple are living In a 
Harlem flat. Hubby is carrying the 
kid and doing midnight Weston. 
She awakena and they battle. She 
accuses him <^ Itiairing rushed hor 
off her feet Into naarriage. 

All this is broken up by the sar- 
castic humorous lecturo of "The 
Fakat^ III "^a^ usinn^ tho bits 
as illustratlTO of his warnings to 

men and egpeevre of the dailgning 

female. 

For a flniidi, after tho little niatrl- 

monlal drama has concluded with 
the husband off his dip, the Faker 
offers for sale a book which shows 
how to outpoint the damaa. Ho is 
interrupted by Miss Brennan, now 
wearing a black wig. She ompll- 
ments him upon his lecturo and 
givoa him belli heftole of a vamp 
selling talk. Wrapping up his side- 
walk suit case and support, he 
takes her by tho arm and steers 



GEORGE 8CHRICK and 6e. (8) 
Musical Comedy 
23 Mins.; Full gUgo 
•Ute (V-P) 

Georgo ' flehrook worked aa a 

aingle prior to the present prodlie- 
tion turn. It has Ave people in 
support but showed little in outlay 
nor diroetlon. 

The featured player is a baggy 
pants comic, acrobatically inclined. 
He, with 9thers, was introduced In 
''ono** by two boya who turned out 
to be a hoofing duo, neat tappers 
they are. Of the three girls, one 
essays a prima donna but hardly 
makes the grade. One of the othera 
seems to fill in only, but a blonde 
haired youngster is a worker, show- 
ing something in several styles of 
dancing. ' 

Schreck's principal bit Is a bur- 
lesque ballet dance but he got little. 
For the flnale all were togged out 
la baggy, mlaflt eyening auita pat- 
terned after Schreck's own lay-out. 
The idea was o. k. in itself apd 
aorved well enough. 

What went beforo, however, did 
not hit. Billed In support were 
Maxine Henry, Augusta Spette, 
Karaa and Lennon. thenatter being 
the bey denee 



The act Is a refreshing novelty, 
well written and well played. It is 
lavishly produced and as modern 
as tail apins. Brennan ia happily 
cast as the loquacious curbstone 
statesman, and Miss Brennan like- 
wise as the marriage -bound fralL 
Howell, ae Um vlelka» Mred 

convincingly. 

"The Faker" should bo ia demand 
for what ia left of the straight 
vaudeville hliki. Can* 



NORTH CAHOUtlA UNIV^ OIICH. 
Music 

15 Mins.; Full Stage (Special) 

City (V-P) V' 

Ten clean cut youtha In white 
pants and blazers. They are said 
to be from the University of North 
Carolina. If genuine tar beela they 
have shed their accents. 

Opening with a well arranged 
medley they followed with a series 
of pop iiwd eeml*o iee a ie e i ael ee t ie n a. 

none announced or carded.. This is 
a mistake. Take nothing for granted 
In vaudeville. 

The turn followed eenvealional 
lines unil one chap soloed vocally. 
This was followed by a quintet In 
which they donned beards ^nd mus- 
tadiea when ainging **TamOk** paro- 
died, one wearing a hat and using 
a falsetto tone. They closed, with 
another straight number. ^ 

The aot lacka oomedy and should 
go after something along that line. 
Musically it sounds as well as any 
unit of equal number and Is oom- 
posed of competent musiciana. In 
addition they have youth and ap- 
pearance. It ahould work out into 
a domand turn aloBg the Unee of 
the California Raaibiare and the 
oollegegrQupa. Xfmu 



thw 



fig f aiwi' aimppy, gl f lag tu 

Davis niuslci;nis nearly half the 
rui^n^nfif time. The orchestra is a 
fcatiue and either for pi-«- 
•tnlatlon purpoaee or vaudevHle 
%ill liold its own in aa|r compiiny. 
partlrtilarly when baeked by Huch 
production splendors as in Ih^s en<» 

.iteeiii 



Wnitcfr RtadaPi new IfaJesUc, 

Perth Amboy, N. J., Is open with 
vaude and pictures. It playe->fiyc 
acts on a split w^eck. 

The Music Hati; ^arrytowh, Y., 
which closed soveral months ago for 
Increa«e<l seating capacity, reopens 
Nov. 19, rebuming vaude and pic- 
ture policy. d^Mbcity la now l,Me. 
It will pl.iy five acts on the last 
halves booked by Fally Markus. 

The Schine Theatricul Eaterprise 
is solidifying its upstate holdings 
through acquisition of two new 
houses in Rochester, N. Y., and the 
erection of a third in the same 
territory. 

Tom Boyle, owner of the Play- 
house, Rutland, Vt., has taken over 
the Opera House in Barrie, Vt., for 
vaudeville. Ho will play five acts 
w/&<>kly starting Nov. booked 
through Walter Plimmer. 

Marine theatre, the latest of the 
A. H. Schwartx chain, opens Nov. 
18 St Flatbush avenue and Kings 
Highway, Brooklyn. 

Floral Park theatre. Floral Park, 
Long Island, operated by . Sam 
Haker. openfi Nov. 22. 

Caiiieo, Jersey 'Mty. to open Nov. 
25 (Thanksgiving Pay). 
— ll e Wman D r ooi — St r a nd , oap a c i ty 



2.500. opened Nov. 11.. Vaude and 
picture po'icy at lioftnucn's 15 
laoiises in Connecticut. 

Four hounes of the Jules Joelson 
Circuit. Hrooklyn, N. Y., prc\louKly 
devoted to straight picture policies, 
enil . add eaudeville beginning 
Dec* $• 



8IX ROCKETS 
Woman Acrobats 
11 Mins.; Fun Stete 

Half dozen pony -sized girls in a 
sightly routine of posingfl and lively 
tumbling, all simple but made to 
ceelit from aprlghUy ' tNteegtlon. 
Girls wear gym suits of b|(|ei| and 
silver spangles, all alike. 

Surge on stage and go into series 
ef fieeee en vertical ladders getting 

something like an effect of pyra- 
mid building. Follow with tumbling 
In pairs and return to group pos- 
inga without tho ladders. All oft 
while two girls do a number on 
sleigh bells which they play with 
their feet while lying on "Rlsley" 
mats. 

All six back for routine of sim- 
ple tumbling htl^ in pairs like 
chemin do for, leap frog, cart 
wheels and butterfliea.- Finlah with 
more pyramid poslngs. 
. Material is simple but looks im- 
posing beeausa of tho speed and 
team work. Did nicely cloHing. 

Rush, 



MANJEAU MOSCOW TROUPE (7) 
Catapultic Aerial Ael 
5 Mins.; Three 
State (V-P) 

Five men and two women, all in 
Russian costuming. The act re- 
volves about a sce-saw spring- 
board which serves as the catapult 
for the projection of the human 

mta«n^« inin iUA att. *\%m VitrtftMM 

aerial and somenmult fnnn,itl»)ii« 
onto the shoulde^ of the under - 
stander. 

M'hirlwind and sensatlcmal from 

curtain to curtain, much Ik crowd- 
ed into the tive minutes. A novelty 
of Its kind and eorking for any 
stage prcsantatloa. Aheh 



JANET KiPPBN RCVUe 

Girl Act 

18 Mine.; PNiN itaga 
68th Street (V-P) 

Another of those girl acts labeled 
*'rovue." This one has a girl jazz 
band irhich la the adti Man and 
woman do three numbers, none of 
them worth the trouble, and fake 
their way through a dance for each 

The act ia tha band, live agree- 
able young gMe te eanilval costume 
playing piano, cornet, trombone, 
piano and drums. Leader doubles 
comet and violin and trombone girl 
also plays aax. They fumlak agree- 
able music, particularly the leader's 
violin number near the finish. 

The man and woman team start 
witk m Itiibe aaaiber ani 
follow with a tough by the woman 
and a dado by the man, and they 
finish with the man doing sap and 
the woman Sle KopkfiM. That*a tho 
champ trio of boke numbers and In 
thib inotanoo nana of tham hea eny 
life. 

itoiaetiiing eeuld he made ef the 

girl Jazzlsts on their own bWt lliia 
layout ia Btrietly aplit week. 

8 DeCRESCENT BOYS 
Muoieal ' ' v-' - 
13 Mins.; One 

AecompliKiied trio of young mu 
siciuns. who play pretty nearly 
everything. Alt work atraight, 
wearing Tuxedos. They start with 
two cornets and a sax and nm 
through a bri.sk nymbcr. Sax solo 
of ballad and then trio of 
phonr.s. usln^' another ballad. Piano 
solo snd duet of ukelolo and banJo 
working into smashing number for 
three banjos. Tbls took them off 
to a tumult of applause plrnty 
strong enf)UKh to In.sure a recjill for 
the finlHh, wiii» ii brings In two vlo- 
llns and the uke aaaln. The finisli 



VERMONT OLD TIMI DANCC 

ORCHESTRA (14) 
Orehaatra and Dancing 
IS Mine.! Pull Stage 
Palaoe (Pota.) Weahlngtanv D. O. 

Headed by John Wilder, Pi*esldent 
Coolidge's 91-year-old uncle, and 
his ooualn. Herb Moore, this con- 
tiagent of nelghbora and retetivea 
from Vermont was recruited by 
WiUiam Morris. It is novelty with 
tho chief entertainment value from 
that angle; 

Here In the capital with the presi*: 
dent a four-year resident, the cash 
customers greeted the act with a 
degree of deference unusual with 
the wide - ooUtraat between thtaiga 
as they are now. The dances as 
presented by the folks on the stage 
impresding aa would the opening 
pages of an old time album. Qeed 
stuff these days, too. 

A film of scenes around Plymouth, 
Vt., the birthplace of the preaio 
dent, and the home of the folka, 
opens the rural atmosphere in its 
naturalness appealed. Several 
laughs were secured by Dick Lei- 
bert, house organist, that helped to 
create the proper atmosphere Cor 
the opening of the act proper. 

The dances are done seriously 
while the orchestra grinds out the 
old time melodiea. Clarence Blan« 
chard, cousin, plays a "mean" clarl* 
net, while the President's Uncle 
John "saws" right nobly on the 
aeeond fiddle aaslgnaient. 

The dance calling is done by Herb 
Moore, and well, too, while bis in* 
troductions of the various Individ* 
uala with their perfectly natural 
rural acknowledgments proving 
great laugh getters to the wise ones 
who proved they were **wi0e" by not 
letting theae laugha out; It enae • 
ticklish proposition. 

Elsewhere this offering may prove 
a comedy draw — here It was the 
ne«eity angle .that held things up. 



MILTON CHARLES 

Organist '-iC: 
Uptown, Chicago (Pets) 
la aceerdenee wItk tke '^Hae vei 

Opera" program, Milton Charles be* 
gins with the 'Aria" from **Aida,'< 
through the "Minuet" by Paderew* 
akL the **Indian Love Call*' from 
''Rose -Marie." and flnishea 8tren# 
with the "Ofiion" song. 

The organist's idea, as the au* 
dieaee lefafevmedi le le leara what 
the people want to hear. After each 
number he awaits the applauae and 
measures it accordingly. 

Per ea ee, ne eeoHMaiil^ aingtac^ 
Th6 folks were very attentive, al- 
though some could not refrain from^ 
letting a few notes slip out. 

Charlea is one of the beat liked 
among the B. &, K. organists. Hia 
youthful personality, as well as hie 
masterly handling of the organ, has 
made mm a greet faveelie. 

The people simply eat out of hia 
hand &n,i are not reluctant In show- 
ing their esteem for him. When it 
comae te balldlng tip a numberg 
Mr. Charles is all there and klg a«^ 
dicnce la with hiSL 



ROSA POLNARIOW 

Violiniste 

8 Mine,! Two 

Rivoli, New York (Pet.) 

Rosa Polnariow is billed as "a 
concert violiniste." She is that and 
a good one, judging trem the stand- 
ard of the picture theatre. She did 
but a slnple number, an exceed- 
ingly difilcult selection, heartily ap« 
plauded by the Rlvoll audience Sun- 
day afternoon. It Is possible they . 
were applauding her endur^knce as 
much as her playing for tbe num- 
ber ran a fiHI eta minutes. 

The Kirl is rather slight, brunet 
and makes a pretty stage figure. 

With this number shortened and 
two additional ones added she 
would do for better vaudeville 
houses, i>ut in the picture houses 
she gets an audience that has been 
educated to her Instrument and one 
that is more ppreciative. Fred, 



wns sp!« ndldly workM up with pan- 
tomimic cf»jiH'dy rind n climnx in ji 
dance thnt stopped the show. All 
three boys made apeechea for a 
Inngh gt tjjway. 

lJri.sk, .Mtrai^ht Hp«ciaity sure to 
bulis-eye on any intermediste time 
bilL J^eaH. 



DALY and MACE 
Songs and Talk 
8 Mins.; One 
Broadway (V-P) 

Tvo M omen and one of larg% 
proportion.^. Size, height and width 
are pl:»yed for comedy, the smaller, 
half doing strnlght and hnrmonl g^.^ 

liiK. " 

.Such tallc as is offered sailed by 
a fairly flip pace, but moat could 
stand rcsliaplng. The team is on 
and off quickly, in their lavr.r. and 
the uuur<uul Uimensiuns ui' tlie one 
woman should send them around 
the neighborhoods. 




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REVIEWS 



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VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE HOUSE REVIEWS 



PALACE 

(St. V«ud«) 

Variety dressed up the PuUce 
Monday niffht. Yep. and how! Old 
FalthCuU the office tuxedo, came out 
of hook and the paper vave the Pul- 
aco ft little class. The agents, stand- 
ing In the back, tried to kid after 
they recojnUed the tux, but thut 
tuz has «dtn too much. The ahow 
didn't de.' erve clafM rating. Three 
acta did '<iO inlnutes or more. One 
of thcM stayed 42 and the No. 3 
turn was on for 2S. That's not 
vaudeville even for $2.20 downstairs. 
The two Bddies. Nelson and Leon- 
ard, consumed 63 minutes between 
them and followed each other. Nel- 
•cn flhaily called it a day and Leon- 
ard ault "milking" after 83 minutes. 
Both long sieges that didn't do the 
ahow any good. 

When in doubt bow at tho Pal- 
ace. 

Betanoourt and Co., recently play- 
ing the Loew houses, opened with 
balancing, thence Smith and Strong, 
who really didn't strike until their 
appearanco with Yorke and King, 
next to elMing. This latter act 
cleaned for the evening. As a mat- 
ter of fact Trini and Torke and 
King supplied all the klefc thero was 
to the show. 

The way the acts were annlhilat 
Ing time made It oepeolally hard 
for Ann Suter. who opened after In- 
termiaoion. No sooner had the boys 
atn^led ant tor the customary weed 
than Mica Suter flounced In an 
atrocious dress. It completely 
spoiled this ffirl's appearaneo, and 
her comedy doesn't need any suc4f 
costume as she wore Monday night 

BtartlBff from nothing, with half 
the house dribbling back by twos 
and threeoi the battle Miss Suter 
waged was something • to watch. 
And she got 'em in four songs that 
took a fifth for an encore. Rather 
large. Miss ^uter. and she empha- 
sizes the phy. steal proportions. Nice 
face, too, which contrasts with the 
mugging. A better spot and she 
probably would have romped home. 
For the smaller houses she should 
bo a cinch, although they've been 
spotting her No. 2, as at tha Broad- 
way, within those emporiums. If 
this girl deserves to be No. 2. then 
the K-A boys won bettiM pn t^e 
Amy last week. 

Kddle Leonard 1« following hia 
general conception of an act as he 
has come to see It In lats ysars. A 
g#naral hodge-podge of specialists 
sprlAging forth from a 16-piec9 
hand in btaokface. It's mostly acro- 
batic and whirlwind buck stuff with 
no general routine. Meanwhile the 
welf-knowtt minstrel Inserts himself 
for about three songs. Why Mr. 
Xisonard goes from "Boley Byes" to 
"Ross Msrie" is something yoli can 
figure out. Leonard got three en- 
core.s and stopped with a speech'. 
Miss Suter ihade one, too. but said 
hers with flowers. Three bunches. 

Kddie Nelson clowned too long. 
Being a carefree comic anything 
went with this boy aiid they ap- 
peared to like it. up to a certain 
point. Too much pie can make a 
fool out of a cup of coffee, and that's 
what Kelsiin did. A eortdng low 
comedian for vaudeville. NelSQip^ but 
restraint isn't a bad virtuo. 

Trin! flashed a gorgeous produc- 
tion and lots of talent during her 
42 minutSM. Using two songs 
Raquel Meller is also doing, she may 
not favor tlie renditions with the 
subtlety of Meller but for vaudeville 
sha seta the same results. A won- 
der at manipulating castanets and 
getting triple taps from her heels, 
Trini held all the attention there 
was around. A sweet salvo was the 
total for this Spanish maiden, who 
is quite a performer. 

Florrie Le Vere. assisted by Lou 
Handnian, opened her turn in the 
prop stage box and then went to 
full. A feminine singer and dancer 
Is also carried now. Handman 
didn't do so well with the opening 
comsdy, but when he got at the 
ksj r b d a r d and started to reminisce 
you realised the number of "hot" 
tunes this boy has turned out. Miss 
Le Vara did nicely all the way but 
should Que.«itIon the dropping of the 
skirt for the finishing Charleston. 

Torke and King were a panic. 
They started to laugh with the name 
card and never quit. "What an act! 
Kven forgot being encased in what 
was probably the first tux that has 
'paid its way into the Palace sljfice 
Nora grabbed something east of 
Fifth to come over and watch her 
wave a fan. 

The Lvster Brothers dosed. 



is mure, succeeded. alth?Mgh Olenr 
and Jenkins, spotted second after 
intermission, had quite u contest on 
their hands. The colored boys have 
played the New York houses so 
often in their current turn it is no 
wonder some of their best gaga 
failed to titllate the customers. 
However, they stuck to it and fin- 
ished strongly with their doable 
song and hard shoe dance. 

Ahead of them in the last half of 
the program was Arthur Prince. Al- 
though programed and billed 'to ven- 
triloquise, rrhs Love AfCair of Yus- 
Hif Hassan," the Englishman wisely 
oltered his standard specialty which 
got over with a bang, ttii eraasfirs 
with the dummy was as natural and 
uncanny as sver, and the material 
was far Mid Awar above the. ordi- 
nary series of gags used by most of 
the larynx jugglers. When drink 
Ing the glass of water Prince caused 
the dummy to say: "This Is what 
they all try to do, but they can't do 
it yet. after tt yaara.** Prtaoa, be it 
known, started the epidemic of gar- 
gling drinks among ventriloquists 
while their dummies watched and 
remarked. "Going, going, gone." It 
has always been as sure tire as rib' 
bons on the underwear. 

The next to closing turn, another 
comedy offering, was Joe Morris and 
Flo Campbell 'In "Any Apartment," 
a Lewis and Young skit, which at 
least has the virtue of being new. It 
holds an "audience" bit in which 
Morris and Phil Silvers Invade a 
stage box. Some of the talk hit and 
some missed. The biggest laugh Is 
when Camnbell before leaving the 
box says, "Where's that taffy." Sil- 
vers remarks, "Don't make a fuss 
over a little piece of taffy," and 
CampbeH responds. "Tes. but my 
teeth are In it." 

The first half of the bill also held 
Plenty of strength. Diamond and 
Brennan in "The^ Faker" (New 
AcU). spotted third, and Ann Sutor 
fourth, halved the comedy honors. 
Miss f^uter mugtred and clowned to 
big returns, her delivery at times 
reminiscent of Marie Dressier back 
when the catchers didn't use gloves. 

The Four Karreys, one of the 
sweetest 'contortion acta In the 
racket, opened and bent the bang 
their way. It is a three- man and 
woman combo, the glrf dressfnt tfie 
stage and assisting. The men make 
an unusual appearance garbed as 
^rladlatorsi They have worked out 
an Intricate routine of hand to hand 
lyid ground tumbling stunts working 
mostly on tables and pedestals. The 
contortion work is high class and 
makes some of the two and three - 
high formattona look almost Im- 

po.ssible. 

Carr and Parr, two English hoof- 
ers, who sensibly aim at comedy 
deuced and did nicely. Judged 
strictly as dancers the pair are or- 
dinary, but they have showmanship 
and have their stuff smoothly rou- 
tined. Most of the dancing is of the 
clone formation stylo with a decided 
leaning toward comedy. It's all 
soft shoe work, hut r bit different. 
They likod thorn here. 

Gaston and Andree closed the first 
half in their dance act assisted by 
Matura Shanley and Kdna McKay. 
The turn was voted one of the best 
that ever played the house. The 
ftdagio work of the principals In 
"Coquette," "Pygmalion and Gala- 
tea" ana 'HDance Macabre" stood 
out as away above the average. 

Carr and Parr, Oaston and An- 
dree and Arthur Prince were all 
members of the "All l-^nclish Bill" 
at the Palace, New York, a few 
weeks ago. 

"SevlIU," featuring "La Merl," on 
lats, closed to a walK out. although 
Iks aatr given a chance would have 
hali mm m$ iMM Dams Una. 
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opened with uciubalios, the work 
of one of the two girls standing out. 
She is strung, all riKht, performitiK 
OS a tup mounter in head-tu-head 
work and then aloft on a ladder. 



RIVERSIDE 

(8t. Vaude) 
A vaudeville bill that reminded of 
some of the happy layouts before 

the war, wlien acts were easy to 
get. is on tap at the Riverside this 
week. Mond;iy nighf the house was 
comfortably clogged on the lower 
— A renorted theatre Party ff 
900 may have swelled the total, out 
the Mil wurranted a play. 

The answer was the presence of 
fomr comedy acts, a real noveny 
nowadayw when comedy sets on 
K-A programs are as scarce as sus- 
penders on males. In fact with the 
exception of three acts, all leoned 
toward laugh producing, and, what 



STATE 

(Vitfda-Pala) 

The State Monday night was not 
crowded. Attendance was oonsid- 
si^kbly under normal- Showmen ex- 
pected tha national broadcasting of 
an all-star radio show would be 
fsit. but It was surprislnt for busi- 
ness to be affected at thS Stats, a 
natural drop-in house. 

Vatidevtlla cut to flva acts and 
the usual novelty overture out be- 
cause of "The Four Horsemen," the 
film running fO minutes. 

The bill was quite ordinary, with 
Just one standard act on the pro- 
gram. It was Ruth Roye. a stranger 
here, but fonnerly a favorite at the 
Palace, next block north. They 
didn't seem to know Miss Roye. but 
she won the new auditors without 
trouble and sidled off the one hit of 
the evening. 

(Jeorpe Kohreck and Co. (New 
Acts) closed the show. On third 
were Hugh Herbert and Co. in ' Any 
tliinp I<<»t Cusinf SH " Sketches are 
becoming extinct aiul this one ha.** 
been around so long that it Is a 
wonder It ha.s lasted, lie sent the 
turn out with other people for a 
(Ifflf, irat Is back playing hlnwielf 
The comedy at the closs just about 
got the act by. 

Bud and Elinor Coll were on sec 
ond. and after a slow start finished 
well. TheU* dancing, especially that 
of Miss Coll. tumsd the trick, the 
seemlnpr youthfulness of the team 
couhiing. D. Depford and C|0. 



HIPPODROME 

(Vaude-Pots) 

Reports of ilie 3&c. matinees at 
the Hippodrome have said they were 
slipping, and the slide trend is now 
noticeable in the night attendance. 
Monday evening there were gaps 
downstairs, while the balcony looked 
terribly lonesome. The few In the 
gallery should have been sent be- 
low. Log ea held fairly well, but the 
side boxes were neglected. 

A few more bills like ths one this 
week and the Hip will be accused of 
working for tha Broadway picture 
houses or the neighborhoods. Six 
acts with two band turns among 
them, each holding a toe dancer 
Rither might have been a regular 
by itsslf a^d in ths same house, but 
the first was put on to open the 
vaude show, which hurt it. of course, 
while the second had to follow. 

It's easy to die nowadays at the 
Hip with that audience. Where they 
come from the Lord only knows, but 
they are ail there before 7.80, which 
might denote they bad no other 
place to go. The crowd, however, 
might have retrained "down town." 
taking their supper on the fly. 
When the picture started around 
lO.SO the audience had started ahead 
of it. With not over SOO people left 
when the film flnlshsd. And a nice 
comedy picture, too, a First Na- 
tional, "lAdles at Play." The pic- 
ture was far better than the vaude- 
ville, but who win believe a Hip 
picture now after the run they have 
had of film flops thsrsT 

Talk and songs seemod to fly out 
the theatre via wings M<mday even- 
ing. Only one turn took an encore, 
and that was a part of the act. 
Bows were few and the acts must 
have biien happy when It was aver. 

In order came "The Carnival of 
Venice," a dressed*up orohsstra 
turn with threa accordion players 
In a group of six. There were solos 
here, too, dancing and musically, 
with the turn appearing to -mn too 
long, though "Opening" was no tost. 
The Four Diamonds, second, danced 
mostly, with the'fflrl slnclng.^They 
have been there before, so the younR; 
woman knew what she was up 
against. 

Harris and Holley talked as usu.al, 
but cut out their encore. Probably 
they have figured to save their 
voices for next week. Sensible lads 
and colored. The laughs from the 
talk that were muftSi Oliwt have 
broken their hearts. 

After the Royal Court Orchestra 
of women with a male leader did 
their playing stuff. Including a 
dancer and the leader doing a cor- 
net solo, Tom Smith went to it In 
"one" and got along, his falls being 
something any audience t^n under- 
stand. And this mob the Hip is 
drawing has got to have it thrown 
at them. That iOc. at night at the 
Hip for an orchestra seat is making 
good for a lot of fellows with their 
gals from the avenues, alSo ftrom 
places no one could guess. 

The Al Loyals closed with their 
new dog act, very good; ' A police 
dog topped it off with an Instinctive 
high blank wall climb. 

When the Hip Is bara It's bare. 
That upstairs Monday night looked 
like the Madison $quare Garden 
Hrfth only the clealiMlii it Hm 

V RERUN 

iOALA 

Berlin, Nov. a. 
After a let-down-during the sum- 
mer the Scala Is back again with a 
fine program, rewarded by food at- 
tendance. 

The Blank Co. opens with a good 
sUsnt acrobatic turn, basing its ap- 
peal on ths strength of ths man and 
woman performers. The Bastlens, 
acrobats, follow with Ughtsr work 
In which fraoa Is tha ofelar Attrac- 
tion. 

An English dancing pair, Robert 
Blelle and Nunette Mills, have real 
class In their dressing and put over 
a Charleston which stopped the 
show. 

Wassilgeff septet givo the usual 
round of Itussian songs and get the 
returns that a harmoHF Mt f<MilVe 
all over the world. 

Fred Ixiula closes the first part 
moderately. 

After the Intermission Dorian 
jazzes out a piano act. It warmed 
up the audience. Matray and Katta 
Sterna are old favorites and their 
ballet was liked* A "Crazy Cat" 
dance was the center of Interest. 

An American turn. Du Fonts, had 
the audience eating out of their 
hiinils with a jugfcling routine which 
can compare favorably to Grock's. 
Paul Gordon, rope walker, and the 
Japanese .*=<oga flnl.^hcd up the pro- 
gram in a fashion which continental 
audiences are accuatomed to. 

WINTIMAflTIN 

8how here run more along old- 
fashioned German lines and the re- 
turns ars not what they are at the 
Scala. ITou.so Is out of date and 
built in a form which leaves much 
of the audience at an unfavorable 
angle to t)>e Kia^e. T'ntil the man- 
agement bites into the sour apple 
and has the whole house remodeled 
there will be no real monar to be 
made here. 
Situation Ideal, and as soon as It 



(uTomes known that the theatre bus 
l>ecn put into better shape the old 

husiM«\ss .should set in again. 

l''ur the audlem-e big act this 
month is Richard Hayes, the iug- 
Kllni; Robinson. He reminds of W. 
C. Fields, man which no higher 
i-onipliment oan be paid. Other good 
Mun\hor.^ on the hill Inoluiled the 
tootbail match On bicycles between 
lleinrich Holt and Charly Harvard; 
ecc»»ntrit> Pierroty.s; rari.sl.in <lancer. 
Kudja MuKoul. Who putd her num- 
ber across on looks; Annie Fey and 
Toddy Cuisser. deliveriiiMT an effec- 
tive Charleston. Dio-Pl.i, stereoptl- 
cou dancer; the well-liked Mljares 
Hrnlhers, whose tiKht-rope act ap- 
pears a little too frequently on lh«' 
local pruRranis; Four IMiillip**. a 
i-onventlal but adequate balancing 
turn: and lUe Bois. who gives a 
burlssque revue In If mlniiHs. 



BROADWAY 

(Vsude-Picts) 

A particularly happy blending of 
comedy gives a bright entertalntnent 
at the nroadway. They have a poi»d 
picture, new to the town. It's a 
bargain at the acale— only tha mob 
Wouldn't believe It. M.>nday night 
ih«*ie wa.s about three-%uarters of a 
house, with yawning gaps across the 
back of the orchestra. 

Specialty bill started off quietly 
and promisingly with Powell and 
Hhinehart, man and woman work- 
ers In sand pictures. Always a 
flashy style of work, this pair pre- 
sents the simple turn capably. Both 
look well in evening clothes. 

Paul Sydell and Spotty, mediocre 
straight violinist and a miracle of a 
performing dog, did one of those 
things that sometimes happen in 
vaudeville— put over a simple little 
stunt turn that was a fulNslssd 
riot. This fox terrier Is the last 
word In animal acrobatics. It starts 
where the run at parformlnir dogs 
flnHh. and then goes the limit. As 
an example of the pup's accomplish- 
ments it is enough to relata that 
when it misses a balance on one 
forefoot held In the trainer's hand, 
it topples, then catches itself In a 
balance on the forelegs. Some of 
its feats are a throw through a full 
twister to a balance on the forefeet 
on the trainer's hand; a throw from 
the floor into a pirouette to the 
.same balance; a forefoot stand on 
one foot on the trainer's thumb. 
No. 2, the act stopped the show. 

Louise Wright essayed character 
songs sftsr ths nmnner of Lillian 
Shaw, bul^ hasiiT tha eliaraetar 
knack. She was just a heavy sou- 
brel airuggllng with dialect and 
making hard going of it. She uses 



compensate, as usual for finesse, 
and her comed>' Is loud rather than ' 

funny. A dull spot No. S. 

Mr. and Mrs. .limmy Barxy are a 
little fine and Nubtie in their l)um(»r 
for the I'roailway gathei inK M irry'ti 
ditty. "Without a Wedding King.' 
got into the second absurd verse 
before the wlioU- hou.s«' wa.« really 
sure that it was funny in latent and 
not straight. Even then they were 
a little cautions alxuit lauMrhinK- 
Thv Broadway audience is a clien- 
tele that likes its comedy plainly' 
MiHrked. (The larKe fat cornetlst In 
AI Moore's band later, doing a bur- 
lesque Salome danee, was to its 
lil<lnp. for Instance.) 

Kdith Clusper's danco interlude, 
.'oUowing, has a wealth of class, a 
little Jewel of stuping and construc- 
tion. JuKt a hint of sketch story 
runs through it. all accomplished 
without u word of dialog. The turn 
has pretty bftrklnsrs that mean 
somethinR in.Mtesd of Just »»elng . 
splurge uf silk and flash. And the 
routine of the dancinK f(\f\ and hor 
three younij men fiidft 1m neatly laid 
out for sightliness and variety. 

Brisk start shows drop in *'one*' 
of steamship at pier with three uni- 
formed customs inspectors, who ex- 
plain In a few song lines that they . 
suspect a woman smuggler. Open- 
ing a trunk in center. Miss Clasper 
Is disclosed. They do a bit of leg- 
manla with ndat^io, and off. Artis- 
tic feietling shows dancer's apart- ■ 
meat, where girl and boy do a oetsty : 
steps. ■ Inspectors come in, soarck* 
ing for HiQUggled goods in pantp; . 
find champagne bottle, get "lit," and 
girl back for adagio with tipsy in- 
snecton for comedy falls. The rou- 
tine goes through novel shadow 
dancs solo, acrobatic stepping by 
boys, toe dancing and change of 
scene for brief bit of adagio finish. 
Boys are Bud Sherman, Jack Meyers 
and Donn Rdbberts. All nice look- 
ing, fresh youngsters. The act is 
the composite work of Joe Bur- 
roughs. Philip Bar tk s i siae and Obb 
Conrad. 

Ksn Murray and Charlotte, nsxt 
to closing, put the comedy kick lata , 
show. Murray Is headed for emi- 
nence among the single entertain- 
ers. Here is a young comedian with 
style and spontaneous humor who 
Is bound to go far. Monday night 
he was on for more than 20 minute* 
of solid laughs, and every laugh a 
legitimate one. To make It good he., 
stepped into the Al Moore band 
turn, lollpwlng. und used up 10 more .« 
mlnntss fbr ths deep diaphragm' 
laugh of the nl^ht, when he led ofT 
Miss Wright while she waa clown- ' 
ing for alwrteeque <Wac*nMMl,** * 
and returned After sn affstago pMbl 

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x:apitol 

4tMIW YOUKi 

New York, Sov. 14. 

At the Capitol this week the uross 
will depend upon how MM iMfbHe 
goes for "Upstage," an excellent 
picture, which, if catching the lays 
the right way, wUf bs li b#x*afllce 
winner through draw. 

In other ways the stnxe show, 
w liile not eunusual in merit, runs 
nict'ly. The Capitol always has the 
first aid of its really famous house 
orchestra of around 00 pieces. 

The vaudeville people can get a 
direct line at the Capitol this week 
why and how a picture house can 
do so much better with its stage 
acts through lighting than vaude- 
ville has ever done. It Is In the 
straight piano act of Julia Qlass, 
who has soms radio rep. The man- 
ner in which the Capitol has set 
and lighted Miss Glass' turn tells 
everything. It throws a pretty pic- 
ture around the player before site 
starts and that sends her "over." 
Miss Olass created no deep impres- 
sion as a pianist Sunday. She has 
an odd touch for a concert artiste, 
but required aatklat bayoM that 

setting. 

"Atop New York" is the title of 
the ballet, nicely done and with the 
Chester Hale girla, J»yoa Coles is 
the premiere. 

David Mondosa led tha tfVerture, 
timing his ^trance for the first 
Sunday perfomianee as muchly as 
would a sta«e or sorash alar. It 
got him it. 

**Moonllght on tha Ganges" was 
simg by Celia Turrlll and Julia For- 
rest, hfter which came a UFA short, 
"Death Trail," about bugs, and not 
so forte. Following Miss Otase was 
the news weekly, nothing extra, and 
then the featdsa. 

After that came a "Ko Ko Hong 
Car-Tune, " a Hed Seal short and 
humorous, of danoing llttls devils or 
something running along Illustrated 
(motion) replicas of what may be 
supposed to be "The Trail of the 
l^>nesome Pine." Creative^ funny 
and well executed. 

An organ solo ushered 'em out, 
and the house waa nearly iiiied at 
i '< tiu, AHne. 



LOEWS STATE 

(BOSTON) 

Boston. Nov. 



10. 



The OoMwyn-Henrr King pro 

ductlon of TTsroM Bell Wright's 
novel, "The Winning of Barbara 
Worth," was given a premisra Ifia* 



terday under what were praStically 
exploitation conditions. 

Charley Winston, loeal publicity ' 
man for the Loew Interests. hn<l 
apparently been given a free hand ' 
and an u i i M w iltid budget to arash 
the picture over and he did evert*- / 
thing except build .bonllrea on the . 
roof of the State Houss. 

Daily and Sunday schedule for , 
copy ran way ahead of last week'n 
exploltotlon of l>aut W M tii i an at * 
the Publlx's opposition house. Met- , 
ropolltan. and the papers fell heavy ' 
for tha story of this Aim batat the ' 
first to be Imfhortatlzed by the cofll^ ' 
mlttea of Governors of Amerlean ' 
Stataa far ftlHig fa nh irnflad • 
States archives for posterity. 

Pleture did not live up to its bUl* • 
Ing and Wklis it runs within two 
minutes of an hour and a half, a . 
lot remains to i/e done if it le to go 
out as a road production. 

The bl<^ pun< h of the picture, of 
course, is the breaking of the irri- 
gation fata on ths Colorada Wwwr: 
sweeping away villages and drown- 
ing the unfortunate refugees. Al* 
though offectlve, tha toning down of 
the lighting to biilld up tlie llluolon • 
took the edge off the really extraor- 
dinary inundation of the lowlands. 
The comedy Interpolations were 
poorly spotted, resulting In laugh:^ 
that broke the stuipense and pre- 
vented the cllntax. 

Another bit that will probablv 
havs to be recut Is the pistol shot 
that kins tha ambushsd vilUin. The' 
diatance was so absurd for a re- 
volver to carry that the men in the 
audience actually guftawad and 
then had to spend the next two 
minutes explaining to their women 
folks what Inspired the laughter. 

The remainder of the bill In- 
cluded Chief Caupollcan. Indian', 
liarltone who stopped tfta ifiow. anv^ 
Rudy Wiedoeft. perhaps the onTv 
living saxophone player who couki 
appear as a single In the Back Bay 
of Boston and k'Ot away with it. 

The organ specialty was "a lesson 
In golf." a son^- plugging comedy • 
slide that was the best of the local 
season, a news reel, a topics, and n 
Hal Roach featuring Charlie Chase 
In *'Be Your Age." 

Prior to opening the run there 
wan- n b el i e f that th o O e Ulwyn film 
Would carry over tWO Weeks be- ' 
cause of the exfdoltatlon and the 
fact that It was sn eastern piemlere"- 
of an "irunifdt.'il picture" serond 
only to th' "Hlrth of a Nation" and 
"Tlie Covered Wagon." Whether cC ' 
(Continued on page f t| 



22 



VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



We<1nesday, November 17, IMf 



DANCERS INVESUNG $8,1)1)0 IN 
ACT DAZED BY VAUDE MEIHODS 



';/: Walton and Leitrim Opening in Picture Houses at 
f $2,500 Weddy— Informed They Miwt ^Sbvw* at 
I K.^ Palace for 'Cuf Salary - . 



Vlor«iic« Walton and Leon lieit- 
rim will open a tour of picture 
koueea at the Missouri, St. Iiouis* 
week of Dte. 4 at fl,SM lily, 
lookad by Max BarL 

Upon their return from Korope 
recently the dancers Interviewed 
the straight vaude people and an- 
ammoad tiMy eanlMbplatad prddvo- 
ta^ % Mr aet Thay were siven 
iMavy enc ou ra gm e at and invested 
•Iwut $8,000 in coatmnes and acen- 
ary. They alao angagad aa ordiaa- 
tra. After rehearsala thay raported 
to Kalth-Alhaa thay wara ready to 
play. " 

The **Btallinv" began immediately. 
Vha act waa olCsrad two *'break-tn** 
weeks out of town with the Palace. 
Kew Tork. to follow for a "show- 
ing." The Palace "ahowing" aalary 
ivaa alao a ••cut." 

Bewildered, the pair explained 
patiently they were a standard act. 
an internatiopal act, and had ap- 
pitrtd aMtty ttaaa for tha K-A 
MBce. so why tha Palace ''showing^? 
They were willing to "break in,* but 
not play the Palace at a "cut** ba- 
tbm a aalary eovM be aat, aftar t|My 
had invested $t.000 on the aaiaffiwoe 
the act would be booked. 

The anawer la > the picture house 
tMar. baolM wfthout tha orchaatra, 
a large saving, and at a higher sal- 
ary than the couple would have re- 
ceived from the Keith-Albea circuit. 



HEIMAN'S FILM 
TO TEACH HIS 
MANAGERS 



niESlDENrS REUTNES 



i.' 



Group from Vermont on Penn. 
IMmce Hail Tour This WeoiH- 




^1 



Washington, Nov. If. 

eo^iuyiiri mtialeal i^- 
tives started nothing in thla city 
last week at the box office of the 
Palace, picturea. Nor had they the 
Week befoffa iviiaB hi a flt. XtfOtUa 
picture hoaai: air a«M 
attraction. 
^ Now the Borne Town Orchestra 
frdtai Flymaiatli, Tt, la iovrtaig 
dance halls through Pennsylvania, 
without William Morris, their man 
agar, having decided what to do 
%lt& tham la tha fututa* 

tiocally tha fiddling orchestra 
didn't helpHha Palace's gross, about 
|14,000, with the belief that tha 
feature picture "So's Your Old Man" 
was responsible for holdiniT Vp the 
average of the theatre. 

Thara*a quite a troupe now In and 
around the orchestra with their old 
fashioned music and dancing. For 
that reaaon a try out for a week 

'MONKEY Bi7 REOPENING 



Wrong afid 

|i| Rimniiig m 



Way 



/ .'i 



Los Angeles, Nov. 1€. 
Marcus Helman, president of the 
Orpheum Circuit, feela that his 
managara and thaatro amployaos 
should know "The Right and Wrollf 
Way to Run a Theatre.** 

To enlighten them ha haa made 
an arrangamant with Prodiioara* 
Distributing Corp. to have a one- 
reel picture on this subject made. 
Thia pictura will be shown to all 
of IM Miaavara «id houaa ofllciala 
on the circuit. If they do not im- 
prove their business tactics, «11 (ex- 
cepUng Sam "|Cul" Kahl) may find 
themaalvaa looklnr for saw ioba. 

From what the Orpheum Circuit 
haa laid out for the basis of the 
plot the following la made known; 

"A headlinar will oome to a town 
too late for reeharsals and the 
hanging of his scenery. He will 
alao bo tampermental and want 
«mytlilB9 i0|Mi IB • Jify ai' unary 
hung,** etc. . 

Then the atoiry will show how an 
inexperienced manager would han- 
dle the aituatiop. to tha detriment 
of the performance and possibly a 
cost to tha house. Following will 
come the proper way to hdndle the 
matter. 

The courtesy problem, In back 
and front of tha h^uacL will also 
ba axpUOiliiid. • ' : 

Nothing will appear in thla film 
regarding the rlsht aa4 WffBV way 
to ; book acts. * 




HARRY DAVIS MERGES HOUSES 
Wmi STANLEY GO.'S CHAIN 



FRANK VAN HOVEN 

••SPOKESMAN - REfVIErW," 
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 8: 

1>oing nothing and making a 
crowded t haa tr a aadianea laugh it- 
self almost into hysterics la the ac- 
complishment of Frank Van Hoven. 
billed aa tha *Mis8y-mad magician." 
headliner on this week's program at 
the Pantagea. He rivala Billy Sun- 
day la hia whtelwind talking that is 
the largest portion of his offering 
and ha leavea the crowd uproarious 
In hla ellmax of fun that ha has with 
a trio of small bapg^wlM 
to assiot him." 

Booked by Navina * Singer 
MittiCar and Praoa Agant, 
HAmiY VAN HOVIN 



A*. 



Friaoo Fattara Due in Loa Aagalas 



Lm Angelea, Not. If. 

A new edition of "Monkey Bus! 
aaas," tha recent stage fiasco of 
Olaan and Johnabn'a which col- 
lapsed la. Baa Francisco 10 days ago, 
will reopen at the local Majestic 
Nov. 22. Sddie Borden and £mie 
TaiM win ba la the principal roles 

Tha angagamant is scheduled for 
iaur weeks after which Michael 
Corper will produce "The Prince of 
BawaH," with a oompaay of native 
Bawallana. Charlea & King It aa 
i|9Vftoad as director. 



EHDLEBOREO 
HAUIDAY Sl sawyer 



CARLTON HOTEU 
WAtHINQTON, D* C. 



• 4 I ;. I 



1,/) «^ ti .■ X ^ ' • 



•' r " ■ • 

Theodore Frans Weisd*, profes- 
sionally, Hardeen, haa baen be- 
queathed by hia lata brother, Harry 
Houdini. all of Houdini's theatrical 
effects, according to the will of the 
deceased filed for probata with the 
avmgafa Of Maw Toirtt oounty.- 

The Congressional Library, 
Washington, has been willed Hou- 
dini'a- "Dramatic Librar>'." If the 
OontraaalonaV Library rafuaaa the 
bequest it is to go to the New York 
Public Library, and if they do not 
want it the library goes to the 
widow. Baadlifli jiltoniay aati- 
aaates the vatna.^ Ika IMrary at 

1600.000. 

The Society of American Magi- 
elana haa bf^n beqneathad $1,000 
and each of Houdini's three assist- 
ants, Frank Kukel, Jamea Harold 
and James Collins, |600. 

Tho magician'a widow., lira. Wil- 
helmlna Houdini, was 'appointed 
executrix and will repaiT# tha bulk 
of the estate. V V 

Tha wUl Wihi Wealad la a aifety 
deposit box, after an order of the 
court had been aecured to open it. 

Billy Glason with Publix 

Billy Glason, vaupo single, has 
been signed for a tour of the Pub- 
Uz Theatres doingamaatar of eare- 
monlea stunt for the remainder of 
the show as well as hia vaude 
aingle. 

Giaaon opena with Publls Dee. 6 
with tha opening atand to ba set 
later. 



'HENRY BROWN, DOWN 
ANDOn^JN^^I^^ 

Once Prominent 'Club' Broker 
of Mid- West — DestituH 



' Chicago, Koy. If. 

Henry Brown, not so long ago 
the blggeat booker of clubs in Chi- 
cago, is confined at Dunning, 111. 

Laat December, la a daaUtute 
condlUon, physically and financlaHy, 
Brown was sent to Cook County 
hospital. His next stay was at the 
-aaunty poor hMaa to Oak Forreat 
UL nineaa took him from there 
back to the hospital and he was 
later dellyerad to the psycopathic 
ward for attUHteaUOa. 

A bad mental state caused his 
removal to Dunning, where ha la 
now hold. - V 

Brown ia 16. Ba la marrli^ but 
without children. Mrs. Brown, left 
without money, is working in Chi- 
cago. Sha waat to Dunning in July 
to see her husband, but aMMlT^n 
Brown haa not -heard from her. 
Since July and unUl a Variety re- 
porter viaitad him hMt waak. Brown 
is not known to have aoaa a fHand 
ff^ ||M outer- world. 

Sudden Downfall 
Not many years ago Brown was 
at tha head of a club agency, doing 
a buainess greater In volume than 

any aimilar agency-ibefore or since. 
He waa prominent among showmen 
hero and rated wealthy. His fall 
from high waa comparatively sud- 
den. Continued 111 health and de- 
pressing business breaks are the 
cauaea of the present condition. 

About a year ago .a paper waa 
circulated in town asking for con- 
tributiona, but the Chicago theatri- 
cal fraternity Called utterly to re- 
spond. With the thought that bet- 
ter conditions and surroundings 
.could be provided for the former 
booker, an appeal ta aid was made 
-to the N. VWL, through John Webb. 
That orgaaittatloB alao failed te 
reapond. . 



Keith-Albee InporUuit Liiil( for Yeart^-^QaTo Up 
Big Time kocenlly— Ties Up^ Pittsburgh Sec* 
tion for Stanley — ^Harris> Rouses Npt in Deal 



DOUBLING" IS 
DEMANDEI>- 
ALLOWED 



Dancers Refuse to Play 
for lC<A* Otherwise 



Further evidence of the famine' 
existing in the Ke^th-Albee agency 
for "names" is the booking of Zam- 
blBl aad CHanlon, danoara, to haad- 
line at the Broadway next week 
and at the same time "double" into 
the Caaa Lopes, New York .night 
dub. 

Tlie K-A people, despite their on- 
again-off-agaln policy with acts 
playing cabarets, , readily conaented 
to tha booking when tha danoara la- 
formed them on no account wpuld 
they consider vaudeville unless al- 
lowed to double from the night club. 

DoabUng of aata te KaW York 
houses, aupposed to be banned, is 
also being resorted to in an effort 
to bolster up some of the programs. 
Next week Bddla Nalio|i win double 
the Palaoa^ Haw l^arkr aoA Attse, 
Brooklyn. 



''Oppositioii a Fake/' 
Says itiica^^^l^ 

iVIaob pla$i« li^^^ the 

Amalgamated Booking office last 
week at Providence, jumped into 
New Tork Sunday to play the Cen- 
turr. <ar' tha Keith- 

Albee office Sunday, lays off this 
week, and next week plays the new 
independent Boulevard, at Astoria, 
Long laiahdv'. ■■• ' 

He has been master of ceremonies 
at the Winter Garden. New York, 
Sunday concerts at least a dosen 
times this aeaaoa aMI JMr alao 
played for the Loew Circuit. 

He remarked that "Qpppaltion Is 

sfMM." ■ ■ ■■^':vV■v -•: •;;^' 

Frisco waa paid far a full weekxin 
his previous engagement in Scran - 
ton and Wiikea-Barra, a aix-day 
sCaiid.' ^ 



Belle Baker od Radio 



Belle Baker makes her regular 
radio debut with tha Eveready 
Hour, the same commercial broad- 
caster that paid .Eddie Cantor $100 
a minute via WEAF and 15 other 
stationa Ma^. tt* ' Wi^ tlma 
Miss Baker has been heard on the 
air waa at Harry Hersfleld's dinner. 

Vernon Dalhart, the hlli- billy 
songster on the records who aiade 
"The Prisoner's Song" famous, will 
co-attract with Miss Baker, and 
tha regular Eveready Orches- 
tra vndar Max Jaeoba* diroetloa. 



Rahman Bey Resuming 

Rahn^an Bey, the fakir, will re- 
^uma >lay|ng next Week after a 
long lay off due to litigation be- 
Iween Bey and his managara, A. 
H. WpofU and tbe Selwya% . 
• Tha inaglclan from India haa been 
glv€n permission and raopang' at a 
Petroit plctura houaa 



Me Tfadwiiis Sbw 

Hut Your in "Isbnd 



For the first time In over 25 years 
there will be no free vaudeville 
ihow Thanksgiving Day at Welfare 
(Blackwell's) Island, the prison and 
hospital detention- Eant River 
division of the civic machinery. 

It la aald tha recently attempted 
Jail break in the Tombs decided the 
prison otnclals to f orego th a aus - 
tomary annual affair. 

Each year tha Kaith*a agency has 
supplied the inmates on the Island 
with a variety bill, before the as- 
semblage in the large hall. It was 
fumlahad TOluntaHly by KeithM 
and without chanre to tho city or 
aay af tha lalaad'a Inatituaoss. 



F.&rt idea" East 



^ Xioa Angelea, Nov. 1$. 

Fanchon and Marco are making 
ready to send their first "Idea" act 
east under the direction of William 
Morria. * 

The act will be headed by Dewey 
Barto. supported by Qaofga Mann 
and company of 20. 



Tumiey's Dates 

Oene ^unney will open hia vaude- 
ville tour at Youngatown. O., Nov. 
21. That en^accement will be fol- 
lowed by his initial New York date, 
Ldew'a State, Nov. ft. Ijoaw's 
Metropolitan, Brooklyn, and Loaw's 
State, Newark, are next. 

The champ will atart over the 
Faatafta olreult althar Jan. t ar f . 
all boofelssi through r WUUam 
liorrla» 



Pittaburgh. Nov. It. 

Harry Davis int^sts in Pitts* 
burgh finally ha:Ve been purchased 
by the Stanley Company of Phila* 
delphia. Announoamaat waiT nsada 

here. 

Under the agreement the picture 
apd vaudeville theatrea of the Harry 
Dairla AitarpriiMa paid lAhaar ^ 
control of thd Stanley Coapaay mn 

Dec. 1. 

The local theatrea involved aro 
t|ia DaTla^ oombiaation pietnra and 
vaudoTllla now playing Keith-Albea 
acts: Grand, one of the two largest 
picture hottsea In Pittaburgh; 
Olymple. recantfy |be««rtrad by 
Davit; Hits and Lyric, small down* 
town 'movie bouses, changing their 
billa aavaral timea weekly, and tha 
Schanloy, In tha Oakland diatrlot, 
also taken over no^ lonf ago by 
Davis and made a paying propoal* 
tipn after a long selge of failure. 

Thia la tha aecond group of Pitts* 
burgh theatrea to be taken^over by 
the Stanley Company, the Rowland 
and Clark theatrea having been re* 
eently merted. 

The latest deal does not includa 
the theatres controllcfd by the Har- 
ris Amusement Company, aister. 
holdlns, company of (ho Harry 



MatthaaNiV Statamant 

The three-cornered deal thua 
gives the Stanley Company an aU 
most impregnable position in tha 
amaaamant Said ta thla part af tha 
country. In their local holdings is 
included the Nixon, legit. In tha 
final agreementa the Stanley Com* 
pany took over all Mr. Davla* hold* 
ings in Pittsburgh, Including, Ul 
addition to the theatres other prop* 
ertiea within the theatre group, 
Tha Grand la ana of tho prlnoUMl 
theatres Involved in the transfer* 
It is centrally located in the heart 
of the downtown business district 
and haa a aaating aapadty of ap» 
proximatiAy tiltt. The Davis thea* 
tre likewise la In the heart of 
Pittsburgh's business district and 
haa a aeafing capacity o^ t,ttt. 

Jules E. Maatbaum, preaident ot 
the Stanley Company of America, ill 
announcing .1;^e- conlpletion of tha 
deal. aaM: *n¥a are Immaniatir 
gratified to have ^ected this agree* 
ment. There are no better theatrea 
in the state than those conducted 
by Mr. Davis, and. In eo*operatloft 

XOontlnuad on page *it| 



Geo. Moran Out 6t Show; 
Moral nd Mack Spi? 

(Seorge Moran of Moran and Mack 
has been out of *^anltlat" (New 

York) for a week with general con* 
sensus along the line tfie "black* 
tmot)" duo may have coma to a part* 
Ing of way a after years of success- 
ful partnership In » vaudavllla ^ aaiA 
productions. 

Charlaa Maek haa been doing tha 
two-act with an unbilled player 
substituting for Moran and playing 
under the Moran and Mack billing. 

Tha management of tha ahow hat 
scouted the Idea of a split, claim* 
ing Moran Is out because of illness. 
Nevertheless, Moran has been seen 
around tha vlelaltr of tha Karl 
Carroll aavaral daya thla waak aad 
last. 



Cooway Tearle in Sketch 



L.08 Angeles, Nov. Id. 
Conway Tearle, who has been 
frae-lanoing, working for Indepan* 
^nt and "quickie" producers, has 
decided^ on account of the slack 
conditions here, to do a playlet on 
tha Orpheum Circuit. Ho will ba* 
gin the tour starting In Los An- 
galaf during the Yuletide holidays. 



Arnold Daly Better 

Arnold Daly has been signed for 
iraudaville by Ben Boyar. who will 
project him in a melodramatic akiti 
"Kidnaped," by Wilson Collins. 

Daly Is said to have recovered 
•uAelently from hla roeant aeoMeat^ 
to leave M MatropolHan hotpiUl 
thia 



Wednesday, November If, 1926 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIBTY 



11900 BLACKUSTED" ACTS IN CHICAGO 
AGENCIES OF ORPHEUM'S SUBSIDIARIES 



EslraorditMknr Preemitiens Now Taken to Hold 
Secret "Blacklist"— "Secret Service" Installed 
with Lawyer in dMrgo— Copy of "BbcUiaT 
HM hj Varietir— List of Restorations Herewith 



ChicajfO, • Nov. 1«. 

Bxtraordlnary efforts are being 

put forth by the Orpheum Circuit's 

■ubeidiarlea' booking agencies here. 

Association and Orpheum, Jr., to 

preserve secrecy for their "black- 

liatr of actors also for flies, papers 

aMd the tiuniia 'System'* thtik iMc- 

9$mfUy beeomea A part of sucli a 
"Secret Service" 4epartment has 
t»een Installed. 

There are 900 names of "black- 
llgtf!d***«€ta' oik the «>heet" ef the 
AafpoiaiioA and Orphoum, Jr. agen- 
cies, now in possession of Variety. 
A copy of th« Orplieum's Chicago 
•Otlacldiai*' fiaii been held by Variety 
for some weeks. In proof whereof is 
appended the names of tiiot(e re- 
moved frpin th.Q. "blacklist." 

Ilestoratlons, as a rule, haVe*^ fol- 
lowed with the Orpiieum, Ji*., when 
acts "blacklisted" by the .ns.socla- 
tion "cut" their salary for But- 
•h«r" Kahl for Orpheum, Jr. 

While 900 "bldpklisted" aoU 
eounds high for this section, it is 
lefs than one -half the number of 
tiirtia ^blacklisted" by the straight 
flMldeville circuits of the east,- in- 
' (Continued o<j page 2S) 



HAE DEALY ACQUITTED 
OF LARCENY CHARGE 



Ed Ruth's Ex-Wife Ctaimmi 
LarcenyMMiss Dealy Set Up 
Gift of Gems as Defense 



Mae Dealy, a sister of Joe Dcaly 
(Dealy and Dealy), was acquitted 
IMC week before Judge Koenig in 
detieral g e egi ona following trial be- 
fore a jury on the grand larceny 
charge preferred by Mrs. Maude 
Rusl»» divoroeA wifa af Rd F. Rush* 
€!ohimbia wheel producer, of 1242 
Il(san street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

The elderly Mrs. Rush alleged she 
had met Miss Dealy at • the Dean 
street address boarding house. After 
a warm friendship had developed 
she turned over $10,000 worth of 
Jewels to Mtaa Dealy for the former 
iraudevllle daiieer to reset. 

Miss Dealy denied any intention 
to defraud, admitting she had 
pledged the gems fpr |2,100, stating 
thoy were given licr by Mrs. Rush 
as a Rift. Miss Dealy also denied 
fdie had ever represented herself to 
be the ez-wlfe of Lee Shubert, or 
ever posed as any kin of the Shu- 
bert family. 



Colored Ac^s Sunday 

Wen Talt>ert and Co.. colored 
turn, prot>ably tied all known 
reoorda for jivm^bera of appear- 
ancoe Sunday, when they 
played four shows at TA>ew's, 
American; jumped to the Win- 
ter Garden for a Sunday night 
concert, then to the Carroll for 
another Sunday concert, and 
also appeared at the Press 
(nub benefit at the 44th Street, 
New York.' 

Marvin Welt booked all of 
the dates. 



KOIiS SISTERS 
OFF'BLACEISr 
-ON ORPHEUM 



for Playing Pic- 
liira i ' N aw Haadlin- 
iilf— Booked for Tour 



ChtcacOt'Nov. 16. 

Om the **blBMk»tr maintained by 

the atraight vaudeville circuiu, 

where they were designated as 

"poison" for playing in the picture 

houses, the Kouns Sisters are at the 

local Palace of the Orpheum Qircuit 

this week. 

The ^irls have been booked for a 
fullOrphMim tdur and to be head- 
lined. 

When leaving the big time to play 
the flicker stages, the Kouns were 
booked by William Morris. They 
first appeared at i^'ox's, Philadel- 
pliia, in opposition to Keith's, the 
big-time vaudeville house. After- 
ward they appeared as the starred 
attraction next to the feature f^lm 
in many picture palaces, steadily in- 
creasing their salary until booked 
for $3,000 by William Pox for the 
debut week of his new Academy of 
Music, on 14th street. New Yr)rk. 

The Kuuns left the Academy after 
the second performance on the 
openinff day through a "Jam ' over 
stage management, which irritated 
the girls. 



ONLY 6 BIG-TIMERS LEFT IN EAST 



(Continued from page 1) 



Brooklyn; Keith's, Washington and 
Detroit, aiid Maryland, Baltimore. 

Three of the half dozen are 
known aa "cut ^ salary" weieks; 
Palace, Riverside and Albee. 
P*ilace, New York, is not alto- 
gether a "cut"; only for those acts 
bolpieaa to successfully protiest 
againat the clip. 

Bis time vaudeville is n(»w known 
aa straight vaudeville and plays 
twice daily performances. It is 
called "straight vaudeville" to dis- 
tinguish it from the pop vaude 
(vaudeville and pictures) class; 
also the overwhelming number of 
Aim theatres playing or adding' 
acts to their .»tage progrnins. 

The met.-.moipliosis of "the big 
time" has taken place within the 
past 15 months. At that time 
Kolth-Alhee and the Orpheum cir- 
cuits believed themselves supreme 
In vaudeville. 




It ig twft n\wi rftflit'm mw^ai uf 

box offlce conditions in flie l.l.sfory 
of the American sliow bui^i' t 'Js. 

The Palace, New York, always 
regarded as the KtA ace house on 
the circuit and one that ci.uld af- 
ford to play any prived act, has re- 
cently began "cuttinp" salaries 
mlscuously, due, it Is said, to the 



drops at the box office. The Palnce 
was always a "cut" for an act play- 
ing it for the flrst time but now, 
according to- thO'tnrm^ It la trying 
to buy aa phaaply as the pop 
houses. 

The decliao in business at the 
Palace la probably due to the scale. 

The public long ago ceased to hold 
Interest in a straight vaudeville bill 
at $3.30 top and $2.20 week days 
when they could see the same acts 
with a feature picture at other 
houses for 55 cents. 

Recent reports are of ^n Impend- 
ing change of policy at the K-A's 
Riverside at Broadway and D6th 
street. A pop policy there would in- 
terfere with Keith's 81st Street, one 
of the former twice dally big 
timers that switched. 



Gloria Gray Divorced 



- — -Baltimore, Nov. 14. 

Tfloria dray, profossifinil dancer, 
was ijranled a divorce in a Balti- 
more court last week from Bdward 
Hope, actor, known as Louis Kurst 
The charge was a>»andonment. 

Gordon Gray Hope, the three- 
year-old .soi^ was awarded to Mrs. 
Hope. 



COST GEORGIE $15,000 
TO SEHLE WITH RAY 



$5,000 Cash to Miss Ray, 
$10,000 for Expensef-^ 
Avoidid PublMty 



Kathrya Ray aattlag Imt |S»0,000 
damage for two ytr cent of the 
gross— ^.000 cash—plua an addi- 
tional llO.OOt (or "expenses" last 
week. Oeorglo Price flgured it was 
worth that i-ather than incur 
further publicity and the Ire of the 
Bhuberta. 

Price, though denying his guilt in 
the now notorious assault case, 
tigured he would eliminate any 
cause for complaint from Jake and 
Lee who are known i^^, to ao 
"hot" about Prioo'g JoBg tom OOQ* 
tract with them. 

Price approached Hyman Bushel. 
Miss Ray's attorney, for the aettle- 
ment, endeavoring to make a formal 
statement of exoneration as part of 
tho deal. This Miss Hay refused. 
The mere legal nOflflcatibli ot dis- 
continuance will or will not have 
to be construed aa an interpreta- 
tion favorable to Price's case. 

The oonledian tiiade Bftea M)r iee 
the wisdom of $5,000 now rather 
than a possible $25,000 two or three 
years hence when time wiU have 
healed everytiiing. Including a Infy's 
sympathies, and which at best 
would have to be spilt 50 -SO with 
her counsellors. Instead, the latter 
were compensated aa additional 
$10,000. this to include the medical 
expenaes to Dr. Leo Michel, Dr. 
Jullua Lempert and tho other spe- 
cialists called in to ta iq| the 
beauty's physiognomy. 

The Shubert angle Agures 
through a clause againat unpleasant 
publicity, and notoriety which gives 
most managements these days a 
legal "cut" at tbe expense of a per- 
fonrer who to aon pOrsona grata. 

Pric«; seems to . be among those 
present In that category. His 
switching last week to the Cafe de 
Parte (the Shuberta* night clob atop 
the Century) is generally consid- 
ered a demotion, parallel with the 
"goats" of the police force. Price 
Is now playing for .X*41nittdovtlle. 

Goedwn SeiteMeil te 
Haag Jai^ 14; Aipals 

I^s Angeles, Nov. 16. 

"Rev." Philip A. Goodwin, 28, self- 
styled priest of the American Cath- 
olic Church, and yaudavllllan, was 
.sentenced to hang Jan. 14 In San 
Quentin prison, for the murder of 
J. J. Patterson, Los Angeles bond 
broker, of which Orlaia was 
found guilty by a Jury in Orange 
County Superior Court last wei-k. 

Counsel for Goodwin has filed 
notice of appeal. 

The criminal charge of plagiar- 
ism, pending against Goodwin at 
Fresno, in which he is charged with 
having presented thO stage play, 
"Getting Gertie's Garter" without 
permission and in difiregard of the 
copyright laws, has been eet over 
for the term; It probaMr atvor will 
be tried. 

Goodwin says he will extend 
three of the Ave Invitatlona allowed 
him for the hanging to picture stars. 

The other Invitations are going to 
a 8atanna newspaper man and Jail- 
er ifoncrieC of Orange county Jail. 

Goodwin, now 21, claims he has 
been a picture actor and has ap- 
peared in legit and vaude offerings. 
He feels that tho ploturo^ people 
should be on hand to watch his su- 
preme sacrifice for something he 
alleges lie knows nothing alx>ut. 



MISS McCARTON'S 

$5^ AWARD 



MarKuerite McCarto n ( McCurton 
and Marone), dancer, was awurd' d 
$5,000 by a sherifl 0 Jury in a suit 
against WUUam Moulton for In- 
juries when the tatter's autoriiobUe 
struck the actress last May. 

Miss McCarton. through Hipom- 
berg and Btoomberg, 1 v attorneys, 
had brought ault for $36,000. 



ANY TIME 

By Eugene West 



I'd rathsr be Bif on the time they call Small 
Then email on the time they call Big. 
rd rather play split weeks from winter 'till fall 
Than one week of big timt — then dig. 

I'd rather my aot be a bowUfig oyeoota 

On the bush leaguing tims ef the West, 
Jutt so long as it plays and as long as it psye 
Than to wait ler the big time<^nd rest. 



I'd rather do grinds, yst, a dozen s day 
On the oireutts ths big timers scoff; 
And rd rather go on allor eaeh photoplay 
Than 4o a big timoy lay off. 



I'd rather play small time that pays just se*se; 
Work steady and aave every centi 
Than taks a cut week at ths Pataoe and then 
Have my partner scout 'round for the rent. 



For in the long run when yen'ro waahad up and dene 
After vaudevills's gams you havs braved. 
The qnsatien ie not **Hew Much Big Time Yeu'va Played?* 
But HHewr Many Mlara VouNo tSvodr ^^^ "^ 



Eva Tantnlay 111 in Bed 
Of Nervous ExhauBtion 

Kva Tanguay Is conAned to her 
suite in the Hotel Pennaylvanla, 
New York, sulTering from nervous 
collapse and other com pi feat tons. 

Two collapses in As many weeks, 
the luttc^i ill VVheelinK, W. Va., Iiiyt 
Monday, brought the comtdienne 
bark to New York for a thorough 
rest bt fure assuming her independ- 
ent vaude. epgagementp. 

Misa Tanguay gave- her opening 
performsnce at the Monday matinee 
In Wheeling. Ijeaving the atage, 
she intormed the management she 
wonil hayo to- leave the bill, being 
too ill to give a night show. 

The previous collapse was at the 
new I>yker, Brooklyn, N. T., Nov, 1. 
Mi>«s Tanguay had been featured on 
Its opening bllL^ 8h« ailaa withdrew 
after Thursday. 

Miss Tanguay's illness has been 
diagiibsed as nervous exhaustion. 
It may kee0 tl^ aotroaa confined 
for aeteral woaltg. 



HOWARD AND WARD 
BRANDED OOPY ACT 



V. M. P. A. Decides oh Com* 
phunt of Ted andBettf 



T^e Vaiaieville Managers' Protec« 

tive Association has notified all 
vau^eyUie ciicuits that the act of 
Howard and %Yard, playing the >ViU 
11^ Fox Circuit, Ig an Jnbiigo^ 
men on the stangfif.,tnr|i:...af^-HI 
and Betty lleaiy. 

The Healys filed the complaint 
with the Managers' AaaoolatW; H 
investigated and handed down a de>^ 
cision labeling the act "one of the 
boldest Infringements ever encoun- 
tercd." 

Harry Howard (Howard and 
Ward) entered denial of any copy. 
He is trying through |leyer North, 
his agent, however ta >i(Nit ^liO 
matter with Te« HtBlg. 



DUNCAN GIRLS TORN VAUDE 
FORnLP.UOUSES-fiKilP 



Five Performanceg Daily in Frisco and Los Angeles 
— GompMly of « in SuppprI 
pheum Ciffcuit After Theiii 



WHEELERS DfVOitCED; 
BERT DUWT CONTEST 



Cruelty Charged {ly Betty — 
Miss Wheeler Report^tf Mar- 
ryinj) Young Stroud 



trr. 



C'hieago, Nov. 16. 

Withoit protest from Bert 

Wheeler, Betty Wheel er ae cnrod a 
divorce h«*rA ( h rough AttglBey Hen- 
jtunin }|. KhrUch on groUnda of 

cruelty. 

The couple jointly held ISO.OOO In 
cnnh and property. Bert Wheeler 
voluntarily effected a dIvi.«»lon by 
giving his wife 114,000 of the 
amount 

Bert and Betty Wheeler have 
been a vaudeville a^'t for year.n. 
Betty Wheeler worked with Bert 
as ''Mtralght.** Now Bert la select- 
ing another partner in New York, 
while P>f*tty has already joined the 
act of Claude and Clarence Stroud, 
juvenile acrobntic dancing team. 

The Wheelers were runrried In 
April. 1917. In her plea for a di- 
vorce Betty charged that Bert wa.s 
cruel to her during September of 
thi., year. 

It N rfjtort'Ml Hint tli-' :\r\nrt '.nc^- 
m*nt of the engagement botween 
Clarence Streud and Bf;tty Wheeler 
will shortly be fortlicoiiunjc. Clai - 
en<A Ih T* • p< > I- If (1 con sideratny 
younger than Miss Whtjeler. ' 



Alan Cross Married 

Alan Cross (Hcaiy .uiU Ci**»t*f muh 
married Monday, identity of the 
bride has been kept a secret to date. 



LoM Angeles, Nov. 
Went Co.ii^t Theatres. Inc.. slipjied 
one owr on th« Or|»heum C^ireult 
by .'.lf;rilrig i'ltf Duncan Siitris to 
piay thfir houses lui a luiii.iiiuiD 
of six weekM, at a guarantee of 
around I99.0OO for the period; based 
on f(L percentage 9I t|^# gf(>M. 
Frank VMiooiii ilMVllm aKiit) 

KM •( tht x>fv»mm^ t » m0 t 

burning up the wires fbr about three 
weekH In an endeavor to tell the 
Duncan Giria picture houses were 
no place for them^that the Or- 
pheum and Keith- Albae .ClfouKas 
were th^. f| || >i g w^timik INf bO- 
longed. 

Areh M. Bowles, general mati* 
agar of WuHt Coast Theatres, and 

Marco of Fanchon and Marco, 
seemed to have had a more con- 
vincing argument. The girls de> 

elded the picture liousea were the 

proi>#»r place for them, as shortly 
they wouhl make a screen version 
of "Topsy and Bra" for rrlease by 
irnitffd Arti3tK. 

They "will open their act with hIk 
other people at the Worfleld, Sam 
FranclMCo. Nov. 27. playing two 
wof'ks there and then coming to I<os 
Anx'jlf'S Dec. 17, at Tioew'.s .St.Ke 
for another two weeks. In thette 
hou.^es they will do five perfiM-m* 
uiif t's daily. 

Th<' other two we^.ks or inor<» 
that win be played by them will 
Ire contingent on the starting time 
'.f tholr picture for ITnlted Artlf«(s. 
J TJm'V cnntemptntr Parting early in 
January, but if their plant* for pro- 
duction sire delayed, they will piay 
Onkland .uid Sairiamento for Wohc 
Ooaat end possibly a few Wtvksi 
more in .such towus a.s IV*' *, 
Stockt^ lloivg Beach and Saa 
DiegOi \ 



14 



VARIBTT 



VAUDEVILLE 



li 

I,: 



INDE. AGENCIES SOUGHT FOR 
BOOKINGS BY ST. VAUDE AGENTS 



AitittanU of Regular Line Agents Haunt Officer of 

Independent Bookers — No More Thone Book- 
ini^^<^-^4L^^A^^ 'ConTincers* 



AjrenU of ttraifflit ▼aiid«vlliii have 
found buolness so tough recently 

they have their outside men and 
aesistants haunting the agencies of 
the independents in an effort to 
book acts "outside/' 

A round of the independents re- 
Tealf several K-A assistant agents 
In a1iiio«|: «!rar3r one of the larger 
agencies trying to book acts. 

The former practice, when a K-A 
wanted to book an act "outside." 
waa' to caH Hp 'the booker on the 
phone. At that time "Keith acU" 
carried a certain prestigre. and the 
business couid be closed satisfac- 
torily -iFla tVM At tha present time 
a "Keith -Albee act" means nothing 
more than that it probably played 
independent houses in the vicinity 
befbra going into tha K*A |l|latra. 
As a result the K-A agents |HiW tO^ 
convince the Independents* 



OVERBOARD WITH 
OTHERS BENEFITING 



ACTS IN NEW ENGLAND; 
JUMPS AND CUTS 



Ditoouraoing Vaudeville Coin 

ditions— Much Work, Little 
Pay, and No Saving 



K-A and Orpheum Circuits 
Loaded Up — Two Acts 
"OoMbling" This Week 



FaDy Marlois After 
hesMtatiM Hmsm 



lUlir IQUlralP Agittwjr is a com- 
petitor for picture house presenta- 
tion bookings, having organized a 
special department with the acqui- 
sition o( ssnfrifal hbases employing 
such features. 

These houfes Include the Jackson, 
Jackson Heights, L. I.; Rivoli, Ru:h- 
arford, K. J.; F l a riis a itia Kaw 
Delancy theatres, NSw Tsrtt <3ll9r* 
and State, Brooklyn. 

The first two play prolog presen- 
tations wltk-^ t#6 "frsskir Changes. 
Irl^s tba New York houses are 
playing three acts, musical and 
sight features Mondays and Tues- 
days. 

The State plays a flve-act bill on 
Sundays and may play a similar 

program on Wednesdaya later. 

. - n,<',r;-i'i it h I ii'iiii III--'- '-^^N 

BOOKING ONE-NIGirrERS 



Indepandaat be sk s sa pre- 
viously frowned upon the aiia*night 
vaude stands figuring the bother 
greater than the revenue are now 
angling wHU tka Mlia** in a hot 
contest for supremacy in the short 
stand field as welt as the longer 
date stands. 

Th% attauhis af tha shorter dates 
is said to have been procipitateo 
by many of the one-day spots be- 
coming gradually educated by boolc- 
ars handllnc lliam to eventually 
ambrace split week policies. 

Fally Markus and Jock Lindcr 
have both paid attantitm to the 
small stands and strike an even 
average of about 50 each with both 
making additions whenever pos- 
sible. 

Several of these stands on both 
books have gone to cither last half 
or split week stands since which 
has given atksr indapsndants some- 
thing to think about and also has 
them Corop^ifting for the ono- 
nightcrs. 

A recent surray of tha ona-night 
stand vaude situation shows that 
over 125 houses playing this policy 
are booked out of New York by 
althar Maravs, Under, A. A B.. Dow. 
Arthur Fisher or Walter J. Plimmcr. 
This list is exclusive of many of 
the smaller picture theatres booked 
through isther soweas genaraliy 
direct. 

The listed houses play bills of 
from three to six acts. 



The Kaith-Albee and Orpheum 
books are so loaded with acts 
signed during the "panic" last 
summer that tha Loew and Pan- 
tages cireulta ara walking away 
with tha eraaoi af tha oamady 
turns. 

Two comedy aota at tha Palace, 

New York, this week are doubling 
due to the scarcity as the K.-A 
bookers are overboard on acts 
routed whan tha K.-A. people be- 
came alarmed at desertions from 
the ranks and the activities of 
other circuits and picture houses. 

Tha doubling turns are Bddie 
Nalson, playing the Palace and 
Albee, Brooklyn, and Ann Suter, 
doubling the Palace and Riverside, 
Naer York. 

The Orpheum Circuit Is reported 
booked solid, with the K.-A. books 
almost as badly congested. As a 
raauH •'names*' cannot ba oflarad 
enough consecutive time to make it 
interesting and the former argu- 
pients about "showings" which used 
work .whan an aet waa being 
"bulled" into accepting short dates, 
doesn't work any more. 

Tha idea , of summer bookings 
was to twknA up as many cAiaap 
turns as possible so that standard 
act^ could later be frightened by 
the usual cry of "all booked up." 
It was figured the standarda would 
come In and sign on the dottea 
line, fearing to wait too long. 

It worked out differently however. 
Tha bookers after loading up with 
body-of-the-blll acts sat back and 
waited for the comedy and name 
acts to appear. They didn't. They 
asieapted oiliiqi from l4oew. Pan- 
tagai|» piatuira liouses, productions, 
etc. 

To protect themselves the book- 
ers Immediately routed everything 
available at a price, with the re- 
sult the vaudeville bills in the 
straight vaudeville houses this 
season havo' shown a marked lack 
of the former comedy wows and 
headliners, so much so the former- 
ly tidl^ *^1bling" is back and 
welcomsd. 



Rdwarsal Halls Scarce 



The number of producers of 
In New York framing big 
turns for presentation in the film 
houses has brought a brisk demand 

for rehearsal halls. 
Tiiiro producers went up town for 

studio halls used by ballet instruc- 
tors. While accommodated there, 
they found the rentals much higher 
than la Timaa Square. 



MUSICAL TABS FOR VAUDE 

Csin and Wakefield Producing in 
Partnership 



Fox Files St. Louis Plans 

St Louis. Nov. 16. 
Plans for the new William Fox 
plctura theatre hare have been 
fiiCd. 

They call for a 4,000-8eat house 
at Grand and Washingon streets. 

It will be within an office building 
of 17 stories and represent $3,- 





f 



WEIGHTS 'WSOCOMW 

Andy Wright Is assembling an- 
other flash for vattdavilla captioned 
•nSilk stockings." 

It will have Carl Armstrong, 
Charlotte Barle. Battr 0ehiiyler, 
Clyde Kerr, Roy Xnlglll and six 
chor/sters^ 



Maurice Cain and Prank Wake- 
field have formed a producing part- 
nership for musical tabs, incorpo- 
rating burlesque features. They in- 
tend them for vaudeville. 

The Initial venture, "Winter Oar- 
den Revue," is now shaping up. It 
is a flash in six scenes, with cast 
Including Billy Mosscy, Al Shenk. 
Lew Gqldie, Diane Morgan, Rene 
Cooper, MnrKlo Catlin, Jayne Frayno 
and chorus of 12 girls. 

Cain is associated with Hurtig & 
Seamon. The producing venture 
(loos rot conflict with his duties 

there. plSO frntp t)nr 

Icsque. 



From Club to Loew's 

Mildred Melrose and Charleston 
Syncopators have gone into* the 
Kentucky Club, New York, doubling 
from there In the CJrcnfrr New York 
theatres af the L«oew Circuit. 



Boston, Nov. 16. 

Vaudeville actors are rebelling at 
tha difllcultiea they are encounter- 
ing in their bookings throughout 
New England, especially those who 
start at the Canadian end of Maine 
and work downward Into Mas- 
sachusetts and Connecticut and 
thence into New York City or 
central New York state. 

Tha complaints a n d all af them 
are coming fr<»n acts playing 
houses booked by the New York 
Keith -Albee office— are unusually 
emphatic and virtually and with tha 
declaration that any kind of a Job 
is better than trouping and working 
hard for nothing. 

Tha eomplainta in tha main are 
based on cut salaries and long rail- 
road Jumps with attendant high 
fares. It is evident that with the 
avsr-growing importance of the 
feature picture in a vaude- film 
house the managers after paying 
high prices for pictures do not have 
much left for a four or flva-aot bill 
and the majority of the houses in 
New Ehigland are playing a flve- 
act bill with feature pictures. 

Hare's the Jump ana aat got that 
landed him In a house In the west- 
ern end of Massachusetts last 
week: From Canada to Portland, 
Ma^ not so bad, but from Portland 
to the far end of Massachusetts, 
stiff carfare and cut salaries in ad- 
dition. From the western end of 
Massachusetts the act soaa ta Bos- 
ton, then to Connecticut and a 
Jump back to Proctor's at Albany. 

This act has no intention of stay- 
ing in the business, the man of it 
said. When reaching Boston It will 
pack its special drop and send it 
home and get some other sort of 
work. It is a novelty act* 
Cut Salary 

The cut salary proposition is put 
over on the acts in this wayt ' The 
acta are told that many of the New 
England houses they play are "two- 
a-day" except on Saturday, Sun- 
day and holidays. This Is haU aut 
to ba attractive to them: L a.; the 
supper show being out on week 
days, thereby only two frolics a day 
instead of three. 

All of which is tending to send 
nothing but singing, talking and 
dancing acts into the pgp houses 
in many aSetiona In Naw Bngland. 
Flash acts of any size at all can- 
not stand the cut salary with the 
manager unable to Increase his 
budget for acts ha has to be con- 
tent with singles, doubles and trios 
and make his big splfMHh on tbe 
feature picture. • 



SHEA'S COURT ST. 
GOING TO SHUBERTS 



Buffalo, Nov. 16. 

It has been announced by H. B. 
Franklin, vice-president of the 
Publix Theatrea that negotiations 
are now under way for the sale of 
Shea's Court St. theatre to the Shu- 
berts, who are to use the house for 
legitimate attractions. This con- 
flrnM a report in Variety of sav- 
eral months ago. 

The Court Street, formerly big 
time, wiU ba replaced in the Shea 
chain by a new house which is be- 
ing built on tbe Root property. 



Pougkkeepsie Getting 
VauM-Pictiire Opposish 

Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nov. II. 
It is announced that a theatre to 
play vaudeville and pictures will bt< 
built here, but without location 
stated. Ita builders are Jacob Levy 
and Abraham Dunn of Rochester, 
N. Y. 

Cohen's theatre in this town has 
had the combination policy muchly 
to Itself for several years. Cohen 
operates the split end house of his 
duo at Newburgh. 



hamwork by LOEf s bookers 
ON ncruRt-VAUDE ORCurrs 



RoUi koye First Aet Dually ISooked— Picture Sal. 
ary Larger — Both Loew Salaries Higher Thaa 
Stniiflkt V«id«vUle OffwMi HMuUincr 



ROGERS' EXTORTION 
CASE DISMISSED 



Atlanta Opens 

Atlanta, Nov. H. 

The new Keith -Albee Georgia 
theatre, which that organization is 
aparating in conJunctHm with 
Flamous Players-Lnsky and the 
Publix Theatres, opened last night 
with vaudeville and pictures. 

John Eggleston, formerly manager 
Keith's, Indianapoll.s, is in tempo 

rary. charge of tha new housa. 



Vaudeville Agent Held 'Man- 
ager' Contract for $li25 

Weekly from Gray Family 



Al Rogers, theatrical booking 

agent arrested on a charge of ex- 
tortion preferred by Mrs. Jane 
Gray, mother of the Gray Family, 
vaudeville, was discharged when 
brought before Magistrate John 
Flood in West Side Court The 
caaa waa dismissed when Mrs. 
Gray announced her intentlaii of 
withdrawing the complaint. 

Rogers was accused of extorting 
$126 Aug. I,. IfU. Mrs. Gray said 
Rogers had demanded $125 under 
threat of having her and her family 
lose their Pantages circuit booking. 
She said at tha time of tha arraat 
Rogers had consented to accept 5 
per cent of the earnings. 

The booking agent denied at the 
tima ha IM iorM Ilia #0B^ to 
pay him an exorbitant sum. When 
the case was called for trial he pro- 
duced, through his attorney, a con- 
traat signed by Mrs. Gray appoint- 
ing him booking agent and man- 
ager. The sum spcclfled that Rogers 
was to be paid $125 weekly. 

INPKiMi tha attorney repreoanting 
Mrs. Gray was Informed of this 
contract he advised the withdrawal 
of the complaint. In court Rogers 
said tha arrest had Injured his 
standing as a booking agent and 
in the theatrical profession. 



Loew's in Cedar Rapids 



Cedar Rapids, la., Nov. 16. 

Calvin Bard, Indianapolis the- 
atrlaai man and MentHlad with tha 
Marcus Loew Interests, has pur- 
chased the Boyson building at First 
avenue and dd street, for a. theatre 
seating t JtH* 

Both Loew vaudeville and pictures 
will be gtvaa, as also wiu road 
shows. . ■ :* 



PATERSON OPPOSISH 

» 11 I. I.. I » 

Fabian's Regent Opposed by Wtm 



Fabian's Regent, Paterson. N. J., 
has the first vaude opposition since 
the former practically sswsd up the 
town theatrically this week with 
the opening of the Lyceum with a 
straight vaude policy, playing eight 
acts on a split Waak with a 15-26 
cent scala; m a Mn ss s and M can t s at 
night. 

The Regent plays K-A booked 

vaudeville. Lyceum will play Inde- 
pendently booked bills booked by 
Jack Linder, who has purchased 
an interest te tlM liouaa and oper- 
ates in assoiblatlOfi #ith Billy Wat- 
son, owner. 

Realizing the tough nut to crack 
for the new policy the Lyceum is 
spending $3,500 weekly on Its bll's. 
with the opening Inyout holding Al 
Herman and his minstrels, KItamura 
Japs, Joe Young and Company, 
Jack Joyce, Anna Gold, Marie and 
Dandies, Billie Hagaar and JUfO- 
Slav Orchestra. 

The Fabian house plays Ave acts 
and pictures also on a split week, 
with a higher scale obtaining for 
both afternoon and evening than 
at the Lyceum. 



Orpheum's Music Contest 

Des Moines, Nov. 16. 

In order to settle the dispute as 
to whether Des Moines audiences 
prefer old fashioned music or jazz, 
the Orpheum theatre is going to 
give patrons a chance to decide the 
question In the program this week. 

Throe old fiddlers from Brown 
county, Indiana, and throe Broad- 
way boys are going to stage an 
"Old Fiddlers vs. Jass" contest, the 
audienoe to dscida the winnara by 
applause 



Loew Circuit's vaudeville and pic* 
tura housa boOklrig departmenta 

have decided on team work in 
booking names. The innovation 
will not affect the supervisory pow- 
ers of J. H. liUbln and Marvin 
Schenck. heads of the vaudeville 
department, or Schiller and Louis 
K. Sidney, on the picture housa 
end. 

The move is to facilitate bookings 
and routes, with Ruth Roye the 
first artist to bo Jointly booked by 
tha pletora and vaudevlUa oflloaa. 
Miss Roye was first routed by 
Lubin over the Loew vaude circuit. 
Since then the picture house booker 
decided Miss Roya would da in ear- 
tain of Mareua , Loew'a plctura 
houses. 

Miss Roye will play four weeks in 
the Loew praaantatlon houses ba« 

tween her Loew vaudeville dates. 
For the picture houses she will re- 
ceive 11,500 weekly, the highest sal- 
ary ever paid her. It is above her 
Loew vaudeville salary which, in 
turn, is more than straight vaude- 
ville offered for an act that had 
been haadUnlhff for It. 



Consdidated Cir. Addiiq; 
Ac^ Mt Eden's Opening 



With the Consolidated Amuse- 
ment Enterprises eontrolling a 
string of picture theatres, placing 
vaudeville into its new Mt. Eden 
Theatre, listed to open Thanksgiv- 
ing Day in addition to its pictures* 
has led to a report that the Con- 
solidated plans to install vaudevilla 
in others on its list. 

This Is not the first time tha 
Consolidated has tried out acts la 
its picture houses, although the ex- 
periments in several of the down- 
ttavni hosues didn't tars so well dua 
to lack of stage accommodations. 

The Mt. Eden seats 2,000 and 
has a stage big enough to accom- 
niddata tha proposed vaude turns. 

It Is understood that all of the 
new houses hereafter to be built 
by. Consolidated will have stages 
In addition ta tha screens, whereby 
"acts" and presentations may ba 
installed. 

The Consolidated will book inde- 
pS B d sB t acts. 



Town Over Officed I(pw? 

Syracuse, Nov. ll. 
MareM Loew may change tha 

plans announced for the new Loew 
theatre and office building in this 
city, according to reports circulated 
here. The Loew interests are close- 
ly watching , other building opera- 
tions in this city, particularly those 
designed to Increase the number of 
office structures. 

Loew, it is said, will drop the 
office end of his structure, substi- 
tuting instead a first class hotel. It 
a survay shows the city will have 
anRorphm of ofTioes. 

The B. F. Keith building here 
has not a few unoccupied offices, 
and other oflSce structures report a 
similar condition. 



Revue With Orientals 
Headed by Micha How 

William Seabury and Arthur 
Lyons have In rehearsal an "Ori- 
ental Revue*' staged by Seabury. 

Cast includes Micha Itow, Tuiji 
Itow, Tama Moto, Jua So Tai, Kono 
San, Moyalos. Runy One, Keo TakI 
and Yoki, Eddie Lukey and Sis, Lee 
Kalo, Yeichi Nimura, Chung Wha 
Duo, Gori Yamada, Helen Kim, Naoe 
Kondo. 

TOMMY GORDON "SINGIINa" 

Tommy Gordon, lipht comedian 
who played around New York in 
various flnsh acts, ia roturninp to 
fhe stage next week opening a tour 
of the Kelth-Albee middle western 
houses as a ''single.*' 

Gordon has hoon out of tlie ??bow 
business for the past year devoting 
his time to real estate. He recently 
made his peace with the K*A bep<'^' 
nftor being persona non grata; for 
some time. 




VAUDEVILLE 



VASIRT 



nSM STUFF 

ON VAUDEVILLE 



The reported creftlnr of teokm in the secoiidArx division of one of 
lutrest TSiudeville circuits, persists with the latest ancle a com- 
plalht lodged by an agent who doesn't "give up." against the booker. 
The booker, aecordins te the story, was "talked to" by an oflicial and 
ftdrlsed te etop ehewtnt pre f erw i ee to certain agento and to book wWtk 
•It 

The jrraf t, according to those in the know. Is a direct neacUon to the 
circuit'e well kneini methods for cheapness and has come to a head 
since the eireall •empeUed •II bookers to eentrlbwte my mensy teeelved 
from theatre owners to the general Xma« Fund. 

Prom the Pund aU ahare alike^ the oempetent with the incompetent. 
J* • leertt tadBpandM Hn owners beokln* threuch thU exchange. 
MUinot **reward* • booker as an IndlrldiiaL 

Forcing the bookers to contribute to the Xmas Fund saved the clr- 
cnit heads the uat^l Xmas donations to employees. It had been the 
eoMflOi for the heM oC dMuU to head out Xumm checks but the 
< bright mind that «g«ri« otit the f«id idem obvteled the neoesetty of 
those donations. 

Am n reenit tlie fond has skrunk to minute proporUons due to the 
rataetnnoe of tb» hmmm owners to coatHbnte moneir. only n smaU pco- 
'■ portion of whlol^«oes to the booker they want to reward. 

As iis«iai the a> yer i s the goat hi tlie entire transaction, for the bookers 
In former, day* wm^ vewarded^ hr tf» •vaerc ler aecuring good act* 
cheaper than the "opposition*' could buy ~ 



The Hemstreet singers. Hemstreet Metroi>oUtan Singers and the 
'Hemstreet Colonial Singers, all female quartets, are three different acts 
In America Just now. tho oom«0n na«io hehMP derived CrOai the CuMous 



American players now and then going te London and acting upon 
their own opteloMu olUa Call Into errors. Some are more serious than 
othera. In instances the mlatakes havie been faui to soeceas In angtand. 

It Is suggested to Americans in Ijoadoa or England for professional 
eagagemenU that they consult with London's Variety office at t 8t. 
Martina plM«; «nUEhlgar aoeing Joshua Lowe there. Mr. Lowe 

has represented Variety In Londbn for many years. He's a New Torlcer 
by birth and thoroughly familiar with the show business of all Europe 
as well as America. Impartial ae his Judgmeat will be, it mav develop 
lala vahiaMo iRfMfUMtMa for show peoplo aooking it The i^Midon of- 
Aeo makes no ohargo nor #Mo It amtm ^m ^ Mb nivleo or mm 



ttalph O rs s n loaf. bOlliiii expert, who has appeared in raudeWlle. ro- 
osntly played a billiard match with Charles Orogau at Kloln'a academy 
opposite the Palace on Broadway. Outside billing of the 
that Greenleaf was there "by courtesy of the Keith circuit." 



ANNOUNCEMENT,- 



Mt MAMX 
I «m 



wo«M be p 
Sota 

Oenriee ta eer 



IM m PmOTBSSION:— 

with the BOm. MAlfX sai the M^W 
I, 8mm FrsaslMi^ as theatrlosl masager, 
4o DM or hear from mmj frleads to the pre* 
ars leeeted ene Meek fr^m 'Market StresC 
glsemly. 

ALHOFI^MAN 



ssdteBsaassBsrsss^sa 

FORUM 

New York, Nov. 11, 
Editor Variety: 

Referring to a notice on an act. 
Ben Marks and Ethel. Mr. "Abel" 
reviewed. Yuu ought to raise Cain 
with him. He advieeo Mr. Marks 
to forget about paying royalties tu 
me, "Dolph Sinffer, the author," due 
to the fact that ttie "cross-word 
puasle routine and song** ie ont of 
date, or, as he put it. B. B. B. (Be- 
fore Black Rottom). Alao want to 
add that it was classed under New 



Por his information: '*Tbe act 
he saw was written by me alniout 
three years ago. Played the Pan- 
tagoo drenU for a year end al- 
most another year in the east for 
Keith and independent time. It wa» 
tho lliot er OSS -word pussle act on 
any atage— tho flret cross-word 
puzsle song written and .the only 
one that lived. 

Aloe on Dee. 14, 1M4. in Variety. 
Mr. Marks had a cross-word pux- 
sles ad about the act. which will tell 
the story if Mr. Abel is cap-abel 
of looking it up. 

Mr. Maries played in a big act 
last season. I started to write him 
a new vehicle, when Mr. Lubln 
aaado him an oOor for the old aet. 

I'm not asking for a retraction, 
as I should hate to embarrass Mr. 
*'Aber'— but really he ought to be 
more careful In tho fntvro^-and 
Just review acts^ not advise per- 
formers as to their financial obli- 
gations. 

That B. B. B. line is very funny. 
Tie ought to start writing material. 
(Perhaps ho has tried.) 

i^e^ph M4m0f^» 



Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shaner, at the 
New York Nursery and Child's 
Hospital, son. Tho totl por Is saao- 
phonlst with the WhnUm Wmm- 
worth Orchestra. 

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Carr, at 
the Bollywoed Hoopital, Nor. 12. 
daughter. Mrs. Carr waa-proCss- 
sionally Helen Cressmaa. 

ldr..and Itra Leo Wood, Nor. 12. 
son. Fmtiier io a «ta|f aungtuH er 
with. Leo Polot. Ine« inottiir a radio 
eolertainer. 



II fiM Man 

Jack Jordan, indspsndot agent, 

has been awarded an agency fran- 
chise on the Pantages circuit. 



ILL AMD INJVEEJI 

Joe £. Brown, ooniediaa with 
Louis Werba'a *Twlnkle Twinkle." 

pluyoit the opening week at Newark 
despite a torn tendon in his right 
leg. By walking flat-footed he was 
able to appe4r without the audience 
being atvaro of his injury or pain. 
Brown used crutches all week to 
go from his hotel to the theatre. 

Mrs. Charles Harria, wife of the 
manager of the Longacre, New 

York, has undergone a npinal oper- 
ation at the Joint Hospital and is 
recovering. 

Alexander Carr has fully recov- 
ered from an illness viiiich sent 
him to a hospital in Hollywood. He 
will soon be back in harness. 

Katherine Walsh, legitimate ac- 
tress, was operated on for ap- 
pendicitis by Dr. Philip Qrausnuin 
at the Fifth Avenue hoapttal. New 
York, Monday. 

Mrs. Art Learning, the wife of a 
member of Laneaoler and Learning, 
is serious ill In Bellevue hospital, 
New York, following an appendicitis 
operation. 

Karyl Norman (Creole Fashion 
Plate) was operated on for appen- 
dicitis at University Hospital, Chi- 
cago. Condition favorable. 

Mrs. Tom Watero, wife of the 
comedian, is recovering from a se- 
rious operation at Dr. J. W. Amey's 
prtrato hospital at 9H West TIth 
street. 

Lottie Walton (Lottie Walton and 
Boys) has left Nsw York to recover 
Ik^om a nen ron o bi ^ ah d uwn and an 

attack of bronchitis. 



Chester Morria, leaA In ^iTellow," 

to Sue Kilborn, non-professiional, 
Nov. 8, at Rye. N. Y. Th« groom 
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William 
Norrls (BtU Hawkins), of tho 
stapB. The hrlde's father. Orson 
Kilborn. io the dramatic and picture 
director.* 

Marion Oibney. vaudeville, to 
Jean Lamoiu*eaux, civil engineer, by 
the iiev. F. L. Eichner at the 8t. 
John's Lutheraa Church. Strouda* 
burg. Pa^ Nor. 1. Miss Gibney se* 
lected Stroudsburg through having 
t^pent her summer vacation there- 
abouts for eome while. 

WUliam Alfrod Setter, Universal 
director, to Laura LaPIante. Uni- 
versal screen actress, at Los An« 
getee; Hot. 14. 

Oienn Morrey* business manager. 
Majestic. Los Angeles, to Lee Kent, 
formerly of Morrissey's Music Boa 
Revtiei now appearing tor P^ihUx 
on coast, at Los Angeles. Nov. f. 
. Tamar Lane, editor and publisher 
of "PiUn Mercury." Hollywood, and 
Barbara Worih, aotroot, .iMf» 
announced their secret HHIitodi Of 
several months ago. 

Constance Meeker, daughter of 
Howard Higgln. story writer and 
director, to Donald Hatswell, non* 
professional, la Loo Angeles, Nor. 
IL 



Thsb. Rsbsrti at Maoe 

Theodore Roberts, picture star, 
will appear at the Palace, New 
York, next week in hio oketeh, 'Tho 
Man Higher Up.** 



MARION GIBNEY 



PRCStNT* 



"Sophie Blate from Our Block" 



Whot the Norfolk •'Udgof-Oiepaleh'* oaidt 

""Marioa Oibney to a panic Ahe anchored the show • ffuighed 

heartily at her wise cracks. . . Miss CHbney has personality and simply 
had the capacity audience begging for more when she decided to call 
It a day. Asto like this one exploHi tho popularity of vaudevilte." 




P ALAC Ef 



ALBEE, 







BOTH THIS WEEK (NOV. 15) 



THE 3UNK1ST COMEDIAN 



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WITH DOLLY AND OFFICER BYRON 



in "OH, MR RF.n.[.y* 

Direction HARRY WEBER 



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VAUDEVILLE 



Wednesday, November 17, 1926 



£00 "BLACKISTED" ACTS 



(Continued from page 23) 
eluding the eastern Orpheum Cir- 

Tom Carmedy* Custodian 

The "blackUst" maintained by the 
Orpheum Circuit's subsidiaries hsre 
Is known as "the black liwik.^ It 
Is suppoMd to remain in the pos- 
session of Tom Carmody. Under 
ft rule issued by the new secret 
MrrSes department, ' Carmody must 
nightly deposit his "black book" in 
the private safe of Ben Kahane, at- 
torney and secretary oC the Or* 
^i«am Circuit, with liaadaiiartsrs 



Kahane has organised the 'espion- 
age system, having marked apti- 
tude from report for this work 
I fc H ii Nli i lili ianaer ^aaM>eiatlofl 
with Tnide & Trude. counsel for 
ittio Kohl estate. From that con- 
JMCtion it is said Kahane secured 
itti job with tho Orpheum Clfenlt 

Kahane is reporlad ttpon oompla* 
tion of his secret service organiza- 
tion to have called employes of the 
•aaaaiatiott liiM him, mMOiig 
them to become Informers by re- 
porting to him anything they 
might see on the "floor" that did 



The lawyer did not deflne what he 
meant by "Just right." but did add 
that if they did not report to him, 

"Get th« Qooda" 

Included in the instructions tvaa 
an injunction to "get the goods'* on 
anyojaa connected with the local 



Miekiffu V««d«vill« 

NiWfm AMciitiii Lti 



Hack. om. icm«sm 
JM J ohn R St. 

Bookmir Acts Direct 



OariK BMkim Eukuige 

•uito a09, Hiopodromo BIdg. 

CLSVELAND, OHIO 
nUBPHONB: MAIN fSiS 

Cm ofTer snUt wMk In CleveUiiid f«r 
«r larver FImIi •ttractlon* 
Aeto OmIj Heed Apply 



BnriB 



CBA8. 



CORBrn - RANiSIN 

OrlKlnators of the 

CHAIN DANCE 



AN6Y mem 



VAUOKVILLB PRODUCTIONS 
'1M0 Broadway, New York 

' Always In tl>« imrket for 
a^ talent and material 
^BmUm Aailatltaa— 
™ ^ CAST WEST 
PAT CASEY AStMCY SIMOW Att£MCY 



be detected talking wit^ anyone be- 
longing to any other oiiafttaatlon 
on the "outs" with tha Orpheum 
or its local branches. 

Another Injunction was to the 
effect that all desks on the -now^ 
must be under lock and key; no 
mail be aIlow«?d to remain in 
baskets over night and all carbon 
copies of letters to be placed away 
in safety. New Iron flies with bars 
have been placed in all of the 
ofllcoa.". 

Durliiff tha Whlto Rat and hectic 
days of Taildaville. the "blacklist" 
plan was a yellow sheet with the 
names of the actors banned upon 
it in thoaa dayrthe "blaOklisted" 
acts wera termed "Acts who had lost 
their commercial value." With the 
advent of the Federal Trade Com- 
mlsoioB Into a vaudevQla Uivaatiga- 
tion and the freesing 4»ttt af the 
little fellow in the business, another 
"blacklist" system came into being. 

Making "Blacklist" Pay 

How the "blacklist" has worked 
to tha a«vaata«a M the Orpboum. 

Jr., as commanded by "Butcher" 
Kahl may be seen from one turn re- 
fusing an offer of |326 on the Or- 
VBaMBi' Jff^ IhalB, solii« to tha hi* 
dependents and playing about 12 
weeks of "opposition." It was then 
signaled to return to the "Butcher's" 
ft>ld. Tha aet waa ofEered im for 
the Orpheuni. Jr., houses under pain 
on continuing on the "blacklist" if 
not accepting. After playing several 
watfn for Orphovm. Jr^ at the 1360 
salary weekly. It was "reinstated." 

In olden days the Orpheum's local 
"BlackUst" was exchangeable with 
the KaMVH Weatam OWm^' alaa In 
Chicago. This haa been altered 
within the past few years, and the 
interezchange stopped. At present 
not ami tha Orphaom'a Chicago 
bookers oan hold tha Usl; It must 
be in the charge of Carmody during 
the dky cuid locked up by Kahane 
bafava hi alapa Ma 4atly «*viBin- 
lag Hrlnd." 

Off tka ''Blacklist.'' 

Some of the acts "reinstated" 
(taken off the "blacklist") in the 
Orpheum*a CSiicago agencies are: 

< Blue Demons. H. Catalano Co. 
International 6 Carson Revue 
Austin * MaiMj Convoy Twins 
CTlptoea Diehl Sis. & McD. 

Parrell- Taylor 3 Dobb, Clark A D. 
Hines * Smith Different Revue 
ColleKa4 DoreenSte. 
Nee Wong Fred's Flappara 

Billy S. Hall 7 Flashes ^ 
Rice & Cady Inter. Jass Rav. 
Walter ^aker Co. P. Kelcey Co. 
Bernard & Keller "Love Nest" 
Cronin A Halt P. & J. LoVoUi 
Mme. Nina Nick Lucas 

Flagers * Ruth B. Meyersun Co. 
Hayes & Tate Talma Melva 
Fox A Allyn Manning A Glass 
Summers A Hunt McCarthy Sis. 
V. Barret Co. • Milton & Graham 
Dane. MannoqulnsMay A Kllduff 
"Uncle Bolii* Indian Jass Bd. 
Allen & Moreno O'DIva's Seals 
Armand & Marie W. A M. Siegried 
Hy ton & Neblet B. A H. SkataUa 
Blaok A O'Donnel Jac. Gregory Co. 

McKay Morris Steps Out 

lIcKay Morris has abandoned his 
proposed vaudeville plunge hi l«ard 
Dunsany's "The Murderess" to Join 
the cast of "The WKch," leglt. 

Alloa Brady mill be starred in it 
hrOartRaai^ 



STANLEY-DAYIS MERCER 



(Contliraad inm paca St) 

with James B. Clark, of Uie Row- 
land A Claiic theatres, he will con- 
tinue to look after the houses under 
the direction of the Staaley Com- 
pany of America. 

"We will have now in Western 
Pennsylvania, with headquarters at 
Plttaburgh, tha 8taalay*Davla-Row- 
]aad<*Clark Co.** : 



With the addition of the- Harry 
Davis houaaa, tha Staalay Company 

is now operating between 230 and 
250 theatres, inclusive of those re- 
cently contained in the Stanley- 
Mark'Fhblaa deal. 

Harry Davis has been an Im- 
portant B. F. Keith link for years. 
He lately abandoned the big time 
vaudavtlla Kalth-Albaa-bbolrad mt 
the Davis. Pittsburgh, for many 
years, substituting with a pop com- 
blnatlon vaude-picture bill. 

Varloua mmora of hic pletnra In- 
tereata approaching Davis with a 
view to taking him In as a partner 
and away from the Keith -Albee 
inlluahoa hava haan about for aome 
time, with tha latest, the Stanley 
Company, as previously reported in 
Variety, becoming the auccessfui 



"AHT FAXHT" DTSTEAD 

Due to threatened injunction pro- 
oaedings by the Century Play Co., 
Harry Delfs 'condensed Tersion of 
"The Family Upstairs," scheduled 
for vaudevUle, wUl be titla4 "Any 
Family." 

Delf disposed of the stock rights^ 
to the play following its legit run 
in New York city. The vaudeville 
announoament following broui^t an 
ultimatum iMan tha Cantury Co* 



OSBtJBllE'S PlODVCnOHB 

James A. Osburne, former legit 
actor who retired from show busi- 
neaa aavaral years ago to engage 
la raal aatata buslaaaa* hi vatwnlag 

as a vaude producer. 

His flrst production act will be 
"Merry Xmas," with four people and 
faatvrad iiAma. 



and Gary Splitting 
Chicago, Nov. 16. 
Bernard and Gary, for many 
yeara togather, have daeiflad to 

part. 

Tamparynantal diff eranoaa, aauaa. 



aayton-PoyU's Sdmrf 

Lou Clayton and James Doyle 
have opened their dancing school at 
45 West 57th atraat and are getting 
a atroBg pUy tnm praa and bob* 
pros. 

The studio is one of the most 
elaborate In the city with unusual 
faellltlaa for rahaarateg, draaalac 

rooms, etc. 

Clayton is devoting his daytime 
hours to tha dahclng school In a4* 
dltion to his regular nightly 
IS at the Dover Cluh* 



Oifothy milipa 0^^^ 

Dorothy Phillips, formerly of 
vaudeville, has relii)Quished her post 
in the production department of tha 
Hoary Bellett lOntarprlses. , 

Mlaa Phillips will have charge of 
the vaudeville Mustlng department 
of Murray Phillips casting agency. 

Jos, Pelnberfl in Hanlon's Office 

Joseph Feinberg has Joined Alex. 
Hanlon. independent booker. Fein* 
banr wlll^Balat Hai^on on bookiagB 
and alao retain his stand^ -if 
asoBt f or tha Loew circuit. 



New Incosporationi 

Albany, Nov. 16. 
Crescent Theatres Corp., New 

York City, stocks and bonds. 2,000, 
shares common, no par value. 
Charles E. Hawthorne. Aldyth 
Reicflenbach. Filed by Ralph A. 
Kohn. 220 West S7th street. . 

CudiSf New York City, motion 
pictures, $60,000. William G. Lov- 
att, Sonla B. Katis, William N. Beeh- 
heiraer. Filed by Harry 0. Hach- 
heimer, 1540 Broadway. 

Rajuvenation Film Co.» New York 
City, make motion picture machines. 
200 common, no par value. Joseph 
HepstelB, R Rosenbaum. Filed by 
'Jacob B. Aronoff, 160 Broadway. 

Henry Batter, New"" York City, 
theatre furnishings, $10,000; Henry 
Satter, Albert W. Goldstein. Shirley 
LeWin. Filed by S. M. Gofd. 86 
West 44th street. 

Rose A Curtis, New York City, 
motion pictures, $6,000 ; Jack Curtis. 
Maurice H. Rose, Bertha Safler. 
Filed, by Kendlar 4k Goldsteia. 1640 
Broadway. 

Cooper Square Amusement Corp., 
New York City* amusement enter- 
prises. 1,000 snares common, no par 
value. Archie Weltman, Jay M. 
Bisenberg Beatrioa Zelanloo. Filed 
by Leopold FHcidmaa, 154$ Broad- 
way. 

Lerae •Amuaement Corp., New 
York Pity, tBanaga theatres, lOO 

common, no par; Florence H. 
Schwalbe. Irving Barry, Alfred 
Steller. Filed by Ahrahem 9. Uhl- 

prln, 170 Broadwaj^ 

Lomasch Theatre Corp., New York 
City, operate theatres, 750 shares 
Class A, 750 Class B, both no par 
value; Archie Weltman, Jay M. 
Eisenber^. Beatrice Zolenko. Filed 
by Leopold S^ladaMUW ^i9 Road- 
way. 

Kallet Theatres, Oneida, motion 
pk:tures. $160,000; Myron J. Kallet, 
Charles M. Stone, inied by Alex- 
ander L. Saul, 24tt Uaat aaB( 
street, Syracuse, 



ELFBIDA CHILTON 



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AirriSTIIY PIRtONALITY 
f Lo«w*s Eaatern Circuit 



JUPpAEIliTS 

Jul is BranviyiNmirltlMir d( Co.; 

$33.64. ' / • 

E. LeRoy Dowiioor FatlM Rec- 
ord Co.; $191.60. 

Gorills Corp.;. R. Krakcur; $1,- 
614.53. 

Jsmes W. snd ARB* i, iNIa^} 

J. Welch; $2,027,$1.. - ■ 
Wm. Maiiltani 11, WoCiuptan; 

$5,046.25. 

Ward Morehouse; N. Y. Tel. Co.; 
$88.10. 

Same; same; $68.29. 

David M. Oltarsh; A. M. Lam- 
port; $5,900.33. 

Satisfied Judgments 

H* W. Amua. Corp., et al.; C. J. 

B. Reoi^ cia.^ iM.r •i.trti Kov. 4, 

1926. 



Marcus Loew 

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Pa <) xil n MuSii iltutfl aa tlilil immcJy nHU a ctc i K 



BOSTON "GLOBE": 

"Edna Bennttt la eaally Uia haadliner ot an azceUent quintaCta of acta, 
ftha n»araiiy tw^wyht Aam/n bAnaa. ^ad la cne of the beat entertainers 
aeah here in a lane time. Her ability la anbancad by her strlkififf beauty. ' 




TJiis Weak (Nov. 15), KEITH'S 81ST STR£ET, NEW YORK 

PETE MACK^-CASEY AGENCY 



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MNP 



f«diiMday, NovtmHer 17, 1986 



BURLESQUE 



VARIETY 



^ BUEESQUE TWO-A-DAY 
BETTER THAN 'GRIND' 



Savoy, Syracuse, Improves 
Grosses— ^Herk Up-State to 

Straighten Out Problems 



Syracuse, Nov. 16. 

L H. Herk, president of Mutual 
Burlesque, and" Dave Krausc, head- 
ed a party of Mutual Wheel otfl- 
clals that visited Syracuse late last 
^.irff1& , H«rk's stay was cut short by 
Ulnesd* The visit of th« Mutual 
officials resultod from several 
causes. The settlement of the case 
Of 'dlaHy Fields and Bennie Moore of 
Carrie FinneH's Own Show, ar- 
rested on the Savoy stage for aJ- 
.lt$0^ indecency, was one. . This was 
adjaat«d without cotas to triab 

Morris Fits^» application for 

better terms for Mutual shows was 

another factor. Fltzer, owner of the 

Savoy theatre, urges that the small 

capacity and heavy overhead call 
fori:i^pecial trsattnent. 

The Savoy has no backstage 
etotrage space and this also raised 
a problem. In the past the com- 
paiiles playing: the Savoy have left 
th^t part of their scenic equipment 
and wardrobe not available for the 
SaVoy's bandbox, stage in the Vail- 
way car. The New York Central, 
discovering this practice, has served 
notice that the car must be un- 
lot^ded and released upon arrival. 
This would require the Savoy to 
cait^atid store the surplus equip- 
ment, addlncr $200 weekly to the 
overhead. Herk and his party gave 
that matter attention as well 

The Savoy's shift In policy from a 
"grind" to two-a-day during the 
Week and three performances on 
Sunday Is helping the box office. 
The Sunday show is a tab with pic- 
tures lining in. On week days, the 
full length burlesque routine Is em- 
pl^ed and pictures ere discarded. 

CMek up of the loot obtained by 
thfe amateur yeggs who pried open 
the Savoy theatre's safe a week ago 
flundajr night materially lowered 
the loss. First estimated at $1,500 
by .l^brrls Fitzer, the figure was re- 
duced to about $600 later. The 
Savoy's actual loss Is about $100, 
the house holding burglary insur- 
ance for 1500. 



Cibnbii in Moatreal it 
Mfiiestic— Now and Then 

Columbia shows will go Into His 
Majesty's, Montreal, when the 
BoBO Snyder show plays the house 
for one week beginning Nov. 21. 
The house Is bookf d by Erlanger 
and has been playing road at- 
traetloiia to poor iMisiness. 

Snyder will Jump to Montreal 
from UtIca, and from the Canadian 
city back to his regular Columbia 
route at Schenectady, N. T. . 

While the (Canadian house has 
not deflnltely set a burlesque policy 
'"to supplant legit, several other at- 
tractions of the burlesque circuit 
Will- -ylay it occasionally. 

Annistice Day for Three 
fifcnts; Finish, Diforce 



Milwaukee, Nov. 16. 

Married on Armistice day, 1924, 
to BUIy Barron, then a tab show 

Hebrew comedian, Cora Mae 
Barron, professionally known as 
Babe Malloy, scored her "victory" 
ov«r her husband in the divorce 
courts here on the second anniver- 
sary of her marriage when she was 
awarded a decree. 

The girl told the court that her 
son, Billy Jr., was bom on Armistice 
day 1925. 

Barron married the girl in 
TVausau, Wis. and deserted her 
soon after tlie baby was born. She 
hag never had any money from him, 
she testifled, depending upon her 
parents for support. 



JOE JOBDAN'S ESCAPE 



Rochester, Nov. 16. 

Joe Jordan, colored nivjsicnl dl- 
redtor of "Karln' to Go," Cohiinbin 
attraction at the Qayety lure this 
week, narrowly escaned doatli Sun- 
day evening when the Umoinine lie 
Wrts driving overturned six times at 
Wheatland, N. Y., half way between 
BM^falo and Rochester. 

Jordan crawled out of the wrc k 
uninjured but the machine, which 
bfiongs to a Burfalo friend, WM 
riliiad beyond repair. 



JOHNNY WEBER'S RELAPSE 

Ordered Into Retirement From 
••Vampe"— Phil Peters Subs 

Johnny Weber, featured comic 
with "Vamps of 11>27" (Mutual), was 
compelled to withdraw from the 
show last week, with Phil Peters 
replacing. 

Weber recently' returned to the 
company after out several weeks 
throuih Ulnest. comedian suf* 
fered a relapse and was ordered 
into retirement by his physician. 

yam L^wis, opposite Weber, also 
withdrew with Maurice Le Vine re- 
piaolnir. 



m s PAPER SEIZED; 
LICENSE REVOCATION 



More Trouble in Syracuse- 
Newspaper Men Disagree 
With Police 



m SHOW GETS GATE; 
mMCUSE REVQl^ 



Cain & Davenport Failed to 
Bring Cast Up to Columbia 
Wheel's Standanl 



Columbia Amusement Company 
has revoked the franchise for Cain 
& Davenport's "Big Show." Next 
week "What Price Glory" will re- 
place It, picking up route. 

Hurtig & Seamon are producers 
of "Glory."' A peculiar angle In 
the revocation is that Davenport is 
a nepwew of Jules Hurtigr and Mau- 
rice Cain his partner. 

The Cain & Davenport show, ac- 
cording to Columbia officials, has 
been a "weak sister^' all season and 
not up to standard. Last season 
the show, headed by Harryl Steppe 
and Owen Martin in support, was 
one of the strongest on the wheel. 

Mediocre cast Is blamed for the 
failure of "Big Show" to meet Co- 
lumbia standards. Columbia of- 
flcials had sent out several warn- 
ings to the producers to Jack up 
the attraction before making Anal 
decision to haul it in. 

The replacing of the show with 
"Glory" will make Hurtig & Sea- 
mon the largest producers on the 
circuit in number of shows oper- 
ating. It is reported the Columbia 
people are also intf rested in "Olory." 



Syracuse, Nov. 16. 

Following contiscation of lobby 
display picture of *'8ky Rockets.' 
Mutual wheel attraction at the 
Savoy It Is reported the license of 
the house to play burlesque will be 
revoked tomorrow (Wednesday). 

The hou.se has had several clashes 
I with local authorities during the 
past few months. 

/The police action followed a con- 
ference between Shaw, Mayor 
llanna and attorney Frank Woods, 
rei)rc3enting the Mutual wheel, and 
district attorney Clarence W. 
Unckless. 

The district attorney said he had 
received a number of Complaints on 
the performance tfiven at tlie SAvOy 
and that the report of the police 
on "Sky Rockets" was not favorable 
although local newspaper men pro- 
nounced the show "clean." 

Mayor ITanna said he had ad- 
vised Shaw to use his own Judg- 
ment and take whatever action he 
believed proper. The Mayor indi- 
cated the Commissioner's action 
would mean a revocation of the 
Savoy's license as the house has 
been given several warnings, and 
although some attempt to clean up 
the shows had been made, no per- 
manent cure had been effected. 

The Savoy has been in hot water 
with the local heads since Jack 
Singer operated burlesque stock 
at the house as a summer policy 
last season. This year it opened 
as a spoke on the Mutual wheel but 
has been continually at odds with 
local' dfRcl^Is. 



NEWS FROM THE DAILIES 



Thie department eontaina r«wrltCiii Iheatrieal newt items at 

fished during the week In the daily paptfS of New York, Chicago 
and Ifte Pacific Coast. Variety takes no credit for thett news Itemti 

each has been rewritten from a daily paper. 



No "Kad Spots" on 
Ihiiial, Says Hjerk 

Followthg an Inspection tour of 

the Mutual Burlesque Circuit, I. H. 
Herk reports no "bad spots" In the 
west and middle west with Kansas 
City, Milwaukee, Minneap6Iti» 0t 
Paul and Chicago at th# Ugh 
spots. 

The Empress, a small house oh 
Chicago's south aide which turned 

Mutual two months ago, is reported 
to have jumped its weekly gross 
from $3,600 to $6,700 In that period. 

The leading show on the Mutual 
Is said to be S. W. Mannheim's 
"L«affin' Thru," credited with going 
over the top in Cleveland, gross- 
ing $9;000 in Cincinnati and better- 
ing the average grosses at Indian- 
apolis, Kansas City, Omaha, Des 
Moines, Minneapolis, Milwaukee 
and Chicago. 

"Band Box Revue" another Mann- 
heim production ranks second to 
"Laffln' Thru" in the west. 
. Montreal is reported as one of 
the best stands on the circuit. 
Last year the Colttmbia played the 
same house but dropped it due to 
the jump Inland out. It had pre- 
viously tried stock burlesque with 
indifferent results. 



AHOTHEB 8TA0E HABBIAGS 

» ■ ■ 

Milwaukee, Nov. 16. 

Jack LeVols, "straight man," and 
Hazel jstokes soubrette at the Em- 
press, win be married on th<J' stage 
Thursday night (Nov. 18.) The 
couple, who met in Beaumont, Tex., 
last season, they say, came here to 
open the Empress stock season. 

The wedding on the stage was 
arrun,!?ed by the Empress manage- 
ment and will follow the regular 
show with Ju'Jge A. J. Heddlng. 
father of the Wisconsin I'.nxin:,' 
law and civil court justice, oillciat- 
ing. 

The stage marriage "gag" was 
thought to be "cold" but Milwaukee 
may be new to it. 



MARION MULLINIX DIES 

Marlon MuUlnox, 38, assistant 

f li'r»ri< i.in of "Tli«> Gorilla," playing 
the CohimMa l{t:rlr?sqnf rircMit. 
died at the ('rouse Irving Hospital. 
Syracuse, this week, after a brief 
illness. 

The dec^a.: d was born at Piqun, 
O. He in surviv«'d by his wife, three 
brothers, three sinters and his 
mother. 



NEW YORK 

Judge John C. Knox has pad- 
locked eight night clubs in New 
York for a year and seven for six 
months for violation of a "dry" in- 
junction order. Among those closed 
for a year were Club Arthur, 200 
West 49th street, and the Palace 
Club, 133 West 33d street. 



Cliarlcs Wise, 16, was acquitted of 
tlie murder of Nina; Vilona, picture 
theatre pianist and one tinie mem- 
ber of the Black Patti Opera Com- 
pany. Miss Vilona was shot and 
killed July 9 near Bitter Sweet, 
hamlet. 20 miles from Monticello. 



Arrested Burleequers Get 

Week's Trial Adjournment 

Motion for trial by Jury inter- 
posed by counsel vepresenting the 

seven performers arrested for par- 
ticipation in an alleged Indecent 
performance while appearing in 
stock burlesque at the new ttith^ 
Street theatre, New Tork, caused 
a postponement when the case came 
up for trial in Special Sessions. 
Adjournment was niade for one 
week to allow defense counsel to 
submit argument in the form of 
briefs. 

The defendants Include Sam 
Flaishnlclc, Oeorg© Carroll, Max 
Coleman, Dale Curtis, Claire Stone,. 
Jean Bodlne and Blllle O'Neill. 
They were arrested several weeks 
ago and held for Special Sessions 
after a hearing before Magistrate 
Jean Norrls. Slnee the artrest this 
company has shifted to the Grand 
Street, New York, with the former 
company there transfering to the 
126th Street 

The same interests operate both 
houses with tab burlesque. Stock 
and pi<>ture3. 



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Nov. 2t 

Aloma of South Seas — Columbia 

Cleveland. 

Around the World — Gayety, St. 
Louis. 

Bat, The — Gayety, Detroit 
Big Sensation — Orpheum, Pater- 
son. 

Bozo's Show — His Majesty, Mon- 
treal. 

Bringing Up Father— L. O. 
Broadway Brevities— Gayety, 
Rochester. 
Cooper. Jimmy—- Miner's Bronx, 

G w Y o 1* • 

What Price Glory— Casino, Phila- 
delphia. 

Derby Winners — Palace, Balti- 
more. 

4-11-44 — T>yr( urn, T'olumbus. 

C;ive and Take — Krnplre, Toledo. 

fJorilla— 22-24, Van Curler, Sche- 
nff f.Mly; 2rt-27, Capitol. All>any. 

K('sher Kitty Kelly — Gayety, 
Washington. 

Let's Go — Hurtig de Seamon, New 
York. 

Lucky Sambo— Empire* Provi- 
dence. 

Mnrion, Dave — 22, Lyceum. New 
London: 23. Poli'f^ Meriden; 24. 
S trim ford. Stamford; 25-27, Park. 
Uridj^eport. 

Merry Whirl, The — Olympic. .Cin- 
cinnati. 

Ml.'^s Tabas co— G ayety, Bcston. 



si no, Boston. 

My Girl— Rmplre. Brooklyn. 
New York to Paris— Oayety, Pitts • 

burgh. 

Powder Pulf Frolic— Lyric, Day- 
ton. 

(Continued on pairtf 5S) 



The widow of Harry Iloudlni is 
.searching for a will left by the de- 
ceased. She has obtained a court 
order to open safe deposit vaults 
in the" city. 

Sir William jToynson- Hicks, Eng- 
land's Home Secretary, 'has been 
asked to prevent the release of the 
American picture, "The Unknown 
Soldier," on the pretext that. lt Olltp 
rages British sentiment. / 

John Philip Bousa has issued a 

statement to the effect that Im Will 
not retire until he is dead* 

Famous Names, Inc., of Chicago, 
holds testimonial rights to names 
of a group of stage and screen stars 
which they farm out to advertisers 
for a few hundred dollars. With 
the star's indorsement, according to 
an article in "Hygiea." the adver- 
tiser may have a spacialiy posed 
photograph. 



RachmaninofT, pianist and com* 
poser, arrived on the same boat. 



Josef Hofmann. pianist, became 
an American cltlaen on Nov. 6. 



Louis Jones, cowboy, appearing in 
Madison Square Garden Rodeo, was 

lined $10 by Magl.strate Flood for 
cruelty to a steer during the Mon« 
day night contests. 8. P. C. A. com* 
plained. ' 



Carroll John Daly, novelist and 
short iitory writer. Llainis ho will lile 
suit fpr false arrest by a Uiiited 
States Marshal. The warrant called 
lor John J. Daly, White IM.Tins. who 
is wanted in California for using 
tbe malls to defraud. He spent <me 
night in confinement. • 



Leopold Auer, Russian Court vio- 
linist who came to the United States 
in 1917, has lust received his OltfMh 
papers at the age of tl. ' ■ ^. 

A suit for $250,000 dam.ages has 
been started by Harry F. liroyle§ 
against the Famous Players^'Lasky 
Corporation for injuries received 
while playing as a sailor on the Sb4p 
''Constitution.*' ^ , 



Gross receipts at the Metropolitan 
Opera house performance in New 
York on Oct. 24, attended by Queen 
Afarie, amounted to $17,000. Half of 
this sum goes to Lot^FlrtMr. 



Max Princet, young French actor, 
tours the streets of Paris in taxi for 
fares In off hours to aam enough to 

live. 



Theatre Guild has leased the new 
J(»hn Golden theatre on B8th street 
lor several years. The fJu lid's lease 
of the Klaw theatre expires in Janu- 
ary while the Oarrick Is Uso to iM 
relinquished after this seasons- 
Hotel and apartment residents 
living between 53d and 59th streets 
and 6th and 8th avenues* are dis- 
cussing the advisability M a tax- 
payers' nction to close some of the 
night clubs in their neighborhood 
as puMte nulsaaeoo. 



Headed by K, Thomas Salignac, 
the Frenbh Opera ComiqiM mrrivcd 
last week on tbo **|^iKfW,*^ fl^ 



Fixing ''Miss Tabasco'' 

Kd Daly's "Miss Tabasco,' fea- 
turing Lena Daly, his made sev- 
eral changes in cast. The show 
was whipped together hurriedly to 
replace the Jack Reid "Black and 
White Revue," withdrawn frtiim the 
Columbia several weeks ago. 

"Miss Tabasco" laid off last week, 
but reopened on the Columbia next 
Monday at Albany and SeheneotKdy* 



Burlesque Changes 

Jack Ryan has stepped out of 
"Jazttime Revue" (Mutual) to en^ 
ter vaude with Billy Green as 

paitner. 

Kay Read, out of burlesque for 
two seasons, is back again, having 
rfplaced Billy Highly as principal 
comic In '.Sppf .i r.irls' (Mutual). 

Buffalo's Stock 

A burlesque stock Is open at the 
I'alace, liuffalo, N. Y. 

It Includes Jim Daly, Larry 
Franeis, Sue Milford, Marty PudIg, 
Hilly l>e Haven. R^nee Vinceni and 
a chorus of 16 girl.s. 



Germany has expressed willing* 
nrss to co-operate in the production 
of the otficial British Uhn pt tho 
battle, of .If alkli^nd Islands^ Thfb offer 
Is likely to !>« aceepted. 

Frankie Smith, alias "Twb Oua 

Franklc," was arrested at Union 
City. N. J., last week on the charge 
Of Having committed the receiit 

hold-up and robbery of the Green- 
wich Village Supper Club in New 
Yorfc, 



CHICAGO 



Mrs. Elsie 8. Hruby filed suit in 
Superior court for divorce from Al- 
bert Hruby, prpprletor of the Air* 
dome Inn, Broadview. An lnjuno« 
tion has been returned against 
Hruby restraining him from dls* 
posing of his property. The com* 
plaint ,fltlM|la woekir MpM at 

Fire destroyoA. tho By*WsaP Inn, 

S. St. Louis avenue and 89th street. 
Evergreen Park. Loss placed at 
$10,000. 

WalMe Marks, captain of the Uni- 
versity of Chicago football team« 
will bo given screen tests by Uni* 
versal. 



U>S ANGELES 



I'cggy Vincent, screen actress, 
known as CoUeen MerriU, won cus- 
tody of her baby^ |iti|,»9iiidUur trial 
of her divoreo astloQ MOnat iMr 

husband, 



Charles Henry was released In 

$1,000 ball to face trial In Su- 
perior Court on a charge of assault 
growlnr Out of fits alMjied attempt 
to "crash the gate" of a picture 
house. Henry is alleged to have 
bitten the doorman and also as« 
Raulted the proprietor by hitting 
him ov^r th^ head wit^ an empty 
soda Ipottle. 



Jesus Grindelupe, 28, laborer, sus. 
tained serious Injuries from a blast 
during the wrecking of tho Pamoun 
l'layers-I<asky studios at ISunset 
Boulevard and Vino. 



Charlie Paddock, athlete, made a 

feub]ic admission that he and Jiebe 
anlels, screen star, are engdged to 
be married. This admission was 
made in Albany, N. Y., when Pad- 
dock was discovered by newspaper 
reporters putting in a long distance 
call to Minn Daniels in Hollywood. 
Miss Daniels says no date has been 
set for the wedding. 

Rudolfo Romero, here on a visit 

find Huld to be a double of the late 
Rudolph Valentino, denies he has 
any Intention of becoming a screen 
plliyer. .. 

Jack Carr, tO, <}lendale pugilist, 
arrested on complaint of mother of 
17-year-old girl on a statutory 
charge. Me was releaoed In |2,500 
balL 



Johnny Rice, Iios Angeles pugU 

ll.st, taken tf) h'olHom prison to sf rvo 
a prison term ivfter pleading guilty 
to burglary of a hotel In San Pedro 
Oct. 14. 



Rivoll. neighborhood Indianapolis 

theatre, sf.itin^ 1.500. built by Dear* 
born and lOth Hoalty Co., propo/sed' 
to open in March next. 



Jacciues Forbes Playing 

jMf f|iioH Forbes, who temporarily 
retired from bur1^«qu<», bfenil!»e f)f 
illncsH, Joined "Round the Town " 
(Mutual). Miss Forbes was with 
cat same show last season. 



Mrs Frnnkle IJ. Domld fib'd suit 
/or div(»rce and ciiafgiog cruelty 
aguinHt R. J. Donald, promoter of 
prize fliiht.s and other sporting 
events. Donald i.H well known in, 
I^s Angeles and Hollywood sport* 
Ing circles* 

Mrs. Jane Connidine, sercerj ac» 
tres.s. has flied suit for divur>*0 
iigain»t James A. Considine, charg«-> 
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AT WEEK (November 22) 



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rryint nuineralt sucn m (10) or (11) lB(|lMte opening this 
Sunday or Monday, as date may b«. Far n«|t (17) or (It), 

weeks alio indicated by dates. 

An asterisk <*) before name sigmlflcs act Is new to city, doins &.aaw 
turn, rea|>pearinf after absence or appearing for first tiraa. 

Initiate listed after houses for bobklBC afl|lIaUo^a %Hi 
Moturot (Pc) Independont (In) Kolth'o Wootom (KW) 

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Or^lkiMfO) goH Uvoy (BL) i Associstion (WV) 

Where no Initials are used wltli namo of theatre, denotes bouse Is 
without regular booking affiliation. 

^ieturos tnoludo In classification picture policy with vaudeville or 
presentation as adjunct Independent includes those pop vaudeville 
ivaufloyiilo and pictures) theatres affiliated with no sonsral booking offico. 



BERLIN 

(Month of Novembeir) 

Herraanas Rtibte 
Johannes JoMjason 
BunoU Astt 
Vera TreQlCifa. , 



4 Lyons 
Mil* Frid«rique. 

Mme Walker's Glrla 
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LONDON 

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CHISWICK 
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8t Hilda's S4 
Plattier Bras 
Lao BUI 
Ross Bat 

Revnell & West 
Wush Wynne 

VUfSBURT PARK 



Tke il Sbow Rot 

HACKMET 



Mona Grey 
WlUOe Bard 
Ptaree « Reelra 

S Bennos 
Paddy Saunders 
Srneat Hastlncs 
Adrleane Peel 

LONDON 



mfeel^KeSR 

Murray 

lloni a Horace 
Nonl A O' Moore 
Ooldob SarSB 

Collaeam 

Layton a Jobn-st'n 
HoUoway Jb. Awstin 
Heather Thatohor 
Hank tho Male 

Norah Planey , 
Ctia^ Heslop 



Sunny Rev 

MRW CROSS 

£inpiro 

John Blrnainsham 
Harry Herbert 
Nlzoa Grey 

Pred Barnes 
Wilson Hal let t 
Jevon A Jfena 
Irla a Phyllis 

SHBPHR'D'S B'SII 

Bmpire 
Hetty Kins 
Robb Wlltoa 
Ctastoniana 
Fred Brexln 
Evelyn Sia . ' 

Bllijr Bller * 



Kmplro 

Shot to the Moon R 

TIeterIa Palace 

Jack Rjritea Bd 

G H Elliott 
Victoria Glrla . 
Sammy ShleliSa 
Roala Lyold 
Avstll A Arthkr 
Kenna Bros 
Myra Glen ' 
DofeC|i|r'4a4 . >. 

IfOOD GBmi 

Empire 

Wake Up Rcy . ^ 



PROVINCIAL 



ENGLAND 
ABDWICK OBTM 



Grand 

•TPlme Flies ' Rev 

Bmpire 



■nsplre 
**Love Birds" Rev 

BRISTOL 
Hlppodronse 

Ma iia s n y Kings 

Mervo A Kno(K. / 
Poy A Fey 
Allison Tpe 
Lily Moore 
Jaek Warmaa 

Empire 
**Keep Dancins" R 

CHATHAM 



LXiCESTEB 



"Memr Meitico** R 
LIYERPOOL 



"AppM Bikaie** R 



Empire 
•Inrned Up" Rev 

OLAgGOW 



Hilda Olyder 
Nauffhton a Gold 
J W Rickaby 
Lea Her Williams 
The Vestys 
Paal Vandr 
Xellef A Aldoae 

BAMLBT 

Grand 
"XInff's Rags" Rev 

IIITLL 
l>aJare . 
!<Bel(er,. Skelter". R 



"The Apaehe" Rev 

MANCHB9VtDg 

Hippodrome 

"Just for Fun" Rev 

Palace 
The Ude Laltr II 

N'criA-oiMMii 

Xmplre 
"Sun Rays" Rev 

NEWPORT 
Bmpire 
**Merrjr-ffo-Rottnd" 

HomiroHAM 



■rare Mi^me 
May Headereoa 

Texo 

Hicken a Rose 
Miller A Cannlns 
Madge Keaaedy 



"Aloiha" Rev 

PORTSMOUTH 
Royal 

"Betty in Myfr" R 

8ALFOBD 



Empire 
'*'Glad' fiyea" Rev, 




Harry Weldon 
Jack Stocks 

EtHEFFIKLD 
Bnpire 
"Brighter B'l'kp'l" 

SOl'TliSBA 
Kins 

"Alfs Button" Rev 

Empire 

Lily . Merrle 
S Boba 

King A Benson 

Dorothy McBIain 
Seeward A W'dh'm 
Eddie Gray 
Jaok Riskitt 



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Picture Tjieabres 



VBW YORK CITY 

oagitoi (U) 

A Forest 

Julia Q.la/«s 
Joyce Cpies 
C Hale Girls 
"Upatagev 

RkUte (lt> : 

Tales A Lawler 



J I 

"In the Navy Now" 

Rivoll (IS) 

Pirate Love. 

Bettjr Lawregce 

Mllo Luka 

V Vlotoroff 
"Bagie tf gee** 



Straad . (IS) 

John Qttlnlan 
Mile Kteaiova 

Miller Sc Farrell 
Davis Sax Octette 
Anatole Bourman 
";rhe Silent Lover" 

CHICAGO 



Art Kahn Bd 
Jack SjrdDey 
Maurlne Marpellles 
Harold 4 8t6k%a 
Earl a Betl 
Gould Dancers 
"Kosher Kitty K" 

Capitol <15) 

Al Short Bd 
Hlnea A gmltk 



Embaeig iU) 

"Cat's Pajamas" 

MetropoMNa (H> 

Midnight PoUiea 
"Mlllloaalreir»^ ^ 

• New <U> : 

Henri Terrl 

• Return P Grimm" 

. RIvoU (19) 

'Waring'a Peak Or 

"Johanna" 

BUFFALO, N. Y. 

Buffalo (14) 

P. Wkiteman Orch 
'Take It gtom Me" 



WEIR'S BABY 
ELEPHANTS 

PRESENTED BY 

DON DARRAGH » 

Nov. 15 — Tigpis Temple 
4rena) Syracaie 



Not. 22 — ^Lnln Temple 
Vfij«Copolitan Opera Houh 
^r; PhUadclphia ^ ' 

Nov. 29— Elks' Club ^ 
^nnory, Newark 

ARRANGED BY ' 

ALF. T. WILTON 

1560 Broadway Bryant 2027-8 



Boater Breira 
Rttth Dell 
Phyllia Ray 
'Back Home" 

Cblcago (15) 
Van A Schenck 
Parlalen Oai'Aea .. 
"Priace et pigUk^ 



Sn Meroff B4 
lakell Prea 
iet ec OfiaiBi*' 

Mark Fisher Bd 
Heller & Riley 
Mirth Mack 
Wells a Winthrop 
Gould Dancers 
"Quarterback" 

McVlckers (if) 
Vitaphone 

Ne. Coaler (14) 

Al Morey Bd 
« Archie Olrla 

Joe Swongler 
3 Freohands 
Hill Hirsh & O 
Earl Haydea 
"Alimony 

Oiit iiti l (ti) 

Paul Ash 
Milt Watson 
Marltel & Gay 
The Foursome' 
Frank SleiNvt 
Harry Hetns 
Felicia Sorel 
Qluck Dancers 
"The Magician" 

Senate (15) 

Rome Mc Duaa 
Art Llnlck 
Carmen Stale]f 

Tom Ma lie 
Clem Dacy 
Spnde RIs 
Gould Dancera 
"Quarterback" 

gtratfer« (14) 

Ted Leary 
Stratford Synoo 
Fisher & Koofe 
Bert & Bertie 
Jack I'erry 
"Belle of Bway" 

Tlvoll (15) 
Royal Welch Cho 



Lafayette (14) 

Harry Walman Co 
I<eo Kendal Co 
Whirl of Mirth 
Hibbet A Hart man 
Morria A Cogklan 
"Koaher K KeHy" 

CLEVSLAND, O. 
•Allea fl^> 

|P Spltalny Orch 
Kuban Caack Cb's 
'*lR..4|bt.HaV3r'Ngir" 

Oee'^lUiteky 
Pan and Mall (14) 
Claaalcal Jaas W'k 
"War MMT ' 

DeKai^ (14) 

Weaton'a MOdala 
Baxley A Porter 
Harvey TlUle A W 

DE8 MOINES 
Dee Molnea (14) 
Moss A Mannings 

DBTMOIT, ]|I€H. 

(14) , 
Isham Jonea Bd 

LOS ANGELES 

Dealeyard 

lat half (14-16) 
Gene Morgan Bd 



Melody Land 

• Kosher K Kelly" 



(ladet.) 

Ted Heakel Orch 
Episodic Preantat'n 
"W of Barbara W" 

Loew'a SUte (It) 

Chaa Melson Bd 
Fancbon A M Idea 
Bddle Poyer 
A|da KawakamI 
Carloa * Jlnette 
"gyaeopatlgg am" 

Metropolltajn (It) 

Bddle Peabody Bd 
Peggy Bevaler 



"Mea ef ateel** 

Graad Cealml (It) 

G#ne'a Folllee 
Gene Rodemlcb Bd 
"Minute te Play'* 

State (It) 

Gua Bdwarda 
Lane 81a 
Reynalde Sla 
Virginia Martia 

Hay Bolger 
Dorothea Jamea 
Nitsa Vernllle 
•There You Are" 



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QUICK ACTION 
DgHAVKN and NICK 

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ROEHH & RICHARDS 

strand Theatre Building 
Broadway & 47tt» Street, N. T. -O.' 

. LACKAWANNA mi - . . 



Lee Kent 
Hoey & Walker 
Parker Bros 
A A Li Walker 
Bert Young 
"Sweet R O'Grady" 

MUUoa Dollar (11) 

Lao Porbetela Bd 
2tH Mlautee Leive 
George O'Rara 
Bin Brew 4 
Ken Hamiltoa 
Dan Stullman 
"We re la Navy" 

MINNEAPOLIS 

State (14) 

Gold Duat t 
Chariea Bennett 

NEWARK, N. J. 
Branford (It) 

Dolerea Caaalnelll 

Guy A Pearl Rev 
"Young April" 

Meeque (It) 

strand Unit M*. t 

"Gigolo" 

NEW HAVEN. CT. 

Roger Sherm'n (14) 

Ace Brifode 
VIrglnlaas 14 
RablaoS 
"Fiff LeaTeif' 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

T and D (tO) 
Armatronr A Pb'lp« 
Reeves A Lew 
Holly Hall 

Walt 



Rlalte (14) 

National < 

Straad (14) 
Koha A tHeplato 

pHiLA'rliaii« ^ 

Faya (14) 

Broadway Whirl 
The Prince Cbap 
Hilton A Cheateigh 
VId Gordoa 

Aurora S 

"Country Beyond" 

JPHfl'SBlIBOjil 

Grand (14) 

Marlon McKay 
McLuaky A Pet era 

Bob Carter 
Jack Tllson 
•'Syncopating Sue" 
PROVIDENCE 
Faye (14) 
Ferdlnafldo Or (A 
• Devils Dice" 

AACRAM'TO, CAL. 
Senater (tO) 

Armand A Peres 

Bobby Gilbert 
Clarice Ganoa 
Helene Grant 
Head Tape 
OIno Seirerl 

ST. LOVIS. MO. 

AmbaMMdor (It) 

Lovera la Poreel'a 



Irmaneft 

Emnia Noe . ■ * : , 

George Sla 
.Mo Dftneera \ 
"Great (iatab^r:^ 

Granada (!•) 

Crosby A Rtnker . 
Jimmy HUard 
Peggy Bernier 
"The Popular Sin" 

St. Fraacla (ladeL) 

s Blaa Devila ■ 

The BerkhoflTa 
Drury Lane 
Morreli Mllla 
Alf AUard 
Andre Setaro 
"Beau Geate" 

Warflrld (tg) 

Renie Riano 
Bl'beard's 8th Wife 
Rube Wolf 

TOLEDO, O. 
BItoU (14) 

Bush Sia 
Julia Curtle 
Jaek Hanley Co 
Sonny A Eddy 
Ray Hughs 
Bobby McOood 
Brown A lUalne 
•We Xaae OoM'* 

SOraKA, KAM. 

NoTolty (18-tO) 

Walter * Gilbert 
Bernard * Iferritt 

Herbert Denton Co 
DeBell A Vine 
Stag Kagkee Olrle 

x^MMiiiNi, CAN. 

Uptown (14) 

Styles A Smllea 

WASU'OTON* D. C. 
Met r agamea <14) 

t Oleradorf . Mg m.^ 

"Paradise" 
(21) 

Wariag'a Peaa Or 
"Streag War 



Thomas Sax Sext 
Doreen Dancera 
Leigh Harmonists 
"Aloma Boa. Seaa" 

(tl) 
Cy Landry 
Jack Nortb 
"Ugatagor* 

XIalte (14) 

Rox Rommell 
Pembertoa Daacera 
Otto P Beek 

WE8TLAKB 

lat half (14-lC) 
Meleoa Bd 
F * M Varletlea 
••Take It From Me" 

2d half (17-20) 
F A M Varieties 
"■agle ef tke gea" 

UglewB (U) 

O Stolberg Bd 
"The MllUonalre" 



Lww 



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KBW YORK CITY 
Amerlcaa 

1st half (22-24) 
DeMarlo 

Morley A Leader 
Coulter A Roae 
Gilbert A Avery Rv 



Bonlevard 

1st half (22-24) 

N Janowsky Tr 

Irving Bdwarda 
Kimberly Ik Page 
Babcoek A Dolly 
Ford Dancera 



Morgan A Laka 
Family Album 

<d half (SS-Jt| 
P. A A Smith 
cavaaaugh A 0*par 
Labia Lowrle A U 
Stare of Tomorrow 

(Twe ta aur 

Llacola Sq. 

l8t half (21-24) 
Joe St Onge t 
Frank Shepipard 
Sharon Stephena Co 
Chabot A Tortinl 
Stars of Tomorrow 

2d half (2B-28) 
Irvlag tMwgrda 
Peaaiiil'a Moakeyg 
Family Albung ' 
(Two to All) 

National 

lat half (22-14) 
Novelty Cllatona 
Oeehan 4k Garrets' n 

Archer A Belford 
Donovan A Lee 
VauilevlUe lAd 

2d half (25-28) 
Flgullio Bros 
Ed Connoro Rot 
Mae Usher 
Klmborly A Page 
(One to fill) 

Orpheam 

lat half (22-14) , 
Gordon A Day 
•B'dman A Rowland 

F Farnum Co 
K«mper A Bayard 
O'Connor A Clinklin 

2d half (25-28) 
Togan A Oeaara 
Rae Walaer 2 
Coulter A Roae 
P MansHeld Oo 
(One to fill) 

State (tt) 

RandoW t 
Mays Burt A F 
Alice Morley 
Nat Haines Co 
Wilkena A Wilkens 
Cyeloae Rev 

TIeteete 

lot half (22-24) 
Louise & Mitchell 
Art Stanley 
Card I ft A Walee 
Ruth Roye , 
Cook A Shaw Sla 
2d half (2S-2S) 
Gordon A Day 
Babcoek A DoUy 



Mary Danla 
Savoy A Mann 
LeVan A BoUea 

Enoch Light'a Co 

ATLANTA. OA. 

aaery (tt) 

Achillea A Newman 
Waat Oateo A H 
Cook A Vemoa 
Toney A Norman 
Willis. McPh'l'n Rv 

BAY BIDOB. M. T. 



1st half (22-24) 
Ruby Latham t 
Rita ShlHey 
Chas MoratI Co 
Lubln. Lowrle A M 
Rh'da A Frldkln Co 

Jd half (2$.2t) 
J A J Gibson 

B A E Coll 
Mason A Coll 
Temple 4 
Geo Schreck Co 

BIRMINGILIM 
BUon (tt) 
Tom Davles 3 
Clark 'A Crosby 
Jamea Kennedy Co 
Preaaler A Klalsa 
Maryl'nd. Collegiana 

' )M>STON 



<tg) 

Loula Leo 
Dale A Fuller 
Will H Ward Co 
Nazarro ARAB 
Speak B Z Rev 
(One to nil) 

mvffaLo, n. t. 

state (tt) 

Redford A Vfal'lace 

Burns & Mclntyre 
Seminary Scandals 
Oordon & Pierce 
Secrets of 1928 

CLEVELAND, O. 

State (tt) 

King Broa 
LeMeaux A Toung 
Renard A Weat 

Harry Rose 
Cafe Madrid 

DALLAS. TEX. 

Melba (Si) 

Kismet Sis 
Keo Tokl A T 



SUITS FOR FALL AND WINTER 
IN EXCLUSIVE MATERIALS 



BEN ROCKE 



1632 B'way, at 50th St., N. Y. City 



Brewater Pom Rev 
(Two te flU) 

BROOKLYN 
Bedford 

1st half (22-24) 

4 Gacrtners 

Rae Walaer t 
Jack Henry Oe 

Milton Berle 
Roland Trayera Co 

2d half (25-28) 
Hyland'a SIrda 
Mabel Drew Oa 
Cardiff A Walea 
Roae A Moon Rot 
(Oae te flll) 

Gatee 

let halt (22-2i) 
Soeller A Hardy . 
Haael Croaby Co 
Broadway Romeo 

Winnie Haldwin 
Rose A Moon Rev 

2d half (25-28) 

N"ettle Janowsky Tr 
Ccehan Sc. G'retaon 
Hoy Scout 
Ruth Roye 
(One te flU) i 



lat half (2r-t4>' 
The Barlea 
Record A Caverly 
Tonle Grey Co 
Cathleen Healy Co 
Muriel A Flaher Rv 
(One to flll) 

2d half (23-28) 
Toodles A Todd 
Frank Sheppard 
Howard A Bennett 
Jack Henry Co 
Royee A Chafta 
Santiago t 

MetropoHtaa (tt) 

5 T<elanrls 
Frank Whitman 
NAG Verge 
Mardo A Bthf| 
Cansinoa 
(One to flll) 



Vptewa <lg) 

Rcnnie Krueger ftd 
Giant Piano 
"Subway Sadie" 

BALTIMORE. MD.' 

Century (15) 

Brooke J,ohna 
"Sparrewe" 



WHEN 

PLAYING 

PHILADELPHIA 



jackIupshutz 

TAILOR mWaintSL 



ORDER 
MONDAY; 
FINISH 
SATUROAV 



Fanchon A M Idea 
"Take It From Me" 

2d half (1T-2A) 
fJene Morf^an Bd 
F A M Vod-Uita 
"Mare Noatnim 

Carthny CIrrle 

(Indcf.) 
Carll Elinor Bd 

I.cs Macnifique 
Marilyn MiUs 
Einiln 

Robert Courier 
Arnold Giaeer 



KoaiofTs Flower 

K<'>Hl(iff'.s Tian<'orR 
All's Furis'n MoUda 

"B'dlys Magalllc't" 

KryptlaR (taiet.) 

Vitaphone 

"The Better 'Olc" 

ngurroa (13) 
Piffueroh Orch 



ravanautfh A (Tper 
Jack Joyce 
Togan A Genets 

(One to fill) 

2(1 half (25-22) 

Marl las Broa 
Hecord A Caverly 
Simpson A Dean 
Rhoda A Fridkin 
Stanley A WaUera 
Eddie Heffe Co 
Rita Gould 
Mme Marie Ponies 



Av eaoe B 

1st half (»-ll> 

Marie Fraak A U 
Curry A Graham 
Bobby Henshaw 
White A P'cival Rv 
(One to nill> 

2d half (21-21) 

fTnlll^an A Edw'ds 
Cubaa Nighta 
(Three te flll) 



id half (26-21) 
Raby Latham 2 
B'dmah A Rowland 
Clay Crouch Co 
Ruaaell A Armstr'g 
(One te flll) 

Delancey St. 

1st half (22-24) 
J A I Melra 

Perrone A Oliver 
Bascope 

Clay Crouch Co 
Russell A Armstr'g 
Santiago 2 

2d half (2S-28) 



Cameron A Davis 
Andre Del Val Orch 

(Three te fill) 

Greeley Sq. 

1st half (22-24) 
J A J Gibson 
Garner Olrls" 
Lane A Darcy 
Which One? 



Ist half (22-24) 
Jack Janla Co 
Tom pie 4 
Cuban Nighta 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (2B-28) 
White A p'cival Rv 
(Othora to flll) 

Premier 

1st half (22-24) 
Hubert Dyer Co 
Mabel Drew Co 
Mason A Cole 
Hawthorne A Cook 



MUaKMAlIA 

2(1 half (25-28) 
ZiK'llor Ac liardy 
Mardo & Wynn 
Cook A Oatman 
Muriel A Fisher Rv 
(On«- to flll) 

CHICAGO 

Blalto (22) 

Chandoa fl . 



Chamberlain A B 
J Powell Sext 
(One to mi) 

BVANSVLB, IND. 

Vlctery (n) 

3 Herman Broa 
Crelghton A Lyna 
If Arhaet Broa 
Trahan A Wallaoa 
Chaa Aheara Co 

HOBOKEN, N« J. 



1st half (22-24) 
Cllfrord A Joyce 
Howard A Bennett 
C T Aldrich Co 
Fitzs'moaa A Tlory 
Alabamlaas 

2d half (2&-2<) 
Jungleland 
Bobby Ilorshaw 
J Donnelly Rev 
(Two to fill) 

JAMAICA, L. L 

Billalde 

lat half (22-24) 
Ponalnl'a Monkeya 
Mardo A Wyaa 

Married Life 

Rita Gould 

Andre Del Val Rev 

2d half (25-88) 
The Earles 
Curry A Graham 
P^'klln Famnm Co 
Hawthorne A Cook 
Vaudoville Ltd 

LONDON. CAN. 



1st half (22-24) 
G A E Uvingston 
Baxley A Porter 

2d hnlf III -liy 
VIsser 3 

Geo P Wilson Co 
Juanita Caoalno Co 
(Two to flll) 

MKMPHI8. TXNN. 

Locw (tfl) 

Herberts 
Helen MorettI 
Brown A LaVeUe 
Marty White 
Danceland 

MILWAl KEB 

Loew («2) 

Ambler Bros 
Hoaly Sc Carnrlla 
LaFoy Statzm'n Co 
Winch ill & Brisroe 
Barrett & Thoa Hev 

MONTREAL, CAN. 

Loew (22) 

Bolasal 2 
3 Orettoa 
Casey A Warren 

Norton * Hrowcr 
Town Topica 
(One to flll) 

XE WABKj y. J. 

Stnte (2t) ' 

3 I.ondoHH 
Charlton & Shields 
Burna & Wilson 
FAT Rablnl 

Al 7.CO Orch 

NEW ORLEANS 
CreeceiM («8) 

Bert • 



Keane A White 
Yatea A Carson 
Mprcua Sis A 
Ci^riten Broa 
Jaek wUeon Co 

HOKtOLK. TA. 

mam (flfl> 

Casting Campbella 
X'fmaa A UUlan 
Thoratea A Baulrea 

Tilyou A Rogers 
Amelia Molina Co 

VftOTID'CB. B. I. 



ry (St) 

Strobel A Merteae 

Drlako A Earl 

Smith Hart Co 
Moore A Mitchell 
Miller Glrla Rev 



Barker A Wynne 

Miller Marka Re 
Celia Weston 
Babe Ruth 

VANCOL VER. B.CW 
.Peataeree («2) 

Ahna A Duval 

Bishop A McKvnzia 
Paris Sla A A • 
Reynolds Donegaa 
Frank Van lioven 
Joe Jafckeoa 

TOBONTO, CAN. 
Teave H. <flt) 

Ford A Prtee 
C R 4 

Berlin va Llast 
Maaon A Gwynne 

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NBWARK. N. J. 

Pantagee (tt) 

Adriene 
Clover Club t 
Sheaa PhlUlpa 
Ollfoll A Carltoa 
Santos 

TORONTO'. CAN. 
Paataseo (tt) 

Cahlll 

Lasalle Hi Moraa 
Lucky Stiff 
Burns A Kane 
Vadle Dancera 
(Oae to flll) 

KAMILTOM, tMX. 

Pantairee (22) 
M CorelH Co^ 
Sid Moofehouse 
Payee A FoaUlae 
Will Colllaoa 
SutcllflTe Family 

MIAOAR.% FALLS 

Paatacee 

lat half (22-24) 
Ester 4 

Hall Ermine A B 
Emily Darrell < 
Maaqueradera 
(One to AH) 

2d half (2S-28) 
GAB Livingston 
Baxley A Porter 
I<ydell A Glbaon ■ 
(Two te flll) 

BBTBOIT. MICH. 

MUee (tt) 

The Rloe 
Maureen Broa 
Onrlan A Marfurlte 
Mullea A Fraaola 
MeDeaald t ■ 

Regent (tt) 

JAR Moey 
Russel A Hayee • 
Francia Renault 
aiif Nf^aarro Co 
Cleverly Glrla * 

TOLEDO. O. 

Paatageo (22) 

Robettaa A Deegan 
Nee Woav 



The Wortha 

IfOODHAVRN, L.| 
WiHard 
lat half (22-24) 

Cliff. Jordan Co 
Hugh Herbert Co 
•Cook & Oatman 
P Mansflold Co 
Chilton A Thonuie 
2d h%lf (26-28 > 

Louise A Mitchell 
Cathleen Healy Ce 
Kemper A Bayard 
O'Connor A C'klifl 
(One to flll) 

BBL'GH'M, WASIi 

Pantoirea (22-24) 

(Same bill playa 
Everett 25-28) 

Lady Alice Pete 
Dolores Lopes 
Marjah 
Mary Hayaee 
Gertrude Sflerle 

TACOMA. WASH, 

Pantegee (tt) 

Tan Arkis 
Joe Griffin 
Jarvia Rev 
Faber A Walea 
Chaa HofT Co 

"longview 
Paatairee (22) 

Royal Qaacolgnea . 

.Strain Sis 

Gene -Barnes A Ca 

Caranas A BarkeV 

.Polly A Oa 
Sank Ll.pdflcid 

Pantagee (ti) 

Little PIpfax 
Irene Stone 
Fargo A KLchardl 
Jolly Thenpians 

Ashley A Sharpe . 
Dance Fashions 

SAN FRANCISCO 
Itelatee' (tt) 

Torino 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THB N. V. A» 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

IflM Broadway. New York 
Bet. 4ath and 47th Sts. 

This Week: Vincent Lopes; Bobby Clark 



Chaae A LaTour 

Eddie Hill 
Clowning Around 
Flaher A Haret 

INDIANAPOLIS 

Pantegee (tt) 

Jack Hanley 
Julis Curtlas 
Busch Sis 
Ray Hughes A P 
Bobby McGood Co 
Joe Freed Co 

MILWAUKKB 
: PMrtasee (tfl) 

DIas Sia 

li* McConvIlle 
Farrell Taylor 
Burna A Burchlll 
(One te flll) 

MINlfSAPOLlfl 
Paatagea (22) 
Homer Romaine 



Frank Braldwood . 

Verna Haworth 
Watson Sis 

3 Melvinn 
(One to flll) 

SAN DIEGO, CAU 

Paatagea (22) 

Oaale A Llnko 
Wingfleld A Jeaa 
Rhapaodians 

Vox A Walters 

R Alls & K Pullm'a 

L'G URACII CAU 

Pantages (22) 
P'tagee Klfht Ctuh 

OeSAK P*K. CAU 

wmh i n (tt) 

I^awton 
Billy Carmen 
Roy i.«Pearl 

4 Pa la 



MAX hart! 

Bookfl Picture Houses 



1560 Broadway 



New York 



Frolic 4 ♦ 
Qolden Violin 
Lydell A Maaoa 
Ronhalr Tr 

8POKANB, WACUB, 
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Pa sh i nfi ioxr, poga 
Dolly" Dumplin ' ' 
Geraldlne Miller 
Isabel D' Armand 
Corbet t A Barry 
JohnaoB A Rnkef 



SAiTTLS, W.AflH. 
Pantefve (tt) 

roll ' 

Pepper flhakere 



Tom Browns ^>rch 
(One to flll) . 

SALT L^KB 
PnntHgcs (22) 
Emperors of Sorf 
Baby Dodo Roi.l 
Oibaoa Navlgatura 
Charles (M 



(One to nil) 

OGDEN. VTAH 

Paatagea (22) 

l4iWton 
Burnuin 
Haftcr * Paul 
Gaby PuvaUe 
Anthony A Rogers 
LaBemlcia 



WedneiAy, November 17, INI 



VARIETY 




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<••> 

MM»kwa7 B«rlows 

(AH. cm* HO. 
fMtefw <tt) 

Daneliur FraalM 
party JftmtftMl 



Cosmopolitan Rey 
Ford * Whltoy 



(It) 

Takewas 
Ted L<ealle 
Harry Qirad 
Mack 4k Coral 
H BMMttmn Clr 




t Davaya 

Croonadart 
Chas de Roche 
HadmoQd A Walls 
CM to «1) 

piflioir worn, LA. 



T * V PatU 

lrf>la tiondon 
Rock A Bloaaom 
f tan Stanloy ^ 
jiaiivy Carroll 

yirOBV, AUI. 

HnJeoUe (fl> 

o Do Sarto 
lao ft. CMtIo 




<tl) 

2d half (24-27) 
Perea A Ifarg'rito 
RelUy Rev 
Goors* N Browa 
(Two to fill) 

y. OBUBAXS. LA. 

Orphaam <fl) 

Amaraatli 8i« 
■ddta Millar I 

Al K Hall 
Mlsa America 
Arthur Alexandor 
(Ona to flU) 

OKlJUiOMA. CITY 



lat half (21-tS> 
Tho Parrya 
Craadott A Davto 



lERNIHE SHONE 

# INCOEPORAT8D 
IPO.KINQ FOR KKlTH«ALBBe 
AND ORPHEUM CIRCUITS 
lICO BROAOWAT. MBW TOtt 
IM ' Bryant iff I 





la Wronr 
RAD Daaa 
lAne Travara 



• A ■ Parka 
MaHoa mua 

Kerr A Waaton 
I Honey Boya 
B Sheriff 
(One to fill) 

VT. SMITH. ABK. 

Jala (tl) 

t« Offolia 
Baward A Uad 

Mall <y Brian 
Ball* Montrota 
I Discardoa 

'VT. WORTH, TX. 

mjaalla (U) 

Balblnl A Alfeart 
Tasaa 4 

Mrfala A Xaram'n 
Jaaa Graaaaa 

\ Janaleya 

oaysTOM. 

MOMMa.m) 

Xarbert Bolt t 
Villa A Btrtfso 
Manny King 
Bva. Clark 
ParMaa Art 



Vajeail9 <tl) 

'Mrval A Dal 
MeCarthy A ICoora 
Maaml Olaaa 

' Jad Dooley Co 
Long Tack Sam 
(One to fill) 

LTTUB RV. ARK. 



tat luilf (tl-lt) 
La Oroha 
Roward A Uad 
Mall O'BrtOB 
BoMa Moalroaa 



Mahon A Scott 
Rlaoa City 4 
• Dtaaardoa 

2d half (t4.2T) 

Juffglinff Nelaona 
Anger & Fair 
McKay A Ardina 

Nick Hufford 
Warden A. LaCoate 

SAN A'T'NIO. TX. 

Majeatle (SI) 

Frank WHbur Co 
Helena A Btaalay 
Myra Laa . 
May A Klldvff 
Wali)^ Sbarplaa 
(Oaa ta ill) 

TVI^A. OKUU 
Orpheaaa 

lat half (21-22) 
Jaggllnc Nelaona 
Anrar A Fair 
MeKay A Ardina 
Nick Hufford 
Warden A LaCoate 

2d half (24-17) 
MoKenna I 
DaWolfa KteAlar 
TraTOta 
(Two to ftll) 

WICnTA, KAXt. 

SMJaatk) 

1st half. (21-21) 
Whealar A Whaalar 

DeBell A Vine 
DeWolfe Kindler 
Travota 

Uttsble Clark Bd 

Sd half (24-27) . , 
Oomwell Knox 
Hal Bprlngford 

Radiology 
(Two to fill) 

WICHITA FALLS 
OahniMA (11) 

T^lllian Faulkjicr 
Fred Hughes 
Tillls lA Hue Rev 
Cartmall A Harrla 
A.A F Stsdmaa 



THIS WREK 

•HARON STEPHENS CO. 
Orphaum and Melba 
RITA SHIRLEY 
Wmslis and Malba 
CORDfNI TRIO 
, Fay's Rochester 

Direction . 

GSA& J. JIT2FATBICK 

i«o Was! didi it j sa t . Mow York 



AssodatNn 



moAoo 



1 



Sunday (21) only 

I>anny Duggan Co 
• Belforda 

(Three to All) 

1st half (22-24) 
Stiinlay Hughes Co 
(Othera to fill) 

2d half (25-27) 
Hamlin & Mack 
Royal Venetian i 
Tabor & Green 
a(*rmalaa A Farrar 
(Oao la 111) 

l8t half (21-24> 
Quigg Burnell Co 
Nail Robert Co 
Tabor A Oraaa 
Maaon Dixon Bd 
(One to nil) 

2d half (25-27) 
t'ler I<ave1ta Tr 
ffanlf y liuRhm Co 
t'^oper it Barman 
<Two td fliu 

Kadslo 

^ l«t half (21-24) 
T^ei Ort't^s 

KcIbo liros C\)mbo 

2d half (26-27) 
Tna Arraaa 
Raxtrr 4- KrankCc 
Hwca to fii 



Lincola Hipp 

lat half (21-24) 
Hamlin A Mack 
Pair of Jaoka 

(Three to fill) 

2d half (25-27) 
Quigg Burnell Co 
Nail Robart A Co 
(Tbrsa ta flU) 



(tl) 

Ferguson A rthTd 
Lewis A Lavarr 
Hartley & Pattara'n 
Qnlnn Binder A R 
Smith A Cantor 
Badalla A Dean R 
pothers to AM) 

ArROKAtlLt. 

Fox 

2d half (26-27) 
Nelson A Pariah 

Deno * Rorhelle Co 
(One to nil) 

BL'MT.T'X, nJj. 

MaJeefJo 

lat half (21-24) 
4 Bradnaa 

Freeman & Seym'r 
MaRon-PiTon I'hii 

2d half (LT.-rT) 
Plantation Da-ya 
CEDAR RAPIDH 

itajeallo 

7«f half (21-24) 
(J 



Hngli Johnson 
Margaret Morrell 
Oriffltha A Young 
(Ona to nil) 

2d half (26-27) 
Moran A Stanley 
Kajlyama 
Sid Styne 
Dance Flashsa 
(One to fill) 

OHAMP'GN, ILL. 



1st half (tl-S4) 
« Belfords 
Patrick & Otto 
Danny Duggan Co 

2d half (25-27) 
Del Ortoa 

Walter Waltera Co 
(Oaa to SU) 

DATVNfOBT. lA. 

Columbia 

1st half (21-24) 
OAA Schuler 

Murray A Irwin 
James & Slnclalre 
Herbert Faye Co 
The Parialenneo 

2d half (25-27) 
Lottie Atherton 
Wadding Ring 
Primrose Monstrals 
aerbar*s Gaieties 
(Ona to Sll) 

WKAlVMt tLL, 

LIneoln 8«. 

Sat half (21-24) 
Plantation Paya 

td bait (SI-ST) 

4 Bradnas 
Freeman A Seym'r 
Maaon-Dlson Dan 

DKS MonnBS 

Orpbcvm 

let half (21-24) 
Maurice & Rothm'n 
Wedding Ring 
SparHng ft Raas 
Braille A Pallo Rv 
(One to fill) 

2d half (26-27) 
G A A Scbnler 
Herbert Faya Co 

Harry Cooper Co 
Jamas A Slnclalre 
(Ona to Sll) 

DUBUQrE. lA. 

Majeatle 

lat half (21-24) 
Belmont Canaries 
Adams A Rasb 
LaFantasla 

2d half (25-27) 
Marg't Morrell Co 
Maurice A Rothm'n 

Hooper A Qatchett 

XTAN8TXE. INR. 
Grand 

1st balf (tl-t4) 
Tobey WUaon Co 

2d half (26-27) 
Musical a«ralds 
Toeman A LJzxle 
Danny Duggan Co 
Sampsel A Lenb'rdt 
(Ona to All) 



▲1 Tuck«>r Band 
2d half (25-27) 
Kelao Broa Combo 
(Oaa ta til) 

lOLWAinKBR 

Halestle (21) 

Aleandera A Bv'lyn 
Hugbea A Monte 
Fraaces Kennedy 
Garden of Roses 
Howard Harris A L 
Fink'a Mulaa 
(One to ftll) 

MIMNRAPOLIS 

Ml M. (21) 
Rnaatan Art Clr 

Musical Hunters 
Harrington R'ynlda 
Tower A Darrell 
Daace O'Maala 
Fred Lewis 
The Lamya 

PBORIA. ILL. 



1st balf (21-24) 

Snyco Show 

2d balf (25-27) 
Cabin A Walla 
Demaus A H'm'ltn 
Purdy A Fain 
The Belforda 
(One to fill) 

PADUCAH. RT. 



1st balf (21-24) 

Myers A Nolan 
Grant Gardner 
Rhlnahart A Duffy 

2d half (26-27) 
Knox A Btetaoa 
Ann Popove 
Billy Sharp Co 

QVtSCT, lUL 



[OUT. 

•(21-27) 

Walter Gilbert 
Cafa Alabam 

SAUHBUBO, nx. 



1st half (21-24) 

Valentine A Bell 
Diehl Slstera 
Guy Rarlck Co 

2d half (25-27) 
Hart'a Hollandera 
Gordon A GroCC 
Hfurleqalnn Rot 

BOCKVOBD* nX. 

Palace 

1st half (21-24) 
Lottie Atbsrton 
Allan A Canfield 
Bert Hanlon 
Haunted 
(One to All) 

td balf ftl-ST). 

Booth A Nina 
Ray Shannon Co 
Adams A Ragll 
Let's Dance 
(OM to ftll) < 

•T. MKB> Mk 

Blectrle 

lat half (21-24) 
Walter 'Gilbert 
Johnny Herman po 
Rosemont Troubs 

2d half (iS-lt) 
Jack LIptoA 
HI Lo f 

Woods A Fraaela 

ST. LOUIS 

Gfand (21) 

Sdwards A LllyAn 
Bronson Gordon 
Fern A Marie 
fOtbiM^eil) 

•T. PAin;. 

Palace 

1st half (21-24) 
Moran A Stanley 
Drapler A Henfile 
Joe Bennett' BaAi 

Sid styne 
All Wrong 

2d bait (25-27) 
Jean Boydell 
The Parialennes 
F Walmsley Qo 
In China 
(Out ta ttl> 

SIOUX cm 

. Orpbcum 

1st half (21-24) 
Jean Boydell 
Variety Pioneers 
F Walmmr 'Co 
In China 
(One to All) 

2d half (2f-n) 
Afl Wrong 
Old Fiddler* ^ J'tf 
1st half (21-24) Sparling A Roaa 
Jack Lipton (Two to fill) 

Wght Dogias A K _ n^sn ixn 
Joyce Slatera A H B^ND, IHD. 

2d half (26-17) 
The Nagyfya 
Bernard A Merfitt 
U'l'g'SW'tb A Cwrd 

KANS. CITY. KAN. 
Electric 
lat half (21-Z4) 
HI Lo 6 

Borde A Robinson 

2d half (25-27) 
Dealya Bisters 
DeBell A Vina 

BAXS. CITT, MO. 

MolMlMet (21) 
Calm A Gale Rev 
Saul Brilliant Co 

Carl Free.l Hd 
(Two to fill) 

LINCOLN, NEB. 
UbsHj 

1st halt (21-24) 
Dealys Sisters 
Geo W Moore 
Harry Cooper 
Kajlyama 
Robblns Orchcs 

2d half (25-27) 
Pritthard g. Rus'l 
Great Howard 
Variety Pioneers 
Robblnfl Orrh 
(Ona to fill) 

Of^konaft (21-17) 
L Bailentlne Co 

MAJHSOK. WIS. 

Orphenm 

lut half (21-24) 
Boo^h ii Nina 
Jinks A Ann, , 
Joe Dsrcey ^ 

yin Trv. -I ("o 

U li.te A i . I ney ' Wl(e« ler A h i"r 



1st half (21-24) 
Hart's Hollandera 
Gordon A Groff 
Harlequin Rev 

2d half (25-27) 
ValbnUne A Bell 
DIebl Staters 
Guy Rarick Co 

GRAND Jn., NEB. 

2d half (25-27) 
(One to fill) 
Lew Fitzgibbona 

HASTINGS. NEB. 
Kerr (26-27) 

Geo W Moore 

Blanpy A Woods 

JOUBT. ILL. 
Rlalto 

1«t halt (21-14) 

Gerbcr's Guietlea 
(One to fill) 

JOPUN, MO. 



DeWolfe Kendler 
Travato 
DtlMl A Tlao 

Clark Bd 



2d halt (26-27) 
Cromwell Knox 
Hal SprtngAeld R 
Radiology 
(Two to All) 




CTOCAOO 

DlTcraey 

2d half (17-20) 
Small A Maya 
Mima A Pome A L 
Suaetto Oo 
(Others to All) 

Pnlaeo (iS) 

The Commanders 
Dare A Wabl 
Bart Lytell 
Marlon Harrla 
Joe B Staaley 
The Deatb Ray 
(Two ta All) 

RlTeria (15) 

Bert Brroll 
Herbert Faye Co 

(Three to flU) 

State-I^e (16) 

MIUo Gade Coraon 
Sybil Vane 
Flo Irwin 
Calm A Gale Rev 
Harry Holmes 
R'b'd Vintour Co 
Walter Walters. Co 
Gordon's Dogs 
Coyne A French 
Odlva A Seala 



Ist half (21-24) 
Sandy Lang Co 
Miller A Girard 
Walter Walters Co 
Hy Jinks 
(One to fill) 

2d half (26-27) 
Allen A Caa|lol4l 
Bert Hanlon 
Hungarian Orcb 
(Two to All) 

8PRINGF*LD. ILL. 
Msjeatlc 

1st half (21-24) 
Musical Ceralda 
Cahill & Wells 
Toeman A Lizzie 
Sampael A Lann'dt 
Damaux A H*lt'n R' 

2d balf (11-17) 
Synco Show 

SPBDfOFXD, MO. 



Id balf (17-20) 
Johnny Murphy 
Suietta A Co 
Garden of Roaea 
Joe Cody Bros 
Mlinl Pitna A L 

BBBVBB* CMX). 

,Orphanat <if) 

Briants 
Ratb Bndd 

Whiting A Burt 
Hal Nieman 
Flah^r & Gllmore 
Hayaa Marah A U 
(One to ftU) 



KAX. 

Orpbenm (16) 

Bert Lytell Co 
Harry Fox • 
Adele Verne 
Lang A Haley 
Corem 
Mike Amea 
Brooka A Ross 
Naaimova ■ 
Oor«o**a Daga 



HUI Street (15) 

Count BernivicA 
Diera 

Cronln A Hart 
Labr A Mareodea 



OAKLAND. tAM., 

Orpheum (16) 

Remos A Midgets 
Joe Marka Co 
Pompadour Bal 
(Three to All) 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

et i io — I (U) 

Sung Pong Lin 
Snoba 
Ingenues 
Roae A Themo 
Bart Levy^ 
Hewitt * Rair 
Tylor Maaon 
Meeban'a Doga 

ST. LOUIS. MO. 

-Orpheam (15) 

Jack Nerworth Co 
Sybil Vane 
Marion Wilkina 
Arden Pierce 
Allen A Canfleld 
Bert Hanlon 
Lottie -Atherton 
Blue Slickers - 
Geo Dormondo 
Mike Ames 

St. Leals (15) 

Blsa BrM Oreb 
Dare A Wahl 
Harry Buma Co 
Broad hu rat Ast 
Joe Darcey 
Marion WUklaa 

SAN nUNCISOO 

Golden Gate (If) 

Alan Rogaya 
Dlero 

Carl Sebank A S 
Seymoro A H'wd R 
Rafflea 

Margaret Hedgea 

(TWO to All) 



(15) 

Blossom ' Beeloy 
Solly Ward 

Dave Appolon Co 

Meehan'a Doga 

Jemima 

Charles Foy 

4 Foys 

Las Obessls 

WeaVar Braa 

nuattM, WASB. 

<I5) 



Rao Samnala 

Wlltoa SIS 

Bd Jan la Rer 
Cosci * Verdi 
Paul Klrkiand 
Jonee A Rea 
Joe Mendl 



LOBW'S NATIONAL and AMERICAN 

Week November IS 
Geme and Sea Va Mnlw- Sbem Laugh 

HARRT MART 

CARDIFF and WALES 



Jeannie 

The Seebacka 



Orpheum (15) 

London Paris N V 
Krafta A L*Mont 
Lloyd A Briee 

Ernest Hiatt . 
U & J Pearaon 

Ferry Co 
Doolfty A Sales 

MILWAUKEE 

Orpbenm (15) 

Leo Oallanoea 
McCommaa A Co 
Burke A Durkin 

Herman Timberg 
Da Kerekjarto 
Flo Irwin Co 
Robbln<„A Bd 
Hanrp: 



Xeane A Wbltney 
(One to All) 

TANOTBR, B. C. 
O s p A s nni (U) 

Aileen StanlSF 
Ross Wyse Co 
Willie Hale Bro 
Bast A Dumke 
De Kos Bros 
(Three to fill) 

WINNIPEG, CAN. 

Orpheum (15) 

Sessue Hayakawa 
W A J Mandel 

Sylvia Clark 

Owen McGlvney 
B & L Travsra 
The Wager 
Deere 81s 
(Oae to All) 



Kotk-Wetton 



lat half (21-24) 
Bornard A Merritt 
11'1'gath A Cwfd 

2d half (26-27) 
Joyce Siatet's A H 
(One to All) 

TOPEKA 
X e v el ty 



2d half (26-27) 

Th" <^;il)bfrts 
DpWItt fJunfliT 
GroMo 4 

Johnny Herman Co 
Rosemont Troubs 

WICHITA, BANS. 

. Orplieam 

hcif i 21-24) 
W 



OUnrBLAND, o. 
Bend'a Hipp 

1st halt (21-24) 

HAG Ellsworth 
Lee A Crsnstcm 
Bertram A Saxton 
Th^ Voyagers 

JAB Crelghton 
White Bros 
(Ona to fill) 

2d half (25-27) 

C Sinclair Co 
Fauntleroy A Van 
Her Little Rev 
Burna A Klasen 
Herbert Warren 
t Sailors 

Orvtlle Stamm Go 

DBTBOIT, MlCn. 

Grand Rlvters 

Ina Alcova Co 
Kirby A Duval 
Cun'gh'm A Ben'tt 
Ward A Raymond 
Alexander A Sant'e 

f •Salle Gaatfoa 

1st half (21-24) 
Duval A Simmona 

CJIntnro 

Orvllle Stamm Co 

2d half (25-27) 

Princetoa A Tale 
TTart WajrTffT^A L 

(One to nj:) 

FT. WAVNI-:, IND. 

I*nla«>e 

1st balf (21-14) 

Marty Dujireo Co 
(Thrre to fill) 

2(1 halt (16-27) 
Adrift 

(Throe to pv.) 



mriMorN. ind. 

Huntington 

14 bait (26-37) 
Gitttaro 

Casper A Morrisey 
(Ona to fill) 

INVPOUS, IND. 



lat half (21-24) 
Her Little Rev 
.•Shields A Delaney 
Hunter A Percival 
Fred Ardath Bd 

2d half (26-27) 
Angel Bros. 
Bobby Vail Co 
Ketch A Wllroa 
Fred Ardath Bd 



:t.ton, kt. 

Den All 

lat half (21-24) 
Van Cello A Mary 
Ketch A Wilms 
LaF*yte Del phi no 

td half (26-27) 
Myera A Nolan 
Brant Gardn#»r 
Chaae Boyst rhMr 

IJMA. O. ( 
Faarot 

lit half (21 20 
Oaaman A flr'y 
Stars Oth'»r r>.'iy(» 



Davie A McCoy 
(Two to All) 

Id bait (16-17) 

Shlalds A Delaney 
Weston 4 Luckle 

Frank HuRhes Co. 
(One lo fill) 

T*RRE U'TE' i>D. 



1st half (21-24) 

Hill A Marjorle 
Wright A DIetrteh 
Frank HuKhe<« Co 
Bmeraon A B'dwin 
(One to All) 



Id bait (16-27) 
Toby Wllaan Ca 

WBNBtOB^ CAN 
Capitol 

1st bait (11-14) 
Grob A Adeals 
Mowatt A Mullen 
I'rlnceton A Tals 
Hart Wagner A L 
Fiokard'a Synoop 

2d half (25-27) 

Downey A Clarldge 
HAG Rilswortb 

Jas Thompson Co 
Duval A .Simmons 
The Voyagers 



Keith-ADiee 



1 



NEW YORK CITT 

BrendWay (15) 

Paul Sydell 
Murray * Charl'tto 
Mr & Mrs Barry 
Irving A Chancy 
A I Moore Bd 
Joe Browning 
Bdith Claaper 
Powell A Rhlnchart 

Coliseum 

2d balf (18-2i) 
Club Anatole Or 
Daly A Nece 

Block A Sully 
Peterson Bros 
(One to All) 



Angel Broa 

2<1 half (25 27) 
Mowart & MuUfn 
Fn <i S«i!«nifi n 
Hunter A I'rrcival 
(One to nil) 

MCNCIB, IND. 

Wysor Cirand 

, Ift hAlf (21-24) 
J.'o vnty A Clijritige 



M. (15) 

Dr. Rockwell 
Harrison A Dakln 
Bdna Bennet 
A A G Falls 

(Ono to AU) 

UkAro 

Id bait (ll-ll) 
Any Family 
Wtllle Solar . 

Around the World 
WiUrcd DuBoia 
(One to , All) ^ 

2d half (18-21) 
Fenton & Fields 
Dave Thuraby 
Highlands Birds 
On the Lawn 
(One to -BID 

Fordham 

2d halt (16-21) 
Jungloland 
MoDonald A Oakee 
Laagford A Myra^ 
Ethel Davis 
JSteppe A Knowlea 
BnUa BaU Co 



2d half (18-21) 
Fraley A Putnam 
Cuma C Harvey 
(^Hanlon A Bam 
J C FUppen 
(One to All) 

Hamilton 

2d half ^11-21) 

Wright A Dale 
Jarvis A Harrlaon 
Berrena A Fifl 
Al Levine Bd 
(Two to fill) 

HIppodroBse (15) 

Alf Loyal'a Doga 
4 Diamonds 
Harris A Holley 
Carnival'of Venice 
Tom Smith . 
Ooldea's Royal Co 
(22) 

4 Camerons 
Sargent A Lswls 
Roais 

Bert Gordon 
Roaemonts Co 
(One to Alt) 



2d half (12-21) 

Maek A Brantley 
Turner Broa 

J B Morgan 
Foster Ball Co 
Stepping Out 
Marion Sunshine 

125th St. 

2d half (11-21) 

Ren Smith 
Dul'or Boys 
(Othera to All) 

Palace 

Betancourt A Girlie 
Smith A Strong 
Florrle La Vera Co 
Rddie Nelaon 
Rddie Leonard Co 
Ann Suter 
TrInI 

Yorke A King 
Leeter Broe 

(One to nil) 

. (22) 

Trini 

Artur Wtil A Tl 
(}|<*nn A .1«>nkins 
Theo Roberts Co 
(Others to AlO f 



2d half 418 21) 
Frances Arms 
Benny Rubini Co 
(Others to fiH) 

RIveralde (16) 

4 Karrys 

Cnrr A Parr 
Diamond A Dib'ou 
Ann Sutcr 
Oaaton A Andrea 
Arthur Prince 
Glenn A JeiiUlns 
Morris A CMtnpbcIl 
Sevilla 

(22) 

Ida May Chad^i< k 
Will Mahoney 
.1 Swifts ■ 
D a ph a e Pal lard 

Mr Ac Mrs Bairy 
GaudKniitha Bros 
(Thr. f lo lt'i> 

Koyol 

2d hair <18 :i ) 

H A- II Sl.atoili 
R.iinoa fj ^Avcry 
l.rm tU.\)\n ri«v 
I'l "• V to liT,; 



CONBT 1SL.%ND 

Tllyoa 

Id half (11-11) 

Irving A Cheney 
Moore A Powell 
Marte Vero 

(Two to nil) 

FAR ROCKAWAT 
ColambU 
td half (It-ll) 

Lemer Girls 
Vera Gordon Co 
Dixie Hamilton 
J C Mortoa 
(Two to All) 

BROOKLYN 

Albee (15) 

Beegee A Qupeo 
Tho Oaadsmltbs 

Roger Imhoff Co 
Robert Chisholm 
Lockfords A Tissn 
Blla Shielda 
Hackett A Delmar 
Bddle Nelson 
Yolees of the W'ld 

(22) 

Smith A Strong 
Torke A King 
Jane Cowl Co 
4 Diamonda ' 
HIckey Bros 
Jim Thorton 
(Throe to AU) 

BoahwIck 
2d half (18-21) 

Hans Ranks 

John ' R Gordon 
(Others to nil) 

FUibMh (15 ) 

Le Flenr A Porila 
Wallace A May 
Frank Dobson Co 
Georgia Price 
Kramer A Boyle 
Blsle A Paattmi 



2d halt (18-21) 

Dorothy Richmond 
Great Tuma 
Balnea A Avery 
BlUott A LaTonr 
Doria f^ngton 
Wm Ebbs 
Lyons A WakeAeld 
Burns A Cutis 

Orphenm 

td biilf (It-tl) 

Bell A Geneva 
Amy Atkinson 
Mary's Gang 
Mayo A Bobbo 
Oorbtr^t i 



2d half (lt-11) 

Orib A Codee 
Flo Vernon Cd* 

O'Donna A Day 
(Two to fill) 

Riviera 

td balf (ll-tl) 

Romalne 2 
Roy Rogera Co 
John L Fi«her 
(Two to nil) 

AKRON, O. 



td half Ot-tl) 

Inter Jan RSV 

Manuel 

Morris A .Shaw 
Mayo A Lynn 
Fantino 81a A Co 

(One to fill) 

1st half (22-24) 
Joe De Leir 
Dillie Rcgay 
Ayera A Wilson 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (25-28) 
Mcola 

Janet of Franco 
Coltlns A Peterson 
singer 81s 

(Two to fltl) 

ALBANY, B. T. 



2d half 411-21) 
JoyAer A Foster 
Kinney Rev 
Marvel A Far 
Nile A ManeAeld 
Bentell A Gould 

ALLKNTOWN, PA. 

2d half (18-21) 
Carlton A Rallew 
Mlasas A Kisses 
(Others ta All) 

AL-POONA. PA. 

Mlaehler 

2d halt (18-11) 
Racine A Ray 

ralmrr A lluaton 
Church Century K 
(Three to All) 

AMSTERDni. N.Y. 

Rlalto 

2d hiiir (18-21) 
3 Vfigrants 
B>-« hee A R«hwat>> 



Alexander A P'g'y 
Nor: I. KaKt fl X, \V 
.M< x)iiiti< r Wut <J H 

ASHTABl !..!, O. 
Palare 

:<i Jia'f ( IS :i ) 

Rudero A Mnl'y 
Billy Knn« 'I 
•lohn Oir> « 



ASBEV'LK. N. C. 

Keith 

td half (lt-21) 
Jonee Moivan A R 
The I<lttle Johns 

Jean Huston Co 
Doris Roche 
Blklns Fay A B 

AUBI^N. M. T. 

Jeffcreon 

Covan A RufOn 
3 Golfera 

Caivon A O'Connor 
Naynen'a Bllda 

Barti Sla 

BALTIMORE, MD. 

Hlppedromo (15) 

olan A RIeharia 
Flying Henrys 
Holden A King 
Tolo A Ward 
Goodwin Com#fdy 4 

Maryland (15) 

Frank Fay 
coriane Tllton 
Peter lllggina 

Kelly A Jackson 
Jack Danger 
t'arlsle A I^amal 
HAH Stemard 
Lea fWlUea Rouge 

(11) 
Dn For Boys 
Bobby Adame 
Frank Fay 
Eila Shields 
Van A Belle 
Memories of Opera 
(Two to fill) 



CAMDEN. N. ^ 

Towers 

td halt (11-11) 
Senator Murphy 
Jack Knoeland 
Mark A LaRuo 
Cotter A Boldon 
(Ono to All) 

CM*L*BVOB* W.YJU 



Id balf (18-11) 
Chevalier Broe 
Myron Pearl C« 
Harry Snedgrasa 

Llla Campos 
(One to nil) 

dNCINNATI. 

■oMIl (IS) ; 

Pat Rooney 
Raymond Pike 

3 Abbey Sis 

Ford A Caaa'gha» 
The Xemmya 
Hyds A Burroll , 
Billy Hallen 
(22) 

Les Galenos 
Ths Digatanos 
Hurst A Vogt 
Irene Bodlnl 
Hello Ooodbya 
Cardlnl 
(One to fill) 

Palace (15) 

Silvertown Orch 

4 Kodez 
Herb Willlama 
Thoa B. Shea 
(Three to flU) 



SIIN4[EENEY 



BOOKING 

Vauda villa and Pictura Thoatrs^ 
1S60 B*way, New York 



B'VRR F'LS. PA. 



2d half (It'll) 
8 Rubes 
Olyn Landick 
(Three to fill) 

B'NOH'MrN, N. Y. 



2d half (18-21) 
Modeaas Rev 
Bams Bros 

Howe A Howe 
(Two to nil) 

B'M'GHAM. ALA. 



td half (18-21) 
Cbaa De Roche Co 
1 Davaya 
Tha Crooaadera 
Harrla A C9alra R 



Amao 

Jeanle ^oyasn 
1 Swifts 

Oraeie Deagon Co 
Roye A Maya Rev 
Bobby Randall 
Csclila Loftua 
Bert Oordon Co 
Paul Xadaii Wa 
(Ona ta All) 

(11 
Patricola 
4 Karraya 
Derrickaon Brown 
Murray A Cbari'tte 
Duaalngsr 
4 Mortons 
Edith Claaper 
Rob A Bayer 
Ora 

(Oaa ta All) 

Jtaw B ootoo t (tf) 

Lola Arilna 
Bob Hall 

Skelly Helt 
Ward A Taylor 
Miller A Mack 

(<)n*> to nil ) 



(22) 

Herbert Warren 
Ruby Morton 
Wilder 81s V 
4 Bell Boys v f 
1 Worcester , 
Benaor A BaIrA 
Tommy Gordon . 

O'BSBCBO. W. YAs 



Id balf (lt-ll| 
Loalae Maosart 
BlINo Balces ' 
Bell A Naplee 
Phyalcal Cultura 
Famall A 



IMIA SI. (If) 

Welder Sis 
Chas WltMofi 
Jaa Malr 
laa tahar TV 
Blllr Shone 

_ (11) 
MlMiad LI«iagaeaR 

Hong Kong Tr 
Richard A Gray 
Frank Farroa 
SUward A Olive 



(U) 

4 Xodas 

Ponce Sla 

Bilveriown Cord Of 
Tboa B Shea 
Barb Willlama Gs 

<11) < r 
Healy A Croaa 
Val Harris 
Helen McKelier 
Dnneaa's ColUea 
BIrdIo Roe roe ' 

OBCVUBinil «. 

mai osi 

6 Bracks 

Singer SiO 
Bayes A Speck 
O'Donrii A Blair 
Ruby Norton 

I -a Tor^. llla Co 



DR. ALBERT S. EPFS 

Surgeon Dentist 
157« HROAOWAY. NBW YORK 
PoWMbr SslMlsf V PHmt mtkmloi itIA 
This Woski MABBt BiyiBM4B 



Gordon's Olympin 

(Scollajr S«.) (15) 

Final Rehearsal 
Francis A WaHy 
Bloom A Sher 
Allen Ileno 
Weber A Rldacr 
Hasbl A Osal 
Jonee A Jones 
Pearron A Ander 

GorAan'a Olympin 
(Waalk H4 <lf) 

Country Club Girls 
llsll Bssley Rev 
Busuiy A Case 
(Two to nil) 

BlLiUFORD, PA. 



2d half (It-tl) 
HadJI All 
Clayton A Clfytnn 
Denno Sla A T 
(Two to All) 

BIMBPOBT. or. 



Id half (18-21) 
Birch A Bdge 
.fohnny'a New Car 
(Othera to fill) 

PA 

Id belt (18-21) 

Billy Bat'helor 
Morell Uro<< A D 
L4*4y T*M<M M«l 

(T»*(. to nil) 

IILI l Af O, N. Y. 

mppadromo (15) 

.Tnck Sniith 
.Marly Dupree 
liurringtMi Sis 
l.ytell A Fsnt 
Mufi(iil FoUirs 

(C«»Mlnut'tl 



BAYTON. Bb 

Keith 

2d half (18-21) 
Downey A ClaridgO- 
Miller A Gerard . 
West A McUlatf 
Dolly A BUlle 
Carl MeCalVongll 
The Voyagera 

lat halt (21-14) 
Morria A Sliaw 
In China 
Olar MIelika 

Blum 3 
Maria Buaaell 
lOna to All) 

Id half (26-28) 
Coogan A Caaey 
Stroud 2 
Dsn DsVilde 8 
Mulroy McNeeseAB 
(Two, to fill) 

DETROIT. MICH. 

Temple (16) 

Jean Bednif Co 
Cardlnl 

BMrt Brroll Co 

Irene Rlrardo 
.Hurtt A VoKt 
The IMjrrit.infH 
Adler Weil A H 
Hello Goodbye Rot 

(12) 
Sylvia Loyal 
4 Kn'U X 
Tlios K Sh'-s 
il<;rtur liuibrook 
McLall«?n A Sarah 
flllv«rtown Offli 
Mack A Rosstter 
(one to All) 

BA8VON; 

Ablee' O. *M. 

2d halt (18-21) 
0*lv«r A Crangia 

on pajre &4) 




^ASIBTT 



SPORTS 



ir. UM 



FOOTBALL 



FooltNUra moct impori&nt Satur- 
day of '24 was «:eneraUy marked by 
clo«e acores and tlie first outbreak 
«ff ■f>#»ctoltf» major MMtaata. M toh. 
igraji has poasibly broken Ohio 
State's heart with that one-point 
victory at Columbua. white * ftiri- 
9m OmtH tmm rip9«« IT points 
from DartMMKh in a last quarter 
offenslva tluil cloaed a disaatroua 
seaaon for tha Maw Hampahtre 
■ilieoL tjrfMttae-Colsate and Pitta- 
burgrh-ttr. A J. hmd to be aatiaflad 
with tho dlaaatiafaction that Invarl' 
ably r^auUa when each iaam had an 
•xcalleiil duMW* balnir tha victor 
with Notr* Dame. Princeton and 
Navy havlaif an thty covld da to 
aka out amall marsia wkm, 

Tha Cadate wwmt up agalnat a 
line tliat knew enough footl>all to 
offset bruta power* and Anally auc- 
cumbad to s parCactly exacutad play 
that ahook a rimaar fraa ptas Inter- 
ference for it yarda and a touch- 
down. Prlnoatoa won what may ba 
- tiM teal Big Thraa champfoniahlp 
for soma tUm to aooM through 
Tale blunders, and Navy downed a 
feared Oeorvotows alavao by the 
marpibi #f a Md «oaL 

The pamea to ooma aaoatly rate as 
an anti-climax, with the most 
prpmlaiac activity condnad to the 
wmm mmH. Maw Ml will ba 
partleularty Intaraatad in the N. T, 
XT. -Nebraska fracas at Uneoln. Tbia 
MetaopotttAB asat of learning haa 
POM prlOtepp PMy tkim HM 
cause of pndaf anted team. Meehan. 
coach, has been pettlnp a great 
break from tb* New York diUliaa, 
. w>W PIP aiPpliMi him pralaaa f Iha 
sky, but the laudatory remarks may 
chance to aHbIs aftar next Saturday. 
Buck CNeU'a favoHta pupU haa 
iipPapPtadly plvm m footbaU 

atvad, while admlttinr that heavy 
pawr|iltfiP .pat tbPip ptajrara on tha 



Indiana has also been droppinp de- 
cisions to opponents, but without 
bother tap tham very puieh: hanea 
the balance of straapth between 
thesd two willinp but unproductive 
teams appears to lie with Purdue. 

Way out weat, California aad 
Stanford meet in their yearly clas- 
sic. Stantord la already respon- 
sible for one upaet, the victory over 
Southern CallfoRila by II tp It. but 
will hardly cause another If the 
Bel'keley boys are made to aay 
Uncle. California has been ' tafclnp 
puaMuaent ever alaea tha Maaan 
opened, but strange thihps happen 
on the Coast, both in and outside 
of a stadium. However. Stanford la 
the preference. 

Teeh and Waal VirplBla 

Carnegie Tech and West Vir- 
Sinia will aupply plenty of football 
between tham this weak, with little 
choice either way. Both lilseourl 
and Pittaburgh have beaten Weat 
Virginia* while Tech trampled on 
Pitt U tP • pad haa loat to W. & J. 
and N. T. U. Weat Virginia 
slapped Centre last Saturday 21 — 0 
and is reported to have held out 
men awattlap Taeh. Anawlng fPr 
this. In addition to the squad'a pp- 
tential strength, it should mean a 
victory. Neither deserves to l>e a 
lavMrlto. tjiiayaCie and Lehigh 
probably atack up as about aa much 
of a pushover as a modern football 
game can be. Tet there la much 
traditloa hdhlad thia Veaaaylvaala 
meeting, and It la therefore in- 
cluded. Lehigh has only been able 
to ctieer after one game this seasoa. 
Wendell. Canaar Harvard hack aad 
successful coach at WlUlama. has 
had a stormy aeason. with only 
Rutgers being defeated and Prince - 
lea held la a pae polal wte aa the 
highlights. Lafayette has too much 
elaap fPr I^hlgh^ bat If pyar-popfl- 



PRQSABLE FOOTBALL WDWERS 

' , ' AND ntoPER odds: 



SATURDAY. N«r. 20 



QAM CP 

Harvard-Vala 
M. V. 
M icHipan* Minnesota 
fllineie-Ohie State 
Ctiicape' Wiaceneia 
Indtnaa-Fardup 
Lafayette-Lehigh 
Caliiara^.||apford 



WINNCHS 
Yala 



Michigan 
Ohio State 
Wtscenain 



Lafayette 
Stanford 



CNIDS 

: 1/4 
s/t 

P/4 
•/5 
7/S 

: - f/P 

• s/i 



CCepyHphl, %m, by Varialy, lap,^ 



sprawling In his wake, and 
in the corner of the Held, 
from that point on It waa aS Taldk 

Prinseten'e Passee 

Prtaeeton's running attack waa 
terribly weak, fhp total pf <6 yards 
gained by rushing throughout the 
game apcafclng for itaelf. Pasa after 
paaa was hurled by Baruch In the 
first half. 14 in all. while only 
twice did the Tiger take to the air 
in the Anal two quarters, reverting 
to a defenalve campaign. Aa fur- 
ther evidence of how Ineffective 
Princeton's rushing attack was dur- 
ing the laat half. H opmI paly be 
said that one lirat dawa aad 4f 
yards summed up the diataace cov- 
ered by this means. Meanwhile 
Goodwine aad Bunnell wara alidng 
the tpcklag aad Mtlpf Ip6Pp fraai 
tliree tp fear smIi (faaa pflar tlaip 
before downed. 

Staple never got into the game at 
all aad Praadergast only jumped 
oat PC Ma haadai phhrt darlnr the 
last quarter. By that time the 
Princeton line was too weak to 
oE»en up holea for Prendergaat, and 
Siagia WPP flpaiatli^ dyiap aa tha 
bench with his head In his hands. 
The Tiger's backfleld ace was a piti- 
ful sight watchtag bis laat game 
from the b aa ph . Mora thaa ^ace 
the Orange and Black cheer In 
aectioa started calling for Slagle, 
but was huahed by cheer leadera or 
the coaahta ftaaaa it araa ahvloua 
that there wasn't a chance for the 
elusive Jake to get in and that the 
appeals In bis behalf were only ad- 
ding to hto aufCerlng. Aad tliat la 
what was undoubtedly the matter 
with Priaceten'a mahing. Slagle 
was Mit. 

Goodwine waa the heat back on 
the fleld Saturday and few tackles 
have ever played • prettier game 
than Riebarda. This boy was a 
whirlwind under kicfca. often beat- 
ing hie ends down the Held, and 
waa nsore than once reaponalble 
Cor Caulklna allowhig puata to roU 
dead. v.^". ■ ^: 

ftaaaH ' 



If- 
« 



uptown enroUaaant scroll. However, 
this >rew York contingent has had 
all It could da to get hy Carnegie 
TaBh aad navto-mklaa the past 
two weeks, and impresses as possi- 
bly being a bit tired. Besides which 
the a^uad must take a train ride 
the mlddla oC tha weak ta keep its 
date with N^nudca. On the other 
hand, the Comhuakers hayen't been 
overly Impreaalye to date and early 
la lha aaaaaa ' hawad ta Miaaouri. 
Yet« the boys from the plains are 
generally powerful if sometimes 
slow. A wet field will impede N. 
T. U.« and fiam aow aa It haa a 
habit of raining on Saturdays. If 
Meehaa wins It will probably be by 
tha air route, and the local eleven 
hap a good chanoe to cop. But the 
recent indications and that Pullman 
jauat Biake It look like Nebraska. 

Midwest Qames 

Michigan is meeting Minnesota 
for tha. a a b aad thaa thIa ssason with 

n 20-to-9 victory already to its 
credit. Allowing for the rouxrh road 
the Toatmea have traveled since 
that Uam It appears aa If Miare'll 
ha a closer score this week, with 
MIcblgaa rppeatlng the inlilaj re- 
sult, U Ohio State cai» quench the 
aapplat. that ppwat go with tha laaa 
of the MIchigaa game. It should 
triumph over Illinois, and rates as 
the thvorlto. Bol Illinois has been 
. llobOl^p fool to date aad win never 
UM VP apalnat *Ohlo. Wilce has 
better material at his disposal than 
Zuppk^ htt^ the payclu>log|r of last 
weeri ipa pllPt loaa pmmt oftaet 
that advantaga. Stitl, Ohio Agures 
to come la. Likewise. Wisconsin 
over^ ChicajWf altliough the laiter 
feaitf IP abPPi 4P0 to rlfuf Am 4U 
wran aad smite sopieone. It's a 
poor' f^baU outfit that hasn't get 



0fggf^ pC 



far Ita 



dence seeps la the und 
make p hectic battle of u. 

Vale Ijeoked Good 

Tale looked good against Prince- 
ton iaat week and better than 
PHaeetea darlag the aaaaad half. 

For this reason the Blue rates as a 
slight favorite over Harvard this 
week. Princeton's triumph lacked 
the dadalvaaeaa to add that apoa- 
taneous spark for a bedlam celebra- 
tloa. The Tii^r was tired in the 
second half— so tired ' Up tackling 
went to piecea. IIP runnlns attack 
was deplorably weak all day. and 
had it not been for either a missed 
signal or a had pass from canter 
there Isn't much dOPhl tSM Vale 
would have won. 

Caulktns. described by Roper as 
the beat algaal caller Princeton 
has ever had. waa aolely respon- 
sible for the Ell touchdown. And 
it wasn't because of the much criti- 
cized paaa from behlad hie own 
goal line. The previous play really 
did it when Yale had the ball in 
its own territory, but near the mid- 
dle of the fleld. On a fourth dbwa 
with three or four yards to go It 
was obvious that Yale would kick. 
But Caulklas never moved back to 
reeaive the pant Ho tfenwlnod 
about S§ yards behind the scrim- 
mage line, to his sorrow. That he 
had forgotten what down it was 
seems aboat the oply logical egpla- 
nation. Anyway, the result was 
that Yale punted, the ball flew over 
Caulklna' head, and a Yale mau 
toached It dead laalde Priaoalon'a 
five-yard line Immediately under 
the Koal posts. It was then that 
Caulkins called for a long pass 
pvpr hi* loft wlag. which Hobaa hi- 
tercepted. and xigxagge^ back Si 
yafds to the two- yard line. Two 
tries at |Lhe line didn't mean any- 
jt^ltw. byt pa Ilia t^lrd aUop^pt 
Octodwine outran Princeton's right 
pido. Saft two ar three tacklera 



It win be remembered that 
neither of these teams had been 
scouted. That may explain Prince- 
ton's vlalarr, Sw If Tala had haaa 
able to atop that avalanche of 
pas^ea la the firat half Princeton 
would have been powerleaa. Uke- 
wise. Taia^a tataral paat daraiap la g 
out of a forward hbave would cer- 
tainly have boaa amothered bad 
acouta gotten a flaah at It, and It's 
safe to aaaamo It will be aseleaa 
against Harvard this week. Other- 
wise the teaaw aeemed to diagnoee 
each othac'a plays very amartly. 
Yalo galas during the late stages 
being aMilpIp dap la ollpahad tpok* 

Ung. j' ^' 

- ' MPaalaprp-Srgt aeiiavpMaa after 
a Tale punt had* heea partly 
blocked with the Tiger recovering 
on Yale's S2-yard line. A amaah at 
the Uao got lltUo. hat a paaa picked 
up six yards. Here Baruch tossed 
a fast flat one to Liawler for 18 
yarda that waa a beauty bocauae 
It weat riihl down tha aldattaaa. 
This put the ball only IS yards from 
the Yale goal. The Tiger then 
picked up Bine yarda la three line 
playp pad WHS PSP IP pp PS tha 
last dowh Caulkins called for a 
pass. Baruch threw it. Caulkins' 
caught it an<!^ squirmed over for the 
score. Followlag -tha ktokoff 
Princeton got the ball on its 25- 
yard line when Yale punted and 
alerted another paaa attack. One 
gained- U pMda^ another 17, an 
offside penalty was regained by a 
toss for 14. Bridges plunged for a 
first down and on the next series 
with four to go on a fip tt h down 
Baruch dropped bark to the 27- 
yard line and booted oae throMph 
tha poaMk 

An odd occurrence during the 
halves was Mmt the Brown -Har- 
vard aoore was announced on the 
Tate aide ^# the fteM. bat Waa de- 
nied the Princeton aectioa. Yale 
\ greeted the 14 — Q announcement at 
half time with a roar. Princeton 
wouM piahably have toffh dowa tke 



INSIDE STUFF 

ONSKNtn 



The Passing of 'the Big Threo^lf It Passes 

Vo matter who la right or wrong in the Princeton- Harvard agreement 
to dlaaprae. both there anhoPla ara playing lata tha handa of other coi« 
Uges throughout the country by severing relations. The Big Three ha« 
been a thorn In the aide of the western Conference, on the coant in the 
aouth and eapeeiaUy the sUU of Pennsylvania, athleticly speaking. Ever 
ahMO the farwaid paaa bapaa ta opoa apJEDothall aad piva tha aiinoc 
Institutions a chance to lay low a major team, or when Tale, PHacetoa 
and Harvard first began to be beaten in their early ssason games and 
Camp's All-Aaierlcaa aelectlong were no longer restricted to New Jer« 
aey. New Havaa apd GSaaihHdsa. the other laotltatioaB hapa aeoSed at 
the rilg Three. 

It takes but the slightest suggestton to start a U. of P. man on a 
tirade acalaat the Hlg Three, for waaart Penaayhrania once included in 
tha Big Woorr Plttahorpk* CaraeU* Dartaiouth. Calumbhi, Michigan, 
Notro Danse. Waahlaptpa and California men are Jaat the aamo aad 
repreeentatlve of their aectiona. They detest the so-called Big Three 
for the proatlge and tradition aarroundlng that triumvirate. Yet each 
would Uka tp gap hia nhna alalar ap a BIp Ihroa ithtdaK dad If gaining 
that obJecUve the result win aMrp ha aa pattPBM a0avt «a whi. Tharahp 
admitting the dominance. 

There is no dual gridiron series in the country that goea back as far 
aa Tala aad Prlacatoo, tkeaa ooBegea haviap aMt teat tatarday for the 
SOth time. The country learned football and the ron&ance of the game 
from the Big Three. Other colleges also Jealously guard the* tradition 
which surrounds their gridiron feats. That they haven't ao plentiful a 
atoek of Maoaories is the d U BaraPop.' dial what aMiUar how jirood the 
team representing Yale. Princeton or Harvard? When these meet it's 
a Big Three game and Uiat nieaaa practically every paper In the country 
gives the ji^ioeovint of the coateat considerable apace with some the 
New Tark dallies puttlpyg throe men on this agtlpavoat. Apd p| a|k#r 
college can obtain the aania aaioaat pf prppilatnea. At laaat ppaptepia 
consistently done it yet. 

Whether Princeton playa Hanrmrd pr not. and ladlcatloaa are that the 
gap may bo bridged, football win ap d aa bt a d l y pa on Just the same. And 
Yale and Princeton will not loose caste. Harvard may. but that's doubt- 
ful. The faat that the Big Throe tod«ky staada disrupted is to be de* 
plorod hp aU lovoia of faatbalL Thta threeaama aiathnrod the game 
and when all la said and doap are ipaponslble for what it to today, ap« 
proaching the time whpa It aiar appplant haaaball as thli^.pa«p|ffy'g pa* 
tioaal aport • 

If Prtaaataa aad Harvard do aot hoal tha oarraat hipiaii H' wm go 
dowa as a tragedy in collegiate sport. Like It or hot, believe It or not 
the country's universities have Invariably looked to the Big Three for 
their athletic ouuinars. Sometimea la apito of tlkemaalves, nod while 
aiaaaip ip ^lip hailec that apiH aad paak aa aetlaa haa hoaa off ikm^ ^mm 

volition. 

The proletariat, ao to speak, through vehement oppositloa haa forced 
the Big Throe to retire withia thoeuMlvea to the point they are com- 
parable to a apMll praap off R^raUata cloaeted la their ptlaoe apalnat tha 
rabble. And yet these name Royalists lay themselves open to further 
hurt and excuse for braggadocio by their opiH>nents through instigating 
a rule against thaaMvoa that they canaot prepare for hatUa until 
Sept if of each year while the howllav PM* IPSMMP ItP PPPIpaipa a 
month in advance of that date. 

It'a true that the Big Three have alwdya taken the attitude that they 
are aurtcl e at aato t h ea ia a iv ea that any athar ooataPt to off ioeoadary 
importanco. Tet this to not an artificial poPo. They think and feel 
that way. Maybe the Crimson is Justified In Ito attitude towards Prince- 
ton, piaybo it's not. OuUlders don't know and aU the meddling in the 
world hp thaw aamo aataliiip tofiTt folap td aMiw the aiiphteat hit of 
dPfereneo ta Harvard, or FrtPidHM>>^Pr TOo>. ■ T»h^>i ilP < |^ ,|d.aiy» wH» 
come from wlthto. *. 

It oaly rematos for these same outsiders to regret thP pppllag of tha 
Big Thratb If H hpo eaaia la paaa. CaaUMPtelktod football, whether in 
certain coUsges or on professional fields, receives an impetus with the 
dissolving of this three cornered agreement. And If final dissolution doet 
take place, then you can bet that last dollar that neither Tato or PrlPCP^ 
tpP':pm mmmm0p^M:9m g^^em CfiiP i p rip at pp apy p<hiP hhid pf 



BALL PLAYERS IN 
'SUDE, KEUr FILM 



* Loe Angeles. Nov. II. 
Stare of the basebaU wortd wUl 
play an active part la Metro-Gold- 
wyn- Mayer's production, "Slide. 
Kell y, aude." It feataareo Wittiam 
ttaiaoia • ■ . ■ ■ 

AaH»lip 'tha irfayera algaed are 
Bob Meusel. Lazukri, Dowthltt and 
Hafey. Mike Donlln (former dia- 
moad star, aow recogptoed film 
pptor) atoo playa a a laip aHiai role. 

Harry Caiay, wpMni pppv arm 
play a catohiir. ' 

Edward Sodgw^ will direct. 



EPsct of DaiUea on Football 

A theory that the sport pages of the major dailleo have had a direct 
bearing on the upsets of thto and the past coupto off i ' a M Dat to aM Prlth* 
out oertata togle. It's only natural that the boys like to clip the accounts 
of games in which they have played, mayhaps starred, to paste in a 
scrap book. But there can be ao questioa that theee write-ups cauHO 
feeling on the average grldlPaa apaad. 

8port writers ""covering** games generally have no axe to grind as re- 
gards the individual players or teams. There are g'ames not "covered** 
by the newapaper'a man, and these colleges send in their own reports. If 
one aiaa to pottlag an the pahltolty. the other boya doa't feel so good 
about it; comparable to the friction amongst the Mipr Toffc .Tpakeea 
when Ruth was eclipsing everything and everybody. 

The same Is. pi>pllcable to an entire squad. This year's. Tale team 
coPId hai^ aaattp found oat that it waa among the aaafa ppaat for five 
and !• centa the Sunday morning after the Dartmouth Rame. A weelt 
later the reading matter was somewhat different following Brown's vie* 
tory. After the Army's S8 pointo It'a possible the Tato boys pMiii ap 
lopyappP the paper* eatlrely. Just how much infiuence the sport writers 
have on a gridiron squad is problematical, but the typewriting boys are 
bound to have some. It's reasonable to presume that a team caa^ 
made overconfident or fighting mad through what.it caadd aPoat Itaelf. 

A reniedy suggested has been to keep the sport pages away from the 
players. Difficult and probably as impossible as keeping the notices on a 
theatrical opening away from the show's cast. Advance Michigan-Navy 
raparta heralded the weatoraerg aa aulCortog iriai an. overdose of ege 
after readlap about themselves as among the chalked fields' grent 
for two seasons. And the Navy won 10-0. An account of a game 
is based on what the writer has seen but when the scribes 'tart to give 
reaseaa far the victary or toa^ haw a HhW toapi to tl w d aad .mw they 
were iMul or good— thoa it commences. 

The dallies, of course, aren't entirely the cause if an upset occurs and 
the boys are certainly enUUed to their "noticea.** Bat It might be a 
good Idea ta tot the homd fMfca do the oUpplap aad the youngsters the 
j>lay{ng for Nfa a clach the aport dopprtptoato arp going to keep right 
on writing* . 



MSLWiMCBn flOBT CLVBH 

Hnwankee. Nov. tl. 

Tom 9. Andrews, "grand old man " 
of boxing la the mlddto weet, pur- 
ohaaed Ihe Itoaaaa off the Bmpreas 
tu e ah p h a a ki i alah 
Strait pad BaPry QoMoaharp. Aa- 
drewa wiil atapo dghta ta tha 
preaa twtoa a aiaat^ ^n Ifaaday 
atoHtou.;..., 

Aadrowp haa two other' toPal 

cluba wHii which to coimpetol had 
two m ora art bidding for Itoaai 



iltiea's Auditorium 

Utica/N. Y.. Nov. Hi 
Utica Stadium. Inc^ which «U»gea 
local beaing matchea^ to remodeling 
the old Iroquois Foundry for au 
auditorium in which it will have bi- 
weekly bouts during the winter. 



at present without an auditorium 
or theatre oC any ktod. 



U Ym Dw't AdTertise a 
[VARHmr Dai't A^ertne 




TIMES SQUARE 



VARIETY 



33 



gilO REY OFF TELEGRYH, 
%mm HORSE' AGAIN 

Merger of Racing Papers 
Ended — 'Telegraph' Holding 
Nam and Machinery 



DuriBff the last week the New 
Tork Morningr Telegraph has un- 
dergone another of those shake-ups 
which have become part of the rtg- 
vlar routine fn the car-barn pub- 
llshlnff offices on Eighth avenue. 

This time it is Roi Tolleson, for- 
merly publishing the Daily Running 
Boree» who is on the outside, after 
having had charge of the business 
editorial management of the 
racing daily. Although on the out- 
side Tolleson did not, as it was 
reported, give up his stock In the 
Hermis Publishing Company nor 
did he reitgn as one of the dl» 
lectore. 

At present it looks as though 
there may be a legal aftermath to 
Tolleson stepping out The Tele- 
graph has retained a number of 
linotype* and other printing ma- 
chinery Tolleson brought into the 
shop from his own plant. Tdlleson 
will wart that machinery and also 
his famed nom-de-turf, "El Rio 
Bey." which the Telegraph is con- 
^'tinuing ^ use in oei^itnetion with 
th9 name of ''Hermis," which more 
'er less gives the Impression that 
' *'E1 Rio Rey" has changed his name 
'to -Kermis." \ 

The deposed vice-president and 
general manager of the Hiermis 
pub. Co. has in his possession the 
title 'The Dally Running Horse." 
It would not be surprising if his 
famous horse race tipping sheet 
would reappi&ar before the week 
Is out - ■• ' 

Tolleson retired from active par- 
ticipation In the Telegraph's af- 
fairs a week ago Saturday, after a 
directors^ meeting had been held 
the day before. The reason for his 
retirement, It is said, was because 
A. Bomefeld, now designated as 
general manager of the Telegraph, 
fired two accountants who were 
Tolleson's representatives, not, it 
is said, because ^ey were ineffl- 
eient, but because they were too 
efficient. 

Tolleson. during his regime, is 
said to have effected numerous cuts 
In expense for the paper; and 
through one cut alone brought 
about a saving of about $1,750 a 
week. But this was immediately 
ttsrowii Into new depsjptittintfli so 
lilS iMiving went for nil. 

Inside Stuff 
TIm inside story of ToUespn's 
Merger With the Telegraph carries 
with it some remarkable twists. His 
Daily Running Horse was a live, 
going and growing publication giv- 
ing battle to Racing Form. His 
plant in Chicago WM l^pMM^ 01^0^ 
two years ago. 

The Telegraph was slipping fast 
at tttAt Ume, Whoa the late E. R. 
Thomas and Tolleson got together 
Thomas, in return for Tolleson ac- 
cepting a minority interest in the 
Telegraph, was to merge. Tolleson 
was willing to do that in order to 
have Thomas bankroll him in his 

' ight on Racing Form, Tolleson 
laving planned a string of papers 
across the country for this pur 
pose. Then Thomas died suddenly, 

^'Md his wMow carried out the 
agreement iMr lat^ hililMiiid ImUI 

''made. 

• The arrival of Tolleson in the 
Telegraph brought on a row be- 
tween the widow and the Texas 
Ranger, Marsh, who, according to 
some of the insider.% was not 
building the paper up but causing 
a calculated loss in circulation. 
The Ranger went out and Mrs. 
Lucy Cotton, Thomas lawyer, went 
in. He didnt last long, and Tol- 
leson again took the reins, but with 
the auditor, Bomefeld, always at 

: his heels. 

The merging of the Telegraph 
with the Running Horsie did not 
gain a net circulation increase. 
That, it is said, was due to the rate 
»t which the regular Telegraph 
leaders were leaving the paper. In 
the final showdown, to arrive this 
Week, either the Telegraph direc- 
torate will make terms with Tol- 
leson for turning over to him his 
machinery and other effects now 

' In its office in return for his turn- 

- ing back his stock, or there is to be 
something of a battle following. 



IF YOU DONT 
ADVERTISE 
11^ VARIETY 
DON'T ADVERTISE 



WOKE UP AGENT 

Chauffeur Wanted Pennies for Gum 
At S A. M^Assaulted 

Becoming enraged, it was 

charged, because he had been 
awakened to mulie change of five 
cents so as the donar could pur- 
chase chewing gum, Francis Flan- 
nlgan. 31, 102 Boyd avenue, Jersey 
City, agent on the "L." at the 50th 
street station of the 6th avenue di- 
vision, rushed from his change 
booth and assaulted Joseph Wilson, 
438 9th avenue. 
In West Side Court Wilson, pri- 
ate chauffeur, told Magistrate 
Flood it was about 3 a. m. when 
he entered the station and ap- 
proached the change booth. He 
asked Flannigan for live pennies. 
Flannigan, Wilson said, demanded 
to know why Wilson woke him up 
for such a trivial cause and then 
ran from the booth and struck him 
a blow in the face. 

After he had been knocked down, 
Wilson declared, Flannigan kicked 
him several times about the body. 
Following the assault Policeman 
Fowler, West 47th street station, 
was summoned and arrested the 
agent. 

After Magistrate Flood heard 
th« evidence he held Flannigan In 
$100 bAil for trial In Special Bos-' 
sions. * Flannigan denied having 
committed the assault. 




AD LIB LOVE 



Trying to malce ad lib love at 
Broadway and 42nd street is not so 

good as far as Joseph; Medina, 24, 
632 West 42nd street, Is concerned 
Joe's attempted love-making landed 
him 111 a eeil lit tho West Bide 
Court on a chargo tf 'disorderly 
conduct. 

Margaret Bondiettl, 17. 456 West 
43rd street, told Magistrate John 
Flood that Joe had followed her. 
When they reached 42nd street and 
Broadway he grasped her by the 
hand and announced he loved her 
and would not bo happy untl she 
was his. 

The young woman pushed J..»c 
away and screamed to TraflAe Po- 
liceman Morrissey. The policeman 
took Joe to West 47 th street station 
and later to court. There Joe 
promised Magistrate Flood he 
would not annoy the girl again 
with his love-making, arid the case 
was dismissed. ' '■' ■ 



HOMES FOR ACTORS 



(Continued from page 1> 

first that a city and a union have 
combined to furnish housing fa 

cilities. 

The development lies in a con- 
i^lent section. Instead of large 

apartment houses small villas will 
be built, in which over 200 actors 
and their families can be housed. 

The two-room apartment will be 
most numerous. Tennis court.? and 
other sporting fields are to be in 
eluded on the grounds, and the Lse 
of these will be free of charge for 
the residents. The rents are to be 
very reasonab!e; indeed, the at- 
tempt will be made to keep them as 
low as that of a single furnished 
roo«i, •• ■■■ 



Peoria Leggers Sentenced 

Peoria, 111.. Nov. 16. 

Henry Walton, reputed monarch 
of the Peoria bootleggers, and 18 
members of his gang, were assessed 
fines totaling |14,800 and sentences 
of six years and six months in jail 
and the state penitentiary. 

Walton's fine was $10,000 and he 
got a year in the county jail, to be 
followed by two year? in Fort 
Leavenworth. 



Green Mill's New Show 

Chicago, Nov. 16. 
A new show opens at the Green 
Mill (cabaret) tomororF night. Joe 
Lewis, master of ceremonies, with 
Gladys Kramer, McCurte Sisters 
and Doi oe T.,rslio nids. 

The .show, in the form of a re- 
vue, will have 10 girls. It has been 
staged by Archie D. Scott of the 
BchOOley ofllce. and undor the 
?mr»rv l n ion of l i i< ;hmnnd . nin ii atcU 



AUTO AS JINX 



Superstition as applied to 
automobiles is causing a fig- 
urehead in the music field, na- 
tionally prominent as well as in 
Times Square, to rid himself of 
one magnificent bus. 

The certain person in ques- 
tion seeks to sell a $12,000 Job 
Simply because a few 1925 
champions owned the same 
make of car and lost their 
titles in 1926. The owner fig- 
ures that what happened to 
others may happen to him. He 
believes the car has something 
to do with the Jinx. 

Hence, for $4,250 some one 
can have a $12,000 machine, 
less than a year old. deliv- 
ered f. o. b. 48th street. 



FUNNY STORY TOLD 
BY THIEVING TELLER 



Court Refused to Allow 
Complaiit WilUrawD 

D«spite that Tinll Bloch and 
Luciu Morrealc, who alleged that 
they had been victimised out of 
considerable sums by Eugeno Bar- 
ron, 31. violinist, 894 Rogers place. 
Bronx, through their attorneys 
stated to Magistrate Flood that 
they wanted to withdraw their 
charges, the court ruled otherwise 
and held the violinist for the action 
of tlie Grand Jury. Bail of $500 was 
fixed, which was obtained. 

Barron was arrested after a four- 
year search. He opened an ornate 
ofllce at 1540 Broadway. His clients 
were mo.stly mu.«;icians and folk in 
the tiieatrical business. Detectives 
James Btapleton and Louis Schaef- 
fer stated to Magistrate Corrigan. 
who heard the case on Barron's 
first arraignment, that Barron had 
fleeced many victims amounting to 
the tune of possibly $71,000. 



HARRY SCUMin 
WED GIRL HE LOVED 



Confesses and Blames Book- 
makers — 3 Bowery Savings 
Bank Tellers Stole $45,000 



▲ "squeal" by one of three bank 
tetters arrested for stealing |4S,000 
froin tho Bowery Sayings Bank at 
Its hraach on Snst 4Snd street, that 
he wag forced to commit the thefts 
by bookmakers resulted in an in- 
vestigation being started by District 
Attorney Banton and PoUoo COBI*? 
missioner McLaughlin. 

The tellers, C. Russell Morton, of 
New Rochelle; Clarence Oliver, of 
Brooklyn, and Reginald Losee of 
Dobbs Ferry, appeared before Judge 
Rosalsky in General Sessions Mon- 
day. Morton and Oliver pleaded 
guilty to indictments charging them 
with grand larceny In the first de- 
gree while Losee took a plea of 
guilty to grand larceny in the sec- 
ond degree. Losee was continued 
under $5,000 bail for sentence Nov. 
29 while the other two were re- 
manded to the Tombs for sentence 
on the same day* 

The three men were arrested a 
week ago after Morton bad con- 
fessed to ticking part in robbing 
the bank, Implicating the other two. 
While under arrest In the District 
Attorney's ofnce Wednesday Morton 
tried to commit suicide by jumping 
through a window on the seventh 
floor of the building. Later he 
made a full confession in which he 
blamed his downfall on tho horses. 
Bet On 10-1 Shot 

Morton, according to his con- 
fession, began stealing small 
amounts from the bank last April. 
Later the other two did likewise. 
Morton began betting on the horses, 
placing his bets with two bookies. 
He lost continually, alwa|« 'Mftting 
on horses suggested |ao bookles, 
he claims. 

When In the "hole" for several 
thousands, the bookies became wise 
that he was stealing from hl.s bank. 
He claims they threatened to ex- 
pose him unless he continued to 



12 'BMktes' Dbcbrged 



The "bookies** again won out in 

Special .Sessions when a doson Were 
acquitted after trial. 

Among those who beat the cops 
were: 

Edward Adler, 27, bookkeeper, of 
1852 West 6th street. Coney Island, 
ai'rcsted at 72nd street and Broad- 
way Julyr^. Beakey told the court 
he observed Adier accepting sup- 
posed bets from numerous men on 
the street; Benjamin Harris. 21. 
Clerk, 91 WiUett street, arrested 
Jan. 17 in front of 42 Broadway; 
Frank Totaro. barber of 439 West 
57th street, arrested at SOI West 
57th street, July 22. 

In each case the Justice held the 
evidence was insufficient. ; 



Judge, Jr. (Ray Perkins) will 

record his piano solos for the 
Brunswick exclusively. Judge. Jr., 
as he is known, conducts a sophis- 
ticated column in "JudfO** and is 
also a radio artist. 

Before connecting with the hu- 
morous weekly, Perkins was a 
songwriter of gofsf pt^lnoiioe 
around ^roadway/ 



get aiorf money auid #taiot more 
bets. 

Finally he won about $5,000 on a 
race and the ne«t day ioeldid to 

place the whole amount on a horse 
of his own choice in tlic hope of 
making a grand dfolin-up. He 
called up one of the bookies, ac- 
cording to his story, and told him 
to place that amount on a ten-tu- 
one shbt. 

The horse won but when Morton 
called up the bookie later he wan 
told by the betting man that as a 
result of InformattOR flro^ the 
owner of the horse that the "jiaK" 
was not in good shape, he had 
failed to place thje bet. Morton, 
disoonratfed* oiOntliiiiod to the 
$6,200 mitii he wns elefiiied out, he 

says. 

The District Attorney and Police 
Commissioner are seeking the 

bookies Morton accuses nnd if thry 
arc located charges will be made 
against thrm on the teller's story. 



Told Court He Wanted To 
After Both Were Arretted— 
Mrt. Schmittp Runaway 

"1 love and want to marry her,** 
declared Harry Schmitt. 28, 150 
W>8t 45th street, who says he is an 
interior decorator for various New 
York theatres, arraigned before 
Magistrate Corrigan in West Side 
Court on a charge of abducting 10- 
yi nr-oid Vera Binosky. of St. BOBe« 
dlot. Fa. 

Magistrate Corrigan looked at the 
dark -haired girl before him and 
then asked her if she loved Schmitt. 
When she said she did he permitted 
the couple to go to the MunicipfU 
Building and be married. 

After the ceremony had been per* 
formed Schmitt was brought back 
to court and the charge was dis- 
missed, the magistrate offering his 
congratulations. Vera then was 
brought to the Women's Court, 
where she was held on an incor- 
rigibility charge. Upon Magtatmte 
Renaud hearing the couple had been 
wed he dismissed that charge and 
also extended his felicitations. ' 
Met Husband on Broadway 

Schmitt was arrested Sunday by 
Policeman Thomas Egan, West 47th 
street station. In his room at tho 
46th street address. Several weeks 
ago Vera ran away from her home 
In St. Benedict, Pa., because of fam- 
ily trouble and came to live with 
her grandmother In Brooklyn. 

Slio soon tired of the exacting 
rules of her grandmother and de- 
cided to strike out for he r ss lf t Mho 
came to New York and thought of 
becoming an actress. Strolimg 
along Broadway she encountered 
flelMittt; It was a ciMo of loyo at 
first sight and the couple entered 
Into conversation. Later Vera ae- t> 
conipanied Schmitt to l\is apart- 
ment S«d then wr«to a Mler to her 
mother. 

The mother communicated with 
the grandmother and the latter * 
rnvnc to New Tork. She had Police- 
man Kgan accom|»any her to the 
45 th street apartment, where the 
couple were found and arrested. 
Both declared they loved each other 
and wanted to be niarriod. 

Schmitt told the nuigistrate he Is 
employed in a Wi»w Tork theatre 
at present and Within a few weeks 
when things are dull he and His 
bride will go on a shart 
moon. 



with the Edw, Van organization. 
Sol Wagner and his band remain. 

The Lambs Glut,, In rr rf)U'nltion of 
Daniel Frohman s 44 years' service 
as an officer and president of the 
Actors* Fund, made Mr. Frohman 
an honorary member. 



"ROUND THE SQUARE 



40 Miles for Curious 

The "wise" ones maintain it's not morbid interest but lust another 
objective, that's why these Sunday wcol<-en«ls New Brunswick, N. J , 
is the destination of so many Times square motgrists where at the same 
time they can view Debussy T^rfine, the now notorious crabanple tree, 
the Summit, N. J., courthouse, and all the rest of tho Halls-Mill props. 
It's a 40-mile drive from Main street on a nice route a ndr SA the motor- 
ists maintain, a relief from the .«?ame up-country trips. '■■'^ ' ^ ^ '/ 



HOTp. MAID HELB 

riendlng not gulify to a larceay 
charge and waiving examination In 
West SidO CiraH ttetofo Iffaglstraito 
.John Flood. Anna Crollr, 19, a for- 
mer mnld in the Tfotel Astor, was 
held for the action of the Grand 
Jury In connection with the thoft 
of a $2.K00 diamond ring Owned llf 
Mrs. Hugo Ricsenfold. 



3* Card's New Raci-.ct 

A new racket has been evolved by the manipulators of pasteboards 
necessary for the three-card rnontc swindle. Information regarding it 
has been furnished Variety by the secretary of the Magicians' Club, who 
noted in a previous column on this pilge the three-card men operating 

in Times Square, 

Whereas, the former big come-on- In a three-card gamble was to bend 
a comer of one card, the new stunt Is to tear off one corner. Either 

bent or torn the manipulator of course bends or tears off a corner on 
another card. The bent corner card was looked upon as a pipe by tlio 
saps, so there's no tellini; hoW Strong they will go for the tciiring thing. 

The Magicians* Club has had made a one-reel moving picture full of 
the tricks of the sharps, ernd and Others. It will bo placed probably on 
regular exhibition, or should be. 



The fastest and trickiest idewalk worttcr of the year is the bird Who 
sells the little wrist wat< !i<vs for n quarter. He has at least six or 
eifrhf Khninbers who sten up and buy. 



How About Miami This Winter? 

Letters from Miami don't hold out IiImtIi hojieM for the usual winter 
down there. Despite a desire in that j^ection of Florida to cover up tl»e 
eflfccts of the hurricane, to promote the usuaI /cod south of cold weather 
evaders, the stories say Miami is not In any too good a shape. 

And also despite Its condition ' Miami I«t still doling upon MkIi prices, 
in and outside of its hotels. One letter bitterly compluined on that score. 



f AW ¥ANK& (mS 



^Continued from page l) 

father. Merino empiiaslzed his 
action by warning the nianagement 
that his daughter was under It. 
Also that her night club coiineetiM 
was against his wishes. 

Jola and her sister. Juliette, had 
been appearing In the revue for 
some weeks without knowledge ol 
M. Merino, their father, who later 
explained matters by stating lie had 
boon estranged fr^ his wifo wHh 
whom the daughters live. Juliette 
Is 18 the father said but even at 
that he doesn't want her eitber 
dlAfiortlng berlMlf In the chorus of 
a floor show. 

Upon admonition from the father 
tiiut the cafe owners would ilnd 
themselves in considerable trouble 
if they kept the girls employed In 
the show he departed with both. 
The girls have not returned since 
nor will the management permit 
them to. 

Later Merino exr>lained that his 
detection of the method in which , 
his daughters wore earning a liveli- 
hood came quite by accident. He 
•said he was passing the lOverglades 
Sunday afternoon and became at- 
tracted by the semUnude displays 
outfront. A elose-iip on the photos 
convinced him his daughters were 
in the group. He returned Sunday 
evening for the dinner show. When 
the girls made their appearance on 
the floor ho Jumped out and 
o r d cred them back to their dressing 
rooms to don street clothes and ae* 
eompany lilm out of the place. 

The episode created conj^ldcrabl 
commotion which eventually quiet 
ed down, after .M( rliio ha4^#<l 
noun' T'l h\h Identity to the mm 
agenicnL . 



1 



w 



VARIBTY 




itelt'« Liffht Show 

Tu««day. 

Oear Mazie: 

Just a Bbow iMt liirbt at the 
•tet*. The only one worthwhile 
9jol on the bill waa Ruth Roye. 
She's got that little eomethins that 
put« over a sons. Kids ooBStantly. 
IiiMTlr^ real sweet in a pink geor- 
Kttte evening gown trlmoMd with 
illver spanglee. 

Wish you coulA have seen Bud 
and Slinor ColU two kida doing 
parlor tricks. Took mo back to the 
days when I had to perforin for 
oompany. My specialty was the 
mtm% nnie Blue and the Oray.** 
That's going back some, Mas. The 
boy does impressions of .Eddie 
Tiioniri. Pat Roonsy and Qoorse 
Wlltla. If ho would put them all 
together he would have a protty 
routine Cor himself. 

Taleattaio*s picture, "Four 
Hersemon." Blew out on this ^uae 
I had seen it at the Capitol. 

So. my evening was rather Quiet 



couple, Rascly and Gunther, have 
good voices. The kind you hear at 
a strawberry festival. Haven't the 
slightest idea of stage poise. XVs 
too bad. too, 'oauso thoy ' hava 
cute act. 



Mustsohed Cowboy 

Saturday. 



Can you coneeive a wild cowboy 
with a cute mustache? I saw one 
the other night in a picture called 
nrho Desert's TolL** 
Francis McDonald. 

He is a good cowboy, too. Just 
another one of those western 
Btertsa. Olvo thoai pMity of 
spaces — and air! 

In this one they really use the 
desert. Kathleen Kay plays the res* 
eosd' pal, and aha** okay. Anna 
May Wong ss an Indian dame Is 
Kood. aathottgh it Is Just.f blC 



CURE FOR CANCER 

(COBtlniiod txom page t> 
the country, amongst whom and 
prominent Is Dr. J. Willis Amey, 
known to hundreds of professionals. 

The International sent out its 
story following a reversal of the 
attitude on the Glover discovery by 
the Canadian Lancet, a medical 
joumaL The Lancet disorodlted the 
Olover euro for soma tlai% but In 
tta roeoni tsMia approvad 0f the 
Olavar azperlmittta 
It la wtsrgtMi that thsra Sa no 

claim made or arged of a complete 
cure for cancer. Physicians con- 
cerned say they have teen able to 
check tha dlg<iti and prolong lives 
of sullararg. 

•tomaf It 

According to the account of 60 
cancer cases under observation and 
treatment but. Xt have succumbed. 
Thia Is laokai vpott aa vsauurkable, 
since tha CHover enra has been ap- 
plied only to those in advaueod 
stages. Several ef the patients have 



ht m Mm^ maH 



Not 9o Wtincy 

Thursday. 



rm sore at the world after seeing 
the dog "Peter the Great" in the 
picture "King ot the Pack.'.* 

It mada mo thiali af my police 
dog, Wep. ^ He could do - all live 
stunts thlA dog does and then some. 
Pater s 4s great at turning door- 
knah*. Mr Mia him out. 

Thought sura Wlien they started the 
fire that he would put it out. 'cau.se, 
you knoWf my bound was a regular 



The dame that he rescues con- 
stantly. Charlotte Stevens, is Just a 
kidf but she hardens her face by 
mykinf out her oyohcowa an* 
idlipil .fiiHill ones on heraili; * . 
Dirty Faeo 

"Speed erased," atarring BiUy 
MUfM^ A naw fsoa ta hut 
atiU, maybe not. If I could hava 0Ot 
a good look at this guy I might say 
pretty nice, but when they told him 
to JikMctt up to look «tny. believe 
me, hitbyr ha dML fia Iraa Almail ip 
blackface. 

It was one of those Vfild. auto 
taaia. mdor tilfflcultlea hel made 
the grade to get to the race course, 
Just in time to drive the car for the 
father of the. girl he loved, and 

stttrliii^lMiiiiy'd toaftkrail^^'^n^'v ' 



the 
and 
atj 



Burlesque Now 
What a difference the burlesque 
ikiim -M today and the ansa we saw 

a few years ago! Can you Imag- 
ine, Maz, not a fat jane in the 
chorus, ^ good looking bunch, but 
tih^liiifr aft atoiles as far as the 

audience was concci ned at the stage 
door. Ah, but the drummer; he l-s 
the . sheik to this troupe. 1 looked 
1^ OTer myself to see what was 
the great attraction. Failed to see 
anything unusual about him — so, aa 
you always say, it must be his per- 

•ooitlty. 

I miased the great prima donna 
in ••The Big Sensation" at.tlie Co- 
lumbia warbling away on a ballad 
Hava a soiithem dame, Minnie Mai 
Moore, who has a cute drawl. If 
ehe would let it go.it firould be a, 
laugh, but she tries to overcome, it. 

Tha beauty of the troupe, Qeii* 
rude Beck, hears a marked resem 
blance to KUna Leedom, even to the 
dimples. 

Most of the burlesque shows are 
black and whites. This one is an 
exception.. Judging from the pro- 
gram, this is a family party. Broth- 
mti'mA lista^a giOoro. 



Friday. 

Dear Masle: 

"Forever After" has Mary Astor 
and Ltloyd Hughes, not fdrgettlng 
tha football scenes. The football 
atlilf' is punchless in comil|uriion 
With "The Quarterback." 

Don't you think Mary Astor beau- 
tiful? She looks almost too sweet 
to 1^ true. She and Lloy<{ Hu^es 
makjl a great team. Wotild like to 
seem thrm tof^thei ' abmathing 
worth while. 

Cerinne tilten's ••Drtwik" 

LMI^iitirht at t^e riftl> Avenue t 
naw a cute girl by the name oC 
Corinnc Tilton do a drunk bit. Gee, 
she was gooui 



Dear Mazle: 

What a glorious surprise 
Ekiulty Ball. It was a irand 
brilliant affair, believs mOb 
the Hotel Astor. 

Tl^' room where they haid the 
show was beautifully dffborated. 
Didn't see one fight, avai|V la tha 
early liours. • ' 

They started the show e^Iy and 
had just enough. Kate Smith of 
Honeymoon Lane" c1oai# It wAth 
a coon shouting song. 

Bvary one was there in best bib 
One dress prettier than the other. 

Saw Wllda Bennett with her 
hubby, in her favorite color for 
ovanlag, rod. 

There was one girl who fooled 
many of the wise ones. She had 
hersalt made up. to look as much 
Ilka CHdrla flwaasoar aa possible 
Her gown waa startllair to say the 
least. It was a sea green spangled 
tight-ntting affair. What a noise it 
mada wtoi she walked. Whan the 
boys gave her the heavy 
she purred with joy. 
■ JLouella Parsons looked the pic- 
tar€^ Of health, bvt pltitni^ for the 
coast. Got a chance to see Lawrence 
Gray without the grense paint 
He's handsome and only a kid. Ho 
waa with Bastsr CbtHe^^^illla H itni 
attentive to one of 
kids of "Scandals." 

All in ail a very nice time. Ready 
f* go homa who i i aowia aha got the 
bright idea to give the Black 
Bottom Club a play. Well, we did. 
It's a colored joint that moved 
downtown so that wa folks wouUn't 
have so far to travel to see the 
w. k. dance properly performed. 
I'll say that the girls can step, 

but .«iii*t CSV* fth^iir 

(Iresslnpr. A wee bit 
I'm getting partic. 



GRAY MATTER 




By MOLLIE GRAY 

CTpllMV MAY'S SltTBR) 



A Qirl With a Voice 

The soloist with the "Carnival of Venice" at the Hippodrome this 
week haa a lovely voice and knows how to use it. 8ho appeared Arst as 
a Spaalsh poaaaat and for aa operatic selection wore a costume of silver 
lace over purple satin with a flaring collar of white fur. The dancer 
did her share gracefully In pink georgette crepe with a bodice of sequins. 

The Royal Court oreheatra, all women except tha dirsetor, achieved 
their regal appearanoa in eostumei of orchid satin showing a wide panel 
of silver laoe from neck to hem, and brilliant coronets. The set waa 
colorful and pretty with two bravo lions to help prove the "royalty." 



Amonff Ilia asperlmenting sur 
geons mentioned by The Lancet 
besides Drs. Olover and Amey are 
London MaOsvmMir Hawai««' Seatt 

Donnolly, Warmuth, Wurtz, Glancy 
and White, all located in difterent 
sections of the east. 

During -tha SKpierhnantal period 
extending backward for some years, 
none of the physicians has accepted 
a fee from any patient. With the 
G16Ver dlsaovary ^XMfram frbm 
hprees) now accepted, it is prob 
able the medical men wiU render 
bills for services. 

Murdeck Asked Secrecy 
Mr. Murdock is raported to have 
daaated over $100,000 toward the 

successful experimentation. His 
funds were the foundation for the 
work. How Murdbck boeama Inter- 
eated la unknown. It waa an In- 
sistence upon his part that at no 
time his name be mentioned In con- 
nection. 

Tliat was observed to tha extent 

when a clinical explanation of the 
Glover discovery was held in Phil- 
adelphia about a year ago and much 
publicity, mosdy of an unfavorable 
character, given to it, no mention 
came out of Murdock or his con- 
tinued contributions to the great 
oa^iia tor oVer* 10 yaaM. Seme 
aware of the Murdock donations say 
they will run well over $1,000,000. 
1 Murdock is well known to the 

tha liaeMrthy| g||^ business as a quiet, forceful 
man of extraordinary executive 
ability. As far as ever has been 
learned his only hobby has been 
flowert. Ma is considared one of the 
few great jBhowinen oC America. 
Dr. Antey^s One Dsy Weekly 
Dr. Amey who has his office at 
30f Wast 7ith street, has continued 
with his private practice, taking 
one-day weekly for his cancer pa 
•tients. These have been mostly re- 
fertad to Dr. Amey hy other physl- 
cMuns. Few even of Dr. Amey's In 
timates know of his vast knowledge 
of cancer and interest in the Glover 
methofi; 

The show business looks upon Dr 
Amey as Its own and without the 
knowledge that lie is the best 
veiHei eanoer specialist In New 
York, nor Is Dr. Amey probably 



Clay Crouch and Co. have an unpretentious revue but an entertaining 
one at the American. Tha Berg StetaiiB say they are twins and they are 
attractive ones. Their opening frocks were of ostrich trimmed georgette 
after which they wore pink taffeta the long full skirts of which were 
wired. They sing and dance nicely. The girl who played the vamp 
wore a atraijKhl Una flMt at hraoadad velvet and again an exaggerated 
"vamp" costuma of hlua vsNat and metalle cloth both oC which ftomed 
the train. 

The girl with the Baaa Broa. has a very go6d Voiea and a pleasing 
pMsimilMj but there must be some ^ther song available for sopranos 
other than tlie hit of "The Firefly." A two-piece crepe de chine sport 
dress of two shades, of green was pretty as was also a taffota kid drees 
worn previousl)^ ' 

■aatrfea Lillia as Sef^ntCamadlafine 

Beatrice Lillle makes her picture debut in "Exit Smllinp:," the story 
of a one-night stand theatrical troupe. It gives Miss Ldllle ample op- 
portunity to display her talents in a variety of rolea but that very thing 
makes the ptetura too long; 

She looks like a clever screen comedienne. As the drudge of the 
troupe she also plays the part of a maid in the show but aspires to the 
role of -tha vampire. 
Doris Lloyd and Louisa liorraine did very well, 



"Nsvy" Picture 

the Navy Now" is 



a Scream 

scream. It may 



"We're In the Navy Now" is a scream. It may be a boost for the 
Navy but any young man who Joins thinking to enioy. the life of a sailor 
as much as he did Uiis picture had better remember he. will have no 
director handy to yell "Cut" when they And tha Gapthla -fa the loe box, 
and all tlie other scrapes they get into. 

The only girl, Lorrain ESason, who plays a spy, was pretty but It was 
Just as well there were so few shots of her on the ship aiS tha wind did 
not show her figure to advantage. 

A number of attractive girls are in the restaurant scene in Paris, 
hut the aftenUon naturally otBtared on the" two Inaooants who got aui 
of paying my saying **dlva a Vttla aredit to the Navy.** . 
It Is certainly funny. 

Neither Sax It Waning 

"The Waning 8ex^' makes an Interesting story iv If conclusion could 
be taiwn from it as to which sex is Waning, it is neither. Judging by 
the woman's feelings when the man finally asserted himself, she was glad 
to avoid the third contest which would settle their bet. Norma Shearer 
looks and acta parftctly compatent to win. It Isn't of tan a woamn laugha 
on the screen as attractively and contagiously as Miss Shearer. Sha 
knows how >o cho oas and wear her ck>thes, for sport or formal occa* 
sions. 

Mary McAUster played with good tfraoe tha dlnglnr vine type of 

woman who thought women should have no profession but when she 
admitted having been married twice already Miss Shearer silenced her 
with *^JLaA you say you have no profession?" This w^ one battle women 
could anjoy laatohlng. 



The writers of the advance notices of pictures must have a special 
e:enius of some kind. With tha use. of properly plaoad dashes and a 
string of superlatives thfy make the mast ordinary picture aound like, 
a Griffith masterpiece. 



It will hava to ba a remarkabta llagulst Who wrlteg the Utles for tha 
pictures to he shown the Immigrants on the steamers. 



^:af 



At ths Palace 

' MolVday. 

Dear Masle: 

"Went to tlie Pulace this mat. Got 
a thrill from the opening act, Betan 
court and company. When this fel- 
low placed one leg of a chair in the 

neck of a bottle, I was wondering | aware of that fact himself. 



Wrestling Clinch for Finale 

"Bardclj's Uie Magnificent" has a thrilling love story of the days when 
men were more picturesque. Probably when a wife asked for a hew 

g-own her husband said "Make over my old suits from last year." Kmily 
Fitzroy again plnys a proud and pompous r.iother and Eleanor Board - 
man is charming as Koxalanne, who makes a solemn pledge before a 
shrine to be true to the ''husband of her heart** but a few minutes later 
turns lilm over to the KInp's soldiers as n traitor. The final enibrnce 
was more like a wrestling match but if meant to be funny, it succeeded. 

The outdoor scenes were beautiful and the flight on the white horee 
a picture In itself. 



There was a girl In the Florence 
Powei* act that was a pretty dancer. 
But, i^4y. hi^t, she had thb?e husky 
limbs' tJliat doh*t look good unless 

**i?!5&hed ^Ith six girls drossed 
real fi^y In silver tuxedo . coat* 
witji~ "short black satfh skirts/ 

witli hlack alpuoli hata. Aat walkliif oMt had starftd 
uisayiBesSiBHaimiMlliiimiaisimimiaBmiMaaB^^ 



what would happen If it broke. 

The best laugh was Eddie. Nel 
son. He Is Just a nut, but how they 
love him. He has a girl Just for 
"atmosphere," but she has some fig 
ure. at its best in a gold fringed 
costume with dust color opera hose. 

After intermission -the Oirl from 
Dixie, Ann Suter. She sang a song, 
*T Know My Onions." R goes for 
her, too. Sha wore a black taffeta 
evening gown, cut stralgrht line ef- 
fect in front, but draped at the back. 
It gave her plenty of room to strut 
her stuff, and this Jane needed It. 

I saw dear old Kddie Leonard. He 
was very stingy. Had to beg him 
to sing one of his old songs. They 
are far superior to any that he has 
in this act. An ot<l»oRira of 16, two 
are girls. Five can dance, and kept 
at it through the whole act. 

Florrle Le Vere should be very 
careful of her diction. You know, 
l(id, how easy it is to slip up wlien 
;ybtt talk real fast. 

Hemcmber Trinl, the Spanish 
beaute. She )k-\« un cluborate act 
Pretty but 1 wouldn't rave, 

Tlia liUj r s uH last. Jul e and Carl 
Luster, looked ver.v nifty In tuxedos 
Thoy do all kinds oC qontortion.wlth 
their bodies. 

X was glad that Chic Torke and 
ttose K\r\s: had the two boys, Harry 
Smith an<l Jack Strong, who were 



It is said that from the. manlfes- 
tations so far < the Olover cure for 

cancer seems to be 75 per cent per- 
fected. Experiments are continu- 
ing, 



8 OIKLS IHJU2ED 

Iios Angeles, Nov. 19. 

Two chorus girls In the De Haven 
Revue at the Hollywood Music Box, 
Ellen Merrinoan and Alice Mc- 
Names, sustained a apratnad wrist 
and a fractured arm respectively, 
while performing the Intricate Ser- 
pentine dance, a feature of the 
show. 

The girls will be out of the cast 
for several weeiia. 



stop thsm is sotnething hard to fig- 
ure. 



A College of Flirts 

"College Days" presents Marcellne Day, not only sweet and pretty, but 
capable, as the heroine. DuaneThompson. Kathleen Key and Ir^na 
Murphy* all ooaiiai |ii^ap#<(MB||iiW|^^ cdtloge. Usual foot- 

ball contest with the hero Mkvlat Uid tkih^« lA ma last hWf second took 
up the usual time. 

Perhaps it is the climate in California, at which university the story 
is placed, but apparently the heronie was the only modest yoimg woman*. 
All of the others were always fllrtlngr. Tills won the caiiHe of their quar- 
rel. When Mary found Jimmy in another girl's arms It really wasn't his 
fault, so Mary became the flapplcst flapper of all. 



Barthelmets Doerfn't Change 
On my way down town with my 

Rirl friend saw that Richard 
Barthelmcss's i)icturc. fc>l>e would 
insist on stopping to see It. Was 
sha disappointsdT Not a litfto 

a lot. It was one of those costume 
affairs culled "Tlie Amateur Gentle 



Daughters' Close Confinement 

"The Lily" plves Belle Bennett a role which she plays with sympathy 
and understanding. The proud and selfish fatJier o£ an old l''rench laniily 
keeps his young daughters in seclusion In the chateau forbidding them 
any callers. The older daughter (Miss Bennett), gives "up the younjr 
man neighbor she had met In her pardon, at her father's command, and 
in response to his selfish "Who will take care of me and your young 
sister and brother?" 

Years later when her father'.s rules arc th.^ .musp of her yf»unK flster 
beinp involved in a fcandnl she does what the audience has long wanted 
to do, tells the faUier what she thinks oi him ttnd puts the blame where 
It belongs, on his shoulders. 

Rcata Hoyte is Very good as the younf,' sl.-tor and Ocrtriidr Hhort pla.vs 
the daughter of the sausage kln^' whom the brother was al»out to marry 
for her money when her father called it off because of the scandal. 
Garden scenes, lovely. 



Amusing "Lsdies* 



have seen him in all. He never 
on second to hrlp tliem out. The 1. changes. I'll admit, Maz, he has 
ustial trick of the Palace audience nice eyes, but they'ra not every- 

Howta 'thtnt. 

■^^^MMiiMlMiiiMiMMilitMi 



"Ladies at Play" with Doris Keiiyon, IiOui.se Fuzonda, Klhel Wales and 
man." | Virginia Lee Corbin Is an amusing picture. What lengths a ^'""Jj'" 

Once you see Dick, as his friends will go to for six million dollars and a husl/and! But it was re.m\ i»« 
call him in one of his pictures, you husband she csned about most and she had a lot of fun and ustd 

tricks befi»re landing him. Miss Fa/enda is certainly clever nnti 
wherever she got the idea for her ninke-up, it is a gem, Miss Ken von 
is pretty niid attractively dressed Ihd Miss Corbin handled he» . im» t- 
very capably. 

MiiiMMlisiaiiMiaisiiiliMi^^ 



V^ednesday, November 27, 1926 



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VOL. LXXXV 



NO.S 



S 



IS YEARS AGO 

{From r#rlv «y and •VMpter") 

When James J. Morton found he 
^ bad to follow "Cheyenn* Days," 
\ tabloid rodeo, on the Hamiiitrstelii 
I biU. h« r^BUurked^ 'tlutVs not the 
I. way I like to talHlom Um borMi.'* and 
I «u|t tbt blU» / • ■ 

liifrii. Bva Fay. ^"iUnd MdW** in 

pSj^Htfuvllle. completed arrangements 
r to fo starring In a three-act play, 
''Hallowweirs MilUons." Fanny 
iffMM^i WM eomlBf .Into Vaiid«vUl« 
'%ltli a new ilMtQk. "TM Doctor 
CMifod It.- 

I . Bttiior Roffors Xaow manager 

of the New York Palace) was 
moTod from the Keith small time 
department to take charge of the 
f Fifth Avonuo thoatrob auoeooding 
Bob Irwin, wlio Mt to maoaso 
Flsko O'Hara. ^ 

fat Caaoy Wh-hattod tho vaude- 

busihess by having a telauto- 
ins tailed in : ia agency oAces. 

John W. Oonaldinojwaa in con- 
ference in Chicago with the heads 
,of the W. V. M. A. looking to a 
booking pool of .SulUvan-Considlne 
aatf Western Vaadorlllo. Ifothing 
came of the negotiations, Charles 
E. Bray decided ^ against a merger. 
Both concerns 'competed for outside 
booking la tho far wtat - 




Eva Tanguay retired from Lues- 
dier A Werba's "Little Miss Fix-it.*' 
«■ tour in tho south. Alioo Lloyid 
•tmod Into tho leading rote. 

Henry B. Harris sent "Tho Cave 
to' tko itorchouso, transforlng 

its star, Robert Bdeson, to "The 
Acab," by Edgar Selwyn,' who also 
iMd played the name part until that 
wM. Whon Selwyn loft tho part 
he announced he had rotkod from 
tko otago^or good. 



50 YEARS ACO 

{From "Chpper") 



Robert Fox announced his retire- 
ment from the operation of Fox's 
theatre, Philadelphia and offered the 
Hio o«tabttshm«nt for leaso. Fox's 
Was one of the leading variety 
houses of the country, noted for its 
development of new material. Fox 
Biado.occaaional pilgrimages to tho 
other side and brought back |low 
specialty people. 



CHURCH AS AN ADVERTISER 



'Xrowds comprl iis to use every arailaMo taeli of ipaoo and open 
the doors at 6:30." In advertisement of tho Weoley ChUMh of Min- 
neapolis. 



Kelly and Ryan, the latter Tom 
Ryan (Ryan and Rich field) were 
playing that week with the John 
Stetson show at the Grand, Provi- 
dence. They were brought over by 
Fox and made their first American 
appearance at tho Philadelphia 
house, doing a song and dance. It 
L was years after that Ryan created 
L th^ Mike Haggerty character. 

P; Bdwin' Booth had Jiist finished an 
•ight-week engagement in San 
Francisco. The Coast correspond - 
ont of "The Clipper" panned the 
tragedian for the low coniedy busi- 
ness he used as Petruchio in "Tam- 
ing of the Shrew," complaining that 
ke turned the comedy into broad 
^arce. (Apporontly tho great tn««- 
oian was a shrewd dealer in hokum 
on occasion.) 



Joseph Hart, in later years a pro- 
ducer of acts and musical pieces, 
a comedian. He had Just 
■••ntfct suit for breach of eontract 
against Harrigan * Hart. Who ran 
uie Comique. 



Indian upriolngs broke into print 

frequently. This time 8,000 restless 
eiJ"* attacked a Shoshone camp of 
•00 lodges to settle some inter- tribal 
grudge and killed all the Shoshone 

braves but one. This happened in 
^yjtning Territory', while "Buffalo 



Why are the doors of any church locked on a BvndaarT 
The church as an advertiser! Look at tikis! 



f 



WESLEY'^ 



lUtaRDOIS 



' V . ^ 
( C A 'J \ 

' HtAM 



FSATURES: 
arffssB^dld T:lt.1HHWslmsa.MscPksa. Mr. Arekie 
Harrow Mim MstiH* WaltonTNoted Negro Tcaor sad 
Contralto Soloiets. Edocstcd at New Itegbind Coasms* 
"iSH^ Uipiic, Germsay. sad ConMHMIi 
\VJL.ll «»!W*««Jf-ioWle«s.PlsaUtlos Mile* Wit 

Uglitsd Comb Bmke. Besatifal H«m« Scene 

CROWDS 

Con pel as to um every avallsble isch of soset sad os^n 
tke doors at 2.500 eeoU. csa get lyew >il» 

Bear. Spedal Stfeot Car " " »J W eteeoi 

10I4SA.M. M 



6r Frank Lee Roberts 



at^ ia^va ie 



le the church to liliy a dual.rolef Am 
show business. 

No theatre man will accept any church as serious opposition or as a 
competitor. But the show business knows the church is often an antagon- 
lier and agitator against Sunday perfonnancee- In a theatre. Nor has 
tho church over modified its attacks upon tho theatro or amusements 
when a ne-gate prevailed upon the Sabbath, with a contribution box 
passed around inside. Tet the contribution box must ha^o started on 
its trairoto In tho 'Wesley Church last Sundajr* - 



RIGHT OFF HIE DESK 

By NELLIE REVELL 



TrsditionsHy for years, ages, the physician and the lawyer have been 
ethically forbidden to advertise. It's a befogged notion probably sourced 
in the by-ways of the horse drawn i^ifMil iirr^^ tha yOl.doetor, be- 
fore the R. F. D. so proiaptly BOMlBlilieii 
that was advertised* - ; * " 

''Divoroos ior M oenta a doaen within !• dayiT as an i i ^srtiie m ent 

surprises no one these dajra. But the eminent attorney someone should 
have can't be located unless his name is known, |<l9r t^ spteialist 
SBMng physicians and surgeons. *^ 

What better service could -the New York **Times" which censors its 
advertising so creditably, perform than to carry a paid for advertising 
directory of leading attomeya' and physieianb, fooomaoBdod by It? 
the County Medical Society or the Bar Association or tho tra4|tt(WI 
no. Tet quacking fakofs„oiMB^ advertise all aw the l«t» . 

^ '-^ . . " . ■ 

NoHilRfl ethibal or unethloal to a Mfreh advertising or llghtUig vp Its 
front on Sunday and meeting nights. Nothing to advertise "Hasardous 
Men" in display for the catch line and "Christ for America" as the 
SQuarer. in the advertisement above which appeared in the Minneapolis 
••TrthunaT'v' ^' 



Why not a mind reader, which is a fortune toller under another name, 
or a "girl act" on the pulpit or what may bo uasA for a stage by a church 
that gives a Sunday show? For the above program is a Sunday perfonp- 
ance. In New York and other cities it would list as a Sunday show to 
conform with the Sunday law. There are no bla^ckfaoo comedians, 
dancers or aorohata hi It* 



The church can not fight the theatre and . eomorelally OfpaM the 

theatre. Tliat is unfair competition. 

''Drswfng 'em in" may be a part of a' minister's mission. He must 
talk to someone and must draw his salary also. But if ministers or any 
or a few or many decide the best way to get a crowd on a Sunday is to 
advertise for them with "attractions," won't at least the church leave 
the theatre aUmf Tr^ Thhl vnoh^houid bo weasiifiH hir tha ahavoh* 

Conoodina that there are ^bHdti^tMMitlea «v Maiaes among the 

clergy, still the example of this advertisement may spread. It's not the 
first advertisement of its character to appear in a Minneapolis daily. 
Last week the display line in tlie same church's advertisement was 
"Dangerous Qiril.f Miool 

Publicity seeking ministers have brought wreckage to humanity in no 
small doses. That enters under the heading of . reforming. That is the 
easiest an^ quickest way fer a minister to have his name and perhaps 
his picture printed. What the side line is that* goes with It. who knows? 
It wouldn't be a bad scheme for the picture business to commence to 
compile data and statistics upon ministers. A clipping bureau will 
furnish plenty; They may come In handy some day — any day* And If 
the church is going to attack and oppose the theatre at the same time, 
the day will arrive when the theatre must fight back. It can't fight as the 
church does tho theatre under the guise of a religious 



\ 



QjSIDE STUFF 

ON LEGIT 



playing in New York In 

The Bcout.*^ 



»^^<*^by Newcomb was the popular 
FTopsy in the important productions 
«f ••Uncle Ttm^M Cabin," doing a 



The Theatre Guild takes possession of the new John Golden theatre 
next Monday. The house was reconstructed from a stable but represents 
a total investment of 1300,000, of which Arthur Hammerstein owns a 
quarter interest. Under the terms of tho rental, the Oulld agrees to 
pay on the basis of pix per cent of the investment, plus 25 per cent of 
the house profits, the Guild having the privilege of buying the house for 
$400,000 after three years. 

It is not generally known, but Fnmces Starr has a good soprano voice, 
^fiss Starr has always refused to use her vocal accomplishment in any 
way, other than "speaking lines." 

"Broadway" and "The Nooso," both current on Broadway, each has a 
cabaret scene, with one suggesting the other according to which play 
is first seen. " B r oa dw a y," at t he B r o a dh urst, Is a co m ed y; "Th e N ooso " 
Is a drama. 

At the recent premiere of the drama at the Hudson, Willard Mack, 
author and star of the piece, In response to » curtain call, appeared and 
said: 

"Ladies and gentlemen: I am obliged to maka * mmdk, prtoeipally 

to show I can. 



Whoever said yellow was a hoodoot It used to be a theatrical super* 
stition — In fact not so many years ago no actress would have dared 
wear a yellow costume on th« stage for the manager would have ck )ee4 
her immediately, liut now U^ey even name shows for the color. 

And "Yellow* as a show, has been luckly to at least tvo persona^ 
Chester Morris, who is in that production, and Sue Kilborn, who has 
been playing In the Famous Player-Lasky stock company on Long 
Island. Last Monday morning they showed up together at the Morris 
home, all solemnly and properly and sOUdly l e ei iif ta each others 

I know of only one other family where a new daughter-in-law Is eo 
enthusiastically received. It was a complete surprise to the bride's 
parents and as for Mr. and Mrs. Morris, Sr., though they have been 
accustomed to the dcama for years, this bit left them dumfOunded. But 
after he had somewhat recovered from his surprise, father supplemented 
the. paternal kiss with: "This ia a nice way to start the week." And 
mother said: ^es, even on wash day you are wetoomo.** But she ad4eA 
the opinion that it was wondegjftil it .iMfcfa:* .fciaillfiil. tiKglllM 
and handed right over to her. 
Later Chester phoned the news to George M. Cohan, his producer. 
"That's great*** temmented Mr» f^Ohan. "But It waaat la thi 
Don't you know you're not supposed to ad lib on ^hMpl^^ 
me know when you're going to spflng new lines." ; 



Ampng those whose memorlea will ho honored at tho annual 

of tho Catholic Actors' Guild on Monday, Nov. 22, at St. Malachy's a* 
those who in life were friends of all in tho profession. In ileath % 
should not forget them and it is an honor to^be able to hroadoast to 
invltatioh of the Guild to every man and woman of iha ttnatt% Pi0|Pi« 
less of creed. Let those of us who are still here honor the diM jlpili 
would wish to bo honored wOava ^ed Mmi^ ^ 

Bvory theatrical man and woman wIm has gone to Vmrtm 1m tha last It 
years knows Carrie Swleve King. For sha has been the Paris cor* 
respondent for several American papers for a number of years and many 
a nice bit of publicity has appeared on this side via her nimble brain 
and llngera. She returned to Ammlm^mimM lhat spring la pfapai#flf 
an eye operation— which journey. tH'' mf lliiilli mtmmtM HHi- lk..^m$9' 
pliment to American surgeons. 

But It has not been a lucky trip for her. She was spending the few 
weeks at tho CadUlao^hotel and met with an accident in tho hoMI altva* 
tor. Her foot vaa hMr MiM nnA |i la fmnA aha nin Itia Mp it 

toes. ■ ...■''r..-r/-y 



My can on Dorothea Aatel Sun d ay dloikaei «a M 

was trying hard to be cheerful, she is not as happy as I, usually see her. 
The shop she started on West 7 2d street, in an effort to make herself 
Independent. Is proving somewhat of a mental and financial responsi- 
biuty. And In addition i^m UmB WU m y^ M had day* loHely when she has 
suffered much pain. 

It would be such a little thing for members of the profession to do 
if they were to buy their Christmas cards and small gifts from Dorothea's 
shop. She has marvelous things aft mrlcee substantially under those of 
the downtown shops. Purchasing from her would mean that each Christ* 
mas card and gift would do triple duty. It u^uld be sure to please tho 
recipient. It would hulld up DerattMa^i woralo and tha thought of that 
should put tho C9tflataM:aMfiMi^^i^<iti>>^ ■ H M n isis H a sie .^ 



Now that "Ilappy Go Lucky" has closed. Mr. Ziegfeld has fallen heir 
to a mighty fine number for one of his new shows. It is "In Yaude* 
ville" the outstanding hit of "Happy Go Luoky*" Mr. ZlegfsM aSfi^lMI^ 
over Madoilaa Cameron and Walter Whitehead iHMi ipt ti 



Clarence Wllle^s (only one T, Betty), leaves New York today. He will 
be In advance of tho "Foine<. which releaaea Bemprd Hobel to come 
back to New York, exploit the new Slegfold 
until one of the nowahowa .ateda a manager. 

' ^ ^ , 

Harry (Oang Ph^rttf AaHn l i lltM i aa thM; 1ir«. fhl Campbell, CMl 
Kimball Young and Fay Courtndy IN JM ipm m dli^ 'iftiM hiiM . 
arrived on the "Majestks." ^ ™ 

St. Louis hick to theatrleal attslni la hiaaklag M-Sf. M^ ooonor dM 

they get Eddie Sullivan back there than they lost Oeear Dane, manf^gef 
of the Liberty theatre in the Missouri metropolis. Almost they lost 
him for good, too, for he has been in tlie Lenox Hill hospital. New York, 
for the past three weeks and at one tima was to a critical condition. 
However, St. Louis can begin cheering up again. A call st the hospital 
Sunday disclpsed that he is convalescing, though even now ho to a long 
ways' ' ■ ■ ' 



J. Frank Davis, author of "The Ladder" and Mrs. Davis left yesterday 
for their home In San Antonio. Mr. Davis, former newspaper editor, now 
author and playwright, and his ehaniilag wife were to Now Tprpt $0^ 
several weeks, attending rehearsals aC LMMtf^ Mi* #illlillj|iilir.4^^^ 

see it. launched at Jthe Manefleld. ^ . 

Oh boy. can't those Notre Dame boys ptoy leotball? Zika ovary other 
Indianan, I claim that while the Klan n)ay have put a few spots on the 
state shield, the N. D. team is good enough to redeem Indlana,nnd half 
a doaen stotos thrown to. Ufa a fob4 thtog Knute Itnrlriii Tipa't 
coachtog the Germans to tha Um war^^^ WWM %00mttM% < 
armies to beat them. t f' 




know that "tito Maifto* M Written isiig hiiiw that aOier pli|^ fPtol 

produced. 

"And as you depart if there is any question left In your mind wUI you 
please believe this: That I never have borrowed anything on Broadway 
esoepting money/* '".v.,-^'^ t- - 



The new Pauline Lord play. "Daifies Won't Tell." Is the work of two 
young authors. George Winter and Leonard Cllne. Cline to a newspa:>er- 
man of excellent standing, most recently on thO New Tork "W^Hd." Bo 
is also the author of two novels. "God Head" and "Listen, Moon.** In 
addition to the play which Miss Lord Is now engaged for under the 
Sam H. Harris management, Clino may dispose of two other plays 
shortly. 

Horace Llverlght, the book publisher, who is a legit producer on the 
elde. has two attractions on Broadway, "An American Tragedy," hit at 
the Longacre, and "Black Boy," yet to show the form of a avcoesft 

The latter show was well regarded on tryout and Llverlght figured It 
a cinch In New York. On the other hand he did not expect "American 
Tragedy" to draw big money and expected to pay the losses on it from 
the profits on "Black Boy*" 

It'a just the other way around. 



If 
ham 



'a understood that in tho new Pau l Whlteman sho w Charles DUIi na* 
t will produce and pay the bandmaster $9,600 weekly. Wbiteman'a 
contribution will be in the second act, cabaif^t Hrene. The 8l*e of White- 
man's salary In a musical production and a record for a show of that 
type, pussies many show people as to how DllllnKham can afford tt. 
Partial payment Is expected to be returned to Diningham through White« 
man's Sunday night concerts during the Show's run. The Sunday Bight 

^. — Upghaiy. 



M 



VARIETY 



LEGITIM ATE' ' 




Wtdnesday, Novtmber IT, 1926 



PIIILLY EXPECTS 8 HOUSES 
IN M THEATRE DlSERia 



Move of 6 Blocks West Due to P^nn R. R. Terminal 
<— Fenrett Cewing Powi>~Fok and Stanley Build- 
ing Big Ones — 2 to 4 Legit Houses Going Up 



KATHERINE CORNOi IS 
ACOAOIED AT HONE 



Buffalo Dailies Front Page 
Actress and Play- 
Father Waalthy 



After A tail ta thm,%f biilldiiif 
of several seasona. and a far longer 
period without any change in the 
lineup of legitimate bounea, there 
M '^Hmff tadfosUon that this ctty 
W Is for an Influx of both. Be- 
tween reportR, rumors and definite 
certainties, it looks as if Fhiladel- 
piiiSf «ltbia tiM Mat esuple of 
years, wlU bare from two to four 
new legitimate houses and the same 
number of theatres devoted to 

lllllMl. ' 

One theatre Is already buiit. but 
as yet without takers. Thin is the 
Auditorium that forms a part of 
tbo Mg Me* biilMlas at Broad 
and Locust streets, across from the 
Academy of Music. This was built 
by real estate Interests here with 
tho orlglasl Intoatlon o< boln* used 
as a substitute for tlib Forrest 
(syndicate house), which is to be 
torn down the first of next March 
to SMka way for a ■kyaerapor. 
Something happened that made the 
capacity far less than expected and 
since the Forrest shows are of a 
iiralMillMiB-' ' -iM/t^'^ 4Vbi ' iiMsirMyi 
and spectacles), the Stanley com« 
pany of America, which owns the 
syndicate chain here, turned down 
tha Mw iMWHr TIM aMbivIs 
lowed suit shortly after. Since then 
there have been rumors that in- 
dependent organisation might take 
It.. 0»» t t i >r t IH » f n l^ i rw 

latsrestlng capital in this line, and 
anothet mentioned James Beury, 
owner of the Walnut. Both were 

without HMsisnis; 

The latest story was that the 
Warner Brothers would take the 
Auditorium for Vltapbone, but talk 
has acala «M1 AMMItot- 

orally this house is of the best, but 
because of location and capacity it 
has been figured it could not "make" 
with the rental MlML ^ 

Last Saturday, one of the even- 
tag papers here published a story 
relative to theatrical realty plans 
and ta ctadad oMBtloa 4if tha Chanln 
Construction Co., of New York, be- 
ing about Xo take a lease on a new 
theatre in Philadelphia "believed^ to 
bo* the theatre ta tha tl<'«lary 
Equitable building being aira^lad at 
Broad and IjOcliRt streets.** 

Boom Part of Town 

The same story Intimates that 
new UMatM te e0et, in toM, |26,- 

000.000, are to bo built In the cen- 
tral district her© within a few 
years. It goes on to say that "pow- 
erful t es Mr sud tiMitriiiaf ItitereoU 
have been secretly afesembling new 
theatre sites on Market street and 
vicinity for more than two years* 

Tbio loeality is Mlevsd i& be 
the boom part of the town due to 
the building of the new Pennsyl- 
vania T'ermlnal on the western 
bank of tiM Msyatfll sM UM tear- 
Ing down of the tracks that lead 
into the present Broad street sta- 
tion, making way for a boulevard 
with hotela and big stores planned 
to line It This plan Is fixed, and 
work Is actually started on the giant 
project 

**One deflalte Seatttte at tlie . naw 

theatre development Is the new 
Forrest theatre to be erected at 21st 
and Msniet streets, to be completed 
by next fail, and Uke the plaee of 
the present Forrest. This will seat 
1,800 and will cost $1,500,000. One 
part of tbe plan calls for a six- 
story dressing room sectlonV and a 
stage 40 feet deep and 40 feet wide. 
It wiU occupy the northwest cor« 



MISS SEGAL WALKS OUT 
OF 'CASTLES'-NO 'CUT' 



With 'fady Fair,' t« Be Re- 
ludAcd 'Desert Song — 
'CaetleV Closing Threat 



Schwab & Mandel's new musical 
comedy, "Lady Fair," now playing 
In Botten. whl be renaified *^e 
Desert Song" when opening on 
Broadway In two weeks. It has been 
booked for the Casino the week of 
Nov. Jt. 

On one day's notice "The Vaga- 
bond King" was moved out of the 
Casino to the Century, exchanging 
place with '^e Fsarl of Great 
Price." The "Pearl" a'as doing so 
badly at the Century that the Shu- 
berts figured on salvaging It from a 
total wreck by downtown spotting. 
With the definite booking of "Lady 
Fair" the "Pearl" will either have 
to find another hotiiM or disappear. 

Vivlenne Segal will enter the cast 
of the Schwab & Mandel piece, 
probably late this week, replacing 
Mildred Parleette,.an opera singer. 

Miss Segal walked out of "Castles 
in the Air," at the Selwyn, Satur- 
day, tearing up her run-of-the-play 
eentrlMt tMMMi «MiMd 4a out iMr 
salary. 

It is claimed J. W. Elliott, the 
producer, stated the show would 
Imve to doee ttaleee ail 'tbek the 

cut. Miss Segal replied she would 
not accept less money, but would 
withdraw, and thereby keep the 
•tew golBs. Ntllte at the *«OMtles" 

closing? had been posted early. last 
week but taken down again. 

Era Briggs has replaced Miss 
Segal In '^Qigtles.*' Mtaa Briggs 
is from Kansaa. Last summec she 
appeared in Miss Segal's rule when 
the latter was ill for several weells 
and has remained with tha com- 
pany M understudy. 



Eqnity Stops '^cik"; 
.Dam' Phy RebearsiBg 



Kquity callod a halt on rehearsals 
of a play called "Veihi" Monday. 
The pleee had been rstiearsing six 
weeks at the Grove Street down- 
town little theatre. Irving K. Davis, 
former press agent, authored the 
plar. M lis wlfe^ Berllia Sviad, 
was la He lead. 

Davis requested Equity to permit 
two more weeks of rehearsals say- 
ing that was MMmry as the di- 
rector, EdimA JOlMMlr, kad fVAiked 
out. 

With no security posted to cover 
saliMrles and tli* i l ay i w i had not 

been paid for overtime rehearsing, 
the company was ordered to dls 
continue until satisfactory financial 
ar 



''GORBiA" JUDGMENT 



No sooner had this definite an- 

noiuicem«nt of the new Forrest 
been made than another story ap 
peared In the papers relative to a 
now Oarrick theatre to take the 
place of the present Garrick, an- 
other syndicate bouse, and consid- 
erably older than tha Forrest. This 
is on Chestnut itreel, and is part 
of a rather large office building 
owned by the WeiKhtnian estate. 
The story has not been veriricd, 
and there are many who doubt 
whether this property on Chestnut 
street will be touched since the 
ownerf have expressed themselves 
as siktisfled with the present status 
and revenues. Then, too, wherea.<», 
becauas t>f high reny^,J|h| ^cdri^s^ 

' (Contliiiied an pdffe If ) 



Richard Krakeur, as as.Mi«;noe of 
Will Morrlssey, has taken Judgment 
for $1,614.5S against the Gorilla 
Corp., producers o£ "The Gorilla.' 
based on a contract for five per 
cent of the net proflta to Morrlssey 
The latter assigned to Krakeur. 

Morrlssey was .^crountcd for- to 
the extent of $2,266.36. but claimed 
14,777.78 and sued for the $2,511.42 
difference. After suit was brought 
the Gorilla Corp., James W. I 
Elliott and Balph Spence, its offl 
eers, agreed to eettle for $2,510.08 
In $500 weekly Installments, . 
which 11,000 was paid, leaving the 
$1,590.03 to come. 

Judgment for this was auto 
matlrally entered, the difference to 
$1,614.53 being for costs and inter 



THBOGKVOETOV DITOHCE 

Rocheeter, N. Y.. Nov. It. 

A divorce action has been com 
menced her^ by Mrs. Katheryn 
M. Throckmorton against Cleon 
Throckmorton, acenic artist, of 10> 
What M Ktreet, New York, 



Buffalo, Nov. If. 

The appearance liere laat we^ of 
Katberina Cornell aa the atar In 
"The^ GreeflT^BM" WM ttoUUns less 
than a triumph. Ufually whett a 
player ag ^ea r s ta tha MHIve city, 
it's nothing to get excited about, 
but Miss Cornell's rejjiam home aa a 
star made a eoclal ev4nt. 

DallioH carried the reviews of the 

play on the front pages, with head- 
lines and banks as for prominent 
news etorlea. The leads to the re- 
views told of the praise heaped 
upon the young star. 

Miss Cornell, called .before the 
curtain, ndodeelly said; 

"For the past four years, I have 
wondered what I would do if I ever 
came back to you In this way. And 
an I can say Is, I thank you!^ 

The "Hot" grossed $20,750 which 
establishes a new dramatic record 
for Buffalo. 

"Green Hat" did around $21,000 at 
$2.i0 last week at the Teck, smash- 
ing all drama records at the house. 
Tumaway at each perfonnaaee. 

Oaerge Xtelghton, reeMeat maa- 
ager at the Teck, is given eredit for 
the superb exploitation. 

"Doc" in Good 
While hU daughter is beUig hailed 
as one of the leadias American ac' 

tresses. Dr. P. 8. Cornell, local 
showman, is on his way to a for- 
tune through the manufacture of 
an •auto accessory. He has retired 
as manager of the Majestic, in 
which he is interested with £. D. 
Stair and othera He is a physician, 
though not Hhvlng practiced for 
some years. While taking post- 
graduate work in Berlin, his daugh- 
ter, Katherine, was bora. Dr. Cor- 
nell haa always been well to do and 
his family prominent socially here. 

"Doc" Cornell, aa he is popularly 
known, is devoting his efforts to the 
m a n mitetara af a co m preas i— de- 
vice used on windshields In bad 
weather. Johnny Oshri, formerly 
manager of tha Teck, is also inter - 
eeted, as are several others. 

General Motors sought to buy tha 
patent, but Dr. Cornell decided to 
hold on and is said to receive enor- 
monji royaltlea. Laat year the banks 
refused a $160,000 loan to farther 
the device. Now Cornell la building 
a large factory, costing $1,500,000. 
and Is reported having been offered 
bank eredit up. to $10,OI9,dOf. 



AdaNatWMktAcispU 

Ada Mae (Weeks) has given up 
stardom to be featured under the 
Ziegfeld banner. Miss Mae will 
join the cast of "Rio Rita," due at 
Zieggy's new fth Avenue house, fea- 
tured with Bthelind Terry, Harry 
Fender, etc. 

Miss Mae was to have been 
starred in "Peggy," the forthcom- 
ing Lyle Andrewa muelcal, headed 
for the Vanderbflt, at whlOh small 
house (capacity 771) the scale was 
to be $4.40. The Vanderbilt has not 
been above a $S.85 top since 
•Irene.'* . 

It is not known who wItt replace 
Ada. Mas im "Pemy." 

30 DAYS FOR DeQAVEM 
TO LEAVE MUSICBOX 

Directors Sarvt Motioo—Jta- 
AmI and Show Qon Oot-^ 
DoHavons Separate 

Los Angelee, Nov. 11*. 

After falling to get Carter De 
Haven to resign as managing di- 
rector, directors of the Hollywood 
Music Box served $0 days' notice 
upon him that the attraction would 
close and the house undergo a 
change of policy. 

If 1>e Hftven resigns It Is under- 
stood that tha present show will 
continue as It is. If refusing, ne- 
gotiations which the board of di- 
rectors have with se^^sral Sastem 
producers to turn the h'oime over, 
will be resumed. 

There are about 100 stockholders 
in the venture, all In ■ the picture 
business on the coa.<»t. So far they 
have subscribed $143,600 for the 
venture. 

Reports are current that De Raven 

and his wife, Flora Parker, to whom 
he lias been married 22 years, have 
separated. Due to the three .chiU< 
dren, oidmt 1$, no endeavor . will 
be made by Mrs. De Haven to ob- 
tain a divorce. It is said. 



CUT-RATE ROW. 

Sam Harris Resentful Through 
'*Denevan'* Pieced with Kay'e 



DESIREE AHACHED IN' 
GOVERNMENT CASE 



Verfion Howoomll Atko $1,612 
of Mist EIHiigei^xteMed 

Legal Stay Here 



Desiree Ellinger (Btlrrett), a 
citizen of London, England, now 
featured In "Wild Rose" and before 
that in "Rose- Marie," is the defend- 
ant of a $1,612 attachment suit by 
Vernon Newcomb. The latter's ac- 
tion Is based on an agreement of 
March N, Ittf, whereby he would 
receive $&00 weekly plus expenses 
for effecting an extension of Miss 
BUingec^ stay in the United atutes 
with tttPu. 8. Labor Department, 
she coming over as contract labor 
for a limited period. The long run 
of '*Rose-Marie" exceeded expecta- 
tions following Miss Xlllhger's suc- 
cession to the Mary Elliii role. 

The prima donna Is tho wife of 
Albert Newton Btirrett of London 
but has lllsd a ^declaration of 
American citixenship In Indianapo- 
lis, giving hor birthplace aa Man- 
chester, England. 



A clash between the Sam H. Har- 
ris office and thfit of Charles Dil- 
Unirham was precipitated Monday 
through seats for "The Donovan 
Afltalr.'' the flam H. Harris* Al Lewis 
production at the Fulton theatre, a 
Dillingham house, belnp placed on 
sale at cut rates at Kay's. That 
the cut-rates seats were in this 
agency esslasively was the reason 
for the row. The Harris offlce, It 
Is stated, informed the Dillingham 
office ^at la the. future no Harris 
attraction wonM play In pnHnf^mm 
theatres. 

Up to Monday night the situation 
remained at that status, but It was 
Intimated that seats would also be 
placed with the Public Service 
Ticket Ofllce (Joe Leblang's) before 
the week was out. 

Ka3r*a had an exclusive on "The 
Wild Rose" last week, which, It Is 
said, was obtained through the re- 
lationship af Arthur Hammerslein 
and Walter Reade. the latter re- 
ported as havln^c an interest in 
Kay's. But this week the tickets for 
the show were also with Leblanc* 
Kay's not having been able to Sell 
enough tickets to the public. 

Last week Kay's also liad 50 or- 
cheetra and SO baleoay, matinee and 
night, for "The Sorrows of Satxm." 
with the sales on the week for the 
Cohan theatre through this source 
umountlmr to $$2. The Cohan the- 
atre Is owned by Joe Leblang and 
leased by him to Famous Players. 
This week the seats for the Griffith 
film were taken away from Kay's 
and neither cut rate ofllce was han- 
dling them. 



Brooktyn's Sini^ Show 



tributed In the three legit 
theatres are two super pic- 
tures and one show. 

At Werba'a is "Bon llui" 
on ft run; at Teller's, "Bip 
Parade, ' nnd at the Majestic.' 
"Is That flor 



Life Lost in Burning of 
ConneUtvUle, Pa., O. R 

Connellsvltle. Pa., Nov. 10. 

One man was burned to death 
when Are destroyed the old Opera 
house here last Wedneeday mom 
InK. Loss estimated at $100,000. 

Hohert Freed, 35. who resided on 
the third floor of tiie building, was 
fo und nnemisc ldtts, overeoSM by 
r^muke. ' Tahsu ^ ^e Connells- 
vllle State Hoepltal he died a few 
hours lulcr. 

The cavse of the first is unde- 
termined. The blaze began In the 
hajjcment near tho elevator shaft 
shortly after 1 a. m. and reduced 
the building to ruins WUhla foar 
hours. 



ALJOUONMAY 
GO IN WOODS' 
STRAtGHTPUY 



Conimnnem Between 2 
Als — Can Leave Shu- 
Ibarto at WUl 



Al Jolson may desert the musical 
comedy field and appear in a 
straight play* He is much inter- 
ested in the possibilities of the piece 
written by John B, Hymer apd to 
be prodticed by A. H. Woods. 

The star has had several Sunday 
conferences with Woods, coming to 
New York from New England dur* 
tag tha nto of *'Big Boy** there. 
The play tells a plausible story of 
what might be Jolson's life, the 
successive scenes taking him from 
lowty amrrouBdlnts to the pesJi of 
an operatic concert star. Hiere la 
an opportunity for Jolson tQ.m>e« 
clallse In black face. 

Last week *«Blff Boy" essayed a 
week's engagement in Hartford 
with moderate results. The gross 
was a bit over $$O,0O0. The original 
road top aeaie af HM was placed 
at $4.40. 

It is. Understood that Jolson's con- 
tract with the Shuberta permits him 
to leave their management should 
he decide to leave the musical 
comedy field during Its duration. 



GE0R6IE ORAMEY 
IKMKXD' $150^ 



By dodging a blow alme^ at her 
by Harry H. Frazee at th,^ 300 
Club, Georgie O'Kamey "ducked" 
heiHelf out of $lS0,t0«, she thinks. 
That Is tile figure her lawyer 
thought the showman would have 
been willing to settle for had the 
blow landed on Oeoirgle. 

Frazee has been peeved at Mlsa 
O'Ramey ever since she left "No, 
No, Nanette." during the run at the 
Qlobe, New Tork, last season. That 
followed a series of dUIereaeet be- 
tween them. 

Miss O'Ramey took exciytlon to 
Praaee selling the rights of her 
sonsrs abroad, witliout permission 
or financial settlement. 

It seems Frazee permitted ber to 
buy costumes for "Nanette" and 
delayed payment so long she was 
made a defendant in suits to re- 
cover the amounts due on costumee. 
In various counter actions the 
manager lost out to Miss O'Ramey, 
but she withdrew from "Nanette." 
Night Clubbing 
Last week Miss O'Ramey was 
night clubbing, acorapanled by a 
married couple from Detroit. 1'hey 
decided to take a peek at Tex 
Guinan's place. 

Seated . eltfiit tables aw.iy was 
Frazee. He stalked over to the 
O'Ramey party and after a prelim* 
inary remark ending In: "I hate 
your guts," is said to have swung 
at the actress. She dodged an I the 
man f^om Detroit stopped the 
punch. 

The latter Jumped to his feet* 
seeking an explanation and a blow 
to his stomach was the answer, it 
Is" said. The visitor then started 
operating and after landing a 
couple of blows on I'^rasee's face, 
the waiters Jumped In between 

Miss O'Ramey said she felt 
"sorry for Harry who seemed to 
get into trouble so often when mak« 
inc the rounds late at nltht." 

y . . _ .... _ . 

Charged With Arson 

Toronto, Nov. 16- 
The Grand opera house In Biirrie» 
60 miles north, burned last week, 
and tho proprietor arrested on a 
charge of arson. 

Bookings for "The Student 
Prince" and "CapUln PlunketfS 
Revue* had to be cancel Ud. 

The house was dark wh«-n de* 
stroyed. 

RALPH SPEVCE Of OOXmiVt 

Los Angeles, Nov 16. 

Ha9!el Maye. actress, Iiuh niod_ 
claim with the State Labor De- 
partment, for $1,700 back salary 
owed her by Ralph Spenrc. riutiK.r 
who. she charges, was th** flrinurial 
sponsor of the Will Morri<j«<ey Re- 
vue. . 

It pisyed th* Orange Grove and 
Majeetlc here this summer. 



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WedMi^y* November 17, 1926 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIEfTV 



41 



XAPnVE' WHITEWASHED 
gY PUY JURY OF 12 

( Against, 5 for and One Not 
Voting— 2 Questions 
Passed on 




HACKETT S ESTATE 

ThMtrical Organisatiens N«m«d in 
Wtll— Crt«iM NmNH Biiiditw- 



The I^lay Jury •mpanelled to pais 

upon tha mioral qualities of "The 

Capthre,* at the Bii|pire, New York, 

4eeld«d by * eloae vote Monday 

that the ahow la o. k. and can con- 

tiaue vaehanged. After vlewingr 

the play separately the member* of 
the Jury, which included three so- 
ciety women, met at the District 
Attorney'a office. After twt> secret 
ballots they announced six to con- 
demn; five for its continuance 
without change, and one not vot* 
ing. Acoordittff to the rules of the 
Play Jury system It is necessary 
for nine of the Jury to condemn 
the ahow. 

Those who comprised the jury 
were: 

Mrs. H. Snowdcn Marshall, 128 
East loth street; Mrs.'Charle8 Mey- 
ers, 9t0 Park avenue; Mrs. Lewis 
Stuyvesant Chanler, 132 East 65th 
street; William C. Kedfleld. 165 
Broadway; Towhsend Morgan. M 
Nassau atreet; Darwin R. James, 
296 Broadway; Roy M. Hart, 32 
Court street, Brooklyn; James H. 
Graham, ts Court street, -Brookism; 
Ralph Folks, 1S40 Madison avenue; 
Henry B. Barnes, 81 Nassau street; 
Porter R. Lee. 105 E^ast 22d street; 
Henry P. Bobbins, 110 East 42d 
street. 

It required an hour for Uie Jury 
to arrive at its decision. 

'th9 members of the Jury were 
scheduled to meet at 2 p. m., but 
they did not go Into session till 
more than an hour later. Each 
member arrived separately, and 
none knew the other was on the 
Jury.' In fact, some of them had to 
be introduced. 

Among the theatrical lights pres- 
ent while the Jury deliberated were 
Frank E. GiUmore, secretary of 
Equity, representing the actors in 
the show; G«ml4 I. Cutler, of the 
Nr^v Ym*k Drama League, repre- 
senting the playgoing public, and 
Dorothy F. Tait, secretary to the 
Rev. Dr. OUbert. of the Social Ser- 
vice Commission of the Episcopal 
Diocese of New York, which organ- 
isation represents all tlio so-called 
service and reform organisations 
united behind the Play Jury system. 

Those representing the show it- 
self were Gilbert Miller, the pro- 
ducer, and Arthur Hornblow, Jr., 
the latter the translator of the 
piece. They were not called by the 
Jury to give their views. Both were 
backed by legal talent, including 
former Assistant District Attorney 
Thomas McGrath and Wllllara V. 
Saxe. The latter two had the 
manuscript of the production rondy 
to dissect It, did the , mcpibers of 
the Jury desire. 

While waittaig for the decision 
Mr. Hornblow had a few remarks 
•nd comments to mak?> on the sys- 
tem of censorship. 

Hernblow's Opinion 
•*! am entirely in Ihvor of the 

riay Jury idea. It is entirely dif- 
ferent from the methods used in 
England. Over there the Lord 
Chamberlain has the exclusive pow- 
er to pass upon a play. His deci- 
sion is final and it does not aftord 
the producer an opportunit.v to ex- 
press his views as does the Play 
Jury System. 

"There is no douhL that ri^id 
censorship must have a part in the 
conduct of the American stoge. Wc 
all know that certain producers are 
inclined to pander to certain things 
that do not meet the approval of 
the getteral publio. 

"This Is rather a critical case for 
the theatre, as it will test whether 
the adult subjects may be treated 
hereafter, so long as they are treat- 
ed in a decent and sincere way — 
after all, motion pictures have left 
the legitimate stage only tlie adult 
portion of the publio— speaking 
from an Intollcftual standpoint. The 
type of people who still attend the 
theatre are not the type who would 
be menaeed by subjects of a rather 
advanced nature. They are the 
type less apt to be harmfully influ- 
''nced, whereas the motion picture 
public. Is of a larger character .nnd 
n*^edH to be protected from thoughts 
it in not qualiiled to cope with." 
T h e tw o questi o ns th e Jury waa 



When the will of the late James 
K. Hackett, American actor, who 

died in Paris Nov. 8, was filed for 
probate last Saturday, tliere were 
provisions which benellted the 
Actors' Fund of America, the Act- 
ors' Equity Association, Lamba and 
Players Clubs. 

The Hackett will bequeaths a life 
Interest In most of the property to 
the widow, Mrs. Beatrice Beckley 
Hackett, after providing for a 
daughter by a former marriage. 

Upon the death of Mrs. Hackett, 
one- half of the life Interest may be 
left to whom she designates in her 
will. Two -fifths of the other half 
is left to the Actors' Fund, to cre- 
ate the Hackett Endowment Fund, 
the income of which is to be di- 
vided equally "among the guests of 
the Actors* Home in Staten Island, 
and to be given them at such time 
as they desire and to be used as 
they see tLV* 

It camo to light when the Fund 
legacy was discussed, that the 
Hackett will makes specific that the 
''guests'* win be the beneflclarles 
and this, if carried out, means that 
if the "guests'" who do derive this 
Hnancial benefit and accept it can- 
not remain as members of the home 
because its conduct is purely char- 
itable and operated as such for pro- 
fessional actors and actresses who 
have become unable to contteoe 
their stage work. 

Mr. Hackett bequeathed a one- 
fifteenth share to the Players Club, 
16 OramMTcy Park, to be used for 
the club library. However, a tablet 
commemorating the Hackett mem- 
ory must be placed in the library. 

The Actors* Equity and Lambe 
are also to share one- fifteenth each 
with the proviso that the income 
be used for library purposes 'and 
that each also place a commiMio- 
ratlve tablet on display. 

The assets of the estate include 
two houses, 66 and 58 W. Tlst street. 
New York, an estate on the St. Law- 
rence river, near Clayton, N. Y.; an 
estate of 38 acres at Cos Cob. 
Conn., and another of 29 acres at 
Aigoma^ Centre SectioB, Ontario. 
Can. 

The Hackett estate is estimated 
around $1,000,000. the greater part 
of which the actor inherited from 
a niece, Mrs. Minnie Hackett TlPOW- 
bridge. 



4SH0WS0UT 



One new show closed suddenly 
last Saturday and three more will 
go down at the end of the wetrk. 
all rated as failures. 

"If I "Was Rich." presented by 
William Anthony Maguire, will clone 
at the Eltingc, playing 11 weeks in 
all. It opened at the Mansfield, with 
an approximate $5,000 weekly paoo. 
Moved to the EUinge under rental 
arrangemqpt. Trade did not pick 
up as expected; ICOftO last week. 



IF I WAS RICH 

Opened Sept. 2. Better no- 
tices for Joe Laurie, Jr., than 
for the show, and most of the 
critics turned in compliment- 
sry opinions. 

Variety (Samuel) said: 
"Looks secure until the holi- 
days." 



"Just Life," produced by J. J. Op- 
penheimer, will leave the Morosco 
at the end of its 10th week. Opened 
at Henry Miller's getting $10,000 for 
first weeks. Moved to the Morosco, 
got about $9,000, then dipped under 
$7,000. 



JUiTLIFC 

Opened Sept. 14. Mostly 
flayed by the dailiesi Wooll- 
cott rWoHd") deeming it as 
"a feeble play." 

Variety (Samuel said: ''Will 
last Just a few waeka." 



"Head Or Tall." offered by H*inry 
Baron at the Mansfield, stopped 
Saturday, playing only five days. 
It was an adaptation from the 
French. Cast received VSUal two 
weeks' salaries. 



HEAD OR TAIL 
Opened Nov. f. Almost 

unanimousy panned. Hsm- 
mond . ("Herald-Tribune") 
quoted it as a **wet blanket,'* 
and Vreeland (Telegram**) 

stated "soggy." 



Equity BaU Sedate; 

Tabloids DisappoiMdl 

The annual Equity Ball and the 
Midnight Follies. ' directed liy Has- 
sard Short, which took placa at the 
Astor Saturday night, ward a iUi* 
tinct disappointment to the report- 
Drial staffs of the tabloid papers of 
New York. They were all on the 
job but nnr^' a light, a crashing of 
«'ollege boys or any other untowaitl 
incident thut would make "copy" 
for them. Along about ft a* m. 
Sunday the tab boy.s pave it up as 
a bad job and wandered out into 
the chill air of the dawn to seek 
the drab excitement of the all«Bight 
rendezvous. 

rresent was the class of the pro- 
fession of the stage and screen. It 
was an Inside crowd, everyone 
kiioM ing everyone else. Outsiders 
were so far in the minority it was 
decidedly noticeable. 

Possibly the $1$.60 n liead en- 
trance fee was respon.sible for the 
elimination oi Uie "punks" usually 
present at picture or atagi alBiirs 
of note. 

The show presented as "The Mid- 
night Follies" included Vivienne 
Segal and chorus from "Castlea in 
the Air": Florence 0'l>enlshawn. 
Fred Stone and Dorothy Stone, Mc- 
Carthy Sisters, Hariet Maconel, 
Mile. Marguerite and Frank Olll; 
Walter Woolf. Linda, Clark and Mc- 
Cullough, Ann Pennington, Lilian 
Davies and Allan Prior; Pert Kel- 
ton. Kate Smith and tlie Tliltr •ail* 
shine Girls. Frances Willlains was 
programed but although present did 
not appear. 

For the flrst time at nny of th«> 
affairs of this nature IX W. Crifflth 
was noted among tUo»e present. 



Meller Qmg to Nezics^ 
Also on Fox's MovietoBe 



clowned 
at 



ELUOn HAS MACHAn;«n 
IN POUCE COURT 



Check for $3,000 in Dispute-^ 
MacMahon Says Amount 
Ou« Him for Salary 



**8iira FhrOk" presented by Boothe, 
Qleason and Truez. will stop at the 
Comedy, where It moved from the 



Aithors Seek to RestnuB 
Iibi Made From fhy 



A novel legal question will be 
tlireshed out in the suit by Frank 
Craven, co-author with Orantland 

Rice and Silvio Hein (composer) of 
"The Kick-Off" to enjoin Uie Ex- 
cellent Pictures Company. Inc., pro- 
ducers of a film of that name, also 

a football story, starring George 
Walsh, directed by Wesley Ruggles 
and titled by Jack Conway (Va- 
riety). 

The complaint is only on the title, 
the stories bein? dissimilar and 
thus conceded. The Craven-Rice- 
Hein stage play Is a musical com- 
edy which stopped out of town, un- 
der A. Jj. Erlanger's direction and 
never hit Broadway. 

Craven*s contention Is that the 
nim nullifies the film rights' chances 
of his musical play, to be revived 
this season. The author states the 
musical was not a flop, but was 
shelved for recasting. 

The aerIou.sne.is of Krlnn>jror*s in- 
tention to revive "The KIck-Off ' is 
supported by their i^itcntlon to seek 
legal redress. 

Title.*? alone cannot be piotected. 
but when a trade value has been 
lent to any title, that commodity Is 
entitled to common law protection. 
Paul Dickey'.s 'The Come-Back" 
against the Mutual Film Company, 
which had the advantage of being 
a stage success, Is considered the 
precedent. 

The novelty of Ihin rlalm Is that 
"The Kick- Off" did not attain Im- 
mediate stage fame. 



SURE FIRE 

Opened Oct. 20. Covered by 
the first line critics, most of 
whom wrote adverse notices. 
Gsbriel rSun'*) theugHt It Just 
a cut rater, but WooHcott 
(''World") penned eomething 
of a rave, rating it the beat 
play of its kind yet tried. 

Variety (Ibee) did not think 
it had a chance againat pres- 
ent day aompatition. 



Waldorf last week. Business start 
ed at 14.000 and could not better 
that mark in the new spot. 



2 SHOWS OFF ROAD 

'The Passing Show of 1»2«" Is 
slated to close on the road Dec. €. 
It is the same as "The Merry 
World." built around Albert de 
Courville's Knglish revue, presented 
In association with the Shuberts, 
which flopped first at the Imperial 
and again at the Shubert under the 
title of "Passions of 1»2«." 

"A Lady's Virtue" will close Sat- 
urday in Newark, N. J. Willi the 
Nash sisters the play did well on 
Broadway last season, but found the 
road, including the subway circuit, 
bad. The attraction's bookings will 
be played by "Is Zat So?" 

Road "LoYO 'Em" Throngh 



O. W. Wee's road company of 
"Love 'lOm and Leave 'Em" Closed 
last week. The company did busl- 
noRs on the start, but claimed n 
touprh broalc through being sand- 
wiched in bookings between two 
strong road musicals. 

Wee Is lining up "The Cat bnd 
th*» Canary' for a tour of upstate 
one-nlghters and Canada. The 
latter will start out the hitter part 
cf December. 



For Raquel Meller engagements 
in Mexico City and Havana. £. Ray 
Qoeta has been guaranteed |6,000 
per performance. Tentative pMma 
call for from six to eight appear- 
ances ip each capital. The Southern 
dates will be played after the 
Christmas hoUdayi^ wtth Florida 
engagements tentative thereafter. 

The senorita completed a three- 
week return engagement In New 
York Sunday night at Henry Mil- 
ler's theatre. After one week of 
nightly appearances, she went on 
four matlneea and Sunday evening 
of the past two weeks. At |6.i0 top. 
Miss Meller grossed between $9,000 
and $10,000 for the latter showings. 

She Is playing upstate and Kaw 
England cities, one time mdtk Ifcis 
week and next. Where the appear- 
ances are repeats the admission 
scale la IS.SO and for Initial per- 
formances it is $11 top. 

William Fox has placed the Span- 
ish girl under contract for his 
movietone (talking pictures). 



J. D. WaiiMiM* Cm*rm 

Because of a scrap with Knowles 

Entrikin, author of "The Seed of 
the Brute, " at the Little, New York, 
John D. Williams, engaged to atage 
the play, wad forced to ratfra from 
the William A. Brady. Jr.-Dwight 
D*»ere Wlmans production. 

Williams held a contract at $500 
a week and 10 per ' eeht. of the 
phow. He has retained O'Brien, 
MalevlnBky & Driscoll |,o represent 
his interests. 



In West Side Court today ( Wednea-« 
day) Magistrate Joseph K. Corrigan 
will hear tlie summons case of 

James W. IClliott, theatrical pro* 
ducer, against John MacMahon, for- . 
mer di-amailc editor of the New 
Yoik "AnuM lean." I'lKolt obtained 
liie summons against MacMahon* 
charging the latter with unlawfully 
applying money of tha; Ussatrleal 
coiu'eni to his own u.se. 

MacMahon an:>wert-d tlie sum* 
mens Friday. An adjoummonl waa 
taken at that time. Elliott told 
newpapermen that Mav^Mahoii ob- 
tained $3,000 from sselwyn & Co. for 
tha Hie of a theatre and converted : 
the money to his own use. Elliott 
told reporters MacMahon received 4 
check and banked it. Elliott stated 
that he never gave permission ta 
MacMahon to cnllf'ct the $3,000. 

The check beais tlie personal en« 
dorsemfnt of MacMahon* The lat* 
ter does not deny receiving It, atat* 
ing the banking account was al- 
ways in his own name when he was 
general manager fbi^ the fhrin iff 
Meehan & Elliott. Inc. That firm 
produced "The Gorilla" and that ha 
(.MacMahon) had authority to ia* 
sua' at^' diMMt ' .sft arfca. • 

Back Salary 
l^lac^lahon allege?? the money waa 
due to him for back .salary and la 
I olily part of monleiis duo him from 
1 Klllott. Mft'-Mrthon claimed that ho 
was entitled to 10 per cent, of the 
profits from the shows produced by 
the fliTU. It Is also alleged by Mac- 
Mahon that Klljott. in nddltlon tO 
appropriating '.vcKly to his own usa 
from $2,000 to $4,000 ttom fha ta- 
celpts of "Castlos in the Air" at the 
Seiwyn. New York,, wasted funds ad. 
tlie company. 

^facliahoii tdd re] 
Rlllott recently ipent fSa.OOO of the 
company's earnlnr^ In the purchase 
of "Pantheon La Guerre." It is a 
ieawie predaetloa of Wortd War 
scenes. The purchase wa« mada 
without corporate a^thorlty^ lia<a^ 
Mahon stated. 

Ifielfahon htlbraUd ni awa p a pe r - 
men the present action Is the result 
of a suit brought by him against 
Elliott for an accounting and a ra^ 
aeMraiilli an *«Mlaa fa the AIn.* 
Argument was hM on the motiott 
last week. Briefs have been filed. 

In the original suit by MaeltalliMd 
againat Elliott, which precipitated 
the criminal action, Juntice Wa8S«»r- 
vogel ruled Monday that a referee 
decMe on whether or not Ifaa lfal iil 
owna the 10 shares of stock In 
"Castles In the Air." While no stock 
was actually lHsuet1« MacMahon's 
at torneys eohtetod ofia ^^^^M^^^l**^ 
to poHSf<<.«4 the actual aevtlflcatii l|p 

be a stockholder. 

In anoUier suit by Jack Welsh 
sgalnst ISlNett and Aana Bella 

Elliott, the forni'T has tnkrn judg« 
ment for 12.027.11, based on thrOf 
notes for |500 (i) and $1,000. 



r.sked to decide upon were: 

1. Are there any portions of the 
I'lay which are objectionable from 
»»ic point of View of public morals? 

?• Is the play as a whole objec- 
tlonablo from the point v£ view of 
public morals/ 



Knew Loie When— 

Des Moines, Nov. l $. 
Loie Fuller, world renowned 
dancer who accompanied Queon 
Marie on her tour across Americ.i, 
and rated as one of the queen's 
mnst intimaid frSgn^P. la a former 



Ft. D<»<ls'e. Io\v;i. ^irl, the daughter 
of a restaurant ke4'per. 

Loie hHS drifted considerably 
from her Ft. Dodge aflflllationfl, but 
tliorc are pom'' resi<lentH who well 
remember lier as a linle girl some 
10 odd years ago 



Johnny Osborne Set 

John Osborne, who left the Shu- 
bert staff last summer, is not con- 
nected with the New York offices of 
William Fox. Hr will Tnan.ifro the 
picture version of What Price 
Glory." opening at the Harris, New 
Tork, Tuesday, for an Indeflnit*; 
run« 



LlfPINO OUT— REHEAESIKG 

Stanlf y Luj.ino has left "Naughty 
Riquette," at the Cosmopolitan, 
New Tork, and Is relnarMliii? with 
•The Nightingale," a new Shubert 
musical. 

Me was replaced by Joseph Spree. 



Iris Hoey Awarded $850 

The l-'nt'li.Mh ofimpany whl<:h 
played * Hed lilindH" Milled for 
London Saturday after the Show 
had twice been closed by the police, 
onre in Newark and again in Kew 
Haven., 

The show was originally called 

"Wet Paint. " The final closing oc- 
curred Oct. 25. the New Haven date 
being arranged aftor a week at the 
Rlveria,' which followed a paar two 
weeks .it Ma;;ine Elliott's. 

Iria Ho»*y, the lead, recovered by 
arbitration a claim for $850, repre- 
senting the New Haven date. The 
Shuberts fought linrd to stave off 
the award, rUiinung il set up a 
precedent In ca.seK where local au- 
thorities interfered aith perform- 
anci'K. 

Tiie arlfitiution. however, brought 
out the fact that the Shuberts had 
given Miss Hoey a letter form of 

.ifrror>m^tit Knaranf ♦ «lng her a full 
week's en^ag'^m^'nt in New Haven. 

That 8ui)erceded the standard 
Equity contraft^ whh >i rr-li* ve.s a 
inan.itri r from s-ahny l!;ihll!fy in 
ca.ses where police .--top u hIiow or 
otheir unlocked for influences have 
the same effect 



Adbi^wo Tax Yohmtary 

Washington, Jfo^. Id. 
The recent statement from th4 
White House to the effect that the 
amuscmeiit tax (on over 16c. ad- 
mission) was a volQiHaify dMM aai 
not compulsory. Indicates that« 
thotigh fver>'thlng Is f»oemIrgly set 
for a tax refund, or some adjust* 

BM«t datiag thd ioiithMr aMrto i i 

relief will bf fortheomlnir M ^ 
amusements. 

Tha White House spokesman 
aCatad that any relief geatilM ahottli 

be on Income tax. whi^h was com- 
pulsory, ndminsion and Uka tiMiag 
being voluntary. • . - < 

If a eiticen go«# ^ a iMtta M 
willingly pays tb« am a i f iai 'mi 'lMf 

said tlie spokesman. 



Paulina Lard in '*Daiaiai^ 

"Daisies Won't Tell" is the uad 

of a now play by Owen Winters, 
which Edgar Seiwyn and Sam H. 
Harris are to produce with Pauline 
Ivord as the star. 

The pirrp !h H'heduled to open In 
Ronton about Hec. 20 with the idea 
of putting over a Boston run for 
the production prior to bringing It 
to Broadway. 



ALLAN K. 



FOSTER 



School of Oaneinf 

344 W. 72d 8L 
Hew York City 

Heme of 

Tha Feeler OMa 



vionmr 




LEGITIMATE 



WtdnMday, Novembw 17, leM 



SHOWS IN N. Y. AND COMMENT 



PiflurM •■timaM mnd eomnMnt point to som« attraotion* Mng 
successful, while tha tamt gross accredited to others might suggest 
madiocrity or loss. Tha variance is axpiainad in tha differanca in 
liauaa aapaaitiaai with tha varying evarhaad. Alao tha aisa of caat« 

with consequent difference in necessary gross of profit. Variance 
in buainesa naceaaary for musical attraction as against dramatic 
play ia alao eonaldarad. 

Classification of attraction, house capacity and top price of the 
admission scale given below. Key to alaaaification: C (comedy); 
D (drama); R (revue); M (musical comedy); P (farce); O (operetta). 



"Abie's Irish Rose," Republic (235th 
week) (C-901-$2.75). First taste 
of crisp weather bettered busi- 
aesa along Broadway; week end 
trade better too. football crowds 
counting for first time this fall; 
"Able" continues better than 

if.m 

"Americana," Belmont (16th week) 
(R-515-15.50). Popular intimate 
revua eontlnuea to draw profit- 
able groaaea; rated around |12.- 

000. 

''A Proud Woman," Maxlne Elllult's 
(1st week) (CD-924-$3.30). Ed- 
gar Solwyn produced new play by 
Arthur Richman; opened to bril- 
liant audience Monday. 

••An American Tragedy," Longacre 
(6th week) (D-l,019-$3.85i. Per- 
hapa not aa big as first indicated 
but still among important money 
plays on list; last week with 
extra matinea . (Armistice Day) 
about > 17,000. 

•Autumn Fire," Klaw (4th week) 
<D-830-93.30). Last week here; 
aaeking another house; business 
very bad, rated under $2,500; 
"This Was A Man" follows in 
next ^veek. 

•Broadway," Broadhurst (9th week) 
(CD-1,118-|3.85). Again hit 131.- 
MO or better, also playing extra 
matinee last week; easily strong- 
est demand in agencies and the 
smash of the season. 

•Castles in the Air," Selwyn (11th 
week) (M-1.067-14.40). Another 
two weeks after this, show then 
going on tour; business about 
118,000 last week; "The Conatant 
Nymph" will be succeeding at- 
traction early in December. 

•*Counteaa Maritsa," Shubert (10th 
week) (0-1,395-15.50). Seems to 
have been aomewAat off of late 
but rated a musloal auccaaa and 
getting iMMTt draw: about U8,- 

000. 

••CHaa Croaa,** Globe (tth weak) 

(M-l,416-$5.50). Fred Stone mu- 
alcal set for long run; capacity 
all performances, average grooa 
estimated at $38,000. 

•Daisy Mayme," Playhouse (4th 
week) (CD-879-18.30). Only 
seems to have moderate chance; 
$8,000 last week; went into cut 
rates Monday. 

•First Love," Booth (2d week) (CP- 
707-$3.30). Difference of opttilon 
among critics, though Fay Balntcr 
credited with clever performance; 
first week nearly $9,500; good 
fl'l^Ure for this house. 

•Gay Paree," Winter Garden (2d 
viek) (R.1.498-$5.50). Played 
minus night perform.ance first 
week; Tuesday premiere with 
tMraa matlnaea, and nlna per- 
formancea, aatlmatad |tS,000 or 
slightly mora. 

*Qatitllniian Frafar Wandaa,** Times 
Squaro (Sth week) (C-1.057-$3.85). 
Bag approximated $24,000 weekly, 
ratliig it real hit that ahould run 
out the mmoa; laat weak around 
$23,000. 

•Gertie," Bayes (1st week) (C-860- 
$3.30). Second offering this sea- 
son by Gustav Blum; written by 
new playwright, Tadema Bua- 
alere; opened Monday night 

•Honeymoon Lane," Knickerbocker 
(9th week) (M-l,042-$3.85). At 
the scale thia musical comedy 
getting splendid trade and 
grosses; election week the figure 
waa quoted at $24,000, which la 
oloia to capacity, and laat week 
almost aa good. 

••If I Waa Rich," Eltinge (11th 
weak) (C-898-$8.S0). Final week; 
last week parties aided In sending 
gross to $6,000; production away 
in "box"; "We Americana" moves 
In from Harris. 

•lolanthe," Plymouth (30th week) 
(O-l,043-$3.30). One week to go 
then revival of "Pirates of Pen- 
zance"; this O. & S. revival has 
made ezoallant mark; flO^OOO 
lately. 

•Jifot Life,* Morosco (10th week) 

(D-8;).T-$3.30). Final week; drama 
. haa been getting between $6,000 
and $7,000; will tour; ^*Up the 
Line" next week (Harvard priae 
play). 

•Katja," 44th Street (5th week) (M-, 
l,326-$4.40). Appeara to be largely 
aupported by cut ratea: for musi- 
eal comedy of Ita pretensions, 
buslnesa nothing to apeak of; 
$14,000. 

•Looaa Anklaar" Garrick (15th 

week) (C-537-$3.30). Moved hero 
from Biltmore laat week; strong 
' at atart but eased off; estimated 

pace last week $7,500. 
•Looaa Ends," Rltx (3rd week) (D- 
f46-$3.S0). Another week. Eng- 
lish drama Hkcd abroad and out of 
town here at try-out; best it 

47,000; l!fliaters • 



L'OUld 

follows In Nov. 29 
•Lily Sue," Lyceum (Ist week) (D- 
957- $3.30). David Belaaco'a second 
play of the aeason; a melodrama 
by Willard Mack; highly regarded 
out of town; opened Tueaday 
night. 

•Lulu Belle," Belasco (41st week) 
(D-l,000-$3.85). Ending its 10th 
month, engagement spanning the 
aummer; atiU playing to real 



trade, though not capacity; esti- 
mated $16,000 to $17,000. 

"Naughty Riquette," CosmopollUn 

(10th week) (M-1,500-$1.40). An- 
other two weeks and then to road, 
with a switch in houaeO possible; 
average $14,000; Ceclle Sorel, 
French star, due Thanksgiving 
week. 

"Old Bill, M. P.," Biltmore (2nd 
week) (C-944-$3.30). Opened cold 
with premiere Nov. 10; well liked; 
business chances problematic, 
with moderate groaaea indicatod; 
no agency call. 

•Ohf Kay," Imperial 2nd week) 

(M-l,446-$5.r>0). Got off to fine 
start, first night comment rating 
new musical a hit; claimed ca- 
paclty first week, with appcoKJi- 
mate figure above $40,000. 

"On Approval," Gaiety (5th week) 
(C-808-$3.30). Ought to rate 
among the successes, though not 
in the smash class; strong on 
lower floor, as expected; takings 
quoted above $12,000. 

"Pygmalion," Guild (1st week) (914- 
$3.80). Theatre Guild took off 
"Juarez and Maxlmili.'\n" and re- 
vived Shaw comedy Monday with 
atrong caat 

"Quaan High," Ambassador (11th 
week) (M-1.168-$4.40). Looks set 
for a real run; has been grossing 
from $22,000 to $24,000 weekly, 
which is real flgure against musi- 
cal opposition; Yale hod house 
Saturday night 

"Scandals," Apollo (23rd week) (R- 
l,168-$5.50). Now scaled in auch 
a manner that the normal waakly 
gross may reach $43,000, which 
flgure waa grossed laat week; 
claaa of aeaaon'a revuea. 

"Sex," Daly's (30th week (D-1,173- 
$3.30). Broadway may not . be 
paying attention, but lurid drama 
of last season still making 
money; $8,000 to $9,000 and mora 
la plenty for show and houao; ^ 

"Seed of the Brute," Little (3rd 
week) (D-&30-$3.30). I>rama that 
waa rated raw by flrat-nlghters: 
business fair but not what was 
expected; estimated at $7,000; 
movea to Comedy Monday. 

"Sunny," New Amsterdam (61st 
week) (M-1,702— $5.50). In Jump- 
ing to $SB,1Mt buatnaaa for long 
run favorite reflected better 
trade last week; announced to 
play until Jan. 15. 

"Sure Fire," Comedy (5th week) 
(C-682-$3.30). Final week; moved 
here from Waldorf laat waMt; fig- 
ured a small gro.ss show, with 
takings hardly better than $5,000: 
"Seed of tho Brute" wavia In 
from Little. 

"The Blonde Sinner," Frolic (19th 
week) (F-711-$3.30). Can go along 
indefinitely to moderate trade, 
principally from cut rates; last 
week around $6,000. 

"The Captive," Empire (8th week) 
(D-l,099-$3.30). Election week tak- 
ings really were $2B,600; last 
week, with added matinee, busl- 
neaa not much under that flgure; 
capacity. 

"Head or Tail," Waldorf (2d week) 
(D-l,142-$3.30). Taken off last 
Saturday, playing but five days; 
house dark and looking for an 
attraction; "Castles in the Air" 
may move In. 

"The Donovan Affair," Fulton (12th 
week) (D-913-$3.30). Mystery 
play drawing good buslnesa, with 
recent pace around $10,000; "Oh, 
Please," musical starring Beatrice 
Lillie, mentioned for thia houae. 

"The Girl Friend," Vanderbilt (37th 
week) (M-771-$3.86). Another 
three weeks, then road; $10,000; 
house probably dark a week or 
two; "Peggy" dpe In by Ctfriat- 
mas. ' 

"The Judge's Husband," 49th Street 
(8th week) (CD-707-$3.30). Wil- 
liam Hodge appears to have a 
draw all lito own; aatlmatcd at 
$9,000. 

"The Lsdder," Mansfield (5th Veek) 
(D-1.097-$3.30). Moving to Wal- 
dorf Monday; quoted at $5,000 or 
a bit over; Mo.scow Theatre 
Habima (Rus.sian), listed for next 
week, postponed until Nov. 29. 

"The Little Spitfire," Cort (14th 
week) (CD-1.046-$2.75). Quite a 
favorite for thoatrc parties, with 
weekly trade between $8,000 and 
$9,000; may stay until holidays. 

"The Noose," Hudson (5th week) 
(D-1.094-$3.30). Election week 
gross well over $14,000, and better 
than that claimed for la55t weok: 
though not with leader.s, this 
drama regarded a sure success. 

'The Peart of Great Price," rnsino 
(3d week) (l)-l,447-$3.30). busi- 
ness so bad management decided 
to bring dramatic spec downtown 
to smaller tlieatro; was dying at 
Century; ''Vagabond King" nearly 
through; moved to make way for 
"Pearl." 

"The Play's the Thing.* Henry 

Miller (3(1 wr. U) (CO-O 10- if .•{ ). 
Gopd agency aalea for Molnur 



comedy, which waa rated around 

$14,500 for first full week; a cinch 
downstairs draw for a time. 

"The Ramblera," Lyric (9th week) 
(.M-l,400-$5.50). Wealth of com- 
edy haa established this mualcal 
comedy among the favorlta* and 
should hold to big money through 
winter; over $30,000. 

"The Shanghai Gesture," Chanln's 
46th Street (37th week) (D-1,309- 
$3.85). Will probably bo ready 
lor road in a few weeka more; 
dramatic strength had kept it up 
in the money through fall; $14»000 
now. 

"The Squall," 48th Street (2d week) 
(D-'J69-$3.30). Opened Nov. 11. 
with Indicationli that it waa not 
given thorough Uy-out; Dotlcoa 
fonflictlng. 

"Tha Vagabond King," Century 
(61st week) (O-2,890-$3.85). 
Though advertised for last two 
weeks, suddenly shifted from 
Casino to big capacity Century; 
had been ofT to around $12,000. 

"The Wild Rose," Martin Beck (5th 
week) CM-l,0t9-$S.M). Started at 
$18,000 and moved upw^ard to 
$19^000 or a bit more; manage- 
ment nearly convlhoad It will not 
dot at the scale trade a little 
over 50 per cent. 

"The Woman Diaputad," Forrest 
(8th w(H>k)(D-1.000-$3.30). Getting 
some business, but not what was 
expected; moderately good rating 
Indicated with trade $9,500. 

"They All Want Something," Wal- 
lack's (6th week) (C-770-$3.30). 
Claimed $4,000 and over, but show 
away to the bad; moves to the 
Edith Totten, a little theatre, 
Wallack's. May get "Autumn 
Fire ' from Klaw. 

"Twinkle, Twinkle,** Liberty (1st 
week) (M-l,234-$3.85). Louis O. 
Werba produced this musical 
comedy, which opened Tuesday 
night; Ona Munson joined cast. 

"Two Girls Wanted," John Golden 
(11th week) (C-800-$3.30). When 
moved here from Little business 
jumped considerably to over 
$7,000; moving again back to Lit- 
tle; "Ned McCob'a Daughter" 
opens here Monday. 

"Vanitiea," EaH Carroll (13th 
week) (R-998-$6.60). Obod box 
office draw, though not especially 
strong in agencies; reputation of 
revue ahould carry It through 
winter; estimated over $26,000. 

"We Americans," Sam H. Harris 
(5th week) (C-1,051; $3.30). Has 
climbed, to moderately good 

■ grosses and flgurea to atick; will 
move to Eltlnga next Monday; 
picturized "What Priea Otory" 
(Fox) coming hero. 

"What Every Woman Knowo," 
Bijou (32d week) (C-605-$3.30). 
A fOw weeka more for Barrle re- 
▼leal, which has mada Una run, 
spanning sunuBor; rated around 
$8,000 now. „ 

"Vallow," National (0th waek) (D- 
1.164-$3.30). Such good drama 
that It has become established 
without plugging and figures to 
stick through winter; rated 
around $14,000. 
Special Attractiona and Rep. . 
"Caponsacchi." Second .Walter 

Hampden production will atick for 

a time and figurea to become part 

of Hampden'a devaloplQg repertory 

of new plays. 

Ruth Draper, appearing Sunday 

nights at Selwim and off matinee 

days in same house. 

Civic Repertory, 14th Street the- 
atre, offering "John Gabriel Bork- 

man," "Saturday Night," "The 

Master Builder" and "Slaters 

Three." 

"The Little Clay Cart" and "The 
Lion Tamer," Neighborhood Play- 
houae; latter plajr goes off for time 
belncr after Wednesday. 

Outside Timss Sq.»Little 

•^e Witch," produced by Cart 
Reed, with Alice Brady, opens at 
Greenwich Village tonight (Wednea- 
day): "Relgen," triangle: "Ntlt*d.* 
Princess; "Emperor Jones," May- 
fair; "Tumadot" opened Friday at 
Provlncetowa* ^ 

(Copydj^J^^^^ly. lae.) 

FOR 'CREOLES' 



Coast Show Bound for L. 
•'Dsaoan," 97,700 In 'Frinao— 



, "Poor Nut," OOAXM 

San Francisco, Nov. 10. 

Pauline Frederick, In "Lady Fred- 
erick," and "The Heaven Tappers," 
with an all-star cast, came in last 
night (Nov. 15). "Lady" replaced 
"The Butter and Egg Man," which 
had an unhappy fortnight at the 
Curran, not getting above an esti- 
mated $5,000 either week. "The 
Heaven Tappers," a new play, re- 
opens the Columbia. This house 
h;is been dark since the abrupt clos- 
ing of "Monkey Business" two 
weeks ago. 

"Creoles," the controversial 
"spice" show at the Wilkes, showed 
a tendency to build In ita second 
week, and pot around $12,000, but 
will not be held beyond the present 
week because of the sudden booking 
nt the 'Biltmore. Los Angelea Kolb 
and Dill succeed. 

"The Poor Nut," In lU third and 
next to lust week, registered about 
$6,000 at the Alcaxar. The seventh 
week of "Allaa tha Deacon." at the 
President, waa quotCd at about 
$7,700. 

faM^tt^Mitat.^^^itfMaiBSMiiiMiHil 



"LADY FAIR," $23,000 

Now Musisal Gets Good •snd-Off 
in Boston 



Boston, NaT. If. 
Legit buainesa here last wsek 
didn't ahow any radleal ehaage 

from the week before. The musicals 
got the bi^lk of the trade, as has 
been the easa all aeaaon. "Artists 
and Models" and "Lady Fair" drew 
good breaks, with the former show 
doing tha beat baslBess of ansrthing 
In town. 

Armistice Night did not mean a 
thing. However, the Brown-Har- 
vard game waa responsible for the 
usual big demand on seats for Fri- 
day and Saturday nights. Musicals 
advanced the prlcea for that per- 
formance. 

Two n*'w shows came in here this 
week, one being "This Woman Buai- 
nesa," at Wilbur, and the other the 
Harry Lauder ahow at the Boston 
Opera House for. a week. Other at- 
tractions scheduled to open hero ar« 
"Cradle Snatchers" (Hollis), next 
Monday, and "Laff That Off' 
(Plymouth) on the same night. 
Estimatea for Last Week 

"Lady Fair," Shubert (2d week). 
For a new musical this one got 
away to a very fair start; $23,000. 

"Artists and Modela," Majestic 
(2d week). Said to havt done the 
best first weoi^'s business show ever 
got here; $30,000. 

"Wisdom Tooth," Hollis (final 
v/oek). Only fair while in town; 
last week 

"The Butter and Egg Man," 
Plymouth (final week). Was com- 
edy hit of town while here; $10,500. 

"Love in a Mist," Park (3d week). 
Not a big money maker but liked 
by enough patrons to hold it in for a 
while longer; $7,000. 

"Thia Woman Buainaas," Wilbur 
(1st week); $10,000. 

(Copyright, 1026, by Variety, ino.) 

MANTELL'S $15,000 

Does Nicely at SI Top in Washw— 
<'Nan«Ha^ OW at |18^ 



Washington, Nov. 16. 

The local theatrical map got quite 
a Jolt last Friday when word came 
through that Leo Leavitt was out as 
house manager of Poll's after four 
years on the assignment. The story 
reported behind the change, which 
brings in Ted Barter, ia said to be 
that after the four years' period on 
a 52- week salary basis the Shuberts 
decided a refund waa in order for 
the paat aummer only. Nothing was 
said as to the preceding idle periods. 

This Leavitt refused to make, 
claiming hia agreement eallad for. 
the year round basis. 

Another surprise was the slim 
takings of the Louise Groody-Hal 
Skelly edition of "No, No, Nanette" 
at the National. 

Robert Mantell, in Shakespeare 
through expert selling, ran up close 
to $6,500 at $1 top for the second 
week. 

The new "Glamour," at the Be- 
lasco, received fair to good notices 
locallv but no money. 

Estimatea for Laat Week 

Auditorium — Mantell in Shakes- 
peare. About $15,000 on two weeks 
at $1 top.. Indicationa are this 
should put thia 6,000-seat house oh 
the stopping plaosa of sudh attrac- 
tions. 

Belasco — "Glamour^ (Lewis & 
Woods). ITsual for new yantures; 
trembling around $3,000. 

National->"No. No. Nanette" (Fra 
zee). Not so good at about HMiO. 

Poll's— Dark. 

This Wsok 

Belasco— "The Green Hat";' Na- 
tional. Ziegfeld'a "Folliea"; Poli'a, 
"Big Parade" (lUm). 
(Copyright, IM, by Variety, Ins.) 

$15,000 LA.'S TOP 

"Castles in Air" $1,000 Ahead of 
' "Fanoiss'WBIondss'' Third 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 

The second week of "Castles in 
the Air" gave this musical the 
town's top gross with an estimated 
total of $15,000. This was only 
$1,000 in advance of De Haven's 
"Fancies,'* which went to about 
$14,000 at the Music Box. 

Among the non-musicals "Gen- 
tlemen Prefer Blondes" led the way 
at the Belasco, hitting around $13,- 
000 In its second week. "The Fam- 
ily Upstairs" did In the neighborhood 
of $6,750 at the Morosco while 
"Rain" could only draw about $4,- 
000 Into the Orange Grove. 

"Struttin* Sam," another musical, 
took something like $6,700 at the 
Majestic. 

(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, inc.) 

Canadian Tour Off 

The proposed Canadian tour of 
"The House, of Ussher," to have 
started this week, has been tem- 
porarily If itot permanently aban- 
doned. The show closed In New 
York a week ago and was to have 
reorganized for the Canadian jaunt 
last week. 

When the members of the cast re- 
ported for rehearsal they were in- 
formed by Clarence Derwent, spon- 
soring the production, that there had 
been a hitch in plnns nnd that they 
might be called later if available. 



PHOALEGnS 

mm UP, 



'Student PrioiM' $19,000}: 
"Chajrtiey,' $19,( 



III I 



Philadelphia. Nov. 16. 

While the rest of the theatrical 
district familiarly known as "the 
road" has boon complaining of lu 
worst season in years, Philly is 
boasting of a condition almoat di- 
rectly opposite. Theatres hers ara 
sitting on top of the world, with 
nearly all the eight legit houses 
recording tidy profits to date. 

Last week, of the eight houses, 
only, one had any real complaint 
and that was the Forrest, which 
was to have been dark, owing to tha 
postponement of Dillingham's Bea- 
trice Lillie musical comedy, "Oh, 
Please," but which, on short notice^ 
got a single week's booking of tha 
French color film, "Cyrano de Ber« 
gerac," which the Stanley Company 
was anxious to give a local showing 
in a downtown house. A rather 
heavy advertising splurge was used, 
with business poor the first of tha 
week, but picking up moderately. 

Of the four <dramatlc shows, "Tha 
Last of Mrs. Cheyney" was easily 
the leader. The advance sale ia big. 
Another dramatic wallop was 
"Craig's Wife" at the Broad, its 
ledger again showing between $16,- 
000 and $17,000, which, at a $2.50 
top, is remarkable. At this scale 
absolute capacity would probably 
come under $20,000. Both "Craig's 
Wife" and "Mrs. Cheyney" (which 
has a $3.30 top in a house of con<^ 
slderably greater capacity), hava 
two weeks to go. 

Although not in a class with these 
two attractions, "One of the Fam- 
ily" scored nicely in ita second and 
last week at the Walnut. This two- 
week engagement waa the best the 
Walnut has had to date, and ih% 
Grant Mitchell show could probably 
have stayed another two weeks to 
profit, as it is an inexpensive pro- 
duction. The fourth non-musical 
is "Abie's Irish Rose," which main- 
tained its usual $16,000 pace in Its 
tenth week at the Adelphi. Incom- 
ing shows or heavy opposition ap- 
parently hava Ilttla effect on this 
one, which is getting a class of 
patronage different from that of 
most of the local attractions. 

With the Forrest temporarily 
housing a picture, the muaical com- 
edy fans had* tkrsa to choose 
tween, one a repeat engagement of 
an operetta, one a revue and the 
otiiar a Musical play" or opsfetta, 
rather tending toward the high- 
brow. The flrat named was the 
surprise of the lot. It waa "The 
Student Prince," third time here, 
but apparently as popular as ever, 
with the local Shubert management 
frankly amazed at the box offlce 
activity. There was hardly a seat 
at most performances, with a cou- 
ple of benefits not needed to stim- 
ulate trade. It is understood the 
house ia available for only four 
Weeks with a dramatic tryout 
booked to follow, but It looks now 
as if "The Prince" could stay a lot 
longer than that unless the present 
demand Is only a sporadic outbunst. 

The Chestnut reported another big 
week with "A Night in Paris," de- 
spite general panning by some of 
the critics. This house blazed the 
way for revues with the six big 
weeks of "Gay Paree," and looks set 
with this kind of entertainment. 
Last week the management claimed 
a gross of between $22,000 and $23.- 
000, helped greatly by the footbalT 
crowds. 

The third musical. "Song of the 
Flame," started very disappoint- 
ingly at the Shubert with scarcely 
half a house Monday night. It bene- 
fited a great deaf by the lack of 
musical opposition across the street 
at the Forrest, and recorded a fine 
gross of nearty |S,SOO Armisttsa 
night, and better than that Satur- 
day night. As the show Is scaled 
at $3.50 top, this is by no means a 
capacity pace. The week's figure 
was about $24,000, not as good as it 
might be for an expensive show; 
with a high scale, but claimed satis- 
factory. 

This week has only two openinp.s, 
"The Patsy," at the Walnut, and 
"Oh, Please." the Beatrice Lillie 
show, on Friday at the Forrest. it3 
third postponement. Next week Is 
bare as far as novelties are con- 
cerned with the next oonpestion 
listed for Nov. 29, When Otia Skinner 
brings "The Honor of the Family^; 
into the Broad. "Love- in -a -Mist' 
arrives at the Garrick. "TIp-Toe.s" 
returns to the Forrest, and "The 
Nightingale," new Shubert operetta, 
haa its premiere at the Shul>ert. 
The first three are In for two weeks 
only, "The Nightingale" probably 
for four. Other bookings on the- 
horlKon Include Mar^orle B;iml>eau 
nt the Walnut (Dor. 14). Helen 
Hayes in "What Kvery Woman 
Knows" at the Lyric (Chri.-^tfnas 
Kvp , according to pre.«(cnt plans), 
and Al Jolson at ilie Shnbi-rt Christ- 

(Continued on page ao» 



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LEGITIMATE 




MONEY GETTERS 
BUT ''BAD SEASOr REASON OUT 




^1 Weather Picked Up Plays Latt Week— 
^HoMymoon Lane^* Considered Among Strong 
Drawa— Kay/* Big Gross Contender : 





da«b of cool weather la»t week 
«d to fend up Broadway's 
^ofllneM, but the bettered ffrosses 
j g^med to be made by the favored 
[ «ttr«ctlon». Moet of the fleUI failed 
' |o gain. A general plaint to *% bad 
. »ea«on. ' appearlnr to extend 
I throughout the lesUimate field. 
\ Monday's nstienal breiUloaet of » 
^ radio ibow was expected to af- 
tisAe. BuelaMW reports, how- 
* showed Mter trade than pre- 
Ifendayst tent tt seemed the 
^Q^ttlar priced theatres were off. 

Within the past 10 day a two new 
musical attractions had the leading 
eaH for patronage favor, with "Oh, 
ICay," at the Imperial, a new con- 
tender for big money. It bettered 
|4»,(K)0 for the first week, placinr it 
next to "Scandals." •'Gay Parse,** ftt 
the Winter Garden, looked rood. b«t 
was not seUins out after the first 
perf ohDMiee 'Ksesdi^rlMt Itf eett. 
^^ted gross WAS srooiid $M.OOS. 
5^ Tor its first fun week "The Play's 
e Thing" went to over $14,500 at 
the Miller, It Is a smart draw and 
should rate with the non-musloal 
^incesssesr though a long run is not 
iBdlc&ted. "The First Love" did 
better than expected at nearly |9,- 
good money for the Booth. 
fXMd^Bin, If. P.," found little or no 
agency support following the pre- 
miere at the Biltmore. •'The SqualV 
a premiere at the 48th Btreet, was 
Is need of fixing. "Head or Tail" 
listed Just five days at the new 
Waldorf and the house is dark this 
'iWsek. 

Some of he leaders played an 
extra matinee Armistice Day and 
the grosses nit the same mark as 
fer election week. ••Bwrndway^* 
•gain around $81,000 and "The Cap- 
trre'' $25,600; "Gentlemen Prefer 
Btondes" got about $28,600; next 
Sest figurs went lb "An American 
Tragedy** at $17,000. including an 
extra matinee, Indicating business 
is quite under capacity; "Lulu 

Bene** mjm to fiT,ooo. 

"The Noose" and "Yellow" are 
both hardy dramas and commaml 
tog protltable; though not big trade, 
at $14,500 or slightly over; "On 
Approval" satisfactory at $12,000; 
"We Americans" again over $10,- 
800; "The Donovan Affair," $10,000; 
^ *ttotoy Ifayme** not strong at 
$8,000; "Seed of the Brute" fair at 
$7,000; "Loose Ends" at the flame 
mark is a failure and will close; 
*The Woman Dtoputed" mediocre 
at |9,600; the balance range down- 
ward lA, ."Autumn Fire," under 
$8,000. 

Two New Hiieieato V 

The two new mustesito mentioned 

and "Crffls Cross" at $38,000 are 
runners-up to the musical leader, 
"ficandals," scaled to get $43,000 
weekly, the mark last week In eight 
performances; "Stmny" picked up, 
getting $35,000; "The Ramblers" 
bettered $30,000, and including "Oh, 
Kay.»* and **Paree.*' this «froup con- 
stitutes the leading: six money- 
getters; "Countess Maritza" esti- 
mated at $28,000; "Vanities.** $21,- 
•Mi ^'Queen High/' $22,500; 
"Honeymoon Lane,' around $24,000 
for two weeks, is one of the strong- 
est musical comedies on the list, 
considering the scale; "Castlee in 
I the Air," $18,000, ia due t«> move to 
r another house soon or take to tl»e 
f road; "The Wild Rose," around 
819.000, Is listed to close next week, 
• flop at $5.50 top; "Kutja" is 
» bust, and is supported by cut 
i rates principally. 
I A sudden shift sent "The Pearl 
I ef (lieat rrlco" down to the Casino 
i from the Century, in the hoi>e of 
I bolstering the terrible trade up- 
S town; **Th% Vagabond King" move.l 
? to tho Century, exchanging places 
With the "Pearl." 

Other Switches snd Closings 
'Two Girls Wanted" will move 
ba- k to tbo Llitlp. "Nrd M( ('<>l.'^ 
I>augbler" following In ut the J<.b» 
t Ooiden. while "Seed of the Brute" 

■ Will bo moved from the Little to 
■L tho Cnmpdy; tlic I.-ttt-r !n>ii<'^ "^'i'* 
Ml be available through the closiuK of 

■ -»ttre Flre^ Saturday; •«We Ameri- 



cans" will replace "If I Was Rich" 
(stopping) next door to the Eltlnge 
from the Harris, which win offer 
the picture version of "What Prirp 
Glory"; "Just Life" will leave the 
Moroscp, which gets "Up the Line" 
Monday; *^ie Was a Man'* re- 
places "Autumn Fire" at the Klaw, 
the Irish show moving to Wal- 
lack's; "Mozart," with Irene Bor- 
donl, relights the Music Box. 

"Bisters." dated for the Rltz, has 
been postponed a week, giving 
"Loose Xh)ds** another week, al- 
though adTertHed to eloee Satur- 
day, The TOeatre Habimn, a Rus- 
sian company, due at the Mansfield 
next week, will not open until Nov. 
29, but '*The Ladder^ moves to the 
Waldorf, left dark >|r tttM^ |8lfitn# 
of "Head or Tall!** 

"Cradle Snatchers," at the 
Riviera, bettertng and "The 

Great Temptations,'* with $15,500. 
at the Majestic, Brooklyn, were the 
best on the subway circuit last 
^reek* 

Oettlns Buy^ llewn i# Taeke 

After having been squawklnv for 
weeks because they were overloaded 
with forced buys the brokers in the 
premium agencies stated this week 
that they were "getting matters 
down to hard tacks." The result Is 
that there were but two small t<uys 
negdtlatei tor InooiftliV iiM^ 
week, for 150 a night fOT four weeks 
with 2S. per cent return each for 
"The Sauall" at the 48th Street, 
wMdi opened last week, and 
Sue,'* opening last night at the 
Lyceum. A number of buys which 
ran out last week were not renewed, 
wtth the result th^t the eoMilite 
list of shows ill tM/htty Ut^^ 
ber but 24. 

The list comprises "Queen High" 
(Ambassador). "WhitePg SedBdals** 
(Apollo) "Lulu Belle** (Belasco). 
"First Love" (Booth), "Broadway" 
(Broadhurst). "Pearl of Great 
PrfCe** (Casino), •'The Captive" 
(Empire), "The Woman Disputed" 
(Forrest), "The Squall" (48th St.), 
"On Approval" (Gaiety). "Crlss 
Cross'* (Globe). "The Play's the 
Thing" (Miller), "Oh Kay" (Im- 
perial), "Iluncymoon LJtne'* (Knick- 
crbacker), "An American ^Tragedy" 
(Longacre), "Lily Sue" (Lyceum). 
"The Ramblers" (Lyric), "Tho Wild 
Rose" (Beck). "Sunny" (New Am- 
sterdam), *Xoose Vnd#* (RIts). 
"Castles In the Air" (Relwyn), 
"Countess Marl^ta" (.Shtibert), 
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (Times 
Square), "Gay paree* (Winter CWr- 
deii). . 

RiiiM ilel li •Hows 

In Lebang's cut rates Monday 
were 32 shows listed. Demand on 
that day was light as far ae-the 
aAvaaee for the evening was con - 

cerned. Shows listed Inchidod 
"The Straw Hat" (Am. Labora- 
tory). Gertie" (Bayes). ♦'What 
Every Woman Knows" (Bijou). 

"Old Bil, M. P." (Biltmore), "Pearl 
of Great Price" (Casino). "The 

Vagabond King" (Century)^ 

Fire" (Comedy). "The Uttle Spit- 
fire" (Cort), "Naughty Riquette" 
(Cosmopolitan). "Sex" (Daly's). "If 
I Was RIeh" (Eltlnge). "The Woman 
Disputed" (Forrent), "Katja" (<4ili 
St.), ".^^hanghai Gesture" (4tfth St.). 
"The Squall" (48th St.). "The Judge!« 
Husband** <4fth •!>. *Tli* Wende 
Sinner" (Frolic), "Loose Ankles" 
Klarrick), "Two <lirls Want»^d" 
((;oIden), "Wo Ajncrlcans ' (Har- 
ris). "The Noose" (Hudson), "Au- 
tumn Fire" <Klaw), "Seed of the 
Rrute" (Llttlp). "The I<rf»dder" 
(Mansneld), "Emperor Jones" (May- 
fair), "The Wild Rose" (Beck). "A 
T'roud Womnn" iMaxino KlHott). 
"Just Life" (Morosco), "Yellow" 
(National). IMiHy Mayme" (Play- 
house), "Naked" (Pripcess), "Tli« 
Girl Friend" * Vniulerbilt). "Hrad <•» 
Tail* (Wiildorf) and "Tiiey Ail 
Want .Kon.ovhinK* (Wallack's). 
(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, Inc.) 



LEW HELDS HOME 

Lr-w i'hlis h.iH left tlie I'lHh 
iio-i>itai. where ho wuh 



Slwwt 11 RdMursal 



"Ptggy** (Lew Fields A Lyis 
Andrews). 
'^Hsngmanli Meuee^ (Brady 

A Wiman). 

''Lucky'* (C. B. OilfinoHam). 

"Sam Abramovtteh" (Ann 
Nichols). 

"8«m McCobb*« OaufMer" 
(Thsatrs Guild). 

''What Price Qloryr (Hurtig 
& Seamon). 

"The Nifiktinsals" (thu- 
bertV). 

"airi In Upper C** (Arthur 
KMnh 



aSETY 



41 



FUTURE PUYS 



**Nervoe and CiirvM^ 

■'N>rve« an«l I'urves," comedy by 
C^untosrt Dv Itriube, Will reach 
piiHluctiun in .lanuuiy, with Joseph 
Koehler .M>nsor1nir. 



"Blonde Sinner," No. 2 
Leon De Tosf i i.'* ovKanlzIng a 
second company of "The Blonde 
dinner" for a Canadian tour. 



clowned 
%Xhat 



PlilU THEATRE ZONE 

(Continued fren page tt> 

has nsver made a nickel protlt in 
recent years, the Oarrlck has been 
a fine money getter. The story haa 
the new Qarrlck situated at 20th 
street and Market, one block eaet 
of the New Forrest. 

Still another theatre is r^^portod 
for Uie Parkway district, facing 
Logan Circle. This Is la the same 
general direction of the others men- 
tioned, but north of Market street. 
The Parkway, when all improve - 
■sents are oompleted, will be lined 
with fine public buildings and tiie 
like, and a theatre there would be 
entirely out of the shopping radius, 
even with the eenter of aeilvity 
moving out towards the new 
Pennsylvania Terminal. Another 
rumor has thla new house to be 
devoted to films instead of legit. 

The Shuberts. outside of their re- 
fusal to take the Broad and 
Locust street house, are not men* 
tionod in these prospective changes. 
The story, long existent, that they 
would build a new house adjoining 
tHeir Lyric and Adelphi theatres at 
Broad and Cherry streets, has died 
down, and ' is improbable ^n view 
of the fact that this district is out 



"Jswsled Trse" 

' Th'^ Jt weled Trt'e" m-O' 1>e re- 
vived for rt Chli'aKO Khowing In 
laauarlf; Menihers of the former 
cast isiif ||6tliM to thle eirect this 
weeif. 



cHiQHiEni;^ 

MAN'S WOMAN,' 
$12jii 



EMiy Week Biz 'Way Off 
^"Tip Tom" LMfins 
^^"Sheir |10,( 



"Pyramid* •* Lrad" wtU b* the 

tnltUI production or the recently 
orfMlaeA Morowo EntMvrtaea. Inc. 



:i I 



New Picture Houses 

Now for the Aim feature of the 
projected theatres. Realty inter- 
eilg are reported dMlMMiy to liave 
assembled the site at the south- 
west comer of 17th and Market 
streets, a block west of the present 
Pox. and two bldelca enat of the 
Stanley, upon which it Is reported 
that the Fox Company wilt build 
a combination theatre and oflSce 
building to cost f Pre- 
liminary plans for the proposed 
project have been flicd with the 
Bureau of Building Inspection at 
City Salli «IM Iksatre is planned 

to seat 1,500, thus making It rank 
with the largest in the country. The 
building will have a frontage of 
241 feet on Market street and 176 

feet on 17th street. Work is an- 
notinced to start within six months. 
C. Howard Drane. of Detroit, It^e 
architect, while the bulNMl Hrltt he 

the Chanin Company. 

The Stanley Company has said 
Several times of late that they 

would build no more downtown pic- 
ture houHCs, having already eight 
or nine of importance within a 
rtfteteli af els or ' Mecks. 
Nevertheless, announcement has 
l)Ofn made that this same Stanley 
company would bulUl a S.OOO-seat 
theatre In the new Rialto on Market 
street, west of City Hall. KItlier 
this theatre, or the one mentioned 
for Logan square, may be tho flhn 
hoiliM to be erected by United 
Artists In conjunction with the 
Stanley Co., which was decided 
upon about three months ago after 
a conference between Joseph 
.Schenck and Jules Mastbnnm. 

Discounting rumors and uncon- 
firmed reports. It is a sure thing 
that the Mark*»t Htr^pt stretch be- 
tween the H«»huylklll River and City 
Hall will have three or four new 
theatres within a cottple of years. 
This will move the th« atrical \<ui\i'* 
.at least Mix blocks frnm Its present 
center. The first unit of the new 
terminal Is completed, but the 
trjicks now rvinninu' into Broad 
Strcf^t Ktation, nntl referred to 
locally .iH the "Chlne.«!e Wall," will 
not be torn down f"f an«iili«>r year 
and a 'lalf at l^ast. Th^y will be re- 
plsrcU by a tube, and not until 
then will the new district be the 
gold mino that many realty .»nd 
theatrical ni« n think it is b<»un.l to 
bo. The present film liou-os in liu^ 
district are the Btanley, Stanton 
and Fox theatres, all film houses. 



*'Leaalty Dead" 

The play, "Hands Up." haa been 
renamed "Legally Dead." and will 
be placed in rehcai'JMil noon for a 
proposed Broadway engagement. 

Read 'HIerllla'* 

A road company of "The Gorilla" 
is being organized by Max Plobn 
for a tour ot short stands in upper 
Mew York and Pennsylvania with 
a southern tour to follow. Cast In- 
cludes A. C. Henderson, William Cox. 
William Maloney, John OHeara, 
George Le Marr» Mall liif* and 
Q eo fg e Saunders. 

' "Ouick Sands'* 
•*Qulek Sands." by Warren F. 

Lawrence Is next on production list 
of Albert Lewis. Lawrence is s 
brother of Vincent Lawrence and 
holds an executive poHition on the 
Albert l>wls forces. "Quick Sands" 
will be placed In rohearsal the lat 
tar part-ff 

"Box Seats" 
"Box Seats," by Edwin Maaecy, 
has been acquired for production 
by Laura WUek and A. O. WUkes 
The piece will be given a stock trial 
In California preliminary to New 
Tork prodnetlon In P e oee aber. 



William Ricclardi's revival ef 
"Papa Joe," with Rlrclardl ae'pro* 
ducer star, gets under way St the 
Park, Br id g eport. Ooaii., Ifav. ts, 
working toward Canada for a Oa- 
nadian tour. Bookings have been 
arranged throuah Cluurles Maynard. 
Support eaet ^nelndee Ifadellne 
Hunt. Lillian Shrewsbury. Maida 
Keade, Charlen Palassl. Nino Ric- 
ciardi, Joseph Manning and Bruce 



■Ma 



Jane Cowl in London 

Jane Cowl, who Is booked for 
three weeks in vaudeville at the 
Palace, Chicago, this week, with a 
playlet called "The Clock," which 
she wrote, may , shortly return to 
liOndone whence she r e turn ed after 
appearing there In **Baeir Virtue.** 
The next London appearances 
would have her as "Juliet" and later 
In ^^ilin* Tbrough;^' ' 

Miss Cowl la again under Arch 
Bclwyn's management. She had 
been playing under the direction of 
otnMrt Miner «ln aeiseiafliii WHh 
Selwyn. 

Selwyn, who sail^'d for Paris Sat- 
urday, plans the production of "The 
Garden of Rden" In London, prob- 
ably with Talliil.ili Pankhc.K]. The 
American rights to "The Charming 
Princens" are said to have been se- 
cured by HHWim "Who will produce 
it here iMtt>i^^ George 
White. •■• 



ma 



contlncd for several weCkS. rcvurn- 
In« to hi.^ home 

Aft. r an<ith'U* week's le.st If v. ill 
pKin^'c into direriion of rch*:urj?Slv 
of ]the musical. ''Peggj.** 



$18,000 Halts 'Blade Boy.' 
Coninonwealth Plan 

The proposed deal of a group of 
former players in "lilack Boy" to 
tnko ov«'r the production for revival 
coll.tpsed last week when Horace 
Liveright. producer. Is saM to have 
;iskc(l lis. 000 as :i consideration for 
the transftr. Th<' piece closed at 
the Comedy, Kew York, two weeks 
ago. 

Denpite b'td business, wliich 
forced It out, m»'nil)crrt of the c.ist 
had utmost conli'ienoe In its 
chances in a better located houee 
and were wHiin^' to gamble, but not 
to the ♦'Xtrnt of lit*' amount asked. 

The lignn* Ih Kiihl t<i have been 
set aa rv^presentativo of what the 
prodiiosr lost on the produotlon. 



«*ls 2at 8or Sequel 

••Chick and Chickens," sequel to 
•^ff Xnt < »> ?" has b s*« n toiupKt'd 
I'V James Oleason and Ri':har<l 
Tab^r. 

ft Will reach production In Jan- 
uary hr Saotbe^ Oleaaos and Trueg. * oflloc 



CHkk Castle in Chi OIKce 

Chi^-•n^o, Nov. 1<I. 
Chick Ca*;tle, fornjerly with I^arry 
Coirlcy. In«v. has Joined Ager, Yel- 
len & Bornsteln In their Chicago 



rhlcii^rn. Nov. \6. 
Then? ivas a sliglit inclination for 
a betterment in Hwit grosa^ lail 
week, .ilthoiigh such attrac-iiona aa 
"Sins ..f Bini»." "She CoulUn i Say 
No" and "Sweetheart Time" were 
f<nind \<y I.Tck the Htibnt.intlal call 
that Would jtrtnent Immediate can- 
cellations. 

"The 8helf" ran Into Improved 
grosses at the La Salle and. with 
proper nursing. Is apt to add em* 
phasis to the claim that when a 
•how flops in New York it Is headed 
Tor profltabic money hero. * 

"Princess Flavia" wasn't tabbed 
for reel money by the wise ones, 
yet the special party sales have 
helped it from falling to pieces. 
"Yes, Yes. Yvette,'» already In the 
air for real Chicago money, is being 
groomed lor the Four Cohans, ho " 
that "Jnavla's" exit Is momentarllv 
expected. "Vagabond Kfng" is ahead 
of "Fliivia" in hotel demand. Where 
there is one call for "Flavia^ thssa • 
are five for **King/t 

*a. T. Fofllss" Isn't marked for 
real mon«<ry on this vlf^lt for some 
reason. Last week's gross for the 
polio attraction showed an Im- 
provement, but It Is stni far away 
from the niuney expected. 

"TIp-Toea" made a game fight of 
it .'it the Illinois, but a sudden de- 
clslun takt'S this piece out. The 
house goea Into movies (Eucharlstle 
Congrese film) pending the arrival 
of Zlegfeld's "Follies." 

Tho non -musical lender. 'Maaa 
.^Ingor.'* fell off around $3,000 from ^ 
the previous week. WhHs the ads 
carried "tSiit weekfi," It is known 
Jessel's piece will sUck It out until ^ 
Christmaa The Harris Is due to 
receive "Cr-iirs Wife." with •*Tha 
Cradle Snatchers" to follow. ' 

"One ftfaa'a Wohtan" Is still draw- 
InfT Kcnsationsl trade, while "Sips 
of Sins" received a dreadful pan- 
nln« and Is NmiMhig along. 

The gross aver.ige for this period ■ 
of the season Is far below any other 
year, but let a worthy show eeinap|k; 
along and Chleago turns out. 

Kstimalet lor Ost Waeli 
"In This Vtoem** (Princess, 1st 
week). House draws a heavy popu- 
lar-priced ^balcony clientele every 
Sunday night: apened Sunday to 
modemte gross and encountered 
usual Monday slontp. 

"a V. Feines^ I Apollo, 4th week). 
Improved a trfSs aver prevloua 
weeks, but |20.0M agiln Is sensa-* 
tlonally low ilgura for this offering; 
will probaMy play aut atrlngr al- 
though doubtful if eflrif waekloaeeu 
cm be overcome. 

"81ns of Mns" (Adelphi. U week). 
Drew the curious after psnning re- 
views to the extent of a weak 
17,000. 

"Runaway Road* (Htudebaker, 
3d week). Highbrow atmosphere 
apt to hold bac*k trade necessary 
to turn out successful week; will 
draw those who patronise worthy 
acting but full pace tfiue far below 
expectations; tlceiMK 

"One MaeTa Womaf^ (Central. Hh 
week). Still running slong to 112,* 
500. a wliale of a gw^um for house 
and show} host box afllee window 
Hnic ill town for non-musicals. 

''•weethsart Time" MSarrIck, »th 
week). Haa always been a week- 
to- week propostlon btit holding on 
with average ef 111.000 probably 
satisfying Idea; varies as conditions 
of town elMiBge; should be in line 
for Improvement with any sudden 
climb. 

rAiail!!^ (Woods. 19th week). 
Tw^lPiika to go. with hint of Im- 
mense RToss for farcwfll week; un- 
questionably has Jhled up sensa- 
tional engageenent, with all aorta of 
Indlvldu.nl honors tabbed in face of 
terrihc opposition against it; run- 
nine along at |22,6<H) gait. 

"Alias the Descen" (Playhouse, Sd 
week). Far below what wise ones 
thought this one would do here; hag 
never sustained winning grOStj 
present hKure around |7,UU0. 

"The Shelf (La Salle. 4th week). 
Surpi isin^jly strontf. with uiilookcd- 
'or trade popping up on alleged oft 
nights: banged away for a healthjr 
110,000 or a littlo stronger; bif 
money at thlH house. 

**Jhe Poor Nut* (Cort. 12th week). 
Again I lie football crowds from out 
of town heudod for this one, making 
the week-end trade somcthint; to 
mniv^'l over; esriy pjjrt of week 
liKiit. HO 910,500 very good. 

"Tip Toes" (Illinois, 6th nntl Una! 
wet^k). FouKht local situation until 
(tnick decisioVi ynnks it out this 
^v< ok; $15,0110 has been big money 
latfUy. 

— "i f nsr fl ' ngtr'* fH^Tl" , 7th wcekh 

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H* ni ikin;: • roK.s aroiind $XO,.iOO; 



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L K»\m 1 I IMA I .Jb Wiftmhj. H«nnA« 17. 1986 



ART THEATRES 

By Theodore Pratt 



Th« IxMtltuUr Playm a little the- 
atr* orsanliatlon of Brooklyn. N. 
T., have presented "Ills House in 
Order," by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. 
Oeorges Renevant, the Broadway 
Atlor, played the lead, supported by 
a professional cast. The pieo^ was 
atafed by Anne Wolter. 

Plans for an art theatre for St. 
ttOttls in which It Is h op a 4 to inter- 
est ISO subscribers, were advanced 
In Invitations sent out by Elisa- 
beth Morse, Harry R. IdcClaln and 
ft group of aatoaiatea The group 
to to be known as the New Toy 
Theatre Players. Four plays will 
bo presented the coming season. 

After yeafs of discussion the The- 
atre Guild of Canada, Ltd., has 
opened an English stock company 
at the Empire. Toronto, former 
home of Columbia Burlesque. It 
got off to a good start with "Hay 
FoTer.** Plugging for society pa- 
tronage a^ |1.5f top. Mrs. J. M. 
Mood, 9Q»*p[^ipp|||f|Ma, la miming 

' City censor appearing 

as the general in a cast made up 
partially with American legion 
members, the Maylon Players are 
Inlaying *«WIUkt FriM Glory** as their 
•8th weekly bin mt th« Att4ltorlttm, 
Spokane. 

. Only a few of the original lines 
cut by WUI Maylon^ leading 
man-manager. Two local min- 
isters endorsed the showing, stat- 
ing Maylon has proved "an ob- 
Joetionablo p|ay losos nothing when 
indecent langi^jii '.||g4 blasphamy 
art omHtad."-; '^1: • , ; 

PKHTCESS TUBANPOT 

l^nUttlc comedjr in three acta by Carlo 
OoSBt. Adapted by Henry O. Alsberg and 
IMMO Don Lftvlne. Btaged by Leo Bui 



tense called for and rarely de- 
livered. 

"Turandot" is a brave attempt on 
the partis of the Provincetown peo- 
ple to stage a piece somewhat out 
of their reach. It can hardly prove 
successful la any department, 

miAIIIMICIX 

Ooniadjr by Bernard Shaw. Stand by 
Randolph Somervllle. Presented by the 
Washinirton Square College Players at the 
Playhouse, lOtf Washington Square, New 
York. 

Johnny Tarleton . . . . , Alexander Oerry 

Hentley 8ummerhays David Morris 

Hypatia Tarleton .l^dwinne Colvllle 

Mrs. John Tarleton... ..Anna Smith-Payne 

Lord Summerhays Mario PamoneAt 

John Tarleton •..•.•..alehArd Ceough 

Joseph P«rclv&l..,.,*,«^,,,*«....John Koch 
Una 8MSd9an«ii«ka.,.;^««. Judith Knight 
Oeoiier*.** ••...•.•.••.«..lf«f1e Kigre 



Washington Square College 

Players of New York University 
openeU the season last raday with 
Bernard Shaw's talkative **Misal- 
1 lance." The play , deals at length 
and in detail with ShaW*s volumin- 
ous opinions about the relations be- 
tween parents and children. 

The best quality exhibited by 
these Kew Tork college players is 
a good deal of force, though this 
tended to general over-acting. David 
Morris . as the sensitive Bentley 
Sununcrhays showed distinct talent 
in emotional <nomentf, while Rich- 
ard Oeough as John Tarleton did 
a surprisingly mature Jo|f;fPtth his 
end of the play. 

The Players have heretofore 
specialized in Shaw playa, but Dec. 
17 will do "RoUo's Wild Oats," by 
ClaM Kummer. 



$1,100 A TSAB 



cakov. BttUnga and oostuntes by Robert 
Van Roeen. P rw » t>< kf tlk« Province- 
town PiaykaMh at PMvlieetm Umxx%, 



Mow York. 

sSmol .....»•••••< J. Edward Bmmberg 

Pentalono •••••• victor Sharon 

BrigelUk.... Harold IfcOee 

— — - - Baifam Beltakor 

......;..KIfer Hawkos 

Loni Stoecol 

9 Altoam ; «..Ats»tr Oootor 

tklrlna Sada Gordon 

Tlmar Oeorre nttmo - Brown 

Zellma m Muriel Oampboll 

Sarak Moos f letats 
Slave airl Sheba Stninsky 



Starting their season with 
^Trincess Turandot," a .fantastic 
comedy by Carlo Gossi, the Prov- 
incetown Playhouse shows evi- 
dences, of still laboring in the rut 
. it traveled last year. This unpaved 
boulevard is an unfortunate selec- 
tion of plays peo'pled with second - 
»ate players. 

Story is of a proud, hard, almost 
unbending, beautiful Princess, 
Turandot. It is decreed that any 
man successfully giving the an- 
swers to three riddles she may ask 
him will receive the Princess in 
marriage, thou(|h if he fails to an- 
awer them correctly . his head will 
be cut off. 

The play has received unfortu- 
•ata adaptation, sliced as it An with 
naay abortive Americanisms. This 
mirit is. one of absurd tantasy, 
taaagh even this rarely catches 
Are. 

**Turandot** lacks capable actors. 
^ ' iMp^ Deeter on most * occasions 
is singly successful at getting 
across an amusing picture of the 
harlequinade Smperor. 

Barbara Bulgakov Is highly per- 
POaable as Princess Turandot but 
ia orercoming the diUleulties Of 
* language, her diction holds up the 
pace of the play. The rest of the 
aaat seem unpraetieed In playing 
aiaoathly to tba mood of Unht pra- 



Comody In tbrto acta br Bdna Forber 
and Newman l«vy. Proaontod by the 
Meeting House Thf>atre of the West Side 
Unitarian Church, New York. Staged by 
Fay Raker 

Paul Stoddard Pat rVII 

Jean Stoddard .Irene nielman 

Henry Adams Wlnthrop Ben Davidson 

Frances VVInthrop FMisabfth^Donnell 

Cyrus McLure Jaroea F. O'Connor 

Steven McCltiro*.**,..... ..Howard Tiffany 

Chris Zsupnlk. 'Beo Davideon 
Mrs. Z8upnlk....*-i^||:«,,.. Mildred T. David 

Tony Zsiipnlk..»«*^«k««««£tJnorence BurKy 

Slotkln.... ««««o^a||ward W. Boise 

Martha .Marian Lord 

A. Star Pat nan.. A •••nMS Goldsmith 
Bmily Putnam. ..Per Smith 
Howard SneU..... .••••••••Prank Navigate 

Mlllio Fnnnlnc...«««,,««,. Naomi DIamant 



Vernon SalabwT..* •••.Jay A. Moreno 
Quaslo. ... k. .....•..•••«.»«•» c^oan D. Ocey 

CloWlaad Wololi M«. Bolae 



•'$1,200 a Tear," 0y Edna Ferber 
and Newman Levy* had its Amer- 
ieaa premiere Nor. 10 at the Meet- 
ing House theatre, in the West 
Side UniUriaa Church. W West 
noth street* - First pfodttoaA in 
England several years ago. 

It is a comedy of the struggles 
of a college i>rofessor to live on $25 
a week When mill hands receive 1^0 
a day. The professor turns mill 
hand and takes along with liim 
most of the other members of the 
faculty. Offored a large salary in 
the ttorles the vnlrersity pleads 
with him to retulPn and teach at 
a living wage. He accepts. The 
play lalglit have dOna for Broad- 
way a few years ago bat It aow 
somewhat out of date. 

The prMuctkm revealed the play- 
ers as a competent little theatre 
group, amateur throughout and 
lacking polish, bat a good deal 
above the average acting of such, 
possessing above all an unusual 
liveliness. They receive expert di- 
rection umler Fay Baker, formerly 
a professional and also director of 
tho St« frfouis Community theatre. 



UrniE THEATRES 



The University of Baltimore at 
Baltimore has orlranlsed a Dra- 
matic Club and adopted a novel 
policy of producing plays by Mary- 
land playwrights built around peo- 
ple and incidenta signiflcaat in 
Maryland history, and concerning 
general activities and Ideals of the 
Free State. Uelene Wittman is 
stadtot assistant la eliarga of dra- 
matics, and Frank A. WooMald is 
the faculty advisor. 

^e Little Theatre of Duluth was 

revived this week after a lapse of 
eight years. The local theatre was 
the first organized in the north- 
west by the Drama. lisague of 
America and operated successfully 
until the war, when the building 
was disposed of to be used as a 
Red Cross station. A fund Of '11,630 
was obtained and is held In trust 
A meeting this week brought out 
100 fans and plans were formulated 
for reorganisation. A series of 
plays* will be presented after the 
New Year. Clyde Fitch's "Truth" 
will be the first. 

Officers of the old organization 
are: Mrs. S. R. Holden, president; 
E. C. LeDuc* secretary, and F. A. 
Patrick, treasurer. Frank J. Webb 
was made temporary chairman and 
will appoint committees to arrange 
for reorganization and select plays 
and officers. 



WHiTrJUJIAIE lEAYES 

Alnsley Whittendale has resigned 

from the Frohman ofUce, which or- 
igan ization he has been associated 
with for 22 years. > 

Whittendale waa baok- iprl^ «7he 
PlaTa tba Thlar* a| die MUlen 



PHLA BOX OmCE 

(Continaed from page 39) 

mas lilght. Bookings at the Er- 
langer-Syndicate houses are decid- 
edly sketchy after those of the 29th 
of this month, with nsaay contradic- 
tory rumors. 

Estimates for Last Week 

"Craig's Wife" (Broad. 3d week). 
George Kelly show still clicking 
strongly between $16,000 and $17,000; 
strong probability that show will 
gross pretty near $70,000 . on four 
weeks here. 

"The Song of the Flama" (Shu- 
bert, 2d week). Notfces mixed and 
show not getting anywhere near ca- 
pacity at high scale ($S.50), but 
helped by fact Forrest had no mus- 
ical; Armistice Day and Saturday 
helped swell total to $24,000. 

''Oh, Please" (Forrest, 1st week). 
Doesn't open until Friday (Nov. 19) 
night, due to third postponement; 
"Cyrano" (film) had houso last week 
to rather ordinary buginess and very 
poor matinees. 

"The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' 
(Garrick, 3d week). Real wallop of 
dramatic shows, although because 
of $8.30 top not as remarkable as 
business of "Craig's Wife"; sot bet- 
ter than $19,000. 

"The Patsy" (Walnut, 1st week). 
Opened three weeks' engagement 
Monday night; Grant Mitchell's 
"One of the Family" made comfort- 
able profit, with $11,500 claimed last 
week: eoufd have stayed longer. 

"Niqht in Psrie" (Chestnut, 3d 
week). Helped by success of "Gay 
Parse," house's previous attraction; 
between $22,000 and $23,000. 

"Student Prince" (Lyric. 2d week). 
Second return engagement real sur- 
prise of town; $19,000 Indicates it 
can stay longer than allotted four 
weeks; may move. 

"Abie's Irish Rose" (Adelphl, 11th 
week). Pax:e remains about same; 
better than $16,000; last week. 

(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, inc.) 

'Twinkle'' Ouuiget 

Louis O. Werba's new musical 
comedy, "Twinkle Twinkle," open- 
ing at the Liberty, New York last 
(Tuesday) niffht, waa kept out of 
town two weelca longer than 
planned. 

A cast change placed Ona Mun- 
son in the feminine lead, in place of 
Nancy Welford. 

The show was written by Harry 
Archer and Harlan Thompson. Bert 
Kalmar and Harry Ruby Joined the 
first authors in rewriting it. 



42d St Dm! Not Ckwed 

The reported 4eal (or a tboatre 
oa West dSai aCreet tiio otlMr aido 
of the Selwyn, has not been ooa- 

summated. Philip Goodman and 
Mack Uiiiard, mentioned as prin- 
cipal in the propoM purdiase, ap- 
pear to have gone no farther than 
discussing the matter with Isadore 
Zimmer, real estate operator, who 
controls tbo site. 

Zimmer and associates are behliy) 
the proposed hotel ' and theatre 
project on 4<th street, adjoining, the 
N. <V. A. Former bttiUUaga luiTo 
been razed, but work has tem- 
porarily stopped. An offer to lease 
the proposed theatre in the latter 
project has been aiada. 

The same group erected the 
Roosevelt apartment house on the 
Grand Concourse. It is the largest 
apar^noat building ia tba Bronx 



SECOND WK" 



Gene Lockhart and Percy Wax- 
man are collaborating on a second 
editton of "Tba Bunk.** arbieh they 
will spot in an intimate theatre in 
New York early In February. 
Lockhart and Waxman wrote and 
produced "Bunk of ItSf" at the 
Heckscher theatre last season with 
the piece later being taken over by 
Ramsey Wallace and Frank Martins 
for a downtown showing at the 
Broadhurst and later closed upon 
recommendation of the play Jury. 
Lockhart claims thai none of his 
original material had been retained 
in the version voted objectionable 
by the Jury, the latter stand said 
to have been precipitated through 
undrapeA : choristers rather . than 
substance matter of the revaa. 



K^p|ys Are 0iTarced 

' Milwaukee, Nov. 16. 

Mrs. Brlli O'Brien Mdaro Kear- 
ney, former ingenue of the local 
Players' Guild, has been granted a 
divorce • from Patrick Kearney, 
publicity man for the same organi- 
zation which went on the rocks be- 
fore the 1925 season ended. -The 
Kearneys were married June 1, 
19M, when Mto If^M a^lUi if «M 
Kearney 32. 

Mrs. Kearney charged cruelty, 
neglect, and lack of support begin-, 
nlng almost immediately after her 
marriage. Judge C. M. Davidson; 
of the Waukesha County Circuit 
Court, restored tp Mrs. Kearney her 
maiden naaia ait 0NN|M ii» final 
property setttMBfBt 6f f Sdt M lieu 
o{ alimony. " 



Dolly Tree's De^jDs 



Designs fidir tba costumes of Jones 

& Green's new "Oreenwlch Village 
Follies" are to be made and sub- 
mitted by Dolly Tree, England's 
leading stage designer, nO# In Hew 

York. 

It will be the first work Miss 
Tree has Indulged in for New York. 
Througb aonildering tha F." 
offer. Warn Tree permitted the work 
of designing the new musical at the 
Gaiety, London, to escape her. 

Ifflss' Treo ia also skettililaf a<it 
the designs for the New York pro- 
ductions Grne«it Rolls has secured 
for production at the new Empire 
Sydney, AustralHL Mr* llallg is said 
to have purchased the Australian 
rights for ftyf of t^p 9roa4way *ne- 
cesses. 

It is a possibUIty Miss Tree may 

hereafter divide her time between 
New York, Paris and London. She 
has designed for many of the stage 
and ciasadinnit^aiiib ibAarilBi 
of the teuropeaa eapltatib 



Appoint General Staff I 

Chanin Productions, Inc.. formrd 
by the builders who will have ilve 
theatres under ' tbalr diroetton by 
the first of the year, will have what 
is termed a laboratory theatre. 
Which may be used for trying out 
attractions for the other houses. 
The first play selected Is 'Tuppeta 
and Passion,' being adapted from 
the Italian by Ernest Boyd. 

The Chanlns ara flow operating 
the Biltmore and Mansfield. The 
Other three houses are part of the 
hotel fhroject at Eighth avenue, ex« 
tending from 44tb to 45th streets. 
David Burton Is general staga 
director, with Harry D. Kline gen- 
eral manager. E, "Slim" Sever* 
ance, editor aC "World Traveler.^ 
has been appointed as general preiA 
representative. 



CmCAfiO GROSSES i 

(Continued from page St) 

in for big holiday money, but strong 
draft appears to have ended. 

*'8he Couldn't Say No" (Olym- 
plQ, 3d week). Spotty trade checked, 
but managsd to approach $9,000, 
with chances*of bettering; figured 
the usual dismal Monday opening 
gross. 

''The Honor of the Family" 
(Blackstone, 2d week). Drew mod- 
erate money, with week's total prob- 
ably ascending to around $9,000, 
maybe trifie under; in for two weeks 
only, witb "Toung Woodley" to fol« 
low. . 

''Princess Flavia" (Four Cohans, 
4th week). Has been off in call at 
hotels and box ofllce, but immense 
help from special party sales; no 
indication "Flavla" will last, be- 
cause pace since opening has been 
far below expectations; probably 
around $18,000. 

"Vagabond King" (Great North- 
ern, Ifth week). But litfl% variation 
In weekly trade pulling clientele all 
its own: hitting 'em for $26,000. 

'^Coeoanuttf^ (iMangor, Bth week). 
Suffering like all others early part 
of week and matinees; pulls up 
strong week end% aad okay stt 

Hiigli CjUMTon Starred 

San Francisco, Nov. 16. 
Hugh Cameron, at the President 
for the last five weeks In the title 
role of "Alias tba Deacoa," bas booa 
elevated to stardom. The show «a«* 
pects to remain Into JanuaiT ba* 
fore, beginning a road tour. 

- immmtm'- <raa- brought waii ta 

play the part by LeHoTi.-gliiaiil, 
co-aut|ior of the play.; : 

Btify Bjrrd't Divorce 

Los Angoleii^ Not. 1$. 

Betty Byrd, principal In Carter 
DeHaven's "Fancies" at the Holly- 
wood Muila Boa, has been granted 

a divorce from Will Terrell Dickey 
following a charge that she was 
deserted three days after her mar- 
riaga;.-'"' 

Her mother offered corroboration 

and also testified Dicksy ba^ never 
supported his wife. '7- r^.- 

Tba boibaad im aat la 



P. 4 f .9^ SmA 8 WEEKS 

"Potash and Perimutter, Detec- 
tives," Is being reorganized with its 
original cast for an additional 
aigbl waaki tMif iC ttit longer. The 
reopening ' ii;. Ml fpr Brooklyn 
Dec. 20. 

The show closed in New Tork 
after a its wMttf ran fbroe weeks 

ago. 

The Itinerary of the new route 
so far includes five weeks on the 
•Miaiay ^roilt,^ iNtii mtadelphla 
to fbUoWt ^1 0 




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WtdiiHday, Noveinl>er 17, 19M 



LEGITIMATE 



YAKoerr 



41 



PLAYS ON BROADWAY 



OH, KAYI 

Alex A. Aaruns and Vinton Freedley pro- 
duction, co-featurlnff Uertruile Lawrence, 
Oscar Shaw and Virtur Miwre. Book by 
Ouy Bolton and P. O. Wodehouse; music 
by G«orfe Oershwin. lyriea by Ira Gersh- 
Dook Blaged by John Hurw(X.d; 
SfnCM by Sammy I>ee; settings by John 
wenifr. In two ftcts and flv« acenea. 
Opaoea • ^ Imperial. Naw Tark. 

^cUy ICoraai Betty Compton 

PtmrnT. ,...,Janette Qllmore 

<Tha Dttka Qarald Oliver Smith 

x2rry Pottar ••• Ilarland Dixon 

Phtl Rvston Marlon Fairbanks 

Ijolly RuxtOB Madeleine Falrtanks 

^^Bhorty" McOaa Victor Moore 

Constance Applaton Saacha, Baaumont- 

VTrZ'T:::::::::::mi^J!:^ 

Kovenue Officer Janaan. . .Harry T. Shannon 
Mo* ConaUnea Carpenter 

Daisy 

JudRe Appleton Frank Gardiner 

Victor Arden and Phil Obman at the Pianos 

I.ADIKS OF THE ENSEMBLE 
Tf-egy Qulnn, Marie Otto, Elsie Neal, 
Grace Jones, May Sullivan. Ann Ecklund. 
Xlarcia Bell, Betty Waxton. Anita (lordon. 
Blanche O'Donahue, Jean Carroll. Frances 
Mton« Jean Wayne, Maxlno Marshall. Elsie 
Frank Amy Frank, Dot Juttin. Dorothy 
flaunders, Amy Weber. Kappie Fay. Bonnie 
uTaekwood. Justine Welch. Sara Jane llei- 
Our Panay Maness. Caroline I'hillipa, 
9mmn Johnatone, I'olly (Williams. Adrienne 
• Awnmid, Gloria Murray. (J race Carroll, 
Ctalro Wavne. Betty Vane, Frances DcFoe. 

CKNTLEMEN OF THE KNb:SMBLK 
' Al Fisher, Lionel Maclyn. J.u(iue.s .stone. 

■ ♦om Martin, Melville Chapman. Alan Stev- 

■ MM. Ted Whit*'. Bob Gehhardt. Jack FniU-y, 
Bwrton McEvtlly. DoweU Brown, Ted Dan- 
Mis. Eugena Day.^^ • 

"Oh, Kay!" reunites Bolton and 
Woilehouse as librettists for this 
newest of the "Oh" series, although 
this Is by no means the Intimate 
production of the ancient and hon- 
orable Princess theatre offerings 
which cradled "Oh, Boy I" "Oh, 
lady!" et al. ^*Oh, Kay!" la a more 
elaborate ejaculation, in a more 
genorous auditorium that will com- 
pensate Aarons St Freedley, its 
sponsors, In more lavish manner 
than the Prtacess box-office afford- 
ed the BUioCt, Cometock A Gest 
combination of yesteryear. 

With a triumvirate in Gertrude 
Xiawrence, Oscar Shikw and Victor 
Moore featured In a cast of talented 
nrincipals, "Oh, Kay!" rates as the 
smKrtMt musical comedy (not re- 
vue) on Broadway and should stay 
for a healthy season's sojourn at 
$5.50. the reflrular scale. 

The George Gershwjn score in it- 
self these days is an asset. Strangely 
enouKh, the music seems to be be- 
low the Gershwin par, ultra-distinc- 
tive in spots and reminiscent of his 
own past performances in others, 
vlth not a apontaneous "commer- 
cfal" hit to Impress Immediately. 
However, It is one of those wrvice- 
.jible scores that i» to be preferred 
In the long run and ^111 i»6W on the 
"pulilic via the dance floors, evolv- 
ing a flock of song hits. But even 
Gershwin will concede that the song 
wallops of "Lady Bo Good" and "Tip 
Toes" were more readily impressive 
than the ••Do-I>o-Do," "Clap Yo' 
Hands," "Someone to Watch Over 
Me," "Dearest Uttle Girl." "Maybe" 
and "Fidgety Feet" of "Oh, Kay!" 

Here's a situation of the embar- 
rassment of riches, two wallopinp: 
dance tunes in "Fidgety Feel" and 
"Clap Yo* Hands" vlelng with more 
"commercial" sonps like "Sorteone 
to Watch Over Me" and "Do-Do- 
Do." The latter aro sure fire but 
instead of being permitted to assert 
themselves, opportunitiea'fpir reprise 
are naturally limited. 

The book !■ ■ttrvleeaW and 
timely, all about a titled rum- 
runner and his sister (Gertrude 
Lawrence ai Kay) and the efforts 
to elude a revenue mail Who lucns 
out to be a hijacker. 

One could be captious anent the 
character of the comedy with Its 
Adam and Eve gnga, puns about 
"burning your breeches (bridges) 
behind you," fierce plays on piers, 
peers and docks, a burlesque "din- 
ner" service, etc., but as ^i^ited by 
the facile Victor Moore, upon whose 
capable shoulders falls the brunt of 
the comedy, ev^nrthtnc Is accepted 
and excepted. 

Miss Lawrence Is ever the clever 
artiste, repristering from the start 
With her deft work. Mr. Shaw is 
an excellent vtli*a-vl8, and Mr. 
Moore rounds it out with his com- 
edy. Then there is Harland Dixon 

ho again shows someththir <iew In 
the way of manipulating a pair of 
agile feet; the Fairbanks Twins, 
Who help the plot proceedings with 



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their twin likenesses to confuse the 
comedy butler; and Sascha Beau- 
mont, who shows some new ideas in 
clothes, also doing well her sophis- 
ticated role. 

In dance specialties, Betty Comp- 
ton, Janette Utlmore and Constance 
Carpenter performed sensationally. 
Miss Gilmore particularly impress- 
ingwitli her acrobatic stepping. 

while Miss Compton nas had 
legit rearing In "Americana," as 
may have Miss Carpenter, Miss Gil- 
more Is wholly new. A floor show 
alumnus, this sweet girl graduate 
of the night clubs brings to $5 mu- 
sical comedy a verve and a go that 
are spontansous In their audience 
reactions. 

"Oh. Kay!" Is one of those gllt- 
edgcd productions. It Is consum- 
mate in every degree, and is bound 
to impress the most skeptical. 

It has ti good score, excellent book, 
talented principals and tasteful pro- 
duction. Its minor Ingredients are 
ultra. The 32 girls and the 12 boys 
have been exce'ilently routined by 
Sammy Lee. all doing some hard 
work in the "Clap Yo' Hands" rou- 
tine, one of those new-idea dance 
numbers, somewhat Blackbottomish 
but too intricate for general simula- 
tion, Koing beyond the already tricky 
details of Black Bottom. 

That excellent twin-piano team, 
Victor Arden and Phil Ohman, are 
a feature In themselves In the or- 
chestra trench. They are Gershwin 
and Aarons & Freedley faithfuls, 
this being their third successive 
season mated with the same com- 
poser and producing team. They do 
much to enhance the score and they 
pound their grands on all six. Inci- 
dentally, the boys who have their 
own dance orchestra with the 
Brunswick (disks), besides record- 
ing as Individuals, seem an excel- 
lent bet for a class night club with 
a dance band. Now in their third 
year on Broadway, the very smart 
clientele is muchly cognizant of the 
keyboard artists by r.ame and fame, 
and that should react well at the 
convert charges. 

"Oh, Kay!" will be a long-term 
tenant at the Imperial. The 46th St. 
Theatre Leasing Co.. Inc., house les- 
sees, can compute its paper profits 
for the season witfi safety. An un- 
u.sual "buy" for the first eipht weeks 
of 630 seats Is not the least of the 
financial fortifications. Abel. 



PYGMALION 



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Theatre Guild presents (Becond produc- 
tion, ninth subscription season) revival of 
the flve-art romedv by George Bernard 
Shaw; dirett«'«l by Dudley Digues; at the 
Guild theatre. Nov. IT) (13 80 top). 

Clara Hill rhylUs Connard 

Mrs. HlII Wlnifr^^d Hanley 

Bystander Ch.irlcs rar-lon 

Frefldy Hill Charles CourtneUlge 

Eliza Doollttle Lynn Fontannc 

Col. rirkerinsr .. J. W. Austin 

Bystander ..Bernard Savage 

Sarcnstio By.stander I.elgh Lovel 

Klderlv Man Thomas M>^oe;nn 

Filderly f.ady Klttv VVil'^on 

Henry Higpins. .Reginald M.uson 

Taxi Privor .Edward H.irtfoid 

Mrs. rearre Reryl Mercer 

Alfred Doollttle Henry Travors 

Mrs. HIgglna Helm Wtstley 

Maid Dorothy Fletcher 

As u.«?ual. the Theatre Guild turns 
out a fine result, quite apropo.s of 
Its highest purposes, worthy of Its 
loftiost promises. 

This revival of a minor but by no 
means short-falling whimsy of the 
too-killinp: Sliaw, mounted r.nd 
.staged as befits, gives to America 
the first original and honest ver- 
sion of thi.s ea.sy but aeidulou.^ farce. 

When produced in London under 
Shaw's direction in 1912, with Mrs. 
Pat Campbell in the role of Liza 
fnow done by Lynn Fontanne) and 
Herbert Tree as Iligprins (now done 
by Reginald Mason) and was a suc- 
cess' nn nll-Knj,'H.sh ca.st came here 
to show it at the Park (now Cos- 
mopolitan). Philip Merrivale played 
Tlipffins find .T. W. Austin, who es- 
says Pickering in the current pres- 
entation at the Guild theatre, played 
TIi;7P:ins opposite Mrs. Cnmpbell on 
tour. In that cast were also Dallas 
Cavlns and Edward Giierney. Thh 
roviowc r "cnufrhf it in Chirapo. 

The play then had a feeble and 
pu.-illanimous "happy ending.*' It 
was only one Hpcerh— two words — 
and it gave Mrs. Campbell, star, a 
return for the final curtain and the 
last words, nut it knocked into a 
cocked hat the entire point to which 
Shaw was striving. Mrs. Campbell 
at that time told this reporter that 
Shaw was so infuriated when h«- 
heard the added bit at the tag in 
London that he didn't come near thr 
theatre f«^r week.M. 

As the play now closes— the true 
Shaw version— Hipplns. the profes- 
sor of phonetics, who has raised a 
fiower girl guttersnipe to be a lady 
and Is so wrapped up In his expr n- 
ment that he c an't und; rstand slie 
loves him, lets lu r ofT .-.rid a; ks his 
mother to have the piii K'l biin a 
pa'r of plovrs. si/e ei«ht: as Mrs 
Campbell did it. h^' onh-ra the srloves, 
she comes back and n.sks wli it si/e 
I. in;,' li* r oo at tlie end anr l K'v'n^' 
l)ie psyc holoKi' al re.iction'oT a pr*»b- 
<ible fret-together. 

The Ctiilil attempts no tri<ks witii 
the Shaw script. It is not lor;ili/.ed. 
'freshent*d up," monkeyed wiili or 
— thank the Kods— ' improvt d. " If 
tin- (U\[U\ or any other pro.lueinp: 
iii.stiiutlon has any or.c who can 



add hlctaUiliti to Q. B. Shaw's Un«s 
it has something bigger than Itself. 

"Pygmalion" (sans Galatea) is a 
satirical whimsy, probably part true. 
It deals with two scieniiflo bacholors 
who refine the street gamin, makr 
her a social success and are satis- 
flsd. forgettlDf sottrely that she Is 
huaum. > ICIpi Fsn'tanne plays her 
from the boards up— not with the 
personal sparkle of the effervescent 
and supergifted Mrs. I'at, but by 
far more artistically fUlil. .. by far 
more realistically. 

Miss Fontanne has no\m higher 

but never truer. Her Whitechapei 

dialect is delicious and her animated 
moments are glorious, if there Is a 
finer young actress in America 
than Miss Fontanne where Is she? 
Time after time, iii a tremendous 
range of roles, she clicks, quite like 
the stars of decades "back used to do. 
before the long-run hit was the 
accepted criterion of histrionic 
greatness. 

Of the supporting cast TIenry 
Travers, in the fat part of her "mid- 
dleclass'* father, gdimers the gravy. 
Reginald Mason In the mal(> load 
Is a satisfying if not entirely felici- 
tous Hlgglns. a part that Sir Her- 
bert Tree did into immortality. The 
rest of the company, notably Beryl 
Mercer, J. W. Austin and Helen 
Westley, were quite Sit ill* 8liaw 
Spirit. 

The laughs came as thick as at 
any of the flip comedies of the day 
and the street, and the subscribeis 
ate the Shaw epigrams and cutting 
repartee avidly. 

This piece will play Its subscrip- 
tion season of five weeks, after 
which It win be retalaSd to the 
length of Its logical run as part of 
a two-play repertoire, being shown 
the first four performances of each 
week with "The Brothers Karuma- 
zoff," by Dostoievsky, at ths . last 
four performances. " - 

It should weatlMV • niunber of 
weeks thereafter. f.ait. 



Gay Paree 



(1926 Edition) 

Revue at Winter I'mrden; opened Nov. 
t> Ity Shiibtrl.»; d.iiuos ftiiK^^i l»y ^^t'yl»l^>u^ 
FiMix; di.iloK h> J. Harold Ati.rl.tg.- ; 
«»rvii\> .md l s I'v Albert Nii hoN and 
Mann H.-lliu'r; sklt^« dlreiH' I by 1,'h.irles 
Ju.b'ls; >;one;al ilirootiou by J. O. Hii(Tinan 

\Vinni<j l.l^htner. t'hio SaU; and Jf.inii«^ 
Aul.ert fi:mir«'d; Ahc' Kouldtn, Mary 
MUburn. Lorraine W . inuT. Maria Finiey. 
ViT\>iM. Helen W < hrle. Franoea Blythe. 
iJlona I'hrlsty, 1H>ukI<is Leavltt. Rlohiir>l 
Bold. Frank ('•aby. Max Hoffman. Jr.. Al 
Wohlmann. Hath Brothers. Ben Nolmea, 
Newtoa Alfxander. Cheatar Frederlcfca. 
Jack Haley. Lisclta Csvara. Ayaada 
ciMM^ottia. 

The first revue with the "Gay 
Paree" title had the namo of Rufus 
Le Malrc as sponsor, but the Slm- 
berts were established as the pro- 
prietors soon after Its oi>enlng Now 
that L« Malre is oft on his own 
with his **Afratrs," the Shuberts are 
carrying on the rather good revue 
label. Not that that means much 
on the road as wltnesi the quick 
collapse of the last "Paree." which 
attempted touring again this sea- 
son and stopped after two weeks. 

But with the present show the 
Shuberts aro likely to win patron- 
age, at least here In New York and 
In tho few centers left to the legiti- 
mate stage, due to the similarity of 
the new show to the old. In addition 
to the name and gener.al revue idea, 
besides the presence of Winnie 
I^lghtner, Chic Sale and Alice Boul- 
den in the. rast. 

The Shuberts claim co have the 
best dance director in captivity in 
the clever person of Seymour Kelix. 
There may be a couple of otl^er 
young men In' that line 'of endeavor 
who might argue the question But 
there can be no dispute that Felix 
is the star of "Gay Paree." His skill 
In handling 36 girls In numerous 
evolutions is a revelation. There 
Is always novelty and Felix Is a 
bear in that direction. How those 
ponies work. It's no cinch dancing 
under this lad's direction, but it 
must be a satisfaction to the lassies. 
It was Felix's numbers that fea- 
tured the first part of the show. 
After Intermission the revue seemed 
to carry itself. Then at the finale 



six of the male principals clowne4 
the Felix novelty business. That 
put the "Guy Paree" number 
(" There Never Was a Town Like 
Paris") across and was really a 
compliment to the director because 
it recalled the wealth of Invention 
that had gone before. ■ 

It's sure a Frenchy title. Funny 
enough, not until after the Show 
opened did a real French artist get 
into the east. In PUiladeli>hia the 
week before Jeanne Aubert, known 
in the Paris 'halls, was added. They 
changed her name to Jane for some 
silly reason. At the premiere here 
she did not seem to get across, but 
Friday night last it was different. 
.Mile. Aubert ereatlAg quite a friend- 
ly spirit. 

Tho slim blonde Parisian did not 
come on until the seOond section, 
virtvially taking over the prima 
donna burden carried by Mary Mil- 
bxirn In the first half. Mile. AuberCtt 
"Jet! Aimec" ("means I love you"), 
sung partly in French and part in 
Kngllsh. developed Into the pret* 
tiest nielody of the show. A skit 
was written around tlie number, 
affording the opportunity of re- 
prises. She came out In "one" to- 
ward the close for another English 
and French combination number, 
having, the show girls' backlni? for a 
few minutes. A novelty song dur- 
ing which Mile, tossed out : Uttle 
vanity mirrors, was her last contri- 
bution and they liked It. 

Soenlcally. "Gay Paree" Is an eye* 
f»il. and th(>re was a plentltude of 
effects, all new to this side, but not 
to Paris. Looks like it only re- 
quires one trip abroad for J. J. 
Shubert to come back with enough 
stuff for a .Winter Garden revue. 
Virtu.nlly all of the ftill stage scenes 
and effects appear to be taken from 
the "Follea Bergere.** ■ The profusely 
pictured souvenir proicram of the 
Parisian revue doubtless gave a 
pretty good Idea' to the scene build- 
ers of "Gay Paree." l>^ven the cos- 
tume' designs are the same in a 
number of Instances as the Parisian 
"Folles." 

A produced dance number. "Kan- 
dahar Isle,*' had Aisda Charlceiila 

all gilded up, sporting a loin cover- 



1 




^•PEPICATED TO 

"Beauty in Cfpotwea f 

N Tii£ lon^ ago days ol Chivalryi- 
Sir Walter Raleigh dedicated hi« 
cloak to tkf f ervace of keeping the 
footwear of OM Woinan hie Qtieeiii^ 
ufifnemrf ef»i iNM«rt^ 




I. Miller fair thirty y eery Kae dedicated 
his services to the creating of beautiful 
footwear for every woman. And as an 
expression of his appreciation to the 
women of the stage* Wbo have beeii hie 
constant incentive and inspiration, 
I. Miller has erected this beautiful new 
Showfplk's Shoeshop, filled it with 
exqaiiite slippers, and dedicated it to 
Beauty in Footwear! 



I. MILLER 



OPiCN USiTIL NINIC P. M. 



^ I. M..1M9 




▼AKIBTT 



I^EGITIMATE 



Wednesday, NovemW 17. 1926 



\am iita the 8am« &■ the banaiift 

fMt UMd by Joaephln* Baker in the 
"VoUee Bersere.'* Uim Charkoule 
wlnled about consMMmMy. a modl- 

A«d ooooh. But It waa the chorui» 
work that make "lale" corking. 
B^tltx had hia three dosen working 
up and down an incline back atage 
aad the glrla won large reward. 

It waa the chorua, too, that put 
acrosa "Broken Rhythm.- The nov- 
altjr of tha atepping waa admirable, 
aa H waa aprightly. Alice BouMen. 
oiia of the livelleet of soubrets. han- 
dM the "Rhythm" cleverly, aa ahe 
die otlMr niimbera. la between 
ohorua evolutions. Cheater Freder> 
iokaLa rubber ball dancer, and Mar- 
9la irteley pranced off with a acor- 
■ng specialty. The Fredericks kid 
8 probably the moat active young- 
jMr ifeiiae theaa parla» 



They were in evidence at the 
' Bacchanal." ending the Arat section, 
vhcra Dolly Thain on her toea typi- 
led tha "spirit of wine." Then again 
n **OrienUI Night." sung by the 
wall appearing Richard Bold, who 
liaA many vocal aasignmenta, all 
wan done. The posers furnished a 
battcgrouad, whne Helen Wehrle. 
also with gilded body, performed tn 
"Tha Gold Plaque^'* Miss Wehrle 
laeitfl n manret In her tine. A eon<« 
tonionlst and acrobatic dancer, this 
«pnndidly formed girl atood out in a 
whirl of sterling apaeteltjr and an* 
semble dancing. 

Charles (Chic) Sale is easily the 
strensth of the show's comedy. Hia 
own specialty, changed somewhat 
L'rqm former seaM^^ ts^ aa ^ugh- 

aasis=s==9F-BssB 



sktta was always effeetlve. He dls* 

played a change of pace that was a 
surprise, playing an old soldier 
with such fidelity the house was 
never so quiet. Serious playing? in 
revues is rarely .attempted and less 
oflen successful, but flalePs *'He 
Knew IJncoln," before a replica of 
the martyred President, brought a 
gulp to the throat. Ben Holmes, 
straighting for him. did a Tary napU 
Job. 

Winnie Lightner. peppy as alwasra. 

made Kood in every slcit she was 
placed in. Offering her specialty 
next to intermissfon she trotted off 
with a hit. "Going Alonf? As I 
Please*' sounded like a published 
number but It figured nicely In her 
three song specialty appearances. 

The skits were principally rewrit- 
ten from stories that have been 
around and they are not parlor stuff 
either. Douglas Leavitt, Frank 
Gaby, Miss Boulden, Miss LlghtMr. 
Miss Mtlbnrn. Max Hoffman, Jr., 
Holmes, At Wohlman and Jack 
Haley to a amall extent and Lor- 
riane Weimar played the akita. The 
latter is a clever character woman, 
standing out in a atenographer skit 
Some were tossed aside after the 
opening. Programmed but not on 
were *'At the Movies" and **IjIIIu 
Belle" and "The Censors." 

"Oay Paree" may not be invested 
with hit songs, though the score 
seemed better than usual. "Shak- 
ing the Blues Away" got something 
and was another good chorus idea. 

Weldy of Paris is credited with 
the costume designs and some de- 
signed by SrnMt 8ohf«99ift n 




Mata Wed. * Sat.. t -M 



w***— DttLnnnmi 

MARILYN MILLER 




^SJ^ GAIETY 5!£-«rfcS?.5i 

H^Mmm DIIXIMOKAIt pnn.l. 

'ON APPROVAL* 

A fiem«dr by FREDERICK LON8DALB 
. with WALLACK KDDIKIira 
V VIOLKT KEMBLB COOm , 



CSABUta CI f\HV T B K A T a a 

^Of/fflgBuUn VMA/DEt 4stli SC a B'irw 

k, S:Sf. MaU. Wed. A Bet., f 



CHARLBS DII>L.INaHAM pr«««nts 

FRED STONE 

la a New Moalcal Com»dy 

"owsa CROSS" with Dosonnr OTom 



mmimr n n r icdr Man. w«d.. asw »«•• 

Aa IndUpetabl* 8« 



diPlRC^h.. B'jr a 49th St. Bva l:SO 

cjnruui^^a^ Wed. * mu at l:tt 

CWiiWi vmomuiir giesMita 
THE 

Kdwmrd Baevdeft'a Wortd Triemph! 

wtta NiLCN BiNgEit aaaiu aaTMaoNi 



APT IV 



settings aa usual ara by IMTHtaoo 

Barratt 
The ohorua Una- up: 
Bdlth Humphreys, CeaeOa Badan- 

ham, Betty Lelghton. Sylvia Carol, 
Cavenda Stanislaw, Grace Candee, 
Adelaide Onndee, Peggy Brown, 

Olive Pearson. Dorothy Palmer, 
Mary Phillips, Maraaret Kennedy, 
Margaret Moore, Jean Caaelton, 
Elizabeth Ryder, Mary Coyle, Jean 
Block. Kmile Vordi. Gladys Nagle, 
Eva lielmont, Dorothy Kane, Mar- 
garet Hollla, Dotty Nadetta. Myrtle 
Allen. Raquel Rhu, Miriam Grace, 
Kydra Miller, Marjurie Thomas, 
Grace Wright. Babe liorls, Steph- 
anie Peters, Betty I<awrence. Rosa- 
line McCallion, Mae Russell, Mattie 
Kay, Beverly Booth, Loretta Flush- 
ing. Mabel 01sea« Shirloy Guatih, 
Mndelaine Maine. 
The show girls: 

Maxina Morton, Gloria Christy. 

Barbara Barondess, Frances BIythe, 
Axeada Charkoule, lioanara Wilder, 
Naan Lane, Keva Jj^nn, Leona 
Newell, Katrina Trask. Agatha Phil, 
lips, Thalle Hamilton, Julia Barker, 
Christine XSoklund, Datothy Vance, 
RoHulind Wishon. Irene Schroeder. 
Elena Meade, Helene Fredericks, 
Muriel Seely. 

"Gay Paree" is a diverting, flashy, 
dancing revue, a big show in a big 
theatre. 

Business was not actual capac- 
ity Friday night when the football 
crowd was in town but attendanee 
was close to that mark. 

A Preachy show that ought to 
keep the Garden occupied through 
tlie htlanoa of the season. Jb9€^ 



BELASCO 



W. 44 81. 



DATZD 



LENORE ULRIG 

lJULU P 



I V^CITM Th«&.. W. 45tli St. Bts. 8:30 
A«I WCWm jint,. ThuM. a Sat,, t:M 

DAVID DELASCO 9ntmt» * 

_ j_ J By WIM^nO MACK 

ULYSUE 4.",r^.2 



WIIXAKD MACK. 



A, J*. ERLANOBB preMnU 

Eddie Dowlins 

Pill THN'fb*^* St. KvM. t:SO 

rVI- I Un Mats.. Wed. and Sat t:SO 

"Tha llnaal ef mystery melodramas." 



GEORGE WHITE'S APOLLO =JSJ 

POPULAB MATa WSD. * SAT.. t:U 

GEORGE WHITE'S 



—Herald TnbuM. 



T 
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DONOVAN AFFAIR 



VANDEBBILT l!.S-^a.-lri.r 515 
r.vir nsLDr new mitsical coMsnT mt 

THE GIRL 
FRIEND" 



«. 4M at 1:14 
SaU 1:14 



l^i ■' tturn w. muiom otomoin 

r CASTLES in the AIR 



mmtokL sgNflATioiff or TBM 

amBATION 





JOHN GOLDEN Theatre 

BSth St., bet. B'war A 7th Ava. 
Matlne** WED. and 8 AT., 2;I4. 



QUEEN HIGH 



MBW 




Old Bill* M. p. 

OhnrlM Coburn starrad In comedr-dnuna 
by Bruca Uainafatbar. Maiiaxement of 
8heasreen and Vroom. Opened Biltmnre 
Kov. to. Stassd ^ Haniy Haiaart. Pro- 
ducuoa Mir «iliivlslia SC avtlMr ead 

Vaisiir** Wtfii^cWiU^****** • .Halaa Han^o" 
Kat<(«» • • . • . Halan Ttldan 
Btrt. •<•*•••»•••••* 4* idMrke McNeagiiton 
AM 

Old Bltl..*..**»«»*»***»«*<*Ghertia. Otbarn 

Lady Barbent » Aadfsy Bltewatl 

Xiora Hadenham Lawraaae a'OrSay 

A ConaUbla M. Wt. OUIr Halaa 

Wells Laonard Ida 

n!edlow C. T. Davia 

Mr. Clayton Jamaa JoUy 

Molly Parfona .Bveljm Clajrton 

Bea«la,Jlartla Ltlllaa Spencer 

SossiWril OMMsaSS taaadarsoa 

Josephine Willis 

RalelA. Thomas P. Tracy 

Fanein N. St. Clair Hales 

Maxwell ••ftW«v%**' .Herbert Ranson 

Mrs. Bradlai|r..«*»,^;««««. Susanna Lawrance 
Bob Martin. '.Roy Cochrane 
Jim Bailey. ..•••V*«*«»*«*0«orve Fltsgerald 

Tom Lloyd •••••••••lawrenca Sterner 

Bd Browa. ..,••••••.« Henry CarvU 

Frank Ijawla* P. H. Day 

Ned DentMl..«««»i« '•...X«elrbton Converse 
Jim Nell. .Allan Cromor 

Mr. Moataaas. •••••••'•'Wallace Wtadao wiia a 

Bftxtar ••••••••••••••RartMft BcUinore 

A FiDotmaa.... ••Oalds AlexaaMr 

Dave liOBS* ••••••»•••••••••• •OaUa Maatar 

Joe Darrll Paul Dane 

Pete Sauadar* Qaors* ▼. Denny, Jr. 

Jack Grey Georva Liamb 

A Woaaan._. N ancy D e Stlva 

•«• • •MljNlf C^uvll 



HENRY MILLER'S Vu wJSm, 

MATS TiniBS. and 8 AT.. S:M 
OHARLBS VmOUMW presents 

Holbrook Blinn 

In l EIlENC MOLNAB'8 

THE PLAY'S THE THING' 

PHILIP GOODMAN presenla Amer- 
<co'« fnnnieat comedian* in the biggsat 
masical sssisiiy wwcsf of tko seosoa/ 

CLARK and McCULLOUGH 

'THE RAMBLERS'' ''^aSSS*' 

"FsaelaM »air la Naw Vark."— Kra. Sua. 
*'CrMvtf yillad. trawtad, aareanad. raakatf aad 
dasblad Or.irhlc. 

LYRIC Thea.. W. 4ld Bt mym. i:S«. 
1^1 MsilaMp W««i aa« ilK^ t;N. 



genheuen 

PREFER 
BLONDES 



TIMES SQ. 

THBATRB 

West 4ta« Street 
Evenings at t:SO. 
Mnts. Thursday A 
t3aturday at t .19. 



B 



ROADWAY 



nROADHUUST. W. 44th 8t. 
mm. $'M, Mala. Wad. * Sal.. 1:3» 



PI AVMOITQPW. 4«(h FT. E»ei. « 10 

■ ■ "^V*"- .M.ilv Witl. A. Mat. 2 MO 

ROSALIE STEWART Presents 

DAISY MAYME" 

A COMEDY 

B7 George KeUy 4k."Sa; Si'-- " 



'UUo. Bruca Bairnfather'a "Old 
Bin,'* familiar pen-and-ink oarlea* 

ture and shell-hole stafira war hero, 
la back a|raln, and with Charlea 
Cobtirn. li<i>#ottbt akont hIa char- 
acterization of the walrus- face 
comic, flrst in "Tha Better 'Ole" and 
now "Old Bill, M. P.,*^ belnff the 
boat in Coburn's career. Bert and 
Alf are. with him, but It's "Old Bill" 
hUtumM^mtk la th# real warka. 

There is doubt about the new 
play emuiatiny the popularity of the 
Urat. Baimaliather lar in the 
trenches with the British dou«rhboys 
and made them laugh with hla com- 
icalitiei, aa ha did aU' Shisland. 
There was somethlngr Irresistible In 
"The Better 'Ole/' but It isn't in the 
new ptay^. We ware ^aa to the 
war despite 3.000 mllea of ocean. 
But this side doesn't take to the 
funny aide of coal atrikaib any more 
than doos Britain. 

"Old BiU, M. P..** through Ita cen- 
tral characters, aims at what was 
expected to be the humorous side of 
the coal strike in Bnaland, taking 
in a radical plot to blow up the 
mine, Bairnsfather's notable Wil- 
liam Bushy running for Parliament 

On ulO BNMk — ' 

It was done abroad several years 
ago. and Sam H. Harrla had it over 
here tot a Um% «to#tBt It briefly 
in Canada. 

Now Jamee Shesgreen and Lud- 
wig Vroom ara preaenting It, with 
Cobutn doubtyless !n on the produc- 
tion end. Sotee changes noted. One 
is the Centopah Illusion, placed near 
the co««|||ilon laatead of tha first 
scene. 

Bill is flrst Shown In his little pub. 
conducted as a means of additional 
revenue, but he's a miner by trade, 
he is. Staunch but gentle hearted, 
and liked by Lord Hadenham, own- 
er of the minei played with the fln- 
ishod manner of the veteran Xaw- 
rance d'Orsay. The latter's secre- 
tary Is a Bolshovlk, and there arc 
others In the mine. 

JLcMirning of the plot to dynamite 
Long Tunnel, Bill descends dnd 
warns the men, but the explosion 
comes before he and hia pals are 
able to escape. 

They are trapped. With the water 
. j-islng. it Is Bill who keeps up thei r 
^iplrlts. and the trio sing thelP Aid 
favorite, "Marlenioi.^elle from Ar- 
mintieres." The singing of tlic 
women near the shaft to give cour- 
VLf^e to the trapped n\iners la eerie. 
They are rescued Just aa the water 
is about to claim them. 

Ami at the clo.«<o ia r^fU'H flcht foj- 
the election. He offers his best 
argument when appearing In the 
iorn, worn oUra drab and helmet oi 



tha trenches, ani ha awltehea the 

vote In his favor. 

Nine scenea and several songa 
credited to Abel Baer. One aoena, 
that of Bill's trial, did not register, 
tyit the a\ithM> had to use up the 
numeroaa eiharacters ha etched. 

The happenings are supposed to 
occur on Armistice Day, and the 
premiere on the eye of that date 
was appropriate. 

The measure of fun In **The Bet- 
ter 'Ole** la BOt approached by •X>ld 
Bill," despite the general excellence 
of Coburn's playing. Charlea Mc- 
Naughton Is again preaeni aa. Bert, 
getting a chance now and then and 
doing very well. Charlea E. Jordan 
as Alf is Just one of the trie. 

"Old Bill, M. P.,** Is an esisodic, 
melo-dramatic comedy. Tha explo- 
sion scene and that of tha trapped 
minera which follows are quite ef- 
fective. Considering the "cold" 
opening at the Biltmore, the pre- 
miere seemed to click with the flrst- 
nlghters. though it's very layout pre- 
cluded anythlav Uka krtUteMa In 
performanoa. 

**01d BIU". may have moderate 
auooesa, witli tha ahaneea agalwt 
eyes that. 



Th» Pearl of Groat Pric^ 



Drmna-nactaela la a proleg, aavaa eoenei 
sad an epiloa, by Robert MeUMifblla. 8ete 
bjr Wataoa Barratt, laoMsatel eeete hy 
Ksri Hajoa aUged J. a HaSaaa. Pra- 
MAted brlto saeberts. Ceatanr. Hew Tertu 
N«v. 1. 

Adventure John Klcholsoo 

Aay Man's Slater Marsot Kelly 

B*niir. Peter Doyle 

Beauty I>agtnar Oakland 

Besgar I3ootb Pranklin 

Booth Franklin 

utMT^. ....•.>•...........•.,,.. Albert F*rooni 

Cringe :.H. Kuraaakl 

^Mth Booth Franklin 

Daapalr FZor«nce Pendleton 

I>rink John Nicholson 

Envy Mra. WUIlam Faversham 

Fame /...•...*. ..Richard Temple 

• ..*•... .Mjrrtla Adania 

Foreman ef ttie Jury........ John NIcholaoa 

Greed. ...*,••.« •••••••••••«*, Rdward Favor 

Huraanityw ••••••••••••Richard Temple 

H'jnger. . .....•.•••,,,•„,,,... .Peter Doyle 

Z . «1V.M, ..••*.•••••••••«.,.. .Prank Green 

Indolcnoe...^^,^.^, Helen Tucker 

«MW ..... ••••••••••••.«»*«»« . .Albert Frooa 

p^bl a. ... .•«.»»,,«,,,%., . . . . .Marie Dealya 

I»neilneai.« .••»,»••«.,,, Millie' James 

Love... .,,«,^,,,,,ReglBald Sheffleld 
Lure. . •••••••••••••••••...Bernlce Gardner 

Lust ••••••. ..Bugene Ordwajr 

Luxury JuUa Hoyt 

Mother at Pllirlai..^«^^^*«..Baie ghamien 
^^S3r ..•••••••••.•* ••••••••••. ...... .Valdee 

Pander. . •••••«.••••.••«,•.... Marloa Ka^y 

Piigrun •••••..*•••••. ClaudeCte Colbert 

^AiB* • •.••••AsMlla BiBghiwa 

wnug. .,.••,,••»,,,».,„, ,^-. ii giag n aifetoa 

TP*^*}'"* • .••-•..Ifatoeba FasaeU 

vanuy... •••(««,, Bwaaaon 
vuigarlty. ..•*.••.......*.. . '. . » . . .I^ee BeaC 

^*nt , ;.Willlsai Dvl^oat 

Wanton. •••••••. ...IrMe WMt#Ie 

la advertising the plajr 4hp man- 
agement stated it has a company of 
200. The program showa 71 people 
of which 40 are llttla alaa than 
chorua people^ The program looks 
imposing, however, because ot Its 
length, but there are but few la the 
caat meaning anything in tha way 
of real money. Effle Shannon plays 
little more than a bit, Amelia Bing- 
ham tha aame. Julia Hoyt In the 
moat lihportant role other than that 
of the lead, while Richard Temple 
and Fk>ank Green artke hearj. walk 
away with tha male honor*. 

The play Is nothing more than an 
old-fashioned hoak melodrama 
dreaaed up aa an allegorical spec- 
tacle, after ••Bhrerywoman" and "Ex- 
perience,'' wit*! the lines carrying aU 
tlM auggeatlveneaa posslbta to In- 
corporate. Yet with this all It will 
never be more than a perfect Joe 
Leblang offering. 

The patronagre that Leblang at- 
tracts to the theatres will fall for 
It hook, line and sucker. Broadway 
wiseones and Park avenue will have 
none of It, for It is too crude In Its 
attempt to capitalize salaclousness 
and dirt. Lrlka telling off color 
atories. 

There are nine scenea. Produc- 
tion end has been taken care ot 
with an adaption of "The New Art 
in the Theatre." all overhead light- 
ing, drapea and a few aet plecea. No 
tremandoua expense from thia and. 
What MAT hava put tha biggaat dant 



In the pocketbook waa the costum. 
ing of one scene In tha dwellSp 

glace of Luxury; otherwise nothing 
I coatuming calling for any outlay^ 
The play opena with a prolog ux 
whlc:i Pilgrim Is presented with th« 
Pearl of I^eblang Price by her 
mother, tn aUlka I>eath ahd takes 
the mother away. Then Love leaves 
with Adventure and Pilgrim la* left 
to fhoe Want. Loneliness and Greed, 
to be reacued by Idle Rich, who 
takea her to the City, to Luxury. 

Ha la tnring to secure from hep 
the Pearl but she escapes to wander 
the streets and is finally directed to 
the house of flHiama^ where she la 
informed she may pawn her Pearl. 

In protecting the Jewel ahe slays 
a man and Is on trial for her life. 
Here Truth in her defense calls on 
the Memory of her Mother to ap- 
pear aa tha flnal wltnaaa and aha la 
freed. 

Then the epilog with Pilgrim re- 
turning to tha *XlttIa Kouaa.wlth 
the Hollyhocks,** whar« XjOTa and 

Prudence await her. 
It's the bunk. 

Without cut rates It will be one 
of the moat colossal Hope ot the 
year In the show business and may 
still flop with cut rates. However. 
It may be able to weather through 
the holiday season on tha atrength 
of tha advertising ^f It aa a "great 
moral lesson** — which It isn't. Just 
••dirt." 

Julia Hoyt aa Luxury was a stun* 
ning figure with a most weird make* 
up and little histrionic ability* 
Amelia Bingham gave aa good a 
performance as anyone In the cast. 
Pilgrim, as played by Claudette Col- 
bert, was hig-ndled by her at tlmea 
Impresslngly and at other tlmea 
failed to register. 

In one of the scenes the manage* 
ment has drawn In a naked wiMnaa 
by sheer force, placing her on a 
platform In an artist's studio scene 
In the altogether with the hope that 
would lend an added bit of sex ap- 
peal to a iNroduction that already 
ranted with too much of It. JVML 




JOSEPH SPREE 

Tht Sncms ComeiliaD 

Principal C«Miiecl]r » 

"NAUGHTY I 
RIQUETTE'^ \ 

NEW YORK 



4€ 



Lawrence Schwab and Frank 
Mandel have changed the name 
of their new Operetta^ which 
opens at the Casino Theatre on 
Tuesday f November 30a from 

''LADY FAIR"' 

to 

THE DESERT SONG 



Thank Youl 



W^dnewlay, November 17, 18M 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIBTY 



43 




PUTS our OF TOWN 



MOZART 



Baltimore, Nov. 19. 

MualcAl play In thr«« mcta with Irene 
Bordonl. Buutc and lyrics by Bacha Guttry. 
Maaic by KeynaUlo H&hn. Sta«eU by Wm. 
JH. Oilmore and Norman Lorintr. Prrxlured 
ty K Ray Goetz at Ford't theatre, Nov. 1ft. 
tifadame d'Eplnay.^ .Luciie Wataun 
aflle. llarl*i%4lftM« •»••••« ..Frieda Inescort 

Orlmand...^ Harold Heaton 

l^oiae* •••«••••■••••••••••• • Jeanne Oreene 

Bfarquia 4t CbambttttU Stewart Baird 

Baron ran Orlam. Frank CelUer 

IM Ovimard... Martlm Lorber 

MMMt •••••••••••••••Irena Bordonl 

M b —. V««tila...,.., J. Btak« Soott 



'^osart'* !• a euriouily unimpor- 
tant play. ItB parentage and its 
Parisian reputation Iiad led a dressy 
muMeM to «on»«et otherwiM. What 
they saw was an amorous trifle with 
little of the usual Guitry sparkle, 
jnuoh oommonplace- rhymed verse 
and a well crroomed cast posing 
prettily in scenes suggestive ot an 
undMVnidiMlttf's attempt at some- 
thing In the manner of Sheridan. 

The play attempts in turn to be 
Mveral things and succeeds only 
in being tiring. To begin with, the 
Moaart of the Guitry dramatization 
kM little of tho sentimental appeaL 

Ho Is shown as a youth of 22 on 
his first adult visit to Paris. Tbo 
floeno to tho drawing room of 
Madame d'Epinay, mistress of 
Baron von Grimm. Mozart's patron. 
Aoeordlng to Guitry, Wolfgang was 
vwy much the cad. He made love 
to mil the women in the cast and, 
as a result, was packed off in the 
coach to SalBbury at tho Oloao of 
act three. 

Miss Bordonl's Mozart is a "Folies 
^ergere" Mozart, a Mozart who 
ilts a harpsichord, turns full face 
to the audience and sings **Zesl Ian- 
guage zey meek sis heart. . . . 
Well, you know Irene. The trouble 
to that tho velour breeches and 
white wig of Wolfgang cra»i^ her 
style. Nor does the Hahn arrange- 
ment of the Mozart melodies help 
It Aside from a **Letter Song," 
probably Hahn's, with lyrics by 
Coots, there is no opportunity for 
Mlsa Bordonl to do tho tMnffs ohe 
does so well. 

Frank Cellier, making his first 
American appearanes, to tho baron, 
and the best of the 8upportinflr^i*ast. 
Lueillo Watson, ozoept for some 
wooden posing, la eflectivo as 
d'Eplnay. The setting is hnpoatng 
and the costuminff lavish. 

Tke names of Bordonl and Guitry 
may get it a limited draw, but as a 
"Second Merry Widow" it won't do. 

Moiart should havo gone to 
Vienna instead of Paris. In that 
oaso K might have been a differ- 
•nt and more tuneful story. 



to nm a Music Box In Hollywood 

similar to the one In New York. 
Ho began promoting, and found in 
the picturo Hold a great many ready 
financial aids. They "went" to the 
extent of some 1125,000 in erecting 
this 16-seat playhouse in Holly- 
wood, .which Is ideally buiK for this 
sort of entertainment. It even has 
a roof garden, whore dancing takes 
placo bt t wa on aeta. 

AmODiT those who had faith In 
the plan and stihscribed wcro Lewis 
Stone, Bert Lytell, Jack L». Warner, 
Raymond Schrock, John. Bairymore, 
William Beaudine, Clarence Brown, 
Francis X. Bushman, Edwin 
Caren^, Bddle Cline, Low Cody, 
Jack Conway, Ward Crane, Viola 
Dana, William Desmond, Keginald 
Denny, Hoot Gibson, John Gilbert, 
Huntley Gordon, Lloyd Hughes. 
Hans Kraely, Frank Lawrence. 
Frank Uoyd, Edmund Lowe. Rob- 
ert Z. Leonard, Douglas MacLean, 
Henry MacRea, June Mathls, Mae 
Murray, Louis Milestone, Edward 
Sedgwick, Lowell Sherman, S. 
George UUman, Florence Vidor, 
King Vidor, Millard Wobb and Bon- 
nie Ziedman. All of these, and 
many others, pledged themselves 
for amoimta roachlng from fl.OOO 
to $5,000. 

From what De Haven revealed in 
his opening production it looks as 
though one of these days the folks 
are going to get their money back. 
Possibly not with the current pro- 
duction, but with subsequent ones. 

De Haven has concentrated 
heavily and put on the most lavish 
production tho West Coast has over 
seen. Plis scenic embellishments 
Hwl costuming were tho talk of the 
•vening. Tl^ Fanchon and Marco 
Costume Company (for tho girl 
choristers) and the United Costume 
Company (for tho male contingent) 
were responsible. From a produc- 
tion standpoint De Haven has a 100 
per cent, winner. There is a great 
mob of 44 damsels in the ensemble. 
These girls were drilled by Larry 
Ceballos, and drew cheers on sev- 



fortunately, ho had to use old and 
tried material, including his "Sing- 
inc Looaon.** and did not laUafy 
the folka aa tliay would hkw Uktd 

him to. 

Tho show la long on aond mnd 
dance — really too Ions. Haven 
has what looks like an expen.oive 
layout when it comes to salaries, 
and might pmno It considerably and 
still have a crackerjack entertain- 
ment for $3.30. In the feminine con- 
tingent those who stand out promi- 
nently are Doris Eaton. Iron© Mar- 
tin. Florence Hedges and Uie Crane 
Sisters. The balanoa of tho group 
have minor bits. 

Mort Downey was tho out-and- 
out hit among tho non. Hto piano 
was rolled on next to closing, and 
Downey goaled thorn. John Max- 



well, a double-voiced tenor, was a 
novel troat and wiU get along great 
In thto company. Tho Rounders 

Quintet are a chanting lot. For 
piolqre houses, great, but not here. 
Bill Ritchey was frozen out. as nono^ 
of his Roonos was shown. Bull 
Montana was tHao eliminated at the 
opening performance. Bobby Hig- 
gins delivercil like a real trouper 
In his few bits. It is really unfair 
to judge the rest, as the show has 
not been shaped ttP yot. 

Tho localites should support 
Do Haven out hero for bis daring 
in production ezpendlturo. 

Witli CG7 scats on the lower floor 
scaled at 13.30, the house has a 
capacity of around $24,000, and will 
have to do close to that to pay off. 
Tho production cost around $75,000 



and will have to be chargod OC 1m 
large we^ly chunka 

AUowln# that fixing during tha 
next week or 10 days will se* this 
one, Hollywood will then have the 
boat rovuo ontertainment that haa 
ever been shown in Southern Cali- 
fornia. Some of the above named 
performora havo left tho abow. 
ff VHP. 



BOIOTHT OOlHinr 

Borothy Parkor, plajrwrlght, t«* 

turned to New York last Saturday 
after a year's sojourn abroad. 

While abroad Miss Parker com* 
pleted a new comedy, *'Buaman*a 
Holiday," which Artbtir HopHkMl 
,will produce^ 



DE HAVEN'S FANUES 

Los Angeles, Nov. 8. 

Carter Do Haven presents bia first edition 
of a musical revue, "Fancies." !n two 
aot« and 80 aceiiM. Book by De Haven : 
lyrica by Grant Clark. Richard Cobum and 
Vincent Bryaot; miwlo by N, II._Brawn. 
I>ancea and •MamMea lAmi^ tt^tMoe. 

a All Intsrpolatad numban by Bddla Gliltce, 
•rauuB lIcNaiU. Caslton Coveney. King 
ney. Sidney Holden and Ottu Muizon. 
At the Carter De Haven MumIc Uox, Holly- 
Wood. Oct. 20. 

Oast Includes Thonuis J. Duff.in, Eddie 
lAmbert. Doris Eaton. B«tly Byrd, Mort 
l>own«y, John Maxwell. .Wheoler Ontman. 
Irene Mattin, Bobby HItrgins. I>uley Twln«, 
Florence lledffea, Crana Sisters, Arthur 
Miner. Ken Browne, Billy Ritchie, Monty 
and Carmo. Jfarte Isato, Bull Moatspa. 
Miiy Stout. Vivo Haaaasis ait iMiaiiM 
eborua of 44. v 



About two years ago Carter 
Do Tiavf^n had an idea he wanted 



PUYERS IN LEianMATE 



FLORENCE MOORE 



CLARENCE NORDSTROM 

in "QUEEN HIGH"* 

AMBASaAOOR. NKW YORK 

I -ml^ 



HELYN EBY-ROCK 

^'HONEYMOON LANE'' 

KNICKERBOCKtfl, NEW YORK 



MARIE SAXON 

V/ITH 

''RAMBLERS'' 

LYRIC THEATRE 
New York Cily 



PHIL TEAD 

PLATINO LEAD IN 

"THE POOR NUT 



De Haven rehearsed the show for 
some six weeke^ but It seemed as 
though bo had ik lot of adTeraities 
to meet for a "cold" opening. The 
company had rehearsed all tho 
previous night and until 11 a. m. 
of tho opening day. The layout 
called for 25 scenes in tho flcst act 
and 17 in tho second. He had more 
principals In the line>up than could 
be used, as only 20 scenes were 
shown in the first stansa and the 
second was out to 10. 

The show started in great faalilon. 
It had speed with no delays in the 
nraC dot N« auel) luck for tho sec- 
ond, as after the first few scenes 
things began to drag a bit, •and 
then a long wait, after which 
De Haven appeared while Duggan 
and Oatman were stalling a wait 
and blurted out: *^ havo a drunken 
stage crew back there and they put 
Up the wrong set." He then ex- 
plained regarding long rehearsals, 
told how the crew had worked for 
four days without sleep and how 
tho carpenter had imbibed too 
much. The strain seemed to tell 
on everybody, as the show was 
brotight to a sudden climax some 
If mlMilaa later. 

In summing up the entertainment 
De Haven proved a good chooser 
so far as production numbers were 
concerned. He .started off by havlni^ 
the ice water girls, hat chcclc boys 
and ushers do a little chanting for 
a sort of prcludo to the curtain. 
Then when the cui'tain rose a girl 
was revealed in a champagne glasij 
to proclaim "The Toast to Success." 
Then a number showed the evolu- 
tion of the Charleston. "Dance of 
the Dolls" and a big flash number. 
"African," were also echos from 
the east. "Gates of Love/' ono of 
the most gorgeous ensemble num- 
bers ever staged, bore a resem- 
blance to an item in Shubert's 
"Passions of 1926," while "The Ser- 
pentine" bit, which had them 
cheering at the chorus, seemed to 
be closed to tho Gertrude Hoffmann 
routine Idea. 

A sketch, "The First Night"— 
bedroom— of course, was a George 
White idea, with the "Lrfiwn Party" 
skit also emanating from the Wh'ite 
ranks, but having been purchased. 
Then the disappearing stairway, 
uned for the finale of the first act, 
was similar to the one of the old- 
time Hippodrome shows, as well "as 
tho Earl Carroll on (fit. 

De Haven was both careful and 
cautious In what ho put on. Ho 
didn't want anything to niisa. so 
selcctc.d tho best and staged it 
lavishly. It is not thought here 
that any harm has h«'»Mi dono, as 
none of these productions to which 
this show bears such a marked re- 
semblance in spoU will get out in 
this di.strict. 

Tlio weakest portion of the show 
is comedy. This burden was thrust 
upon Thoma« Duwan and Eddie 
I^mbert. It really Is too heavy for 
the shoulders of either. It looks 
aa though this revue thing out here 
is not In Mr. Dugan's lino. Lam- 
^ . ^ bept, who has played in every local 

ALCAZAR, SAN FRANCItCO, Cat. ravua. is a tn^imo favorite. Un# 



Talking About YOU! 



By SAM A, SCRIBmR 



HPa f vnny, whan you cama ta think aff lt <ar la it f umiy T) whan H aaaura ta yau that 
Hia actor falto aN avor Mmaalf trylnt «• lialp avaryana hut Maiiair aiid kla lillaw 
professional. 

If some society dsmo is promoting a benefit for tho Stsrving Daughtora of Riverside 
Drive, or one of our daily pspers is running « series of benefits to equip the city with red 
Oarbage cans, all they have to do is to look as if they wanted talent and tha actora tear 
ii» i mt swe off thair alathea to see who will get In firet. 

Wfom Oetoher lit to May 1st la tho open seaaon for benadta. What I say about tha 
dofdr foac dovMa fer tha manager who neglaeka tho Actors' Find. I know of mm <aami 
•f tham are atlll m tha thaatrieal baalnaaa and mm them h«va amda immense fortuM 
and are out of tho theatrical business), men who have accumulated big fortunes through 
the show business and they haven't given a lead nicfcal to tha Actora' V«md. It thfy 
hHVib tharf 4p no record of it that I can And. 



Whm Hoapitald Forf«| 



thiiifl in tha warld ta take aara af tha Aetart' Fund, and mind 
af the praitaalan daii% nobody alia wHU Tdka that ffam a 



Why, it'a tha 
wliat 1 tall yay» if 
ijiitmBf who knows* ^ 

The actor gets damned scant attention when he goes into a hospital and they know 
he Is a ahowman. The average hospital sticks him down In some ward and forgets all 
about him until the Fund finds it out, digs him out and gets him into a place where hia 
aurroundings are congenial and where he has proper attention. 

If avary actor in tha profeaaion would inaist every time ha li aakad ta appear at a- 
himit that iff 10 par eent af thi praaa af tha aaid benefit waa pivMi ta tha Aatara* Fund 
Im wM pMly appaari and if avtry managti* ^eperatlnt a thea t re waiiM aharpa It 
•ante on every pass that he ieauaa that alana would almost take eara af the Fund* 

t collect around $17,000 every yea^rem Just a few littio buHoeauo thestres. The 
vaudeville theatres turn into the Nstiohsl Vaudeville AHists* Fund possibly |109^,<W9 tf 
mora every year from the free passes given in vaudeville houses. ^ ; 

Lm llcft Lwt iMi^ 

Nawt if the legitimate hauaea %vowld da tlia aamd far the Aeters^ Fund the preaant 
danpar 9/9 tha Fund painp bankrupt wauld ha aver. 

From three to five' benefits arc held in New York aloner every Sunday and probably 
ISO benefits every season, with the profesnionalB giving the entertainment. What a help 
it would be if tho actor would InHist that 10 per cent, of tlie proceeds go to tiie Actors' 
Fund. It isn't much, but it will produce a hell of a lot if you insist on it being paid. 

The Actors' Fund is the profeasionaPa own eliarity. There are only four paid em* 
ployeea; a 8acretary» an Investigator and twa^ stenographers. Think of tha thoupaiids and 
, thoosanda of people that the Actors' Fund haa burled, who otherwioa would jiave gana 
lata Potter'a FleUk The membership list of the Actors* Fund is a Joke and always haa 
been. The results of the last drive for members were pitiful. Out of approximately 
30,000 eligible to momborsbip. there are about 2,800 who have availed themeelves Of . the 
prtvil^e... 

No Em^vency Delay 

When the house is on Ute wo don't wait for an act of Congress beforo turning on 
the hose. The Fund's aa.sl.stant secretary is authorised to grant temi>orMry i vli. f imme- 
diately; sick relief, hospital attention, doctors' services, medicine, burials urMl all general 
urgent requlrementa are within the power and authority of the secretary to mM without 
delay; to be reported at the next trustees meeting and then it is up to the trusteea 
whether the relief ahall be continued. Wa have patients la aaaitariuma, blind aayluoM^ 
homaa for tha Incurable, tubareoldala hoapHals, tubarauloala tamps* IdsaiM a«yl«ns. vM 
men'a and old ladiea* homes, Seaton Hospital, Amity ville and Bemafdavtllib tbr whom 
«a are rsqalrsd to pay a stipulated sum every week. 

There wae a little girl in our profession who died In a hospital in Bongor, Me., not 
long ago. Before dying she begged thst her body be sent to her mother in Chico, Csii- 
fomia. Why this comes to my mind so vividly is bocauee J was In Bangor at tl«o time 
and wae Informed of tho girl's dying wiah. Although I never eeen tho little girl 
nor had any of my fellow trusteea» tha rsn«aina were immediately iMppad ta her hama 
In Catifamia, and wha did it? Why, tha Aatera* Fund, Of s anf a s. 

WHO in Hell wauld have dene it if the Fund haJntf 

Some day, ualeas things arc remedied, there are going to be about a thousand pro- 

ieasionals Who are sick and destitiite turned loose on the public at large. 

Someone is going to ask why tho Actors' Fund doesn't taka eaic of them and aomeone 
Is going to answer: 

There isnt any Aetere' Fund any morei the damn fool setors and the Michael 
Faaney manaaers didn*t have pride enough in their own pro f ess i on ta take tare of their 
aian aiek and deetltuta and the Fund blew up." 

And there you nrtw 



44 



VARIBTT 



RADIO 



3?= 




'S EFFECT ON THEATRE 



^ (Continued from page 1) 

exploited and grad* ether show to 

the theatre. 

Reports are not in unison. While 
fi' few larte eltles reported de- 
creased theatre attendance, the 
majority held normal or better, with 
the most theatre box office damage 
: Ml«viiHi.,|B the .•ipMKttir; t9Wlu».' 

New York, Nov. 16. 
Monday night's sensational radio- 
ing of star entertainment and for 
» loagtr stretch than customary 
^ad ao allMt upon the legit show 

business of Broadway. Contrarlly 
ticket agencies reported a rather 
heavy MoMay night*! buttnesi. 

No apparent effect was detected 
at the Broadway picture or vaude- 
viile theatres. 

•^^lia tigaal radio prugrain had lytan 
«ic«f^ j^iibiici«ed ift^^ 

' ;^ ' ' Chicago, Not. 16. 
Local theatre attendanea about 20 

per cent, off with picture houses 
way off last j^hj;. ..WeathW^ 
and, cloudy. V ! : v ' 

^ OiOr iiNU^McNitt tha iliir last 
ml$^ ilit§^ ' ■ ' ; 

.. • Boston, Nov. If. 
. A<|<MMioa aatea hera IndioaMii 4IW 

radio hookup luflucnce did not make 
much difference. The two pictures 
at Tremoat and the Colonial sold 
«iit aa Miiil last night Tha aame 
can be said for "Artists and Models" 
and "Lady Fair" at the Majestic 
and Bhubert "This Woman Bual- 
M«^^ ifta m&rn- Wtlkm aliaw in 

town, had a good sale on the floor 
but was off in the balcony, prob- 
ably due to the fact that it Is an 
Vnttiah Aow and hair htra^ *nM 
Butter and Egg Man," ''Wisdom 
Tooth/' at the Uollis, and "Love in 
a Mist." at the Park did not show 
aaiy titBa belnff aii^, bjr tha 
broadcast although neither joi Uieie 
la a big money-maker. 

Monday night here Is generally 
Htm and i Mt^ nighty ililiili; ha 




W»dnii4ty> NovtmW IT. 1889 



increase on the night over last 
Monday, the Grand opeca house 
shows an Increasa of 1200 and the 

St. Louis reported an Increase of 
$300. Loew's State had the best 
Monday night in weeks. 
Missouri. with *The Great 

Gatsby," and the Ambassador, with 
"Men of Steel," away off. Both pic- 
tures received bad notices in dailies. 



Buffalo* Nov. 16. 
; Radio laat lilglit appearti to af- 
fect only the local picture houses, 
business was off at each, ot the 
ioMr downtown film theatres al- 
though tlM BiifMcw tM , liinpnt, 
claimed batter avafifia Mi 

evening. 

' At the Teck with "Great Temp- 
tatlonr at 4t.ft top opmiUw With- 
out **paper'* out. usual opening 
trade; also at Majestic where the 
stock is two -for -one on Monday 
lUght. Biirlog«|lt hX lii a mtwrtoe 
UnalCeetad, 



St. Louis. Nov. 16. 
' Broadcasting last night did not 
attaot theatres here at mil. Monday 
waa cloudy and it ralhed all day 
Orpheum, St. Louis. Grand Opera 
House and Loew's State reported 
business better last Bight. 

Qrpheuai houM rai^^rts ilMiir |lso 



Th^ti Plmatant Girl 





WMh All U of Songs 



Appearing Nightly 



PARODY aUB 

mX9|tK 



Minneapolis. Nov. 16. 
Business here was badly off last 
night except at the Shubert sto^k, 
which had a benefit and got a fall 

house. 

Vaudeville and picture houaas 
were about 20 per cent oitf : trom 
normal for Monday. Bad weather, 
a general slump and .weak attrac- 
tions afi? the other factors which 
helped make for a negligible at- 
tendance. 

Metropolitan, p^yiftj| road shp^ifs, 
was dark. 

Lively inter^t has been evinced 
in the radio, program. DeAlarfl re- 
porte4 mitny seta, r^ti(d. . ^ 

■ ^ ' . ■ ^^^^^^^^^ 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 16. 
Last night's extraordinary pro- 
gram out of New York, picked up 
by the two large local stations, had 
little or- no effect on cutting down 
atteiidance at the legit and movie 
houses here. A heavy rainstorm 
broke shortly after 6:30 p. .m. 
and continued throtiiighout tha night. 
That did moot Of tha damaga to the 
bps ofDoa* 



New Oriecms, Nov. If. 
¥he stupendous radio program 
last night failed to dent;JNii|p|M In 
tha^^OMOitoini theatro%;'> 

Kansas City, NoVi It. 

Business was tadly off in all 
theatres last night. The Kansas 
City Star WDAF, one of the sta- 
tions broadcasting tha debut pro- 
gram, gave the radio hook-up great 
publicity, which undoubtedly had 
its effect. . .. 

Some managers attrlbnto' poor 
business to the American Royal 

Stock show» which is fttractiof 

thousands. ..... ' . . 



Mobile, -Ala.» Nov. 10. 

Radio program last night had a 
severe effect on the performance of 
Margaret Anglln here, as well as 
wUh tiwt: fl a tw a houseo. 



sectlona of iha oltf; 

drops. 

Downtown houses did a big busi- 
mmf althavtl tha maaacora ad- 

mtttad diat thousands must have 
remained In their homos on aceount 
of the i^eather. 

Newipapers haro did not give an- 
nouncements of the special broad- 
cast any special prominence, none 
treating it as front paca material. 

Milwaukee, Nov. It. 

National broadcasting service 
Monday night affected theatroo here 
considerably. 

Attendance one- third to ona-half 
off. • 



Sioux Falls, S. D.. Nov. 16. 

Local show business was badly 
off last night. 

Managera attrthuta tha oaUta to* 
tha fadio pi t y m* 

Newark. N. J., Nov. J 6. 
Business in general was off last 
night ^with some Jiousea reported 
very |»ad. One house, was normal, 
and two with extra good drawing 
cards did usual business when, bet- 
ter ^aa 'expect.ed^ . With thd. Bhu- 
bert dark this W4^k It lirao thought 
that trade would increasa elsewhere. 



Des Moines, la., Nov. 16. 
Theatres hora reported light at- 
tendance last night, but are inclined 
to attribute it to bad weather and 
to lack 9t outstanding pictures and 
artlsta; 

Capitol roported the only increase 
due to thla -week's Jaas band con- 
test. 

Pravloua ndlo hookupa showed 
lltUa affaot 



■" ; DaTenport, la., Nov. 16. 
Mffrttiir night business in the Co- 
hfttiMft^ iraadavllla attd tha pletnre 

houses last night reflected popu- 
larity of the WEAF radio pull. 

Usually a dull night In tha box 
oHleei, last avanlng waa a headache 
according to the house reports with 
the vaudeville house hard bit. 

Pespite. woe was off the air be- 
cause of a pravloua agraamaat with 
the University of lowa-atatlon, fans 
dialed for the Chicago stations tak- 
ing a chance with the static of the 
id| Either than tha aUtte bins. 



Topeka, Kan.. Nov. 16. 
Big chain radio program helped 
tha dealers here get «very set they 

had In stork out and working. Those 
who could not beg, borrow or steal 
a radio set, went to the movies or 
a vaudeville show. *' We're in the 
Navy Now" played to a full house 
last night. The Novelty, with 
vaudeville, had two-thirds capacity 
and the Jayhawk, with Menjou's 
"Ace of Cads," did half. All theatres 
did about 10 per cent better than a 
week affo. 

Baltimore, Nov. 16. 
Bu.siness was spotty last night. 
Legit and picture houses off. 



Wilmington, Del., Nov. 16. 
BYom five to lO.OOt sets were lis- 
tening In on tha radio program Mat' 
night. Local iliow lnialBoaa-alfatttMl 



Omaha, Neb., Nov. 16. 
Radio program had no effect on 
Omaha theatres last night. 



Norfolk, Va., Nov. 16. 
Bad weather last night made a 
fair check on theatre attendance 
impossible. Radio reception only 
fair. Theatre managers said it was 
impossible to tell whether the big 
radio program caused the slump in 
atttfhdanca or because of tha rain. 



Sleuz City, Iowa. Nov. 16. 
Attendance at the theatres last 
night did not seem to be affected 
by the greiat radio broadcasting 

pro|;ram. , 

Ottawa, Ont.^ Nov. It. 
Despite the radio program down- 
town picture houses reported no 
visible cfCcct on attendance. The 
one local legit house was dark. Ex- 
hibitors say radio makes, little dif- 
ference here tocause the reception 
for some months has been almost 
invariably poor. i 



St. Paul. 'Not. 16. 
Hia radio oonoert did not alfeet 
local thealiw ImalnoM laat nighl, 
tha 



Quinoy* IlL, Not. 16. 
The eztraordinailr radio broad t 
casting program last night reduced 
the local theatre normal attendance 
from 26 to 50 per cent. One man- 
ager says tha hustaoM waa "ihot to 
pieces." 

Radio program was . carried in 
local Chicago and St. Louis papers 
With « jftig splurga of pabllolty. 



Salt Lake City, Nov. 16. 
Because of time difference and the 
long distance, the radio program 
hookiip had Uttla oHoel^ If any, on 

local show attendance. A number 
of radio fans were interested, how- 
ever. 



Toronto, Nov. 16. ; 
' Bettfer than average. " business 
downtown with sparse attendance 
at the- neighborhood hot^s -^ftd 
Canada's nnswe r tn Motley'? 
radio hook-up. 

Business ivas so slack in the 
neighborhoods that one* ibr t\i^ 
houses cancelled the 9 o'd^li^c uhow* 

fi Jf||U^|:iWashii«ton, f^ov. 16. 
; , Ne!t^p<44iood houses > W*re w^t^ 
Vit^ by\th^ special' rndia' jttT>gjrtini. 
Three >6r*tlkese, fir widely ^aopi«<a«ed 



Providence. R. L, Nov. 16. 
The usual Monday night attend- 
ance in Providence's first run 
houses w^f^MW 41 to 10 per cent, 
off last night desplta attractive 
bills. Managera blamad tha radio 
hookup. 

Vaudeyllla houses wara but 

slightly affected and burlesque pa- 
tronage did not suffer at alL 

# 

Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 16. 
Theatre huslnasa ' rfmalaed as 

usual last night despite the Radio 
program and a Shrine Indoor circus 
as opposition. 

Only exception was **Laff That 
Off ' (legit) at the Welting, play- 
ing to a very small house. 



Lexington, Ky., Nov. 16. 

All-star Radio program last 
niKht failed to have any appreciable 
cfLcct on local theatre attendance. 

Radio fans also had their innings, 
rafwrtltit tha program ooMia ovar In 
fine manaar. 



It cost the National Broadcasting 
Co. a pretty p^nny for its debut 
program Monday when the combined 
WKAF and WJZ radio chains, to- 
taling 23 stations and reaching as 
far west as Minneapolis -St. Paul, 
broadcast an i all star four*hour 
marathon of radio entertainment. 

Among Iha highllghta were Mary 



RADIO RABHGS 



Fred Vi^l^r'a new number with the/'Dardanella" bass )s getting aulta 
a radio plug. Fisher published tha orltflial 'l>ardanella'**^d the Oriental 

bass accompaniment Is utilized in his newest Paul 9pMht was clocked 
among others with a very flpe ej^position by his orchestra direct from 
the Twin Oaks. . ^ 

Specht's is one of the finest radio orohestras heard around. A quad- 
ruple microphonic pick-up explains the excellent Instrumental balanca 
for one thing. This new wrinkle is the WJZ technician's development 
The tatter's partlcuUr Interest in the Specht welfare is explained by 
the maestro having bean » pioneer radio broadeaatar in tha days when 
talent was scarce and unconcerned about co-operating with radio. 

Specht's program, it will be noted also, is a 50-50 proposition of licensed 
and unlicensed numbers, tha forepart being special symphonic dance 
arrangements of the classics; alao a flock of English stuff brought ovep 
by Specht The latter half Is pop stuff, this being explained by Twin 
Oaks only paying a license fee to the American Society of Composers, 
Authors and Publishers for one-half hour during which period the gen- 
erally known numbers are utiliied. 

On the subject of ultra bands, from WHN one of the best orchestral 
offertngM Via ili&t Channel l« iTt^tch^v Handerson's torrid ay^eopation di- 
rect from the Roseland' ballrodi^. Tha iRlli^ la moail^^^ 

artistically rendered. ' ' ' , , 

• 4" ■•■ ' «■ k ■ *•■;'*'■■• • '-■ • 

— ■■■^■^■^ . •' 

Ben Bernle Is back on thSi alf^- tli person, and wlth .Alii own brchestrs^ 

from the Hotel Roosevelt and through WEAF. Bernie is also giving his 
vocal inclinations fuller outlet with "talking" conversational song lyrics, 
making ho pi^etext at actual singing, but doing handily. Bernle had his 
sub'-'orohestra at the hotel while en tohr and while the Jhttep acquitted, 
themselves heroically, that Ben Bernle touch of the clown and tha 
maestro in one was absent, but the' more welcome for the i^teryal. • . « , . 

Vide Bernle. his protegees Blliy Rlllpot and Scrappy lAnihOli, ]^ 
alumni, are doing nicely as Trade and Mark on behalf oC: IM iNr* 
Smith Brothers, the bewiskered cough drop relatly<f|g* . . ., ' ■ ■■' '-■'[^.f' 

''Vagabond King" Flop ' 
"The Vagabond King," raclioed by WRNY, was a flop as far as stimu- 
lating interest in the concluding weeks of this operetta is concerned, and 
a doiiblo fL\r aa a straight radio iMroadeast Again It la demonstrated 
that radio requires special accoutrements for proper transmission and 
the direct-from-the-stage pick-up Is too great a handicap for any "mike" 
to overcome. The reverberating echoes and applause in an auditorium 
are amplWed by tha microphone to tha' -ijftiwi %!HlWll|i';t>pdrU and 
the tranamittad affaot la a lMaaaust of iMWI^I MvitlM 



The Treasureland Hour via WHN had Lionel Adami a^orth.g the 
hapless fans with the adTantagaa of awiilnv yattr own hoasaw iWtanatoly. 

the fans are not defenseless and avan the meekest can twirl a dial and 
eliminate Adams' repetitious insistence for free bus rides to the Treasure- 
land developments. It's time WHN got wise to itself and cut out tha 
crude and htitfi^::fl«i|i^ 

Olsen's Rsdio Personality 
George Olson's Hotel Pennsylvania mnsic is clicking as pretty at arof; 
Olsen has a finely developed radio personality; ditto his singers. They 
know how to Impress their stuff via the ether, the soft, subdued and 
dignified manner of pop singing being one of the whyf ores of Olsen's 
tremendous -radio fame. Incidentally, Olsen again erMtattoad aiia oi 
the many radio niceties he has been Identified with. "Oh, Kay!" opened. 
Monday night and Tuesday the Olsenites were doing the Ger.shwin song 
hits on the ether. However, they beat . Ben Beroie from W£AF by a 
few hours, tha Rooseyalt gang bohig ott «hortl|^<i«im tM . 

same wmiMim : -if ■•n.'>?::^K »- . 



The Radio Franks were caught again after an absence or lack of 
crtticU attaatM'fPr •Y^r thatr harmany la great. Boo* » 

signer aiii JIMa fmt^ with tha flnont In radio staaAards. 

WFBH is trying hard to cut in on WHN's night club comer in plugging 
tha oover ehargo loliiiii Tha Kotal MaJoatIc station has a couple of 
accounts and features them as the piece-de-realstanoo of each radio eve* 
ning. That's QPt aaying mvich either way. Abel. 



Garden and Will Rogers, who re- 
ceived $2,500 each for their 15-mIn- 
ute contributions, both booked by 
Charles L. Wagner. 

This tops tha previous high mark 
of Eddie Cantor's $1,500 for his $100 
a minute broadcast as part of the 
Eveready hour two weeks ago. 

The Inaugural program had an 
audience of oyer 6,000,000 people, 
the most elaborate ether entertain- 
ment yet offered in the history of 
radio and frankly intended to marlc 
an epochal stap In tha history of 
radio's p^bgrois »g-..a. inatlonal In- 
stitution. 

The opening bill is estimated to 
cost the new N. B. C. merger over 
128,000 for talent alone, a fifth of 
which went to the two "names" 
aforementioned, with the syncopo- 
tlon end supplied gratis by George 
Olsen, Vincent Liopes, Bon Bemie 
and B. A. Rolfe orchestras, who are 
regular WJZ and WEA.F radio 
stars. 

Prosc«m 

The rest of the program Included 

the New York Symphony Orches- 
tra, with Walter Damrosch con- 
ducting; New York Oratorio Socie- 
ty, Albert Stoessel conducting; 
Titta Buffo. Metropolitan Opera 
baritone; Harold Bauer, concert 
pianist; Weber and Fields, Edwin 
Franko CK>ldiiian*s Band, Qilbert 
and Sullivan Light Opera Co.. and a 
grand opera company, both under 
Cesare Sodero's direction. 

Weber and Fields, reunited for 
their radio debut, are said to have 
earned $1,000 for their 8-minute 
frolic. 

Mtss Gar den's voice was Packed 

up from' the Belmont Hotel, Cbi- 

ciigo, she doing three numbers, In- 
cluding "Annie Laurie" and "Little 
Orey Home In the West,** and the 
cowboy - humorist's "15 Minutes 
With a Diplomat" waa broadcast 
from his dressing room in Memorial 

(Continued on page 47> 



"Silver Bells" 

ARE 

Good Banjos 

ASK 
MONTANA 
JOK ROBERTS 
SAM CARR 
RUSSELL MANUEL 
ROY SMECK 
BANJO LAND 
LLOYD IBACH 
EDDIE ROSS 
AND MANY OTHERS 

NEW ILLUS. CATALOGUE, FREE 

BACON BANJO CO. INC. 
GROTON, CONN. 

F. J. Bacon D. L- ^'^) 



GUY LOMBARDO 

Director ef his ■ltni>da«eesble or- 

cheHtra, Is fast cemlng to the fore 
aa a prominent maestro of dance- 
compeMini? sfncopation. Tho cracic 
I.ombardo Orchestra holds fortn reg- 
ularly at the Music Box. Cleveland. 
Ohio, where they rate as one of the 
leedlnc baade In that territory, or 
coenw. they're Robhlna-Bntel booaters! 

"HUG A KI8SES" (Vanities) 
''CUMBING THE LADDER OF 

"ONLY YOU & LONELY-M*^ 
"TRAIL OF DREAMS" 
"ALABAM STOMP" 
(Vanities) 

PahlUhed by 

Robbins-Engelf Inc. 

700 Hrrrnlh A TO.. NOW YeHl CHf _ 



'tl 



WtdnM^y* Novtn(l£nr 17, lill 



MUSIC 



VASIBTY 



MUSIC CANNDte 
HURT BY RADIO 



yalue of Mfrd. Talking 



Washington, Nov. 16. 
* Radio haa taken ita toll from the 
WMMmrm oC phoaosntplui aikd reoordi. 

statistics compiled by the Cen- 
sus Bureau, on reports from the 
talkinflT machine Industry Itself, dis- 
close a drop of 4S.1 per loent. durlnf 
1925 in production ralues as coin- 
pared with 1928. 

Back of this decrease, however, 
is still a further reduction in values. 
This is in the production of the 
machines themselves, wherein the 
the bureau's llviires' show « de- 
crease from 997,459 instruments 
made in 1923 and valued at $57,- 
9t7,«06 to 642.01& machines in 1925 
With a TifeHio of |S2,61S.90f . A drop 
of 60.4 ^r cent. 

As the bureau includes dictating 
machines, which are now said to 
liifo aa CTit Inereaeins market, In 
with the phonopraphs this percent- 
age may be somewhat padded when 
compared with 1923. " 

8till Selling Disks 
tteeords and blanks have held up 

considerably better in comparison 
With other phases of the industry. 
Bere the drop is but 16.S per cent, 
with the total number amnutee- 
tured in 1925 put at 8^,125,070 
valued at $26,790,847 as against 
t8.104,27f -valued at $36,372,410 in 
1923. 

Though the $22,000,000 in ma- 
chines and the |26,006,000 valuation 
of the dlMn inamifactui«d would 
Indicate the industry s^ilt to be in 
a healthy condition there were 47 
less establishments,, whose primary 
fuBCliijii' was the making of these. 
In opiration in lf28, than in the 
loreceding census year of the bureau. 

Officials in compilinff the report 
«»l attempt to Mi down the 
underlying cause for the decreased 
production. However, the word 
"Vadio" does enter in under the 
dacctflcatfoa •f > ^%Ucecllaaeous 
products" wherein it is state<^ that 
"radio sets, cabinets and parts" 
alonir with custom work and re- 
pairiag ti i iH i i In a domblncd value 
of more than $5,000,000 in 1925, 
while in 1923 this division reported 



$i,700.tH, iBcrcacc of Sfl.l per 

cent. 

Summarising the bureau's statis- 
tUsm It la dlactoced that: 

Wases Drop'8harpiy ' 

The number of manufacturers de- 
creased from 111 in 1923 to §8 in- 
ins, or lf.T per cent 

The average number of wage 
earners in 1925 was 11,267, as 
against 20,491 in 1923. A decrease 
of 4l.t per cent. 

Wages paid in 1923 Tfere approxi- 
mately $24,000,000, while in 1925 ten 
million was taken oCC of this, or 
43.4 per cent. 

Cost of materials, including fuel, 
electric power and containers, 
dropped from approximately |46,- 
000,000 la im to $S4,OM.O0O In U28, 
or 43 per cent. 

Total value of products for 1923 
reached $107,811,266, while in the 
year reviewed this was reported at 
but $61,057,147. 

While in addition to the decrease 
in number and value of the ma- 
chines and disks, already set down, 
value of th« needles produced de> 
creased from close to $1,500,000 in 
i»8t to Just abovt IfOO.OO* la IfU. 

After totaling costs the manu- 
facturers for 1925 added a value of 
$36,210,053, while for 1923 this fig- 
ure was $«t»0«0,m, thto baiat the 
value of tba ptodttcta IcM Hia'ieoat 
of matcrlala. , ' 




Here's Broadway's Latest «^ 
Sensation in Night Clubs! W 

FRIVOLITY i 

B'way «t 52nd St. 

Opening 
TONIGHT 

(WKDNESDAT, NOT. 11th) 

«-*with a— ' . 

Magnificent SpeciOcle 
'Tarisian NighU'' 
World's LoveUestCirh 

"fhe Moat Co1offf«], Daring 
and SBectacoiar Prodaettoa 
lEv«r gMB la a MlgM Clab 

HENRY BERGMAN ! 

Master Ceremonies 



Is 



Of Clark A Benrnuui* Vaude- 
ville aad Mesleaf C sisdy Sinn 

FAIRBANKS TWINS 

Naw lif tli« S^matlonal Hit 
"Oil. Kay!" By permiNHlon 
. nC Aarons A Fr««dler 

MISIC BY 

JACK DENNY 

AND mS ORCHESTRA 

New York's Great 
Stage and Screen 
StarM Will Be Pres- 
ent on the Open- 
ing Night 

- — NOTE— 

Kotlilnir haa been left vndonp 
to-mka aur opcnlus nljrlit. and 
fatare nUrht*. the trr^atent in 
Itraudway'H history. Our glriit 
xvlll thrill und anitiz«> ynn. Wf 
have trun*tferr(>il tlio spirit of 
I'arJ* to Nov York. We predit t 
that the ••*>ivoIltj ' will ov*r- 
niitht beromti the talk ef 
Hroadway. We have new wen- 
Mitlnns which the hectle atrcet 
luM Wfvn before dr«ame« nf. 



UnderScale Leader 
ExpeDedaidFlMdaOOO 



Chicago, Nov. 16. 
For paying: his men below the 
standard scale, Eddie Simon, band 
leader for a lone time itlM Canton 

Tea Garden, chop house at Wabash 
and Van Buren street, was expelled 
from .the local union and fined 
ll.OH. 

SImoa cannot ask for reinstate- 
ment for two months. Mtantinift |t 
not |»ennltted to work. ^ . 

JNo Sunday Dancing 

Des Moines. la., Nov. 16. 

Sunday dancing in. downtown res- 
tanraafs haa gone vnder the ban of 
the public safety commissioner, J 
W. Jenney, who thumbed the book 
of blue laws to resurrect an or- 
dinance whldl pMMMIi Mik per- 
formances. 

Jtenney directed Harry Booton, 
dance supervisor, to launch a cam- 
paign agihit Miiar ^daa6ing in 

public places. The campaigrn is di- 
rected against three downtown 
cafes, the Shops Piazza, Twentieth 
cwtw Mid Caltfotnla €%pmm 
oon#da|r ekf es. 

• 5 

laiMo Band looked 

Chicago, Nov. 16. 
Vaiij^ Banjo Band of 10 hae been 
booked int^ tb* IMnr <la«ii» bau- 

room. 

It is £dw. Van's own band, re- 
heitaed aad yrodaoed by blai. 



HERE AND THERE 



, Joe Kayier and bia. orchestra 

opened in the* GraystOBf . 
Dayton» 0« Nov. 15. 



Mil ^BftJttor and hie orchestra. 

M. C. A. unit, returned to the Sub- 
marine ballroom, Kansas City, Jftix. 
15, for a limited engagement. ' 

Egyptian Serenaders are being 
held over indefinitely at the ,f4r- 
cadia ballroom, Milwaukee. _ - /^^ 

Seattle Harmony Kinds', recently 
acquired by t^e M. C. A., opened in 
the Kosair ballroom, St. Louis, Nov. 

IK- - - 



iliOysUBiiiiniiiiaiiu^ 
iiiwiililNlBlinilHiil^^ 



Nick Romano, brother of Phil 
Romano, Victor artist, may lead a 
band at the Princess hotel, Ber- 
muda, beginning late in December. 
He is now with the Hottentots, a 
feature Attraction at the Hillside 
night club, Albany, N. T. 



HNBUCK'SFLOP 
AND INSO)E STUFF 



M. Blackmar is managing Rolfc 
Orchestras, Inc., for B. A. Rolfe, 

coining over from the I^pcz, Inc.. 
olTlce. Miss Blackinjir's first im- 
portant booking was the U. S. Cus- 
toms*~ House Employees* Associa- 
tion annual feto at the Hotel Com- 
modore Nov. 26. 



Following their three wcekR at 

Fort Wayne. InU., for W. r. QuimLy, 
where a .Syncop.ition, Spanish and 
Kubsian Jazzki Week will be 
staged each week, Joe Rea and his 
California Nlghthawks resume for 
Louis K. Sidney's Loew houaes. 
Rea has a new act with Marie 
L.eYlness, soprano. Jim McNaitiara, 
dancer, and Jerry Pby. tenor, an ad- 
ditions 



Downtown Frisco Didn't Want 
Noighborhood Riot— How 
Blaok Worked in 



flan mpuiolsoo. Nor. l«. 

Downtown San Francisco last 
week rejected a stage band which 
for more than two. years has been 
aoeei^M aad popular In a neighbor- 
hood picture house. The band Is 
Ben Black's. It opened at the 
Granada, largest of the local Publix 
houses. The hokum that pleased 
the family districta proved utterly 
blah to the Market street mob. 

Black Is a aonc writer and plug- 
ger» also vice-president of Villa 
Moret Music Company, a coast or- 
ganization of considerable promi- 
nenoo. < Ra haa bcten connected In 
the past with Art Hickman and 
others and is reputed to be well- 
to-do by reason of his publishing 
business. He has boon a vuelelan 
only incidentally for the past few 
years, using this as an outlet and 
a good plug for the numbers pub- 
lished by his firm. 

Regarded as a shrewd business 
man, Black !• credited with secur- 
ing the sweet Oranada job hy plAy- 
ing smart baaeball with ^ck Part- 
ington, the production manager. 

With the Warfleld cold through 
getting Ks presentations Intact 
from Loe Angeles song piuggem 
have long concentrated upon the 
Granada in seeking to get their 
stuff before the large and Important 
movie-golnff pubUc That is why 
the Granada Is sweet and why Black 
promoting himself into the big job 
brought out plenty of aH Mi»ki IMn 
other music men. 

Partington's Ambition 

The story goes that Jack Part- 
ington, the production manager, has 
long-cheriahed aalMtiomi to he a 
song writer. Locally these ambi- 
tions were treated lightly, with 
people inclined to kid him. All ex- 
cept Black* wbo ooaoletentlF en- 
couraged the production gMMiaCMr 
in his lyrical flights. 

It is not generally known that 
Partington has for eonie ttme been 
doing his writing under the name 
of Jack Patten, with Black collabo- 
rating, it is said, under the name of 
Ben Schwarta. *r- 

Black's appointment to the 
Granada stage band leadership was 
secured by Partington for a proba- 
tionary period beginning last week, 
with the expectation that he would 
click and be permitted to remain by 
Bdward Baron, general manager for 
PubUs here. At first represeirta- 
tlves for competitive music houses 
were inclined to "beef," asking how 
they could hope to ffot any kind of 
a break with a rival song plugger 
having the orchestra and the sup- 
port of the production manager. 

However, with Black'a MgliNr'* 
hood stuff flopping badly, the IBINrtc 

men are not worrying. 

^ ' ■ ' •■ - ■' " ■•■ ■' ■ 

Too Much for Woman 
Mis. F. Clark Uquidatiiig 

• Clilcago, Nov. II. 

Frank Clark, Inc., hai fono ottC 

of business, the widow of the foun- 
der, Flo Jacobson Clark, deciding 
to step out of the music publishing 
business, which she flnda t«tt kard 
for her to handle alone. 

Clark, Inc., is disposing of its 
catalog to various music firms, 
some of the choicer numbers kiteg 
the recipient of various bids. 

Mrs. Clark is paying off every- 
thing and settling her affairs in full. 

It is not a financial euspenelon 
but a stoppatre of business enter- 
prise for convenience. The widow, 
a Veteran song exploitecr, always 
had the aid of the energetic Frank 
Clark. For a time, following his 
death, she essayed cany ing on a 
businss single-handed, with Jimmy 
Eggert as her chief lieutenant. It 
proved too much for her. 

Whether *Mrs. Clark (Flo Jacob- 
son) will carry on In the show busi- 
ness Is a matter of choice, as she 
has means of her own but likes the 
profession too much to titop out of 
it altdgftther. 



Frolics' New Show 



• Chicago, Nov. l<h — 
Kd Lowry, as master of Cere- 
monies has replaced .Toe Lew In in 

ihc nf'W fhow at the- I''rf>lii—. 

Other principal.^ are the WilUum 
Sisters. Babe Kane and Jimmie Ray, 
held over, and Jole flay tfnd Marque 
and Marquette, newoomer>«. 

.Sixt<« n tiiiN on ilie floor ii'^ MMial. 



McCarthy Emerges FVom 
3 Jwns With 90 Days 

ClUcago. No?. Id. 
Sugene McCarthy, entertainer 

and musician known as Jean Mack, 
escaped two other charges, broached 
b- his wife and ex-wife, but was 
convicted on a charge of contribut- 
ing to the delinquincy of a 17-year- 
old girl and remanded to the House 
of Correction for 10 days. McCarthy 
was arretted after a raid on a 

room at the Claridgo hotel, where 

the young girl was found with him. 

The raid was promoted by Mc- 
Carthy's former and present wives. 
They got together after learning 
of his and the girl's presehct at 
the hotel. 

Following McCarthy's arrest, the 
present Mrs. McCarthy charged him 
with assault and battery, alleging 
he had struck her during the raid. 
Eht-Mre. McCarthy charged bigamy. 

The first charge was later 
dropped and the second refuted 
when Judge Loop, who also sen- 
tenced the entertainer on the de- 
linquincy charge, found that Mc- 
Carthy was legally divorced before 

he remarried. 

— , ^ 

AI Payne Ordered From 
England aa Maaidan 

AX FayM^ Amerfcaa laatlelan 
now la X«ondon, Is opposing a move 
to deport him and his wifo'frotti 

Liondon, where he has been em- 
ployed at the • Kit'rCat Club and 
elsewhere. 

Payne has written aecrotary of 
State' Kellogg explaining that he is 
married to an Englishwoman; that 
during his London visit his wife's 
mother died; that his father-in- 
law has applied for extended per 
n'Ission to remain in England be 
cause of the death In the family. 

The Alien's Branch of the British 
Home Office has ruled that Payne 
must leave Great Qritain because 
of labor restrictions. 

Payne Is a former Marietta, Ohio, 
newspaperman and musician, com- 
ing to England as an immigrant 
and not as eontraet labor. HIa 
eventual employment abroad Is al- 
legedly misconstrued by the Brttlsh 
authorltlea 



TwQ Pand Actions; 

' « Note and Comisb 

Tme of Alf. T. Wlltoa*« bMd aete 

are concerned In Btliatloa* Billy 

Burton, orchestra leader, wants $623 

from Wesley* Barry, the freckled 

Juvenile picture actor, as part sal- 
ary due. 

Barry and his recent bride, JuNa, 

with the Burton band, opened In 
Newark on a vaudeville tour, but 
after two weelis' smooth sailing 
they recoursed to the Pennsylvania 
territory on a barnstorming expe- 
dition, Barry being forced to Isfue 
a note for the 1623. 

Wilton himself Is after Lieut 
Felix Ferdinando and his Havana 
orchestra Sor 1270 commissions for 
INMInv bim Into the SUw ailpper, 
Uem Jmk eafe, at IHf a weeh^* 



ii0lllT,T.BB AT IXWIOmT 

Newport, R. L, Mdv» il 

Newport Casino. Valhalla of the 
social gods and goddesses, will bo 
directed next summer by Frederick 
s. Bacheller. Ho replaces Joseph 
Barrett who ia r e t i ring after A%. 
years of service. 

Bacheller has been assistant sup- 
erintendent " of the Casino sinoe 
May, 1921. Ho will assume his new 
post Jan. 1. 



$l$,O0OAmCHM£NT 
OYER MUSIC ROYALTIES 



The music publication rights Ut 
"Blossom Tljne** figure In the |1S.« 
000 attachment suit by the Karczag 
Publinhing Co., Inc., against Hubert 
Marischka-Karcsag of Vienna, son« 
in-law 1st tho Wnhelm Karcssc* 
founder of the prominent interna* 
tlonal music publishing honss, wtub 
died in October. 1929, 

Tho Vienna flite adrlsed the ah«* 
berts in June, 1926, to desist payinc 
5 per cent, of the gross of "Blossom 
Time" to the American Karcsag Co, 
and remit direct to the home offloa* 
The American firm, of which Felix 
Meyer is president, split 40-40 with 
the foreign company, the 00 per 
cent, going to the latter concern. 

Karczag of America alleges that 
the average royalties annually ha'va 
beep MI,MO to the muslo publlsherSb 
and while 125.000 Is a conservatlva 
estimate of Its damages, tho. 
tachment is only for $16,000. 



U. S. Music Instruments 
Exedled GaMB in Saks 

Washington, Nov. It. 

Musical instrument manufactur- 
ers of Germany, exhibiting at tho 
Lslpslg fair, report no foreign buy- 
ers on hand, with sales In the hopia 

market decidedly off. according to 
a dispatch to the Department of 
Commerce. 

Americans had numerous exhibits 
of "Jasz" instruments, with brisk 
sales reported. 

Sdls Ether Time" 



Washington, Nov. II. 

Bdward B. Huslng, now announe* 
In^ from WJZ. New York, Is sched* 
uled to shortly become a "time" 
salesman for the R. C* A. small 
string of stattonsi according to .tm 
authoritative source here. 

Husing is to take up the nosT 
work within the next few weeks. 



Juf t • Happy^Go-L u dqT 

W;--- , Ki4 ". 

BERT 
FROHMAN 



M^teff of Ceremonies 



UUGHINGITOFF 



AT THE 



CLUB CAMEO 

NEWYdllK 



IF YOU N££D 

GERMAN ClfARLBSTON 
ITALIAN HOUND TUB-WORLD 

OKREK DOTTRI.K 
JEWISH QUAinKTTR 
or any oHi#>r v«>riih>n «if our 
Ni:W C OM BOY HIT 

"HE KNOWS HIS GROC'RIES'^ 

WE HAVE THEM ALL READY 

AIho Ooscm mt Kxtm Cli«raN«* en Aboir* 
Asd en tlM (7»mlr»l 

"IF MY BABY COOKS" 

(AH CiOOH AH KHE LfHIKH) 

I ..■iiiituil coplon Mttij all niatcrlal tr*c. 
ll'iiuiur r«TpICff ikild^ «TAI)C« nr''fll'Rirsiliit>\ — 
SM (»nch— » for II 'tC 



4C 



VARIETT 



NIGHT CLUBS 



WidneBday, Novftiit>er 17, 19eg 



NKHr CLUB REVIEWS 



GEORGE OLSEN 

New York, Nov, 15. 

% M other way of identtfy- 

Ing this fooil •xc*i»tlaff by the name 
<tf the tnoTlBfi: sptrit. althoivh it is 
Mt ofBctaillr known •m the 0«orse 
OlMa Gluh. or by any other label 
for that mattar. It !■ a nom with- 
out a name, unaunc aatf uvliamltfed 
by choice, chunniac publicity by 
■rafarenca. and d— timd to hit aa 
m^ of New Tavk** MMirtMt aftfbt 
life renrtexTOUa tW llMit 
amoas othera. 



orchaatra leader ia the leadiac aptrtt 
ia thia new cmim, whkdk wUl be Aden- 
VmU %«it by a «lMat aa4 aauabar. 
both of which, ara to to iBipt — O Wt 
in the pubUc priata. 

Btanra m caia ttet « nmainff 
Mblnst form in every r eapect e« the 
jRpaaitkw of pwbiicity, it beiac 
fed ta '^■ake'* it wImVf e 
«r-«io«rth azpioitatttn an* 
paraonal CaliowfniE* 

The extMil w€ thto M0«rlnc was 




avldanead at the premiere Monday 
nif^ht. an Imitation perfonnance, all 
Kueata beioff advlaed by letter which 
they received the Saturday before. 
With but a two-day time limit, the 
cai»acity o< the 2(60 aeata ia the raoai 
was taxatf ta Uia ataiaat. 

The attendance read like a "Who's 
Who** and the theatrical celebrltiea 
alias caaatHalai a ayatatara Blue 
Boole of the show business in ItseJf. 
It la history repeating itaalf. Olaea's 
riaaHtaMa draw at tto CSab Chaa- 
tee coming back onoe more only In a 
flaar interior, the room beiac a 
Ijaaallfiilli ilaciiafrt iffatr 

Olaen needa nobody but hia own 
veraatila daaoa eroheaira ta dick 
with HiB nbw «ea«iire. In Bab Bloat, 
Frank Frey and Bob Borger. ameas 
attars^ lie has a derer eatertaintes 



tria tteft easitrfkataa kandtty aa the 

roeala, and Oeorse BroadlMaaL Cka 

af 




liU mrSST 48TH STBIB1 



Ca«laf 



fe^^ CLUB 



eff T< 

In Washingtonv D. C. 



We OaMlallr 



S3S8S 



Bat that ^H w ed Bffiar opaal ng aight 
ahewt ft was a thrlB and aa efaal; 

very much worth while and lone te 
be ramambered. AlMva >n It te a 
eoaaanvmale.trtbilta ta 
pairalarity ef Olaea. an 
leader and aaiaK danoa , 
who enjoya aaa mt «Im aMat brfll* 
liant celebrity followlnjc* extant- 

Fer oaa tktaff IBddte Creator 4e- 
ferrad Ms Oallfomla joTirwey for 
picture purposes until TaaadajT* al- 
tboash elated to start a aa nar ex- 
aiptii« <ar kte desire to tse-aperate 
oaca agaia with hia syneopatini; 
protegee. €!antor noon took matte rs 
in hand aad aavar wattsad aBaalhdr 
ar funnier. 

Fallowad a sacoaaaioa of ''aaaBes'* 
and avMMttaa. fttrttra imar did 
something she never before eesayed 
avea ia tiM palmfeat Ohsb Ohaatee 
-lya timtcf gettiagapgiradU^aea 
apedalty. Mary BaAaa and Bddle 
Caator claw aad aad wkanuoed over 
the cutdit Mack bottom aaen alaca 
Ann PeaaliiHaft*a ^Branfiy lira- 
doetory. 

Oertrade liawreaee oU arad **De* 
Do-De,- her "Ok. Kay!*^ 



Neiffhtiors la the area bound- 
ed by 5Srd to S9th streets. 
Sixth to Eijrhth avenues, are 



Rtate over the noisy nl^ht 
cluba of that aecthm. It em* 
bracea tha Mvallaat cluba of 
the Timea B«aara district. 

Specific compiaint is said to 
have bean mada Sdr°*"*^ night 
cluba aroaad Sttti atraat: that 
the mualc and tha Mlarity may 
be heard to the rear ei^the 
nlfffat cluba. mmdk ta tlia aa- 



keeptaif wHk ^a 



The Oardaii Reoas 




pitched low 
rather thaa 

Earl Bartaette ia 
^acaka aad Florida and 
aisteiitly headed a musical anraal- 
satiea of claaa dUmensioaa. There 
are If SMa eeaeenUaaatly diatrib- 
ated aa t4 kMtrumentatlon. Tha 
maale la atrongly foanded in a sab« 
Manttal baas and llsteas wek, la ad-; 
ditiaa ta daackic waM, A kttla vaeal 
te watlEsil ia Car prpttiaeas la 
sad aewar arftk iar Idaa aC 
being funny. Comedy Just 
iiba with Cka €Uurdaa Room. 

Tka Bt. Vtaaete ta atm the 
af mack aT Baa Fraaciece's 
actlvUlaa. 



aa ever-ready greeter, he te aa aa> 
aet to any aiskt duk. Ttia resitlar 
cafe retteaeafa kaew tkat Ckll weil. 



and deeoreaa 



Tllng at aisM life, 
tetta 



oC hte knife before eaaeyingr this 
Weia It aat 

te yrava B « 

rangament far M per eei^ on an 
srosa recei pts areald be kard to ac- 



everythlae wltkoat any teveataaeat 
oa Oteea'a pari. Tke arli^teal oara- 




ta Watek Over Me.** 
tisd U, up with a 
rtaarleston. aa ezoallsat 

coaaiderin^ the unusual handicap 

^aMd^dteuSsr'f^^SaMa^ 
who flopped Cphyaically* bat bgr aa 




tka 

eoosatrte 

apito everything 
Pearl Baton. feUowing aB aorts 

and conditions of stepping, wiaely 
koked and faked aa old -fashioned 



thing. Oteea coatribatii^ kui his 
aalertsiameat and kte douv* AbsL 



FROLICS 

... *, ■ ■ ■ 

Chicago. Nov. 1«. 
A new .OTOW at the Frolica is al- 
waya aa event. Flrat algktera. 
'*re«nlar8.*' political and tkeatrlcal 
oeieiMk, "boys abMit towa** at ai. 
are ta ka 
algkts. On 
deal of traasieat trade te noted, and 
many of tka celebs are alaraya aa 
hand. No Qnastloa aboat It being 
the hub aC tke algkt fUm wkeel In 
tkte tawa. Ifa tke aair BkM^siak 
makiag real money. 

Cover cimrpaa are tka name here 
aa elaewhere. bat tke treaaaadoue 
patronage aMnne thaa anythiag else 
makea posallde the profitable re 



data tke 



At tka aaiae tliaa tke 
te diapoaed to give tke 
Bseaey'a worth. Up te 
has auiiatelasd 
la tawa. Ma aateftaadlag 
"namea,- yet a consistent array ef 
good tateat. Tka plaoe te anaking 

I In 

With IS girlij and a paad list of 

kr Bddte iawnr 



'».,e>^e aapa .•■ anpa-" 



ktill 



another cute black bc^bom. Bva 
Pack reBeved it witk aame sweet 
vocalising. 

These among other caatrikatioaa 
made tha premiere a aaaaaarabto 
eveat. In between OUen'a own 
boys harmoateed wUk aad without 
tke portabte ecgan. 
at the keyboard 

peraoaality amBe. 

Alien BsMldea. Bettsr Marvin. MSa. 
BIrK. from "^Castles in the Atr,* aad 
otheia alee eoatrlbated. baft Aiat. 



kte 



■A THniLL AWAtTS YOU AT- 



HELEN MORGAN'S 54th STeCLUB 



the 
le 



231 West S4tli 

, HELEN MORGAN 

^ li|jMI,lB|$inkte Repert^ ^ Sang 

' ^* Together wita 

WILLS A BRADT AL B. WHITE 3 MASIKR MfiLODIAKS 
SJjSLaSf^ HART LUCAS AHB OTHERS 

MmiQ l^r HELENr MCMKM^S SSXrSTTM 

Far Bessrratioes Phana CMamtea tm-STM-lklW 



The coMumes contribate osaaider- 
ablv ia coter 

laviBr aad plfltai iaaaa. tRte drta 
have' been weB drilled and hnow 
their routines. Tke 

aaa*erteiMr 

as their beet. 

Bd Liowry. late e( tke 
▼oas. New Totk. ta asaatet 
monies. That goes both waya. Bd- 
die*s presence oa the floor spetlf 
eteas and ha te auatar oC any sit- 
uation that maT artee. Hte smfle is 
atencya there aad ke usea flawless 



PALACE 




tke 

AI Tcaraer aatll U 
mar te tke preaent aaagalAcent ia- 
atitution operated by tke Welf 
brothers tSaia aad JDave) ta a toag 
cry. 

The place eretofore had a ca- 
IMcity reacklag around l«Ma. alto- 
gether tea large. With the room 
cut dewti aad tke belceaies 
it now caantortalrty aeata 
The dance floor te etevated and 
about 24 by 4B. TMck ruga carpet 
every inok white a oolcir scheme te 
carried wet perfedtly. A washed 
air eyatem kaa keaa lasiaBwl tkat 




and 



^anca aad far a tetkg tl^ a 

big fav with the dance lovers af 
ikte town, has a perfect «#ei <er kte 
baad. Tke eaaablaatlsa eC Ifl esa- 
tains eac ai ltat nraalctena. 
termer Jonas' asaa. Tki 
kaa tkai sact tsaa aasBty alaraya 
aoothiing ahd rhytlmUc. And they 
play a Bair aawlinr iMmt, to 'Bat.* 



akly loid^ reach this crowd anv. 
war. la kte SPS ftel l y he ainga'n 
w •^■J'^^^^V**"* dout.i* 
^ "^^*»^ Bylvaaa in U«ht 
comedy makeup te okay. Bylvano! 
Cram Paaico'a erganteattea. has & 
etear teaoi^ valce aad doea well aJone 
with a ballad. ^ 

Baas ■taria. a fav of long stand, 
lag In Bite vicinity, puts over "Su. 
sle'a Fella'" to a eong and dunc« 
routine that te very energetic, in 
a ikiaaataBsi eos ta am <or what there 
te of it) of red. frsai ksad to teas. 
S he acaraa easily, 

Bdaaita aad Joae. dancing' team of 
class, are maklnx their bow in local 
aiglH clubs. They have been play- 
ing tka B. dk X;. itoasas aad success- 
fully. Their tango as well au Su- 
satto*s Bast Indtea daace aKoalienu 



F( 
tog 

kott iichoel. Botk 
te dancing aad 



awaat-took* 
aa IBs Ak« 

are well up 



«B Mpa «r> 



gaiaed a rep far kka. Hte arrange - 

taate; skadiag te 
A 
at B. 




are L«ie Xarpky. vieUa: Joe Maelter. 
baaio; Banta Pecaro. treaobane; Joe 
Fraidc, dnaas: BBl Kreaa. 
Aady Panico. tuba; George 
Ch arter Bb ra>ir and lea 
Pkaice k 
KTMaiier 

O'MaBey) aaaounoee in a atraigkt 

manner with no ^aft:i;inx:. It f>r©b- 



HAL 
NIXON 



ANNOUNCES 

IteitefalaveCrfB 

cmCAfiO 

WidiiibB*rFriMd 
HAIUtYliART 




JVBT FOR A I.Ag«M 



DOV 



Mr BfBBfiT AMD «BN AVBMBB, M8W VOBk 

M>U KDDIK JiaMV 



KDDIK 

dAOiUM»ar 
PMBBBt ciacLB etta 




AVALON CLUB 



ITfl BBPADWAg, MBBT TPRK 

SfK» MHTKaS 

FOB TKRKT JOAN PACK 

mmc my «ipy.fox and his California orchebtba 





sad easy- 

erowd hero has accepted 
proven the openias sUckt. 

ThB Wmiams Siataas asattaue to 
dellgkt their follawers witk thetir 
aooentric stamping and -crooninp 
harmony. Both Irida teok great 
aad wkea they get ready to leave 
here skoadd ke aoeeptod anywhere. 
Babe Kane, alaaga a prkna favor- 
ite with thte «lak enowd. charms 
kar admirers in new costumea. new 
songs and new Cricks te her cute 
personattty. Joey Ray« a iimart> 
teakiag youag teltew. kallk« from 
the coast, te a newcomer. Hte frmk 
voice reeaires a Ma hand any time 
ka ataps aat. Bom ia appearsaioe 
and in vocal abfltty he la okay. 
iteassyBajr <TO r rtatlea» te step- 
pia^ ukaars apBk kte aaseatrlc danc- 
ing. Jimmy h»m been here for s 
aauaber of akjaa aad te in. Strang 
WHk tha erstedb Iffaaflaa aai Mar- 
quette, clandngr team, have a well- 
balanced act ctmtaiaiag soaia aeod 
roTitlnes. Thar kaaa WdiMtdd areaad 
town tn never al of the cabarets. 

Four iA»ows a night, an hear apart 
bectenin|c at addalgktr arBk ar 
added parf<krmance thrown ta on 
Saturday nAghte te the sckadute. 



GARDEN ROOM 

^flAfi FRANCIkCO) 
fiaa Fraacslsoflw Nor. IL 



MARaiE COATE 

THE lA MAtGUEiOTA CAFE 



at Her 

tie' 



Ratlea 





and Amm^tata 

• to flMto 
er ttM 
T f 



pelttan. San Francisco possesses llt- 
Be ia the way of nigh^ Jttfa an d 
kspflte anytklag properly daaoifked 
ae a night clwb. TJaual cftiofi suey 

aril ateat Ifafth Baaek. tka 

one-tia»e Banbary Coast, ara eeveral 
Italian cafea with cabarat featerea. 
b\it theae draw taw irt Bio upper 
strata o n aeooUkt of tkS neighbo r - 
hoods. • ■ 

The Qardea Ba s ai af tka Bt. Wfla-' 
cla Hotel te Iks class of town for 
a dine aad danes. Ia the aftarnoea 
B ia a popular raadesvoaa for tea; 
ia the evcmhig It draws San Fran- 
elsco'a solMsat fkateBut of ksMad 
a^trt froaita. ' ' - 

The eatira teas. Idbtedlag Bm 
tempo ef tke daaoa aMMte s ap pliad 
by Uarl Dar t a a tte 'a archeatra. te te 




Ui Owr M Wedk at 

7 llpiAs it Janstei's 

IBmmMk 



• Will catettder offers for 
Caleg, VatiderUle, M«gicBl 




iM JACK STKBSIMS 



of f0bm 



'Ploy- 




IdrtB o# «*AM£AfCAAfA'' 
EaBBffBd indsifcnitaly for 

*IE lllAiRE'S AiFf ANtS^ 



r 



NIGHT CLUBS 



VARIETY 



47 



rOISON' SHELLAC AS 
UQUOR 'KflJJNG' CLUBS 

Th« unusually feUlf «omp«tttlon 
may b« ona cauaa for buslntaa fall- 
ing off gaaarally In tiit nlf hi elnba, 
but tha branA of liquor belas pod- 
dlod out thaae days tt a fkustor. One 
taalo of tho "poison** at 10 n«ars"' 
4 plat to onough to make the hard- 
oat weep over the alleged alcoholic 
atUnuIant with a shellac taste. 

What is happening as a result is 
that the smart rounders don't care 
to trust to the terrible anti-Vol- 
stead concoctions and are "bringing 
it In.'* The "regular fellow" that 
takea to nocturual divertisaement in 

tbo oafea thlnka It deolaase to take 

It along. While willing to give the 
house the benefit of purchasing any 
liguid assets, conditions are now 
forcing a B. T. O. lo move as a 
health prooautlon. 

This in itself has a tendency 
mgainst night club circulation. With 
BO bottles ' to hamper one, the 
rounder "makes" a few spots but 
in bringing his own for a party. It 
resolves itself down to squatting 
all night until eirerythlBg to eon- 
•umed. The house getting the first 
call gets a break to some extent and 
offsets the rest. 

As a general tbing the flock of 
openings and re-openings and the 
avalanche of new places are count- 
ing heavily against everybody. 



dumffenr Arrested as 

Night Club Bandit 

Found secreted in a small closet 
in his homo at 224 Sullivan street, 
Benjamin Vesch, 25, chauffeur, was 
arrested by Detectives Walsh and 
Maskiell, West 47th street station, 
on a warrant charging him with 
robbery in the flrat degree. 

Later at West 47th street station 
Vesch was identified by several 
persons as one of six men who on 
Oct. 22 last held up and robbed S5 
men and women in the Biarritz 
Club, 210 West 54th street. The 
bandits escaped with money and 
Jewelry valued at over $1,500. 

The hold up, considered one of 
the most daring of recent days, oc- 
curred at 5 a. m. Six men, five of 
whom had revolvers and the sixth 
a sawed-ofT shotgun, drove up to 
the club. Before the lookout re- 
alized it he was struck over the 
head with a revolver and stunned. 

Following the hold up Walsh 
and Maskiell received a tip that 
Vesch was one of the men and 
started a searcU for him. When 
they entered his home a few days 
ago they found him secreted in a 
closet which seemed almost impos- 
sible to hold a human being. It 
was about 14 inches wide and 25 
inches high. 

Vesch at first admitted he had 
been in the party of hold up men, 
but later denied it. When some of 
the victims were brought to the 
station house they identifled the 
chauffeur as one of the bandits. He 
was arraigned in General Sessions 
and held for trial. 



RADIO'S EFFECT 



NO CHECKS! 



CABARET W 



NEW YOEK 



AvAloa Club 

Margartt Wateb 
Joan Pas« 

Elinor Terry 
Pr»nk Day 
Marcia White 
Earl RIck&rd 
Ruth WheSl«r 
Bird 8I« 
Roy Poa Bd 
Bmmz Arts 

Mona Darlo 
Irene & NSdIn* 

Marguerite Ilowarrt 
Will Hollander Bd 

Benny Davis' Clob 



Dick La Marr 
Ruth Manlnr 

DuFern & LaCa'in 
Miss Gladstone 
Al Joektr's Orch 

Clnb Barney 

Lent Steosel 
Hale Byers* Bd 



Benny Davis 
Dorothy Oompert 
Geo Hals 
Ren* VaUrl« 
Bthsl AlUs 
Tlis Diplomats 

Cafe de Paris 

Al Wohlman 
Evan B Fontaln* 

Ouy Sis 

Bon Selvin Bd 



Cisb 

Dolly Kay 
E Joyce A J Irving 
Gladys Sloane 
Bert Frohman 
Violet IfcKae 
llary Gleaaon 
Joalne 'A L«amay 
Irving Bloom's Or 

Casa Iropea 

Frank Libuse 
Keller Sis A L. 
V Lopes Bd 
Chateaa Shaaicy 

Will Oakland 
Chateau Bd 

Ches Fysher 

A Nilssoa Fysher 
GuilU'QttUlI 
Gens Fosdlck Bd 

. asb AtakMtt 

Colored Revue 

Clnb Aaatole 

Anatole Friedland 
Hilda Fer^unon 
Horrah Minevitch 
Wan« Roa w U 



Ruby Keeler 
Maryon Dale 
Jtmfliy earr Bd 

Ctak lide 

Tacht Club 4 

Connie's Inn 

Leonard Harper R 
AlUs JaekMa Bd 



r (M 

Jimmy Durante 
Bddle Jackson 

Lou Clayton 
JVlla Gerity 

Dever Cisb Bd 



Bunny Weldon R 
Eddie Chester 
Jos Candvllo Bd 

6ih Ave. Caravan 

Jane Grey 
Thomson Twins 

Jerry Fr'dman Bd 

Ilelen Morgan's 

Merry-Go-Bonnd 

Helen Morgan 
Al B White 
Brady A Wells 

Alice Boulden 
Loretta McDermott 
OtssB Bd 



Ivan Bankoff . 
Bert Gilbert 
Beth Cannon 
Rnid Romany 
Gua Good 
Peterson A Ch'l'tt 
Amy Atkinson 
Lauretta F Moaa 
Futzy Knight 
Frank Cornwell 
Crusaders Bd 

ftsntssky Clnb 
Bttly Waat 



Carroll Alberton 
Bigalow A 
Mildred Malroaa 
Hotsy Totay 
Sally Fields 
Al Shenk 

Kniokerboeker Gnll 

Clicquot Sakimos 
Ana Allisoa 

La Parroqoet de 



R Wolfa Kahn Or 

4 Aristocrats 
Cun'gh'm A C'm'ts 
Dupree & Shaw 
Maria Ley 

Bins Biewars 



Maurice A Amb'se 
Florida Tango Bd 
Johaay inMMi B« 



■rais Ooldaa Orch 



Melady 

Bubbles Shelby 
Allen Walker 
l0Uits A Band 

M eirte Cisrie 

Billy Arnold Rev 
Buddy Kennedy 
Janin A Jolnnda 
Eva Dowling 
NalHa Nelaon 
Norman Laakey 
Mildred Berri 
Wantyo 
Radio Franka 
California Ramb'rs 

Moetnaftte 

Miller A Farrcll 
Emll Coleman Bd 

Moulin Rouge 

Variety Show 
Betty Leonard 
Jack Edwards 
8p«cht Bd 



Bert Lewis 
HaDLey Sis 

Sravelelas 



Ann Allison 
Bionda RSI 

Elsie Malncs 
Bd Gallagher Or 

Palais D*Of 
Rolfa'a Revtts 

B A Rolfe Bd 

" Parody Ch*^. 
Bert Gilbert 
Bernice Pet-Kee 
Myrtle Gordon 
Rule Porterfleld 
Holland A Barry 
Muriel DaForrcat 
Dnkt Tallmaa Bd 

PciMsylvaala Hstol 

Ooe Oiaaa Bd 

Playgrouad 

N T G Rev 
Geo Raft 
Ualss Morfss 

mum siKiBs 

Blviiniaa Clab 

Harry Richmaa 
Nate Lei pals 

flabln A Ly<m . 
Madelyn Kllleea 
NLary Lucas 
Iletay Ilees 
Deenover A B'n'ff 
Davs Bamia Bd 

Stiver Slipper 

Dan Healy 
Carlo A Non)»a 

neryl Halley 
Jack White , 
Dolly Stcrlinf^ 
Ruby Keeler 
Eddia Bdwar^ls Bd 

SUaad Boaf 
Davs Mallaa Rev 

Texas Gulnon's 

Tezaa Oulnan Rev 
Texas Ramblsra 

twia OtM 

Spccht Rfvfls 
Clayton & Hicks 
Germalne Geroux 
Wallace |:ddia 
Paul Spacht's Bd 



De Carloz A L'Ise 
Bobby Pierce 
Ruth Patton 
Lloyd Barber Or 

Ches-Plerre 

P Nuytecn'a Rev 
Earl Hoffman'a Or 

Collegre Ina 

Jack Fine'a Re.v 
Lischeron A Girla 
Buster Drown 
Myrtle Lansing 
McC'une Sis 
Sylvia Joyce 
Mauris Sherman O 

DeaavUle 

Lloyd Dupont'a R 
Margaret White 
W,illa<e &. Cappo 
KtOe Burton 
Evelyn Ruth 
Isabel Crandall 
Louis Salamme Or 

Wrimn' laa 

nilly Ranltin'R Rr>v 
Frankie Morris 
Irene Faery 
George McQueen 
Bill Paiey'a Orch 

Roy Mack's Rev 

Ed I-owrv 



Williams Sis 
Babe Kane 
Joey Ray 
Jimmy Ray 
Marque A Marq'tte 
C Straight'a Or 



Lou Bolton's R'-v 
Hillio Stanfldd 
Louise I'lon^r 
Eddie Van Shnick 
Brais Caldwell Or 
Bay Oswald 

Green Mill 

Joe Ix'wiH 
McCune Sis 
Gloria Randolph 
Sol Wagner'a Or 
Mary Moore 
lola May Bailey 

IloUywssd Bam 

Buddy Flaher 
Frank Sherman 
L A J Newman 
Bobby Daasera 
Helen Sflvase 
Uf)»e Stanley 
Marie llisKin 
Anne A J'an 
Geo- Ma Tens' OrcJi 

Kit Kat Club 

Moscow Art t 
Marines 



p!iul( tte La Pierre 
Jack Richmond 
Frank Albert Orch 

MsBlla Boass 

Hal Hixon 
Harry Hart 
Poaches A Poppy 

C Abbott Girls 
Fred Hamm's Orch 

Parody Clab 

Gene Wenii' Rev 
Harry Harris 
Phi! Murphy 
FioKsi*- SiurRism 
Margie Ryan 
CUnf WriKht Orch 
Slim GreonloW 

Pershing Palace 

O'Neal Sis 
Jack O'Malley 
Jose A SuKette 
IVrn & Mclba 
Frank Sylvano 
Louis I'anico Orch 
Roae Maria 



usssroami- 

K Geo Wood R'-v 
De Haven St Nice 
Elsie Cole 
Lillian Louise 
Aurinle Craven 
Victor Caplan 
Katz & Kittens 



Van & S< henrl< 
Freddy Dernard 
lx}omiH 2 
Marie Coburn 
Mike'Speciale Orrh 
De Carlos A Q'n'da 



The Waltona 
Al Downs 
Robert K Hern 
Rose Vandarbusb 
Samovar Orch 

Tarraoa Garden 

Ralph Williams Or 
Ruth Pryor 
Snra Ann McCabe 
Bltoa Rlcb 

Tmm Clab 

Martha Biehl 
J<-8S Mendelaon 
Hetty Moore 
Garcn Sis 

Blossom H'^nfh Or 

Vanity f air 

Bu(l<ly Whelan 
Lamb Sis 
Gladyn Mints 
Adde Walker 
3 Hawaiinns 
Van'a Vanity FT^O 



(Continued from i»«gs 44) 
Hall. Independeifbs, Kan., where he 
fulfilled A ChauUuquA booking. 

Rtmet« Contrel Piek-up 

This remote control plck-ui> In a 
national network is a departure for 
chain broadcasting and In Itself is 
an important step forward in rela- 
tion to commercial entertainers. 
This win not limit bands, etc., from 

sticking to one central location, 
like New York, for weekly acces.s 
to the broadcasting facilities, but 
will make possible their traveling 
generally as an itinerant in -person 
as well as radio plug for their com- 
mercial aHlliations. There Is many 
a popular radio orchestra or other 
entertaining group that has been 
forced to turn down picture house, 
dance and concert bookings because 
of their favorable radio tie-up, but 
now. If the key radio stations are 
adhered to, soeli things will be 
made practical and posnlblo. 

The program was the distinctive 
entertainment it looked on paper 
It was only natural that such high- 
grade aggregation would impress, 
although the program lay-out is 
still very much to the amateur, but 
obviously routining was handicap- 
ped by circumstances outside of 
the National Broadcasting Co/s 
control. Such things as bunching 
the danee bands all for the finish 
was perforce a necessity, owing to 
the orchestras' hotel and restau- 
rant ainiiationi and schedules. 

Outside of Rogers, nothing un- 
usual occurred. Rogers' voice came 
through clearly from the Midwest 
watering station that was put on 
the map by radio, as did Miss Gar- 
den's soprano. It proved intelligent 
voice gauging can be transmitted 
clearly via the ether. Rogers* talk 
was not particularly ultra and in- 
cluded a wheeze about the Prince 
of Wales' equestrian shortcomings, 
but he sent over a couple of choice 
ones about having something In 
common with Sir James Barrie as 
a writer. The knighted author 
writes for children, and Rogers ex- 
plained "I write for grown-ups with 
children's ideas." He also cracked 
that writing these days is based on 
endurance rather than Ideas. 

Cevering Territory 

The opaner was nifty at the ex- 
pense o( ntdto, that he was not "ad- 
vertising that night. Itogcrs opined 
that the King of Rumania's recall 
to g>et the Queen out of the banqiMt 
halls by Christmas at least and the 
Queen's visit here had the virtue of 
driving Browning and "Peaches" 
back Into tha want-ads. 

Rogers obviously sought to make 
his brief talk as widely diversified 
and general as was possible, cover- 
ing considerable geographical ter- 
ritory from England to Mussolini 
to Coolidge, with a promise to visit 
China and Japan next year. 

Weber and Fields were the Uist 
flvc-mlnute offering from the Wal- 
dorf-Astoria, doing their old rou- 
tine winding up with the time- 
honored mesmerism gag with the 
tag. "My Godl I can't get him out 
of Paterson.** 

At 11:15 the proceedings were 
quickly switched to the Hotel Penn- 
sylvania, where Edward B. llusing 
introduced George Olsen and bis 
music for a snappy 15 minutes. 

The four-hour entertainment mar- 
athon started at 8 sharp with Mer- 
lin H. Aylesworth, new N. B. C. 
president, briefly Introducing the 
program. 

Outside of the Garden and Rogers 
numbers and the dance music, all 
artists broadcast from the grand 
ballroom of the Hotel Waldorf- 
Astoria before an invited audience 
of newspapermen, radio editors and 
others, nunibering about 1.000. This 
audience was most entliusiastlc In 
Its response and the applause thun- 
dered through the "mike." 



Seems Surprise for Night Club to 
•*Daad Hasd" 



AlihouBh the rechrlstened Fri- 
volity Club, the Golden Slipper, for- 
mally opt lis toiut;ht, an invitation 
dress rehearsal was staged last 
night (Tuesday), a feature of which 
was that wonder of wonders In the 
night clubs— no checks! 

The Silver Slipper management 
has taken over the Frivolity and 
renamed it the Golden Slipper ns 
the first step in a proposed chain 
of night clubs. 

The N. T. G. revue at the place 
is titled "Parisian Nights" or "The 
Nudity of 1927," with the latest in 
undress a feature, including Beryl 
Hally. 

Henry Bergman (Clark and Berg- 
man, and now a music publisher, 
associated with Milton Well, Uie.> is 
master of ceremonies. 



3 NEW CLUBS 



PERSHING PALACE 



(Continued from page 4t) 



kid 



"Baby Face," while attired in 
togs Is good. 

With a I»Oc. cover during the week 
and II Saturday nights, the place 
should be a go. The Chic^igo Uni- 
versity should be a- source. 

At present overhead tremendouK 
and business cominfr in slowly, but 
with cons istent * xploituljon it 
MhoUJd riuR up giuduuiij. 

Wolf brothers are not novifes- .'it 
this. They own th« Ijells, rojul- 
house, ChlcaK(j, as well as Ihf Plan- 
tation on the Parilic coast. In any 
event, credit is due th'in. Th»*j 
.show a good ganibling spirit in at- 
tempting to. put the place over. 



Three new night clubs got. under 
way last night (Tuesday^. Helen 
Morgan's 54th Street Club has Miss 
Morgan headlnj; an elaborate sliow. 
Including Wells and Brady. Mary 
Lucas, Al B. White. Alice Boulden, 
Loretta ICeDermott, Three Mastir 

Melodians, and Lawrence Murphy 

conduct inp: Helen Morgan's Sextet. 

The Chummy Club, at 711 7th 
avenue. Is. now the 7-11. black-and* 
tan proposition. 

The Frivolity, also under a new 
name — the Golden Slipper — had its 
pre-premiere invitation debut last 
night. 



GALLAGHER PAID OFF 

William J. Gallagher denies not 
paying ofC the girls in Earl Lind- 
say's "Lovely Ladies" revue at his 
Monte Carlo restaurant, New 
York. Gallagher Is long eatabllshed 
In tha bttslnaM with a Si-^year rep- 
utation as a restaurateur. 

It developa that shortly after the 
Lindsay revuo closed and Billy 
Arnold's show came in, everybody 
was paid off in full. 



Cabaret GirPs Ambition 
Balked by Family Row 

Chicago, Nov. 

Eleanor McCormick. 15, cabaret 
entertainer, was dropped from the 
Club Ches Pierre floor show 
through Information lodged by her 
stepfather, according to Mrs. Laura 
McCormick, the girl's mother, who 
applied for a warrant at the Town 
Hall station charging hsr husband 
with disorderly eonduet Eleanor It 
Mrs. McCormlck's daughtar by • 
former marriage. 

There was also an order from* 
the Humane Society to send th# 
girl to school. Mrs. McCormick ll 
not living with her husband. 



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OUTDOORS 



Weinberg's Prizes Were 
Sliki Frai Apartmit 



Who stol* Jack Weinberg's col- 
iMtton of apanUilt flhawla, ooiHs, 

women's manicure set. bath robes 
'lad miacellaneous articles from his 
apartmant at tha Capitol Apart- 
maata. tSt Waat itod atrMt. Wein- 
berg: Is a carnival man and he had 
tha articles in his home ready to 
moTO to tha Sesqu!. 

WbMI Watabtrr discovered his 
loas he raced to the West 47th 
street detective bureau and notified 
DatactlTOfl Chartoa BtaplaCoB and 
Thomas WaMk lliay made an in- 
▼estigration and aver that they 
found a boy's scooter in a store- 
room occupied by tha superlntand- 
ent Bruno -Markham, 41. 22S Waat 
J2nd street. 

Staplet^ and Walsh placed 
Marftham tilkdlsr arraat eharced 
wRh suspicion of the theft. Ha was 
arraigned in West Side Court and 
baM la |1,00« baU for further Lear- 
%h9. Ha daiitod tha charga and 
stated that ha had bought '.he 
scooter for a nephew several years 
ago. Tha coppara declared that the 
styla ol floaatsr wtm not manufac- 
tured until if M» Tha aleutha stated 
that If arkham gaTS another axeuaa. 



SERIOUS FIGHT AS R-B 
HQiE TRAIN lEFT 



Herberta Beeson in Atlanta 
Hoapital After Fight With 
iM Crook 




CIRCUS Bnis 



Paris, Oct 6. 
Madrano-rMUa. . 9$4art (eques- 
trlita); Canaidaa (wira act); Jack- 
son (skater) ; Miss Mamie (ecuyere) 
and Roger; Bartley comic juggler); 
.Mentford (horizontal bars) ; 
Dslpiarra'a Bears; Sirco 
(whistler): Maryland Troupe (acro- 
bats); Munler's Dogs; Alph Bin 
(cycle); Mariano, Forto and Carlo. 

Cimiia' da Paria — ^Hauoka's 
Horses; A. D. Bobbins (cyclists); 
Oaudot (imitator) ; Maaca^ as 
(Spanish daacara); Dalelsr Troupe 
<aeotntrloa) ; Nama Traupa (aarlal 
ict); Mylo and Angelo (eccern tries); 
Manetti-Charley-Cooo (clowna). 

Cirqua O'HIvar—Agnes Kramb- 
MT fjttfslar); Ancusta Avarlno 
(gymnasts). Miss Castle (equlll- 
toiat); Romyas Troupe (acrobats); 
Mma. WtlXlam TrussI (equaatrian); 
Bsa aad "WhttAr^i ViaplM and minia- 
ture menagerie; L. MalRs (cyclist/; 
W. Trnsrl's Horses; Fraiellini Trio; 
Bans Beets and partner (pole act); 
▲ndffv and 'Mareal Deapr^s. ; 



An exciting aftermatli to the 
closing of tha saaaon of tha Ring- 

linK-Bamum Circua at Atlanta last 
woek occured aboard the special 
train carrying tl^e performers to 
Naw York. 

A fight started between Leo 
Crook, in chargre of the show's con- 
cessions, and ilerberU ("SiaU") 
Bsasoa Just after tha train millad 
out at a. m., Tuesday (Not. S). 

Beeson was so badly hurt the 
train returned to tha Atlanta yarda, 
whan ha was remorad ta a haipltaL 
It was about • o'cToek when iiha 
train started again. 

John Ringling was aboard, but 
onabW to prsvant tha malaa. Both 
men are ordinarily quiet but had 
been celebrating: t^nd started an ar- 
gument. The plate-glass window 
In a vabtHbuM' tlih' snffi^ A 
piece of glass became embedded In 
Beeson's temple. When placed in 
an ambulance ha was unconscious 
from Idss; of Mood. ' ' ' ' 

Crook was hetd by the Atlanta 
police ponding' Beesoh's condition. 
Slats was declared out of danger 
and CroQfk iwturifed to New TM 
late last week'. HO had severed an 
artery in Ills dui-ln^ ^ the 

mlx-i^p. ■ ' ■ 

Baiha detalia of fh^ fe^rhi. n^od 
the Atlanta papers. 

Beoson^s wife was not on the 
train, having started on another 
special aariQrtag a nontlngSBt at the 
show's paopla to Chicago. 



Vawter Sdk Chantanqna 
CMtrol, Retain Ly 



Dea Moines, Nov. Iff. 

Keith Vawter, pioneer Chautau- 
qua man and originator of the tent 
cltautauqua has sold controlling in- 
terest held In tha Radpath- Vawter 
Chautauqua Co. to W. B. Rupe of 
this city. Mr. Vawter will retire 
from business after almost a 
quartsV of a oantury of asrvSoa, but 
will retain managamant af tha Red- 
path lyceum. 

Mr. Rupe has been active in the 
Chautauqua taid far If yaara, with 
controlling lntei*est In tha Redpath- 
Horner Five Day. the Midland, the 
Acme and Mutual chautaquas. He 
will move haadquartars of tha, Rad- 
path -Vawter m«t CMhr R»pldi to 
Das Molaas. 



OBITUARY 



Keystone Expo Partners 

DMie; Sbw Tit JMI 



Sam Mechanic and Max Oruberg, 
who jointly operated the Keystone 
Bxposition Bhqwii (carnival), have 
dlasolvad a partnkvihlp of twa yaara. 

Mechanic will take over the shows 
and operate them individually. Me- 
chanic owned the three rides,: and 
next season will add others. 

The split bttween the partners is 
said to * have b^en amicable, with 
both feeling that the outfit ^sxa too 
small for bvar ana apiomtor. 



FAIRS 



Dubuque, la.. Nov. Iff. 
C. X^.Mels was elected president 
of tha I^buqua County Fair asso- 
oUttltf^;^ its annual alectkm Jast 
waek. , Other ofllcera for the en- 
suing year are George Friedman, 
vice-pres.; Georg e A. Ploeal, secre- 
tanrv IM it m WHMhbort; troas- 
■urar»',-' 



kgeasy Protecti?e Ass'n 
Fomed; Againit Fan? 



Ghtcaco, Kov. Iff. 
Unusually hoary losses having 
bean suffered during the past sea- 
son among fair agencies through 
brsachaa . qC contracts a movement 
is now on foot to form a Theatrical 
Fair Agency Protoctiva Associa- 
tion. 

Bad weathar found many fairs 

either unwilling or unable to pay 
for attractions used. Agencies in 
many cases were forced to go un- 
paid. . although thay had MlfUlad 
their part of the contracts. 

The intended society plans to pro- 
tect Ita members by having tham 
unanimously refuse to deal wtth 
such fair organizations until all 
back payments are made. ' 

It Is also planned to refuse work 
to fair acts brandod aa consistent 
coat^nat violators. 



Iowa Falls, la., Nov. 16. 
Iowa Fahs Fair association has 
aleelsA a H. Oilbart, president. 
Other ofRcers Include E. O. Ells- 
worth, treasurer, and It, fL. Sours, 
aocratary^ ^ 



TightS 

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iJfOCICmgt 

Ara Our BpaaiaH^a 

QUALITY the BEST and 
PRICES tha LOWEST 



(}oid sad 8tlv*r BmcmIm. Tbeatrleai 
Jewelry. dpaagt«a eta. Qold and Stl- 
. wr Trtmplsga Wl«a Beards aad aU 
Ooods Tiiitnesl V%nielee aoea ffo» 



J. J. WYLE A BROS., Inc. 



McKliigs-Ba^aets 

in CUeago in Dec. 



Chicago. Nov. 16. 

Meetings and functions for out 
door showmen have be^n arranged 
so as to; bring tha soyeral depiart- 
ments into Chicago at tha same 
time this year. 

Ail of the events listed will bo 
hetd Ih tha Hotal Bherman: 
' Nov. 27 -Dec. 4 — Pair secretaries. 

Dec. 1-S — National Ass'n of 
Amusement Paries. 

Dso; a— -Annual banquat and ball, 
Bliawmnn'a Laaglia. 



SCENERY 

and DRAPERIES 



IhNiNihnalluit Bird and Aiilmal Show 

TressSfS XslanA Theatn*. Sesqul-Ceatta" 
nisi. Philadelphia 
Want assistant for Pamahoi'ikaA Pets 
also lady or gont ta proaant Vird. pony, 

doa. eat and nionkHjr acts 
WrltA all to Cleo. Rejwt a. I^smahast- 
kM Stvdio. 23<4 N. VnlrMll Sftraet, Phila- 
delphia. Pa. 1M.f OelssiMa OlM. ^ 
P. 8.: Want olrena drop. TWo ether, 
drop* ssltahla for hippodronie. Alse 
aMflclan^and aortlty aota dewna 



CARNIVALS 

(Far currant week CNav. 15) when 
not atharwiaa indiaiitad) 

Bemardl Greater, Charlotte, N. C. 
Best Policy Shows, Huntinffton^ 
Ark. 

Bruce Greater, Washington, N. C 
Clark dc Dyer, Logansport, I«a. 
Plorlda Tip Top, Coral Gables, 

Flu. 

Billy Gear, Bristol, Fla. 
Qloth Greater, Odlla, Ga. 
Great Eaatem, Sherwood, Tenn. 
Greater Rialto, Atlanta, Ot*^ 
Bill H. Hames, Taylor, Tex. 
W. H. Harris, LaG range, Qa. 
mil's Greater, Atlanta. Ca. 
C. R. liCRcrette. Jennliip?!*. La. 
Thof*: 1\ JLUlkjohn, Osork, Ala. 
Miller BroH.. Krunson. S. ('. 
Italph It. Aliller s, Baton Bougo 

Ms 

Jack 01iv(>r, Anuislon. Ala. 
TaKO, A Wilson, I>ill<jn, ):>. ,C.; 
Andrews; 29, Georgetown. ^. C. 
Peorlp.s Expo, C'hiploy, Fla. • 
Poole & Schenck, KitiKsville, Tex 
Rl(«a Bros., Btiittgatt. Ark.; 22 
Oamdon^ 

Boyul Palni An^. Co., Qreoj^^-(K><l< 
iliss, . ' ■ ■ ■ 

Western Am. Co., Chester, 8. C: 
i2« Bishopville* S. C. 



GA^ENRODEOWIMRS 



Tha -Bndaa. at Madison fkioarc 

Garden closed Saturday nlgrht.,after 
a 10 days' en^affcmont. It was a 
flnancial success, although matinees 
were vary dleappolntlns* 

The iudgea chose Hugh Strick- 
land as the t>est all-around cowhoy, 
and he received tha Roosevelt and 
Kan MaynaM trophlaa. Kike 
Hastlnsrs copped first place In the 
.steer- wrestling contests and I«ouIs 
Jones won tha calf roping. In the 
bronit riding Snala Boh took 
first money. 

Chester Byers stood out in the 
trick and fancy roping, getting the 
grand puma. Wh'tW l^ota 'Ador was 
awarded llllift ii^ fhncy 
riding. 

Among" the women* Grace Runyan 
landed llrat »rliMi;|ist Imnk riding, 
while Tad liiMHui liRM tha fancy 

riding event. 

All participanta wai^ paid oft 
immediately after tha finfiih. 

It was understood the Broad 
Street Hospital, under whose 
auspices the engagement was held, 
benefited more than |60,000. ^ The 
Garden's split was also reported 
profitable. Beebe is said to have 
handlad tha rodeo dn a straight sal- 
ary af |f*0#i 



WALTU M. WILSON 

Walter M. Wilson, 65, actor and 
stage director, died Nov. 13 of 
pneumonia In tha New Haven Hos- 
pital, Now Havan, Conn. BIr. Wil- 
son had loft New York to put the 
new show "Miss Happiness"' into 
shape prior to its Broadway pre- 
miara. Ha had workad Vary hard, 
cauerht cold and pnannumin daval* 
oped. 

Mr. Wilson was one of the best 
knonm actors In Now York. When 
not acting he was stage producing. 
He started his theatrical careor in 
stock and then swung into leglti- 
mata productions. 

His most recent acting engage- 
ment was with "The Ghost Train,** 
Withdrawing to take up the direc- 
tion of «*]ilsa Happtnaos.** 

He was a moat active member 
of the Lambs, having served for 
the post three years on its council. 
Ha diso l>alongad to the Eplscoiial 
Actors' Guild and^eld an honorary 
membership in the Catholic Actors* 
Guild. Mr. Wilson was tlia de- 
signer Of tha Jattaraanlan wliidaw 
in "The I.lttle Chi|rch Around tha 



at tha old Qraad, Auburn, as treas. 
urer. L^ter ha went to tha Audi* 
torlum there and then became a 
road man associated for many years 
With Shubert and Brlanger shows. 

At tha time of his damlse ha 
was connected with .«M Jolferson 
theatre, Auburn. 



ei-AIIA KNOTT 

Clam Knott 44, atasa and screen 

actress, died Nov. 11 at her homo 
in Hollywood after a brief lllnofiK. 
Miss Knott*s last screen role was 
as Bloaay lil •*oid lAdy tl.** 

She appeared in support of 
Chauncey Olcott on the legit stage 
for soma years, and was more re- 
cantly In a skit tlUad 'Tha Opar. 
ator.- which to^|P«i ;|||^ Orphanm 
circuit. 



ULIA HARRISON 

inia Harrison, If, chorus girl In 

the Fanchon and Marco presents- 
tlons at the Warfleld theatre. Ban 
JTrancisco. d^cd while asleep Nov. 10 
as n result of haart ffedlura Induced 
by .pamldoua aenemla. iMIss Har<- 



RIVERSIDE MEMORIAL CHAPEL 



New Twh's 

Most B«i»alir«l 



76tl| St. and Amttsrdain At*. 

PHONX: Oat of Taw* 

Fancrala Arraiised 



ENUCaiTfifiOO 



Corner." Tiie actor is survivod by. 
his mother, Mrs. Annie Wllson» and 
a sister. Hertba Wilson Anderton. . 

Am Mr, Wilson wasT>ersonany in- 
terested in the welfare of "U'he 
liittTo Church,'* his ramain# isare 
brought there from New , Haven, 
where they laid in state until yes- 
terday (Tuesday) morning, when 
funeral sanrlcas were held. 

The remains were shipped tH Bos- 
ton for Interment. 



dONN O'OAY 

John fVDay, 49, vaudsTlHlan, best 
known for his acrobatic dancing, 

unable to obtain consecutive stage 
work and in ill health, died Nov. 12^^ 
airter leaping from tha third floor 
of the Daniels Hotel. 401 West 42na 
street. New York City. Dr. Myl- 
holland of BeUevue Hospital was 
sumoBonad. Ka found that death 
had been Instantaneous. 

O'Day had time and again be- 
Hiegcd agents to pjlve him worlc, but 



First Pre& in 4 Y«ars 



Rochester, Nov. 16. 

The Kochester SIxposition and 
Horsa- Show, with Bdgar F. Ed- 
wards, general manager, showed a. 
profit of approximately $2,000 for 
1926, according to . tho report this 
week. Tha expo., fioii^ thraa years 
straight has been *'ln. the . red" and 
this year's break was in spite of a 
squall on XAbor Day and on Gov- 
emor*a day, ordinarily tha bsfit two 
attendance days. 

This year*8 exposition was the 
fiftieth and the anniversary fea- 
tured broni^t >n hy Mi u fii rds are 
figured fav the jincreased. attend- 
ance. The reports of the expo are 
nearly ready. Recording to Mr. Ed- 
wards, and ipi ha prasaa^ at the 
annmu maauiic Fah» t. ^ 



In tender aiktl loving memory St 
Our dear Mother and Fathtt 

ROSE SYNDER 

^ Nov. II, lilt 

MATT. B. SYNDER 

Jan. If. 1»17 
Their dnvot«<l dHUKlitorH 
AI.irK HNYDKR T>KTO 
CiK(»KUlA HNYDKK linKHKRT 



riaon a Rioted bca,uty in San 

;]Prancisco iand had Ik ^#ida ncnualnt^ 
ance, among wbom she was known 

as' ''Bubbles." She was the dauerh- 
tcr of Mr. and Mrs. Alexin llarri« 

son, BO&^ipr«CaasloQft]«r of I4tl Wli* ■ 



EDWARD PERRY' 

Edward Perry, 66, veteran vaude- 
villlan, whose laat staca associa- 
tions were with acts known a.s Perry 
and Appleton, and Perry and Gil* 
son, died Not. 9 of heart trouble. 

Mr. Perry laft no rdn^ttw. Nearly 
all of his Btaga oara# MHPt III 
tha varieties. r \ r"'^' -f: 



Circiit Acts Bocdfied 

Powers' Elephants hare been 
placed for six months abroad by 
Wirth ic Hamid. The act will open 
Dec. 7 at ths Empire. i*aris. 

The same agdncy placed '* e 
Wirth l<*iimily for a .speilal Shriiior 
engagement this week at Syracuse, 
N. Y., wtth another special site for 
the riding 'tum naxt Wdilt at Phila- 
delphia. 

Another Ipdoor , Circus for a Pan- 
tagcs road ahoW- tpiar has been 
formad by .WirUi * Hamld. It is 
now^ nn the Pan tim(» and retwrted 
to receive a gross salary of |4,000 
weekly. ' ^ " * . ' • \ ' 

Welf^s Baby! 1^'phants are a1$o 
nt tlie I'Yed P.r.ulna .Shrine ?>how 
thl.f week, at Syracuse, book- 
ed by AirTi WUton, traveling with 
the Brands Indoor Cllvua to Phil- 
ndelphl.'i afd tllM td K##hrlk, for 
a week eacli. 



to no avail. His failure caused him 
to worry, and as ha had baen alllni? 
for some time, his nicninl atnfn be- 
came more depressed. 

O'Day is said to have broken into 
vaudevUla at Pastor's theatra when 
15. He had been with several 
musical shows at one time, but in 
later years devoted as much time as 
he could <whara bookings iMMltftsd) 
in vaudeville. 

The N. V. A., when notified of 
the tragiq ending of tho vaude- 
villlan, told the police It would Ml ^ 
dla hlf fanml. 



' lilLTON WOOOt ^ 

Milton Woods, Dallas, theatrical 
man, died suddenly Nov. 12 while in 
Lios Angeles selecting picture stars 
for personal a|>paarano««rM lhtA<f ; 
tre. Remains weffs . J^t»» T i ^d ^-td.- 
l^as for ^burial. . " ; 

Mrs. fasna ftf M» wife o^ John H. ' 

Stahl, Metro-doldwyn-Mayor di- 
rector, died in the Osteopathic Hoa* 
pitai, Hollywood, Nov. 10, follow* 
lag tha efTacta af 'sni a er ation a 

week prior. Mrs. Stahl never ap- 
Pfared in pictures but was well 
known in the Hollywood film colony. 



John Rechten, 86, retired music 
publisher, dropped dead of heart 
disease on tho 29rcl Street subway 
station f/Uiffwitm In Ifisw Toirk last 

week. Rechten liv^riit 250 West 
91 at street, New York. A widow 
and daughter survive. 



MIOHACLC HENNCSSY 

Michael C. Hennesay, 10, vatcran 

tlieatrical man, died at his home 
in Auburn, N. Y.. Nov. 14 of acute 
indigestion.,.. VMilce'* Hennossy be-, 
can hid osMsr undar B. Newton 



Mrs. Louise . M. jQeorgc, 60. for 15 
years editor and publisher of "Cali- 
fornia lafe," at JPasadeua, died dt 
Pnsadiiin, Cattf H n&¥. 11^ 



The mother of H. Itlmersoii Yorlce, 
Br un^wlpk recording publicity elt* 
ectttM, dM MF^. It. \ ■ 



The father, 75, of Carl McCuliougU 
(vaudcvlUe), died of a hea rt attai h 
in BuftiUa Koir/ 



Mrs. Margaret Leddy, 60, mother 
of James and Stava I«sddy (I<«ddy 
slnd Laddy); -diad tfdVr ti* 



lioo Angelas, Nov. 18. • 
Protest sgalnat tha natr county 
ordinance which limits ahows or 
entertalnmonta given under canvas 
to an audience of Sftt were filed on 
Monday by representatives of Mur- 
phy's Comedians and the Shelly 
Plajera* tent shows. If those 
showH want to use larger seating 
capacity the, ordinance provides the 
performance must be given In 

proof. 

liciuinflT after tho fornlal com- 
plaint was adjourned until Novem- 
hor 22, In the meantime both showf 
are said to be operating without 
county permits within the county 
inid have so tar failed to mnke 

npplicntloM for snch permits St re- 
quired by tlie lav 



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Ames, Iowa, Nov. 16. 
Four hundred and sixty-fiv« 
pounds of masculine avoirdupois 
appeared as complaining witness 
agalnat I6B pounds of femininity 
in Justice Segard's court here. Ca.so 
was so weighty that the justice wa« 
obliged to indefinitely defer his 
decision. 

Georgo W. Nichols was the com- 
plainant. His erstwhile side sho^v 
partner, Mrs. Maude Itoyato Wei-ss 
Nelson, was the defendant, charged 
with larceny. 

Nichols charges Mm. Nelson 
seised several articles of furniture 
placed in his possession as security 
for a 1 1 50 'loan. 

The pair had traveled throniil'out 
Iowa with circuses and -fairs. iMit 
dissolved partnership at Marahali- 
town, nft'-r ^vhlfh the alleged furni- 
ture seiKiire occurred. 



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In the five-act bill last week's last 
lialf not OBO of tbo qulntot sboYired 
Aiur MmMftM* «f elAM. Eae^ waa 
mad* WOrtO by the listless manner 
0t the performers, probably brought 
on by the noisy audience and no 
salary. When three girls in a aide 
box wav« to half tlM taon tai tho 
eodloBOO and a drunk la ajoetad 
from the balcony after bawling, suf • 
I ficiont quiet ia imposaiblo. Though 
Itho atow waa dyoa air, not the 
i least effort waa made by tha houao 
I to atop tho "ladles' " antlcs» 
r Thros Dunn Brothers found it dif- 
f flcult to get the gents' eyes off the 
box girls. The men are fair har- 
monists, two going in for occasional 
otepping, with the third playing a 
tike. Tho "brothers" billing could 



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LiMAIRE'S AFFAIRS 
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TWO Lawir mjBicAL clowns 



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MATINEB8 
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GEORGE JESSEL 

America's Touna«»t Bmotlonal Stai^ in 
tho Comedy-Drama Sensation 

: 'THE JAZZ SINGER'' 

Dirsot from Ysar's Run in N. Y. 



bo dropped and not missed as none 
reaemblo ono aaothsr in aajr Wair 

wtcept dress. 

"Fashion Fantasy" is a combina- 
tion "fashion" song and dance thing. 
Tho company numbers five, three 
feminine. Two of tho girls, with 
good flt^ures and loolts, are the mod- 
els, the third* girl draping them, as 
in the old "dressmaker" acts. The 
designer work^ in a knowing way 
but fails to impress with her mod- 
els, perhaps because of the cheap- 
looking materials. The modeling 
girls give the lads out front some 
flashes of negligee and the blonde of 
the two does pretty well in three 
dances. The brunet, cute, sings one 
number, probably just to have 
something to dO. A man plays the 
piano and sings, holding up the turn 
somewhat. The girl who does the 
draping loolca good la a backless 
costume. 

Jeff Healy and Co. (8) have one 
of the few remaining vaudeville 
sketches. This is weak, falling to 
hold one legit laugh. The plot, 
about a grouchy boas, is fairly in- 
teresting but brought out with poor 
dialog. 

Heflerman and Morris are not oii| 



works hard in a burlesquey way 
and demonstrates that he is a com- 
edian deserving of better material. 
His support is average tab ability. 

Eight chorines do their atttl| lOO 
llatiessly for Quality. 

"Marriage CUuse,** featuro, lilcair 
for the E2nglewood. 

Capacitor Thursday night. 

A peculiar situation, prophesied 
some time ago, haa arisen at the 
new Palace. Plenty of cust oBl ifs 
but a dearth of new "names." 

Of late a headliner who plays this 
house is held over for a couple of 
weeks while a frantic effoi^ Is made 
to iind another to replace the draw. 
Marion Harris is here in her third 
week and has been advertised for a 
fourth. Johnny Burke is in his sec- 
ond. Miss Harrto la okag. but not 
for four weeks. 

The biU this wo«k Is a bit strong 
on featured women. It marlca the 
Chicago yaudeville debut of Jane 
Cbwrm a highly emotional playlet 
the denouement of which la obvious. 
It gives Mlas Cowl many opportuni- 
ties for dratnatlc hysteria, and that 
is what it waa evidently built for. 

Miss Uarria in new clothes and 



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Matla«M 
Wednesday and Saturday 
A. L. Brlanffer A Harry J. Powers. Mfra 

THaaiph of Two 



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With QUEENIE SMITH 

AMfNT iMNbca, Harry WatMii. Jr., Sichartf K 
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Waa. B. Frledlander PresenU 

FRANCES STARR 
in 'THE SHELF" 

A aaw OMBOdjr drama by Dorranee 
Davia 

with ARTHUR BYRON 
And a DlatlnsstalMd Caat 



Matlneea 
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tShiib«rt PrinoBSS 

ffalSlinr aad 9i 

present 

THIS ROOM'* 

LOUIS WOLHBIM 
OLIVB TELl* DONALD OALLAHBR 



Of the usual run of small time two- 
man oomedy turns. Lifted gagSk ote. 

Mllano Duo. man harpist and wom- 
an fiddler, for the very small time 
only. 

"The Clingrlng Vine," film. 
Very much below capacity down- 
sUlrs and mat B9^*8iia* jtaivtlii: hat- 

Future legit opens are, as sched- 
uled. ''In This Room " Nov. 14. Frin- 
cess; '*Buttor aiid Snr 'Han,'* Nov. 

21. Selwyn; "Young Woodley," Nov. 

22, Blackstonel ^'Open Door." Nov. 
28, Playhouse, ^and *«21egfeld Fol- 
lies," Dec. 19, Jllinols. The latter 
piece was the "Zlegfeld Revue" in 
New York. . ."Last of Mrs. Che3 ney" 
for Blackstono Dec. 27, should 
"Young Woodley" not last... "Tip 
Toea" will tip-toe out of the Illinois' 
Nov. 20 for i^eturns at Newark and 
PhlUdelphia and a run in Boston. 

Vance Gray, "ballroom sheik," waa 
held in $10,000 bail for srand Jury 
on a charge of robbing at gun point 
Evelyn Powell, 5200 Kenwood ave- 
nue, of $2,00* in Jewelry after foN 
lowing her home from the Trianon 
ballroom. Qray. who la said to. 
"hanr outf* M the Trianon, is de- 
sertbod aa a t ypical * *4Mioa lioimd^' 

Whenever a musical tab plays a 
half-week stand at the Englewood 
there is Increased business. The 
unfavorable angle of the tabs Is 
that the house experiences a gross 
depressidn immediately following 
the departure of a unit. Appar- 
ently audiencea prefer the musicals 
to the regular five acts Ass'n bill. 

The Junior Orpheum-booked 
houses wouldn't make a bad move 
In holding these tabs longer than 
the customary half-week period. 

At the Englewood the last half 
last week Billy Maine and company 
proved strong at the box ofRce with 
"Jerry's Hx)neymoon." Despite weak- 
ness of the turn, Maine and his 
company lined up as better enter- 
tainment than the Ave sets whKh 
struggle for api^lauae la this dismal 
tlieatre. 

"Jerry's Honeymoon** Is tho tat- 
tered story of a comic \^ho consents 
to pose as one woman's hubby after 
Just married to another. 

Malnob aa the posing hubby. 



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with several new numbers had the 
wholo honao with her for hor ros- 

ular running time but took two en- 
cores demanded aolely from the gal- 
Icry. Thia fflrl merits credit for get- 
ting over as big in a third week. 
Johnny Burke and his copyrighted 
monoloff went to show-stopping pro- 
portions, helped considerably by a 
few &e# gags. Second week for 
him. 

Nellie and Sara Kouns, operatic 
sopranos, did best WbOB tliey low- 
ered their talents to Indulge In 
sweet pop harmony. Both have a 
conunandinir stayo ji r sstnoo wMoii 
brought considerable comment. 

Trizlo lYiganza took the house 
cohAplotely. although she palmed 
her gags off so quickly that several 
missed by a yard. Next-to-doslng 
and squalling Burke's bows. Neville 
Pleeson wrote her excellent material. 

Four Aoes and a Queen, fast flying 
perch act, opened the ahow In push- 
over stylOk Followed by Daro^and 
Wahl, wha are repeating around 
here rather soon but still are able to 
put over their acrobatlo travesty in 
line style. 

The Great Lieon. shooting a girl 
through a steel plats to all appear- 
ances, held tho iMUao ptaetlealar !»• 
taot ia plOBlBf podtloa* 



No bargain, the Majestic this 
week. The sign outside says It'a the 
"World's Greatest" Plenty of other 
signs Sunday afternoon, inside. 
Siffns that the customers got wise 
to the fact that a poor layout was 
made poorer by faulty arranging. 

The Six Belforda are good tum- 
blers. They got more applause than 
the balance of the ahow in unit. Six 
men. only two of slight build, and 
these not miastially alight. TIm 
way they work la breath-taking. 

"Liet'a Dance" ia a nice stepping 
turn for tHo hotter small time 
house.^. Four men and two girls, 
one of the latter outstanding in a 
short um mmkm* Both glrti have 

looks. 

Howard. Harris and Leroy, two 
men and girl, ahow nothing but 
shortened and old burleaque bits, 
worked here aa blackouts. All are 

familiar, but with the comic's 
"Dutch" delivery, familiar through 
burlesque, well done ia this ease, 
they scored in each Instance. Pol- 
ishing up on the "love flower" bit 
a'ould help. The aama thing was 
used to better advantage by an- 
other turn at the Majestic a couple 
of weeks sgo. 

"Nep" Scovllle, rube comic, has a 
fairly entertaining sketch in 
"Pinched." His company of three, 
one girl and two other men, work 
well. All the laughs possible were 
procured here, with some sob stuff 
hUBhlng them up nicely. 

Nixon and Sans are a classy-look- 
ing mixed team in blackface and 
"high yaller" makeup. The man is 
a good dan cer and w as w e l l l lh sd la 
a .stepping l it Comedy, good. flMtkos 
this very okay. 

Frances Kennedy, billed as the 
"Personality Girl," with plenty of 
superfluous talk on current stufT, 
she won soma of tbo women to her 
cause but the men In the audience 
refused to loosen up. Frances 



laughs at her own jukes and wipes 
off her chin with the back of her 
hand after each gag. A dance for 
the finish, meant to bo fiinny. 

L<eah Warwick has an entertain- 
ing act, which Includes a four- piece 
band. Tho turn opens In "one," with 
the boys coming out and singing aa 
just another cheesey quartet. In 
full, they play very well as a m\is- 
ical combination. Miss W.uwicli 
looks and works in classy manner 
in three numbers. IMenty of ma- 
terial here, with some rubbing to be 
done for belter times. 

Hoffman and Lambert, with the 
man a jup:^ler, are not much away 
from conventional lines. The man's 
Clever work with ball and hat off- 
sets his fair comedy. The wonunn 
la good-lookinpT, with fair singing 
voice, and is an excellent straight. 

Pathe News* Topics and Fables, 
following In succession and bad for 
that reason, failed to do any much- 
needed backing up. Orchestra less 
than half full at the first show Sun- 
day. There was a waiting line at a 
n^rby picture -presentation house 
at the same time. 



by the New England Theatre Op- 
erating Company, of which Jacob 
Lourie and Samuel Pinanski are the 
heads. The company^ has many 
houses in auburbaa 



Hal NIzon and Harry Hart, as a 
team, close at the Oreen Mill and 
go into the Moulin Rouge. Nixon 
will act as master of oeremonies. 



Rose Marie, carbaret soubret at 
the Pershing Palace, will not go 
Into the new show at the Green 
Mill, as reported. Her refusal to do 
a number a^t the request of the 
management, while presfnt at a 
chorus rehearaal, la given aa the 
reaaon. The young Woman claimed 
that aa she had been booked, there 
wa« lib jMoiasltr of a try-out 



The I'nited Import Film Corpo- 
ration of Stamford. Conn., has been 
organised with a capita flMMl* 

Flobelle Fairbanka, nioco of 

Douglas Fairbanks, was among the 
Judges who chose Miss Eunice • 
Greenlaw as Miss Maine at an 
American Legion industrial ex^btt 
at Portland, Me., Saturday. 

Fre.1 A. Sharl.y of Keene. N. H.. ; 
and his associaies, who own sev- 
eral theatres, have bought the 
Park at Lebanon. N. H.. and the 
Sunshine theatre. Leominster. Mass. 



SOL WAGNER 

iMl HU ORCHESTRA 

Witli H4RET WEIH8IED 



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"Myrtle Gordon, mistress of cere- 
monies and singer at the Moulin 
Rouge (cabaret), goes to the 
Parody, New York. Nora SchUlar 
replacea her for the time being. 



Thehna Combes, singing bass vlo- 

liplst. Is back In Chicago after va- 
cationing for about four weeks, 

Oloan, tSB« Armltago avonuOi haa 

been sold by Tom Papas to Thomas 
Mirtthinis tia and L4i|p Adrian . 

NEW ENGLAND 

Attorney Nathan Yamlns. who 
controls nearly all the theatres at 
Fall River, Mass.. waa in court the 
other day. A defendant, charged 
with the larceny of a spars tire 
from an auto, asked him to roproo 
sent him as his attorney. After 
hearing his story, Mr. Tamins said 
he could not aooapt tho job, as It 
was from his awa 4Mito that tlm^tlro 
was stolen. 



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N. Y., has been arrested at Pltts- 
fleld. Mass.. on six counts of lar- 
ceny. He is charged with receiv- 
ing deposits in connection with a 
motion picture film distribution pro- 



Tho new Strand, New BrlUin. 
Conn., waa opened Armistice Day 
with a split week policy of six acts 
and feature films. The house has 
nearly S.SOO seats, and is one of tho 
most elaborate In New England. 
The Strand is the sixteenth house 
in the chain throughout Connecti- 
cut controlled by the Hoffman 
Brothers. Dan Finn, formerly 
managat of Ck>rdoa*s Olyropia, 
Lynn, Mmt^ is in ~ 



The new Granada theatre, Mal- 
^m, Ha a s., opened Moadajr* 



Thelma Heaton and Ansta RIeae. 
playing at the Empire. FaU River, 
the laat half of last week reported 
to police that their dressing rooms 
had been robbed. * - ' 

Tho new Morton Theatre at the 
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PITTSBURGH 

•y JA6K A. ilMOliS 

Nlxdii**««Tk« C0ii«t«iit Wlf«.** 

Davit — "The Countrjr .Beyond" 
and vaudeville. 

Qaycty — *'Aloma of the South 
Bmui" (Columbia). 

AMdtmy— ''SUP Along " (Mutual). 

Cam«o — "The Plaii||iif JTiroiMler'' 

(second week). . ! 

•Ut»— "AllUionairea." 



for the flrMt time oUlCO hm 
taken ill in Bultimure. 



David llalaaoo taada a apoaeh at 

the opening •erformance at the 

Nixon last weeic of "Lily Sue." 
WiUard Made appeared in the play 



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INERS 

MAKE UP 



CfL Hrary C Mimt, Inc. 



The AMine with a repeat ahowlBg 

of "Thp Four HorsoMU'n" did more 
than 124.000 last week. Manager 
Walter 8. Caldwell gave tho^fllm a 
beautiful presentation, augmenting 
it with a prologue. 



Manager Harry Brown, Nixon, 
announced that over $10,000 of mail 
orderH have already been received 
for the Ziegfeld •^Folllea." sched- 
uled htra for ThankagWIng wook. 



The Pennsylvania College for 
Women took over the opening night 
of 'lOhoatg^ at the Fltt thaatr^ for 
tlia kmiuM bOBOftt. 



The Weetem Pennaylvania Amuse- 
ment Company oponad its latest 
Aim house, the Avenue, last week 
It Is a iS-c#Bt house on Ldberty 
avenue, not far from tho downtown 
distrtet propar.' 4r • 

Lois Moran and Thomas Msighan. 
motion pleturo stars, will ba guasts 

in PItUburgh on Nov. 24, to attend 
a benefit under tha aiMPlcas of tho 

8eton Hill schooL 



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Belasce— "The Green Hat." with 
Katherlne COrnall (Woode); next. 
Mary and Florence Nash In "A 
Lady's Virtue'* (ShuberU). 

National — Zlegfold *l!*omeB"; 
next, Ethel Barrymore In "The Con- 
*sUnt Wife" (Charles Frohmaa). 

PoliWTha iBIg Piarad«* (M.-4I.- 
M. film): next. "Blossom Time" 
(BhuberU). Nov. t$, "iH$ Passing 
Show" (ShuborU). 

Qsyety~"Naw Tork t» Pwrla" 
(Columbia). 

Mutual— "Bathing geau tls s" (Mun 
tual). • •. 



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Number, as always, is one of the most 
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of the ye^r. 

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and is held as a virtual diire(:tQry of the 
show buMlleM^',^^ _ _ ' Sl'-'^^ 

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Pictures 

> Columbia— Richard Dix in 
Quarterback.** 

MotrepeiiUn — "Paradise" and 
Three Qiersdorf Sisters; next. 
"Strong Man" and WaHNT* Mm* 
sylvan ian«. 

Patese—'Alem H tlia South 
floair #ltb Ttmas* Sgs-O-^ttte; 
next. "Upstage^ Mi Of tdgiry. 
also Jack North. 

RIatto— ''MkdMel Btrogeff.** 



the stage at m. JsMph'a Hall, Buf- 
falo. * 

The a ( tor lived with his mother 
in South Division street, near Main, 
at the Starkweather, the fashiun- 
nble hotel of the late 70s. Dr. James 
J. Mooney apd Judge' George L. 
Ha«:er were both ^loee companions 
of Hackett, the latter appoarinK with 
him in many Shakespearean pro- 
ductions. AceordinK to Dr. Mooney. 
Ilucketffi flrnt api>eHrance at St. 
Joseph's Hall was in a Shake- 
spearean reHtatton. '"'The Beren 
.Vges of Man." Mooney stated 
Hackett receive4 a l§ gold. piece 
from hlupaothar for his exploit, and 
alwaya wrled' it in later years. 

IVed M. Bhafer, formealf Manager 

o( ihg lAfayette Square, and Jerome 
A* Brevrn of l>etroit arrived in Buf- 
falo on Wednaaday and announced 
proposals of that woodward Theatre 
Corp.. controlled by II. S. Coppin. 
of Detroit and pporatlng ovar^ TS 
houses in MleMftMi, to 
falo. . 



The Rialto (U. ploturoa) is to 
have a Saturday oi>enlng hereafter, 
while the Strand, now presenting 
Loew vaudeville and aeeond-run 
featuresi la tied up with rumors 
that a straight pietuk« policy ,1s 
shortly to prevalL 

W. Spencer Tupnaao, now leading 
the Carleton Club orchestra for 
Irving Boemstein, Aled a petition 
In voluntary bankruptcy. 

"Tup,** who has held* and In fact 
is still bobUng. the *'-crsamf aaslga- 
ments in .orchestras- hereabouts, 
listed his debts mi |M«t and as- 
sets at Moe. 

Otto F. Beck, closed two wo«ks 
ago at tha 8-C Tlvoll, where he 
was the erganlst. and opened flht* 
urday night last heavily fegtnred In 
a like eapaeity at the iUaite. 

The Three Oiersdorf Sisters did 
the unusual hsre. Played two weeks 
in the exclusive Carlton Club and 
are now currently at the Metro- 
politan (pieturse.) 



The Rialto is pHIng up 
as far as changes In house man« 
agera are coneomed. W. Jo. Doude- 
lah. recently brought on from Spo- 
kane to be number eight within two 
years, is now to leave shortly for 
Kansas City with n aucHMHP PtlH 
tp he jipnouneed. 

BUFFALp 

By BIONCY BuirroM 

Teck — **The Oreat Temptations," 
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" next. 

Majestic— "Moonlight and Honey- 
suckle." McGarry Plajrtrs. "Alias 
the Deacon" next 

Buffalo— "Take It from Me^ and 
Paul Whiteman's band. 

Hipp— **Po|iaver ACter^ and vaude. 

Lafayette ^«lCeiiierKjKty MIy" 
and vaude. 

Le e ^ /a " War Mnt^ and vaude. 

Garden— (Mutual). 

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. MILWAUKEE . 

By HERB M. ISRABL 
Oavidaon — Bertha KaUsh In 

"MAgdaJ^ ■ ^^'^•■■o':'. ' 

Pa k ak OergMUi atoek. KVvv^it-' 

' Qarriek— "Some Olrl.** 

Palaae— VaudavUle (Heman Tlm- 
berg). 

Mgjaatle YhMdeytllei 

Miljai^Vandevllle. 

Kmppees— "Nise Bablsa? (atoek). 

Ckiyoty— "SasUeo and Xleass" 

i(Mutual). 

ANMMnkm*->Berdli of tha DpyU/' 
CUf^n— "The Wife's Away/* 

Merrill— "La Boheme." 
Strsnd— "Eagle of the Sea." 
W{seoneinr-''Prlnce of Tempters." 

The Gross stock company has va- 
cated the Oarrick for one week to 
permit George M. Oatta tpjning In 
Tohihly Mdrtelle in "Some dirt.** 

Mae Hamilton, soubret. and Har- 

rold niodpTctt, Juvenile, have Joined' 
the Kmpress stock. Karl Michel 
and Meg Lexing Jniwnlls, and dOillc. 
left^laat Saturday. 



•ger of the Rochester Exposltloa 
and Horse Show, ta. take effect Im! 
fliedlateiy la announced. Hall be* 
comes manager of station WHRc 
where he wili arrange and direct the 
prograntt. Mall fortherly was .^un. 
day editor oC the Democrat and 
Chronicle. 

The East man Theatre Cumpahg 
la presenting current a tab veS 
slotf *PC BIdney Jones' musical com« 
edy, "Tlie Geisha Girl," supplement* 
ing Norma ^ha^fr In "Upstage* 
(dhn). 



The Seneca Serenaders. Geneva, 
N. T., College Orchestra, sails for 
home Nov. 23 aboard the Leviathan 
after sis montha ln.|iUftB end 3er- 

tln. ■ * • 



a "panning" by looal 
critics. Carroll's "Vanities" had a 
good draw here last week, grossing 



Padlock proceedtnga have been 
started against the Monte Carlo 
night elub, wbieh was nUdgd re- 
cently. 



The Buffalo Players have lease<I a 
hall seating about tO« on Elm wood 
avenue, near Utlca, for the presen- 
tation of their eurrent productions. 
The first bm will be a pirate drama, 
entitled ''Woppln Whart" to be fol- 
lowed by "Sun Up" g nuin)>«r of 
oite*aet piayleCa. 

Olga Nethersole spent several 
days 'in Buffalo last week on her 

way to the Cattaraugus Health 
Demonstration. Miss Nethersole 
retired from the stage 12 years ago 
and is associated with the People's 
Health League of England. She is 
in this country as a guest of the 
National Tuberculosis Association 
studying methods of treatment in 
the large cities of the United States. 
Her mission Is to take back to Eng- 
land suah methods as may help in 
the treatment of the " 



Arthur Flene. formerly treasurer 
of the Oayety (Columbia) Is now 
treasurer at the Garden (Mutual), 
replacing Jesse Meyers, who has 
been sent to Akron, Ohio, as treas- 
urer of the Grand theatre in that 
city. 



Dick Davis, dramatic critic of 
*^he Journal." haa uken over the 

editing of the Sunday amusement 
page, succeeding K, M. Scliy^arts. 

The Ukrainian National Chorus 
played to a capacity bouse at the 
Pabet last Tuesday nlgbt. 9old out 
Ave dgya helare the eenatit 

The Smprees this week presents a 
burlesque on Mllt Gross' comic stMp. 
"Nlze Baby." Marian FuVera ap- 
pears In the Itf lamia, ■fpglug Hipas* 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By H. O. BANOSaBON 

Lyceum- "Ben-Hur" (2d week). 

Keith -Al bee Temple— Vairdc. 

QayeUr— "Barin* to Go" (Colum- 
bia). 



Victoria— y«i4e. 

Corinthian^*nie Olttger Girls' 
(Mutual). 

Eastman— "Upstage." 

Pleeadilly«-'*¥l|# FIghtia Marine.' 

I'd Be Bnwnaed." 



"Ben-Hur" goes into a second 
week current after an B*"'!!?^ for 
the Bm week at the Lycett^i 



Ray Fagan and hia aymphonle dr« 

chentra opened an indefinite en 
gagement at the Garde Hotel, New 
London* Conn. Fred B. Mack of 
the Alf Wilton office got the con- 
tract through JU K, Sldiiey o( the 
Loew elftmit.- 



Paul Whiteman and his band, in 
connection with his engagement at 
the lUifTalo this weelc, are playing at 
the American Legion ball on Friday 
at the 174ih Armory, which is In 
line with the Whiteman-Publix con- 
tract. The Troop I post, giving the 
ball, comprises aim oat 1,000 mem- 
bers, and is an eaelnalve social or- 
ganisation. 



AlthouRh it was not generally 
known that the late James K. Hack- 
ett was formerly a Buffklonlan and 
flrst appeared on the sta^e h'^re, 
and although all of the published 
blographiee of the actor stated noth- 
ing of these facts, Hackett for over 
Ave years lived in this city and at 
the age of eight Btat appeared on 



Experimenting with his theory of 
"special theatres for special films." 
General Manager Eric Clarke of the 
Eaatman theatre, beginning Nov. 21 
will present "Alaskan Adventures." 
and "The Treasure," a short drama, 
at 50c. and $1 scale in Kilbourn 
Hall, adjoining the theatre. His 
idea Is that certain worthwhile 
Alms are not suitable for the gen- 
eral picture public, but worth *de 
luxe preeentatlon. 



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MINNEAPOLIS 

Metropolitan — Dark, 
aiiubort — *Xauarh That. Off" 
IMarsh-Dilson), Batnbrido ara - 

jbatic stock. 

Honnopin-Orphoum — TaudeTlllc 

(Geraldlne •'Jerry" Valllere and Her 
Baby Grands) and pictures. 

Paiaco— "Meet the Wife" (McCall- 
BrMgia muaieal eomady tab). 

Pantagoa— Vaudevllla (Indoor Cir- 
cus)) and pictures. 

Savantb Street— Vaudeville (Jack 
Fine's ^Banjpland**) and aiciures. 

Gayety— "Kandy KIda" (Mutual 
burlesque). 

State — "Upstate** (Norma Shearer 
Slm>.< 

Garriek — "Pour Horsemon of the 
Apocalypse" (Valentino). 

Strand— "Variety" ( Jannlngs ftlm ) , 
aecond w at t i . ' 

Lyric— "That Modal fro&l Paris" 
(Day-Lytell film). 
Aster — "Poker Paces" (La Plante 

Grand— "One Minute lo Play" 
(Grange. film), re-run. 

Times are harder hereabouts, per- 
haps, than anywhere else in the 
United ISUites, and the local show- 
houses, after a summer and fall of 
unprecedented prosperity, are be- 
ginning to feel the pinch. Grosses 
have been tobovsanlnt for flia past 
month* 

th» Minnesota-Michigan football 
trume scheduled for Novemher 20 
Juis disposed of 55,000 seats at $2.50 
more than 10 dasra before the ganie, 
,and it is estimated that more than 
aS,000 will be turned away. 



"The Big Parade" played to ca- 

parity for two weeks at the Metro- 
politan and turned away nearly 1,000 



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people at the final perfornUince. It's 
returning Nov. 19. 

Suzanne Lenglen. tennis cham- 
pion, appearing at the Arena under 
the management of A. O. Bainbridge, 
is a big draw. Advance indications 
point to a 110.000 gate. The eighty - 
one boles at $44 per box were all 
grabbed off by society people the 
opening day of the seat sale. 

Carlton Miles, Journal drama ed- 
itor, devoted much space of his 
Sunday theatrical section to a *tory 
of the life and career of Matt Smith, 
who has served 45 years as a press 
agent and who was here tn that ca- 
pacity for "No, No, Nanette/* at 
the Metropolitan last week. 

John Todd, of the Bainbridge 
Players (stock) at th% Shubert for 
three seasons, hied himself with 
Stella Forde (non-professional) to 
the chambers of Judge H. D. Dick- 
inson in district court last week, 
where the couple were married. 
Todd gave bis off-stage name as 
Frederick J^^McCarty and age 
50. Miss F«iWe owned to 28. 

Mary Hill, formerly with the Bon- 
stelle company In Detroit, has Joined 
the Balnbrid^re Players (drama tie 
stock) at the Shubert, replacing 
Blirabeth Za chary. 



ST. JOHN, R B. 

By W. McNULTY 

Empress, picture*, Moncton. N. B.. 

built by the mayor, has opened. The 
original Empress was destroyed by 
(Ire last March. The new house Is 
announced as fireproof. Torrie /C- 
Winter direct this house, seating 
about 850. 

James Swift, v eteran stoek player, 
who quit the stoKo in favor of a 
small grocery store In St. John. 
N. P.. has sold the grocery stock 
and returned to the stage afier 
about seven months as a groeer. 

The Opera House Company, Si. 
John, N. B., has been defendant In a 
suit instituted by a tenant seeking 
d .images for water that soaked 
through a floor and damaged his 
< lotbing stock on the street floor. 

Mae E<lwards Players clo.»»e<l six 
weeks In ibe Opera hou.«ie, St. John, 
X. B. It is a draniallc repertoire 
ennii>any carrying Jazz orehentra 

;(im1 ii^iTiJ,^ !s|v<'i,l: iew ln^w«'»n afty. 
l^»-r>w.nm l: .Ma«' lOtiwartlj'. !'» ppy 
?>()wneK. Mazie Kh'rk, Anita 
CjuUton .1. I'inrkney. I'aul Lint(»u. 
Hilly "Wel.b. Lavvrenee Hay»'S. 
Charlie Downc*. CiunieK T. Smiih. 
•nr, naffer. Also Waltt-r .S.'in\iIIe. 
Kre<bli»' RemiM, Roy Mitehell. n»ii.«i- 
cians. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y; 

By CHCSTKR B. BAHN 

Wieting — First half, -Laff That 
Off"; last half. "Blossom Time." 
sixth local engagement; next week, 
beg i n n inc Sunday Mwlit, *'9en - 

Hur." 

Keith's — Vaudeville and Alms. 

Temple — First half. Bozo Snyder 
and liis Own Show, Columbia bur- 
lesque; last half, pop vaud^rfllla and 

feature films. 

Savoy — Mutual burlesque. Frances 
Fnrr and her **8ky Rockets.*' 

Strand — "Sparrows." 

Empire— "The Show-Off," first 
half; "Hold Tha* Lion." last half. 

Bobbins- Eckel — First half, "The 
Palm Beaeh (Jirl" last half, "For- 
lorn Kiver." 

Harvard— "The Plastic A«e/' 

Regent- "Stella Dallas.'* 

Palace— " Variety." 

Riveli— "RolUng i^ome." 

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," 
booked fer the Wieting D«o. f, IWUI 

been scratched. v 



Tom Kane, one-time manajr^r of 
the Empire here for Howard Kum- 
sey, Is In town In advance of •*Ben- 

Ilur." He put over a letter- writing 
contest for school students with the 
••Herald." 



Harold Manheim, Syracuse Uni- 
versity graduate, who has been 
handling Fox exploitation in the 
middle west. Is quitting the film 
sjrame to Join his brother in the 
i>erins Realt -. Corp. Ii^ re. Manheim 
in his pre- Dim days won several 
tennis titles in central New York. 



George Hearst has taken up his 
temporary residence In Pyraruse to 
sive his attention to the 'Moiirriar' 
and the "Sunday Anjerican." The 
Hearst papers lost heavily in circu- 
lation fis a re.'iult of the ^nti-Smlth 
carioons and editorials. • 



Syracuse will send a «leIe>fa<ion of 
H»'V«'ral hiinclred to AtiiMiin Thurs- 
dav n»Kht for the annual ".Syracuse 
Ni^cht" of the Mutual \V<lfare 
League show.', at the .stale prison. 
The prison bill this year will be 
given fotir nivhts, npeniii^ on Wed- 
nesday, and, of, course, i.s open to 
the public. This year's title in 
"Home I>rew# d Ih*ivitles." Theru j* a 
minstrel first part, with a dr.imatie 
playlet, "The Gray Overcoat," and 
specialties. 

Kr; iil«l;n TTT TTja-s", d»'..ii of Tr.'fT 
drantatie writers, and columni>t of 
Hearst's **Joiimsr ami "American." 
retijrn<<l fi<>U) K iroif aii jannt l.iMt 
week. Chase wjll dr<»p hia old news 
commentary rolyum for "Ten. 
Tueut.v, Tlilr^.v." an editorial feat- 



ure devoted to Syracuse and world 
happenings of 10, 20 and 30 years 
ago. 



Col. Ja.Mon S. Joy of the ^VI11 Hays 
organization spoke before tlie New 
York .State Federation of Women's 
Clubs convention at HInghamton 
last week. Outlining the advance of 
the film Industry, Col. Joy declared: 
"Nearly all unprejudiced students Of 
the drama will say that the best 
acting in the theatre today is found 
in motion pictures; the camera Is 
pitiless." 



TORONTO 

By GORDON tlNCLAIII 

Royal Alexandra — - "Qentlemen 
Pr. f. r Hiorid. 8": "Green Hat," next. 

Princess — Dark. 

Victoria — "Twelve Miles Out" 
(stock). 

Empire— "Rotters" (Guild sto'k). 
Qayety — "Wine, Women and 
Song** (Columbia). 

Pantagea — ^A^audc. and pictures. 

Loew's — "Temptress" and vaude. 

Tivoli— "Laddie" and "Hlu*- Hoy." 

Uptown— "ii:jiKle of bea" and 
'^Styles and Smiles." 

Coliseum—Royal Winter Fair. 

Regent — "Beau Qeste" (fifth 

wc*k>. 

Bloor— "Midnight Sun." 
Massey Ha!t~Auiitrallan tand. 



K<jllowInK a Sfjuawk hy v<>m«ii 
ret'ormers cuts were made ia the 
"Passing Show" and more clothes 
ordered all round. H. M. \Vodson, 
olllcial censor, pn.Hsed the show at 
fffst, but reconsidered after fhe 
squ.'iwk. The Ci^clfixion scene was 
tlirown out. 



Famous Players Canadian Corpo- 
ration has begun work on two addi- 
tional picture houses to link up with 
the large group they slready op- 
erate In Toronto. l-^aeh will seat 
about l.ooo. They will be ready b*"- 
fore spring. 



After doing fr'»od buyine.sH in the 
ea^t and Ontario, Captain Plun- 
keu's Ueviie. an all Canadian pro- 
d'J< »ion. h«'i!(ls \s«'si \ve»'I% on a 

till'-' -Month bookint.'. .limmie Ci#w- 
nn Is ah»'ad of the show. He now 
has ihr«e ^hows and a eone#rt on 
hin hands. All are doing well. 



' Tl.c (Jolilin, ' Ktudent comic ni»!K- 
azine, has o|M;ned a depHrlni«*nt <»n 
d.^' i« \;» U'' In the op* ri;n« aii- 
Ijourn i incj»t it says they ;ire the 
enly pnbll'*ati«»n exeept "Variety" 
Sold in Cuijida lliat reviews discs. 



NEWARK, N. J. . 

By e. A. AUSTIN 

Shubert — Dark. 

Broad— "A LAdy'a Virtue." 

Ppoetar^a — Vaudarilla and "The 

Marriage Clause.* 

Loew's State — Vaudevllla mad 
''Bardelys the MaffniflcaBt" ^ 
Newark — Vaudavllla «ii '^M^ 

Alimony Only." 
Mes«|iia-^*Gigolo'* and vaiidevlUa. 
Branford — *^o«lic April** 

vaudeville. 

Fox Terminal— "Country Beyond* 
and "False Alarm." 

Capitol — "The Naked Trutl^ 
(fifth week). 

Rialto— "The Black Pirate" (third 
week) (11) "The Eagle of the fiaa.? 

Qoodwin— "Pa radlse." 

Miner's Empire— "l> t's Go." 

Lyric — "Kedheaded HIondcM." 

OrpHeum— Drake and Walker. 

Tim Sunday closing fight In Irv- 
Ington is K«'tting monotonous. Kvery 
.Sunday A. J. Kabo of the Castle find 
LouiM Golding. part owner of the 
Sanford, are arrested for Sunday 
oif^niuK nnd are released on |100 
ball. The houses stay open. Every 
I5!onday tho trl.nls are postponed 
until ih<- tull'iwing Monday. Ijaat 
Sunday the other Irvington theatres 
Jolnfd the party and got their man* 
a^ers arr« Hted, too. 

WedneMdav tlic new Roosevelt on 
Clinton avenue, near the Irvington 
line, opened. This is a fine rtnll* 
dent la I hon.se. operated by Stanley- 
Kahi.in and owned by them, with 
liratter & Pollock and l^ouls H* 
Golding. It satH about 1,700. 

The name of Joseph Btern haa 
been dropr>ed from his forUor chain. 
With (»thers these are groupvJ to- 
gether as Btanley-Kabian theatres. 

or the eight flrat mn doiWatoiini 
hounes at least four are at prattjuf 
losing mon<'y. 



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(Variety's San Franciaco repre 
aontativo in Los Angeles reviewed 
— Orphaum thaatra'a bill.) 



No question about the new Or- 
pheum being an impressive and 
Wall*avVangod pile oi bricks and 
mortar. But with its ffUt ceilings, 
gorgeous lobbies and enormous 
main floor it looks more like a Bal- 
aban & Kat2 plaster rainbow than 
a theatre built to accommodate 
straight vaudeville. In short, Los 
Angeles' new vaudeville house is a 
better picture theatre than in Ban 



Next to Its architectural aspect 
the new Orpheum is interesting to 
a San JTranciscan, as It aoaka the 
local patron $1.50 for the same show 
the Orpheum, San Francisco, of- 
tari for fl ilat. and the week before. 
That servos to confirm *an impres- 
sion general in the norttiern me- 
tr6p<ms: that Lbs Angaies is a hick 
town. Fifty cents is quite a pre- 
mium to pay for a gilt ceiling. 

BMiday night last week the bouse 
was packed after about 15 min- 
utes of overture and news reel. Los 
Angelea* audlenoea appear to have a 
marked weakness for arriving fash- 
ionably late, but by the second act 
they were all in. The front section 
of the lower floor had quite a rep- 
raaentatioii of movie people. But 
tbar irat^ not the late arrivers. The 
opening net, Warner and Cole, ap- 
peared to be a substitution. It's too 
much to suppose this is a regular 
Orpheum act. It It's an "Associa- 
tion" act no wonder the Coast Tour 
has gone to the dogs. Just a bunch 
of cheap hokum and atralnad • un- 
funny mugging. ' 

Following tha WIest and Stanton 
turn gave some pep and punch. It 
is one of those black-out skits and 
apaelaltles that William K. Wells 
ao often writes. They have the in- 
estimable advantage of fast action 
despite more or less familiarity in 
many of the gags. The audience 
applauded them generously, with 
Wlest giving In to mlaguided 
temptation ta jMka a curtain 
apeech. 

Bill Robinson, coming along In 
the trey spot for his hold-over week, 
was not in good form or nature. He 
laid down badly and did not leave 
a nice impression with an audience 
disposed in advance to giVe him 
an ovation. After promising the 
audience a black bottom encore he 
signalled the electrician to kill the 
lights on hla bow; Forced to come 
back he went through a brief rou- 
tine that, whatever it was, was not 
a black bottom. Robinson may 
have iMtn ill. That would excuse 
him. But If he was temperamental 
over the early spot he certainly was 
hurtlnv only hims«|| bK not acoapt- 
Ing it gracefully. 

Mile. Odall Careno. opera noprano, 
described as "internationally fa- 
mous,'* may be that with the concert 
and opera public. YnA not with 
vaudeville f^ers. Always a question 
mbolM; thaaa high C artiates for 
tandai^la. . Thay may land elaas. 



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but they slow up a show. Mile. Ca- 
reno wai given a .respectful hear- 
ing and good hands on all her num- 
bers. She will be held for a sec- 
ond week. 

Clo.slng intermission Robert Em- 
mett Keane and Claire Whitney of- 
fered an amusing sketch entitled 
"The GoHslppy Sex," second week 
at the Orpheum. Intermission is 
unknown In tha Orpheum. Ban 
li-ranclsco, but hara it's quite cere- 
monial. More in keeping with that 
91.50 gate perhapa. 

Dora Maughan was given the hard 
assignment of opening intermission. 
And she cleaned up. She also made 
a speech, but unlike the earlier one 
on the bill hers was witty and suc- 
cessful. Miss Maughan opens .with 
a number, "The Barrymores and 
Me." This number was used a 
couple of months ago in a presen- 
tation at the Granada, San Fran- 
cisco (pictures), credited to Harry 
Ruskin and Dave Stamper. Miss 
Maughan has several darb numbers 
that are sure fire. She is there with 
the punch liaea. kidding the tired 
business man and the butter and 
egg wife chesiters. 

Roy Cummings. next to closing, 
was his customary riot and rated 
with Miss Maughan for the honors 
of the bill. Walter Fehl, closing, is 
the sort of act that gets booked on 
the strength of a trick novelty open- 
ing. The band is indifferent and the 
efforts at clowning, notably the 
"nance stuff," very poor. 

All in all not i very hot riww. 

Galll-Curci made her first con- 
cert appearance here In two years 
when she t>ang at the Philharmonic 
Auditorium Nov. 11. The next big 
concert date aehaduled for' hara is 
Mischa Elman, at the head of hla 
own atrlns quartet, Nov. 25. 

Jess Wlllard, former heavyweight 
champion, has actively entered the 
Los Angeles real estate ring in as- 
sociation with Ray Archer, who has 
been closely Identified with WH- 
lard's business affairs for many 
yeata. Thay have offlcea In Holly- 
wood. 



Scott Sidney la called upon to di- 
rect a large Nubian lion in some of 
the scenes of "No Control." featur- 
ing Harrison Ford and Phyllis 
Haver. He Is brushing up on the 
use of the ringmaater's whip in 
place of a megaphone for thla work. 

King Baggot will direct '^he 
River" f or Ban» B. Hork for Flrat 
National release. 



Leonard Ck>Mstone win open 

vaudeville and picture house pres- 
entation booking ofllcea in Loa An- 
geles. 



Mrs. Tom Mix and Mrs. Clar- 
ence Brown sailed Nov. IS for a 
two months' visit in Honolulu and 
tha Hawaiian lalanda. 



Hans Drier has been loaned by 
F. P.-L. to M.-G.-M. to function 
as art director on "Old Heidelberg," 
which Ernst Lubitsch is making. 
Ramon Novarro la to play tha male 
lead. 



Jack Luden. juvenile leading man 
under long-term contract to P. P.- 
L., loaned to F. B. O. for one year. 
Is now appearing In support of Al- 
berta Vaughn in "Uneasy Pay- 
menta." directed by David l^lrk- 
land. 



Fred Kley, former atudio manager 

for the Lasky Motion Picture cor- 
poration and later general manager 
for the De Mille studio, who retired 

from active life one year ago, elected 
president of the Uplifters club here. 

Universal City Cub opened a new 
dub house at Universal City, dedi- 
cated to Carl Laammla, tta donor. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

William Cullen has been given the 
Capitol by the Equitable Realty Co.. 
Ita lataat owners, and will operate 
the house solely with a view of 
earning enough profits to pay taxes, 
light, staff, etc. Sventualfy the 
house will ba torn down to make 



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way for a hotel. The Kquitable 
Realty Company acquired the prop- 
erty on a trade with the United 
Realty. The latter took the Alex- 
andria Hotel. 

Cullen will first bring in a colored 
show, "Struttln* Sam from Ala- 
bam" at the Majestic. Jam Angeles. 

Contract bids will be submitted 
Dec. 1 for the new Fox to be built 
on Market at Polk. 

Glonn Morrey, former man&gar Of 
"Mon:cey Business," the Columbia 
theatre bust, is reported as a re- 
cent bridegroom at Catallna Island. 
Lee Kent, red-headed singer in Pub- 
lix preaentatlona. la namad aa the 
bride. 



'* Alias the Deaeon" firmly grooved 

at the President and with himself 
elevated to stardom by Henry Puffy. 
Hugh Cameron has brought hi* wife 
and child from New Yom ta winter 
out here. 



"Texas Bob** Goodwin, nephew of 

the famous Nat Goodwin, is about 
to go his uncle two better by mak- 
ing his ninth trip to the altar, ac- 
cording to a press yarn aired local- 
ly. "Texas Bob" is a hypnotist by 
trada. ■ ' • 



Dean Worley will be tried Nov. 17 
before a Jury on a charge of pre- 
senting an indecent performance at 
the Wilkes, of which he is manager. 
The squabble Is over "Creoles.** the 
new Richard Bennett play. As the 
show goes to Los Angeles Nov. 22, 
it is not expected the case will be 
pressed by the police, as San Fran- 
cisco is against censorship as a gen- 
eral proposition. "Queen High,** the 
new Kolb and Dill show, will open 
at the Wilkes Thanksgivinf ave* a 
week earlier than llrat a^) 



Harold Berg, of the Broadway 
Music corporation, has arrived on 
tha eoaat and atates he will settle 
her© permanently, bringing his 
mother out. He may open an office 
for hla firw. ■■ 



**The World Loves a Winner." the 
new comedy by -LOIroy Clemens, 

tried out recently at the President, 
Seattle, will be produced locally by 
Henry Duffy, propably In January. 
It's a story of the prixe-flghtlng 
gentry and sa|d to be full of gifSlos* 

Jeff Lfftema. publlelty d li tiHi y iat 

the Metropolitan Publlx, Boston, is 
handling the publicity for tha four 
Publlx houses here. 



SEATTLE 

MetropoliUn— "Old English.** 

President— "Lova 'Em and Lieave 
•Em.**' 

Orphaum^Vaudavlliiu 
Pantagee— "The K. nod A. Train 

Robbery" and vaude. 

Fifth Avenue— "The Strong Ad[an.*' 

Coliseum— "Miss Nobody.** 

Liberty — "Forlorn River." 

•trand-^liaii jMM** 

Calumbla-^Tha iFttir Horaamen.** 

Embassy— "Whispering- Wires.** 

Blue MouaiHT"Pfivato laay Mur- 
phy.** 



United States Senator Jones, re- 
elected at the recent election, made 
pre-election daelnfAtl^ 111 ttisfar 
of Sunday ahowa. 

The flrat real introduction of 

Northwest showgoers to "presenta- 
tions" at the picture housesi similar 
to those put on at Qrauman*8 and 
other California houses, seems to 
be meeting with a responsive reac- 
tion at tha Fifth Avenue theatre. 
Harold Horne, the manager, makes 
a great deal of the Fanchon & 
Marco revues and presentation at 
this house. However, the presenta- 
tion is U^o sense a prolog and has 
no connection with the feature pic- 
ture that may be offered. For in- 
stance, Harry Langdon did his 
funny stuff in "The Strong Man." 
The presentation was Fanchon & 
Marco's "Dancing Shoes." William 
Le Maire, comedian, was featured, 
ably supported in leads by Florence 
Lewis. Adele Kellogg and James 
Burroughs. 

The "pony** dance by the^ aaigie 
two j?irls. with Le Malre sInirittK 
and cracking the whip, Just like an 
animal trainer In a circua, waa atao 
nifty. 

Lipschultz, director of the Fifth 
Av^ue orcnestra and violinist, is 

always brought into the revues, to 
bring in some laughs. He has some 
light dialog fprced on to him and In 
this skit waltzes with Miss Lewis 
for a few steps. The audience likes 
it, for the director la not exactly at 
home when he steps out of his forte. 

The settlnp for this offering was 
goageous, all o( iha Fanchon St, 

Mi^m^ eftiMliy^and 
completely itaced. 



OAKLAND, CAL. 

By WOOD aOANES 

There will be two companies of 
"Rain" on the Coast within the 
month. In Loa Angeles. Arthur 
Freed has a troupe headed by Char- 
lotte Treudway, a popular dramatic 
stock actress; and a Northern Cali- 
fornia organization will get started 
at the Twelfth street here Nov. 20 
with Isabel Withers, imported by 
Henry Duffy for "Love 'Em and 
Leave 'Km," in the Eagels role. 

The engagement will be played 
under the local management of W. 
A. Rusco, who has Just finished 
piloting Ruth Chatterton through a 
succeasf ul week in "The Qreen Hat." 



Electiona and appointment put 
two men favorable to tha show 
business in positions of power here 
this week. Burton F. Becker was 
elected to succeed Frank Bamet aa 
sheriff,, and Bodie Wallman was 
named by civil service to succeed 
Richard McSorley na ca|»t«te ^ jfifi- 
apectora. 



Charles Stevenson, husband of the 

late Kate Claxton, is playing the 
elder Harpenden in Ruth Chatter- 
ton's "The Green Hat" company on 
the Coast. In the role of Doctor 
Masters is William Turner, who fol- 
lowed William Crane yanni ago in 
"David Harum," "Father and the 
Boys," and other hits of that day. 



There Is talk here of the State, 
now doing pictures and vaudeville, 
of once more changing its policy. 
Nat Holt, of the Wigwam in San 
Francisco, has been approached to 
return here with a No. 2 Jack Rus- 
sell musical tab company, and it is 
also bruited about that Pantages 
will install vaudeville. Nothing 
definitely decided as yet. Oakland 
now has Orpheum (Junior policy) 
and i^arataii # Hanria vnadarUte. 

Fibii liiMiit R«iifwii 

COahttevai ihrom pMPa il) 

not this will carry through hinges 
on mid-week business, and the re- 
sults of a Wedneaday broadside in 
the dailies. Libbey, 

RIALTO 

(WASHINGTON) 

Washington. Nov. 18. 

Thla Univetaal houae now iMMi Ita 
new stagre and la bUlad aia the 

"Greater Rial to." 

Though yet not readied for the 
opening due to the back wall but 
partially restored, things were 
patched up withr canvas to make it 
possible to have a premier showing 
of the French film, "Michael Stro- 
goff," whleh C^l IrfMmmla haa Im- 
ported. 

Biggest proposition at this open- 
ing was the advent of the new mus- 
ical director. Rox Rommell. He 
handled an augmented orcheatra 
splendidly and with a flash that 
should be helpful for future. 

Possibly due to tha handicaps of 
a forced reopening stage end decid- 
edly off. Lighting bad. with bunch - 
lighta -plainly diaeamibla through 
silk hangings while during the work 
of the local ballet, headed by Stam- 
ford Pimbartoli, tha use of baby 
spots only, with these In the foots, 
created such fantastic shadows as 
to entirely kill what littla tnairlt the 
ballet possessed. 

A Russian baritone, Ivan Koze- 
kavitch, was on hand to add atmoa- 
phere. A cold entrance plus an en- 
tire lack of stage presence nullified, 
to a great degree, his rather effec- 
tive rendition of a Ruaaian number, 
unprogrammed.. 

Not 80 good for opening. Rom- 
mell, however, indicates good things 
ahead, while Otto F. Beck, scheduled 
to preside at the organ, should also 
help, due to past performancea in 
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VAUDE REVIEWS 

(Continued from page 21) 

shot, registering satisfaction. Mur- 
ray is full of comedy surprises and 
he has tha vahtttao ^ft of unctuous 
humor. 

Al Moore's Jolly Tars got so 
mixed up with the reat of -the bll! 



working in for afterpiece extern bits 
that its identity was partly lost, but 
by itself it's a dandy closer. All of 
the lU musiciana are attractive 
young men of tha %oUegian typo, 
and every one has a bit of speciultv. 
They run to solid brass inatrumtii- 
tat ion, but keep the trombone and 
cornet muted down for crooninir 
quality in their numbers. Not the 
least of the act's appeal Is the easy, 
good humored bearing of its leader, 
both in handling of his own mate- 
rial and working with other artg 
workfAiii fc9m tha ciit of the biiu 

AMERICAN ROOF ^ ^ 

(Vaude-Picts.) 

Julea Hurat and Company openad 
with a hand balancing act with 
blocks that got over. He fakes a 
oouple of .falls and Immediately gets 
his audience laughing and inter- 
ested. The company is a girl who 
furnishes the off-stage giggles and 
holds her breath in the pauses. 

Approximately 90 per cent of the 
American Roof audience were men 
Monday night. The bill moved along 
briskly except for one or two in- 
stances. Bass Bros, need some- 
thing new in the hoofing line, while 
Mae, the other third of the act, gets 
away with a simple song and then 
barges into an operatic selection 
which leaves her high, dry find 
stranded on the top notes. ' V 

Clark and Donnelly atartad Out 
with an attempt at song that sound- 
ed anything but. If they had not 
picked on "SaAla GM^aaii of KaW 
Orleans" they might not have 
shown themselvea. up ao harshly. 
The chatter tliilt waddtaa along with 
the act hasn't a real laugh. 

Besser and Balfour were awarded 
tha %liiaat applahaa with a low- 
brow comedy act. Besser affects a 
Hebraic llap with a aet of comical 
nianiiartanMk 

Clay Crouch and Company got 
over with a skit, "Back Stage." 
n^KMl didn't go very strongly at 
thftJitate last Saturday. In the Roof 
Crouch has them all laughing. 
Every bit of business goes over with 
a wallup because the house is so 
much mora adaptable for a talking 
turn. 

Dan Downing and Doris, singing^ 
talking and dancing act. Dan has 
a pleasant, husky voice, especially 
convincing In sentimental dlttlea. 
His chatter Isn't very new. Besser, 
Crouch and Dowling all pull gags 
on Browning and tha **<3raphic." 

Five Lelands close with fast 
clever work, triple somersaults In 
the air, hand and head balaneinf 
and head and shoulder twists that 
have the customers half way -aut 

of thair aantik * 



The mother^ 84, of Charles Bl 
Erbstein, Chicago theatrical lawyer, 
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CINCINNATI 

By JOe KOLLINQ 
Grand — "liearest Enemy^* 
8hub«rt— "Yes. Yes, YvetU." 
Cox— "A FuU House." 
Ksith's^Vaude. a^d picCures. 
Falac*— "PwreH aaA X>«vU" And 
lllfna. 

Olympio^'fBrlnfliit Up Ftothtr" 

<Columbia>. 

Em presa— "Vamps of 1927" (Mu- 
tual). 

Lyrie— "Stella Dallas (3d week). 
Capitol— "JSayles of the Sea. ' 
Walnut— "Mldniffht LovaM.** 
It's Pajamas.** 



A <tmri daelslon may ba naoes- 
•ary to establish the right of the 
Cino tbeatra to construct a pro- 
Jaetton baolh at a height of tO foet 
and extending about half way over 
Ml alle|r between Walnut and Vine 
fliriata and Hmnlng from Fourth to 
infth streets. The steel framework 
of the theatre is now being erected. 
The house will seat about S.OOO, and 
is the pk-operty of the Keltb-Albee 
and Heidingsfeid-Libson interests. 
A picture policy, with possible 
Hilisiffls, will ha <»ffarad. 

Ail ordinance suthorlzing erection 
•t the booth was passed last De- 
cember by the old city council, but 
It was not presented to the city 
planning commission for approval. 
Protests have been filed with the 
Oommission by the Hotel Gibson 
Company, property of whieh as- 
tends to the alley, on the ground 
that the booth wiU interfere with 
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By HENRY KKTONDA 

Capitol — "Miss Tabasco." bur- 
lesque, Thursday to Saturday. 

Leiand — "The Temptress*" 

Strand— "The Lily." , 

ll»l»->**Private bsy Murphy." 

Clintan •«uart— *'Fmria at Mid 
ai|dit.*' 

^rand— Pleturea and vaiida. 



Ben Franklin is offering a series 
of four subscription concerts in the 

auditorium of the Historical and 
Art Society. Albany. The attrac- 
tions Include BstherDala. soprano, 
and Rozsl Varaday. cellist, Nov. 23: 
the Pro i ArU String Quartet of 
Brussels. Dee. IS; Madama Elly 
Ney, pianist, Jan. 10. and the Eng- 
i^h Singers of L*ondon« Jan. 27. 

The Colonie Inn, a cabaret on the 
Schenectady-Albany road, dark for 
several months, has reopened as the 
RoseUnd. It is to hav^ an elab- 
orate review soon. 

Ralph Villano and Beulah Dailey. 
the vaude dance teani. have been 
held o^er for two weeks at the 
Hl&ida Night <n«b, Kenwood. 

"Ben Hur" has been booked for a 
return engagement at the Capitol, 
Albany, the first week in December. 
"Rose Marie" will play at the Capi- 
tol the latter part of December for 
the fourth time in two years. 

George Pitts has taken over , the 
mmiagement of Petite Inn, formerly 
the St Charles, a roadhousa on the 

new Albany-Schenectady road. 
Kddy MacKenney's colored orches- 
tra Is 1^ »tm¥L v . 

BALtlMORE 

By BRAWVRMK 

Auditorium— VOne of thd Vanity." 



Ford's— "Mozart." 
Guild—Patience" 



(4th week). 



The Stanley-Crandall-Embassy 
Club fracas of last summer flared 
up again last week when attorneys 
for the trustees of the night club 
began suit for $50,000 damages 
against the Stanley-Crandall inter- 
ests. The claim is that the wreck- 
ing jot the old Academy - of Music 
Interfered with the business of the 
club, which was housed in a portion 
of the structure* 

"Patience" coptlni^es indefinitely 
at the Oitlld Theatre. The O. & S. 
revival is on Its fourth week. The 
third week proved the biggest of 
the run. auppasslng records hung up 
at this house by the "Charles Street 
Follies" last season. The manage- 
ment reports a turnaway three 
nighta during the' week. 



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Id halC (It^Sl) 
Old tlomestoad 

(Others to flU) 

ERIK, PA. 
Brie 

Id half (lt«lt) 

Barret Bros 
Janet of France 
Cleveland ft Dow'y 
Hong Kong Tf 
(Two to flll> 

let half (22-24) 
Sampaon A Dfflaa 
Kopin A Galettl 
Rule & G'Brlea 
M Brit ton Bd 
(Two t6 ail ) 

i;:iM10NT. W. VA. 
Falrnont 
Sd half (lt*tl) 
Harry Kahna 
Carpos Bros 
It A B Ryan 
Cldir Vincsnt 
O * M Mootfs 

QtMSB N.T 
Blalto 

2d half (18-21) 
Monroe ft Grant 
4 Choo Dandles 
Homsr Llnd 
*(Two to flII) . 



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OL'VBSV'IJB. N.T. 

Glove (IS) 

Whitefield ft Ir'l'd 
Bar! Rial 
Fralusa . 

(Tiiile ftU> 
tyo m«ro8, mich. 

Bmbom Pk. 

2d half (11-21) 
Kokln a Qalettl 
Rickard A Grey 
Orville Stamm 
Will Mahonejr V 
6 Beaucalres 
(Ons to flU) 

Ist half (It-tl) 
Chas Withers . 
Carl McCulloSga 
Sie Ttthr Tr 
Barrett & Farnum 
Mayo a Ltyne 
(One to All) 

2d half (25>t|> 
Bert ErroU 
Mannal 

Heveiman Animals 
Demarest A DoU 
(Two to fill) 

OBBKNaB'O, PA. 




Vtliel Bophlaa 
■lllott Ik LaTesr 
Adrienae 

(One U til) 

■ABKI8B*a^ FA. 

JStftte 

2d half (18-21) 
Scanlon Deno Bros 
Oerbert's Jesters 
Lord A Wills 
(Two «o fill) 

BABTFORD. CT. 

Capitol 

H half (It-tl) 
Siamese • 

Trade t ' 
Marino A Martla 
w A I Holmee 
Thos Evans 
tTwo to fill) 

Palaee 

td half (ll'21) 
Ward A Diamond 
Violet A Partner 
Holt Weir Co 
Ushsr A Basel 
Pros man Ar Lraa 

■AmAoy, PA. 

Feeleje 

Sd half (It-il) 
LotUe Mayer A O 
fOthera to tU) 

BOLTOKli MAfS. 

▼lelory 

2d half (lt-tl> 
Connell Leone A Z 
Tim Crane 

Id half (tMl) 



2d half (18-21) 
DrlscoU A Perry 
Oxford 4 
i Mountere 
Donw A Soper 

Foster A Peggy 

OftB'NFlD. MASS. 

Victoria 

2d half (ll-ll) 
LillUe Roth 
Royal Pekln Tr 

Hunting: A Francis 
Mack A Leonard 
Toklo 

BACK'N8*K. f. 

Keith 

Sd half (11.21) 
Derklays 




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Spirit of *Tf 
Wilson Bros 
Nathans A Sally 
Jeroma Mann 
SsU>lBt A Ororinl 

McKBBSP^. PA. 



ti kalf (lt-tl) 
Warrsn A O'Brien 
Alberta I^ee 
I Tasmanlans 
Krani A Walsh 
Chas KellovK 
Frtee A Codp 
Joe Wslteie 



Stacey A Fay • 
Lock hart A Ksefer 
Walter Femer 

2d half (18-21) 
Tumbling Clowns 
Meehan & Shannon 
(Three to nil) 

HT'OT'N, W. VA. 



2d half (lt-tl> 
Vernon 
4 Madeapa 
Loela Hart 
Jaa Fat Thompaoa 
Nell — - 



INDIANAPOLIS 

Keith (15) 

Boudint A Bernard 
Les Oalenos 
AUsa A Torke 
Coegaa A Osesy 
Coyne A Freach 
Nicola 

(Others to fill) 

(22) 
Ths Kemmys 
Ford^A Cua'rh'm 
^9mt Beottoy ce 
Billy Hallla 
Abby 81s S 
Raymond Plko 
(Others to (111) 

ITBACA, N. T. 



2d half (18-21> 
Nins A Kabin 
Millard A Marlla 
Shame Along i 
Kola Sylvie 
(One to lit) 

j'KsmraB, fla. 

Arcadn (IS) 
Thos P Jackson Co 
Clayton A Leenls 
Jerome A BTSlyn 
Ruby 2 ; 
Jue Fonv 

J'M'STOWN, VA. 

Opera Hoose 

td half (11-11) 

Hanlon Bros 
Wilson 3 

A M Britton Or 
Keans A Williams 
(One to flU) 



td half <lt-Sl) 
Joo RIeh Oe 

Delvey 81s 
Edwards A Morris 
Lockett A Pave 
Tracey A El wood 

MBBIDBN, CT. 

PoU 

td half (18-21) 
Marie Allan Co 
■vans A Fsrss 

Lloyd Nevada 
O'Connor A V'ashn 
Roblnaea Ai ^earce 

MOBILB. ALA. 

Lyvle 

td half (18-21) 
Buggy Rids 
BloknsU 
Ryan Sis 

Sawyer A Bddy 
Chas Withers 

MT. ▼BBM'lff. V.T. 



td half (18-21) 
Weston A Hutcnins 
Maker A Bedford 
(Others . to fill) 

MONTRBAL. CAN. 

Imperial 

2d half (18-tl) 
Arnant Bros 
Rosd 'A Lacy 
Carl B Oress 
I'atrlcola 
Helen Hifficlna 
Barry A Whltledsre 

MOBBIST'N, N.J. 

Lyons Park 

2d half (18-tl> 
Hart A Hall 
Bordnor A Boysr 

B A E Oorman 
Frank X Silk. 



Marto RlnlU 
lOas to All) 

BOBWICB, Cf . 



finWt IL 9, 

state 

td half (It-tl 
Took Mardock 
Msohan A Newman 
(Others to nil) 

J'UNSTOWNp PA. 



irsBvm, TBBir. 

Princess 

td half (18-21) 
Frances Hart Co 
Van CsUo A Mary 
Ollbsrt A May 
Wahletka 
Rico A Nswton 
(Two le fl|l) 

NEWARK. H. J. 

Proctor's (IS) 

J A H Reyes 
Pat Daley Co 
Brown A Wklt'w'r 
10011 Rot 
(One to flit) 

NBWBUBO. N. T. 

Aendsmy 

td hair (ll-tl) 
Freda A Palace 
NIffhU in Brasll 

Ruby Latham 2 
Warman A Mack 
(One to flll) 

B. wsKtmnn, B. J. 

RlroU 

2d half (18-21) 
Parillo A Betty 
Sandy Shaw 
(Three to All) 

f(KW BATBM, CT. 



2d half (18-tl) 
BoKsnny Tr 
JAR LaPearl 
McBrlde A Redd'r 
Andy Potter 
Ward A Estello 
(Ons to fill) 

LANCA8TBB. FA. 



2d half (18-21) 
Stanley Si Burns 
Virginia Dare 
Pranklyn A Boyce 
Colby lierpliy 
^One to flll) 

LAWR'CE. MASS. 
Bmplro 

ti half (ll-tl) 

Nlblo A Spencer 
Jack McQowan 
MArtIn A Martin 
Vlrrlnia Raeksr 
(Qhe to flit) 

LOOKFOBT, v. T. 

Palace 

td half (ll-tl) 
Dare A Tatss 

Eddie Dennis 
Prince Won* 
Barr A Lamarr 
X wives 

LOUISV'LK, KT. 
KntiennI 

2d half (18-21) 
Gen risano Co 
SlnKiay Boll Boys 
A c Astor 
Bobby Adams 
Ttensee A T'aird 
Ivifayette Deinno 

LOWKLL, , 

BeHli 

2d half (17-21) 
Those 7 Girls 
Just a {^al 
Cole A Snydsr 
Boh wniis 
Bemet A Dillon 
Harrinftons 



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2d half (18-21) 
Charleatown Ch'ps 
Billy Purl 
Spencer A Williams 
W Gladys Ahsarn 
Harm A Nee 

M. LONDON, CT. 

Capitol 

2d half (ll-tl) 
Jenny's Comedy 4 
Dave Harris Go 
VAggea 

Loo A Gladys 

r Stylish Stsppers 

B. OWLBAin» LA. 

Palace 

td half (18-tl) 
Cookie, Bltxls A M 
Miss Mareella 
Oolnff Straight 
Reaves A Wells 
Bob Bob A B 

N'G'B'A F'LS, N.T. 

Beiieyteer 

2d half (IMH 
7 Collegians 
Boyls A PatSF 
Ann Clifton 
Stewut A Xereer 
(One to flll) 

BOBfOLK, TA. 

Cetealnl 

td half (11-21) 
Sully A Thomas 
Housoutra 
Herberta Bessoa 
Billy Gilbert 
Masstts Lewis 

B. ADAMS, MASS. 



Sd half (18-21) 
Steppla A Seea 

Bits 

Royal Pekln Tr 
Bob Fisher " 
l ar s s i Rs v 



td halt (IS-tl) 

Neapolitan t 
Billy A Bthal 
a A J Kirk 
Baldwin Blair 

(oas. te flU) 

OSSAWA* OAV. 

Keith 

2d half (18-21) 

Clifford A Marlon 
'Nathano Bros 
Laura Ormsbeo 
Home Comforts 
Herbert Rev 

PVBRSB'G. W.VA. 

Keith 

2d half (ll-tl) 
Fttllsr A Stryksr 
Ray A Barrlson 

C Emmy's Mad W 
(Two to flll ) 

PA8SIAC. Jf. J. 



td half (ll-tl) 

Marjorlo/ Leneh 
Bsvan A Pllnt 
Harris A MoMey 
Mme Herman 
White A Perclval 
Lyons A Wakefleld 

FATBBSON. N. J. 



2d half (18-21) 
Amateur NIU In L 
Meehan A ^ewauin 
Lewis A Do4f 
Darkleys 

Maker A Bedford 

PBMrOOLA, VLA. 

Saenver 

2d half (18-21) 

Healy Reynolds AS 
Claraboll Barrett 
Hank Brown CSe 
Kaon A inmna 
Toaey 4| Oeerfe 

PniL^kDBLBHIA 

AUeeheaey (15) 

Vaughn Comfort 
Delmars Rev 
Bob Fulgora 
Wyeth A Wyna 
(One to flll) 

Broadway (IB)' 

Gypsy Camp 
Marks Bros 
Bar! Hall Co 
Don Valerie 
(Two to fill) 

Cross Keys 

2d half (18-21) 
Stanley A Quint 
On ths Comer 
Foley A Wilton 
Paul Dowss Co 
(Ons to flll) 

nirle( IS) 

Dotson 

Phllbr'k A XHTsau 
Ella BHoe 
B Fits A Milrphye 
Roma Bros 
Harry J Conley 
(One to flll) 

Omnd O. H> 

td halt (lt^> 

Medley A Duproo . 
Brenck A BeUad'na 
Juva Marconi 
Boxy LaBoeoa 
(One te ill) 

Ballk (li) 

Van A Belle 
Sonya Michel Co 
F Hichardsoa 
Dunninger 
Rome A Oant 
Lsdovn 

Frankle Rsath 

Claude DeCarr Co 
(One to flll) 

(22) 
6 Mongaders 
Dr Rockwell 
Lo FolUss Roufs 
Juan Herma A R 
Bussey A Case 
Diamond A Brsmaa 
(Three te fl|l) 

Klxoa 

td half (lt-ti> 
Barton A Dolten 

Bert Baker 
Ann Chandler 
Indiana Lovs Seng 
(One to flll) 



SylvU Leynl Oe 
Stuart A Olives 
Mutual Man 
Healy A Cross 
Olaa MIshka Oe 
Frlnk Farrea . 

(tt) f 
FllrUUon 
■dlth crufrord 

Toto 

Boms A Gaut 
Gardener's Ghamps 
(Ons to flll) 

. Marris (U) 

Rale A Tenny 
B A J Crelghtoa 
Ward A Mowatt 
Marten A WsSt 
Dumbsll 
(One te SttV 

PITTSTLD. MASS. 



td half <18-tl) 
Brown A Dement 
Perry A Wagner 
Burna A Cutle 
Bnetmaa A Meere 
Jaek Bedley 

nCJinrauji. BA 

Oxford 

2d half (18-11) 

Jos BoWarS 
Bdgar Bergen 
Jodson Cole 
(Two te flU) 

PLATT8B*0. B. T. 

Strand 

td half (ll-tl) , 

Nade NaHne ' 
Ramson'a Dogs 

(Thres to flll) 

POBTCB*TBB» TA. 



2d half (11-21) 

A A B Frabslle 
Wm Bbhe 
Dave Harris 
Clark Morrell 
MlteheU A ftaee 

VOMTLAND. MB. 

Keith 

2d half (18-tl) 

Smith A Baglsy 
Raymond Bond Co 
Quintette Rer 
Sansone Co 
Jimmy Lyoaa 
Farrara A Jordon 

1st half (tl-t4> 
A Robblns 
Bd Morton Bock , 
Reed A Lucy 
Knights RooetSM 
H Holoman 
Sylle Bohman C!e 

2d half (2S-28) 
Barry A Whitledge 
Country Club Girls 
Mis A Monsflsld 
Bdna Torranee Ce 
(Twe to flll) 

MHMrSMOVTB. O. 
LoRoy 

2d half (ll-tl) 

LAB Ryan • 
LnValay Oe 
Co-Bds 

Lament t 
Lane A Goldea 

POTTSVILLB. PA. 

td half (li*Sl) 

LaVlne A Dale 
Matinee Idols . 
Kessler A Mefffna 
Zslla 81a 
(One te flll) . 

P%lHK*PWm M. T. 
Avon 

2d half (18-21) 

Bertram A Ralston 
Lyle Lapine (9e 
Chas Riley 
Billy Smyths A B 
SyblU Bowhan 

PBOVID'NdS. R.I. 

Alboe (15) 

Clifford A Gray 

Stuart Sis 

Harry Holman Co 

A Robins 
4 Mortons 

Oolnmbns (IS) 

Dement A Oradn 

Carleton A Grant 
Viola A Cardo 

Walsh Sis . 
Alexander & Gand 



td half (ll-tl) 
Goldea Son 
Levnn Pntnaai A B 
JeAa Bymna 
(Vwe te All) 

B. S. 




Sd half (ll-tl) 
Oaa Fiteh's Min 
(OtAsffs te flll) 

BIOHMOBD. TA. 
Lyrlo 

td half (ll-tl) 
Jr Orcheum fl ^ 
SWor Bros 
Combs A Nevfas 
(Two to flll) 

BOANOKE. TA. 
Bonaoke (U) 

Vale A Best 

Avon 

F Henderson Co 
Bernard A Keller 
Herbert Cllftoa 

BOCHB8TBB, M.T. 

T— pis 

M^half (18-21) 
Donald Gaffney^ 
Duncan's ColUee 
Walah A Bills 
Boyle A X>ell* 
F V Bowers B«V 
Chas Irwin 

8ABATOGA. N. T. 



2d half (18-tl) 
Bell A Bva 
Rhoda Broshell 
Clauds A Marlon 
(Two to flll) 



BCVM'CT-OT. B.i; 



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td half (18-21 
College Widows 
#taa Kavanaoffh 

(Three to flll) 

•CBANTOB, rA. 
Pott 

td half (ll-tl> 
StaU A BIncham 
A A r Gypsies 
Carris Llllie 
Jolly Juniors 
(One te fltl> ^ 

•MAMOKIN. TAm. 
Capitol 
td half (11-21) . 

Mathews A Ayete 

S Aces 

Senna A Dean 
(Twe te flll) 

§» BMtWALK. OVV 
Pnlace 

2d half (18-21) 
Al's Here 
Thslma Arllne 
Marmy A Aimn 
Lsster A Stuart 
RntlTBls 

tSMUBBBT^ Oo 



td half (It-K) 
Mallnda A DaAe . 
Olrls of Altitede 
Colonial Seat 
(Twe te Sll) 

iVMACCSB. B. T,. 

Keith 

2d half (18-21) 
LeoB A Dawn 
Helen MeKellar 
I Jeae A Whhten 



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TAMPA, WIA, 
Tletorj (17-18) 

Pama bill plays St. 
fat^rabora <lf-20> 
fmfth * Sawyer 

B HuIIns: Seals 
t Weber Girls 
X«eHoen A Du Greece 
Barto 4b Mack 

TOUEDO, O. 

td half (ll-tl) 
Blum S 
Joa Boaa Jr 
Conlln it Olaaa 
Birdie Reevea 
BiHie Regay 
(One to fill) 

Ist half (22-14) 

Sort Brjoll 
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Ravelm'n'a Aafm'la' 
Demarest A Doll 
(Two to fllll) 
2d half (26-28) 
■'Ch.is Withers 
C McCullouch 
■le Tahr Tr 
Barrett A Farnum 
Mayo A Lyna 
(One to fUl) 

TOROVTO, CAN. 

Hippodrome <15) 

Chappelle A C'lten 
HarririKton Sis 
McLallen A Sarah 
TlK'odore Roberta 
B Roberta A J 
Moos A Ffya 
I Klton 
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Iiytell & I^amont 
Willie McGinty 
7«>'*k Smith 
Benoe Roberta 

VaMe ft Zardo 
Ga.-ton A Andree 
Prt (I JJower.s 
M llocko & Ptnr 

TRENTON, N. J. 

Caal(«| 

2d half (lR-2n 
Shapiro & O'Mallcy 
Letr A Oaklaiid 
Grace Turner 
Fletcher Clayton 
Kelso A DeMonde 

TROY, N. Y. 

ProMor's 

2d half (18-21) 
Chase A CoUlna 
OoM Medal 4 

Oardfn of iMrlody 
Mare .t Taylor 
"Will J Ward 

VNION HILT., N. J. 

Ntato 

2d half (lS-21) 

Xeno & Grern 
Frank & Townos 
Amut'r Nite L'nd'n 
(Two to fill) 

UTICA. N. T. 

(Gaiety 

td half (18-21) 
Varg Padula 
Wordcn Uroa 
Busscil A Marconi 
(Others to All) 

WARRKN, O. 

Rolibins 

2d half (18-21) 
Bums it West 
^lichon Broa 
tJlnine Seren 
}*int Size Rev 
(One to nil) 

WASircTON, B.C. 
Rurle (14) 

^ 2 Good Knishts 
J* Jark I^Vcre 
J;»ke A Decker 
Ryan A Ijee 
•W HifRio Co 
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Cowcrd A Braddam 
6 Mongadors 
Kafk* Mae A 8 

Raymond WIfbert 
Peter Hipgins 
Beverly Bayne Co 
Corinoe Tilton 
Alma Nellson Co 
Harry J Coalay Co 
Runaway 4 
(One to fill) 

WAOrQTOlf, FA. 



2d half (18-21) 
Alberta L>ee Co 
Rule A O'Brien 
(Three to All) 

WATERBVBY, CT. 



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^Uly Gilbert 
Kos K Wat SOB 
. (Two to nil) 

Keith (II) 

^•P*»»*» Poulard 
^lltmorlcs of op<^ra 

IJvjrns Allen 

*• & J Torraact 



2d half (18-21) 
Northland A Ward 
Freeman A Lyan 
Hasel Ooff 

8 Rockets 

Thrillrrj 
Lew Kelly Co 

WAT'BTOWN, N.J. 

AM 

2d half (18-21) 
CJjej»Jcr & Devere 
Snell & Vernon 
(Three to fill) 

W. PALM BEACH 

Keith (17-18) 

Same bill plays 
Dayton* (19-20) 
Johtt A Baldwin 
M Hughes Bro 
Kruirte A Robles 
Dan Shormaa Co 
Hilly Elliot 

WH'IJNG, W. VA. 

Vtetorla 

2d half (18-21) 
Romas Tr 
Jackie A BHIla 
J Kilpatrick 
Annette Dare 
Rolley A Ofden 

WII.K'S-n'RB. PA. 

Poll 

2d half (18-21) 
Stutz & liinehara 
A & P Gypaiea 
Carrie Llllle 
Jolly Juniora 
(Oaa to flit) 

W'KSOCKET, M. I* 

nijoo 

2d half (18-21) 
MorninK Glories 
Bond A L.eon 
Fericuson A Mack 
Ih the Back Yard 
Homer Coshill 

WORC^MTB, MASS. 

Poll 

2d half (18-21) 
Carr T^nn 

Col Jack George 
Land of Melody 
Stuart * T.a.sh 
Armand & UcVore 

YONKBBS. N. Y. 

Practov*o 

2d halt (lt-21> 

Girli' 

(Others to All) 

YORK. PA. 

York 

^d half (18-21) 
Franci.s 3 
Haney Sis A F 
M«>1 Klee 
Spangler A Hull 
Bits of Bway 

YOl'NCSTOWN, O. 

Hippodrome 

2d half (18-21) 
n.ph Jr Unit 5 
Mack A Rosslter 
Sampson A Douglafi 
Harry Breen 
(Two to nil) 

l«t half (ft.li) 

Mcola 

Janet of France 
OiiUinn A Peterson 
Singer Sis 

(Two (o nil) 

2d half (U-H) 
Joe De I*elr 
Billifl lipgay" 
Ayers A Wilson 
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m PARADE'S' RECORD 



(Continued from pacre 1) 

f?04.20, with last week's buatneBB 

$18,838. 

At present there is no moanH of 

computing wliat the actual profit 

will bo that this picture will wind 
up With, but It will be tremetidoun. 
There are 10 poad shows still travel- 
inp about the country. One has 
been in the vicinity of New York 
for tha last two months, jiMying 
Newark ami Brooklyn. That natu- 
rally cut Into the receipts of the 
Broadway showin?. 

It la a remarkable record which 
the Kinp Vldor-dir*»cted story of 
Laurence S(allin?:.s' orfsinal for tlie 
screen has hung up. It has played 
to 819,438 paid admissions in the 
A stop nlone. nnd during th% year 
has had 33.217 standees. 

Last Saturday night when the 
box ■ofriee was balanced up there 
was an n'lv.in'o sale of |»5,fi50 for 
the current week, and the h.i'^in^ss 
tm — H tm d oy — sh e wed 4a>H4. wh4 *» 



Abbpy Becky 
Allen Williard P 



Ma' 



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Hrown & M< Graw 
Brnase .'^tolla 
n;x.:y & T.-e ls 
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Hurton Ktfi 
Rcnjamiu R l; 
BeSn Walter" t: 

Cook Bddlo : . i 
Capratn In-ot 

.-..i.iiff & \-r...':*f 

Diignrian Rai*a 



Monday came through with $2,243.54, 

miklriK It af»pear as tliotifrh the 
week that will end tlio ftrHt year 
and begin the Rf'cond for this rc- 
msrkable film will be In the neferh- 

h' riiood of $JO,(tO<). 

On Hunduy there \»eit lfe3 stan- 



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dees In the theatre for tha tm6 .pet'" 
formances. 

"Tha Big Parade'* opened Nov. 19, 
1925 at the Astor. It had a really 
remarkable billboard and newspaper 
advertising campaign heralding Us 
advent. If arena Xoew took tha As- 
tor theatre under a lease for a term 
of years and made the rental terms 
to the picture a flat 34,000 weekly. 
The house was redecoratad fbr tha 
opening and virtually was a new 
theatre on the night the picture 
opened. 

Profit 

Tlie preliminary expense chargad 
againr^t the picture kept the pro- 
duction "in the red" for nine and a 
half weeks, after which it started 
sliowing a profit, finishing last we< k 
witli 42 weeks of steady profit, with 
1342.079.76 to Its credit on the right 
side of the ledger. That is an AV*r- 
nge profit of n.75 w<'okly, with- 
out counting what prollt the Astor 
theatre itself shows on Us $4,000 
weekly rental. With house ^hn 
pooled the grosg net BTlll l« 

nearly $500,000. 

With receipts of $1,012,304.20. the 
picture hns an average of $19,741.87 
in wec'kly talclngs. When it Ih Cf>n- 
sldered that the absolute seating ca- 
pacity of the theatre in money* la 
$19,413 it can readily be seaBJidMkt 
the .standees contributed. ' ; 

Second Year 

Next week, with tl»e beginning of 
the second year of "Tha Big Pa- 
r.'ide," It nil) he sonictliing (o vateh 
what effect the advent of the Fox 
film version of "What Price Glory," 
whi6h i;j to open at the Harris also 
as a special on next Tuesday night, 
will have on the older and record- 
breaking war film. 

The profit on the New York en- 
g.'igement of "The Rig Parade" 
alone covers wUhin a few dollars 
the actual cost of the production. 

It ia also a greater profit than 
was ever gained by a legit play's 
run in any one year. 



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BURLESQUE ROUTES 



(Continued from Pago 27) 

Rarin' to C,(y^22-'JA. Ten>plav Syra- 
cuse; L'.'-27, CoIoTii;tl, I'lica. 
lied Kisses— iCmpire, Newnrk. 
Spurting Widows^-Caslno, Brook- 

Ij n. 

i;ne4« T<m^i4kud Ivv.a-«^'uluiiihiu. 
New York. 

Watermr'JonK— <'ia V'tv. Torrjnto. 

Watst<n. Sliding iiUly— I'Jaza. 
VVorer-ster. 

White Cargo — Hyperion, New 
TTiA'W • - ' . 

Willi m-. Molllf- Star and f;ar. 
ter, Chicago. 



MUTUAL 

Band BoR Hevue — Park, Eria. 

Katlilng Ileautles— 22, York, Pa.; 
23, Iiancaster, I'a.; 24, Altoona. Pa.; 
2S, Uniontown. Pa.* 24-27, Wash- 
ington, Pa. 

lirlght Eyes— 22. Allentown, Pa.; 
23. Columbia, Pa.; 24, Wl ^.i^sport, 
I'a ; 2.1, StiBlMMT, Pa.; 21-17, Raad" 
Ing, I'a. 

Cunningham and Gang— Muttial, 
Indianapolis. 

Dimpled DBTlings— Star, Brook- 
lyn. • '• 

Flnnall» : CArrla— Hudson, UbIob 
City. 

follies of Pleasure — 1*. O. 

Frerif h Mudcl.s— CadlJIac. Detroit. 

Krivolilies of 1927' -Trocadero* 
Philadelphia. 

CJinger Olrls — Pavoy, Syracuse. 

Good Little Devils — Oayety, 
Brooklyn. 

Happy Hours — Gayety, Scranton. 

Hello, Parea--<3ayety, Minneapo- 
lis. 

Hollywood Scandals GarrScdl^ 

Des Moines. 

Jazztimo Revue— Oaycty. Balti- 
more. 

Candy Kids Cayety, Milwaukee. 
Kiiddhng Kuties — Clayety. Wilkes- 
Bar re. 

Lafnn Thru— Corinthian, Rochas- 

ter. 

I^Mont. Jack — Majestic. PatersoB. 
I^and of Joy — Mutual, Waahins* 

ton. 

Midnight Frolica~-Bmpresa, Cin- 
cinnati. 

Moonlight Maids- Gayety, Omaha. 
Gmaha.. 

Naughty Kiftles—State, Spring- 

field. 

Kite Life In Paris— Academy, 

Pit f sliuruh. 
Over Here — Oard«'n. Buffalo. 
Parisian Flappers— Km pi re, Cleve- 

land. 

I'.ound the Town — Lyric, Newark. 
Sky Rockets-^Oayety. Montreal. 
Smiles and Kisaas^Em press, Chi- 

<-U I'n. 

Hi" ' <l Cirls — 0.v*rick, St. Louis, 
.''f« f) Aloptr — ^Jrnnd. Akron. 
Step Lively Girls — MiHual, Kan- 
.vns City. ^ 

Sioiu' and Pillard— St ir. T?rr.oklyB. 
.Sugar Habl«H-:Uoward, 13oston. 
Tenipters-^'flavoy.* Atlantic City. 
"N'amps of 1927— Qayety, Louis- 
ville. 




^ A R I B T Y 



W«4inM<Uy, NovMiber 17, ItM 




4» V 



malMot* to atrlkM» Ibsen. th« raU of •zchance and 

— UVERPOOL •vorr,'* 



*Tott may say she Ui a 0B«-i»art a^lrets if you will. But what a paK U 
It. Sim9lr that lofioal-lllefleaU oQll«iKi<MBt-inoonMquent katoidoacopa-^ 



•^<«CQUJU£R'' (LONDON )«; 



"She la like an April day. all sunehine one minute — tours the next. It l0 
a oberayMl^ WtU suited to Miss O'Neil's great personality." 

-^MANCHESTER ''aUARDlAN**^ 



"From frowns and tempers she changes to penitenoe and sttnny smlM 

WM^ «l|lldlilM •WlftlMSS.'' 

— '"SUNDAY NEWS'* (LONDONK 



a iksrsoaattty Is Ifiss Peggr O'Neil with her twinkling eyes and 
hy^^Mtpp laughtsr.*' 

_««NEWS OF TH&W0iU4>*' (LONDON)^ 



"3he ia to this plsjr what the music—to say nothing of the comedy— is 
U «fi|ial somsdy. (Wltbdvt bsr It night not exist.)" 

-«-^nniE oBsnvER** (london)^ 



*g>l> lng t o_Jie r channin|; performance the play was received with the 

~''||6RN1NG ADVERTISER*' (LONDON), 



"She certainly has 
ImagiMb lAUghter n 



the most infectious mgh spirits it is possible tq ■:. 
ly raised the roof of the respectable Savoy." - 

— --SPORTING TIMES" (LONDON). 



"Peggy O'Neil! In her name liee all the charm which makes up the win- 
someness of this play and of ail she touches for in her own province she is 
lireslsttbls * . 

--J^rrANDARD** (LONDON)^ 



t "Peggy O'Neil, P^Egy O'Neil. and Peggy O'NeU. Tbf^t's aU« but isn't it 
tiough?'* 



Hf^'SUNDAY CHRONICLE'* (LONDON). (BAYARD) 



•% 

"Once again the personality of Miss Peggy O'Neil has been exploited as 
jfi tbs foundation of a play. Her smile and her roguish eye, score more than 

— ""DAILY MAIL** (LONDONK 




"Peggy O'Neil Is a genuine laughter maker and kept the audience ha|>pil/ 
uprsarisiislr fkom Dsglaaing to snd.** 

—^EVENING NEWS" (LONDON). 



"Pe£gy e^Nell by sbssr high «irlts, paea and good humor saved ths 
comedy at the fiavoy." 

^^^^ i " ^ — "'DAILY SKETCH** (LONDON). 



miss 0*Ksirs aoUag Is a saflolsnt feast. 



— *"TH£ TIMES** <LQNDON)# 



^•f^ viviMillr ftl«ito dfss it life. It Is an expk>ltotlon of hsr parsonaMtF^ 

— .^*1>AILY HERALD^ (bONlXMI). 



*'With brilliant Miss Peggy O'Neil as the heroine ... the evening was a 

iHOBipb fit IMT.** 

—^"WESTERN MAIL.^ 



"Peggy O^NeU^^iams a quart of acting Into a pint pot of play." 

—^THE PICTORIAL** (LONDON). 



"Peggy arch, Peggy pouting, Peggy baui^ty, Peggy sentimental, 
bfftiU; IM IIM bouse waxed hystdrloaL" 

— ^THE REFEREE** (LONDON)^ 



^^l|S O'Neil is the huge delight of her audianee with all her saucy tricks 

-^•^AXeiTE*' 4LONDON). 

Ao«r. (Peggfli^'Keil Is ths wvUtt)^ 

- ^'"DAILY GRAPHIC* (LONDON). 



Ifg a OBO 



Is an aetrtss whose popularity eannot be denied.** 

— "TIfE STAR" (LONDON). 



««1 



'Miss O'Nell's red hair, her merriment, her wilfulness and her Irish accent 
hare a place all tlieir own In the world of farcical romance. She has a sense 
of Junior that dolibscatslj abs oIowm her own perfosMHSo." 



—•^iLrnm^" london (dragoman). 

'Teggy O'Neil is in the full flush of her popularit,y. Shew not the play. 
" ^ the crowded hoMy*" ^ ; 

-^INBURGH>NfiWS/» 



*'Peggy O'Neil is happy in the possession of a public which comes la. the 
ti^eatre gloipty to see bsT and oared not at all about the play irtia happeiui to 

WDAILY TELEGRAPH** (LONDON). 

*me wields a hesrvr eHib and sIm^s got yo« at the first b^ow." 

-GERALD** (LONDON). 



I 



^The evening provides three hours of delirious joy." 

—""WEEKLY DESPATCH" (LONDON). 



*. • • • the delicious artistry of Marie Tempest, Edith Evans and Peggy 
(OWsQ*** 

—"THE SPHERE** (LONDON). 



"Peggy O'Neil made the hit of her roguish* broguish career in "Ix>ve*s a 
jNrtlbla Vlilag.'* 

— "^SUNDAY NEWSfc** LOKDOH (HEkBEKf PAMJEOft). 



"She plays the part of a gay romp and as on previous oocasion* delighted 
%$t BM&ereas admlrsfi.** 

—""DAILY MIRROR** CLONDOM). 



"Miss Peggy O'Neil is so remarkable a personality that she should hava 
W9Wjf^dMg aiads to bar band.** 

»«EVE*C STANDARD,^ LONDON (HU9EMT GRIFPITMh 



'SLt was Miss O'Neil'e night" 



.''MORNING POST** (LONDON). 



"There were pretty gp ee o b e s , ton* of flowery yells at the end. and every- 
body went away happy." 

—''DAILY CHRONICLE** (LONDON). 



*Treeh from her big triumph in "Meroenary Mary" she aroused the great« 
bst enthusiasm last night at the Savoy.*' 

—"DAILY NEWS** (LONDON). 



"Miss O'NeU greatly enlianced her reputation as one of the most delight- 
ful actresses on tbo stage today." 

— ^'SPORTING UFE** (LONDON). 



O'Neil in farcical comedy . . . quite as ingenuous and quito aa 
lUbttlraMa vehlole for ber bewildering charm and axttberant spirits." 

~"a>AILY EXPRESS,** LONDON (HANNEN SWAPPER). 



"Her mannerisms, her buoyant personality and the intimato touch she 
wim ber audiences are among her pbisC assets." 

-""LIFE** (LONDON). 



"Love's a Terrible Thing," but Peggy O'Neil makes it worth while for the 

Itoir and the audlsnosk" 

— '"EVERYBODY^ WEEKLY** (LONDON). 





Care VARIETY 



8 St Martm's Plaoe^ LondoBit We C 2, England 



PnMMMd WMkly at 114 Weat «tth St, New TaTK. N. T.. by VaHejtjr. Inc^ .Apnnal anVacrtptlon IT. Blngla copl»a SO cMita. 
Botered aa aaoend elaaa matter Daoambtr it. IMf. at tlM Paat Oflla* M Navr Tork« N. T.. andcr th« act of March S, 1179. 



VOL. LXXXV. No. 6 



NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1926 



64PAG] 



OEW 30 IMT FULL WEEKS 




RAMOS "ADVEHSING NAMES" 
HAY BE BARRED BY DAILY PRESS 



Managing Editort in Greater New York Getting To- 
gether on Featores of Taid Hours' Repeatedly 



4Mlon by tiM Banadns adlton 
of th« dailf preMi in barring radio 
adTertlalnff namaa Xrom the publle 
Arints on itf ground of eoturiateait- 
fr **entMmif the aavertiaing dead* 
haad d^fMirtment. is lifuif t« •r&m- 
Vate in the near future. 

'Alreatfr the m, e.'8 of the Greater 
WW TarK prtM bftve gottoii to- 
gether. Variety** national reeume 
c^ the National Broadeasting Co.'s 
Inaugural program, 2iov, 16 further 
lhastened matters. Tarl;^ te^rt 
alno brought out lietetters-ln are 
•leM at the seta by newepaper pub- 
licity only. In numbers. 

a:he ooneietent announcement in 
the radio programs niisnt the Ipana 
Troubadoure or Eveready Hour or 
CSoodrich Zippers, etc., ia a constant 
lk«e ad made possible via tl|e radio 
(Continued on page ST) 

INUTEROGKNEINON 

Reported Having 10% Share 
jBasldes Salary— No Like 
TariM for Other Coaches 



It is reported that Knute Rockne, 
Kotre Dame's famed football coach, 
ireceives a percentage of his school's 
•hare of ail gridiron receipts. This 
is in addition to his salary ss coaoh 
trith the esUmates on the Rockne 
share running as blgh ss 10 Per 
cent. 

College football games ara usually 
played on a guarantee or nn approx- 
imate equal divlHion of the receipts. 
t'iKuring this way Rockne's share 
lor the Army-Notrs Dame game at 
the Tankee Stadium in ay have 
befMi ai(»und |10.000. That figure 
la based on tUa 72.000 pres- 
ent at an average of $8 apiece, with 
the supposition that Notre Darno 
received an equal division of "the 
gate.** 

It the percentage in Reekne*s 
lavor is true it> no wonder that 
IK^rieus colleges have been unsuc- 
toafui in bidding for his M^rvices. 
There ia not another football coach 
III the country enjoying such a 
finajioial Rrrangeni<^nt. 

Iloikne a gra<luate o£ Notre 
t>Hme. He has been coaching foot- 
briU at his alma inater fot this fNtst 



THEDRAG^ASPUY 
WITH40 0FmSEX' 



FoHewt ''SoK,'' ivWi Same 
Author^Jat. A. Timony, Pro- 
duoer— ''Drag'' In; Rare Qrgy 



Topping "The Captive" in sensa- 
tionalism, James A. Timony's next 
play production. "The Drag," wlilch 
goes into rehearsal shortly, will in- 
clude a troupe of 40 membera of 
"Our Sex." 

Mae West, star and author of 
"Sex" is the accredited author of 
*mM Drag," wHlob Ttflsony will 
present, lliss Wait It SMliilMilig 
in VSex." 

"The Drag" is a rare orgy In- 
dulged in by A oertain set. 



NICE WAY TO TALK 
OF HOME TOWN GAL! 



Des Molncs, Nov. ?3. 

Bdnur Kirby'tt appearance in tiie 
Des Moines theatte hera last week 
was a decided "flop." That she is 
a former Iowa girl, lia« long hair 
and lias been in the movies, did not 
stimulats interest. Bhe does net 
wear her clothes well and does not 
talk well. No one remembered ever 
seeing her in a picture. 

During the week she lived in a 
model bungalow at Younkcrs, a de- 
pai-tment store, where she proved a 
drawing card, but tlie tlieatre did 
not gala by her appearance there at 
any show. 



""Flop'' CompIaiBls 



It ift undcrHtood the duitiict at- 
torney's office in New Yoric is daily 
raeeiving eomplaintg sgmlnstBroad- 
way plays. 

Even tUe D. A. has n oticed that 
the compiulnts are wholly against 
the flops. 

Most vehement have been those 
aime<l at tho Si»ulH;rt'a ' I'earl of 
Great Price." It is said tliat there 
4tave been mora lettsra raoelved 
about tbl.4 bust titan thera have 



COMBINED VliUDE 
f 





USE ICIS 



go FuU Ne-Cm WeelM eo 
Loew lleirte at 
PUring Vaade er 
•ntation House, as Case 
Mat Be — Return Dates to 
Alternate. Theatre in 
Some Citiea-— 3ix New 



YALE'S DRAMA THEATRE OPENS; 




December 10 for 700-Capacity Gift House-— UniTer- 
•ity GiTOft Drama Front Rank Rec<»gmlion— 
Patriarch'' Firal Piay fcy SlndeiH - 



Towns and Henoee Added 
for Ifeait Seaeon A Few 
Leew'e Spill Weeke May 

Be ConTerted Into Full 
Weeks Additionallr— 
"Payinc Money*' for De- 
tiraHo Alliacliene 



REAL "BIG TIME 



9 9 



Real ''big time^ vaudeville U to bs 
the oii t osms sf Ois ssmbinsd Sssk- 

ing system en the Marcus Loew cir- 
cuit of pop vaudeville and PrsssntS' 
tion (picture) theatres. 

At prasent ths Loew boeklng of- 
fice, with J. K. Lubin in ohargcf and 
the Presentation Jepa. tmsnt headed 
by L. K. Sidney, between them, can 
give m stage sttrsction M «#sstcs, 
each a full week with no out sal- 
aries, and on a route given in ad- 
vance of the tour's starts . 

This wNI easily jVMiMised to 
30 ne-cut full wssks Sy~ next Leber 
Day. At that time six new towns 
and thsatree will be en the Loew 
booking shssts. It Is siso probabU 
that a few of Leevr'e preeent split 
week stands will be converted info 

(Continued on page 27) 



Ggu Girl's Break 



Always nnKles applicable to 
benefit performanees but "giv- 

inK the cigar stand girl s 

break" may i>o a new Bidelif^it 
on tho Sunday night affairH. 

At A recent Sabbath evening 
tcneilt performance on 42nd 
street the rulss in charf,'e of 
the theatre's refreshment coun- 
ter appealed to the master of 
staKe ceremonies for an 
"odRe," If lie fould airarij^f, 
etc. The 8pcak<T of ttic crcn* 
tog thonglit it over* 

Al)oiii 9:ir» there was u flve- 
mlntito intprnilHi«lf»n — »ind the 
gitl at the stand reaped. With 

Sift bavimr is split with him 

who "flxed" either. 



MARY GARDEN HEADING 
EASTMAN SCHOOL DEPT. 



in Charge of Oparatio Course 
in Jan.— OiOit of HCodak 

King' in Rochester 



Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 28. 

Mary Garden will become head of 
the operatic department Of the East- 
man School of Mnsis la Jnauary, it 

Is reported. 

No one in authority will verify 
the report, but at KasTmnn's it is 

understood th<^ operatic star has 
virtually agreed to talce the position. 

The operatic star came to this 
country on the ''AqultMHn" when 
George £>etmun, of Kodak fame, 
returned from his African huntlnft 
trip. She was guest of tiie "Kodalc 
King*' for thren days In Rochester. 
During her stay here Miss Harden 
inspected the Bastman School thor- 
oughly. 

It IS also nnd s tt ss d tlMit Miss 
Garden wanted the Bastman for a 

performance of "Camnen" In De- 
cember when her engagement would 
have bssn announeed, bat that pre- 
vlotts tNN>ktngr sBn4e H Impossible. 



Qiicago Night dob 
'Rackcf Fthfag Up 



Chioags^ Ksv. tt. 

The night dub racket In this 

town aettns to be pretty well ahot. 
with the exception of ono spot 
which is drawing all the business 
there is left 

Outlying rooma are br^glnnlng to 
show the white flag. Borne of 
these have already shut down, while 
others are preparing to do the 
snine. 

Kven "nain^ff" mean nothiiiK to 
the local night lifers, as rotrent in- 
stances have discloted. 

it looks like it won't be long now. 



New Baven^ Conn.. Nov. 2t. 

With the opening of the Tals Uni- 
versity theatre, Dee. IS, drMna wOl 
rseeivs ffsssssiMsa m-. ssb eff tlw 
fine arts by being placed side by 
side with architectiure. painting, 
music and sculpturs for the first 
time in ths aistSry «C AmSrtsss 
universities. 

The theatre. tlM gift of Bdward a 
Herkness, B. A., 't7, will be for* 
maily opsBsd toy a ssrtes of five 
dedicatory psrCsnasBesB Dse. Ml 
11, It. 

Approximately i.SOS persons wIM 

be invited to the opening. Th# 
event also will mark the establish- 
ment of the first university build« 
ing ereeted fsr a department of the 
drama and as wsll as opened witlt 
a play written and produced by stu- 
dents in ths work, this Indudinf; 
producing, seeale and i'St M iiie ''Ois^' 
signing and llKbting. 
Prof. Ocorjfo Pierce Baker, ch^lf* 

(Continued on pegs I7> 



XTRAS MUFFED VICTOR; 
AaOR IS BADLY HURT 

Henry Victor Thrown lO-Foel 
But Not Caught 



NEGRO YALET^S RECITAL 

li^irt'lay Til*;^,', valot to JI«/ii.v 
I lull (white) in "L.uiu Belle," und 
■who also plays a small part in th" 
fW'lamo iilece, is <o uiM><'i*r in u vo- 
ral rffftal at Tovn H»U #;jrly in 
January. . . . . 



ZiOS Angeles, Nov. SS. 
iiHuiy Victor is In an oSlsspa th ls 

hoHpi'iil with concusHlon of the 
brain. His condition Is reported 
serious. He suffered a relapss IS 
hours following an accident nai 
after he liad returned to WOTk ,SB 
the John Iiarrym<»ro itidure. 

It occurred during the fUmlng of 
the findl scene. VI<*tor as the 
"heavy"' (villain) hud to b« thrown 
10 feet from the window of a build- 
inp. into the arms of "extras.** The 
extras missed the catch with Victor 
falling to the fnoiin»T. 

He was unconsf-ioiiH when reached 
but shortly after recovered end re* 
turned to his plctur*^ work. 



emmm 




GOWNS on UNIFORMS 

lEAMM TO SAV 

BROOKS* 

1437 BROADWAY - TCL SSOO PCN. 

L— ^AL»s »^fi ifinr ff 1 11 iiTir ii ■ i 




VARimrS LONDON OF7ICB 



V? D 17 1 r* M CABLE ADDRESSt VARIETY, LONDON 

r U I\ Ei 1 VS 2096-3199 Regent Wednesday, November 24, 1926 




1.- 



Colored and Blackface Turns Doing Best piipii- 
cdy in Vaudeville— Ann Suler Best Comedienne 
Noted Among Women — U* S. Shoft of TsJeol 

■ Py W. BUCHANAN TAYLOR ; 



<'Bucki«*' Taylor of London hat boon ovor horo for oight weeks in 
company with Major MonUgue Gluc^witfin, with thf . {A»jor i>n« oi the 
principal ownara and txacutivaa of J. Lyons A Co^ tho aritioh oatino 
Covao end llotol^6h•Ul. It is ono of England's moot oxtenalve buainoaa 
organizations. Mr. Taylor is oonnOcU^ wit^ ^ht.oiitojplpinreont division 
*{ tho Lyons anttrprisos. / _ , 

■ IWassrs. Gluckstoin and Taylor's violt-w««^fer tho puf poso of ooaaning 
tho thoatrical field for possibilitios in thoir . rostaurant-cabarets. Mr. 
Taylor formerty Was a London nowspapor «naa and also fully familiar 
with tho sbow bMsinoss. 



? :0«v tiip^t# ibe United States has 
been of a comprehensive charaoterw 
Although wo have seen a grei.t 
■umber of Showa of vartoiis kinds, 
tlia FOOafoh* foir talent has not been 
W flast «nA 'ilioat important con- 
elderatlon. r • - 

J. WoBS 4j Co. spend tho OQulva- 
iMlt of^abput 91,000.000 per year 
providing" entertainment for their 
c;u8ton»ers In the various restaur 
t^tM. and hotels thejr eontrol. Thin 
MlUp^il' chiefly eaten up in the 
provision of bands, although there 
mre never less than 50 performen^ 
working tor ' va* *trat8ldo Vf miiM-« 
iClans. o 

During our eight weeks' stay in 
the States we have seen over 20 
plays and asaaloal shows. Weteve 
Iglrtted 18 clubs and cabarets. 12 
super- picture theatres anj seven 
yfVudevUle shows. The impression 
to pur minds is that America 
liko moat of the entertainment pro- 
viding Colintries Is a little p)»ort 
of «*t«tatoaing ialenL' V 
r « .ihi^ vstfttovfSo It Hdb struck us that 
tbtf -best Oottiedy Is being 'purveyed 
by the colored and, black face 
oomedian*»' The best woman. 
■yjttfiiHu wa> have ieon 'is MhK 
Sptsn- A# far: as the soubrets are 
concerned, we find It begins and 
ends • witb 'Charleston' and 'Black 
iiittiialP"-'«W»o^ - iirif-^e- ^r'tWo 
'fairly notable exceptions. In the 
cKibs and cabarets the 'ChArtiiston' 
dances seem to be predominent 



ENGLAND NOT TO HELP 
PICTURE PRODUCTION 




imnr BROADWAY m 



Himtmtn mv FRrefto^ 

lionigB **SPHEHE.'* Sept 
'* . . . I aih not. however, a very 
discrifpinating judc^e of eccentric 
dancipff* for each eccentric dancer 
seemii more almazing than the kist, 
and until I see Mr. Sarrio OUyor; 
Mr. irred Astairov Jack .^«- 



Despite Reports ta Contrary, 
Answer Retur^ned It's Exr 
liwiely llnlrkdy 

I I 1 1 III ; . »■ 

Xondon, Kov. 23. 
Any report in New York that the 
British Government wIM subsidize 
nim production or indirectly aid 
them financially appears to bo with- 
out the slljBfhteaC foundation. 

It was offlcially stated in the 
House of Commons months ago, 
during a debate on foreign fifm quo- 
tas that this Qovommont would not 
subsidize any picture or any branch 
of the film industry. 

The War Qiflcfi and Navy supply 
every a^istanfeO for propaganda 
pictures dealing with either branch 
of the service, furnlshing.jtroops or 
battleships, etc., and perifiiltting the 
uae of official pictures for privately 
miVdo features but ath^if| |(|. naid 
to W not interested. " \ . 



The scarcity "of good comedy ma 
terial is evidenced by the fact that 
0|any comedians are relying upon 
ago-old stuff. We heard one man- tn 
a .first class theatre in Chicago de 
liver "The Three Trees" wliich Tom 
X.l^ac^>ughton popularized along 
ago and w)ilch Albert 4¥helan sub- 
eoqucntiy used for many years. 

The newest feature in entertain- 
ment here seems to be that of 
Maator ttf Cirim^ you 
have a number of men who conduct 
thiF sort of job with very marked 
ability, Harry Richman, Anatole 
V^iodland iil4 Jack B. Bnny (Great 
Temptations) are the three host we 
have seen, though not seeing them 
all. Of course this Is not a new 
l^oa. 'It is an adaptation of the 
French plan of commere and com- 
pere, mingled with the old English 
music-hall idea of Ihe chairman in- 
troducing each new performer and 
filling: in time between the acts. 

To date we have not booked a 
Bingle turn or band. The acts we 
hivo ioott M iltt^ wo liked are 
. (Continued on pago ST) 



For show people as well as lay men. this Guide to ponoral amusements 
in New York will be published weakly Ml rappMiaa to ropoatad rfQuaats* 
Variety {enda the judgaMiit of ita oxpofl guMiinoo in tha variaya an* 

tortainment denoted. 

No alight or blight ia intended for thoae unmentionod. Tho ilata are 
of Variety's compilation only and as a handy rsference. 

it may sorvir tho out*of -towner as a time aaver in selection. 

PLAYS ON BROADWAY 

Current Broadway logitimato attraetipna are oomplstsly listed and 
commontod uppfi weekly In Variety utidar tho haadingt ^'Wiows and 

Comment.'* 

In that department. Loth in tho comment and the actuaf amount off 
thp •rooa raoaipta off each aho¥i will bo found tho naoass a ry Inffermation 
aa to the moal aiiooooafful plays, alaa tha aeala'aff admlaaion s i Mw god. 

tPSCIAL^ICTURKS WORTH tBil NO 

"Beau Geste** (Criterion). War type. . .. 

"Big Parade" (Astor). War type with plentiful comedy,. 

Vitaphana% CColony and Warner's)^ "The Better 0\e." comedy flljp, 

addad Ji|t Cdioiuf; '□Ion ' ^ 

. BftTMIil^W: FEATURE^ mCltJRU 
Paramount — Broad wiay*s newoat landmark aa' ptayhonso. >Last word in 
cinema art; p|iould.be aeon. . .. .. . r ► ■> . • 

Rialto— "We're in the Navy Now," 

Rivoli--"The Great Gat»by." . . 

Strand~"Tho- Blopde Saint." . .. . - 

NIGHT CLUBS 
(Hotsy-Tofsy or "Sawdust" Cabarets) 
Avaion Club» |2 and $3 couvert, the latter on weel(-ends. Liveliest 




hanan, Mr. Hal Sherman the k^round 3 a. m. and thereafter. Good lldor show. Cozy and Intimate, 
rest of thepa all functioning togothfr Black Bottom Club— Harlem transplanted to Broadway. Must ba 

shall be quite IncapaPle or saymg Kj^jj^^Q No cou vert; everything reasonable, 

which ' )H st I pQv^xiubi "Those three boy«.^ Jimmio. Dmrante, Ekldio /ackson and 

Lou Clayton. Enough for the. "wise" mob. Couvert 12. Always lively. 

Seven- Elovon (former Chummy Club)-r-Newe8t midtown colored cafe. 
Hotsy-totsy and reasonable. Colored female boKors as special novelty^. 
Texas Quinan's 300 Club, $3 couvert. Every night New Tear's Eve.. 
9maira ParadisOi.IM^lem "black and tai). The show place of Jlai^lom'a 
mixed cafes. Whitbg nnd blacks rub shouldora ttiid Cdlestikls danco with 
either race. Voiy Bp^g^-toij^t^d^ t^asoh^ 

. (fPoptflar" Typa, Caf pa -'••.> ' 

Substantial tjrpe of night dub, giving •customer& a good floor show for 
|2 or $3 couvert, the latter for Saturday ni^^ts, and. a neasonable menu 
scale. 

Vincent Lopez at Casa Lopez, 

Anatole Friedland. songwriter-master of ceremonies heads Club Ana* 
tole. Scale and $4. 

Helen Morgan's 94th St. Club haa ICisa Morgan firom Playground pra« 
siding. Good show. $2 and $3. 

PrWolity Club With undraped revue. Blaborato floor entertainment and 
advanced nude Ideaa. $3 couvert 

Parody Club — ^Inclined to be hotsy-totsy. That condition goes similarly 
for tho Kvfroladoa and Tommy Quipan'a Playgrounclp- AH atandavda 
9iiMng. '«igl^ m p^ . ^ 

("Claaa" Night Clubs 

Roger Wolfe Kahn's Lo Porroquot do Paria is the last gasp In smart 
night clubs. Ultra artistic and ultra in following. The millionaire 



RUSSELL 
NEE0S MONEY 
FOR APPEAL 



Undor Deatfi Sentence for 
2nd Time — 111. Supreme 
Court. to iUfmw Cete: 

Under date o< Novi. 13 and from ^^^^^^^ v.«*,cu .^.-w^...,,. 
Chicago, Russell Scotf, In a con- r^^^.^*g*JJ^ Be sure'to make it! $&' couvert! 

demned man's cell at the Cook p^,. ^he dress-ups. Not: that dinner Jacket is open aesame. If they 
County, 111., prison (CHiicago) wrote ^eed you badly enough, jm^u can conif In overalls providing you look 



A report from Canada received lu 
New' York stated that trie British 
Government hia^ reallze4 the impor- 
tance of native-made moving pict 
urea for world-wide circulation 
from the propaganda angle. Ah an- 
nouncement might be e^cp^cted 
shortly on the subject, the Canadian 
report atatpd, coming fropi all au- 
thentic source. 

The cable above, is in reply to a 
query .sent to Variety's Ix>ndoh 

ofllco. . 

In this Issue In a story from Los 
Angeles it is sUted that R. H. Gil- 
lespie, general director of the Moss 
Empires, a large English theatrical 
organization. Intimated the British 
Govcrnmeiit stood ready to subsid- 
ize plcture^making by AigMl. pop- 
ple of Its own choice. 

It is not stated definitely, how- 
ever, whether Mr. Gillespie made 
that statement or tha .fftaUihaflil is 
attributed to him. 



Vnrtotr^ Mgth^ appdah - its main I tike a b. r. But with the wtnttfi^pephPn, the Lido, Montmartre, Mirador, 
request was that Variety attempt a club Richman and Rendezvous mpire Of' less high-hat spots. Not so 
<vvnntrvwiila distribution of a book much the last two but the clhiibfers and the actuals play the Lido, 

country wiuo "'a*-* - JxliLa. «oin.^ » iaiif »A«»»«H •'WrmiMnr. ' ' < r^.c^ - . ■ 

written by Boott entitled la •^e 
Shadow dt'tlM -IlPpi^ and rataUing 

at 28 cents per copy. 

Scott is under a Sentence to hang I iq between dates, are Hubert's Museum on West 4 2d streeL 
for murder, -for a second time. He TWp dlstlniQtive public ballropma are the Arcadia and Roaoland, on 
was doehtfod insane after bis trial Broadway at 53.d and Blst street, respectively, whoso refined dbneral 



IMnttuurtri Mid ^Mlrader. 

"KIU* timB" SPOTS 

Recommended for those with several or many minutes hai|glng boavy 



I riCCABlLLYHOTEL 



and 



THE KIT-CAT CLOB 

LONDON 

Featuring the World's Gresteit 
Artistes 



A. J. CJLARKE 



DoDjrs' Revue Prospers 

Paris, Nov. 23. 

Polin, the comedian who was 
prevented from appearing In the 
new Dolly Sisters' revuj at the 
Edouartl Sept at the opening by ill- 
ness, is now fully recovered and 
has joined the rovuo caat, apaning 
Saturday. - 

The performnnce Is running 
smoothly and attendance is very 
spltlsfactory. 



for the death of a drug store, clerk 
in Chlcagoi Scott had gohe into 
the store with his brother, Robert. 
Hd'dhirtia thltt Robert was drunk, 
it was hit brother who killed the 
clerk. - ' 

Last May Scott was pronounced 
sane and returned to Chicago from 
the Chester, 111. asylum. He was 
again sentenced to hang Oct. 16 
(last month). Tho day before 
(Oet If) A atay was granted by 



demeanor distinguishes these from others. 

For a slant at hotsy-totsy stepping by the sdoliiscents are tho Triai^^n^ 
Orphaimi and TPnso PdMoOf' siti;^ated 4tth to 4St|l: Atreetk,>tt- Broadway. 

RICOMMENDED DISK filKO0ftDS / 

Becommended for thoir dist|aotion In- i«eoordlng aipd typo -are the 4 ol« 
lowing sextet: 

Victor No. 20200 and 20206 — ^Paul 'Whitemaii treats .in symphonic syn- 
copation "in a Little Spanish Town;" odd-rhythmed waltz, coupled with 
"There's a Boatman on tlie Volga." Other couplet is "Cho-Cho San" and 
"Song of India," new arrangements for Orthophonic recording. 

Brunswick No. 3226— Esther Walker In ultra **blues." *1 Don't Want 
Nobody But You" and "Brighten My Days." ■ ' ' 

Brunswick No. 3305 — Novelty piano duets, "Polly " and "Dizzy Fingers'* 



the Snpromf 53purt of Illinois '«^|by those syncopating PaderewHkia, Ohman 'and Arden. Boys have their 



I own orchestra in support. Novelties okay for dance also. 
Defense Handicapped Banner No. 1646— Fine discourse in "hot" jazz nddiing by Dddle Pea- 

Scott atates in his letter that his body, now west coast "Paul Ash" at tho Metropolitan, Los Angeles. "St, 
attorney. William Scott Stewart of | Louis Blues" and "Peale £|t. BluOB" are numbers and what torrid nrnterial 

they are to work with. • 

past master of 



V NaviiMr^H^I'ity 




G. KENDREW 

•^atAfibidier 



4 Tower Houses Transfer 



T^ondon, Nov. 23. 
Provincial Cinematograph The- 
atres, Ltd., has taken over the four 
Tower cinemas. It gives them con- 
trol of 18 film theatres in greater 
London. 

This conoom also owns 80 houses 
devoted to pictures in the prov- 
inces. 



Bob Roberts Dead 

Liondon, Nov. 23. 

Bob Roberts, 87, formerly of Man- 
ny and Roberts, died hero Nov. 12 



, Prince's Cabaret Openings 

Lgnao;!, Nov. 29. 
Danny I^iro wia open at Prince's 
cabafot pext week with Lew Hearn 
n!so due to appoar at this estob 
lislimont I^cc. j6. 



Chicago is handicapped In his de- 
fense through lack of monOy. Scott 
credits his wife, father and friends 

with having done everything pos- 
sible for him. His wife fasted 30 
days in Detroit, charging an ad: 
miasion, ta patee funds fop' tlK^ aa^ 
sistance of her husband. 

Scott has been in the. show busi- 
nosa, on the legit and vaudeville 
His agent for vaudeville 
was Tom PoweU, aUll a Chicago 
agent. • 

Neoda $20,000 
Scott needs $20,000 as quickly as 



possible, Ae says, within 60 days at euphonious play on the title 
«ViA tttmti'kf Ahout that time he i *tci»„m» n'AM.«..»>' i^-s^nit^ 



Edison - No. 51813 — ^Xylophone novelty solos by a 

marimba and kindred instruments. Joe Green's "Dancing Stars" and 
"Dance of the Toy Regiment" inspiring instrumental renditions, away 
from the jass blah, sprightly, tuneful and beautiful. 

Victor No. 20257 — Specially released organ-dance orchovstr.i novelty 
that Victor thinks will sweep the country a la Whiteman's "Valencia" 
recording. Jesse Crawford at organ, with Jean Goldkette's Book-Cadillaa 
Orchestra mated for unusual waltz and fox-trot "canning." Numbero 
are; "I'd Loye to Call You My SweathearL" and "Kentucky Lullaby." 

NEW POP SONGS OF MERIT 

''In a Little Spanish Town" — Syncopated Spanish waltz that looms 
up importantly. ' : 

''Hello, Bluobird''—Fo1k)W-up to "Byo Bye Blackbird" hit and eaually 
fetching. • • ■ . 

"My Sweetie Cooks as Good as She Looks"— Novelty ditty with 



the utrnttit About that time he 
expects his appeal to be heard. 

It would he impracticable to cir- 
culate Scott's pamphet within the 
time required,- nor is there any 
surety of a sale without advertis- 
ing, an expense that would better 
be directed toward the R. T. Scott 
Trust Fund. 

People who know Scott person- 
ally Btata ho is deaorving of every 
(Continued on page 81) 



AnnDal Show by Prisoners 

Ossining, N. Y.. Nov. 23. 

Friavners at ging Sing will give 



their eighth annual performance for 
the public Dec. 13-17, in the hall of 
tlie prison, under the auspices of the 
Mutual Welfare League^ The rtiow 
will ba muaksal, eallod "Bita of im.' 

It is. stated in the announcement 
that all prisoners not engaged, on 
the stage wiU bo in thelr^ce|ln dur<» 
ing tboiparfonnaaeM*- 



Fleurs D'Amour" — 'Knglish lyric "Flowers of Love* to this French 
melody song hit. Refreshingly different from general pop output. 

"There's a Boatman on the Voiga" — Musicianly and ingenious adapta- 
tion of "Volga Boatman" theme. Russo number threatens to be as big 
as the "Song of India" pop song. 

"The Two of Ua*' — ^English song hit now coming into vogue via danco 
floors. 



FOB CHEVAUEB VISIT 

Paris, Nov. 23. 
M. S. Pentham is undorstood to 
be negotiating for an American en- 
gagement for Chevalier, character 
singer, beginning next season. 



SAILINGS 

Nov. TirTLondon 16 NeW JOrt), 
Olga Petrova ( Mauretanin). 

Nov. 18 (New York to Bremen) 
Princess. Arrawanna (Stottgoft), , . 

Nov. 24 (New York to London), 
Major Montague Gluckstein, W. 
Buchanan TjiJtlor (Berengarja^* 

Nov. 28 (London to New, .Y wH) 
«fl<Mri^t^a^lathan): 



Est. 



SUM 



1891 



WILLIAM MORRIS 

AOBMCT. lae. 
WH., MOWilg im. MOBBIS. JS. 
1000 Broadway, New York ^ 



TUP Ti l i C P g riifW^I ^ 

ym iiLtjar jUIUULj 

OF DANCING 
}tol!».es«srHbuso, 

10-11 Great Newport St.» 
, > LONDON, W. C. 2 

Di^MiSr, Mr». John TiUcr 



FOREIGN 



VAWKTY 



lcaumont et al takes biocolor 

niOUSES. ENGLAND. AT mm 



Log Syndi^te Formed, with ^'L*' of Name Standing 
for Loew or Latky — ^Biocolor Stockholders Ro- 
' coiTipf Par-CoQlrM^ Sigaod ' 



London, Nov. 2S. 
Btooolor Picture Theatres, Ltd., 
Ju8t sold Its entiro circuit of 
film houses, with the exception of 
the Astoria on Charing Cross Road 
«imI no under construction. The 
purchanc was made in the name of 
the Log Syndicate, Ltd., the Log 
standing for the initials of Loew 
Lasky, Ostrft ana Oaumont. Os- 
tra is th« laiVB Londoii tenkinff 
house. 

Contracts hate been signed (Nov. 
It). Irlth the purchase prioe ap- 
proximating $3,500,000. 

The stockholders in Biocolor will 
receive practically par tor their 
holdings. B. E. Lyon and H. T. 
Underwood, managing directors, 
will each get $125,000 from the pur- 
tiiaseni to compensate for tholr loss 
oC salaries. All the directors will 
be given. In cash, the equivalent to 
what their fees would have amount- 
ed to for the next two years* 

The Biocolor company controls 
the following picture theatres: 
Dalston; Empire, Holloway; Peck- 
ham Hippodrome; Britannia: Acad- 
emy, Brighton; Bavoy, Glasgow; 
Empire, Bradford; Hippodrome, 
Cardiff; Coliseum, Newport; Em- 
pire, Henley; Hippodrome, Stoke; 
Coliseum, Barslem; Palace, Bristol; 
Hippodrome, jCjid^^ Savoy, 
Plymouth. : ■ ;, ^ 

Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer (Marcus 
Loew) is Interested in the Gaumonf 
theatres of France. It's the same 
Gaumont as susgeated in the above 
cable. M-G-M is also the holder of 
English theatres, inclusive of Iipn- 
don. 

Famous Playera-Laaky. however. 
Is reported having done consider- 
able of its foreign banking and 
financing through the Ostra bank- 
ing house of London, atthoush this 
Wight also bo said of Loow'a 

A modern and interesting drama 
opened at the "Q" theatre last night 
(Monday) in "Salvage.** Its recep- 
tion was particularly hearty, partly 

due to a West End cast Despite 
this there is a doubt concerning its 
success as a commercial proposi- 
tion. 

Michael Morton and his son. Peter 
Traill, are the authors with a strong 
suspicion on tap that Arnold Ben- 
nett participated In the writing. 

The "Q" is among the elite as a 
little theatre. Many a West End 
attraction has sprung from there. 



MERSON'S ''JOHN" AND 
DE BEAR'S REVUE, HnS 



English Comedian's First Pro- 
ducing Venture Emphatic 
StiOflfttt 



INDEX 

Foreign 

Pioturts 4-20 

Picture Reviews.. . .14- 15- 18- 19 
Picture Presentations...* 21 

Film House Reviews 2S 

Vaudeville 24-30 

New Acts 22 

Burlesque ••••• 31 

Burlesque Routes •• 81 

Oaba^ flavia«»i....*....54-95 

Bills ..v* •34-35 

Csbaret Bills 85 

Times Square 37 

News ef the Dailies 38 

Editorials ••• 

Literati JJ 

Women's Page 86 

Legitimata 40-51 

Legit Reviews. .46.48-4».50-51 

Musio ,.••...» .SZ-SS 

Night Clubs ,.84-8o 

Outdoors •...••••••••f ^ 

Sports • 

Carnival Routes 56 

Obituary 

Correspondence • oi-o1 

63 

28 
18 
45 



Letter List. 
Inside Vaudeville. 
Inside Pictures...* 
Art Theatfes. 



Radio : 52 

Legit. 56 
Reviews ^ 



Inside 
Vaude 

^te 



I^ondon, Nov. 23. 
Two musicals and a drama have 
opened here, with tha son^ and 
dance attractions havlnff tlia beat 

chance. 

In Cact Billy Merson's "My Son 
John*' looks like an emphatle hit. 
This piece marks Merson's debut 
as actor-manager. Its West End 
reception waa in direct contrast to 
the advance reports from Brighton 
which heralded the show as a cer- 
tain failure. Annie Croft and Mer- 
son himself are outstandincr* Re- 
maiainff players llat Betty Cheater, 
Vera Pearce» Charles Stone, Henry 
Latimer and Refflnald Sbarland 
among others. 

Eiddia Xtolly, brother of the Dolly 
Sisters, has done some superb 
staging for this piece at the Shafts- 
bury. Main portion of the score 
Is credited to Oscar Btraua. €ler- 
trude Jennings and Graham Jones 
did the book, with Desmond Carter 
and Harry GrahcLm the lyrics. 

la a p r ess stunt during rahaarsals 
Merson offered to wager $2,500 that 
the show would have a London run 
of 10 months. It now looks as if 
that guess will materialise. 
Do Bear's Fast Revue 
Over at the Vaudeville there was 
a splendid reception for Arciiie de 
Bear's *'Vaudevttla VanlUea.** This 
is a fast-moving revue In which 
BobUgr Howes i^egistered a decided 
hit ■ - 

*'Tha House of Carda** is the du- 
bious prospect, at the Little. It 
rates as an inconsequential drama, 
about a woman who a list to at 
bridge to secura fllMiay fsT Mr li«a- 
band's basiness. 
Extren yely unlikely to "l and." 

Ssph Soakedf or $500 

Ixmdon, Nov. 25. 

"VMien Sophie Tucker next lands 
at Liverpool, Southampton or Glas- 
gow, Julian Wylie wilt probably be 
nn the dock to nick the floph for 500 
berries slipped him in a verdict 
against the song deliverer on a 
breach of contract action. 

It's looked upon as a long dis- 
tance victory for Soph, who is now 
in a show over your way. 

Wylle's alleged breach was Sophie 
leaving London' for New Haven, 
(,'onn., to re.ich hor m<fther*s bed- 
side during a fatal illness. She ar- 
rived too late. It was Miss Tucker's 
defense to the action that she was 
In no mental condition throu^fh the 
gravity of her mother's health to 
carry out the contract. 

Soph was to receive $1,125 weekly 
as salary and 15 per cent of the 
show's gross over $7,500 weekly. 




WILL MAHONEY 

Riversids, Nsw York, This Wsek 

The "Toledo Blade" last week 
said: «*Will Mahoney ia the out- 
standing hit of the bill at Keith's. 
Long before he is Unished with an 
extensive ditty, called 'She's My 
Lillle,' his audience Is won. And 
when eventually he goes Into his 
dance, he shows the cleverest as 
well as the most comical hard shoe 
stepping seen here in many a moon. 
Mahonay is a master comedian. He 
ia« 'wow.'" 

Direction 

RALPH a FARNUM 

(Edw. 8. Keller Office) 



ITAI2A1 AOIO& DUELS 

Home, Nov. IC. 
It has become known, despite a 
mttsslad press throughout Italy, 
Ruggen Ruggeri. popular Italian 
actor, fought a duel last week at 
Lido, Venice, with Amerigo Man- 
sini. 

The reason is not divulged, and 
the couple were not reconciled 
after the encounter, in which 
neither waa Mriously hurt. 



SIX NEW PUYS ADDED TO UST 
OF PARIS FALL ATTRACTIONS 



Musical Comedy ''A Good Fellow'' I>oet Well— Anti- 
Feminist Comedy, Poor at Renaissance — Fi^i^Cf 
AlNHii Sporty Undertaker FaififE/ RoeoiTod x 



MOSS EMPIRE HOUSES 
MAY TURN TO FILMS 



R. H. Gillespie Talks to Film 
Men en Coast— Report 
British Gov't Subsidy 



Loa Angeles, Nov. 23. 

It. II. OiUeepie, manatfins director 
of tha Moaa BrnMre Clreutt, Kns- 
land, who came out hero recently 
with Marcus Loew, haa been male- 
iniT a study of picture production at 
tha Hoilsrwaod atudtoa. 

It is claimed Olllespie has been 
promised a subaldy by tho Knglish 
Government for the mailing of 
motion pleturaa If ha alMoaaa to 
ero into that field. 

Gillespie is said to have informed 
illm men here that the reruea and 
variety ahawa in theatrea con- 
trolled by hla circuit were not 
showing the financial returns that 
they should, with a poMibility be- 
liiff tl wauM ba necesaary to 
change tha palloy of thaaf houaes 
to pictures. ' ^, 

Gillespie la now an routa to New 

Tavk. 



Seiwyns Paris Plans 

Porifl, Nov. l!3. 

Arch Sthvyn int^ ndH to remain In 
Paris at least tiiree montlis with 
his family. Ilia present plan is to 

Hta^e White's "Srandals" at the 
Ambassudt urs in May, although this 
is tentative. ^ 



N. Y. **Evmmm Port's" Editorial 
On Wliangy, Slangy ''Variaty'' 

In its Mav. If ieaua, tha New York ^'Eveninf Peat," C«rlia daily, 
printed tliia adMarlal dbam Varlalyt 

One of the most interesting because one of the moat typioal 
and most sincere publications in Manhattan la Yartefy. 
In Ita pacea waakiy to n real faoor« of tha eonraa af tho graat 

industry of entertainment. 

From It we learn such Interesting things aa the fact that 
despite the orgy of funereal Interest over Valentino, tha drawing 
power of hia oM fUma, revived hot upcih his death, lasted but a 
few days. How suggestive mlglit such a fact be to those who 
debated so earnestly the comparative obituary attention given 
Valentino and President Bllot! 

From Variety we learn, too. that tho radio program Is shortly 
to make Itself part of the "show" business; it is to be viewed 
and balanced aa scientiflcally as tho numbers on a vaudeviUa 
achedula. 

Telegrams from all over the country show Yariety that Mon- 
day's elaborate program from WEAB' and WJZ hurt movia or 
legitimate theatre audiences only when the local newspapers had 
given It great advanoa notice. 

"Llsteners-ln Seemingly Dependent In Numbora on Nowa- 
paper Publicity," Variefjf said. Where else can one gather items 
that throw such interesting sidelights upon American habit and 
taste? 

We find the records made, too. In an argot that Is tho nearest 
existing descendant of the voluminous Broadway slang which 
used to exist before the aaloon want Wa **hold no brtaf' for 
Yariety. We merely suggest a glance at It to those who seek 

something b"*b I'fTorent and real. 



BeaTerbrook Publicfy 
Tbdu AM ZiiMT 



ANGEL HELD WHEN U. S. 
TOUR IS DECLARED OFF 



Chaplin's Life Film 

London, Kov. 23. 

With a trade showing listed for 

this week of a pi< turo purporting 
to bo of Charlie Chaplin's earlier 
life, the original in America has ap- 
plied through his solicitors for an 
injunction prohibiting the exhibition 
of tho flim. 



THE TILLER DANCING SCHOOLS 



Him Fmrm^hg 



OF AMERICA, Inc. 

aSt Weal 72d StrMi 
MEW YORK 



MART READ 

m f 1 1 11 i 



London, Nov 2S. 

T<.ord Dcaverbrook, owner of the 
"Daily Expreas" and ardent cham- 
pion of British fllma. publUhad an 
open letter on the front page of 
the "KxproBH" Nov. 19, twice thank- 
ing Adolph Zukor. * 

Tha first complimentary acknow- 
ledgement was for "Beau Oeste" and 
tlio Rpfoiul was for Zukors attitude 
tow ard British institutions. 



Butt Conferring 

Sir Alfred Butt arrived from 
London last week. lie has been 

hoMinp ('onforpncps with the Metro- 
Gold wyn- Mayer (Loew) people con- 
cerning the new theatre to replace 
the present Empire. London. 

Hlr Alfred Is alno on thi"? side 
in Rr>:ufh of a good show or two 
or more. 



Tarla. Nov. 2.1. 
Andre Davcn, nmiiaKor of thr> 
Champs Klyseea Music Hall here, is 
HTiously ill. although ia no great 
danK*^ r. Ifo underwent an operation 
recently, and his recovery is s.low. 
although doctors say ha will ba re- 
stored ta health In good iim^. 



Backer Named Dodqe Ordered 
to Pay French Players 
31 ,000 Francs 



rarls. Nov. 23. 
An unknown named Dodge, who 
undertook to back aa American 

tour of French player>«, was ordered 
hy tho Municipal court of Paris to 
pay 31,000 francs to the actora when 
the scheme fell through In a ded* 
slon handed down Nov. 19. 

Henry Vermeil. Jacquct and Mmc. 
BianchinI brought auit against 
Maurice do Feraudy. dean of tho 
('oniodfo FrancalHc, for non-execu- 
tion of contract. They should have 
left for a tour of the U. B. and 
Canada weeks ago under the ur- 
r.'inKomrnt they niAd ■ wllli Fciaudy, 
who liookcd them in a deal with 
Oodge. 

The actors sf rd Feraudy, who 
1).'ims<mJ reHpnnsiblllty alonjr to 
DoUkc, in Mtiich contention hi- was 
Hupfiorted by the tribunal. The 
claitin wo»c: V*'rnieil, $630; Jic- 
iVit't. I37&; Mni«. Branchlnl. |fi2r». 
reprebrnting what tlie trio esti- 
mated they would have made, net, 
on the engagement. 



Paris. Nov. 23. 

8ix new productions have been 
added within the week to the 
autumn offerings of the Paria 
tlteatron. roprenentlng a wide ran»^ 
of Intel ent and almost as wide a 
variation In reception. 

Below is a brief summary of aa^ 
ventui-*: 

•'La Benheur du Jour" 

Four-act dramatic comedy by 
Kdmond Guiraud had ita premiere 
at the National Odeon. maatlng 
with fair success. Interest waa 
caused by the appearance in the 
cast of Maurice de Feraudy. dean 
of the Comedle WnaMm, mnmttf 
ized to create the part at ttia iMIiaa 
in which he la interested. 

Tha plot recites that a son dis- 
co vera hidden in an antiqoa table 
a letter revealing that the man he 
knows as father is not really his 
parent. He becomes morose. Uam- 
ing his parents for the deception. 
He is imrticularly incenHcd when he 
finds that his foster father knew 
the secret However, when he ia 
about to Join the army and when 
homo ties are about to be broken, 
habit is too strong and the poy for* 
givea alL 

In tho cast besides Feraudy ara 
Clarlond, Charpain. Cailloux, Mmes. 
Charlotte Claaia, Durct and Banaa 
DaviUUlM. ■ 

"La ffleraler ilaiha ram— 

The Society of Touak Anthora 
running a seaaon at tha Vieus 

Colombier last year, are mounting 
members' worlcs at- the Odaon. *^he 
Laat BmpaMT^ ti ana aC thaae. by 
Jean Richard Bloch. a comedy In 
thirteen scenes and tableaus. It 
tells, of a prinoe of democratic 
leanlnga who upon aaoandlnc tha 
throne is nnable to maintain a lib- 
eral reign. The people do not 
understand denK>craoy and ara 
woraa bafuddlad by eovK IntrigM. 
Donneaud gives a satisfactory pig* IJ 
formanoe as the Utopian ruittiit!, . : M 
"La Vocation** ' 

This is the latest work of Baron 
Henri de Rothaohild (Andra Paa- ^ 
cal>. presantad NaT. It nlT tha 
Theatre de la Renaissance where It 
was favorably received. The piece 
la in four acta and tells with ap* 
parent anti-feminist Intent, at a 
woman physician who neglecta Tit ' 
home to follow tier profession. 

8ha la eallad In ta treat an act- ^ 
ress and In the courea of her pro* 
feHsional visit leams that her 
patient is involved with her (tha 
dootor'a) hueband In an afCal^. 0ba ^ 
seeks a divorce and out of revenge 
makes it appear that their chlJd is 
not her husband's. Thereupon the 
huaband kllla himaalt 

«Un tan Onraafi* 

Another ofiorctta, **Vn Ron Gar* 
con" ("A Clood Fellow") was 
agreeably presented Nov. II. It ia 
in thraa aata^' jaair mnaie by 
Maurice Yvaln. book by Andre 
Bardo and Is sponsored by Dene It - 
Leon Deutsch and Regina Camlir. 
Lnelan abandona Afletta Intandlng 
to obey the desire of his family 
that ho contract a marriage of 
wealtli. However a iovial waiter 
takaa aharga of tha ramanaa and ' 
aids Arietta to regain her lover. 

The caat Includes George MUton. 
Urban. Mary Hett, Pierrette Madd 
and Davla. 

"La ittliama Ciar 

A fantastla operetta by Rip en- 
titled "The rtev#.tUh H««ven' 
(Continued on page &7) 



'PRODUCnONS^ 
PICTURES 

OOWMS 
UiDlviDUAliS 




I aaO WM ST MM VQMC I 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Wttdnesdajr, November 24, 1926 



NEW PARAMOUNT HAS GALA OPENING; 

AND ZUKOR 




Frf^to P«rfonii«iiee Friday Night---Public Pays 
$37,187 in Three Days to See House— Theatre 
Is a Marvel of Beauty— Has $500,000 in Art 
Objects 1^ 



11^,000 TURNS 
ESTATE OfTQ OJUB 




r.» ( Friday niK^t marked the In- 
augural performance at th« para- 
mount tiMatM, mU. by many of 
the invited f,'ne8t« present to be the 
'•handsomest theatre in the world." 
The Paramount building is at once 
a mohumvtit i» the entire mo- 
tion picture industry aH well rh to 
the farslKhtedness and integrity of 
purpose oi: tlie man more responsi- 
ble than any otlUtr vinsle factor for 
its coming Into^ M Adolph 
Kukor. 

Well might he Jiave been proud 
Friday night when ho rose from his 
•eat in fkHNit «f the center log« In 
acknowl«dgr«»ment to the thunderous 
fipplanse that greeted tho pro- 
nouncement of his name by Will 
H. Hay«. aharln* nt «!• aame time 
the honrrs of tho eveninp: with 
ThomuM A. Edison, the inventor of 
the motion picture camera and 
profeetor. 

That was tH* night that the doors 
were thrown wide that those that 
came might enjoy the sight of a 
veritable* ptMm- resplendent In 
marble and bronse and which con- 
tains nrt treasures colleeted from 
ths four corners of the world. A 
palace that together wttll the offlcee 
building, later to house the gigantic 
Famous Players-T.apky-Paramount- 
Publix executive organization rep- 
reyentB an Inveatment *f almost 

All the more remarkable because 
It is within the last 16 y«ars that 
I»uramount has come Into the world 
of commeree aa «n organization, 
and today is the greatest organlxa 
tlon of Its kind in the whole ef the 
greatest entertainment Indilatry -ln 
the worlds 

What a fight it was dining thos*' 
last few hours before the doors were 
actually tlurowtt- open to the Invited 
gueeta numbering over 4.000. A 
light against time, a llsrht against 
handicaps thrown into tho way of 
the oi>€nlng at the last minute, but 
every dbataelil surmounted by 
Harold B. Franklin, vice-president 
of Piiblix Theatres Corp. and chair 
man" of the building committee of 
the Paramonnt |iV<ila«t. A^ ^ who 
had lived, dream#* and battled 
through the prnmotlon and final 
e«>in'»!etion of the building for five 
year^. 

At the laat minute almost 5 p 
on the night tlic doors were 
op?n at 7 there was threat of a walk- 
out on the part of the union me- 
chanics. Some cne had dlsooveretT 
a piece of non-union furniture in 
tlui house. Because of this the job 
was not to be flnltfhed and the men 
vero to be called off. That was 
:ilniosl ihr last straw. It was only 
:i few hours before that the stage o 
the theatre was* turned aver to the 
ci>inj>any that Avas to present tlu 
initial sla^e presentation that was 
to ,j;race Its stage, and they were 
handicapped by fouling Hmm and a 
fuse bl<»w-o\it that held them up. 

liut the ho uso opened o n time 
nevertheless. .» . 

IIS.OQS mrti Day 

And after that ^'ala first night 
had paaxed into history the public 
waa admitted on Saturday morn|ng. 
All day they eame hi droves until 
hy thr time night arrived some 
, (Continued on page 8) 



.1 
to 



PROPAGANDA 



8an Francisco, Nov. 23. 

As an exploitation stunt in 
connection with the showing 
of "We're in the Navy Now," 
Charlie Kurtsman, managec of 
the Imperial, arranged to have 
a naval recruiting olttcer sta- 
tioned in front ef the house. 

EInllstmeata followed among 
those who saw the comedy of 
life with the fleet. 

The recruiting olAcer stated 
four youths had Joined In a 
group. 



ThantMii Wife" Sliows 

Up in Seattle 



IjOS Angeles, Nov. 23. 

Stanhope Nelson Wheatcroft, 
screen actor, may be required to re- 
sume alimony payments to his for- 
mer wife The lady In question has 
reappeared in Seattle after Wheat- 
croft alleged in Superior Court here 
that for a long tinie he had been 
paying alimony to a "phantom 
wife." He charg«'d that Mrs. 
Wheatcroft was dead and that the 
aUmony • payments were being col- 
lected by another. 

The actor's statements were so 
unusual that Superior Judge Gates 
suspended further .payments pend- 
ing an investigation. 

But Attorney T. L. Nair has just 
received word from Mrs, Wheat- 
croft that she is very much alive, 
and she makes an offer of settle- 
ment for a lump sum In lieu of fu- 
ture alimony. She -*cfutes the 
charge that some one other than 
herself has 'been collecting the pay- 
ments made by the ax^tor, and is dfc- 
termlned that he shall confinue to 
pay. 



Vermejo Club, of Film Colony, 
Takes Over Famous Bart- 
litt Ranch 



FOX STUDIOS UVEY 




NOW FLAYINO 

Iferbnt BlWnon^B Prod^tlon 

"BEAU GESTE" 

with 

RONALD COLMAN 
NEIL HAMILTON 
'IIXlPM FORBES 

NOAH atSRV: 



HealMl's jilsIa^ CIsMiM 

T9D HENKCI^ 

AMD OffcHesraA 

■■■■PiF^PiPPiP^SIP^P* 



Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 

Preparations are under way at 
Fox's west coast Studios for a num 
ber of productions whkh will start 
during the next two weeks. 

These include ** Ankles Preferred, 
Kathlyn Perry featured, directed by 
J. (J. Blystone: "Cradle Snatchors," 
directed by Howard Hawks, with an 
all-star cast; "The Public Idol,'*fea 
turing Madge Bel!amy, John Ford 
directing; "Wedloek," an adaptation 
of H. O. Wells's novel, "Marriage, 
R. William Neill directing, and "Is 
Zat Sor 



Peoria, 111., Nov. 28. 
I'he BarUett estate of nearly 
406.000 acres in New Mexico and 
Colorado, said to be one of the 
most magnificent and Imposing 
ranches In the west, has been sold 
to' the newly-formed Vermejo Club. 
This, is a Delaware corporation, but 
with membership recruited from 
the Hollywood film eotony, with 
Jesse T^sky. Cecil DeMllle and 
Harry Chandler among the mem- 
bers. 

The property is reported to have 

brought 11,600,000, with $100,000 
initial paymenti deeds to pass in 
April. 1928. 

The site Is reached fk^Nai Wnldad, 
Colo., by the Colorad. & Western, 
which runs southwest to Tercio. 14 
miles from the main buildings. The 
guest house baa 84 . rooms, the pri- 
vate home 20 rooms and there Is a 
third buildings, about tho same 
sise, all set In a semi-circle on a hill 
overlooking the Vermejo river. In- 
terior furnishings are said to have 
cost $600,000 and more than 100 
adobo houses, once occupied by 
Spaniards, dot the estate, while 
there are sunken gardens as well. 

The buildings .ind plants occupy 
25 acres, with only 700 acres under 
eultlvatlon. Under, the Bartlett 
regime tho ranch specialized In 
white-faced Herefords, with never 
less than 1Q,000 and frequently 50.- 
000 eattl^ on the property. 
It will probably become a de luaia 
dude ranch." . 



AsdMT-CoiMey Deal 
Repcirteil Oi ii GU. 

Negotiations for a proposed 
merger of Ascher brothers and 
Cooney brothers, two large neigh- 
borhood theatre circuits^ are under 
way. 

Cooney brothers (National Thea- 
tres) are dfckering for an outright 
buy of the Ascher holdings, but so 
far have been unable to reach a 
price agreement. At last reports 
there was a difference of $800,000 
between Cooneys* offer and the 
Ascher minimuoL The William Fox 
corporation owns the Ascher string 
of theatres Jointly with Ascher 
brothers. Cooney brothers are ne- 
gotiating only for the Ascher in- 
terests. 

A combination of these two cir- 
cuits would make the largest pic- 
ture house circuit in Chicago, with 
a tremendous buying power. 



AifiMiVamlylUlMd 



San Franolaoob Nov. It. 
In Loew*a.:SPMrSalt J^ewg^ 

ette, tho newsy house organ 
distributed to patrons of the 
theatre, the following ap- 
peared under the heading of 
"What's 13olng" (unsigned): 

If you read the Newsette, 
and this little story— thea 
you are Interested in show 
business — In what is hap- 
pening in tho theatre and 
with the people of the the- 
atre and Hm motloB pletvr* 
studios. 

If this is true— then you 
Aottld read 'Variety." 

To our mind. "Variety** Is 
the easiest-reading paper In 
America — ^you know what I 
mean. There is nothing 
highbrow about f«Varlety": 
In fact, I think "Variety" Is 
a little lowbrow. But — 
"Variety" is smart; if s dam 
smart. 

When anything happens In 
the world of the theatre, 
••Variety** has the story- 
many times they have It he* 
fore that something happens. 
"Variety" is fearless — If they 
think a picture, or a play, is 
good, they my so and— If 
"Variety thinks a picture or 
a play is bad — then all the 
Imps In Hades couldn't stop 
*em firomHpannIng It. 

Buy a copy of •'Variety** . 
and read it. 

We're advising you to be- 
cause It wUl help to mak* 
you a better friend of the 
theatre — a friend with un- 
derstanding, with sympathy, 
and encouragemenL 



BUFFALO FUJI HOUSE'S 
3 MfiHIS OF OPERA 



Lafayette Sq. Being Turned 
4)yer to Chicago Civic 
Opera Co. Feb. 20 



Argument Over Vitaphone 
Looms in Newark, N. J. 

XAte indications pointed to a 
titter legal strife over priority 
rights to install and play Vitaphone 
programs in Newark. 

Joe Stem, who with Simon Fa- 
bian books the pictures for the 
Fablan-Staiiley houses in Newark, 
and these Include those lonnerly 
ovne<l by Stern, is known to have 
arranged for the Installation of tho 
Vitaphone at the Rlalto. the biggest 
film house in that city. 

Meanwhile M. Scheslinger, who 
controls the booking of the Shubert 
and I?road. has openly cluiruiMl the 
Newark rights to Vltaphotio and 
tliat he Is getting ready to play it 
at tho Newark Broad. 

It Is ^■oh»'slin^i:er^s contention tliMt 
it will cither play his houso or 
none at all in Newark. 



In New York, Fox executive.^ 
stated yesterday that they had no 
knowledge of any deal in Chicago 
between the Cooney brothers of the 
National Theatres and Ascher 
brothers. 



LooeCa Parson's Contract 



L. A/s War Films 



the 



An^flt'.-^. 



of 



VVli.it 



With tne opening 
Price Ulory" at tho Carthay CIrele. 
Los AngelcH is surfeited with 
"war" pieturcM. 

"The Better \jW is ai Graunian's 
agyptian, Fomm has "Beau Oeste," 
"We" re in tlve Navy Now" is at the 
Million J>ollar and Loew's iState 
hiV" "Tin Hats." 



• ' - 



Louella Parsons of the Hearst or- 
ganisation has signed ti new con- 
tract withf^lpio publishers for the 
next three years during which time 
she will handle a service for the 
Hearst publications about tho coun- 
try devoted to pictures. Miss Par- 
sons closed the contract late last 
week and immediately made plans 
to depart for the coast, today 
(Wednesday) to make her head- 
quarters In Los Angeles. 

Eileen Creelman, who has been 
acting as assistant to Miss Parsons 
in the picture department of the 
New York American, will posHl!)ly 
r«'maln there until the first of the 
year, after which time she is con- 
templating an ainiiation with one 
of the larprer produdnfc rompMnb's. 
In the ev»'nt that she resigns it is 
possible that the post will he taken 
over by one of the girl reviewers 
on the tabs, who will work und«'r 
Miss Parsons' direinions wired froni 
tho coast and do the reviewing. 
Miss I'arsons will return to New 
York the latter part of next sum- 
mer for a two months' stay In the 
Ct-yit. ... 



Buffalo. Nov.^ 2S. 
The Liafayette Square will scrap 
its three-year established policy 
week of Feb. 20. when the theatre 
will be turned ovcir for three nights 
to the Chicago Clvks llpMa C!om- 
pany. 

This Is the first time in local the- 
atrical history a picture theatre has 
split up Its regular policy, the idea 
being generally jregarded as show- 
manship. 

Mike Shea, In years past, has 
been known to turn down offers 
mnning into thousands of dollars 
for similar proposals, malntafailng 
switches of this character were fa- 
tal to the good -will of the theatre. 
The Eastman, Rochester, Is the only 
house In this part of the country 
switching In this manner, but that 
house was founded and endowed 
for that express purpose. 

The thrbe operas to be presented 

here are "Resurrection,** ^fTlOVa- 
tore" and "Travit^to." 

Gallerys Legally Adopt 
Barbara La Manr'a Son 

iiOs Angeles. Nov. 28. 

Legal adoption papers were 
signed giving custody to Tom Gal- 
lery, actor and former manager of 
the Hollywood American Legion 
stadium, and his wife, Zu:Ju Pitts, 
screen actress, of Donald l^i Marr, 
aged four years, adopted son of the 
late Barbara La Marr. 

The Gallerys have been rausln^ 
the boy since the death of his 
foster mother and finally secured 
eonsent of the child's foster grand 
parents for the legal adoption. 



F. AS. CHAIN REVERSE; 
BOOK mED TRUTH' 

Cummins Film Will Play Week 
Stands— Readying for New 
York Showino^ 

^^^^^^^^ *'r'- 

An ••about face" attitude has bee:i 
taken by the Fabian A Stanley Cir. 
cult Ul New Jersey anent •The 
Naked Truth** (taidependent film), 
which athrfed ttp • legal oontroversy 

when Samuel Cummins preasnted it 

In Newark. 

Joseph Stern and Simon Fabian 
have booked the picture for the en- 
tire circuit and to play a week in 
each of the N. J. houses. The film 
will be at the City and £>lasa. New- 
ark, .the same day. 

After Cummins had enjoined the 
Newark a,uthorlties from Interfer- 
ing with his , picture during its 
presentation, he won a sepond vic- 
tory when he went after another 
court order compelling the theatre 
management to turn the house over 
to him for the presentation. ^ 

Tho picture has played flVe" 
weeks In Newark, with the $5,000 
stop figure topped weekly, which 
enables it to stay there longer than 
the originally booked fortnight. 

In the fight that Cummins made 
he brought out the fact that his 
picture was a '•percentage show^ 
and that computation of damagep 
was Impossible, making It an ap«. 
peal to equity which resulted in a 
mandatory eonrt sirder being isstiei 
In his favor. ' 

Cummins' latest move Is to In- 
struct his attorneys, Goldstein & 
Goldstein, to take necessary steps 
whereby a special permit will be 
granted to show hfs picture In N'^w 
UTork to segregated audiences. The 
censorship bdiftt sttiMled ^ummlM 
it did iiot have the power. ' 



Hiram Abrams' Funeral 



P<Mrtland, Ke.. »o^, St. 

Floral tributes that filled an en- 
tire baggage car were amassed In 
the home of Mrs. Abraham Good- 
slde at Portland, Me.,:lial W#kneft* 

day for the United Artists Corpora- 
tion. Rabbi Isadore Breslau of iftw 
York conducted the services. 
A great throng was present, many 

being from New York. The active 
pallbearers were Jacob Soht-ibs and 
W. E. Reeves, of Portland; H. T. 
Scully, of D S rt a i M. P. N. Laaams and 
C. E. Smith, of New York, and Has- 
kell Masters of New Haven, Conn. 
Burial was in the Jewish Cemetery 
in South PortUwd. . 

Mrs, Goodslde, at who.«.o home the 
funeral took place, was a sister of 
Mr. Abrams. 



IIEDIC04IYaiEIIIC FILMS 



Buenos Aires to Show Surgical « 
Operations in Film Houses 



Meller Test Passes 

Itiuiu* 1 Mf'ller passed her test for 
the William Fox's Movietone talk- 
ing pictures. . 

The Spanish artiste has startod 
upon her record making for the Fox 
picture disk. 



U. signs Ruooles For Ysar 

I.MS An-eles, Nov. 28. 

W»'«<l»*y j<>r^'>;i» s, who ha^^hmr 
directing a cullctiato sevies iuv 
Universal, has h^n placed under 
a one year contract and will direct 
full length fratures in addition to 
short subjects. 

The colleffiate «>)isodee are spon- 
sored by Carl Lat'mmle, Jr., and 
Nat HoNswill is to pick up the meg- 
aphonsb . 

^ ■ .. ,. ■■ ■ .. . ■ .- ... 



Washington. Nov. L'.T. 
A committee of the Huenos Aires • 
City Council has placed its approval :V 
upon the propeaal le show medico* • 

hygienic Ilhns fn the regular pic- 
ture houseH, the Departnu nt of » 
Commerce has been advised. 

ported, provides for the .showing of . 
lllms depicting surgical operations^ ./ 
details of Infecto-contagious dl«« 
eases» ^ mv«gfli of drinks tnber* ^. 
culosls, elfirwlth the cnly rcPlric- ^ 
tlon being that no one under 18 ^- 
yearsja to be admitted. 

Also an pvblld announcements In 
connection with tho Mhowlnga Of 
such tllms must first be approved by ^ 
the municipality. 

Knife BittOe Thitiw^ 

House Into a Panic 

Chicago, Nov. US. 

In an attempt to quell a knifing 
fracas in tho Embassy. pWture 
theatre at Fuller t(m and ri;»\\ford 
avenues, Leo ^'alkin, manager, was 
stabbed three times. 

The cutting started ^vbon M- 
ciKtl.'is Llcata found Mrs. Licata :tt 
tiK' theatre in tho com^iany of 
Kobert Grath. 

The 1,500 in tlie audience were. 
U-rown. into a near panic. 



-IWSS.0i4 DIEICIIKG CANTOS 
Los Angeles, .N'ov. 28. 
Richard Rosson has >>e*'u < ho^. n 
to direct Kddie i'anlor in ••Si)i'ciiil 
Delivti-y." the Jatier'M st" on«i .star- 
ring vehicle for KamouM Hluy»rs- 
I^ky. Tho story Is an orlaluttl by 

Cantor. . , 

Prod" lion is scheduled to begin 

about Jan. 1* 



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PICTURES 



VARIETY 



THREE COS. B DDING FOR FRED lUOMSON; 
WESTERN CRAZE BRINGS $780,000 OFFER 



F« B. O., Famous Players and United Artists All 
After Preacher-Western Star— Still Has Tliree to 
Mike Under Present F. B. O. Contract— Was 
Tunney's Chaplain in Marines — One Company 
Offen $15,000 Weekly and WiU Fiiianee Pre 
doelfo^ Rival Mix's Salary 



Th«re ar« tliree companiM In the 

producing: and distributing field 
that are making bids for the ser- 
vices of Fred Thomson, western 
miMT, relMsins through F. B.' O. 
The P. B .O. firm would naturally 
like to hold Thomson, as he is the 
ace attraction of their product, and 
JoMph M. Kennedr* Boffton banker, 
who lately toblt over this distribut- 
ing organization on his last western 
trip, had a series of conferences 
With Thomson looklns toward an 
extension of his present contract, 
irhich still has three pictures to go. 

Thomson is reported to be asking 
y. B. 6. for a guarantee that he 
Will receive $150,000 for his end out 
of four pictures to be made an- 
nually. It is possible that the two 
nay come to kn undertftandlhg on 
t^ose terms. 

However, on the outside there are 
two other companies that are 
anxious to secure the isf#l(bsi of 
the star. One is the Famous 
Players-Lasky and* the other United 
ArtisU, neither of which have a 
western star on their books at pres- 
ent. It is reported that one of the 
latter concerns offered to place 
Thomson under contract at $15,000 
weakly to turn out four t»roductions 
a year, the actor to make his own 
pictures, with the organization 
financing the negative cost. 

That would mean that Thomson 
Would rank as the second highest- 
priced western star in the business, 
Tom Mix leading the iield with a 
salary of fS9,«M weekly under etm- 
trast to WllUam Fox. 

Thomson's Strength 
Thomson is somewhat unusual in 
ttio rank of western itani. In the 
first place, he is a graduate of the- 
ologry at Princeton, an ordained 
minister, and was the chaplain in 
th# tr. 8. Marino ^orps during the 
war, and as such was chaplain to 
the present world's heavyweight 
champion. Gene Tunney. 

The preacher-star has been with 
the F. B. O. organiation for three 
years now, and in that time has 
frown into one of the strongest 
box-office attractions In staall 
towns that the screen knows. At 
present his productions gross about 
each through F. B. O. dis- 
tribution in this eountty. 

It is the quest for the small -town 
business that is starting the lead- 
ing producers and distributors after 
the western stars, for all over the 
country the western star program 
is standard diet for the populace on 
Saturday nights, the big night of 
the week. Within the last year 
First National ha» put on Ken 
Maynard and Metro - Goldwyn - 
Mayer has started developing Col. 
Tim McCoy. Among the smaller 
western sUrs are Bill Cody and Bob 
Custer, whom several conapanies 
ar« also reported as after. 

CENSORS BAR 'TEMPTRESS' 

M.-Q.-M. Picture Cant Play Port- 
lan«l« Ore.— "Tempters" Cut 

Portland, Ore.. Nov. 28. 

The local Board of Censors has 
banned Metro - Goldwyn's 'The 
Tehiptreps" from local showings. 
The only recourse is a restraining 
order. The picture was booked for 
the liberty. 

Another film which was cut ma- 
terially and bonli( d for the same 
house was The Princo oC Temp- 
ters.*' The latter is a First Na- 
tional release. 



House for ''ShorU 



9f 



IjOS Angeles, Nov. 2S. 

Hal Roach, producer, is ne- 
gotiating for a downtown the- 
atre to be devoted exclusively 
to short product. He will also 
endeavor to line up a similar 
house in San Francisco. 

Only one and two reel sub- 
jeets are to be screened. 



mkW B'Y PARADE 
TEACH' AMD lEMON' 



Famous Players-Lasky Pic- 
ttiret Hiuttrated and 
Illuminated 



Arthur Johnson Missing 

De.s Moines, Nov. 23. 

A search 1^ being mad e here for 
Arthur Johnson, assistant rian;igcr 
of tho local ofTlces of the First Na- 
ti'^nal Pictures Corporation, who 
disappeared a week apfo. 

A frantic wife with a three 
months oM !>aby states h*^ hnd 
about $r»0 Willi him. The family 
Ford diHoppeared at the same time. 

Police fli'o combing the state. 



GORINNE GRIFFmi THRU 
WITH mR;U. A. OFFER 

First NattonaTwHi Sue If Star 
Jumps Because of Option— 
Friction Began on United Lot 

Los Angeles. Nov. 23. 

Corinne Oriftith, upon completion 
of her present contract with Asher, 
Rogers and Small, which concludes 
with her current vehicle, declares 
she is "through" and will sail for 
Europe. In the meantime. Miss 
Grifnth has been negotiating with 
Joseph M. Schenck .to make one 
picture for United Artists. 

Miss Orlfflth has been with First 
National for three years during 
which time she has been under the 
Asher, Rogers and Small banner. 
That organisation had an option 
on the present' contract whereby 
they could call upon Miss Griffith's 
services for another five years, pro- 
vided they, mot any offsni which 
were made by other companies for 
her. Asher. Rogers and Small are 
reported to have made an arrange- 
ment with First National last surt- 
mer to sell this option, providing 
the five years contract was signed 
to that organization for a sum said 
to bo around $600,000. First Na- 
tional to take over production of all 
Miss Griffith's pictures with E. M. 
Asher to act as production manager 
of the unit. However, Miss Griffith 
seemed to have rebelled at this and 
is determined not to permit First 
National to exercise the option. 

Fermor Friction 

Miss Griffith, more than a year 
apo, refused to make pictures on 
the old United lot, where F. N. had 
its headquarters, claiming that 
John McCormick, general manager 
of production for the company, was 
showing favoritism to his wife 
(Coleen Moore) in any business 
that came up. The Griffith unit 
then moved to the Metropolitan 
studios where pictures for F. N. 
have been made by her ever since. 

Efforts were made, It is claimed, 
to straighten out the matter and 
assure Miss Griffith that she would 
be properly handled ahd recognized 
at the new F'irst National studios 
in Burbank. However, her husband, 
'*''alter Morosco, it is said, decided 
she should cut away from Fhrst 
National and go with another Com- 
pany. 

The result Is that Mtss Griffith's 
services have been offered to var- 
ious companies, beside United 
Artists, but the latter, according to 
report, is the only one Which has a 
proposition to offer which Is ap- 
pealing to her. 

Should Miss Griffith sign with 
United Artists, Asher, liogwni and 
Small and First National are pre- 
pared to take lepal action to re- 
strain the film star as tltey will 
claim they are prepared to meet any 
offer made by any other concern, 
reprardless of amount and condi' 
tions. 



What looked Uko a Paramount 

theatfo**^tared'' Broadway tOO- 

year celebration started with a sa- 
lute off Governor's Island on the 
morning of Nov. 17. It concluded 
with the opening of tho new Para- 
mount theatre Nov. 19. 

In between little happened ex- 
cepting a parade of floats Friday 
afternoon. Most of the floats held a 
scene from some Famous Players- 
Lasky picture yet to be released. 
None of the other picture com- 
panies participated In tho parade, 
probably suspicious of the Para- 
mount plug. The one exception was 
Universal which sent in its seamy- 
looking near-calllopo wagon as a 
sort of wet blanket. 

A goodly crowd stood along 
Broadway to see the parade hold 
up trafllc. Prliea were given for the 
best, second best and oven third, 
for the floats. 

Everything that dM happen, be- 
sides suggesting tho Centennial 
celebration, had been expertly 
"steered"' for Paramount exploita- 
tion, was in usual regular form of 
such things, leaving the impression 
that the Broadway Association. l>e- 
hind the celebration, had gotten 
behind without knowing what It 
was all about In front. 

Other than the parade neither 
Broadway nor New York paid any 
attention. Times Square was lined 
with small flags holding the slo- 
gan. "Give a thought to Broadway." 
Anyone giving a look as well as a 
thought could not help but see tho 
ParamiottBt emblem on each flag. 

For smart publicity it was what 
is known as a peach, but for any- 
thing di 



Minneapolis 'Journal' Gves 
Fd Page to Theilm 



Minneapolis^ Nov. 2S. 

Under the title, "Minneapolis, a 
Good Show Town!" the "Sunday 
Journal, has set a precedent by pub- 
lishing free a fUll-pago ad com- 
menting on the thoatro- oiitertaln- 
ments here. 

The advertisement was the 12th 
of a series of announcements re- 
garding the cultural and education- 
al developments of Minneapolis and 
the northwest. 

8. Q. Shannon, member of the 
Minneapolis Advertising Club, pre- 
pared the copy and W. H. Wheeler 
of the Attic Club contributed the 
drawings. 

The advertisement contains a list 
of attractions at the local theatres 
for the current week, and mentions 
that the 33 local theatres had an 
attendance of t,000,000 during the 
year. 



Los Angeles. Nov. 23. 
Walter Graige Taber Huntington, 

beach oil worker who is rroriited 
with unofflrially swimming th*» C'at- 
alina Channel, has received several 
screen offers. He may sign a con- 
tract with Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. 



Autniii Xifltos Up 

Washington. Nov. 2S. 
The Minister of Trades and Cus- 
toms of Australia has further 
tightened up on the censoring of 
Alms and advertising matter, says 
a report to the Department of Com- 
merce. 

The latest is the prohibiting of 
exportation of any fllms produced 
in AuHtruIia without the written 
consent of the censor. 

The proclamation covering thlH 
new ruling also makes it necessary 
to deposit with the censor a copy 
of each plooe of ad vertlHinpr In con- 
nection with imported films. 

This, as recently reported In Va- 
riety, is aimed to stop the 'MHootleg" 
press books. 



Asdier's $1,700,000 Loan 



IL'kJs Grand Scbeme 



Tl>e Keiili-Albee people have 
hit upon a grand sdieme for 
their picture builne^s. but it 

is not reported if they have 
informed thrir fllm associates, 
P. D. C. of it. 

The K-A belief is that soon- 
er or later the large picture 
concerns will pet together, per- 
haps right after a decision in 
Washington on the federal 
trade matter against Famous 
Players -Lasky. 

Then, think tho K-A's. there 
will be an uproar among the in- 
dependent exhibitors through- 
out the country. 

Hist! That is it! 

K-A will step to the foot- 
lights, saying: 

"You inde exhihs: come riKht 
along with your buddies. We 
are also on the outside, so you 
can have all the pictures you 
want, ripht from ua. We are 
the P. D. C. Didn't you know 

itr 

It's so simple that K-A has 

not yt't finished figuring up 
what their r>0 per cent share 
will be worth by the time all 
of the exhibs have tumbled into 
them. 

This week at the K-A Hip- 
podrome is a P. D. C, the flrst 
P. D. C. release showing around 
New York In six weeks.. 

Some exhibitors play a new 
picture every week; some twice 
a week and some every day. 
Most of them like to get good 
pictures. 

But tiiat's a mere detail and 
can be "flxed.** 

Oh, yes; K-A can *'flx," al- 
though so far they have been 
unable to flx Paths to give up 
50, too. 



QUEEN MARIE^S PROTEfiE 

IMme. Marco Vici Offered for 
Pictures— Her Majesty's Scsnsrios 



DEMIIIEMAY 

JOIN U. L aoup 



Leaving P. D. C. If Pathe 
DmI Clmed 



Chl.'itgo. Nov. 23. 



Ascher brothers, part owners of a 
string of neighborhood theatres 

bearinj? ih^'ir iinme, have procure. I 
a $1,700,000 aggregate loan on Wal 
.street. 

The money is being used to take 
up otitstanding, loans now pr«'sent 
on real estate hoiainga. 



Los Angeles, Nov. St. 
Urn; Marco Vid. Parisian act- 
and said to bo a protege of 
Qtieen Mario of Roumania, has 
been placed uador contract by the 
Paris office of the Edward Small 
Company. She will be offered to 
producers In this country as likely 
picture starring material. 

Queen Marie's Interest In the 
actress is said to have inspired 
Marie to write three stories which 
Her Majesty hopes will be pur- 
chased as vehicles for her proteye. 
Negotiations with Madame Proco- 
pul Irene, first lady-in-waiting, and 
Miss Birkhead, secretary to the 
Queen, have been started by the 
Small organization on behalf of 
some producers who are interested. 



Geo. Eiedric Boys 
Projectiag MidMey 



Schenectady, N. T., Nov. 23. 

With the Pallophotophone, talking 

pictures, on Its hands, the General 

Electric Is reported to liave ordered 
16 picture projectors for immediate 
delivery. 

General Electric has been very 
active since tho advent of the Vita- 
phono. 

Insiders say two of the projectors 

will find their way Into the local 
State, when CJeneral Electric wlH 
try out the new device. • 



Los Angeles. Nov. 23. 
Cecil B. DeMillo wiU withdraw 
from Producers Distributing Cor* 
poration if the deal goes through 
whereby P, p. - C. takes over tha 
Pathe Exchange. DeMille has oonl 
Neil McCarthy, his attorney, and 
William Siftrom. general manager 
of the DeMille organization, to New 
York, to present his objections. 

DeMille seems to feel that P. D. 
C. should show and mike a better 
grade of pictures than it is now 
making and H under the Imprcs-^ 
sion that If ihe Pathe exchanges 
are taken over and their customers 
catered to, it will be nccensary to 
nmke a cheaper grade of pictures. 
He contends that his name should 
only be Identified with tho better 
quality productions, not tho cheaper 
grade, and Is under tho ImprfsaMl 
his prestige In the Industry woiikl 
be hurt. 

With word reaching here from 
New York that there Is a possibility 
of tho Pathe deal going through. It 
is known that DeMille has had sev- 
eral conferences with Joseph M. 
Schenck. of United Artists. Tha 
possibility is that ho may join that 
organisation upon completion of. 
*'King of Kings," which he Is now 
making for P. D. C. 

At the time DeMille left Fa- 
mous Players Lasky he had over- 
ttnres from Schenck and tha 
U. A. group. His relatloaa with 
Schenck have been most cordial 
since that time and it is likely It 
the Now York faetlOns insist on tha 
Pathe merger that a contract will 
Immediately be signed by DeMiUo 
to produce with Schenck. 

J. J. Murdock and Jeremiah MIIU 
bank are reported heading this way 
to persuade de Mille to change his 
mind about leaving P. D. C. 

Tho diroetor seems to bo just u» 
determined to quit as United Artists 
is hokling out big things for him. 



JUAN'-VITA RUN CUT 
SHORT IN SL LOUIS 



St. Louis, Nov. 23. 

After seven weeks spent In un- 
successful attempts to sell St. Louis 
the Viuphona at fl.ts, Wamori 
have taken "Don Juan" out of the 
Capitol. They will flnish out their 
26 -week lease on the house with 
program releases at a 38 -cent griMt; 

The eighth week of the Barry - 
more-Vita bill had been announced 
In tho- dailies last Saturday and 
Sunday, but an eleventh-hour .do* 
cislon was made to change policy 
Sunday. The bouse had continually 
been* in the "red* during the iMveM 
weeks of tho road show 



NOT IN CANADA 



Report of F. P.-L. Buildlna of StiMla^ 
in B. C. Denied 



"Big Gun" Mwch 1 

Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 

Lynn KeynohlH has been chosen 
by Universal to direct "The Hig 
Gun," which will be that organisa- 
tion's million dollar epic for 1027- 
28 release. Orl^'inally there were 
.*!ome 12 directors considered for 
this post. 

Reynolds will bec:in production 
al>out M.ireh 1 and will take around 
six months to coinjilete the picture. 



U. A.'s Portland Hoimc 

Los Angeles, Nov. ^3. 
Acrordin/^ to repfnts, I'nit'Ml 
Artists TlK-atrr.s. inc.. will tak«' 
over the Liberty. Portland, Or*-., 
from the North' American Th«aires 
Company, who now control the 
hous-e. 

Alterations. It Is said, will !•< 
made wiih thiM house prepai<*d to 
open early in January. 



Washington, Nov. 23. 

Recent reports that Famous Play- 
ers-I^a.slty is to build and operate a 
studio In Canada have been denied 
in a published statement in the "Fi- 
nancial Pont." a report upon which 
has been forwarded to the X>spart* 
ment of Comnierce. 

The ststement sets forth that N. 
L. Nathanson, managing director of 
Famous PlayerH-Lasky, Canadian, 
did not intend to establish a plant 
in British Columbia for fllm produo* 
tlon. it being added that to comply 
with tho laws of the province the 
company was compelled to flic pa- 
pers covering the coriKiration, as it 
was doing business within the con- 
fines of the province. 



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Beery-Hatton Tops Lloyd Figure by $4,000— -New 
Vitaphone and 'Ole Bill' $19,000 in Five Days— 
'Rmm JfyGndf^ |28»6pO at M#-^tete $21,500 



LoH Angfles, Nov. 23. 
(Drawing Pop. 1,350.000) 
Tx>n AMflTt^Ies had a sudden awak- 
ening la«t week when "We're In the 
Iter MMrr^H* ftrat wMk at the 

boia0 iicords by gettlner aroimd 
better than Harold JUoyd's 
^'I'lreehman.'* plue Warlnc'e PeiMisyl- 

vanians, about year and half ago. 
It iQOka aa though four wet^ka in a 
•liMli ter the Beerr-Ratton picture. 

The Metropolitan was around |10,- 
#00 behuid Ub eisi^ boune with 
^#eet Roele O'CMply.^ Thte flgure. 
he1»ev<^r, is the average business 
Ihe boAiM bM been dping of late. 

TiMn were tw« new openings dur- 
ing the week. Grauman'a Egyptian 
ushered in what looks like a three- 
IhMitiMP run in presenting *'The 
Better Ole,'* with a Vitaphone pro- 
gram. Starting off at a $2 top for 
the pipei al i f e the heme, from first 
night observations, has a "natural" 
In this combination. The other 
opening waa Carthay Clhcle's ''What 
Price Glory?". Though the town 
bad four other war type pictures 
ahead ef It, -thisi Winnie Sheohan 
epie clicked on all six and looks as 
theiigh it will draw there for many 
« l e n t h* -' file ^iial» LAugblin pro- 
log was a corkliilr «ood aid ia.eeU- 
ing the stellar feat«re< . ■ 

Corlnne -tilMlth's VSyncepatlng 
Sue" was somewhat .of a disap- 
pointment at I^ew'8 State. It Just 
coiM not keep going. The final 
Vireek of "The winning of Barbara 
Worth" proved to be fairly good at 
mrmmA' f 7<500. whOe . '^Beau Oest<^" 
brought another war ploture to town 
the carrent. week when it tQo}^ the 
piace^g^IlM mm m f ■*»letiMP»>hi 

yorum. 

"Ben-Hur" closed a profitable 16 
weeks at the Biltmore, finishing to 

the same average it has been doing 
tor the i>ast. six weeks. House re- 
turns to laglt this week. . 

"Kosher Kitty Kelly" completed 
a profitable three Wti4?k8 ac the 
Flgueroa. Tbia is the first time f^n 
K. B. O. picture has hail such a 
loug iir»t run in Iios Angeles. "Mil- 
lionaires" more than held- its own 
at the Uptown and "Upstage'* was 
moved evev. pwtk the Loow'a State 
to tha €2ilitrlMi.«B*haA^iialr aiatr 

' flatimatee for Last Wsek 
BM6vipre —'"Ben-Hur" (M-GM- 
50-11.50). Departed iri bfazc 
of glory after 16 weeka; flniU intake 
an even $11,000. »v',-^v^; 

Qreufhan'e Egyptian— "The Bet- 
ter Ole" (Warner-Vltaphone) (1,800; 
{tO-$1.56). Got Qir to flying atart 
with Wedmeaday night oiieitfai 
first flvo days around $10,000. ^ 

Carthay Circle— "What <*rice 
Glory?" (Fox) (l.()50; 60.$1.50) 
Deairtte numetoua war plcturea* past 
and present, this one sure to stand 
on Its own feet. 

Loew's 8tate — "Syncopating Sile" 
<F. N.) (2.800: S6-01). lionks as 
though Corlnne Griffith slftpplng in 
this house; intake only aroiaiiA*l21,- 
SOO. * • . . 

Metropollta n— "Swoet Rosl. 
O.'Graay" (ipolttmbia) (£^064 
Harry Cohn^prodtiei dw r«fiiancably 
•W* !!. ftv^ttlng around 028,500. 
. Million Uollarw"We're 4n: the 
Kary N«w**'iF.t>.L.) <2.200: 28-B5). 
.Qoalod them, held 'em out and broke 
house record: $89,100 first weefc^ 
Fo ru i ii " Winning ^ 'B a irear a 
. -U-oT th" (U.A.) (1.800; 25-751. Final 
^r^eek profitable at $7>400. ^ i ^ 
Figyef ea - ^ aCoehir * Kltty^ Keuy" 

(F.B.O ) (I.IOO: 25-76). Third nnd 
final week remarkable with |5.800. 
Critsrion — "Upstage" (M.a.M.) 
' (1.600; 25-S5). At ftmall aogle held 
its own; rolled ttp $2.60C. 

U ptown— "MttlMMiairea** f Warner) 
(1.7r.O: 25-75). George Sidney Wg 
bet locally: p'r»v*»(j to >7.ino. 
(CepyHgHl, 1181^ ^y Variety, Ine.) 



TIN HATS' $26,000; 
> ST. FRANCIS DARK 



'Geste" Quits to $12,000 ap4 
"kondm" $12^ — firan* 
ada Still Off, $19,000 



■ J.' 



mi 



Bulb Lights for Stiuliot 

Iiee Angeles, Nov. SI. 
Szperimenta are'' being con- 
ducted by the General Klectrlo 
Company at Universal iBtu- 
dlos, whereby toeandeacent 
lights for studio sets are be- 
ing tried out in plaee of Ktelga 
and arc circuita. If aucceasful 
thia .irQl .gg«lt In ellml- 



natloa oC 



«Ki from atiidlo 



use. 

Experimental IncandesoentH 
jst trpm i9»0f 0 to «f ,000. watts 
«ve betes iiiMS; 



San Francisco, Nov. 21. 
(Qrawifis Populatiefi, f1 5,000) 
"Tte Rataf waa the Sim fare at 

the Warfleld hist week and $26,000 
was the Impreaaiva finai^cial .total. 
However, a measure - of tliie- ^tiraSe 
must be credited to Rube Wolf, the 
new stjige band leader, who is daily 
gaining In poptilarlty. i Wolf was 
billed like a circus and has made 
good on the display. There are un- 
mlatakabl^ avldenoaa that San 
Franci4f|Jp||# oki^rfd^thla An- 

The ChllfoHHaHdao aeemed te en- 
joy a slight advantage through a 
fortunate choice- In stage eiitertaltt- 
meht. The Sherwbodj have wiade a 
good Impression and appear to be 
catching en with their novelty type 
of lAuaio. « Thlii' heuae hr "tough/ 
but with a better grade of picture 
scheduled for the future, things look 
less gloomy. * w 

The Granada continued in its 
slump. "Everybody'aActing" showed 
little and hottse was hicky if $19,000 
came in. The third w^eek of "We!re 
m the Navy Now" skidded at the 
Imperial. iHtt Is expeOted to com- 
plete its fifth week before "Barde-. 
lya" comes In. The St. Francls^ went 
dark' Sunday, giving *'Beau Oeste** 
five and a half weeks at $1.50 top. 
Rumors but no announcements con- 
cerning next attraction. '*Beau" 
probably could have squeezed dut 
another week or two if forced, ^Mt. 
nian^^ment figured It teo' muOh of, 
a g&mble. 

EaUmates for Last Week 
California->"LK}ndon" (Brit. Nat'l- 
F.P.) (2,200: 15-60-75). liorothy 
Gish picture attracted about $5,500 
Saturday and Sunday, good pace for 
this house, new stage band helping; 
around $12,000 on week. 

Granada -^."Everybody's Acting" 
(F.P.) (^i78l»; 15-60-00-00). Bouse 
has had succession of bad weeku; 
Marahal Neilan .film somewhat of 
an Improvement on previous week, 
but couldn't c)Sok bebbsg than OiO.- 
000. if thati.' : 'V 

imperial— '*We*re -in the Navy 
Now " (F.P.) (8rd week) (1.4r.O; 35- 
60-05-00). Beery-Hatton gag pic- 
ture baa • made r great wrtjow ing ; 
slowed up in third week to around 
$14,000: lobby hold- puts lor 17 con- 
secutive nights. 

St. Francis— •'^Beati Geste" (F.P.) 
(5th and final week) (1^876:50-$!. 50). 
Company moving to Oakland for 
fortnight: local run not up to ^-urly 
hopes, but eaualing. records of , av- 
erage road fihbW pidtufes fdr town; 
hnuKe dark; flhisfied with fitxirt: 
$12 000. ' •-■>•..' 

Warfleld — ."tin Hats^ CM-ft-M) 
CS.m: 35-5(!-65-00). House hitting 
high grosses for month and puncan 
Slutcrs arrive Nov. 27, with all rec- 
ords expected to bo pxilverized; 
"Uats" figured $26,000: topk J6.700 
In five shows Sunday. - " 

$14,000 aAIMED FOR 
mOGOFF IN CAPITAL 



age of which, ta' the greater part. 

comes from the ladies. 

Estimates for Last Week 
Columbia (1.032: 86-50) — " The 
Quarterback'! (F. N ). Did well and 
possibly $13,000. 

MetropoliUn (MIS; 40-60) — 
**Pa!radlae*' <F. N.) and Olersdbrf 
Slaters. Quite a drop from previous 
week and under .usual buainess of 
house; just about $0,000. 

Mace (1,890: 86-50)— "Aloma of 
the South Seas" <F. P.) and Thomas' 
Sax-O-Tette. alao Betty Hale, 
"Hawaiian Nights.- and South Sea 
Islanders.. Did not come any- 
wherO nekr figures reported 'eTse- 
where when star (Gilda Gray) per- 
sonally appeared with nua. Here, 
If it topped Oia.000, It did well; eon- 
siderably under usual taklaga of 
hoisae with new policy. 

Rialte <1,078 ; 86-60)— *'Miehael 
BtropofT* (U.) nnd Pemberton 
Dancers. One critic's adverse crlti- 
ettRB CEAonard HMI, **Newa") eost 
his dally the house advertising; ex- 
pert handling ef thoae ^ attracted 
created talk of eapaalty buainess, 
with management claiming $14,000. 
or close to three times the usual 
takings; new order of -tlringa at 
house also brought in another new 
manager (the ninth in two years). 
Frank 8tefty, 'fMi Seattle. 

Poli'a (1,907; 60-$1.50)— "The Big 
Parade" (M-OtM). With 16 shows 
in eight-day week, 017.000; return 
date, with groes equaling ilrat Tialt 
Thia Week 
Columbia. "'Quarterback'* <2d 
week): Metropolitan, • Warlng^5 
Pennsylvaniana ajnd *'Stj:t>ng Man" ; 
PalaeO, nnpalage** And Jaaa Week. 
Indluding Jack North, Cy Landry. 
(Cepyrisht, t880» by Variety, Ino.) 
Betty Mama and Btrickland'a Or- 
chcstra: Rialto. "Michael Strogoff" 
and Pemberton Dancers (2d week). 

(CopyHshtt 1026, by Variety, Inc.) 

NEW FAN HOUSE 




'HORSEMEN'S' SAD FLOP; 
HQWEAPOLIS HkX OFF 



EvefT Approvtd Filmi Can't 

Draw— 'Upstage' $12,000 
—'Variety' Under $5,00Q 



Ml.-. 



INCORPORATES HERSELF 



.Film 8trH0i( Gjrl, Plus Fress Agent, 
Xid .PwUa SofifM ft .«*Hald Out" 

%0^ft , Iam Angeles. Nov. 23. 

(I^harlene Meredith, recently ar- 
« . rived heiQ.fv<)V> New York with vi- 
>,vOlons. of a gereen career, has 
Jjifvolved a (somewhat unique method 
to tnabk) her to "Mld^out" until 
she can get a start. 

IPhroiigh the aid of a press agent, 
'in de >Mr r d dHh hftfl Ka<l htli ia lf in- 
rorporatod for |r»o.noo undtT lh»' lawn 
uf C^lifornU, divided into 500 >ihai (« 

•J/ bf par, vafui!> of |1 j<>. . A p^fvAt re- 

/iiut?4f<^(t to' s^ll ino iihitnrt tO jiot 
^' JkJfM A^fredlhi,' Inc.. >io,ooo. 

Tho .sche^i', is not u«»IiK»' ^^^'^^ 

gulled in T^^W y6tk fiome jrear« n k^p 
^r t^ells Irati^s, rind was la tor 
emulated by Paul Qcrhrd'Snritli. 



Palace Dawn to $13,000 with 
'Aloma'— DIx Also $13,000, 
and Held Over 



f Wmsblngton, Nov. 23. 
(tallmated White Populatlen, 

soaooo) 

Expert handling of "Miciiacl Stro- 
goff." at the newly renovated Rialto, 
matlc buslnes.s 4<u)k a<;tiinlly bugor 
than re« lined. However, exploita- 
tien.' guAre the house considerably 
nioro than the UHual takin^js. 
Scrihth. in n viewlny; VU«; unporui- 

tion. wwgwl nunt* ttwi Bnthi i HUiBtic. 

Things Wfro off at thn I'alaro 
where "Alouia of the ^ouih h^tsaH." 
without Uildfi Gray la, person, did 
not do so we-ll. 

Xiie ■■ JMIeiropoUtan did a Ltf odic 
with .VParadisT,*' alth.ougl) the .pic- 
ture was lik»'d as W'ih ti>*^' s(;t>r*» at- 
trartlon, the (litT.mlt^i-f i5i»i».r.s. 

Coluniblu with "The Quaiterbark" 
d!(f well Ih Ihft hoiwr* fh»" patron- 



Portland, Ore., Nov. 23. 
(Drawing Papulation, 310,000) 

The opening of the Pantages last 
week seemed -to hurt tl^o re^t of the 
downtown houses. The Pan had a 
great combination bill, Fox's "Fig 
I«eaves" being the screen attraction 
while five acts, headed by Gertrude 
Kderle and the Watson BlHterft, Jur- 
nlshed the Otage entertainment. 
Opening week was $17,600; big. 

The Broadway did fairly well with 
Paramoufit's 'TPVjiUorjn., Biver" and 
the Fanchon and Ifareo revue, 
which had 40 Hollywood beauties 
in the cast. "Th« Magician." at the 
Liberty, clicked fairly, while the 
Rlvoll, with the final Westf^m Ass'n 
vaudaville bill and. "Sunny Side Up" 
as the screen attraction hit at a 
low clip. The Willianrs Midgets, on 
the vatideville bill, was given heat 
exploitation by Sammy Cohefi. the 
Uieatre'a press agent, but the Pan's 
openj^ng no doubt interfered with 
trade. 

"The Eaple of the Sea" started 
nicely iat the Majestic and looks like 
it Win iMn tot at loost Itwo' weeks, 
tatimatea far Laal Week 

Broadway (2,500: 40-CO) — Forlorn 
River" (F. P.)* Jack Holt seems 
to be good locally: 40 HeHy. 

wood Beauties' al.so responOible tor 
eltra revenue; $11,000. 

Liberty (1.000; 88-60)— *ThO Magi- 
clan" (iM. O.). Did not click an ex- 
pected; Eddie Hitchcock, manager, 
innovating a ''Midnight Frolic**; lo- 
cal stage talent will take part in a 
presentation; last week low at $5,500. 

RIveli (1.010: 06-60)— ''Sunny Side 
Up" (P. b. C). Did not oonm^ot 
solidly, although was protitable; 
William's Midgets, head liner on 
Western Afs'n bill, given biff ♦exploi- 
tation and publicity campaign by 
Sammy Cohen, new director of pub- 
licity lor this house: $5,000. 

People's (936; 80-45). "The Mar- 
riage Olauee^*' (U.). PuUIng healthy 
bu.'^inesR: hou.se last few wook.^ ha.'^ 
been hitting 100 per cent .; Sujiday 
/jonr^riB ai^o poimiur; $8.6oo. 

Msjeettc ll.OOO; tlO)— "Thr Ea>,'lc 
cf the Sea' (F. P.). Average in 
take; $4,500. 

Blue ' Mouse (S50: 25).— ""Min- 
luatcs" (V, N.). Doing nicely at two- 
bit gntel $8,000.- - ' 

Colun^bis iKOO; 50)— "Four Ilor«e- 
iiien" (M. (i.). "Natnral" for this 
liouse; fans flocked to run up $6.riOO. 
(Copyright, IM, by Variety, Ine.) 



JMinneapoUs, Nov. 2'i. 
(Drawwig F e^Htatlen, 470,009) 

These are anything but happy 
days along tlie local Rialto. The 
houses are teeling the ailecta of 
generally bad business conditions 
and the grosses have been running 
eonalderably under thoee of the past 
summer. About five weeks ago tak- 
ings started to 8kid, and there la 
nothing thus far to Indlcat*^ when 
they will stop sliding. 

Snow and cold last week made 
matters worse. The first half was 
especially bad. llomeooming crowds 
for the Michigan- Minnesota football 
game boosted Friday and Saturday 
grosses, but the totala for the aeven 
daya were not of the sort to bring 
smiles to managerial faces. 

A belated return engagement of 
**The Four Horsemen'* proved a ter> 
rible flop at the New Garrick. Pa- 
trona tnere were conspicuous by 
their absenee. "Variety." In |ta sec- 
ond week at the Strand, was taken 
off oh Saturday to make room for 
tkie long-awaited and widely herald- 
ed "Stella Dallas." 
. "Upatage.** at the State, won the 
honor of being the best-liked picture 
of the week. Despite all its word- 
of-mouth boosting, however, it failed 
to pile up a normal gross. 

Estimates for Last Week 
State (2.040; 00)--"Upstage" (M- 
O) and "Gold Dust Twins." stage at- 
traction. Everybody spoke favorably 
of this picture and newspaper re- 
views were laudatory; business off 
because of adv^erae conditions; un- 
der $12,000. 

Strand (1.200: 50)— "Variety" (F. 
PJ. Praise lavished on every hand/ 
but business was far from rushing, 
although profitable; less than $4,000, 
and under $10,000 on the two weeks 
•-•best takings T^ver^ recorded hero 
^or any European ptotUM excepting 
"Pasaion.** 

QarHek <1.800: BO)— "Four Horse- 
men of the Apocalypse'* (M-G). Also 
Melody Makers. Apparently in too 
late to get benefit or recent Valen- 
tino advertising: as a matter of fact, 
Valentino was not even mentioned 
in newspaper display advertising; 
about $3,500: house has had few 
good weeks since reopening. 

Lyric (1.300; 35)— "That Model 
from Paris." Picture failed to cre- 
ate any stir; attendance negligible 
at around $1,000. 

Aster (000; 25)— "Poker Faces" 
<U). Betdw nonnal; less than $700. 

Grand (000; 25)^"One Minute to 
Play" (F. B. O.). Second run down- 
town; about $tOO. 

Hennepin-Orpheum (2,825; 60-99) 
-"Young April'* (P. D. C.) and 
vaudeville. Fihn meant nothing, 
and vaudeville, headlined by Jerry 
and Her Baby Orands, was light- 
weight although pleasing; another 
off week; about 013,000. 

Pantages (1.000; 50)— "The Coun- 
try Beyond" and Indoor Circus. 
Splendid exploitation, but couldn't 
combat elements and other adverse 
conditions; about $5,800. 

Seventh Street (1.480; 60)— ^'Al- 
most a LAdy" and vaudeville. Suf- 
fered with the rest: around $5,400, 
(Copyright, .lASOb by Vanety, Inc.) 

TOPEKA B. 0. GIRLS 
TAKETO SEWING 

Topeka. Nov. 20^ 
(Drawing Population, 85,000) 
Another miserable week for the 
movies. It started but. with plenty 

of buainess Monday iand Tuesday, 
but then came the drop. Every 
manager has^a doleful tale to tell. 

Explanations are easy. Monday^ 
wan pay day fur the 10.000 Santa Fe 
employees here, and fOT ti#0' daya 
they felt rich. With one exception 
the theatres had, nothing much to 
offer, and that accotmta for tab vast 
of the week. 

The only business getter, although 
it suffered with the rest, was "We're 
in the Navy Now," at the Orpheum. 
Topekans liked it, but not as well as 
the former war comedy by Beery 
and Hat ton, "Behind .he Front." 
Estimatea for Last Week 

Jayhswk (l.HOO: 40)— With no 
change in policy announced, vaude- 
ville act was noticeable by Hb ab- 
sence this week, and the fans didn't 
like it. "The Acc of Cads" (F. P.) 
disappointed because local folks ex- 
pect Menjou to do comedy; the last 
half "Battling Butler" (M-G) got 
few laughs; Topeka Is not a fight 
town and couldn't understand! gp- 
l>roximatcly $2,400. 

Orphsum (1.200: 40)— "We're in 
the Nnvy Now" (F. P.) gb( al>out 
the only busint'ss in town, but fell 
way Hbort of "Behind thO' Flndtit"; 
around S2.10Q. 

r^^^s"_ • _ . m n. . - «K I 



STANI£YDROFa 

BUT m tm 



Langdon and Stage Bill 



Philadelphia, Nov. 23. 
BuHiness waa generally good iu 
the picture houses last week, with- 
out being exceptional. Taken as a 
whole, grosses were a bit under 
those of the previous week, but that 
la not surprising in that there was 
no big football game here Satur- 
day to brhig tlM eMwidg Friday and 
Saturday. 

Harry l^tngdon's *Th» Stronir 
Man" was a good drawing card. 

Langdon's last picture was book< d 
into the JSarle (pop vaude. bouse), 
bnt this one hit at the SUnley last 
week with much tmslstance from 
Ukulele Ike, always popular here. 
The eoBblnatlen' got about 028,000, 
a good figure, although under OIkg 
mark<»f the laat two. weeks. 

The Stanton fared wen with a re« 
vlval of "The Four Horsemen," but 
not ,weU enough to warrant more 
thah the two weeka. Hence It goes 
out this Saturday, with "We're In 
the Navy Now,** following next 
Monday. Laat waeka were wm^'- 
nounced at the Aldine, although 
there is no definite date set for the 
run of ^Beau Geste," aUIl doing w«a 
and turning in a profit despite weak 
matinees. Some belated critical 
comment in a couple ol Hmo diUllea 
may have helped a little. 

7he Fox had a good bill and did 
business. The film was *The Gay 
Deceiver," and on the stage were the 
Rita Brothers. Raymond and Cav- 
erly and Dorothy Jardon. All clicked 
nicely and the gross reflected their 
i)opularity. The Karlton had a falr- 
to-middlln* week with "Forever 
After.'* and the Arcadia claimed to 
be satisfied with its second and last 
week ef «U Botwrne.** 

This week's offerings are as fol- 
lowa: "Ace of Cads." at the Stan- 
ley, with the Stanley Male Chorus 
(formerly billed as the Heidelberg 
Chorus) and Sedano and Marita, 
dancers, and Lucille Inddlelbn ; 
"So*8 Your Old Man." at the Arca- 
dia; "The Marriage Clause." at the 
Karlton. and "The City" at the 
Fox, with Charles Irwin, Grace T^a 
Rue and the California Debutantea 
also on the bill. ' • 
Estimates for Last WeOk 

Stanley (4,dOO; 36-60-70). "The 
Strong Man" (F. WJ. Wbfl fmer%y 
critics and fans; Ukulele' Ike Ed- 
wards on bill alao helped; $28,000, 
off from previous week hut good. 

Stanton (1,700; 35-60-75). "Tho 
Four Horsemen" (M-Q) (Iat week). 
Revival falrlj^ succeasMl, tl^ttjlt.- 
500 claimed etid this week; •'Wb're 
in the Navy Now" following; ' ' 

Aldine (1,600 n.OS).^ 'VmLv lleffte** 
(F. T.. nth week): I^st weeks an- 
nounced, although closing not defi* 
nltely aet; about $0,600 last wdi^ 
still means profit. 

Fox (3.00p: 09). "The Gay De- 
ceiv^er"- (M-G). Picture only fair, 
but surrounding bill helped a Ibt; 
combination got almost $19,000. ' 

Arcadia (800; 60). *T« Bbhttie'* 
(M-G). In final week this picture, 
'qrmerly ahown Aldine, got about 
$^760. *'Sd'» Yolfr Old Mkn'** this 
wfek. 

.Karlton (l.lOOt . ftO). "Forever 
After" (F. <K.^. Passable OdedeiMi at 
$'".500. or cMse to It. 
(Copyri ght, 1026, by Varie ty Inc.) 

Bell Will Supervise 

Lios Angelep, Nov. 2S. 

Monta Boll, who will shortly put 
into production . for Famous 
Ffay«MKt4iOkay ^hd Biggedi tESiow 
on Earth,'* has been .sipnetl 'o 
supervise production of "Glorify- 
ing the American Girl' which will 
be done at the woiC ^^eoaot gutdlea. 

Harry D'Arrest, now in the east, 
Ja assigned to direct this picture but 
it is understood tliat Bell will keep 
t^tim'. mm^ on It OlffeilglittlH the 



Tsis (700: sr.)— T»)in Mix In "No 
.Man's CJold" (Fox), good, but Up- 
town folks don't car*' for Mix. and 
the tfensnn»r did fancy nc(•dle^^•ork 
most of the time While •on-'-dfuty: 
b^H than $>vOO. ^ ' 

Od«y (400; 30) --^'So This Is Parts ' 
(Warnvrs). .)»»Mt got by an<l that 
wa.s all; almo.st wsat into "red"; 
$650. 

(CopyKigKt, IIM,^ by Vafiety, Ine.) 



Alma Rubens* Of^eration 

Los Angeles, ^ov. 23. 

Alma Rubens, screen actress, and 
wife of Rlcardo Cortez, Was oper- 
ated on for appendicitis at ti Holly- 
wood hospital aftei^ ttelffk 111 for 
three weeks. 

A few days pko close friend.s of 
the. actress issued eaxphatic denials 
that Mlis Rubens was 111, despite 
telegraphic advices from New York 
that lier huRband had suddenly 
abandoned work on a picture In New 
York and Was hurryfnor hw to join 
his wife. ' 

Attciidlns i.by.v'idans sny Miss 
Ruben^ Mhuuld be oUt of the hos- 
pital In |ibout<10 Uo:ys. 



If yoe dont adVcrU-e In VABrt'n*. 
• «»•'! edtertNe 



PICTURES 



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VASIBTY 



NEW PARAMOUNT, $37,187 FIRST 3 DAYS 
MAY DO $80,000 IN FIRST FULL WEEK 



BroMlway Picture Hoiues Got Paramount's Turn- 
away Saturday and Sunday — Police Out Both 
Day* to Regulate Crowds at Publix's Prize The- 
atre— 2nd Wedc of "Navy," $38,000r-Capitol 
With "Upetaieb" $53342, Not E«reHkiiwl far 
HouM— "What Price Glory" Opens 



NEWMAN'S $14,200 'WAY 
OUTFRONTINXC 



All interest Icist week naturally 
centered on the opening of the new 

Paramount theatre, taking place as 

far as the public was concerned 
Saturday morning:. The police were 
out Saturday and Sunday to keep 
the crowds in order. On theae two 
daya the house played to within a 
few dollars of $27,300. Monday?* M- 
eeipts were $0,010^ 

Crowds attracted to Broadway to 
see the new theatre unable to gain 

admission made the two days big for 
all the Broadway picture houses. 
The Btrand, now having a regular 
Saturday opening, reported its Sat- 
urday and Sunday business was the 
biggest that it nad had in some 
time. The Capitol also reported 
that it pulled heavily Saturday and 
Sunday, and the flgufres at the Ri- 
al to, closest to the new house, were 
over $8,000 on Saturday, while the 
Rivoll did about its normal business 
for the day around $6,000 without 
any presentation.. 

This week the interest centered in 
the coming of "What Price Glory," 
which opened at the Harris for a 
run last night (Tuesday). The ad- 
vance verdict on this special was 
that it was "in" and that it would 
vie with "The Big ?^ajrad<^': In in- 
terest. 

Last week business generally was 
good along the street, although no 
• startling figures were rolled up, ex- 
cept possibly at the Rlalto, where 
the second week of "We're in the 
Navy Now" finished to $39,000. 

At the Capitol "Upstage" played 
to $53,942 on the week, not enough 
to hold over the picture. The Strand 
completing the first week of a Sat- 
urday opening policy with "The 81- 
iMit Lover," showed $31,400, while 
«t the Rivoll "Tli« Sea putted 
almost $25,000. 

Religious Film^s Showing 

Of the run picture "The Better 
•Ole" at the Colony with Vitaphone 
bill dropped off a few hundred dol- 
lars, but led the street with $30,867. 
while the other combined screen and 
Vitaphone attraction, "Don Juan," 
at Warner's played to $24,165. a drop 
of about |$00 under th« weak be- 
fore. 

"The Big Parade." which rounded 
out a full year last Thursday, fin- 
ished the week with $18,935. bring- 
ing the total to date to $1,031,239.20. 
At the Central "The Scarlet Letter" 
got $10,695. *'Beau Oeste'* at the 
Criterion is continuing to hit with 
almost capacity and last week did 
114.383, about $300 ttnd«r the pre 
▼lous week. 

At the Embassy "Ben-Hur" went 
along nicely for the 47th week with 
I8.51S to Its credit, while at the lltUe 
Cameo another repertoire bill #riw 
$6,130. 

A tremendous reversal was ihown 
by the film of the Eucharistic Con- 
gress in Its second week at Jolson's. 
During the first week with 11 per- 
formances the picture drew $9,369, 
but last week with a full schedule 
of 14 performances the gate showed 
$15,688, giving the picture a total 
of $25,057 on the two weeks, con- 
sidered truly marveloue when the 
location of the theatre and the fact 
that the film was a pictorial and his- 
torical record of the religious gath- 
eHnir In Chicago. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Aster— "Big Parade" (M-O-M). 
(1.120; $1.65-$2.20.) (53d week.) 
Record picture of all time in in 
dustry to date. Has drawn bigger 
money than any other screen at 
traction for continuous run in sin 
gle theatre. Last week's receipts 
of $18,985 brings total to date to 
$1,081,888.20. Still puUing at box 
. oflice. 

Cameo — Repertoire (549; 60-75) 
Last week's business went up lit- 
tle on week, $5,130. 

Capitol — "Upstage" (M-G-M). 
CM80; 60c-$1.65). This Norma 
Shearer starring foaturo got $53. 
942 on week, not exceptional for 
Capitol. 

Central— "Scarlet Letter" (M-O- 
M). (922; $1.10-$2.20). (16th week) 
— Queiliou n il fell of t wo n e w Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer pictures will be 
next at this house. Opinion seems 
. to favor 'The Fire Brigade." Last 
week Gish picture drew $10.fl95.75. 

Cohan — "The Sorrows of Satan" 
(F. P.-L.). (1,111; $1.10-$2.10). («th 
week.) Final week but one for 
latest D. W. Griflith directed fea- 
rs her«. V9iM\ week |8,TH. Sort 



disappointment and will not be sent 
out as road show, but released to 
picture theatres almost immediately 
Next attraction at this house win be 
Unlversals "Michael Strogofff," 
French produced, opening |>ec. 8. 

Colony— "Better 'Ole** and Vita- 
phone (W. B.). (1.980; $1.65-$2.20.) 
(7th week.) Dropped off few hun- 
dred dollars under week before. Oot 
$30,867. Starting little aXtMl id- 
vertising for attraction. 

CrIteHon~"Beau CNwte^ (F. P.- 
L.). (818; $1.10-$2.20.) (14th week.) 
Still pulling strong. L^Mit week, $14*- 
383. about $300 under Week bmro; 

Embassy — "Ben-Hur" (M-O-M). 
(596; $1.10-$2.20.) (4?th week.) 
About $400 off h«hi last Week, 
$8,618.60. 

Harris — "What Price Glory" 
(Fox). (1.061; $1.65-$2.20.) (1st 
week.) Film version by Fox of 
famous S tailings war play, opened 
Tuesday night. 

Jolson's — "Kucharistlc Congress" 
(Fox-Catholic Church). (1,776; 
$1.10-$1.65.) Last week second and 
final week of pictorial record of Eu- 
charistic Congress in Chicago, pre- 
sented under auspices of Cardinal 
Munderleln. First week $9,369. Sec- 
ond week had remarkable Jump of 
over $6,000. going to $15,688, giving 
total of $25,057 for f7A weeks, re- 
markable, considering out of way 
house and character of film. 

Paramount — "God Gave Me 20 
Cents ' (F. P.-L.). (4,000 ; 40-75-99- 
$1.65.) New Famous Players-Lasky- 
Publix house opened to public Sat- 
urday for first time. Scale from 
10:46 a. m. to 1 p. m., 40 cents; after 
that for balance of day, 99 cents ad- 
mission charged on week-end. First 
day return was within few dollars 
of $13,000 and Sunday, $14,300, 
house doing $27,280 in two days. For 
balance of week (6 days) figured 
on basis of Saturday business, with 
afternoon admission from 1 p. m. to 
6 p. m. 75 cents, grous should be 
over $80,000, record for Broad- 
way, beating that of the Capitol 
with 8,400 seats by about $5,000, if 
Paramount reaches. 

Rialto— "We're in the Navy Now" 
(F. P.-L.). (1.960; 35-50-75-99.) (3d 
week.) $39,000 on second week. 
Gives picture little better than $87,- 
000 on two weeks. Sunday of this 
week house again did over $8,000 on 
day. getting Paramount overflow. 

Riveli— "Eagle of the Sea" (F. P.- 
L.). (2,200; 35-50-75-99.) This 
Frank Lloyd production did not 
strike as expected. Week showed 
$25,000. 

Strand— "The Silent Lover" (P. 
N.). (2,900; 35-50-75.) For first full 
week with Saturday opening poliey 
buslnesss last week. $31,400. 

Wsmer's— "Don Juan ' and Vita- 
phone fir. B,). $1««8»$8.88.) 
(16th week.) Although $800 drop 

?£?*iJI?^ Picture got $24.- 

ivs WRB boom looked for current 

K^*^ii. "^P^*" «»«">ent home 
from boarding schools for holiday 

TAWEnr' HOLDS IN N.O. 
F(Mt 4TH WK.~1UGC0SD 



New Orleans. Nov. 23. 
(0mviii0 fPspulgUtn, 450,000) 

"Variety" was again the surprise 

of the week. It did so well at the 
Tudor it Is being retained for a 
fourth week and has already hung 
up a local record for all time. 

"We're in the Navy Now" helped 
the Liberty materially, sending the 
gross of that house above $5,000 for 
the first time In months. "Sparrows" 
fared badl> at the Strand and 
"You'd Be Surpriard" proved a 
huge fiop at Loew's State. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Loew's State— (8.800 ; 60) "You'd 

Be Surprl.ied** (F.P.). Lightest week 
since, the house opened; $13,600. 

Strand— 2,200; 75) "Sparrows (U. 
A.). Mary Pic kford not popular 
hero: only $3,800. 

Liberty— (1,800; 60) "We're In the 
Navy Now " (F.P.). Helped bring 
them back, netting $5,200. 

Tudor— (800 : 40) "Variety" (UFA- 
F.P.). In Its third week drew $4.- 
800; gross of Tudor had been hang- 
ing around $1^800. 



Parade" Near $46,000 on 3 
Wkc — Mainstreet Down to 

$9,500— Liberty, $6,100 



Kansas City. Nov. 23. 
(Drawing Population, 800,000) 
It's a good guess that the Amer- 
ican Royal Live Stock and Horse 
Show, which has been drawint large 
erowds several miles from ttie the- 
atrical district, will be the alibi for 
last week. The theatres also had a 
bad weati>er break. With this ex- 
pla;natlon it can be ascertained that 
show builness wasn't so good last 



At the Shubcrt the "Big Parade" 
continued to do business, with the 
expected drop for the third week, 
but still aliead of any other picture 
in the houso week for weok. The 
Newman gavo Its customers a real 
bargain bill. "Upstage" (M-G) was 
the screen feature, but the Publix 
unit, "Under Venetian Skies." came 
in for its share of appreciation, be- 
ing one of the best received presen- 
tations tlie circuit has had here for 
a number of weeks. In addition to 
these features the "making Movies" 
stunt was played up strongly and 
proved a good comedy bit. 

It was the second week for "Bar- 
delys thj» Magnificent" at the Royal, 
and the picture was strongly ac- 
claimed by the press reviewers. 
However, it failed to show the 
strength expected and takings were 
small. 

Practically the same condition ex- 
isted at the Liberty, where the name 
of Clara Bow was the only thing 
that saved "Parisian Love" from an 
utter flop. The Mainstreet gavu 'em 
"Old Loves for New" on the s cre e n 
and a snappy thres-acts of viauds- 
vllls, making an entertalnlns oven- 
Ing. but here, too. there was a no- 
ticeable slack in business. Starting 
Sunday this house went in for four 
shows a day Sundays and holidays, 
which will no doubt give It a flying 
start til; the cuvraat 



(Cepyrlfllit, 1«2f . by Vsrlety, Inc.) 



telmalta fsr LaH Wssk 

Shubert- "Big Parade" (M-G) 
(1.600; 60-$1.60>. Two performances 
daily; after breaking ths filai hsuse 
record for a first and a second week, 
it was thought business wAM. let 
up materially, but It continued quite 
steady; closed with a total of $13,000 
to approach $46,000 on three weeks, 
a record. 

Newman — "Upstage" (M - Q) 
(1,890: 26-40-60-60). "Under Vene- 
tian Skies," Publix unit. Keese and 
his orchestra, with Jack and Johnny 
Prigg, singers, and Making Movies, 
constituted ths stage show; all to- 
gether made up a big bill; away to a 
good start, but things slipped dur- 
ing week and there was no crush 
at the gate much s< Um tlma; hit 
$14,200. 

Liberty— "Parisian Love" (F. ?.) 
(1,000; 25-36-40). Clara Bow strong- 
ly played up in publicity; one phrase 
reads "There are kisses and kisses, 
but in this picturs when Clara Is 
kissed she stays kissed." Elmil Cha- 
quette and his musical gang con- 
Unue In the pit with the versatUe 
leader all over tha liouas, and how 
they like it; theatre tried a Satur- 
day midnight show and was given 
conslderablo encouragement; news- 
paper reviewers did not give the 
picture much, but were complimen- 
tary to the star; this helped to the 
tune of $6,108. 

Rovsl- "Bardelys the Magnificent" 
(M-O) (888; 88-48-68-88). Second 
and last week; got $9,000 first week, 
good for tbis little house, but sec- 
ond week wag another Itory; only 

$4,200. 

Msinetreet— "Old Loves for New " 
(F. N.) (3,200; 10-26-60-60). On the 

stage three acts of vaudeville con- 
sisted of Carl Freed and orchestra, 
the Demeayg-Hamiltoa revue and 

Fern and Maree: bu.«»ines8 hardly up 
to past few weeks' average; $9,500. 

Pahtages — "The Marriage Li- 
cense" (Fox). Jan Rubinl, violinist, 
given headline honors on seven-act 
vaude bill; variety entertainment 
not quite as strong as the hous*» ha« 
been dishing out lately; picture, 
however, was to the fans' liking; 
business close to normal; $8,100. 
(Copyright, 1926, by Variety, Inc.) 



HUB GOOD FOR SPECIALS 

'^Barbara WoKk** Qat ItMOO at 
Laew'8 SUte Ust Waa^ 



ALDIHE'S |18,( 



PltUburgh. Nov. 28. 
When the Aldlne last week drew 
over $18,000 with "War Paint" (M. 
n ) as the feature, it was the gen- 
eral opinion that the elaborate and 
novel presents tloD proved the real 
draw. 



Boston, Nov. 23. 

Busines.s .-it th«« two leKltinmto 
houses using pi 'tures continued to 
l>e strong. Last week, with "Beuu 
(;este" at the Tremont credited 
Willi a Kroa.s o£ $12,000 for the last 
week and the same gross for "Don 
Juan ' at the Colonial. Bu.smess 
has been consistently good for these 
pictures since they opened here and 
Is rather siirprinlng local showmen. 

At the big regular house. Metro- 
politan, business was lust about 
normal last week. The State had a 
very good week at $24,300. 

Ksllmaiss for Last Week 

Metropolitan (4.000; 50-65). "Great 
Gatsby," picture, with ordinary 
.stajjre show; 130.500. 

State (4.000; 35-50). "Winning of 
Barbara Worth," picture, goittS to 
$24,300; big. 

(Copyright, 1t26, by Variety, Ina.) 



"SPARROWS," $14^, 
BAD FOR CENTURY 



Customers 'Shopping' and 
Fare Not Too Good— 
Hipp, $10,500 



Baltimore. Nov. 23. 
(Drawing Population, 850,000) 

All is not well with the picture 
situation in this town. It is appa- 
ently overseated, and this seems true 
In spite of the fact that Baltimore 
has fewer seats than many places 
of less population. The answer is 
that the three-quarters of a million 
people In this town aren't amuse- 
ment mad. They apparently aren't 
even very mtich excited about It. 

The truth Is that business Is spot- 
ty. There are good and bad weeks 
at the several houses, the situation 
In this respect parallelling the local 
legit problem. The Baltimore pub- 
lio hasn't devaloiped tha aaiuseniant 
habit The newer, larger and more 
pretentious theatres may develop 
thathablL Thoy must to survive. 

Add to this a generally uncer- 
tainty of fllm quality. The f?eneral 
average here this season has been 
below par. This has precipitated an 
unusual battle of exploitation. 
Screens are now often given over to 
inferior footage with press depart- 
ments working overtime and spend- 
ing real mofiay In aa effort to put 
them across. 

Last week was another up and 
down affair for the flrst runs. The 
Rlvoli probably had the best of It 
with Warlnrs Pennsylvanlans again 
the principal reason. The moderate 
sised New picked up nicely with 
"The Return of Peter Qrimm** and 
the Garden turned in a nice week, 
but here again It was a stage act 
that did the trick. "Sparrows'' at 
the Century failed to develop any 
marked boxofllce potentiality and 
was the lightest screen draw ainoe 
"The Waning Sex" in this house. 
All houses were affected by a heavy 
rainstorm Thursday night. 

The Loew-Velenda Is progrsssing 
steadily and will likely be ready far 
a Christmas Week opening. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Riveli— "Johanna" (2,000; 86-76). 
Film didn't figura a great deal, but 

Waflng's Pennsylvanlans did; they 
always do at this house; It was the 
concluding week of a two* wee k en- 
gagement; excellent week and house 
not affected by big radio opposition 
Monday night. 

Century— "Sparrows" (U. A.) (.3- 
000 ; 36-J6). Ftlm was not expected 
to staas^e the b. o. and didn't: 
was not off as badly as it might 
have been; Brooke Johns also on 
bin. Poorest week stma Xoew 
opened houfl«. $14,000. 

New— "The Return of Peter 
Qrimm'' (Fox) (1.800; 25-50). This 
one drew exceptionally well Mon- 
ray, the radio night, and continued; 
gross up from pf t Tlaaa waak to 

about $9,000. 

Embassy — "The C^t's Pajamas" 
(1.400; 35-60). Business about aver- 
age, starting the week lightly with 
the radio opposition blamed; fair 
to good theraafur tor a total of 

about $8,000. 

Warner- Met — "Millionaires'* (1.- 
800; 16-50). Business up from pre- 
vious week's low; general situation 
more favorable and opposition both 
In and outdoors not ao kaan; about 

$6,600. 

Hippodrome— "That Model from 
Paris" and vaude (2.200; 26-60). 
Oood but under previous week; ra- 
dio Monday and rain Thursdav like- 
ly factors; off slightly at $10,600. 

Garden — "The Country Beyond" 
and vaude (2.300; 25-50). Vaude 
rather than picture fratured; busi- 
ness started with a rush, but ensM 



SNOW-RAIN TOO 
MUCH FOR 
CHICAGO 



Van & Sch«nck Credited 
With CUcngo't 044,000 
-4tote.Ldce $17,000 



off Thursday; good week at about 
$11 500 to $12 nno. 

Parkway— "Variety- (UFA -P. P.) 
(1,400; 11-85). Pop priced second 
run averajcAs nboiit 13,000 under n'^w 
policy; about maintained the aver- 
age last week. 

(CapyrialiL Ifil, by VsriHy. Ino.) 



Chicago, Nov. 23. 

Weather throughout the past week 
was al>out the last word in vacant 
scats. When It wasn't raining it 
was snowing, and part of the tima 
It was doing both. At intervals tiM 
loop was practically deserted. 

Outside of the Ash regime tha 
best bet in the loop was Van and 
Schenck at the Chicago. The famous 
harmonisers. helped to no mean ex* 
tent by Baluban & Katz's publicity 
staff, attracted $44,000. This above- 
average gr os s t secured In the fsca 
of bad weather and unaided by the 
picture feature is quits a feather 
in the team's hat. 

The State- Lake, still trying to es- 
tablish itself as a do luxe picture 
house, evidently doosnt realise that 
this trick can't be done with cus* 
tomarily poor program tilms. The 
Htate-Lake Is a pop irattdeville houso 
by policy. Just recently the Or- 
pheum t>oys decided the houso 
wasn't abreast of the times, and re* 
versed the Importance of pictures 
and vaudeville in the billing, adver- 
tising and publicity. But they made 
the change without fortifying the 
fllm menu. It is generally accepted 
here tiiat the State-Lake's move was 
so amateurishly done as to make it 
unwise. Last week's gross of $17,000 
tells the tale of what the house Is 
up against when condUjang |«a un- 
favorable. 

"The Magician" was a weak pic- 
ture. Shoved into the Oriental, 
where Paul Ash could overcome Its 
deflclencles, everything went well 
and another $4L00f gross waa re* 
corded. *'Tha Bladk Pfrats* waa 
considerably above the stop dauao 
In its third week, but previous book- 
Inga forced Ita r aiexaL At tha 
Randolph "Slums of Berlin," an Im- 
ported picture hit well in its second 
week and looka soat tor twa mm% 
weeks. 

Due to their lowarad output and 
their several big-maaoy spsslals ia 
other theatres, Warner Brothers are 
showing quite a few pictures other 
than their own at the Orphetmn. 
Last week "Everybod]r*s Acting" (P. 
P.) didn't have a draw suflBcient to 
overcome the weather and turned In 
but $7,000. No notices are posted 
as yet for the closing weeks of the 
flrst Vitaphone show, and the second 
is coming Into the Woods Deo. S 
preceded by extenslva sheeting. 
Sstiwaiss lb* L^A 

Chiesge — "Prince of Tempters'* 
(F. N.) (4,100; ff-71). Van and 
schenck about draw tha |44,Mt hsra 

alone; picture practically got noth- 
ing in advertlslas sad pabUaltjr; 

Me Vieker's — Vitaphone. "Don 
Juan" (Wamar) (8,400; 60c-$8>. la 
ninth wask. |if,Mf : heavy OMaey. 

Monroo— "The City" (Pox) (073; 
60). No pull In this Utlo and 
weather saTa II a stok; Ska fea- 
tures Naaey Naflb* S new Ml Ssd; 

$3,900. 

Oriental— "Tha Magician** (M-O* 
M) (2.900; 36-60-76). Some of the 
dally critics are calling Ash's audi- 
ence all kinds of names^ bat bvsi- 
ness Is business; $47,000. 

Orpheum — "Bverybody's Acting** 
(F. P.) (770; 10). Pleture couldn't 
nuUce customers ayorlgalr taash 
weather; $7,000. 

Roosevelt— "The Black Pirite" (U. 
A.) (1,400; 60-76). Opened to $26.- 
000 and drew $18,000 in third and 
last week; fotag out through pre- 
vious booklasa "Tha TMSptiasiT 
coming In. 

State- Lake— "For Wives Only* 
(P. D. C.) (2,800; 60-76). A diap 
from iow to lowsr; $17,000. 

(Capyrl ght, im. by Varisl y> isail ' 

];Lomi8xiw BW. 1 

Lia Angelesi Hov. 88. 

Harold Lloyd will complete his 
present production for Famous 
Players-Lasky release about Dea U 
He then contemplates a five vimfdoat 
vacation before bsglaalas OS IrfS 
next picture. 

Part of the next period wfll ba 
spent In a trip to Rurope and Lloyd 
will be accompanied by his Wll% 
Mildred Davis, on the trip. 



HiaHT FLTIHG TOB '^BOOTS'' 



Des Moines, la., Nov. 38. 

The Capitol theatre tu^ed the flrst 
airplane night flight advertisement 
seen here when a machine circled 
the city carrying In good light Of* 
feet the namo "Kid Boots." 

Effectivs Bowspasor advertising 
preceded the stunt* 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



WedneMUijr, Novcnbtr IMf 



PARAHOUNTS GALA OPENING 



if 



(OoBtlniiAd from 4) 

$13,000 had been taken in at the 
box office, an amount which could 
have been increased had the late 
96aAim VvMtelMil pMlitted to pay 
an admlMion for the simple privi- 
lege of entering" the portals and 
wandering around the tremendous 
lobby and nuitterotks rMt tooma and 
lounges of the theatre. Six uni- 
formed policemen Ptootl gunrd at 
the outer dours as late as 11.30 on 
Saturday night keiipliiff tlM crowds 
out. The same was true on Simday 
whi n the ^Jite reached $14,30U. Mon- 
day was 19,900 and yesterday they 
eontlAuod t6 llMk td th« new house 
to such an extent that it now ap- 
pears that the house may establish 
a record in receipts for a motion pic- 
turo theatre on Brpi^dway with the 
first week of its career. Those who 
have been figuring possibilities say 
that the hrst week should see a box 
office flsure between |i9.M9 and 
$81,009 hung up at the house, which 
of course Includes figuring a pate 
of better than 1 14,000 tomorrow 
(Tlianksgiying). 

Within 1$ months the PMnwimt 

theatre was completed. The under- 
writ int: was undertaken by Kuhn, 
Loeb & Co. 

The building occupies the entire 
block on Broadway between 43d 
and 44th, and Is 40 stories high. 
The architecture is Frencli Hen- 
•issancc. '■};[. 

The Hall of Nations' eofitalns a 
oollectlon of stones set in the walls, 
which were collected by the foreign 
department of 'amous Players 
from various parts of the!%^9|fl^ A 
bronse plaque of Thomas BdtMl ft| 
also .set in the wall. 

The Grand Hall is 150 feet long, 
forty-five feet wide. The dome is 
supported by massive marble col- 
umns and at the end Is a marble 
stairway widening up to the mez- 
sanine landings. 

The orchestra pit ia desDriied to 
hold an orchestra of seventy, and 
can be raised and lowered on an 
elevator. The platform of the pit 
Is mounted In a earrlage, and tke 
entire carriage with the full orches- 
tra can automatically roll on the 
stage, leaving the apron on which 
artists may »erfom la intimate 
contact with patrons. 

The design of this theatre is one 
of the last works of the late C. W. 
Rapp. 

Organ 

The organ chambers are located 
on both sides of the proscenium 
arch. The grills ooaslst of acreens 
of crystal, on which a tree of life 
is worked out in jewels which may 
be illuminated. The organ is of 
the orchestra unit type, •Oeupylng 
four chambers, and Is equipped iRrlth 
ev( ry conoeivable stop. 

Special attention was given to 
the decorative treatment of the 
lower part of the tlioatrc under 
the balcony; this portion of the 
auditorium is generally neglected 
and ordinarily does not lend itself 
to effective treatment. After con- 
siderable study, a series of arches, 
enclosing the entresol floor, and 
around the orchestra, were de- 
veloped. These arches are treated 
with three circuits of indirect 
lighting (red, amber, blue), en- 
closed with crystal screens vkieli 
reflect the lipht. 

In addition, the front of the en- 
tresol balcony facia is treated with 
a continuous design acros.s the front 
done in crystal, which is illunilnated 
by indirect Ught from the trough, 
as well as exposed lighting. Indirect 
lighting in three eotors lsjtostailed 
around th*' stage proHcenium facia, 
, the organ grille frames, the soffit 
of the balcony, the main ceiling, as 
well as the side walls. iThese are 
supplemented by brorize and crys- 
tal fixtures which hang from the 
celling along the side-walls. There 
also are huge brackets of bronze 
and crystal which are hung be- 
tween the sicio arches. 

Modern Stage 
- 'inm' dtage is equipped with every 
modern appliance. There Is a doul>le 
system of elevators in place of the 
usual stage traps so that the cen- 
ter of the stage proper is in nine 
separate and distinct sectlnn.s, any 
one of which can be raised or low- 
ered independent of the other. 
' In lighting there * Isn't another 
house that boasts a light bridge 
; on either side of the «tage each 
holdiqg 18 .spots, l^th bridges so 
arritilred thai they ea^ be Hileed or 
lowered to any desired height. 
There is also a light bridge at. the 
front of the stage. ' 

in addition aro 15 spots located 
In the front of the mezzanine loges 
and additional front lighting is 
applied from the projection booth 



high above the back of the bal- 
cony, a throw of 172 feet to the 
screen, where the projectors and .'in 
additional battery of floods and 
spots are loeated. t« 

The rigging of the stage Is the 

counterweight and track system. 

One feature of the lighting Ih 
"disappearing footlights" that can 
be shut off entirely and covered 
while all the lighting Is done from 
overhead, the sides and the front 
of the house. The back wall of 
the stage. SO feet ta deptii* la pttui* 
tered in the form of a cyclorama 
which acts as a sounding board 
and which also can be utilised as 
a reflector in obtaining unusual 
lighting effects. 

Seven sets of plans and designs 
for the theatre and building were 
completed and revised before the 
final .set was approved. In addi- 
tion to the final drawing there was 
a plaster model of the theatre made 
to scale so thiit algbt lines and 
other details were worked out per- 
fectly before even the wrecking of 
the old ^'utnum building on the 

8ite'--^»nt^-.;gtnirM.- ■■ " '"^^ 

in dei^riitlons, such as paintings, 
statuary, carvings, bronzes, brasses 

and antiques, the various rooms 
and promenades, as well as the 
lounges are dressed with, is rep- 
resented an outlay of over $500,000 
and it is stated by experts that 
the collection could not be dupli- 
cated for possibly $1.000.004^' These 
have been selected at various art 
sales of importance in the past 
few years under the direction of 
1^; Vlranklin, who in ndditlon also 
personally de.signed a number of 
the unusual lighting fixtures which 
decorate the front of the house. 

The bronze work which decorates 
the Mby iMdlng Intft tUn HMI of 
Nations and the doors Midlng from 
the grand lobby into the auditoritmi 
itself are of such splendid work- 
manship tk*t tfeey mt9 jfeairtnMd 

as "Jewelry" by thogO, «tlMlt^ iMklre 

inspected the theatre. 

In completing the theatre Thomp- 
son & Sterrett turned over the 
house 10 daya piMr to tiM dnii tlHkt 
their contract called for, and the 
office portion of the building it- 
self is to be ready for occupancy 
two months prior to flin «Mtmmd 
time limit. Tbia In ItMlf In an- 
other record. 

In a word the Paramount is the 
last word. In the modem motion' 
pletilta theatre of todaa^. It Is a 
monument to the picture industry, 
to Adolph Zukor and to everyone 
that had even the slightest hand in 
ita 'MMingi 



NO-DRAW ACTS; RADIO 
HURT IN MILWAUKEE 



Palace's $20,500 Best— ''Bo- 
heme" Big at $8,800— Wis- 
consin, $15,900 



Dy Jan. 1 there be over a 

dtizen companies representing the 
Famous Players -Laaky production 
^*fiean Oeste** as a road show. At 
present five companies are showing 
the film in New York. Philadelphia, 
San Francisco, Boston and Los Aii- 
geles. fn tlH» latter eits^ the picture 
was presented for the llrst time last 
night at the Forum, Wheri it will 
remain for a run. 

The next company to open wlU be 
at Oakland, Col., Nov. 28, and after 
that a road company at the Globe, 
Atlantic City. Dec. 24; Roosevelt. 
Chicago. Def(. iBv and th€^ following 
dMy four companies open, one each 
in Detroit, St. Paul, Worcester, 
Mass., and in the south. Another 
company will open a fsw days later 
in Ohio for the midwest territory 
and then the final show at the Slx- 
on, Pittsburgh, for a run, Jan. 3. 

AH the companies are being han- 
dled through Individual Films, Inc., 
the road show departin.>nt of 
Famous Pluyers-Lasky under the 
direction of A. Oriftlth Gray. 



CAREY'S BASHBALL FILM 
Los Angeles, Nov. 28. 

Harry Carey, western star, has 
forsake n the wild west stuff for the 
time being to p!ay a baseball catcher 
in "Slide. Kelly, Slide." Edward 
Sedgwick is making this for Metro- 
C? old w y n - Ma y c r . 

Also, in the cast are William 
Haines and Mike Donlin. 



Lotus Thompson With F. P. 

Ix>s Angeles, Nov. 23. 

Famous Players -L^asky placed 
Lotus Thompson, formerly a I'nl- 
versal western lead, under a one- 
year eontract. 

Miss Thompson Is to be groomed 
for featured leads in F. P.-I* pro- 
ductions. 



MUwavkee» Nov. 2t. 

( Drawing ^epylatien« 6d0/)00) 

Something went radically wrong 
with the "picture pickers" last 
week, and, witli the exception of the 
M»^rrlll, where "La Boheme" was 
the draw, the bookers picked the 
greatest conglomeration of "non- 
drawing" name* that they oould lay 
hands on. 

The Merrill seems to be getting 
the breaks of the Saxe houses, with 
the best of the film world being 
shown there. 

Orosses were fair for the week. 

the extreme cold and the Monday 
night national radio hooli;-up giving 
all of the houses bad raps. 

Cetimates for Last Week 

Alhambra — "Perch of the Devil" 

(U) (3,000; 15-25-35-60). House be- 
ginning to realize that Pan vaude 
alone will no longer pull them and 
that something besides second run 
stock must be handed out. Uompcd 
Ui at about $1M0«. 

Garden— "When the Wife's Away" 
(Coy.) (1,000; 25-50). Those who 
straggled into this house found the 
picture mildly gtoaslng; drew 

around $3,700. 

Maiestic->"Dame Chance" (A.C.A.) 
{h909: 16-2B*4«). Comblnatton bill 

has Its regular audience, with pic- 
ture running a weak second to acts; 
close to |t,#00. 

Merrill — "La Boheme (M.O.M.) 
(1,200; 25-50). Another great week 
for this small house of Saxe chain: 
picture now In MOMid^ week; «iMe 
to 18.800. 

Miller — "Forlorn River" (F.P.) 
(1,400; 15-25-40). Combination bill 
drew about regular quota; with 
Monday night off a bit, gross ran 
around $6,800. 

Strand— -Eagle of the Sea" (P.P.) 
(1,200; 15-25-50). Well liked and 
had a fair draw; about |7,100. 

Wisconsin — "Prince of Tempters" 
(F.N.) (3,500; 25-50-60). Pretty 
hard hit by opposition; failure to 
put big stage bill on had something 
to do with keeping business from 
picking up: close to $15,900. 

Palace— "College Days" (Tiffany) 
(2,400; 26-50-76). Timberg unit 
show headlined combination bill; 
picture hurt by plenty of outdoor 
football auaCL college stuff playing 
the screena Mws MA ttipi at amund 

$20,500. 

(Copyright, 1926» by Variety, Inc.) 

Catholic CliOTch Supports 
Showing of Confess Film 

The historical motion picture 
record of the Eucharistic Congress, 
sponsored by the Catholie Church 
and distributed through the Fox 
Film Corporation, was presented on 
tour in two cities M mday. The 
ptetova dpeaed ttia WlMi O. 
Roston, and at the Illinois, Chicago, 
after having completed two weeks 
in New York to better than $25,000 
ia^'Teeiipfe. 

In Chicago It is expected that the 
picture will top this business. Th 
is a tremendous local interest in the 
.plofttrl It IwTtav be«ki made there 
at the Congress for Cardinal Mun- 
ilerleln and pre.«»ented to him by the 
Fox people. The latter, whi'e aC- 
ing as distributors of the picture, 
do not share in the rental fees or 
the profits In any way. In Boston 
Cardinal O'Connell Is sponsoring 
the showlist of the picture. 

Prints are now In readiness for 
distillnitlon all over the oountry. 
Exhibitors who want to co-operate 
with tbtiih local Catholic churches 
ran arrange for the showing of the 
picture and secure the support of 
the church for the exhibition dates. 



hijUSLOM's return 

Chicago, Nov. 23. 
Maurke Hillblom, orchestra con- 
ductor, is back at the Stratford 

theatre (National Theatres), after 
acting as assistant musical director 
at the Balaban A Knts Tlvoll. 

Hillblom was formerly pit con- 
ductor at tho Stratford, later being 
made stage band director and mas- 
ter of ceremonies in the same nouse. 
Hh will only conduct the stage band 
tblH trip at the Slratfonl, Ted I^ary 
continuing with the ceremony stuft. 



Reed in U.'s Scenario Dept. 

Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 

Tom Reed has been promoted 
from head of the publicity depart- 
ment at Universal City to the sce- 
nario department. 

flam W. Jacobson, Reed'e aaslst- 
ant, dnd now on location with the 
"T'nele Tom's rabin" unit, has been 
piomotcd to take Reed's place. 



ST. JOHN JUST FAIR 

$3,600 •till Town's Bsst — Legit 
House Back to Films 



St. John, N. B., Nov. IS. 

Business continues not better than 
fairly good. A recurrence of mild 
weather following a ' very chilly 
spell created a reduction in patron- 
age. Motoring remains fairly for- 
midable opposition. 

Estimates For Last Week 

ImperisI — (1.600; 15-35). 15-16, 
"The Prince of Tempters" (F. N.). 
This picture advertised as screened 
prior to normal release date an- 
nounced as Dec. 26; effort made to 
develop business on this phase; 17- 
18. "The Speeding Venus" (P. D. C). 
In advertising stress was placed on 
a new contract to show P. D. C. 
pictures at this house plus Kelth- 
Albee affiliation; 19-20, "The Col- 
lege Flirt" (F. P.); $8,600. 

Unique— (850; 25), 15-17. "The 
Honeymoon Express"; 18-20. "Red 
Hot Leather" (U.). The usual west- 
ern for hnal half; $1,000. 

Queen Square— (900; 25), 16-16, 
"The Golden Strain" (Fox). One 
night and two afternoons showing 
owing to house being occupied by 
local amateur organisation for 
night; 17-18, "Morganson's Finish" 
(Tiffany): 19-20, "The Great K. A 
A. Robbery" (Fox); $950. 

Palace— (650; 20), 15-16, "The 
New Commandment"; 17-18, "The 
Barrier" (U.); 19-20, "Combat"; 
$500. 

Gaiety— (500; 20), 15-16, "The 
Arizona Sweepstakes" (U.); 17-18, 
"The New Commandment"; lf-20. 
"The Barrier" (U.); $350. 

Opera House— (1,200; 15-36) After 
two weeks of unsatisfactory busi- 
ness, traveling dramatic rep com- 
pany was ousted In favor of a re- 
turn to pictures this week. 
(Copyright* 1026,, by Variety, Ine*) 



WHITEMAN $32,000 IN 
BUFFALO; HIPP $18,000 

Grosses Jump a Bit — Loew's 
$13,500 and Lafayette 
Under $15,000 



Buffalo. Nov. 23. 
(Drawing Population, 590,000) 

Soaring grosses were the order at 
the picture theatres last week. Tak- 
ings at practically all of the down- 
to Arn houses braced and in some 
quarters showed extraordinary 
strength. 

The outstanding feature was the 
Paul Whlteman engagement at 
Shea's Buffalo. Whlteman on Sun- 
day broke the house record, going to 
within an ace of $8,000 and bettering 
the previous Sunday top held by 
Ciilda Gray by about $80. With no 
lielp from the film feature Monday 
and Tuesday were better than aver- 
age, although short of expectations, 
the Monday night radio hook-up 
probably afTectlnp business. Wednes- 
day went to capacity, but the rest 
of the week failed to show for a 
record, although buiintss oontinued 
strong. 

Whiteman's figure is next to the 

record gross set by Oikkl' (it the 

house two months ago. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Buffalo (S.COO; 30-40-60). "Take 
It from Me" (TT.) and Paul White- 
man. First U picture played at th 
house in nearly a year and proved 
a dud; picture probably spotted at 
a low rental in conjunction with 
Whit Oman's gross for week solely 
due to maestro's drawing power; 
$32,000, al)out $1,700 short of the 
(Jilda Gray record. 

Hipp (2.400; 50), "Forever After" 
(F. P.) and vaudeville. Hung up 
especially good gross; end of weel: 
was heavy with both vaude and pic- 
ture shoring rr'^dit for draw; $1^ OCO 

Loew's (3,400: 35-50). War 
I»aint" (M-G) and vaude. Good ai: 
around show, but feature meant 
nothing by name; picked up mate- 
rially from preoedlag week, liow- 
'wer; $13,500. 

Lafayette (3.400; 35-50). "Koshe: 
Kitty Keily" (F. B. O.) and vaude. 
House still continues tu do lousiness 
at old stand, but is turning out only 
average grosses: under $15,000. 
(Copyright, 1928, by Variety, Inc.) 



STUDIOLESS ROUMANIA 

Washinerton, Nov. 23. 

Roumania Is without a picture 
studk>, says a report to the De- 
partment of Commerce, with but 
one prodticlnjf organization operat- 
ing under the auspices of the 
Foundation Carol, at Bucharest. 
This company o(>csslonally "shoots" 
exterior scenes. 

Several attempts of the players 
of the Theatre National to bring 
f>bout production in Roumania have 



KoacH Retains Walker- Ooane 

Los Angeles, Nov. 28. 
Hal Roach lias slpned new agree- 
ments with H. M. Walker, produc- 
tlofi manager, and Warren Doane, 
general manager of the Roach stu- 
dios, rotninlns them In their present 
positions for the next Ave years. 



2 FILMS' ? 

MOST OF PROY. PLAY 

; 

Bill FWds and Gilbert Did lt-# 
No Klok on Strand's $7,000; 
Title Helped Fay's $9,500 



. . Providence, Nov. 23. 

(Drawing Population, 3(X),000) 
A spotty week, with much aver- 
age business and several ups and 
downs. Qood pictures helped a few 
of the houses to nice grosses. 

The one-feature policy now in 
effect at the two Fay-owned flrst- 
run theatres, the Rialto and the Ma- 
jestic, seems to be yielding profits 
in proportion to the drawing power 
of the single film. At the Majestic 
the much-touted "So's Your Old 
Man" did flno Iraeiness throughout 
the week, but at the Rialto "Fools 
of Fashion" failed to malce tho 
grade. 

Estimatss for Last Weeic 
Victory (l.$60; 16-40)— "Barddys 
the Magnificent'* (M-O). Drew ca- 
pacity business continually; "Tho 
Boob" (M-G) was a bright second 
feature that also helped. Big at 
$7,500. 

Strand (2,200; 16-40)— 'The Ama- 
teur Gentleman** <lst K.). Despite 
competition i?ot satisfactory patron- 
age; "When the Wife's Away" (Co- 
lumbia) conventional comedy in* 
volving George K. Arthur as a fe« 
male impersonator; $7,000: good. 

Majeetre (2,600; iO-'tO)— *'8o*a 
Your Old Man" (F. P.). Was com- 
edy talk of town, and universally 
praised; flne at $8,000. 

Rialto (1,148; 15-40). "Fools of 
Fashion" (TifTany). Got poor re- 
sults in face of competition; no ad* 
vance rep, no big name, and busi- 
ness as consequence suffered; was 
also the single feature of bill, which 
was padded with shorts; off «t 
$8,500. 

Emery (1,474; 15-60)— ^Lowell 

Sherman outstanding note at this 
house playing in "Lost at Sea" 
(Ind.); vaudeville negligible m» 
draw; ordinary at $8,000. 

Fay's (2,000; 15-50). Attractive 
title of "Devil's Dice" (Ind.) helped 
tllm across; turns headlined by Fer- 
nando's Band, which drew from 
Italian residents; good at $9,500. 

Albee (2.500; 15-75)— Vaudevllfe 
was draw at this house, with Harry 
Holman and the Four Mortons 
leading; "Almost a Lady" (P. I). C.) 
went unremarked; satisfactory at 
$10,500. 

(Copyri ght, 1>26, by Variet y, ine.) 

'POTEMKIN' DEC. 4 

"Potemkin." the Russian film re- 
cently put in shape for American 
presentation, will have its New 
York premiere Dec. 4 at the. Bllt* 
more (legit) theatre. 

The Amkino, the organisation 
which has arranged to handle the 
publie presentation of all Russian 
Alms In this country, will havo 
charge of the Biltmore exhibition. 
There will be two screenings daily 
and three on Saturdays and Sun* 
day.s. 

A Russian musical program will 
be presented in conjunction with 
the plcturow 



No Ghange, Says Rovdand 

Richard A. Rowland of First Na- 
tional says there is to be no change 
in the post held by John McCor- 
mick as general production man* 
ager for First National on the west 
coast, 

A story In Variety of Nov. 10 
stated at the First National meet- 
ing at French Lick It had been de- 
cided to do away with the gen- 
eral production manager's position, 
substituting supervisors, but the 
move would be subleet to approval 
by the organisation'L New Tork 
ofAces. 



Hnrss m xsatoh studios 

Los Angeles, NoV. 2S. 

Johnny Hines, it is understood, 
will occupy the Buster Keaton 
studios to make his next picture for 
First National. It is said Hines has 
made arrangements with Keaton to 
take over the lot while the latter is 
preraring for his next picture, a 
college story,' to bo directed by 
James Home. 

nines is to go toVork Dec. 1 and 
finish early In January, when 
Keaton will go into production. 

V. p. B£-8I0m HOFFMAN 

Los Angeles. Nov. 23. 

Milton K. HofTman haH be en given 
a five-year contract by B. P. Sctiul" 
berg to olBciate as executive studio 
manager for Famous Players-Lasky 
out here. 

UofTman has held this position 
for the past year and in the future 
will act as superintendent of road- 
show productions whit;h arc to be 
made. 



Wednesday, November 84, IMt 



WEST COAST THEATRES CASE 
ORDERED BACK BEFORE FED. COM. 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



Mction to Dismiss Denied — Comm. A. F. Mvers 
Would Sift Ca— to Set Precedent— Eitpect Thor- 
ough Investigation^ — ^Attorneys Surprised 



Vafiftty Bur«au, 
Washington, Nov. 28. 

The West CoaHt Theatres cr ? 
before the Federal Trade Commis- 
sion has been orJcred )y,\ck for 
trial. The rtsolution adopted . by 
the comniisBlou ordoring thiH ac- 
tion hrm left the proceedlng.s open 
to such an €-xt«'nt as to indi<»ate 

that the Investigation will go deep 
Into tlio actlvitlea of tho theatre 
Ci mpany and Its associates. 

During tlie final hearing. re- 
ported in Variety last week, it was 
clear* then that such action ^ would 
lu" taken. It was also evident thai 
the turn in events came as a sur- 
prise to attorneys for. West Coast 
These attorneys are headod by 
Briiro T^r(»mley. known h"re through 
his conneciion with the Famous 
Players-Lasky cat© before mis 
•ame commission. 

In ordering the case back for 
trial not only have the comm'saion- 
crs' denied the motloii to dltmlss 
as presented by Ouy Mason, West 
Coast rounrel. on the interstate 
comnterce phase, but the action 
«:ar disapproves the atlpiilatlon* 
over which there liaa bioii io much 
controversy. 

These were referred to by Com- 
missioner Nu;!:ent at th^ hearlniir as 
brini,' "clear as niud." 

The alleged "power to oppress*' 
as retained by West Coast, through 
all contracts that built up that 
power have been abrogated. Is now 
the principal point upon which 
Commissioner Abram F. Myers in 
his opintoa. dweUa. 
' Commissisnor Mysrt' etatsmsnt 

In this regard CMunissloner 
Jllyers states: 

"It would appear reasonable to 
sry that where persons have ac- 
quired tho power to oppress others 
for the purpose or with the Intent 
of exerting such oppression, or 
having such power, Imivo actually 
used it to oprress others and still 
retain the power, and the oppres- 
sive measures have not been so 
long discontinued as to wholly 
negative the Inference that Fnmo 
may be resumed once the possibility 
of Oovernment action 1 removed, 
It Is proper for tlio commission to 
proceed under the act and with a 
. view to Insuring the observance of 
fair competitive methods and sound 
prtictloss in tho future/' 

This Is In direct answer to th** 
admission of certain alleged Illegal 
practices which, however. It was 
claimed had been discontinued. 

Again. on the question of 
•'power," Mr. Myers polnU out that 
the Influence of West Coast *s so 
great that It can exert upon the 
business of leasing films such In- 
fluence that by throwing its pat- 
ronage to any one distributor I*, can 
cause that distributor lucrative re- 
turn.s In Californl.n. 

Not only is the Myers opinion of 
particular import In the West 
Coast case, but, in its adoption by 
the conimisfllon. U> the entire in- 
dustry from the inter state c om- 
• merce phase. T^^Wtmm ■ 

On this phaso Mr. Myers points 
out that material is on hand to .uf- 
flclently allege that respondents 
ore engaged In leasing films from 
distributor.^, and producers In oth'.r 
stat<>s, which are shipped to Cali- 
fornia. " ; 

The Binderup vs. Paths Bxchange 
decision of the United States Su- 
preme C<»urt is here, used i » giving 
the commission Jurisdiction with 
the consequent overruling of the 
motion to quash. 

Case as Precedent 
Mv. Myer.s points out that Sec- 
tion 5 of tlie Trade Coinmis.sion 
Act is broader than the rulo In 
equity and reads: 

Wherever llie Comrnissinn shall 
have reason to believe tliat any 
such person. partncr.Mhip, or cor- 
poration has been or is using any 
unfair method of competition 
... It shall Issue ... a com 
p laint 



The far reaching effect of t^•s 
proceeding upon the entire Indus 
try is further evidenced in Mr. 
Myers statement that t:.s present 
cases appear to require a determin- 
ation on thi^ merits in order thnt 



?Mj W^nto Smi3^ 
Coftking Circuit West 



Kansas City. Nov. 2G. 

A pltm is under way fostered by 
the manngers of the Publix theatres 
here ard in Denver to build up a 
rmall booking circuit in cities In 
this territory for the playing of a 
number of acts that may be utilized 
'v. their ^.i'*s in addition to the reg- 
ular rotating Publix l*rei:entations. 
It Is understood both Topeka and 
Wichita are being sought as two of 
*he stands which will make It pos- 
ible for the Denver and local man- 
ager here to offer an act tlm^ In 
n<*.dltlon to what it will receive In 
the houses playing the straight 
P'.'hlix po'icy. 

The attempt to hook up posalMy 
"ix or el.'^'it wo-^ks of houses In the 
•^■mall cities l-etwc'. n this point and 
Denver Iiaa started a report to the 
effect that PuMIx Is sseklng to 
build a Junior I'ublix circ uit r nd 
that the big presentations would be 
"ut ('own for the-^e houses. That Is 
not the case. The plan »ls to give 
a'idlt'onal work to such acts that 
may be picked up locally, or In Chi- 
crgo as added attractions to the 
pvesentatlons and to route them, the 
jnoT>o . f'juriT'T that with i cir- 
cuit of six or eight weeks to offer 
they will 1*9 able to attract a better 
class of material for thfir 



W(mien'8 Chibs Piretest • 

Bedrooms, Smoke-Drink 

Fullerton, Cal., Nov. 23. 

At the conclusion of the three- 
day conference of the Southern 
California Federation of Women's 
Clubs, a decided stand was taken 
against bedroom scenes In motion 
pictures and racy stories in maga- 
zines. A list of the protests is to 
be sent to Will H. Hays and owners 
of national magaxinas whteh print 
3uch stories. 

The resolutions protesting bed- 
room scenes in pictures also lin^ 
up against pictures sho«irlnt 
Ing, drinking and crlma. 



S. R. Kent Better 

S. U. Kent, general manager of 
Paramount, operated on 10 days ago 
at Harbour Hospital, Is reported 
leaving there either today or tomor- 
row (Thursday) to return to' his 
home. After a few days he will go 
north for a bout ttPO wMka t* re- 
cuperate. 

Kent had put off having the 
operation for the removal of his 
appendix for months althiMisli suf- 
fering constantly. 



BORIS KENTON WOBKINO 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2S. 
Doris^ Kenyon, taken III tn New 

York following her marriage to Mil- 
ton Sells, has arrived here fully re- 
covered and will begin work at 
First National studios <NI **Tli« 
River." 



COTTON AS ADMISH TAP 

Binger, Okla., Nov. 23. 
Cotton at 16 cents a pound was 

taken at the box office of the Rano* 
ra theatre here last week. 

Over a bale was near the box of- 
fice before the show opened. 

Moreno With Connie Talmadge 
Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 

Antonio Moreno will be opposite 
Constance Talmadge in ber next 
picture for Fiist Natitmal. 'I'bis is 
to J>e titled All Night." MMrshnll 
Nei'an directing. 

Work will start this week. 



the distrlhutors of motion picture 
films may have rules for their fu- 
ture guidance and unfair methods 
may be avoided. 

Also does the commission. In 
niinpftng Mr. Mvers* oAlnlon. make 



2 Buffalo Gegs 

Buffalo. Nov. S8. 
Tiie b witch to high- class lea- 
tura fllMs at tlis Lafavette 
Square this season has caused 

considerable confusion among 
Its former patens, a large pro- 
portion of whom eome fMinf the 
foreign element of tht town. 
Two stories are gi»ing the 
rounds as to the tot^ii los«i of 
high-priced features on the 
clientele of this house. Dur ng 
the recent rv of "Tho Fo." 
Horsemen" (reissue at the La- 
fayette, two young Blast Side 
'i)loo<ls" were observed study- 
ing the "Horse" poster in front 
of tho theatre. 

*'Waddyuh say.*' inqulrad one, 
"shall we lamp it?" 

"Nix — never did like them 
racing pictures anyhow.*' 

When "Stella Dallas'* was 
playing the box olTlce was 
paged by a fair young tiling 
on the telephone Inquiring the 
name of the attraction. 

"Stella Dallas," Informed the 
attendant. 

"Oh, yes, I know," relayed 
the miss, "but what's she 
playing In this week?" 

IC no good, page New Orleans 
0.11. 



SEmm OF UNION DEMAND 

MY BE REACHED IN TIME 



IGO OFF ROACH PAY 
ROLL IM TWO WEEKS 



Priscilla Dean 2-Reeler Aban- 
doned— Technical People 
Mostly Laid Off 



Los Angeles, Nov. 21. 
More than 109 peoplo have been 

taken off the Hal B. Roach payroll 
within the past two weeks. The 
Roach Studios, It is said, will be 
Inaotlva tor the next few months 
due to the fact that the company 
has practically completed Its li^J6- 
£7 product The Roach unit was to 
have made an all-star two*rsai 
picture with PrlsclUa Dean head- 
ing the cast, but this was aban- 
doned. 

It Is also likely that Mabel 

for eight pictures to be made be- 
fore Jan. 1$, will be cut to six, 
with tha final pictura to go into 
ptoductlon next week. Miss Nor- 

mand has already made five pic- 
tures since last August, when she 
started. 

Most of tha peopla laid off re- 
cently were cameraman, writers 
and technical staff. 



Conferences Started This Week — Individual Film 
Producers in Them — ^Beetson in New York; Con* 
fers With Hays 



TacomaV Mgr. Ass'n 
With Own CaiDcraiiieD 



T{»r'oma. Nov. 28. 
New oft^cers of tha Ta;H)ma 
Theatre Owners and Manatrem 
Association, representing every the- 
atn* in the city, havint; been elected 
as ToUows: H. M. S. Kendrick, man- 
ager local PantageS theatre^ presi- 
iSnt; H. R. Burg, vice-president: 

T. it')bert McKinneii. secralary: W. 

JS. McNeish, treasurer. 

All the houres display a blue ani 
gold plate in the box o*^ce sli^nlfv- 
ing their connection wltli the Asno- 
ciation. It Is understood to be the 
only one of Its kind to hava Its aiwn 
can)praman covering local even's 
exclusively, tho cost defrayed by 
the five first-run houses. 

The fl!ms are later supplied to thf" 
nei^'hborhOOd thaa||PMir WlthOtUt 
charge. 



'FIREMAN, SAVE MY CHILDr 

F. P. Starting Fire Picture With 
Beery Featured in March 



Los Angeles. Nov. 23. 

Now that Metro-Qoldwyn-Mayer 
has turned out a picture called "The 
Fire BrMda,** Pafnova Playars- 
T^sky will kid the Idea a bit with 
"Fireman Save My Child." 

John Ooodrlch is going to write 
the story and Wallace Bsiry is to 
be starred. ProdUctlMl irtll ptart In 
March. 



2 SiBiit Mm 'Get It' 



Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 

Two Hollywood stunt men were 
badly Injured In accidents In the 
same day. 

Joe Torrllo, auto racer, substitut- 
ing for Reginald Denny In the film- 
ing of Denny's newest Universal pic- 
ture, received four fractures of his 
right leg when his racing auto over- 
turned near Monterey. 

Fred Osboma, stunt iviator, took 
a ISO-foot plunge off Huntington 
Palisades, near Santa Monica, when 
a parachute failed to open as he 
rode over the edga of tha ellff on 
a motor cycle. 

Both men will recover. 



it clear that by reason of great 
power attained through ownership 
of theatres, acquired though they 
may be In perfectly lawful manner. 

the rommissiftn must provide- 
against an unlawful use of that 



respondents, their competitors and power in the future. 



OUntKB AT HOME 
James R. Quirk, tha edlt<>r and 

publisher of "Photoplay'* and his 
bride, the screen jtar, May Allison, 
who were wed at Santa liarbara. 
Cal.. Nov. IS, are due in New York 
today. The wedding was the cul- 
mination of a romance of several 
years. 

"Phay will make their home at 71 
Central Park. West, New York, af- 
ter their arrival. 



Home for 1 Meal? 

Los Angeles. Nov. 23. 
Louis Cohn, Famous Players real- 
ty man who luui been In the north- 
west for the past 10 months, has 
been granted permission to be with 
his family In New York for Thanks- 
ttving. He arrivas in NMf Tark to- 
morrow. On the same train will 
be Jack Gilbert, Metro-Uoldwyn- 
Mayer star, and Walter Wanger. 



EATTOV AND COHTRACT 

Chicago. Nov. 23. 

Raymond C. Hatton, Famous 
Playsrs-Lasky comedian, withdrawn 
from "Casey at the Bat," passing 
through with his wife and manogor, 
will call on Jesse Lasky In New 
York on Wednesday. 

The latter will receive a request 
that Raymond's contract be straigh- 
tened out so that it win be agree - 
abto or that M h* fiiiiiMd fMih It 



U'S NORWEGIAN OKAY 

Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 
Universal has reealvsd favort ■* 

action on Its request that tho Nor- 
wegian Government co-opemte witli 
it In production of a photoplay 
based on the Mistia dt s eo vs ry of 
America. 
Work will start during the winter. 



MISS MASON BREAKS TROTH 

Los Angeles, Nov. St. 

Shirley Mason, screen actress, an- 
noun«;es tho breaking of her en- 
gagement to wed Harlan Feiigler, 
auto racer. The couple were en- 
gaged last spring and planned to be 
married tliis fall. 

MisM Mason declined to state her 
reasons. 



7ILMIN0 NORRIS NOVEL 



Los Angeles. Vov. 2^. 

Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer has pur- 
chased Kathleen Norrls's "The Cui- 
lahans and the Murphys" for rnrly 
production. 

^ieorge Hill will handle the mega- 
phone on this one. 



NO PATHE-P. D. C. CHANOB 

The situation in rsfard to tlie 

merging of the Producers Distribut- 
ing Corporat'on and Pathe remains 
unchanged up to yesterday. There 
is being continued a series of con- 
ferences looking toward the finding 
of a basis on which the two or- 
ganisations can get together. 



Wanger Coming East 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2S. 
Walter Wanger, general {produc- 
tion manager for Famous Players - 
T^asky, in enroute to New York af- 
ter a four weeks' sojourn at the 
West Coast studios of his organ- 
ization. 

Accompanying him are .Tosepli 
llergesheimer and II. L. Moni^en. 

N. Y. to L. A 

Arthur W. 8tet:4>ins and family. 

i '.opart Roger.s. 
O. O. Mclntyre. 

L. A. to N. Y. 

W.tltt r Wanger. 

Joseph llergesheimer. 
II. Is. Mencken. 
Erwin Oelsey. 

Jo** iV^cU. 

Jessie Wadsworth. 
Paul fUilIok. 



"Willie nothing new had developed 
in tho pr»>spcttive strll<e situation 
among U>e motion picture studios 
and p!ants on the west coast up to 
yesterday, there were surface indi* 
cations that the producers, especial- 
ly as intlividuiils. were taking stei>a 
to adjust matters before midnight, 
Nov. 30, when the unions a furled 
say they will quit work, going on 
"strike." 

Within the past few days a num* 

ber of producers with main oflloes 
in New York but whose studio ac- 
tivities are confined to the west 
coast, have discussed the conditions 
in New Yoik with William V. Can- 
avan, president of the stage hands 
and operators tmlon, and the dif- 
ferent representatives of the com- 
bined Working trades Involved In 
the threatened strike. 

Meanwhile, the picture men have 
opparently taken some definite ac- 
tion toward heading off the Call* 
fornia walkout. 

eeetson in Now York 

While Will H. Hays has asserted 
that thf laws of his orgnni7.atii»n tie 
his hands in assuming charge per- 
sonally of any effort to settle the de* 
mands of the combined labor craft* 
Fred W. Heetson. secretary of the 
Association of Motion Picture Pro- 
ducers of California, made a nurry 
up trip to New York. Mr. Beetson 
has l)een in almost daily conference 
since his arrival with the Hays ex- 
aautlves and the producers as;«o* 
clnted. 

Jesse I.,asky Is also in New York, 
coming east to attend the opening 
of the new Paramount ttieatra. Aa 
Mr. T^sky is one of the bi.'jgest 
producers affected by the present 
labor ultimatum on the coast, he Is 
expected to have much to' do with 
the nnticlpated settlement of tha 
combined union demands. 

Monday and Tuesday all kinds of 
f inferences were, being held and all 
kinds of rumors were afloat, with 
a well defined strata of belief th^ 
big strike will be darlfled at tha 
eleventh hour. * 

President William Canavnn of 
the I. A. said the status remains 
unchanged up to yesterday. 
Csn't Stsrt in last 

Within th<' 1" 8 hours a repo^-t 
gained credt i that the labor 
iMilOAs wotild first strike a body 
* (Continued on 'page Ity 



CAPITOL* BROAI>WAT 

Pr«a«ntfitton by MnJ. KDWARD liOWBS 

iiMii Airraiiia naaffat-agMti Aatm 

A f'oHiiiopoMf n n Production 
A Mctro-HoUlwyn-Mnyrr IHcf uro 

CAPITOr. OHANI> (*ItCHKSTIlA 



BROADWAY 

•t 47th ST. 



SMARK rv 
TR A N LI 

'The BLONDE SAINT" 

with MCUIH HTONK— IN>KIM KKMON 

VINCENT LOPEZ (Himself) 

Aa« Wm Ch»k U>m OBCHEflTmA 



LOEW'8 

STATE and METROPOLITAN 



B'wsy at 46 St 



nrooklyn 



RICHARD DIX «. AkV«7J^c.> 



VA I'PKVir.LR- 



NEXT WEEK at the ST ATI 

In P»rsoa 41 



GENE TUNNEY 



fhaplin 

VITAPHONl 

n. H. Mojs f^oiony Th«a.. 0'way a Mrd. 

IfntH &0c.. TSc, fl—SRt.. Huh . unit MolU 

day-, ru.- ' » ' - f. I •■• >. ' " $2, 

W.irii. f ru-n . irwajr a f.»ti4~ J :30-<:3« 
.\fatii. noc, If.i'. tl-.^at.. .Sim und Hnlt- 
tfir. to t:'«*f. Mc. to It 




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4!^ 



VARISTY 



PICTURES 



Wedneidajr, November S4, 1926 



AMUSEMEfrr STOCKS DRIFTING; 



All SIGNS ARE FAVORABU 



Eartra Voted by Americaii Saating RaflaeU Plmperi- 
■ ty — Eastman's Disbursement Also Points to Pros- 

Rearrange Capital ^^tnicl^ 



After a week of inconclusive 

movement 51 back and forth the 

amusement stocks got Into an area 

of complete static Monday and 
Tuesday. Famous Players had one 
m$mion ot relatively large turn- 
over last week, due to adjustment 
of outside lines for the transfer day, 
btat finished the wstk net up 2% 
points. This ought to Indicate pretty 
definitely the strong position of the 
issue. 

Selling around aOon yesterday tX 

118, the price leva! with the divi- 
dend added represented 118. Since 
the shares gained . ground on the 
tflvldand payittMit it ^uld te^aar 
that its sponsors art set for the 
lone: pull, and there is no consid- 
erable following of trailers Intent 



The other feature was the pro- 
gressive advance of American Seat- 
ing . common which got to a new 
paak abova ^ on tha annouaoement 
of an extra payment of %1 to be 
dlstributad in quarterly payments 
of si eenta nest year. American 
^patinff sails thaatra aquipmant and 
fittings and has been making a bril- 
liant ahowing on its balance sheet. 
'Vhii aktra puts it upon a 14 basis 
or better than 8 per cent at Its high. 

Warner Brothers made appllca- 
tifgafn Albany for an increase of 
autT^rised capital from $260,000 to 
$5,000,000, or 2,000 per cent, pre 
sumably to pave the way for capital 
to finance the exploitation of ita 
Vltaphone feature. The stock ahdwa 
nothing on the flcker, since It is so 
completely under control that price 
movements merely reflect the desire 
of Its aponsors. However* tlM 
Warner 6V2 bonds, traded In on the 
Curb, sold off to 107 14, compared 
to the low of the year at 105. 
'' The Warner iasues on both Big 
Board and Curb are being worked 
around inside a narrow margin, 46- 
48, while the technical aituation that 
grew up« during tiM ■sussfleniil 
skyrocket porformanre of the sum- 
mer gradually evens itself up, if it 
Imib not already gone a long way 
in that direction. It would be fair 
to assume tliat with the marketing 
of a large amount of new stock in 
prospect, any large ouUtanding 
•Hort h^erest wetild be disposed to 
wait developments, unless some 
plan >has been made to dispose of 
aiiir' e^littttiplated new issue with- 
out resort to public subscriptlltt^r 

Orphsum't Pool 

After the Initial flurry of tho Or- 
pheum pool, the stock turned <»uiet 
Juot IMer Its best. At noon yes- 
terday it was at 31 compared to the 
top of 31%. Every tlmo Orphcum Is 
put through its paces somebody re- 
Mi tlio^MAdy play of five years 
or so ago. One of those coupn in 
Orpheum was on and tho bull tip 
was industriously circulated among 
tlM T|mi« Sqttgre players* One 



fmm After GoUwya's 

Caiibracts? 



shares and to Jiis amazement when 
he took delivery found his certifi- 
cates made out to 8am KSii^* abo of 
the Orpheum Insiders. 

The obvious inference was that 
Orpheum insiders were getting out 
of the pool, and the Times Square 
trader burned tip tlio sidewalk tot- 
ting to his broker's to close o>'.t 
his line. The word was passed an 1 
that pool ended then and there 

The Orpheum people hastened to 
explain that Kahl hadn't sold his 
stock at all. What had happened 
was that ha bad deposited shares 
with a Gblcago broker to seciiro his 
margin account in other transac- 
tions, and the broker had followed 



the custom (so the explanation ran) 
of liquidating the stock. Only he 
had neglected to follow the practice 
of changing them first Into so- 
called "broker's c€rtIflcates,'V , with 
the tranafer space In blank. 

Illustratine tl»« utter llstlessness 
of yesterday's market in the amuse- 
ments up to noon there had not 
been a single trade in Fox and only 

Week ending Nov. 20: 

•tOCK IXCHAN9I 



two or three trades, all at 45 flat, 
in Lioew from the opening up to 
noon. ' 

Eastman made about as good a 
showing as anjrthing, getting above 
120 for several trades. Strength In 
E:astman, of oourit, ought td bo the 
best kind of Index of stability in 
the picture business up^n which to 
some extent it depends for revenue. 



Hish. 

12s 

327^4 

124 

107 

85 

24^ 
2SH 
8H4 
108 
8S 
70H 
97'i 



4R% 
40 

76^ 

41 

101 



P9 

100^ 

122 



LOW. 

106% 

115 
M 

M% 
M%. 
22^4 

ia% 

27 V6 
101 

&2 
M 
IS 



Wlm. Btoek and rate. High. 

4,200 Eafltman Kodak (8) •• 121 

26.600 Famous Play.-Ii. (10) 117% 



121% 
W 
71% 

24(1 
141 



«8% 



61 
8% 
19 



106 



800 Do., pref. <8). 

100 First Nat'l. 1st prsf. (9.44) 

8.200 Fox Film, class A (4) 

7|S00 \jOcw, Inc. (3) ................. • 

200 M-U-M. pref. (1.86) 

2,200 Mot. Pltc. Clap «••••»»•••*•• 

8.000 Orpheum (2). . 

None Do., pref. (8)....*««»««t««f.ii««9V 

8,500 Pathe Each. (8). ..••«:••'••••««••• 

000 flhubart (S)...... .•^•'••'fa 

... Univ. Pkt., lat pref. (8). 

88^880 "Wmnm Sro«.. eiasM A ... 

CURB 

80,800 Amer. Beat (8) Not* 

11.800 Do., cum. pref. (8) 

... Balaban A Kata (8) 

' ... Film Inspect 

1000 Fox Thea 34% 

• •• XJniV. IPlCt ••••••«•••• ft t • a • 6]* • 0 •# • 

886 IJPited A£tlats •••»««• . 8T 

>... ....••« •••'•••'•<• SO 

BONDS 

814.000 B. F. Keith Os (Stock Exch.).... 86% 

108,000 Loew 68 (Stock Kxch.) 100% 

142.000 Warner Bros. (Curb), O^a 111% 



114% 

120% 
W 

A8T4 

14 
88% 

• • 

87 

02% 



46 



26% 

6 



88% 
00% 

m% 



Last. 

116% 
•118% 

120% 
99 

09% 

24$ 
14 
•80% 

102% 
S8% 
62% 
06% 
47 



7 
24 
3T 
8T 



88% 
108% 



K«t 
ehge. 

- % 
+2% 

- % 

- % 

+ % 

- % 
+ % 
- 

- % 

• • • • 

+1 

- % 

• • • ■ 

-2% 



+2% 
+2% 



• • * • 

^1% 



— % 

-4% 



•Ex div. . . 



TOM O'BRP BANKRUPT 



Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 

Tom O'Brien, picture actor, filed 
a voluntary petition in bankruptcy 
in tha XTnlted States DIatriet Court, 
llstincr total Habilltlcn of |1M^8.73, 
with assets claimed to ba exempt 
of »6,760. 

Among the liabilities were 8S60 
due Al O. Barnes: 8S00 due the Na- 
tional City Bank; |XOQ duo Douglas 
Fairbanks; 8800 4u6 the Paclflo 
Southwesfv Trust and Savings 
Bank, and sVime 85 other claims ag- 
gregating 84,834. Also listed were a 
dosen Judgmenta totaling 81,650, 
among them b^ing two obtained by 
H. H. BeftU and Norman 9pert ^reag 
agents. 

Among the assets were listed a 
house and lot valued at M**®^* 
suits of clothes, two ovareoAta «b4 
a wrist watch. 

O'Brien is under contract to 
Metro-Ctoldwyn- Mayer at a salary 
said to be 8300 a week. The con- 
tract is not lifted among the assets. 

Cddie Hitchcock Marrying 

Iios Angeles, Nov. 28. 
Eddie Bitcbcoek, manager of the 

Rivoll. Portland, is to marry Lillian 
Voytanic, of Los Angeles, Jan. 1. 




Famous Players-Lasky. It Is said 
Is in negotiations with Sanuie 
Goldwyn to take over the contracts 
«C Bonald Colman and Vllma Ban- 
key. Goldwyn has anifounccd that 
be is going to try to develop the 
two players into a team to be iden 
tilled as the greatest loreni of the 
screen, along the lines that were the 
means of carrying Francis X. Bush 
man and Boveriey Bayno to success 
flome years ago. To tbat end, 
number of apeclal slorkti batrsTbeen 
•elected for them. 

At Famous Players no conlirma 
Hoin of the deal could be obtained. 
It being stated tliat the f>r)Iy one 
who could give out any infurniatlon 
regarding it would be Walter Wan- 
ger, who ig duo to brrlve fifom the 



Los Angeles. Nov. 23. 
Ceorge Blaisdell has been ap- 
pointed associate scenario editor to 
X«loyd Sheldon nt Vtenoug Players- 
tnaby bjr B. iV SollVlbtiv. 




Wednesday, N'ovem)>er M» 



PICT U R E S 



VARIETY 



11 



FRANCE'^ 3,000 iiOUSES 



Washington, Nov. 23. 

George Canty, new motlCNEi plct- 
tttr« trade commlMloner recently 
sent to kurope, has been delving 
tnto ■tatiatloii Mid reports to the 
Department of Commerce thatt 

There are now approximately 3,000 
houses In France showing fllm« on a 
fuill time basis, with the majority 
o^ th'eee haVlhff capacttlee of a1M»ut 
BOO. With the exception of some of 
the larger citifes, none run over 800. 

Canty also states that the French 
trade preea la eoilalaatly advMc- 
Ing higher admlssIonH to the picture 
theatres with the vast rnaj«»rity of 
the exhlbltorH reluctant to take the 



Financing New 



Dubuque, la., Nov. 23. 
•Bevben -IievlRe, oltho E. Z^eikioe ^• 
C04 Chicago theatre builders and 
Jbiancl«rH, was here Thursday. He 
Hrfll. finance a combination theatre, 
lioiai and bttsiiifiia Mock which th» 
Hoscntha) tlieitHcal corporation 
plans to we^t at Fifth and Iowa 
streets. It will have a theatre en- 

trtMiM ai^ lali^ ail JIMb alveei»* 



L A. Comes to Decision 
On Eiliii Stage Shows 

The union statue on '*Preeenta> 

tlons and Prolosrues" has finally 
been olhcially determined. The ex- 
ecutive board of the International 
Alliance has come to a decision 
wliich han been sent to aacll the 
alllliated locals. . 

The I. A. has unanimously decided 
that In a "PreeenUtlon" or /'Pro- 
logue" carrying: any etiuipment, re- 
gardless of its nmount, one man 
must be carried, but that under no 
circumstancee wlfl tha ilii attrac- 
tion be permitted to carry any elec- 
trical equipment, in conjunction 
Wtfh scenery, without placing a 
sefond man under contract. 

The I. A. also rules that fluch 
attractions will be ptrmitted to 
carry propertiea, togetbei with 
aatttWT* wid aaiy ha - T e ^Hly a ^ to 
oarry :dae Mian. 



WEISS HEADS E£D SEAL 
tn tkie readjustment of' baalneia 

affairs for the» Red Seal Plcturea 
Corp.. Alfrt'd Wt iss been chctsen 
president and will personally look 
after Ita flttm aettvHlea. 

Weiss 'tSa^ tAkes charge of the 
Out-of-llie-Inkwell "ehorta." Ked 
beal and Inkwell activities recently 
^emuie fiiaigledl tip ill court.' 



All FamUy Staff 

Topeka. Kan., Nov. 23. 
A noHT neighborhood house 
will be erected ia the Colietre 
Hill district beta by W. R 
Whlttlfsey. 

it's to be a Xaunily theatre in 
more respects than policy, as all 
* the staff 1r to be composed of 
members of the Whittlesey 
family, from manager down to 

tha p# a ii o tt M rtil i«d piano 



it 



Special Busses Across Line 
fof jPefiipfley-Tunney Film 

Buffalo. Nov. 23. 
The Dempsey-T^nney flight plC; 
tures are being esiltbited at the 
Regent theatre, Bridgeburg, On- 
tari<», this week and are being 
^dvtjriiaed in. the Buffalo dalliijia. 
Bpeoiai bua, dummy and ferry ser* 
vicea are being operated over the 
riv«*r fur the fhoar^g* Which U a 
50- cent gate. 

'^^a Oaiiadlaai akhlbltlott of the 

film Is as close as the showing will 
gel to .this atate due» of course, to 
the Iiiteratate Commerce laws and 



Feroiniiie Band Will 
Rotate in L. Sl T. Houses 

Chicago. Nov. 23. 

l.uMin.T Trin/. are forming 

an all-wonu M stiiKe band and prew- 
euiailon lompany to replace Ben 
Paley at the Harding, Senate and 
H»Min(.rit tht atres. The women will 
rotate weekly at the three theatres. 

The exclusive femlnln** preeent..- 
tlon idea 1m believed' to be the tlrst 
of it- kind to be attempted in a 
picture house. Kuth CHUette. last 
•wen . hef«a la tba ''PaaaHii Mow.** 
Wilt aet aa wOatriaa of daiimonlee. 



OOYT ilLM OFFICIAL LEAVES 

Washington. Nov. 23. 

Fi^ M*. PeiKIni; ih eharva af *he 
aiottou pltrture 8ecti(»n of the De- 
partment of Apriculture and under 
whose direction some 200 eduoa- 
tlrnial llhna Kava beili' praduced. 
U to leave the departnient Dec. 1. 

He resigns to be<*ome district 
manager for the Newspaper Film 
Crop, and : tlia -faHtiC mndy Picture 
Ser V iceir oC CHkaso; w«t& hea#«uar . 

ters h»»re. 

The Department of Agriculture 
now 4taa prottiietleii «nd dlatrlbu- 

tion facilities equal to tlwso of any 
other producer of cducationals. 

A succesttur to* Mr. Pcrkina has 
not yet beea^lMttned. V 

Ljii , JLUil,, ,'11',,'. 1 1 ^i ii ' ii i i ii .i iiia 





ouve 



The ^^(itme ji^^ 










INNER after Winner froni Warner Bros. — Pilinjj 
up a record of profits that makes competition look 
like small change— ^'WCTv^O^VS' TUB PACIFICr "MY 
t^FPICIAL wife:' "PRIVATE IZZY MURPIIY. 
'^millionaires:' all established record-breakers 
Next 'WHILE LONDON SLEEPSr with Rin Tin 
till, the wonder dog- -.-^A'D THEN Dolores C ostello 
ia rT//£ THIRD DEGREES No end of piofiLs in 



ALL ITALIAN 
FILM FIRMS 
- COMBINE 



Piam 200 Houses Under 

Control of 
Piltohifa 



Waiihlnfrton.Nov.lt.' 

I'ndi'r an agreement between tha 
Jlatua Commerclnio Itallana and 
Uie Soeieut Anoninia Stefano Pit- 
taluicam all Italian fllM IntereetH are 
combined under the latter society 
placlnfT aame in cntrol of more 
than 200 theatres throuKhout the 
KSmpti^, any advicee rearhlnflr here. 

T)i»» merflrar hrinio* in tho Sitoleta 
Anonlina l^eonl Filmff. the Sinda- 
caio Veneto and the Anonltna Clne- 
matoinnafl under Ilia a«#^lMaC>%iCh 
all plantH and theatres Included . 

As a result of the combination 
the Sixrleta Plttaluga is IncreaHlns 
itfi eaplui from S%aM.«M Mre to 
100.000.000 llro, and • throiich Uh 
rentiufc otHrMs, it fs claimed, will lv» 
able to furnish morn than 2.000 
Italian fllma ta • th eir tfa op#atoiHfc--'-' 

Published reports in Italy on the 
merger state that while foreign pic- 
ture Interests have attempted pene- 
tration on a vast aeali into the 
Italian indtintry. ♦'tbiH concentru- 
lion or all tho Italian forces formed 
with Italian capiUU and directed ex- 
clusively by luHaaa wtl parmit of a 
iinined coTitrol of all tlTti iitailia'in 
dustry In the cotmtry. 

Socleta will be able to make 
auch arrangements with foralina in« 
tereHtH as will re-e8tabll«h our In- 
dustry in foreign marketH without 
boycottlnir #oi*elgn production." 

Immediately organization Is com- 
pleted, it Is reported that a techni- 
cal Hervlco Is proposed to begin 
oparattooa intended to produce 
enough Sims to wholly eupiply tha 
Italliin national induMtry. 

As to the fultUlment of the hopes 
of >tKla Haw Itallap ladtMtry, aU- 
tlKtipH available at the Department 
of Commerce disclose that from 1918 
through l»20 films were produced In ; 
lltaly at the rate of about 150 an- 
nually. This has now dropped to 
but four or Ave nnnually, while Im- 
ports, principally American (llms, 
has increaaad ta^'dff a'>akr, valiai^^^^ 

at iaMt»,att MM. ' ' 



SMAILER AUSTRALU . 
FILM INTERESTS JOIN 

Washington, ^ov. 21. 
Australian motion picture Ittief^ : 

eM»K «re comhinlnK- A report from 
Trade Commissioner K. O. liabblit, 
Sydney, advises the Dt iHutment of 
Commerce that the Ittaellrlc The* 
ittroM, A.vHotlated Tlieatres, Iloyfs. 
Proprietary, Ltd.; Circuit Tiu itr* s. 
the Tatlls and Thrlng Interest h ami 
Hcveral .srrt«lI<T companies In New 
Houth Wfiles. Victoria nnd Wet|am; 
.\(iKtrnlia have amalgamated. 

New houses ara being built for^' 
thr> newly formed company in Perth,'. 
W. A.. whiU' another han beon pur- 
elianed in Adelaide, with two to l»e 
erected In Melboume. The latter 
are to have seating capacities oC 
3,000. Others are to be ereeted In 
Sydney, H is reported. ♦ 

With practieaUy all of the iSw. 
houses in the suburban aeotla4 of ? 
Victoria already under Its control, 
it Is reported that the intention of 
tlie, company is to build up a c|ialn 
of largo picture hOHsep tn aaeh a»^ 
the capital cities. 

The Union Tlieatres, Ud., which 
cottraia maiir ac the picture the- ; 
atre« In the main cities of Auvtrslia, " 
Mr. IJTiiiMlt reportM, l.»5 not enter- 
ing into the new amalisamatioo In . 
any manner. . ^ 



Dlv"M>^ 



PAUIIHE STARKE D 

IjO« Ang^des, Nov. 2S. . : 
= Pauline Starke, picture actress^ y 
rr'tmn««l ffoni N»'W ^'uilc. wantf 
it known that f^Iie in not ciiKaged 
to . tnarry Donald Frec^ntui. acting 
nA|nagihg-e41tor of Vanity Fair. 

Max Marcin Supsrvifing 

liOS AngeleM, NoV« 21. 1 
— Mill MuruHi W ill auiai il»t the — 

in (mIu' t ioii uf "Th*' Mv-t. rloMM 
Uid« r. • a western whfi«>« will in- 
troduf " Gary Cooper as a Mtar of 
i'^Lmous Players -Liutky. 

iVodMctloU Will .liOAia about ^ 



VARIETY 



PICTURES 



W^aanOtiy, NovnalMr H, IMt 



Genaaiis Like Fibis 

of More the War 



Berlin, Nov. 9. 
The Tarufamct (combination of 
the Paramount -UFA Mftro-(Jold- 
wyn) Is begrinninK work on the 
"Last Waltz," based on Oscar 
Strauss' opera. Looks like a big 

production. Since the success of 
**ni« Wftl«l DMAm** all ov«r th« 
world, there has been a flood of 
pictures dealing with Viencsse life 
and in every one the same wine 
drtiikiittf a e—e a , tmxy love themes 
and comic opera atmosphere. It is 
possible that some of these may 
click la America but none will 
readh kalf tlva Moeea^ o2 thet^ pro- 
genitor. 

There is also a crazo for pictures 
treating of life in the German army 
before the war. Theae are all 

cheaply made and bring a good re 
turn on theli investment from the 
Q^rman-apeaking countHea alone. 

Tbeir produccra know that they 
could never find a market tor these 
products in America. 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON PICTURES 



PAUL ASH 
UMHS NcDERHan 

We Thank Yeul 




GAY 



r. 



FAUN 

COMEDY DANCERS 

4tffip^pd««s succeu last w«ek 
aost to eloalna posltloa at 



(^nHdil Thntar^ Chkigo 

Thia Week (Nov. 22): 
Just Around the Corner 

CHICAGO THEATRE 

MAX timmiii, ito»ff«Miiuitivt 

fliiino • ausr mve woa) 



Variety's general report last week of the effect of radio upon theatre 
attendance Monday evening. Nov. IS, brought out one matter very 
sljarply; that hou.sc manaprera of vaudeville and legit theatres do not 
like to tell the truth. What benefit a house manager expecta to gain 
for himself, his theatre or the amuaement buaineaa, by padding receipts 
or exaggerating conditlona only the old fogey house manager of tbat 
type knows. 

In contrast was the frank statementa made by picture house managers 
throughout. The picture men appeared to realiae the Information was 

for all of the trade with no reason to misstate. 

In wires reaching Variety too late for publication last week was one 
from Pine Biuff, Ark. It stated that local business waa off 25 per cent 
Monday night on account of the radio program Another from Muakogee, 
Okla.. said the managers of three of the four local film theatres stated 
Monday night had dropped 20 per cent below normal. At Indianapolis 
it was claimed all classes of housea had done normal trade. From 
Wichita, Kana., the Wire aald the management of the Ruaaian orchestra 
playing there Monday evening admitted that the radio program seriously 
hurt attendance, even season ticket holders not appearing. But the 
managers of the Orpheum vaudeville houses, three, in Wichita, main- 
tained that their buaineas had battt normal, wheraaa VaHety*a cor- 
respondent, on a local dally, added in the wire the general opinion was 
that such a program aa the radio sent out Monday materially affected 
theatres. 

Variety's correapohdenta, all nswspaper people, easily discount mis- 
statements by vaudeville house managers. The trend of this could be 
read throughout the wires when the old style managera did their old 
stuff as though they were fooling someone. ICS another Instance of 
why pictures so eaaily beat down vaudeville, not only in the ahows and 
the price but progresslveness and up-to-date methods of showmanahip— 
not the days of the 80's or before picturea got the Jump. 

In request for a summary of Variety's survey of radio's effect, and re- 
quested before Variety last week could reach St. -Louis. Variety wired 
"The Star" of that city, besides Information as compiled, that the radio 
program had affected theatre attendance in the eastern section covered 
from 10 to 15 per cent on the general average, this indndlng the Mwige 
and small towns. The small towns alone were affected from 20 to SO 
per cent with the larger cities probably from T% to 12% per cent. 

Following the radio performance the WEIAF stfition announced that 
the Monday night's radio program had cost It |2S,00li, this Including pay- 
ment for the leasing of 5.000 miles of phone wfares that ^enlng. The 
A. P. misquoted the amount as $50,000. 

Broadway has been asking a question for the past 10 days regarding 
the statement that appeared hi the Annday coluaii «t li MTinte flto 
reviewer, under her own signature. 

For weeks, since the opening of "The Captive" at the Empire, there 
has been a story going the rounds to the effect that two women in 
mannish atUre on leaving the theatre lifter one of the perfcnnanoes 
were discussing the play and one is said to have mMMImA t9 the Sthisr: 
"Thank goodness, it had a happy ending." 

The film critic arises in all her dignity and says that slit Is sick and 
tlirad of people stealing her ''stuff *Mid Inyn ^Inipi to ths liM» 
'And Broadwny Is wonderingi 



With the New York state censoring of pictures golBir tni<Mr the super- 
vision of the Board of Regents of the University of the SUte of New 
York, It will bo problematical exactly how the Regents will organize a 
plan of operation. The board will appoint a director as reported In 
Variety last week but how the board will interpret the censoring law or 
Instruct the director as to censoring are other matters. 

It virtually amounts to placing the picture censoring In the hands 
of school teachers by the shift of the State Ceaaoring Commission's 
duties to the Regents' Board, the latter the high exaiBing hoard of the 
state's ibhods. ^ ^ 

As the change goes Into effect Jan. 1. the RegenU will have to perfect 
their organization, and plans by that date. While It would be prefiumed 
that the commission's present tratoed IPaliM 
not poeltlve. • . ■ ' - 

Sidney Chaplin was scratched about the legs by a leopard while mak- 
ing scenes for "The Missflng Unk" last wMk. Aaf.l^ wm»U W iras unable 
to make a personal appearance at the premiere cf hlS jM0ii!i^^"The 
Better 'iOle," at Grauman's Egyptian, Hollywood. 



West Coast Motion Picture Directory 
of Players, Directors and Writers 


liARRARil BEDFORD 

FOR FIRST NATIONAL 

"N«w LevM ff«r OM*'— VMrnenr* 
"TiM SpsrtlBs lAvar'*— Hale 
*'Wha» feel* Meii"~Arrhlnleed 

BDWA«»'«SSjSb"cOMVAinr 


AUNROSCOE 

"FllrUnr With LoTe'*— Flntt Nat Una! 
"DaaceroiiR Currenta" — Edwin Carewa 

— JFIrat National 
*'Tho TezM Streak"— CnUonel 

Maeascmcat 
■DWABD SMALL COWPAMl 


MARYCARR 

•Hi* WIM Oiv*—Vr«Bk Uefd— 

Flnt Matleaal 
"Th« FlffUi Cemmandiiieat'*— Emory 

Joh iMeii'— I3nl V rntal 
"Drmma With « MUUon"~Hanami 

Wflpllt— F. B. O. 

womsmn an Jill company 


UONEBELHORE 

"Fetnm of Peter <?rl»Bi*^Fo« 
"Bordeiey* the Masttifleeat**— VMor— 
M. O. M. 

Manasement 
EDWABD SMALL COMPANY 


GASTON GLASS 

FOR FIRST NATIONAL 

"Sweet DMldlr«'*-->8aaC«U 
|3ebwar Sadls*'!— llMiteU 
ylMiiBiwi**«-'Mike Lsvee 

Maaa cement 
KOWABD SMALL COMPANY 


GEORGE IRVING 

*nie OooM Hansii HiKh"— l^meae 

PInyerH— ^ainea Crace 
*^laa"— Irrlnc Cummlnn— Fox 
muPM Bad Hen'*— aeek Yord— Vss 

Management 
EDWABD SMALL COMPANY 


WAUACE MacDONALD 

FOR FOX 

''Hell> Four HuBdred" 
Huihtata' ** 

JUaagenMit ^ 

in»#Aw avAix coMF/ngr 


ROSEDIONE 

"Mile. ModMe"— Corinne Grlfflth^ 

FlrHt National 
"DnrheMM of BaOai*"— Ceaataaee Yni- 
madse— sidaer Tftialifa OalMJ 
Artlals* . . r 
-ifMmam LeMM^^-Jehn Wmnf mrnf^i 
; >Alaa CrwilaBd^Vnited Artiste 
MaaaceaieBt 
l^WABD SMALL COMPANY 


JOHN MIUAN 


^DITH ROBERTS- 


The Devil's Cireas"— Ckrtstlaagsa 
M. O. M. 

The Aauitear Oentleaiaa" — Berthcl- 
^ mttm — <Meett les^isil— 
'TFbetteese WMews'*'*MVanMtf-XpNNi*^ 

MaMasement ' ^ . ■ 
KDWARD SMALL COMPANY 


"TiMre Ym Ar«*'~M. O. M. 

**B9rmk Keyt te Maldpate**— DMglae 

Marl.eim 
'*CrlCftes ef the Arm Chair CJab— ^ 

< " . M»iM|cemenl - 
KDWARD SKA IX COMPANY 



7 Hurt During Sidewalk 
Cave-In On It A & Site 

PIttaburgh, Nov. St. 

Seven peraoiiS Injured, one 

seriously, when a section of the 
sidewalk at the site of the new- 
Rowland and Clark Theatre build- 
ing. Seventh atifti iuii Xlberty av- 
enue, slid iiito #mYnliaA Inat 
Saturday. 

The accident, according to the 
police, occured while a steam Miovci 
was scooping earth niWiy. ikiMlii, iie- 
neath the sidewalk. 

Without any warning but tlie 
spllintering crash of wood, the walk 
in front of the theatre site slipped 
away and, poured into the excava- 
tion, a tAngled mass of bodies, 
earth, atone and MHilislP. «lb%c< 
cident occured at 4:30, In the midst 
of the afternoon rush. The victims 
were extricated by police and pe- 
destrians. The drop frwn tHe aide- 
walk to the bottom «C iliil libla was 
almost 10 im. 

The excavating work for the new 
Stanley theatre started otO^' ti^ewU 
ly. several months behind sclisdlite. 



Yen ttroheim Moves 

Los Angelas, Nov. 23. 

Erich von Stroheim, directing 
•The Wedding March" for F. 1'. L... 
has moved his production activities 
from the Associated atudios to the 
P. P. lot. 

Production la expected to be com- 
pleted by Christmas. 

U. Leans Benton 

L o s Ang e l e s, Nov. 89. 

Universal has loaned Curtis Ben- 
ton, scenario writer, to Charles II. 
Rogers Productions to do tlie con- 
tinuity pji a story which, /tflRSgeli 
i# sdhedti^ed to dirodt. ^ - 1 ♦ 

The picture will be released 
through First National. 



FILM POSSIBILITIES 



«*Lily 800" FaverabU 

*'LILY SUE" (Melodrama, David Belasco, Lyceum). "CVillard Mack has 
fasliioned another meiodramn of the west in the days of 1890. It would 
make a good story for a western m which a woman should be starred. 

''Gertje"— Unfavorable 
'HIKIITIK'' (Comedy drama, OuaUv Blum, Bayes). Tells the story of 
a girl of the hick type who thinks she can marry money and poaltlon* 
only to find out she doesn't belong, ttie tomg to n man In her station 
in life. Nothing new nor amusing. ^ Jbee, 

"Twinkle Twinkle'^Unfavorable . 
"TWINKLE TWINKLE" (Louis Werba. Liberty). - 
This is a muaical and has no film value as the feminine lead Is a 
Idsturs-star. Main somedy holin iiiis s l if js ^n d en sf ^j i rti po l detsetlvn. 

••Up ths Line"— Unfavorable - 

**KJP THE LINE** (Pramn, Richard Hernddn, Morosoo). Story told 
with in the ranch houst of a wliofM |tari» tl» pmlrtss, and therefovo 

uninteresting. "''^'V ' '.■ 

• V'; ' -';;',;, ' net. 



Great States Takes Over 
: 8 Peoria, Ill.» Houses 

Peoria, 111., Nov. 28. 
Great States Tneatres, Inc., this 
week completed negotiatlona with 
the Theatres Operating Company, 
controlling eight motion picture 
houses in this city, by which the 
Balaban & KaU Illinois subsidiary 
takes over the houses. The deal In- 
volved over $1,000,000 and is ef- 
fective at once. Jules J. Rubens, 
vice-president and general man- 
ager of Great States^ hero fes Con- 
nection with the deal, .announced 
that a 4.000-seat houpjo.^ in pros- 
pect for the city. 

The acquisition of the PioHi^ 
chain puts the Great States in con- 
trol of major houses in practically 
every city of importance through 
the osBtral part of the SUte. The 
Palace, Madison, Majestic. Crpheum, 
Hippodrome, Apollo, Duchess and 
Lyceum are the local houses which 
go over ^o the Orsat States. 

Dr. George Mitchell, former pres- 
ident of the Theatres Operating 
Co., retires from active interest in 
tiio houses and HonTy Stlokelmaler 
will become resident general man- 
ager.^ Henry L. Stern, president of 
the B. 4k K. Corp.. becomes presi- 
dent of the Theatres Operating, and 
Dr. Mitchell, who retains a large in- 
terest in tbo houses^ Is vioo-presl- 
dent. 



Colleen Moore's Dual Role 

' Loa Angeles, Nov. 23. 
* Collson Ifooffo will flolt « l«ai 
role in her next Phrst National 
production, "Bonnie." 



N. W. PROLOG BOOKING 

E. J. Fisher Agency's Presentation^ 
To JH Assembled in Seattle 



Seattle^ Nov. ft. 

To build special presentations and 
prologs for pictures is the aim of 
a dejpartment in the E. J. Fisher 
booking ng<w icy hero.. Alfred Xislgi* 
ley is to bo i» ^hargo Of thto/do* 
partment. 

The*1^resentations will be assem- 
bled locally and are for booking 
with the pictures, as routed. 

This step is a decidefk, |i^iova>|UPA 
In this territory. " ' ' ' " 




I want the 

Dare-Devil 
Stunt Man 
in ttie World # 




-rf— <- 



^ tfH ^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ resources of 

y ; ^ one of the largest picture companies in 
: y the business. The man I want must 

V ^ have the sort of good looks they call "per- 
' sonality,^ the sort of he-man physique 
that youngsters idolize Slid TMAg snd old 
envy; youtli» imsginsttbit sod courage 
that will i^NmH^ 

bcattn pattua mord aiid en>erience wh ich 
automaticaliy pr<»ve that he can do hit 
job-*-«ot inacely tfiat h# thinks ba can.. 

This is a REAL OWORTUNITY. If you 
have the acrobatic training* the physique, 
the experience and the qiialitiet of per- 
sonal appearance that lead yoi4 to bdieve 
you would make good on thetcreen» let' 
me hear from you AT QNCB: Send as 
many good phofeot aipoasible. state f ACTS 
about yotir experience. Don't worry it 
you haven't been on the screen* but let 
me know if you have. No long-winded 

letter— real information w ill yll^you to 

meifyouVegotthf^goodt^ 1," 

Picture Producer, Box M M, • 
li|ariety» 154 W. 46^1 St^ Ne^York City 



Wednesday, November Zi, 192$ 



I C T U R E S 



VARIETY 




UNION DEMANDS 

(ContiiiueU from page y) 
tlow at the biir i>roduciiiff corpora- 

t^oim from tho eastern points, the 
New York <I^n(f Island) studios 
being flrm to move in Htrike 
oporatlon. 

Sucti II piootHliirc iH impossible 
as ttie unioiiM muHt lirat give two 
week*' notification of sucti a mov ; 
this la In the preaent contraeta and 
an executive of one of the afllliaU.l 
American Federation of Labor 
bodies, now in tlio thickest of this 
fight to unionise the ^xiaat atudloa, 
«leclared tlu* unions were making 
no. move wiUiout going ttirough the 
official nwo weeks' notification." 

No notlflcatlon order of any kind 
has been sent to any of the union 
bodies now working in the eastern 
film plants. 

Aetora Held Meeting 

hon Ancetea, Nov. 2S. 

Afotlon i»ictur« actors who are 
menil>er8 of the Actors* Equity As- 
sociation held a secret meeting last 
week and voted to remain neutral In 
case the various mechanical and 
'technical unions called a strike 
against the motion picture studios 
on the Coast. 

Kflforts won made. It is said, by . 
tlie outside unions and also Frank I 
Olllmore, executive secretary of' 
Kquity, to set the film actors , to 
side with the unions In case the 
latter walke<l out. With Equity not 
being organreed 100 . percent, oi; 
pvmn 50 percent, In the studios* it 
was figured by members of the or- 
ganization It would be an unwise 
thing at thia time for the organiza- 
tion to assert Itself in a situation 
which had no particular slsnlflcance 
to Its membera. 

The tei^ lNiluid they had no 
grievance agaliu|t the producers with 
working conilitfoii» satisfactory, and 
therefore, in fairneas to themselves, 
a large number of the Equity 
members are under long term con- 
tracts, it would be best to remain 
neutral. / 

It 'la understood that several of 
those attending the meeting pointed 
out that the producers would hold 
the strike as a breatch of contract 
with the actora and in tlTla way it 
migrht Jeopardise their future in the 

industry. 

In the meantime the producers 
have been preparing tlieiuselves for 
the strike situation should it occur. 

Frank Oarbutt, arMSOciated with 
Fftmous Players-Lasky ori^lsation. 
It is said, has made a survey locally 
and claims he is in a position to 
furnish sufficient electricians, car- 
penters, property men, painters and 
plasterers and other studio mech- 
onleians to talce the place of any 
.that may walk out. . ; . 

Fred W. Beetaon. aeoretary of tb^ 
Association of Motion . Picture Pro- 
ducers of C'alirornia, left here sud- 
denly last week for New York and 
Is conferring there on plaaa of op-^ 
eratlon for tho studios In ciipe a 
.Strike is cu.ilj^ 

f — 

Pathe's New Sales Dept. 
l^Wtth EsduMBii in Charge 

U|>on the crea^oh of a new fea- 
iture sales department by Pathe, 
• K. A. Kachmann has been appointed 
j^ts manager by Elmer Pearson, vice 
president and general manager of 
loathe. 

f This comes through Pathe re- 
;eently taking over the releaso, pro- 
motion and distribution of Asso- 
ciated Pictures, Inc., embracing 
21 Associated pictures, acquired 
^uae 1$, 

Under the new arrangement Pathe 
branch managers are relieved of 
concentrating drives on features but 
i%rlll devote more time to selling the 
iriMirt-reel subjects and serials. 

Among some of the Associated 
features to be handled by Esch- 
'«iann are "The Code of the North - 
Vest." with "Sandow," the trained 
fflog; "Kawhide. Jr.," and "The Bo- 
.Jianza Buckaroo," starring Buffalo 
.Bill, Jr.; **Twisted Triggers" and 
•'The Flying Mail." starring Wally 
Wales; "The King of the Saddle" 
and The Galloping Cowboy," with 
Bin Cody as the star of eaeh. 



Loew's New Pittsburgh 

House on Subway Line 

IMtlsburgh, Nov. 23. 

Details concerning the new 

Ltoew'ii Penn tliealre, now unler 

construction at Sixth street and 
Penn avenue, have been made pub- 
lic Walter S. Caldwell, mana- 
ger of the Aldine, the other Loew 
house here, bald the new structure 
wiU he ready oeeupancy hita In 
the spring. 

The auditorium will contain a 
first floor, mezzanine and balcony, 
with a aeating capacity of S.i00. 
making It by far the largest house 
in Pittsburgh. An elevator for con- 
venience of balcony patrons will be 
installed la the aide entrance. 

The building Is the first In Pitts- 
burgh to be constructed containing 
the provisions for a station for the 
anticipated aubway. 



M-G-M Signs Kelley 

Los Angeles. Nov. 23. 
Albert Kelley, who directed three 
pioturea for Preferred Pictures, has 
signed a five-year eoatraet te direct 
tor H-O-iC 



Trying to Tie-Up Bronx 



L.;i\v;ence S. Bologi^liio of ti»e 

Consolidated Amusement iOnter- 

prises wants to take over the live 

houses of the Suohman. Berger and 
Rosenthal Bros. Circuit and the 
three houses of the Julius Joelsun 
Circuit in tUo Bronx. 

The only iodei>endenta In the 
Bronx remaining would be the 
Stelnmans, with eno large houne 
and one under construction, and 
the Chrlaedfe CIreult. with two 
new houses. 



Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 

Universal has placed C*onrad 
Veidt, the German "Barrymore," 
under a five-year contract. Veidt 
was brought to Amcurica recently 
by Joseph M. Schenck to work with 
John Barrymore In "The Vagabond 
Lover." Am aoon as Veldt finishes 
with Barrymore he will begin his 
Universal contract. 

Veldt's tirst vehicle will probably 
be "Juatl^e," made about 10 yeura 
ago by an tttdependent company. 



Oregon Elections 

Portland. Ore.. Nov. 21. 
The Motion Picture League of 
Orifjon, consist inK of exhibitors 
from the State, has elected as presi- 
dent Ocorge B. Outhrle, of filalem. 
Ore. 

Bob VVhltf. of the Multnomah 
Theatric (Universal), was made 
vioe-presldent, with Lessar Cohn as 
second vire-t^resident, and Oeorge 
Hunt, of Medford, pre., third ylco- 
president 

Floyd Maxwell, former dramatic 
editor of the "Morning Oregon ian." 
was appointed as representative of 
the local censor board to act for 
thIa league. Maxwell la now con- 
nected with North American The- 
atreft. Inc.. on publicity. 



A. M. P. A. FUHB 

As a result of a recent benefit for 

a former New York film press upent 
the A. M. r. A. is considering es- 
taltliMhing u ^>ermanent fund lo be 
used for the assiatance of picture 
advertising and preaa men In tliae 

need. 

A series of beneAts will likely be 
given during the year to permanent- 
ly establish the fund. 



New Picadillsr» Chi» Opens 

With Al Short's Band 

Cl»iiaKo, Nov. 

Al Bliort, featured witii .a stage 
bond at the Capitol in a contin- 
uous "Tour i»f the Worhi" presen- 
tation since April, is leaving that 
theatre lo open ^>choen.HtalU's new 
Plecadllly Dec IS.' 1>11 Delbridge, 
now h<vjdlnKr a .'^taK*- huxxni at tho 
Stratford, will replace l3hori at the 
Capitol. 

Sehoenatadt'a |*lcadllly Is a large 
de luxe hoiiaa with a picture -pre- 
sentation policy. It is located in 
the exclusive ilyde l^ark district. 

Dell Del bridge, who was recently 
selected from Hhort's orchestra to 
replat** Maurie Ilillblom at the 
Slratlord. Is organising a new band 
to bring into the Capitol. Clyde 
Hood, publicity man at the Capitol, 
will handle productions for him. 



Oerrit Replaces Legs 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2S. 
Albert iVirrls has been engaged 
I as director of publicity for the, 
Pathe producing units, replacing 
Maurice Legg. DerrM* headQuarteiw 
are at Pine Arts Studios. 



PATHE LAUNGHINO SERIAL 

T.oH Anf?»'les, Nov. 23. 
Patiie launched production Nov. 
U on a lO-eplaode aerial, "MelUng 
|«lUlons." It will be filmed at Fine 
Arts sudio. Spencer Bennett direct- 

I Allene Ray and Walter MUler wlU 
mmA the oast 



Rs -signs 3 Directors 

Jjm Angelea, Noir. 
• Universal has renewed contracts 
-tnth three of its (Hrectorlal staff. 
name\^» Edward Sloman» Louis 
fraSb ah« Xiynh' ReyfMMa. 

contract was also entered Into 
wHil *ift M ii »i M il t ii dl M O t i r * ^-•^ 'w 




First star of the screen 
fair exiuoitor vote — now 
you'll see the first 'pictore 
of the screen by public 
Vote ~ they'll vote your 
box ofFiee ^1 of the 
sweetest ^nreenback bal- 
lotf youVe had in many a 
day! We predict that 
'Twinkletoes'' wUl stand 
at one! pf the creaiest pic- 
tures this industry has 

^ver produoedi 




from Thomas 
Burke I Classic 
of Limehousc; di- 
rected b}f Charles 
Brabm. 



a first national picture 



VARIfiTY 



FILM REVIEWS 



W«4nttday» NovendbiT H 1^ 



If 



Ge4 G«v« M« 20 CenU 

Herbert- flrenon produetlon. Prei>ent«Nl by 
Famous Play^rc-I^atky. From th« story by 
Dixie Wlll*«>n. aJaptp,! by John Ruwfell. 
Sorlpt by Ellzab«-fh Af.»»*han. Dlroctcl by 
^••ibirt Hn'n<in. At th»» Paramount, N»?w 
Yurk. week betfinuing Sisiv, 2». Itunnini; 
time, 79 mlBat««. 
Mary 

CaHBie I^anir. •••••••••• I'><i <^l<' Tutii 

Steve Doron Jurk Mulhall 

Barney Taproan Wm. t'olHor, Jr. 

Ma Tapman Adr^enne a'AtnbHc«>un 

Andre Dufor ..I'M I'eo.Joroff 

Mrs. Diif«r Rom Koeanova 

Vtorlflt Claude Brook* 

Here - ia a "Cosmopolllnn" short 
Mory picked up for 12.500 for tho 
screen, and the linlHhed picture was 
selected a« the opening attraction 
f or tiM fl«.dM,«00 Paramount the- 
atre. 

Of course, the buHiness that the 
picture Will do at tho new iPara- 
mo'int rmj«t not be talten aft a cri- 
terion as to Iiow It will fare at the 
box offices the country over. Here the 
Paramotint theatre is tho attraction, 
and any picture could liave rolled up 
a box-office record for itself. That 
is not saylnp that "God Gave Me 20 
Cents" is a bad picture. Far from 
that, but It ini*t • irecord-breaker* 
•ither. ; 

In a measure. "God Gave Mc 20 
Cents," as a story, will measuro up 
with "BroVjun Blossoms." As a pic- 
ture it won't stand up as the Jatter 
did. but it will get business to a 
certain extent without knocking any 
Audiences cold. 

~ A lot of value is in the names 



The New Klnc of Jass 

BENNY 




AND 

ORCHESTRA OF 25 

At the Wew Three MllUon I>oll«r 
Msrka Broe. Granada ThestM 

CHICAGO 




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connected with the Hcreen produc- 
tion. First is Herbert Brenon, 
whoso "Heau Oeflte" Is just about 
burning tho country up wherever it 
plays; uUo Lois Moran. Lya de Put- 
ti, Jaolc Mulhall and William Col- 
lier, Jr., a very effcctivo box-ofllce 
foursome of players. 

The story is of the New Orleans 
waterfront. The action starts dur- 
ing: the Mardl Oras, which gives op- 
I)ortiinity f«»r n lot of colorful shots 
and 8<»nie very good comedy. There 
ts sufficient underworld stuff to hold 
tho Interest and provide suspense 
and, atop of that, a pleasing little 
love tah'. 

Tlio title Is against the picture. 
It s a safe bet that many a 60c. ad- 
mission house will have tlion walk 
up to tho window with a duo of 
dimes to iret in on the strength of 
that "20 Cents" bit in tho title. That 
won't be truo in the bigger houses 
in the blggor towns, but waft until 
it h!;s some of the smaller ones! 

The way Lya de Putti handles 
herself in this picture tells that It 
makes all the difference In the world 
who is directing that girl. In this 
one she ts almost as good as in 
"Variety." And she looks like a 
million dollars in some of the shots 
here. 

As for little I^is Moran, that girl 
is a wonder. She troupes all over 
the place. Women are going to love 
her, suffer with her, and just about 
want to kill the sailor husband who 
they believe has walked out on b0r 
because of his former love. 

Jack Mulhall is the sallor-hus- 
band, and Jack is looking bettor and 
doing better work than he lias any 
time during the last Ave years. He 
gets the swing of this character and 
plays it. "Buster" Collier as a 
devil-may-care kid, delivers. 

It is to the direction that tho pic- 
ture certainly owes a lot, and here 
Brenon again proves that he is a 
master craftsman. Brenon. who 
years ago waa shooting, big spec- 
tacles; Brenon, who Just a feir 
months ago topped a record of more 
than a year of consistent winners 
with that liHPX'Offlce smash, "Beau 
Geste." just goes out in this picture 
and proves that he has not been 
asleep to the tricky camera angle 
shooting the foreigners have been 
using to make them appear in the 
genius class. He goes right after 
them and does It himself. A couple 
of overhead shots In this make the 
plctur«r worth seeing just from the 
technical viewpoint. Not only did 
Brcnoh figure the shooting, but he 
has stuck action all thr«Ufh It. and 



SntINO A MEW STANDARD 
STATE fSESENTATlOM 

FANCHON & MARCO'S 

mtUANT IDEA 

- . *-'■•* > 

THE 

DUNCAN SISTERS 



1— ug uraUa g a Tyur of 

Watt Coast Theatres, Inc. 

Starting Nov. 2g 



action that makes one believe one 
thinff wh«B anothar entirely la tba 

case. 

"God Gave Me 20 Cents" is a pic- 
ture thai la a UtUe better than the 
average prograni feature Famous 
Players-Lasky has been sending out 
this 3F«ar» and that la •*ytog_ a lot. 

t red. 



FLAMING FOREST 

« 'oHinopoiitan productioa releaaiiiartbmurb 
M..«J.-M. and directed by ^taglMld 
nnrker. From James ^Oliver Curwood'a 
Hiory, with Percy lillbQrn, photosrapner. 

Iteneo Adoree and Antonio Moreno lea- 
turfd. At the Capitol, New York, week 
of Nov. 21. Running tlmo, 70 mlns. 
Horfteant I>avld Carrlgan. .Antonio Moreno 

J*>anne-Marle Ronee Adoree 

Roger Audemard Cardner James 

Alfred Wimbledon William Austin 

Mike Tom (»'l?ri -n 

Anire Aud'^mard Emilo Chniitard 

Julo» UMrarrc Oscar MercKl 

Major Charles Mc Vane. .. .Clarence Geldert 

Lupin Frank LolKb 

Donald McTavUU .....Charlew .S. Ogle 

Francoto • 

Bobble •••••••.....D' Arcy McCoy 

Mrs. llcTavtali.« Claire M( iV)weii 

RttCb MeTavHh Mary Jans Zrviag 

Add another glorified western to 
the list, for this is it. Not such a 
much either, although it's been 
nicely handled, and some of it is 
n natural color. If that helps. At 
the Capitol they received it with- 
out emotion one way or the other. 

An Indian atUck on A fort and a 
forest fire, with the rescue brigade 
riding through double photography 
and the flames to save the home 
'oiks, consummate the film's punch, 
ikieanwhile. Miss Adoree and Mr. 
ilfbreno uphold the love interest on 
a lightweight scenario thread which 
about .serves tho purpose and 
that's alL 

Mr. Moreno is a sergeant in the 
Northwest Mounted, reason for the 
color. Barker evidently couldn't 
resist those red coats. Besides 
which the story has its historical 
aldeik for ft supposedly depicts the 
entrance of Canada's famed police 
force Into tho northwest and the 
'heavsr*' happening are evidently 
patterned after the Kiel Rebellion, 
upon which subject they're not so 
anxious to talk up Canada way. 

An extensive cast does adequately 
with their respective assignments, 
no* one actually standlnir out un- 
less It Is Gardner James as the 
crippled brother of Miss Adoree, 
who Is Anally Incensed t6 do mur- 
der. Oscar Beregi is serious enough 
as Logarre. the half-breed villain, 
and convinces. * 

Lagarre Is steaming the Indians 
into a rebellious mood to establish 
himself as a monarch of the north- 
west when the Canadian Mounted 
arrlvft. This holds up* his. plans a 
bit, but .ndt before he has perse- 
cuted the pioneers and aviotod 
them from their homes. 

It's at this point the Mountles 
appear, so the pioneers face about 
and replace the furniture. Jeanne- 
Marie's mother and dad have been 
killed at the instigation of Lagarre. 
When further goaded by a couple 
of the latter's hirelings, Roger, the 
brother, sneaks out and shoots his 
tormentors. This leads to compli- 
cations, for 8ergt. Carrigan <Mr. 
Moreno) is in love with the sister, 
and must arrest the boy. 

The commander of the Mountles 
leads a det^hment away from the 
post, whereupon the Indians light 
ye well-known beacon on the hill- 
top, and the battle is on. Carrigan 
eventually breads through the In- 
dian lines to bring back tho de- 
parted force. The picture evidently 
gets its title from tho Redmen 
firing the forest to prevent the re- 
turn of the rescue column. 

This bit is obviously propped up 
by dual camera work, but at times 
seems genuine and may fool some 
of the; lays. That it's mostly ex- 
terior stuff ffoes without saying. 
Some of the backgrounds are pic- 
turesque, although the way thoy 
turn *em out now you have to look 
•Iffht times to make up your mind 



whether it's a backdrop. Oueaa not 

for this one. 

The w. k. Northwest Mounted 
uniforms help thos color bit, are 

the main substance of it, and no 
denyins it dresses the release up a 
bit It needs It, too. for the story 
isn't so strong. Miss Adoree and 
Mr. Moreno are passive as heroine 
and hero, their names promising 
more than their work accomplishes. 

A thin vein of comedy runs 
throughout, besides which there are 
the wagon trains, fording of rivers 
and the climax battle. Barker has 
seen a few of the specials In the 
past few years and evidence of his 
patronage is noticeable here at 
various points. 

Just average program footage at 
best, needing tho "brea^ " it wiU 
get from those who dote on thetar 
westerns. BkUf* 



THE GREAT GATSBY 

Paramount preaenlatlon of Herbert 
Herbert Brenon production. featuring 
Warner Baxter, Lola Wllaoo, Kail Hamll- 
too and Gcorrla. Hato in aereen vtMon o? 
K. Soott Fltsscrakl'a aoval, wkleh Owen 
Davis dramatized Jaat aaaaan. ^srvea pUy 
by Becky Gardner; adapted oy Ellziootn 
Meehan. Footage. 7,296; M minutes. At 
RivoU, New York, week Nov. 20. 

Jay Ciateaby Warner Baxter 

Daipy Kuchanan..*. I^ls Wllsut: 

Nick Curruway..... Nell Hamilton 

Myrtle Wilson. ^. ••••••• Georgia Hale 

Oeorgc WilHon.. •••••• William Poweh 

Tom Buchanan 4«'»«.*..HaJe Hamilton 

Charles Wolf. ..••*••.... George Vash 

Jordan Bak«r...«.*.«.CanneUta Geraghty 
Lord Dlsby.. .....••.•.«. .......Brio Blore 

Bert "Gunboat'* Smith 

C^tbertoa. .Clatra ■ WMtney 

*'The Grea^t Gatsby" is serviceable 
film material, a good, ini cresting, 
gripping cinema exposition of the 
type certain to be readily acclaimed 
by the average fan, with the usual 
Long Island parties and the rest of 
those high-hat trimmings thrown 
in to clinch the argument. 

Comes Warner Baxter, cast In a 
sympathetic role with a doubtful 
touch. Despite the vague uncer- 
tainty of Gatsby's Illegal fortune 
from bootlegging (and Volstead 
violating in these post- prohibition 
days is not generally deemed a hei- 
nous crime despite the existence of 
a federal statute which declares it 
so), the title player has all the sym- 
pathies with him. 

Then there is Hale Hamilton a^ 
the husband, a player who has been 
invariably cast on stags and screen 
as a manly and almost lmpos!>IbIy 
righteous husband or very dear, 
dear oM frionrl of tho family, nixl 




Who la similarly cast nere as the 

sire of the Buchanan hou.'ielioM. 
He is the husband of Daisy (Lois 
Wilson), first betrothed to Gatsby. 

The audience, in view of tho gen- 
eral tenor of the triangular »jlayer's 
previous characterizations, finds 
itself somewhat befuddled. Along 
toward the last SO minutes the wife 
calmly states she does not love her 
husband and that her affections are 
with Gatsby, from whom she was 
parted by the Great War. With that 
established, the audience's collective 
viewpoints are directed anew to the 
ultimate reunion of the wife of Bu- 
chanan and Gatsby. her first lover, 
particularly in view of Huchanan'a 
apparent perfidy with a light 1 idy. 

The vacillating shades and touches 
make one wonder whether Brenon 
(or his scenarist) had not start'^d 
out. to alter tho original Scott Fitz- 
gerald story for screen purixiscs 
and was confronted with contrac- 
tual obligations to the author, or 
other circumstances that prohibited 
such liberties. This is but a theory, 
since Fltsgerald Is sufllclently es- 
tablished to command such speclajl 
terms if he so elected. 

The picture is no reflection on 
the original novel, an excellent vol- 
ume, which, because of its literary 
form, permits a more faithful ad« 
herence to reality than the movies. 

As a general entity the screen 



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WAHNING! 

Asher, Small .& Rogers are the owners of the scroen rights to Ralph 
Spence's mystery play, 'THE GORILLA.*' Any attempt on the part of pro- 
ducers of f eatiu^ or comedies using any portion or portions, character or 
characters, including those of Mulligan and Garrity in the play will be rigidly 
prosecuted. 

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Wednesday, November 24, 1926 



FILM REVlfWS 



VARIETY 



li 



Teraion of /The Groat Gatsby" St 
cooff staff. Fitzgerald will eertninly 
have no quarrel with the flint Izat Ion 
of his novel. All the niceties and 
«B*nlc«tles of fast Lonff Island llfs 
of the type Fitzgerald dotes on criti- 
cising and exposing are capable of 
flaborate exposition. And where 
the exhibitor may look askance nt 
the overlength of 80 minutes' run- 
ning time and be tampMi: to apply 
the shears to the swimming pool 
orgies, etc., it is cautioned against 
this because for the average '.ayman 
that footage will be most appealinq^. 

The easting Is excellent as far as 
thft cast's personations of their 
roles are concerned. Baxter as 
Gatsbjr leaves nothing wanting. Neil 
Hamilton as Nick Carraway, cousin 
of the leading feminine character 
and a sort of disinterested onlooker, 
has an easy time of it. 

LfOis Wilson and Hale Hamilton 
are the uncertainties. Miss Wilson 
did her role too faithfully, it seems. 
After all. she is what parallels the 
"heroine" of a«e««en story, and she 
might have softened it up In gen- 
eral. With the trueness of her per- 
sonation tliere is naught to be 
found, but for the paradoxical criti- 
elsiti' it is too well done. Ditto for 
Hamilton. It may be a director's 
fault of course. Georgia Hale as 
the free-and-easy wife did well • 

The average screen reviewer, it 
fihould be mentioned here, is |;eiier- 
mtiy the type that is a stickler for 
any nicety in any fticker production. 
The artistic, to him or her (gener- 
ally a her), represents the crux of 
cinema attainment, without any Idea 
or eye to the box ofllce end. From 
the artistic reviewer's viewpoint. 
, therefore. "The Great Gatsby" would 
fetch something akin to a •'rave.** 
Por a commercial commentator, the 
conflicting emotions from the au- 
' ASence reaction are something to be 
feprarded. 

The Great Gatsby" has in Its 
favor the general sophisticated 
tenor of the adaptation, intellicrent 
handliiig of all the opportunities, 
and the nevePi and play'* addi- 
tional prestlpre. Withal, St*8 a worth- 
while program release. Abel. 



THE BLONDE SAINT 

Marion Fairfax Produotlon, presented by 
Samuel B. Rork, reIta«od by First Na- 
tional. From the novel by Stephen French 
Whitman, adapted by Marlon Fairfax, fea- 
turing Lewis Stone and Doris Kenyon. Di- 
rected by Srend Gade. Shown at the 
etrand, N. T., week Nov. 20. 102G. Run- 
' Bins time, 6S iDlast#s. 

StMMtlfta Ifoure..;. ....... ....Lewie Stone 
ine .Bellssnp. ..... »..l>orla Kenyon 

Vuinla. ..•••••«.•.•.•••••••••••. .Anif Rorfc 

iumtbale.. Gilbert Roland 

Xlsrlo. • * •* ..«••....•••.... . .Oeeare Oniv|na 

* Vineent nimfort Ifaloolm X>enny 

Andreas Albert Contl 

Kino Vadim Uraneff 

* Anne's Aunt Liillian Langdon 

7ito .Leo White 

How this feature was ever picked 
by the Strand to stand off the pos- 
Alble opposition that" might come 
through the opening of the new 
Paramount is a mystery. The plc- 
• ture is an ordinary program feature 
with no particular kielc. The story 
moves along nicely enough, but one 
can see the outcome long before the 
first reel is ended. It only remains 
to see how they work out the paths 
the principals must travel before 
they get together for the ^fade-out. 
From a box office viewpoint there is 
nothing to the picture that la going 
to pull money in the de luxe houses. 
Foi^ the regular theatres where there 
is a change daily It will iWI Will 
•nough. ^ 

Lewis Btonels the hero, an author 
With a past and the reputation of a 
roue, while to Doris Kenyon is as- 
•algned the rale of the American girl 
Who spurns him because of his rep, 
but who loves him nevertheless. 
She. however, makes up her mind 
that she will be a whole lot safer 
married to a very staid Englishman 
and so departs from Italy for Eng- 
land to be married. 

The author takes th'e same 
gteamer. When she refuses to break 
her engagement he grasps her In his 
arms and leaps from the steamer 
«ir the t6iMt of Biclly. 

From that time on the two are 
Virtually marooned in a little fishing 
^ - irillage where the "menace" takes 
the form of a plot to kill them both 
to secure the money of the man and 
the jewels of the maid. 

A plague breaks out and the 
author devotes himself to the care 
Of the suffering with the aid of the 
local priest. In the end the girl Is 
won by his devotion to the unfor- 
tunates. When the English lover 
shows up to re.soue her she decides 
She doesn't wai»L to be rescued. 

Ann Kork and Gilbert llolan«l 
handle a juvwiilo love affair very 
nicely. Miss Itork being particularly 
ccnvlnclnp in what slie did. To Ce- 
sare Oravina mn.st be handed the 
honors for a character Interpreta- 
tion that Htands out. 

The dircrtlon carries tlie story 
along at a fair clip. There are sev- 
eral moments of real suspense to the 
manner In which Sven Gade han- 
dled hif isiclllan scenes. Fred. 

PALS INPARADISE 

P. D. C. re' 'u^o. rn»m Pct-.^r B. Kjme 

atory. (;i->rfr° h. s^Kz (lirfotinK- Cnet In- 

Cnnes Ilu loli h SrtiI!iH:niut. .Mnri ni er U e 

La Mo'tp. John How' T'^, Aim r.^'oks f»nd 
May Hobsori. At tiio IlipiKctrunK'. New 
York, we^k Nov. 22. Itunnluff time, 88 
fMnoten. 

' About rightly placed where it Is. 
Tliis pioluro sliit.^ by where a five or 
si^-act vaude incgram la also pres- 
ent* ^o shitr^ responslUUli^.^lwra 
Hk straight de luxe house "Pals In Par* 

— ■ ■ - ■ 



adiae" wouldn't look so good, but 
here It's okay. 

It all centers around a gold rush 
town that sprouts In the desert 
when that certain young man dis- 
covers the vein after his Ford takes 
a slide ofC the road. A crook three - 
seme Is mixed up in it, as is the In- 
evitable girl, with the old Schlld- 
kruut supplying the comedy as a 
storekeeper elected sherlflf of the 
boom village. 

The story of the boy and girl 
reaohee complication pffOpbrHon 
through the young woman's father 
having established the mine, but 
dying befbre striking wealth. Hence, 
when she comes out there's an argu- 
ment, with the self-willed heiress 
almost marrying one of the erooks 
before Schildkraut, as the Jewish 
constable, hangs it on him at the 
finish. 

Nothing slipshod about thLs one, 
and Seitz has held it together pretty 
well. That it's a western of the old 
school minus "names" keeps It from 
getting anywhere as a box-oflice 
proposition. 

Bowers makes a clean-cut mascu- 
line figure of the young miner, al- 
though if any are around they'll 
probably only remember Schlldkraut 
on the way out. May Robson Is op- 
posite as the nagging wife, and also 
ffleans enough snickers to- lighten 
the general dramatics. 

Probably the comedy outstrips the 
story for interest. TTs n rinrh as to 



how the whole thing is going to turn 
out, it tlierefore being Just a ques- 
tion of looking for the laughs on 
the way. Tiianks to Schlldkraut. 
they're there. 

Where there's an added starter 
this one should get by. If It's stand- 
ing alone it will depend upon the 
clientele of the house as to the grade 
of reception It will catoh. 8Mo. 

Then Came the Woman 

Bponaored by David Hartford Produetlona. 
Inc.. under American Cinema Aaaoclation. 
Titles by Prancef Nordstrom. Features 
Frank Mayo, CuUen I.andls. Mildred Ryan 
leadingr woman. Running time, about ST 
minutes. 



Story Is built up around a forest 

fire, which furnishes the only ac- 
tion in the picture. Trouble Is the 
action doesn't particularly lead up 

to the fire views, which are im- 
pressive in themselves, and nothing 
especially Vital hangs upon the epi- 
sode of the conflagration. To be 
sure, ttie heroine and hero are lost 
in the woods and threatened by the 
flames, but the opportunity to give 
this situation a punch is not em- 
ployed with much skill. 

The rest of the action is sluggisih 
and the feminine Interest is not 
brougl^t in until near the end. It 
looks like the story had been under- 
taken before the script was clearly 
determined upon. The story pattern 
ft; p(>nfus»^d. Tn ppHp of defect, good 



detail and exoelleiit pictorlul work 
nial<e the production a bettt r-tlian- 
fair program feature. 

Hdb Is a wayward boy. He and 
his father clash, and Bob leaves 
home to seek his fortune. He 
reaches the lumber country, and 
there encounters Mr. Hobart, oper- 
ator of large lumbering Interests. 
The elder man takes an Interest in 
the youngster, but they also clash, 
and fight it out man to man with 
bare fists. Hobart knook.s Bob cold, 
and a firm friendship grows out of 
Ihe combat. 

Bob is making his wa3» success- 
fully under the tutelage of his guide 
and friend when Hobart sends east 
for the girl he loves, intending to 
celebrate her arrival with a wed- 
ding. Instead the girl falls in luve 
with Bob. The young man here 
struggles between his love for the 
girl and his loyalty for Hobart. The 
young pair are picnicking in the 
forest when they are trapped by lire. 
It is Hobart who goes to their res- 
cue, and out of the incident he 
comes to realise that "youth calls 
to youth." as the sentimental titles 
have it. and resigns in favor of his 
younger rival. 

Some rather fair comedy Is sup- 
plied by an Irish camp cook and 
her browbeaten husband. The scenic 
features are fine always. The di- 
rector has avoided the fault of mak- 
ing his logging camp interior set- 
tings rough and cnide, and lias, 



rather, pone to the other extreme of 
making tliem rather too artistic to 
be convincing. 

AitoKothor sums up as an tk.fpT* 
age daily change program feature^ 

countrVbeyond 

William Fox prcn] union, of CunadUa 
Northwest Mounted Police, featuring Olive 
Uorden. Produc-tion by Irvlog Cunimings. 
Titles by Kathorlne Hllllker an.l ii. H. 
Caldwell. Story from the novel by James 
Oliver Curwood. At Fox's Acadleaiy, Nov. 
22. Runnlns tiass. M oUautes. 

Valencia i,, Oil ve Bonlea 

Roger McKay ^ Ralph Orave* 

Mrs. Andrewa <3ertnide Aster 

Sergeant Caaaldy. .. . J. Farrrll MacDonald 

Martha Leeeur ....Evelyn Selble 

Joe I.oseur Pred KohMr 

Henry Hurland Lawford DavldaoB 

Katiier John Alfred F'l.iher 

Valeiuia'ii nmid little Willlsi 



A mechanicMl oit of magasl^O 
fiction made into a highly interest- 
ing picture by the very beauty of 
Its scenic features and the lavish 
scale upon which the production has 
been made. Curwood grinds out 
enormous quantities of fiction of 
the kind magazine readers consume 
as fast as it is served. Probably 
this is as good a test as anything 
for material suitable for the screen. 

This story Is so treated m its 
unfolding in the magnificent scenery 
in Jasper National Park in Westera 
Canada, and by the productloa 
(Continued on page 18) 



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Corporation does not par- 
ticipate in the profits ac- 
oruing from ttie exhibition 
or the sale of this ~ 
picture. 



Exiilliltars 

Interested in booking this film are 
directed to inquire of the branch: 

exchanges of 

Fox film Corporatloa.; 



the physical distributoi^lB 
booking agents. 




M 



VAKIBTY 




TURES 



Wednesday, November 24, 1926 



LITERATI 



Br«wttor T\%4 Up 

Eugeno V. Brewster, film fan 
in««asine publUher, who recently 
marrted GOrllM Palmer in Mexico, 
where hm pvwvlouely had procured a 
**Mexican divorce" from his wife, 
«M»ear8 to be in for muoti eaplana- 
tloD and annoyance If not ambar* 
vaamaat and other tiUntalroiii that 
■ame wife. 

Mrs. Brewster, the original, baa 
taken steps to find out, as sha says. 
If a» Aaiisrican husband can place a 
stigma on his legally wedded wife 
by obtaining a divorce from her in 



PAUL ASH 

OnCAGO > 




• foreign lands. Mrs, Brew»ter. th»- 
I original, says she doesn't care to l)e 
known as i. woman dlToread by her 
husband. Not a bad littlo avfuman 
for any good little wife. 

Just to keep the tiling open and 
going. Mrs. Browstar. tha origina] 
atartlas an aetloa againnt her hub- 
by, or ex. slapped n $60,000 attach- 
ment against h|m and the Brewster 
Publications ovir In Brooklyn.^ N 
Y., where the publications head- 
Quartcr. That tie« up Mr. Brewster 
in his business affairs until his 
wife's aetlon is tried. 

Not so long ago Mrs. Brewster, the 
original, and before she had a rival 
wife living with her husband, sold 
soma furs and jew^ry sho had lo- 
cated in New York balonging to 
Miss Palmer as was and now Mrs 
Brewster by the grace of and in 
Mexico. Mrs. Brewster, tho orlg.. 
aactioned off the stuff under a judg- 
ment she holds against Corliss 'or 
1200,000 for alienation of her bus- 
band's afVaetlona. tn Tiew of the 
Mexican divorce and remarriage it 
looks OS though Mrs. Brewster's de- 
fault judgment con bo upheld on 
tho facts in any new trial granted, 
whether In California or Mexico. 

But the star green proceeding Mrs. 
Brewster, the original, has under- 
Ukon Is to ascertain tf hor husband 
has been guilty of bigamy, since ho 
admits having itaarrled Miss Palmer. 
For that purpose her attorney is 
going Mora tho diatrloi attomay of 
the country where Mrs. Brewster 
resides and demand an Investiga- 
tion. Bigamy is an extraditable of- 

postlbly 



Actual ^Wastsrn" Storioa 

With the oncoming flood of west- 
ems, additionally to the mob now 
at work on tho Alms with thorn, tho 
trend seems to be toward actual 
stories of the* great west. Some- 
thing beyond the immature imag- 
ination of an avora^e serub or hack 
writer la required to send a wostcrn 
star ohfid lii tha highly opiBpaflttvo 
race. 

Once In a whflo a gtoam oC tlio 

future story is seen in a current 
western film but it is seldom. With 
the hundreds of incidents of the 
west, front! Ita Indiana to. ilalnsmen 
and adventurors, suffloliit stirring 
tales of true life conviction siiould 
And thoir way to tho picture 
studios. >* - < 

Chief Longlance, a full blooded 
Indian who fought with the Princess 
Pat Regiment of Canadian regulars 
in Franc* la at yreoant la 



GABY RASIANO 

LYRIC DRAMATIC SOPRANO 

in PAUL OtCARD'8 •'UNDER VENETIAN SKIEft" 
APPEARING OVER ENTIRE PUBLIX CIRCUIT 
▼OICK or OKBAT ffOWSB AND BBAVTV 



York. The chief has been doing 
publielLy work for the CuMadion 
PacUto Rattroad at Hm Banff (Can- 
ada) Sprlnga HoteL He in a college 
graduate from the States, at present 
lecturing on Indian history. Ho haw 
an taoxhauatlbla collection of west- 
ern stories, Indians and whites, 
from the «>arllei>t days of tho set- 
tlement of Western Canada and tho 
IT. 8. ChloC Longlance ia deliberat- 
ing whether to turn his stories into 
scenarios. 



^ ^ QoorflO Starling Diaa 

George larkcrimg. 47, famous Cali- 
fornia poet and writer, committed 
suicide In his room at the Bohemian 
Club, &au Francisco, Mov. 17. De- 
spondency over ill health and his 
inability to entertain his friend. H. 
Jm Mencken, famous critic and edi- 
tor ("American Mercury"), who 
came to tho coast aspoclalty to aee 
him. brought about tho P9«t'a self- 
destruction. 

Sterling was well known in news- 
paper and literary oinfleai He was 
the author of the plays performed 
annually at the Bohemian Grove, 
San Francisco. His wife commit- 
ted sateldi In the same manner in 
1914. 

Sterling was a close personal 
friend of Peter Clarke MacFarlune, 
the author, vlia eommitted suicide 



About Germany 

A returning visitor who traversed 
Germany inland, by auto, tells oi 
seeing German chlldritt lli tka fields 
practicing mai^ch steps and military 
drilllngr. No similar scenes wei'O 
witnessed in tho cities, leaving the 
fleld work snaeeptlfala if haying 
been ofllcially insphred and artfll |i0 
CJerman children. 

Meanwhile the U. 8. Navy appears 
to Infohn all forelfa aalloBa Ita do* 
▼elopments in warring equipment. 
But recently a news weekly ex- 
hibited on the screen the latest 
maaaairer at Hi hydfaplanea,Anght* 
Ing on a destroyer while the lat- 
ter waa In motion. On the same 
screen in the news weekly was a 
pletura aC tli# >aviaw aC qirwan 
troopa by Vn t Hmi Von^Mieil- 
berg. 

The American LiCglon has Issued 
its own editloB IB aaven vofumoa of 
historical record of the war. the rec- 
ord bciiiiir taken from official files 
of all countries Involved and printed 
without oommenL It la aold to 
Legion members only at $84 a set. 
Headers say it Is the most graphic 
picture of the war yet presented 



$200,000 Libel Verdict 

Frank C. Seested, country circu- 
lation manager of the Kansas City 
<*0tar," haa been granted a verdict 
of $100,000 by a Circuit Court Jury 
in a libel suit against the Kansas 
City "Post" The suit was based 
on mm article In tho •*Fosr' of Nov. 
2f tStl, It charged Beested had 
contributed $11,000 to the Imperial 
(Serman Government before the 
Unltod Btataa ^irtOTad the World 
War. 

TlU verdict granted the full 
amount asked for in Beested's peti- 



tion, $100,000 for actual damages 
and $100,000 punitive damages. 



Writers aa tiiMdea 

Allen ITpward, faiaaua Bnglish 

novollflt nnd philosopher foui.d shot 
through the hoart last Wednesday, 
did not know that an American 
publisher waa calMnv aa hia literary 
uRcnt to atjk for a series of books 
with the same central cliaracier as 
"The Club of Masks." Despite the 
apparent succees af his two latest 
books Upward had decided hliaaeif 

a failure. 

On^^ day of Up ward's death in 
BndV^ George Sterling, dramatic 

poet and one of the hCHi known 
members of the Bohemian Club, was 
found dead in his room in San 
Fraaclaeo. An empty bottle of 
poiaoB was found near his bed. 



A. P. franctiise. The two paix rs 
will be operated separately until 
Deo. 9. whan the merged papora 
will, be known as the "News-Sen- 
tinel," and published in tho "Sentl* 
nel** plant. 



Don Seitz. former buHincFs man- 
ager of the New York "World" and 
now asaooiato editor of '*The Out*, 
look,** has written a book, "Horaca 

Groeley, Founder of the New York 
Tribune." which Bobbs, Merrill 4b 
Co. la to publish. Seits has writ- 
ten a number of books nince leav- 
ing the ' World" to devou himaelf 
to literature. 



Leo Donnelly's Series 

Leo Donnelly, erstwhile actor, is 
offering for syndication a scries 
called *'A Bootlegger'a liOttera to 
His Son." Donnelly claims he had 
long talks with the Chicago gun- 
men and gangsters and has a lot 
of inside stuff on the modus oper- 
andi. Thl.s material he has sprin- 
kled with his own wise-cracks, for 
which hf^is famous. Jack Conway 
(Variety) eollaborated in the aeries. 



Plays as Movies 

Promptctl by the popularity of 
the little books Actionized (rom 
movie stories, the Macauley Co. is 
to bring out a aerioa of novelized 
versions of plays. The book con- 
cern is negotiating with a number 
of producera for Hetlon irlglhts 
ta their 




Veteran Author Dies • 

William IsXlgar Sackett. 78, Jour- 
nallat aad intliaff^ dM Jiew 
York Nov. 18. Mr. Sackett for the 
last six years was attached to the 
news staff of the New York 



Tho deceased writer was -the au- 
thor of several books. About ei^ht 
years ago Mr. Sackett established 
tha <iS«May Memiiff • Nawsf* in 
Jersey City, which later became the 
Jersey City "Daily News." 

Ho once ran for Governor in New 
Jeraey and framed A apaech to the 
voters that was regarded as a 
classic. He said, among other 
things, that "I shall sul>sidize no 
bead of Molatroua tsiiiMi C» tell 
the world how much g re a tef a. Man 
I am thail I Am." 



- KpiMwIlla " 8llar0er 
The Kiiffirvyto **Bfaiitaff flontlner' 

has been purchased by tho "News,'^ 
which has been in the local field 
five years. "Tho Sentinel" was 
founded «l yeirs ago^ and -bad an 



HOLLYWOOD "DAILY C1T1Z£IN" 

(EMAREST SIGNS 
FOR WARNER FILM 

Former Vaudeville Actor Will 
Play III ''Don't T«l) 
^ Wife*' 



Another instance In wbftcli a com- 
ical vaudevtUo aetbr haa mad^ good 

as a serious screen pantomimist is 
the cose of William Demarest. who^ 
according to Warner Brothers, waa 
slgpned yesterday for one of tha. 
principal rolea la *?Den'i ISbm 
Wife." IJaMavest, fbrmarly one of 
the best known of Orphaum players*' 
left the stage only a few weeks ago 
to take a role In "Finger Prints,'* 
a Warner production, directed by 
XJoyd Bacon, starring LiOuiae Fa* 
zenda ami John T. Murray. It waa 
on account of the splendid talent 
dlaplajrad by Demarest lit tbia irehl* 
cle that he was signed again to 
pear in "Don't Tell the Wife." 



JOE WONG 

tHE UKELELE IKE FROM CHINA 

HlBiOINCj — ^DANCING 

Playing Balaban A Katz Theatres. Chteafld 

PAUL ASH tmyu: 'This Chinese Boy is HOT!** 

Direction WM. MORRIS AGENCY 



AT THE NEW MAGNIFICENT 

PARAMOBNt NEW YORL WIEK NOV. 27 



REUlilTED 



VIVIEN 



MYRTLE 



I HOLT AND LEON 




"An Intimate Song ReaUl" 



Direction WM. MORRIS (ARE LASTFOGEL) 



WtdiMtday, Uwmnkwr H liM 




PICTURES 



VARIETY 



17 



PATENTS 



F. A R.'t TSrd Houm 



Waiihington, Nov. 23. 
A long Mat of Inventlona affecting 
ploturoA. motion and still, and sev- 
eral departures in the musical field, 
;. ^ead the list of patents Just Issued. 
Full Information may be Hecured 
1>y forwarding 10 cents, %long with 
th# serial number, to tlie Commis- 
sioner of Patents, WaHhingtoa, D. C. 
Pictures 

Aiming Device for Cameras (still). 
B. F. Brelsford, Sidney, O. 1.605,38S. 

Apparatus for Measuring the 
Heat Capacity t>f Photogiaphlc 
Film. V. C. de Ybarrondo, Los 
AngeleSf Cal. 1,605,895.' 

BtereoHOopIo Photography. W. B. 
Trexlse. Wolverhampton, England. 
1.605.016. 

Art Of color Photography. J. H 
Powrle. New York city. 1.605.002. 

Combined Sound Record and Plo- 
turo Film, lohn Kaiser, New Tork 
«lty. 1.605,661. 

Photographic Cartridge John O. 
JcBesb'Roehester. N. T.. assignor to 
JSastman Kodak COn Roehesttr. 
' 4,606341. 

Wm-Assembling Machine. John 
G. Jones, Rochester. N. Y., assignor 
to fiastman Kodak Co,, Roohestcc. 
l,fOf,S42. 

Fl!m-TenaIon;nfi Device. E. E. 
l/n^erwood, Rochester, N T^. asrig- 
nor to Eastman Kodak C%tn Roeiios* 
ter. 1.605.874. 

. f iiotographio Bath. J. J. Crab- 
tree and O. XL Matthews, Roohester 

N. Y.. asilKnors o Eastman Kodsk 
Company, llochester. 1,606.891. 

Transnilssion of Pictures by Elec- 
tricity. J. W. Horton, Bloomfield: 
H EL Ives, Montclalr, and M. B. 
JjOtxk, Olcn Ridge, N. J., assignors 
to Western ttHectrlo Co., Now York 
city. 1.606.227. 

Photographio - Printing Machine. 
Crover I^aube, Loner Beach, CaL, 
assignor to Geo. M. Wlnstoad. Long 
Beach. 1,606.^04. 

Photographic Shutter. Wm. A. 
RIddell. Rochester, N. Y., assignor 
to Eastman Kodak Co., Rookostor. 
1,606,447. 

Method and Apparatus for Pro- 
ducing Composite Motloa Pictures. 
Eugen Bchufftan, BerUn-WliOMini* 
dorf, Germany. 1,606,482. 

Making Composite Motion Pic- 
tures of a Set or Scene. Eugen 
Bchufftan. Berlin -WUmersdorf; Qer- 
mnny. l,tM.48S. 

Music 

Soprano Saxophone. Henry B. 
Breves, Cleveland, O., assignor to 
W. N. White Co., Cloveland. 1,606,101. 

Music-Leaf Turner. J. Melssner, 
Jit. Louis, Mo. 1,608,268. 

Transmission Mechanism for Rec- 
ord-Controlled Musical Instruments. 
C. UebelmeAser. New York city, as- 
signor to Weltre-Mignon QotVit M«W 
York city. 1,606,801. 

Murvlcal Instrument. J. H* TlUMgr. 
Biwokflekl, in. 1.606.804. 

Saxophone Cord. Albion 8. Lang, 
Jamaica Plain, Mass. 1,606,505. 

Clarinet Narciso Cmuii, Coliun- 
bus, O. 1,604,069. 

Piano Action. Carl 
Liege. BelgiuRu 1,606.171. 

Miseoltsnoeus 

Flask (liquid) carrier. fVed 
Lewis. Lo Junior, Ky. 1,605,106. 

imim cmai maoxu 

Wnohlngton. Notr. It. 

Color photography has been sue- 
oesefuUy used by the Department 
of Agriculture in its investigation 
of soli types. 

Photographs of the profiles of 
many of the more important soils of 
southeastern United States have 
lH)on taken nnd the vnrtous colors, 
mottlings and stronkg Miw dis- 
tinctly. 

The experiments were made un- 
Air tho direction of the Bureau of 
Mis. 



MtaMnpolis, Nov. It. 

The latest addition to the F. & R 
circuit, the new State at Mlnot, 
N. D., opened Nov. 17 with pictures. 

It's the 7trd tn the oonosm's 
chain. Thlrty-threo are in the 
Twin Cities, but the entire states of 
Minnesota, North and South l>a- 
kotas and wostom Wisconsin are 
pretty well sewed up. 

P. A R. recently took over the 
Grand, their only opposition movie 
house. In 8t Ctoud. Minn. 



3. t. 



Ill 



Paihe Sued for $128,< 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 

Declaring Pathe Exchange, Inc., 
failed to pagr ^ for two of a series 
of six pictures featuring Harry 
Carey, as it had agreed upon. Great 
Western Pro4uctions, Inc., has illcd 
suit in Superior Oovrt nsnlnst 
Pathe for llSMtt. 

The complaint alleges that the 
d^epdants agreed with Charles ll. 
Rogers to aoeept six pictures at a 
ccMEit not to exceed $65,000 each, and 
that the defendants failed to pay 
for either $50,000 or $60,000 pro- 
ductions which had been forwarded 
to the defendants for distrihutloa. 



Denver's Hew Aladdio 



Denvon Nov. 28. 

Denver's newest and most beau- 
tiful house, Aladdin, celebated its 
opening with a $8 top for the 
premiere. 

The new houm is in the heart of 
the fashionable society area. It 
sests l.t0t. 

First riia films, stage presenta- 
tions and a variation of music will 
be the policy, according to Harry 
B. Huffman, mana#inir director, 
who has engaged Gkorgla Lane to 
direct all stage productions. The 
orchestra, conducted by Niels Dahl. 
will be known as the Arabian 
Knights, and Vtola K. Leo will 
preside at the or^an. 



HILL'S OltlOISAL 70ft COOOAH 

JjOB Angeles. Nov. 23. 
George Hill, Metro-Gold wyn- 
Mayer director, has written an 
original for Jackie Coogan, in col- 
laboration with Hayden Talbot, 
called "Buttons.** 

M-G-M has accepted the script 
as the juvenile atar*a jMOtt ViAy^ls- 
iHUl wiU direet. 



' '^trogoff*' ia Feb. 

General reteaso fbr **Mlcliael 

Strogoflf," Cineroman-Unlversal pro- 
duction, adapted from the Jules 
Verne story, will not be made until 
Feb. 8. A number of special en- 
gagements may bo plajrod up to 
that time. 

The initial American showing 
was made Friday (Nor. It) In the 
Rial to, Washington. 

Nobody is starred. Tlie U book- 
ings are beiny looked after by Lou 
B. Metsger. 



CHUBCs nui 

By way of stimulating church at- 
tendanco, Now York churches are 
using a two- reeled tllm eptitled 
"Forgive Our Debts,** made by the 
Religious Motion Picture Founda- 
tion. 

Dr. S. Parkes Cadman's church 
used It In Brooklyn last week. 



European Director Here 

Alexander Korda, Euro)>eab pic- 
ture director, arrived in New York 
last wook. under contract to First 
National Pictures, Inc. 

Mr. Korda has been producing 
for various Austrian, German and 
Hungarian film companies. 



S. S. REORGANIZES 

EXECUTIVE DEPT. 



Small- Strasbery Circuit has ub« 

dorfono a roortsnlsatlon of Its ex* 

ecutive department with the now 

selections set Indefinitely. 

Under the new regime Law Pres- 
ton becomes general manager of 
the Brooklyn divisioii with head* 
quarters at the Republic thoatro; 
Harry Furst hoUlnir a sim:lv post 
•n charge of the Long Island divl* 
slon with boadiiuaiteri at tiw Btoln* 
way. Astoria. L. I. 

Sigmund Solomon, who left Small- 
Strasber^ a year ago t(» launch 
the burlesque fctock ai the Chelsea, 
New York, has returned to the 8-8 
forcob as dlstr ct manaKt-r with a 
roving commlMiioa over the entire 
circuit. 

The Small-Strasberg Circuit 
operates a chain of 25 theatres In 
Dicoklyn and i.ong Inland. Four of 
the chain play vaiJ^/ He booked In- 
dependently while the other hcnsos 
play straight pictures with some 
using presentation acts occasionally. 



Never in this business have you seen a product come 
through the way PAR AMOUNT'S is coming through 
this hiL 




Records smashed^ runs extended, double and triple nor« 
mal profits—an old stoiry by this time to exhibitors playing 

PAMI^UNTS 15™im™ GROUIV 





Every last skeptic has hopi>ed 
A PARAMOUNT YEAR. 






Hotel Mgr. Turns to Camera 
Los Angeles, NOT. St. 
James Taylor, manager of the old 

Stuyvaisant Hotel on 35th street, 
Mew York, and later in a similar 
position at the Somerset Hotel, also 
New York, has turned picture actor. 

Taylor is now playing a minor 
role in John Barrym ore's produc- 
tion, '*The Beloved Rogue" for U. 



Barter in Charge 

Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 
Uai Barter itas been appointed 
maaagor of United Artists 8tadlos, 
the new name for the present Fair- 
banks-Plekford studios. Barter Is 
in charge of the building of new 
stages to be finished about Jan. L 



Hsmmel's Second Operstion 
John Ilammel, district manager 
for Paramount's New York offices, 

has bren fighting Illness that twice 
pl.t him in tho hospital seriously ilL 
Last week he submitted to an- 
other operation at 8t. Vincent lios- 
plU!, Uii ii repuit o d out uf 



Pueblo Opening Deo. 21 
9ho new Co|rrado at Pueblo, 

Colo., to be one of the Unkf? in the 
Publix chain of houses will open 
Dec. 21. 

It will be operated out of the 

Denvf'r dintriot headquarter.*) of 



You don't have to point to "WERE IN THE NAVY 
NQWf ' swimittedly ihe ^^^g^ picture house attraction 
ever made* Or to a^ PARAMOUNT pictu^ 




Look at 'THE QUARTERBACK'* and the phenomenal business it's 
bing. Look at^'SO'S YOUR OLD MAN"— $47,000 at the Metropolitan, 
Bp8ton»biiilding up everyday it played, on sheer merit. Look at ''EVERY- 
BODY'S ACTING/' prais^ to the skies by the New York critics and 
Pete, Harrison.,: :■::< 




Look at the whole list. fcom"ALOMA'' and "PADLOCKED*' right down 
the line. Look ahead to the BIG 8 for release in December and January. 




Miss booking a single PARAMOUNT and 
YOU^RE THROWING MONEY AWAY 

y«mb?r of Mot'on Picture Prdducf m and Diti ributor* of Ani*rlc«V lnc.<->WtM II. Huy^ rrvutdfni 



18 



VARIETY 



FILM REVIEWS 



We4ne8day, November 24, 1926 



COUNTRY BEYOND 

(CotttSAiiM from vtLf W 

magnificence that surrounds it when 
the action is transferred to bacl< 
stago in a Broadway musical cum 
edy, that the spectator Is trick<>d 
Into accepting it at mucli more than 
. Its intrinsic worth. 

Th% aettinsfl on and about a lovely 

mountain lake, ringed by snow 
capped* mountains and set off t>y 
flMcy drifting clouds, are b«airtlfUl 
bayond description. They< would 
■tend up as art shots for a sceiiic 
•Qbject and they go a long way 

* kr strengthen a story that is pretty 
'lurtificial, but effective enough as 

comm«rolal romMiM. Capital act- 
ing nlso contributes to the quality 
of the production and expert direc- 
tion lAoet Its part 

The picture la a good example of 
concentrated interest, for there Isn't 

* a foot of superfluous' footage, 'the 
picture is ' thd opposite of. t»addfng. 

Besides these outstanding merits. 
It has a first rate twist in the. char- 
acter of Cassidy, constable of the 
Northwest police, played to the 
queen's taste by J. Farrell MacDon* 
aid. veteflitt cliairaet«^ mtH-'^f * the 
Ftjx forces. 

Instead oT the familiar heroic 
figure of the Northwest Mounted 
coiuitAMe, Cassidy Is a rollicking 



old Irishman with a heart and a 
sense of humor. Olive Borden Is a 
graceful heroine, inclined to overdo 
the lovely child of natiure in the 
wilderness scenes, but coming into 
her own when the background of 
the Broadway musical comedy stage 
is more to her liking. Evelyn Selble 
does a splended character bit and 
Fred Kohler la an impressive heavy 
who lodks the part and mftkei^ It 
real by his natural playing. 

Valencia is the wild roM of the 
northwest forests left an orphan 
with the Hawkinses, rude back- 
woods people. Roger McKay meets 
her as he passes, hunted by the 
police for some prank. They fall 
in love, but Valencia's guardian 
wants to sell the girl to one of bis 
friends. 

At the nearby faslilonable camp 
is Harland, producer of Broadway 
shows. He sees the girl dancing in 
a leafy clearing. He also fallc in 
love with her, offering to make her 
fortune on the Broadway stage. 

Harland furnishes to Cassidy, the 
Mounted constable, information of 
McKay's whereabouts and he has 
to take the fugitive Into custody, 
much as he dislikes the task. 
Valencia's guardian is Killed by his 
w ife, driven to frenzy by his per- 
secutions, and McKay, returning to 
find the body, supposes the girl has 
done the deed and takes the crime 



upon his own shoulders as he goes 
off to Vancouver. 

Nothing is left for the girl but 
to take Harland's offer. Next she 
Is seen as a reigning queen of the 

stage, in episodes backstage of un- 
usual magniacence. To Broadway 
oomee Cassidy seeking her out. 
There Is a fight between the soldier 
and the theatrical manager and 
th* rUfved trooper of the Royal 
Mounted carries the stage beauty 
back to her native woods ioi' a ro- 
mantio reunloii with her old lover, 
now cleared of the crime. They 
meet in their canoes out on the lake 
in a pretty Idylllo series of views 
for the usual happy ending. Instead 
of the lover's clinch, the finale has 
Cassidy riding off into the landscape 
whistling his satisfaction at the 
happy ending of his plottings. 

Ruth, 



THE GORILLA HUNT 

Winkler Picture, presented by Jos'. P. 
Kennedy, relejuied by F. B. O. A lllm 
record, ot Dei> Burb|ids«'ai<mM41tl{i»i Into 
Africa to captur* sotUlas aiivs. .Ittviewed 
At pix>j«ct4«a r6om,jhoivtMr. Bsnmuag thne. 
52 mlmitiBS. • * ' • ■ 



As a novelty this so-called feature 
will get by. It is rather a travelog, 
with a few thrilling touches at the 
end showing th giant gorillas in 
their native wilds. 
However, It ranks with the major- 



ity of big game hunt pictures. Ae 
there has been but one of thece on 

the market In several years there is 
no reason why this should not prove 
a bex-ofBee attraotlon and at the 

same time interesting. Con.siderabIe 
con>edy element injected through 
native stuff and several young go- 
rillas captured alive. 

Ben Burbridge. with a number of 
fHends, started at the mouth of the 

Congo, and for 1,000 miles traveled 
on a paddle wheeler, up that stream. 
At Stanleyville they dtoimbarked 
and started across country, with 
supplie:^ carried by a small regiment 
of natives. Going through the coun- 
try they met all sorts of hardships 
and dangers in their contacts with 
the natives, some of whom were 
cannibals, and the Batwa pygmies. 
The latter were the last of the tribes 
encountered right OA the edge of the 
gorilla country. 

One of the real thrills comes when 
a gigantic gorilla is seen directly 
charging the camerl^, oiiiy to fall, 
dead just' before reaching It becatise 
of a well-directed Khdt.' 

There is a lot of the native Stuff 
very interesting, especially somfe pf 
the dances .<itaged for the Vi.<»itlng 
big- game hunters. A number of gag 
titles help this portion of the Cloture 
along. 

The picture Is big enough to play 
the sm%|l grind houees In the biggir 
towns for a week or io. It can lie 

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Staple 
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at^' sugar aiid ntio- 
Siure-fir# ai death: 



and taxes! Greater F. B. O/s 
Bob Custer Westerns main- 
tain die saiM hi^kdMfree df 

, . ... ^ ^ ^ 

show quajitjjp as the Cireater 
Gpld Bonds! They are made 
for the prime purpose of 



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Another of tho 
Eight Custer 



VUtrHmUd by 

GREATER 



; B^d anfl Putter W«»terns! 

Produced by Bob Custer Productions, Inc. 
^^^n ^' '^^^ PefMMU SefervMNi ef Mie Ji Oel«^ff 

mbcr of Alotlen Pivtare rroduoers and Distributors of Amoricti. Inc.— Will H Hayn, rrrsidcat 




BOOKING 
Of AkSPIICiW MC 



built up with a strong lobby display 
and snappy adTerttsing. as aur h it 
would get over for better than av- 
evage business at a house of tha 
type of the CSunao In New York. 

Fred, 

MIDNIGHT MESSAGE 

D«alffnate<l a Goodwill riotures. Inc 
production. Story by H. H. Van Loan 
and direotion by Paul Hurst. Cast headed 
by Mary I'arr. with Imposing Hupport, In* 
cludins Wanda Hawloy, Crelg-hton Hale, 
Otis Harlan, Johnny Fox, Jr., and Stuart 
Holmes. Running time, M mlnutoa. . 



A story of mixed merits and de« 
fects, done ip the same sort of pro* 
duotlon. The big scene is the bur« 

glary In a rich man's home, followed 
by a spirited automobile chase. 

But you- never can be quite sure 
that the burglary isn't going to turn 
into a burlesaue. At any time th# 
possibility of the whole thing be* 
coming a travesty is imminent, and 
the feeling rather takes away .trofll 
the story Interest. *- • 

Probably that Wafei not exactly 
what the scenario writer had In 
mind. Apparentlyr he was trying 
for some suoh effect ae JDavIa* 
"Gallagher," but it doesn't register. 
The picture has many -fair laughs^ 
though they scarcely pay for the idt* 
fort. Something has missed. It isn't 
-'the actors, for they represent a high 
average' of abtlt^. ' Uneertfeiin «ireo* 
tlon prbbkbly was the eanse: ' 

A)I kinds of paine ure taken to 
build up 'the' tiretiiaratioA tor m 
burglary. And- then M'hen it comes 
ofC| it has no slgnilicance. The pic* 
ture i^oes into detalls^ of thi* court* 
ship of Wanda Ilawlcy and Crelprh- 
ton li^le, and then it turns out to 
he a negligible side' Issue,' iT^ey go 
to some trouble to establish the 
wea^lth of the family, and then make 
the rich man a comedy character, 
all to no purpose. 

A jsurpris^.. finish is usod for a 
laugh. ACter a Qi?ht oX thrilling ad* 
venture, the rich man suddenly aeka 
the boy, "l^hat brought you to my 
house at such a tlnie of night?'* 
Johnny Fox, Jr., startled, recalls a 
telegram. ^ It is delivered. The rich 
man (Otis Harlan) reads it with 
evidences of lively delight. Urn 
passes it all around and each char- 
acter registers l^ppy surprise. Then 
the dtopat^ Jtaetf Is .ahdnm. It. 
reads: 

"It's a boy." ... . 

: VHELrEN."' 
You are to suppose that Helen is 
another daughter, although such a 
peniMi had not heen mentioned.. 

Hush. 

THE BUCKAROO KID 

Unlver^l-Jevrel starriMf Hoot Gibson. 
Made fnsun Pet«r B. .Kyne's •.Oh Promise 
Me. Diroction by. Lynn Reynolds. Hthel 
Shannon leading; Woman! In the cdst Burr 
Mclntonh, Newton HotlM, James Goi^don 
and Harry Todd. At the Stanley. New ' 

SK' ie^sSaar*^'^*' .ftuantag 

A jjunuwhat Uifl'orcnt wesffern 
iitory, novel in the particular that 
all the emphasis }s placed on the 
romance and the soft pedal is on the 
rough iriding and typical cowboy 
stuff. The picture has a world o£ 
production class for one of its' type. 

Instead of hating for Its setting 
dreary . interiors, most of the action 
here, takes place In scones of E,ome 
pretention, such as a modern hotel» 
the private office of a San PYanclsco 
banker and the luxurious home of 
the heroine, also In San Francisco. 
Other passages deal with ranch life, 
but there is some contrast and 
variety, giving epeclal Interest to 
the film story. 

Altogether It is an intelligent 
story, .simply and clearly told and 
with much fine background and dig- 
nified direction. The incidents are 
(Entirely plausible and the comedy is 
fresh and amusing without slapstick 
and rough-house, which in itself 
makes it novel for a western. 

Gibson is. a young ranch manager 
selectM ■ By TfliS employer to reor- 
ganize a run down ranch belong- 
ing to a San Francisco banker. Gib- 
son goes to Friseo to take the job. 
His first meeting with the crusty, 
but w^eU meck^ins Maker, rcsults^a^ 
a clam of -temperii. -iroung rancher 
and crabbed banker are at grips 
when banker's daughter comes Into 
the ofnoe and th* young rAricher 
falls for her. 

When the rancher takes his 
daughter to lunch Chere*s where the 
fashionable setting.^ come in) bank- , 
er fires him and tells him to lay 
oft dattilifer. tnetead, rancher goe« 
to the ranch and takes it over by 
force of arms, determined to make 
good for the sake of the girl's good 
opinion. Banker comes to th«^ ranf^h 
personally to fire cowboy him.self, 
but the tables are neatly turned 
upon him and he is forced tO con- 
Jirm young man in the job. 

Olrl likes cowboy, but leaves her 
answer to his marriage proposal 
open with a "perhaps." Two years 
elapse, cowboy has Inherited a 
ranch of his own and has to leave 
banker's employ. He wants to bor- 
row a large sum to develop his prop- 
"rty. lianker willing to h nd it on 
f'onditlon he give up daughter. If 
he persists in hla xu lf. Imnker will 
biHTik him. Cowboy ))ronilsrs that 
If hanker interl«'res with his ^^ork 
he'll cut off th<? cnpitalisn* ears, and 
here begins a good bit of broa'l>fun. 

Ranker surrounds himself with 
i)odyg»iArd to the amusement of his 
daughter, wlio secretly s»'rs to It 
that the cowboy j^ets Itis loan. 
Climiix Cornells wh^n- cowboy end 



Wednesday, KovemlMr 14, 1M6 



uirhter At luncheon tn the name 

hot**l arrange the loan, while father 
U lunching with hifl bodyguard in 
another part of the restaurant. 
Cowboy antl father come togethmr 
In neat comedy scene und all is ar- 
ranged. 

Very entortainlnp: program pic- 
ture, probably the best of its kind 
Oibaon haa dona. RmH. 



FILM REVIEWS 



VARIBTY 



19 



MONEY TO BURN 

Sam Rax Rponsora thbr Ootham pnxluc&ion. 
Mclndntnta made from novel by liCKinald 
W. KaufTmnn. Adaptation and Hcenarlo by 
JameH 11. Smith. Walter I^anic director. 
DlHtributcd by liUraaa. Kay June, pltotug- 
rapher. Kunning tlm«, 60 m|nvt«t. 8Ma 
In projection soon. 

Dan Stono ..Malcolm MoOregor 

Dolored Vuldex « Dorothy IVvore 

Don DItKO Valdex.^,.*..• Kri«; Mayne 

Maria Uonzalcz. . . . Nina llomano 

Manuel Ortegu UeorKe CheH^bro 

8«liora B«navlD«tU Orfa Casanova 

TlM CUaat Nttro..... Jules Cow lea 

Baaoom..... ....John Prlnca 

Th* atniDfftr Aniold Melvin 

Oaramba. tb« monkey "Joaephlaa" 



onions right now, and he's only a 

whisper, so to >!peak. 

Gertrude Claire made a pleasing 
and effective character of the old 
grandmother. 
' Bconomically speaking the pic- 
ture is right; otherwise it will suf- 
fer in comparison with "weHterns" 
now surfeiting the market Mark* 



Pritoners of the Storm 

Universal -Jewel atarring House Petera. 
Lynn Reynoldti pruduotlon, directed by Mr. 
Reynoldf. Adapted from the Jani>'S Oliver 
Curwood Htory. "The QueHt of Joan." 
CaPt includes Harry Todd. Walter McGrail 
^«Vfy Montcomery, Clark Comstock and 
rred de SUra. Ranaiat tUB% M mlnotM. 



A melodramatic mystery play Is 
here done .in sumptuous stylo and 
with a good deal of fine production 
magnificence. The scope and splen- 
dor of the staging is an impressive 
feature of an interesting action 
thriller. Dorothy Devore and Mal- 
colm McGregor are featured in a 
conspicuously well-selected cast. 

The material claasea as mere Ac- 
tion of the "popular" grade, but so 
well is the production done that the 
film impresses as of a higher qual- 
ity than its real substance would 
indicate. It is as though soine pub- 
lisher Issued one of Harold Bell 
Wright's novels In a de luxe Rus- 
sian leather edition. Pictorially the 
film is a revel of Impressive beauty, 
while the story itself Is shSSr HIS* 
chanical melodrama. 

The locale is an aristocratic 
estate in Latin -America which lends 
itself splendidly^ both to the unfold 
Ing'of a romahtic adventure tale and 
to the creation of fine scenic set 
tings, both of which elements are 
employed for full value. 

The story opens on shipboard. 
Dolores, South American heiress, on 
Iter way home from school In the 
States, falls In love with the young 
ship's doctor, Dan Stone. In de 
fending her from a tipsy passenger 
Stone knocks the offender down and, 
thinking him dead, takes flight at 
Dolores' port. 

Tho girl's guardian tries to force 
her into a marriage with Don Or- 
tego, his partner In some mysterious 
business connected with the ancient 
church on the estates. The guardian 
moves about in a sinister atmosphere 
of Intrigue. Dan wanders Into his 
power and is received on the under 
standing that he must take charge 
of a mysterious patient, a man dy- 
ing in a remote wing of tho castle 
guarded by a huge Negro. 

Dolores* suspicions, are aroused 
by the warning she mtist iMit look 
Into the chapel. A score of devices 
are used to heighten the air of grim 
mystery. The plot to marry the 
girl off proceeds to the altar, when 
a Jealous mistress of tho bridegroom 
breaks down all the plots by reveal- 
ing to the American consul that the 
castle is the headquarters for a gang 
of counterfeiters who have been 
flooding tho states with bad money. 

This leads to a grand battle as 
the American marines hurst In upon 
the weddlnt; scene to arrest the 
bridegioom, while tho chief plotter 
and the hero engage In a running 
light through the underground pas- 
sages of tho castle. The Negro 
guard of the mysterious Invalid 
(who is the engraver used by the 
counterfeiters) supplies most of the 
comic relief. 

The melodramatic material Is 
abundant and the succession of ac- 
tion bits is constant, all of them 
^ectivo In a purely theatrical way 
and holding attention closely. An 
ingenious bit of naive fiction made 
very effective thro\|Stuil'® manner 
of production. Rush. 

OUT OF THE WEST 

F 11 O. pro.lnc5tlon. Starring Tom Tyler. 
Directed by Harry O'Connor, .l^'^tr'^^"/^^ 
by Film Booking Oftlces. At tho Htanley. 
^•w York. Romuni time, J")""*^- . 
Bomlce O Ctonnor. ......... • •.v'*®i^^«2I^rJ^i 

John O'Connor.. .A If red ^"^"51°" 

Jim Rollln Harry O'Connor 

Tom Ilanley 'A-Ll^**!'^ .V.* 

Gninnv Otrtrude ( laire 

Bide C.ood rich *5i!?*'L. K'^^i!! 

Maaeot .....Frankia Darro 

• This "western" has all the ear- 
tnarks of a pirturl7.ed version of a 
Frank Alerriwell. It looks like the 
old Mei^well stuff With the home 
run hoto at the bat. This may not 
sound like a "western," but it is a 
western crowd that playsl all cow- 
hands Willi Tom Tyler, the hie hero. 

Not TiHich to it, but .some rough 
riding l<y Tyl<*r and he's a rough 
rider all ov«'r tho Ir.t. Tl^ne ;ire 
several i;ood laughs, one not intentl- 
ed, but spontaneous Just the same. 
This uit^p'Cted luufe'ht«'r r.nno 
when little Franklo Darro discovers 
the hero a captive in a "cave on the 
day of tho big game he !« to pitch. 
LittU- Kr.itiK'f" ronr» ive.M tlie idea of 

— atti-acling iJic guard oH44*i4o, As 
the guard steps into the open he is 
.«<.( kod f.n tli<* iM-.iri from ahove by 
a ro<'k or honKlfr Hung downward 
by Krankie. Tyler Is a hui d worker. 
He takes his screen a.s.siunment 
pretty serioubly, but he is not afraid 
to mfinn his physiogonmy up in the 
TouRh stuft'. Frankie l»arro 1^ a 
chlM of the movies; ho knows his 



Taken from tho Curwood story, 
"Prisoners of the Storm" Is natur- 
ally of the northwest and snow 
stuff. It's average double feature 
day material minus any particular 
kick, despite a snow avalanche that 
hems in the principal parties. This 
house viewed it quietly and witliout 
visible or audible response. 

It doesn't rate the 66 minutes con- 
sumed and probably an entire reel 
couid have come out and no harm 
would have been done. Pretty slow 
in spot-s. T>u>Po who ar*» tired will 



sleep for there** aothtnf to keep 
'em awake. 

Two prospectors have hit a vein 
and intend to follow each other to 
the trading post a day apart The 
elder man is anzlous to see his 
daughter, so is the first to leave and 
is murdered en route. A northwest 
Mountie has tipped off the plrl (Miss 
Montgomery), that her Dad (Harry 
Todd), is coming In loaded with 
money, and the post doctor (Fred 
do Sllva) overhears the Information. 

The father falling to show up 

starts the Mountie (Walter Mc- 
Graii) on a search when ho attacks 
Bucky Malone (House Peters), who 
Is following his partner In from his 

diggings. 

The ofHc^r is convinced Malone 
has murdered his partner and in the 
scuffle hurts his leg. Malone drags 
him to a cabin and when the ser- 
geant falls ill goes for the post phy- 
sician. The girl accompanies him 
and all are snowed in. 

Then the avalanche, the struggle 
to get out with the doctor Unally 
confessing* the crime. Malone and 
the girl reach for each other at the 
flnlsh inasmuch as the man has 
fallen In love with a photograph her 
father possessed. 

Obvious scenario minus a twist 



or outstanding punch. Peters does 
wt 11 enough as the handcuff«'d hero, 
with Miss Moutgoinery-iv paHSiiMe 
heroine. McGrall seemed to get 
more out of his role of the Mountie 
tliun anyone else, with Harry Toild 
taking care of the comedy early In 
tlie running bef(»re bumped off. De 
Silva was rather a white -liaired 
villain, the dUrty deed being done by 
sub-title. 

Minor screen material bound to 
play that class of theatre. Bktff* 

The Student of Prague 

•Berlin, Nov. 10. 

Gruesome thriller which might 
have emanated from the Imagina- 
tion of Poe. 

A student In the Prague univers- 
ity Is badly in debt and wants 
money to win the rich heiress with 
whom he is In love. 

The devil, disguised as an old 
merchant, gives him tho necessary 
fortune but, in exchange, takes his 
reflection in the mirror away from 
him. This reflection then takes on 
an evil existence of its own. It 
fights a duel in his stead and kills 
an opponent whom the student has 
given his word to spare. The 
heiress throws him over and every- 



body shuns him. Driven to despera* 

tu n he is followed through the night 
by his r«'ttoction. At last the re- 
fection returns to the mirror from 
which it was taken und signifies, by 
pointing at Its heart, that the sta* 

dent shall shoot It there. A% flrea> 
the mirror breaks to pieces, and he 
realises, from gazing into one of the 
fragments, that he now can see him- 
self again in the glass. But in 
shooting his reflection he has at the 
same time wounded htmself nor* 
tally. 

Not a bad story for the Caligarl 
type of treatment. Werner Krauss 
was the best possible choice for the 
DeWl, and Conrad Veldt might bo 
8uppt»sed an adequate one for the 
student, um the dhrector. Heln* 
rich Galeen. hasn't been able to get 
much out of his actors and only the 
last half reel chase of the student 
by his reflection Is really thrtUlttg. 
While Conrad Veidt again Moves 
himself to be without sufllcient 
depth and variety to carry a star 
role. Troslu 



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FIRE 
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P> \atlianicl hlauthorne, uith La^i Hanson 
A Victor Seaslrom production. Adaptation and 
Scenario ky Franeet Marion. Tidet by Frtmeot 
Marion. Directed by Victor Scastrom. 



. Witfi Eleanor Boardman, William Haines and 
Carmei Myers. A Qeorge HUl prodttcUon. 
Scrten play by E. Richard Schaytr. Tftlei ^7 
Joe Famham. Directed by Qeorge HAL 



With May McAioy and Chaihs Ray. Vtom" 
-the story by Kate Corbalty* Directtd'bf 

William N^gU. 



SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET THESE PliiZESl 

Act Now Tomorrow may be too late ! 



Mtmber of Motion Plottrt Protfacers an-i nistributont of A tnvnca, I»c. — Will If Hays. Prevldent 



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VARIETY 



PICTURES 



WpdMtday, N«««nA«r 84. IIM 



WEST COAST STUDIOS 



liois Boyd for iiiiVBiM 
^Wolves ot thm Air.** 



In 



. Hazel Deane. former Sennett 
iMLthins girl, placed under contract 
by Duke Worne, independent pro- 
^«er-directd^. for featured roto In 
ot prpductions. 



Crawford opposite Col. Tim 

IfcCoy iu his second prodtjctlon for 
H'Q'H* Hoy D'Arcy alao in caat. 

Charles K. Freeman addt'd to cast 
«f **Tho Taxi Dancer," M-G-M. 

DoukIbs Gilmore, actor, algrned 
five-year contract with F. P.-L. 

Sidney Leve*;, bi*other of M. C. 
Zi.evee, ot lat S., appointed aasiittant 
Jit M-O-M. 



Ree.l IToustls will title "Long 



PanU.** Harrjr Laii«doii*« lateat tor 

Ut N. 



Sid Taylor as load in "The Newly- 
weda and Their Baby." Stera Bros.. 
prodttcinff for 0. 

*The Mysterious Itidcr," Jaclt 
Holt's next for F. P.-Ia Jolin 
Waters dlroetlnc. 

Gary Cooper's first feature role 
with F. P.-L. will be in "Children of 
Divorce," to be directed by Frank 
Lioyd. Immediately after this one 
Cooper wUl ba atarred In weateraa. 

Constance Talmadge's neat for 
Ist N. will be an adaptation of a 
French farce. 'Say It witti l>la- 

mond»" Is the film's title. 



Arthur Hoyt. Bert Kmth and Xs- 
ttIM Clark complete the eatt. 



ART 



Waldemar Younff, scenarist, new 

contract with M-Q-M. 

Krnst Laemmle wUl direct- "The 
Yukon Trail" for U. 




Marjorle Day and Yola d'Avril 
added to cast of "Orchids and Er- 
in in ts" starring Colleen Moore for 
l8t N. _^ 

"Here Y^'Are, Brother," being 
nimoa for l.st N. by Al Rockett, has 
ix-en thanked to *«Three In Love.' 
Lewis Stone, Billle Dovo and Lleyd 
liughes are featured. 

Lillian Rich, Gloria Gordon, Ray- 
mond McKee. Francis MacDonald 
and Gayne Whitman cast for 'The 

Invisible Government.** Frank 
O'Connor directing for Preferred 
Pictures. 



Mira Adoree, late of the 8ta«e 
play. "The Green Hat." engaged by 
Joseph Hoffman for principal fem- 
inine rolo In "inaulficient Funds." 

Edward I^aemmle will direct Max 
Marcin's "Cheating Cheatars" for U. 

Betty Francisco and Victor Potel 
In Alberta Vaughan's starring ve- 
hicle for F. B. O., "Uneasy Pay- 
D. KirklMid «itaellac. 



Tom O'Brien in CoL Tim McCoy's 
next for M-O-M. 



George Hill completed production 
on ''Tell It to the Marines" for 
M-O-M. ■ 



. Noah Young is the heavy in "Don 
Mike." feativing Fred Thompson. 

F. B. a 



Anna Teenum added to The King 
of mm»r Da Mtlle. 

Franklin Pangbom added to trot- 
ting Oertle's Oarter." f or F. & O. 

Charles Malles and Fletcher Nor- 
ton added to *'Bxcluf|va Rights." 
Preferred* 



Sam Hardy under contract to F. 
P.-L., to New York for part in 
•Hell's Kitchen." 



Clarence Hennecke engaged as 
gag man to assist Lois Weber on 
U. A.'s pradvelta featuring Duncan 
Sisters. 



Flora Finch signed tor 'The Cat 
and the Canary," U. 

Harry Beaumont will direct Olive 
Borden In "The Secret Studto.** 



STAa 
ATTPACTION 

of t/f 

&ELMONT 

MADOI/SIG 
TMCATRE? 
CMICAOQ 



"Invlslblo Government," being 
produced by Preferred, haa been 
changed UK v«aiM ;t« "JllpiClUSlve 

Rights.". 

"Runaway Enchantress" is in pro- 
duction at Ist N. • Mary AMtor ap- 
pears opposite Milton Sills, and 
Alice White mal(«a her acreen debut 
in this picture. 

Casting has baen completed by 
J. Leo Meehan for his production 
of Gum Stratton Porter's "The 
Magic Oarden." which will feature 

Margaret Morris. The balance of 
the cast includes Raymond Keane. 
Charles C.ary, William V. Mong, 
Earle McCarthy, Alfred Allien, Pau- 
lette Duval. Caesare Grayini. Kath- 
arine Klare Ward, Ruth Cherring- 
ton, and the Juvenile actors, Philippe 
do Lacy and. Joyce Coad. It will be 
an F. B. O. relOaMb ^ 



George Fawcett in Marlon Davles' 
"Tinie, the Toiler." M-O-M. Turner 
SaVage. Matt Moore, Oertrude Short. 



ART LINICK 

•SCHLAGENHAUER" ■ 

RADIO'S FOREMOST CHARACTER COMIUOIAN, 

OF KYW, CHICAGO 

BXGLUSnrB 0(MLUMBIA RECORD ARTIST 

NOW REPEATING BALABAN & KAH AND 
LUBUNER & TRINZ HOUSES, CHICAGO 



EASTERN REP., 



WESTERN REPh 
ALLIED THEATRICAL SERVICE 

MAX TURNEB, MOB., CHICAGO 



Fox Films bought "Uich but 
Ilontest," magaziae atory by Arthur 
Sommer Roche. 



Virginia Lee Corbin, signed for 
•Driven from Home," L E. Chad- 
wick produetlOB, Jasias ToUBg will 
direct. 



Lorraine^ Kascn, for 'The Wise 
Craclcer'* series, F.B.O. 



Sally Rand added to "Getting 
Gertie's Oarter," Metropoliian. 

Phil Rosen wW direct Georg*' 
O'Hara itt /fCatlfomla or Bust," 

F.B.O. 



WEST COAST NOW HAS 
PASADENA TO nSEIf 



Los Angeles, Nov. 2S. 

West Coast Theatres^ Inc., has 
eliminated opposition Hi Pasadena 
by taking tho Bard theatre (pic- 
tures) into the fold and making It 
a first run honse. The Raymond 
win be turned Into a legit atoek or 
road show estabttshment. 

Bard's was one of the Far West 
Theatres. Inc.. chain and promoted 
for that organisation by Harry C. 
Arthur. Howaver. with West Coast 
having four houses in the city it 
was a hard struggle. Abe Gore and 
Lou Bard got together and made 
a deal wheraby tiMF t^nn the Pass, 
dena Theatree, Inc., and pool all 
of the houses. Bard's will be re- 
named the Colorado and starta with 
Its new policy Nov. 11. The Bay- 
mond wltt-cloae its doorH Nov. 11 
as a picture house with its first run 
pictures going to the Colorado, as 
well as the Faneh ti t llareo 
revues. 

The Colorado, built about a year 
ago, seats 1,750, while the Raymond 
holds 2.200. West OoiiAt MM put 
into the new corporation, besides 
!be above mentioned houses, the 
Strand and Florence, both second 
run houses, and the VMidena' which 
formerly was the road show house 
of the town but has been closed 
for more than a year. 

Charles Wuers mMlfkm irom the 
Raymond to the Clei«rado la liian- 
aglng director. 

Tom WhU^^f JNi^ 

Los Ampiiieir i(ov. 2S. 

Tom Wliite, former casting direc- 
tor for F. P.-L. who opened a cast- 
ing offlce here, will produce a 
series of ploturM on Catallna Ulandii 
F. B. O. Is the possible rcleaslnt 
outlet for White productions. - 

Th^lma Hill Doing Leads 

Los Angeles, Nov. 23.* 

Thelma Hill, former Maclc Sennett 
bathing girl, has been signed by 
F. B. O. for the feminine lead in 
"The Wise Ci*acker" 
Fleming is direetinpr. 



F. IL a** 7 Cnvuiei 



Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 
F. B. O. Wect Coast Studioa huvo 
seven produoliig campanles on lo- 
catloB. «Bd tmm athMt ready to 

start. 

Pictures now under way include 
"The Magle Oarden." «'Her Father 
Said No." **Callfornia or Bust," "For 
the Love of a Mutt," "Don Mikt-. * 
*aaghtning LarlaU" and "Cactun 



- Paths'* Next Langdon Film 
The next Harry Langdon piotiiro 

that rathe wlU bring out is "His 

Firat Flaaaa/' 

This Langdon was made before 

the film comic finished his Patho 

contract aad ah if ted to First Na- 

tiaaal.. 



George Irving addad to **HoBie- 

struck," F.B.O. 



"Chc'"»'^r*» P«"n" <M b« Hoot 
(Continued on page 24) 



DICK LEIBERT 



ORGAmST 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Clements' Ind. Series 

Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 
Roy ClemenUi Productions. Inc., a 
new Independent producing com- 
pany formed by Clement.*?, former 
director of the old Essanay Com- 
pany, Ted Wharton -of the Wharton 
Brothers of Ithaoa. N. Y., and 1. L. 
Mitchell, formerly n director with 
Fox, will iiroduce a series of fea- 
ture society melodramas for the in- 
dependent market. They will be 
distributed by Sterling Pictures 
Corp. and Ginnsberg-Kann. 

"Tongues of Scandal." an origi- 
nal by Adela De Vare. ts the first, 
and now in production at Fine Arts 
Studios under the direction of 
Clements. Cast Includes Mae 
Busch. De Sacia Mooers, Mathilde 
Brundnge, William De.smond, Bay 
Hallor, Lloyd Carleton and Jerome 
La Qasse. 

RUSSIAN NEXT ON L. L 
The next big picture Bsmous 
Players-Lask) will start at. the 
Long Island itudio wm be a RUI- 
sian story. 

Thinga have been unusually 
quiet around the L. L ttudlos since 
the "Love 'Em and Leave 'Bm** pic- 
ture w^as comi'letod 



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THIS WEEK— RIVOU NEW YORK, CLOSING SUNDAY, NOV. 2S 




Wednesday, November 84, 1926 



PRESENTATIONS 



VARIETY 



21 



«>A PAGEANT OP PROGRIM" 

Publix Production 
Paramount, N«w York 

As the Paramount theatre apexes 
the motion picture business of 
America to date, aymbolically or n 
ilict or both. John Murray Andcr^ion 
upon ocoaaloh to pic- 
torlally brint? back a historical 
bit recording of that really brief 
picture field all within a stage 
liriaentatioii ot « little beyond the 
usual leni^lh. 

Nothing need be said beyond this; 
tha* Mr. Anderson in producing and 
inrobably as he thought exclusively 
to ornament, decorata and enter- 
tain during the Paramount's liist 
week, has put forward something 
nipaatially attractfra In Ita eight and 
•ntertainment. so mqieh so it is 
stage material for any theatre — 
picture, vaudeville or musical 
comedy. 

In the march forward of pictures 

the producer Inserted a catchy re- 
minder ot the old days of variety 
, fthd in such a manner as to maice it 
* eiiiiually as entertaining to those 
vfho do not recall or never heard of 
Koster & Rial's Music Hall In New 
York. That idea was suggested 
through showing a picture by 
Thomas Kdipon's Vltascope, as ex- 
hibited at Koster & Bial's April 23. 
1896, asserted as the* ilrst moving 
picture thrown upon a screen. 

To bring in the moving picture 
the entire K. & B. program was In- 
cluded, with six Tivoli Girls as the 
Pony Ballet In their full-length red 
costumes and large flowing hats, 
doing the old-style steps. Also the 
old illustrated song with still slides 
on "The 'Shade of the Old Apple- 
tree," with the Whirlwinds (a pres- 
ent turn) doing a roller skating act 
after six stage hands had unrolled 
their, mat In view of the audience. 
The irtiow was opened with a song, 
^•When Old Broadway Was Young." 

This bit alone completely cap- 
tured the house. It "made" the 
•tage show for the premiere week, 

though there is much else in the 
same act and on thie same program. 

The Presentation ran in three 
parts, opening as Tre-Hlstory of 
the Screen," with a living picture 
group within a frame as in 1829, a 
family picture with the source 
credited to Louis Ja<iues Mande 
Daguerre. Helen Torke sang "The 
Days Beyond Recall" during the 
•cene. 

In the second part, containing the 
Koster St Blal bit, was InterwoYen 

a series of first motion pictures 
leading up to today, the more mod- 
wn, commencing with the first pic- 
ture eVer «xlilblted by l^mous 
Players -Lasky, "Queen Elizabeth," 
an imported feature with Sar^h 
Bernhardt starred; then the first 
full-length feature Famous made, 
•'The Prironer of Zenda," with the 
If' ♦e James K. Hackett in the ler 
Ing role, followed by the first pic- 
ture the (JaSM L.) Lasky Picture 
Cc^'^vr'** 1 turned out, "The Squaw 
Man." with Bill Hart. In sequence 
came other famous stars of those 
davs induced Into pictures for a 
•ingle feature or more by Adolph 
Zukor in pursuance of his then 
firmly conceived fam9us players in 
pictures, for which his organisation 
was titled. 

In the third and final part was 
"Paramount," "The Cross(>oads of 
the World." with a lyric to the 
•*Cros8road8,** sung by Paul Kleman. 
having again the Tivoli Girls in 
their current dressing, and con- 
cluding, with a spectacular "In- 
augural Banquet." The staging was 
on the uplifted stage, all descend- 
ing later to the stage proper on a 
couple' of short ladders. The hy- 
draulic stage for performers may 
be an innovation in pic^ture houses. 
It is for New York. 

For the picture theatre in the 
usual course the second part by 
Itself of this Presentation would be 
•ufilclont, without great expense. 

In this bright turn are a consld- 
•rable number of people, besides 
these credits: Nathaniel Finston, 
general music director; Boris 
Petrolf, dance arranger; Rubey 
Cowan, special songs; Mr. Ander 
•on, lyrics; John W. Harkrider, 
fnodern scenes and costumes; Regi- 
nald Marsh, period scenes; Charles 
LeMalre, period costumes; Alex. 
: Hall, Paramount curtain; Brooks 
Costume Co., costumes executed. 
; Irvin Talbot is the house orches- 
tra (regular) conductor, 
. That would appear to say that 
—Publix furnished this pro»luction 
with Mr. Anderson producing only, 
it being a special work for and by 
him — and excellent Sim: 



If You Don't Adyertise ia 
iJpETY Don't Advertise 



J east L. CRAWFORD 
''Oroana i Have Played" 
Paramount^ New York 

In this office and at this type- 
writer day in and out, at intervals 
from 11 a. m. to after midnight, 
come the strains of the organ in 
TjOcw's State theatre, when the 
house orchestra is not playing. Va- 
riety's '^building backa up and ad- 
joins the auditorium of Loew's 
State. The State opened about five 
years ago, after Variety moved into 
the present 4fth street quartera* 

Over a year ago it notice was 
posted on Variety's bulletin board, 
Instructing the picture reviewers to 
read the film house weekly reviews 
from Chicago and note the con- 
tinual comment upon organists in 
them. The injunction was for the 
New York staff men catching pic- 
ture showa to run a notice of any 
organlHt in a Broadway picture the- 
atre doing anything out of the com- 
mon tiM a special Presentation re- 
view. 

In over a year suoh a notice was 
run once, on Murtagh, at the Rivoli. 
Variety's reviewers constantly stat- 
ed there was not an organist in 
New York other than Murtagh who 
did anything other than expected — 
and then they sent Murtagh to Chi- 
cago, a city seemingb overcrowded 
with idea-organists, although their 
ideas may have been suggested or 
inspired. 

And here comes Jesse Crawford, 
whose fame preceded him, In and 
out of the trade, the man who dis- 
covered the organ for picture the- 
atres, after picture theatres had 
warily indulged in them In the old 
days to rid the house of tlie ter- 
rible piano or keep musicians out 
of an orchestra Job. So now the 
best picture houses have the or- 
chestra and the organ, but only one 
theatre has Jesse Crawford. 

At the new Paramount, New Tork, 
opening, he knocked an elite audi- 
ence for a score of 1,000 to 0 with 
a dem6nsU«tlon on an organ no 
one on Broadway believed was In 
a player or the Instrument. 

As an organist Mr. Crawford is 
comparable, for ahow buaineaap In 
worth to the acrobat who can do 
a triple somersault from the floor 
-and no acrobat can do that. But 
Mr. Crawford aeemlngly can make 
his Wurlltzer, or at least the Para- 
mount's Wurlitzer, do somersaults. 
Any kind and any number. 

So is it surprising that after lis- 
tening to the State's organ for five 
years that this fellow said to his 
companion as Crawford waa com- 
pleting his playing, "Why did they 
allow that orchestra to bust In here 
with him?" 

"They didn't," aald hie com- 
panion. I'that's still Crawford on 
the organ alone." 

And the fellow-tired-of-an-organ 
sat up to see if the Paramount's 
house orchestra was playing. It 
wasn't. But Jesse Crawford was 
obtaining the effect of a full sym- 
phonic orchestra out of his single 
organ. 

And that's the difference. That's 
the difference throughout show 
business. That's why one man can 
shoot so far ahead; why one policy 
can beat out and beat down an- 
other. 

Mr. Crawford tells It even more 

simply In his moment called "Or- 
gans I Have Played." Slides detail 
the circumstances and his forward 
steps, from a small Pacific slope 
town to larger ones, from the coast 
to Chicago; from Chicago and final- 
ly, thank the Lord — to New York, 
and always on the organ. Aa the 
turn progresses the player Imitates 
the organs he played In other days, 
notes the improvements in the in- 
struments and his own reaches 
(with little mention of the latter), 
until comes Now York and the 
Paramount, when Mr. Crawford's 
slide declares that here is an in 
strument which measures up to his 
dreams* He proves it in the play- 
ing. 

Besides a corking absorbing en- 
tertainment as an organ recital in 
the lightest of moods and most 
modern of method for any show 
business, Mr« Crawford makea It 
an educational for the masses. He 
will probably lift the organ in New 
York to a higher pitch with the 
public than he did In Chicago, and 
that was hiph enough. 

I'nder the spot and on his raised 
platform with that console ap- 
parently running the entire building 
full of mu.sic, Mr. Crawford took 
the tumultuous applause with a 
single bow. Then he disappeared, as 
though 4ccuM6ht«d 16 MIR, WARIII 
he must be from Chicago and oUier 
points west. 

What an organ boy he is! Now 
the organists in New Tork will 
( ommente to step, rao.st pro!»ably, 
and as they did In Chicago but too 
late in both places to catch iho 
Crawford. , , , . . ... ^ 
\fe««<e's s(ei>t>fn|f fn playing ' Wept 



the salary stepping along too. No 
matter what ho's gottln« ho'a worth 

it and more. 

The Crawfords can settle down 
in New Tork or in the suburbs; 
they are in New York where they 
belong, arul for a long stay. 

You have never heard an organ 
played until you hear Jesse Craw- 
ford** Bime, 



LOEW'S STATE GRAND 

ORCHESTRA (66) 

Sunday Afternoon .ConofH * 

1 Hour. Full 
State, St. Louis 

St. Louts. Nov. 21. 

Heralded by a tremendous pub- 
licity campaign that Included vir- 
tually every form of press agenting 
St. Louitt has ever seen, the first of 
Loew's Sunday concerts by an or- 
chestra of symphonic size, under the 
conductorahip of Don Albert, was 
presented this week. 

Richard SpramCr, venerable music 
critic of the "Globe-Democrat," In 
an address preceding the concert, 
termed it "the greatest event in the 
art history of St. Iiouis," and such 
it was. 

An audience of 2.600 waa seated 
when Albert walked on, and the 
leader was given an enthusiastic 

hand. 

The well arranged program in- 
cluded Wee Willie Robyn as tenor 
soloist. 

Albert directed throughout with- 
out a score. As director at Loews 
for the last two years, Albert by 
his sincere effort to give better mu- 
sic, has drawn a following of music 
lovers many of wiiom are known 
to attend the theatre weekly be- 
cause of the ezcellenco of his or- 
chestrations. The success of his 
endeavors was realized forcefully at 
this Sunday concert by the spon- 
taneous register at the conclusion 
of each number. And the fact that 
the house was almost capacity at 
1:30 Sunday afternoon la rightly 
amazing. 

The St. Louis Symphony stood a 
loss of about |2S,000 last year, but 
if the expected happens this soaaon 
ought to show a profit These Sun- 
day concerts at Loew's are great 
educational work for the symphony, 
reaching as they do many of a claas 
who have never heard the latter, 
whose musical appetites will be 
whetted by Albert's presentations. 

"The greateat orent In tha art 
history of St. Louis"— admitted. 
Marcus Loew's Mister Albert and 
tho manager, Harry Greenman, are 
all to h* congratulated. 

Ihielsl* 



RITZ-CARLKTPHIL NIGHTS 
Revue 

4S IMinai Ona and rull 
Loaw'a Static St. Louia 

Here Is another Instance where a 
mighty good item threatened to 
"kiU" itself by length. It was full 
of everything audiences 7ove, but 
that 48 minutes made It too long 
for a picture house. Ten or 15 
minutes could have been chopped 
off. 

Forgetting Its length, It can be 
said that Ous Sdwards has a nifty 
presentation hero. ' Edwards, him- 
self, is featured, and acts as a mas- 
ter of ceremonies. And there's a 
flock of principals — all great. Ed- 
wards gets In a few plugs for hH 
school by Introducing thorn as 
"graduates." 

Nitza Vernille made- the biggest 
hit in a corking acrobatic waltz 
number. Virginia Martin, another 
acrobatic stepper, was a close sec- 
ond. Roy Bolger, wi i his comedy, 
amused and fitted in between num- 
bers. The Reynolds Sisters have a 
Black Bottom that shows the na- 
tives out here — for the first time — 
how the thing is really done. Doro- 
thea James, a tap-dancei with a 
world of stuff, and Leota and Lola 
Lane, of pleasing voices, complete 
the cast. Everyone Is good and how 
infrequently that can be gald of any 
.shuw. 

Essentially a dancing revue, the 
turn has a chorus of four men and 
four girls, who add more dancing. 

This one Is going to circle the 
Loew houses and is due for good 
notices everywhere. JSnsMI* 



shocker, and the audience least su.s- 
pectlng that tho pseudo-Inanimate 
prop which titt<>d the atmosphere so 
well that .Stlckney did not foteh "fe 
second look up until his dance spe- 
cialty. The resurrection itself won 
him a round of applau.se and his 
dilficult stepping atop the stilts got 
him two or three more. 

Rita Owln dovetailed beautifully 
Into tlio bucolic atmosphere with 
lier ocot'iitrio personality and acro- 
batic stepping. The talented step- 
peuse dances like a boy, ao agile 
are her nether oxtreniltles. 

A real novelty are Charles Gugli- 
eri and Mardo Kolhn, the former 
skillfully playing melody pop num- 
bers on an inflated rubber glove 
and on an inner tube. The musical 
saw and even the blcydo pump 
may have been seen and heard be- 
fore, although exceptionally well 
done by Guglieri, but the inner 
tube and rubber glove wrinkles arc 
totally new and capable of building 
up since Quglleri employs only his 
fingers as the rubber goods are de- 
flated to produce musical sounds. 
His partner, Kalhn. a lanky tenor, 
fits the picture nicely. 

Rex Schepp, the banjolst, is also 
an atmospheric asset besides musi- 
cally. In total. Ilyman has a cork- 
ing presentation tliis week. Abeh 



and the story is that of the heavy 
coming hi)me and finding another 
man making h>ve to hi.s wife. The 
affair U presented y^'ith uU the 
spot.s. suns and other lights goins 
full epeed. the music cues are 
timed for each bit of action and tha 
camera is grinding. 

When caught with a capacity an* 
dience the act ran 26 minuten. fully 
10 too long, but ordinarily it is .set 
for 20. The average audience at 
the Newman is pretty well **np 
town" and, judging from the way it 
laughed at "Making Movies," It 
looks like a push over for |>rac- 
tically any house« 



''IN A MUSIC SHOP." . 

Publix Presentation. 

15 Mine.; Three (Spooial). 

Rivoli, New York. 

Paul Oscard contributes a more 
popular form of presentation diver- 
tissement than the artistic Anderson 
or the musical Plnston or the 
terpsichorean Petroff have been 
wont to supply. Oscard strikes a 
happy medium with tho "song shop" 
idea, employing a male pianist, 
music shop songstress, a harmony 
girl duo, a dance team, and a "hot" 
jazz quintet. 

Tho specialties dovetail nicely. 
Billy lyrically introduces the idea at 
the piano. Florence and Darling 
with ukes produce some fetching 
harmonies, their lyric diction lend- 
ing nuance and charm to "Hello 
Aloha*' and "Where'd Tou Got Those 
Eyes" which leads Into "Roslta." 
The number introduces Harry Losee 
and Margaret Daily in a Spanish 
dance specialty. 

Come the Novelty Instrumental- 
ists (poor billing), who evince .some 
cafe and individual picture house 
specialty posslbilitlM. It's one of 
those blue blowers combinations of 
uko, harmonica, kazoo, banjo and 
guitar rhythms, including "playing" 
a piece of atovo-pipe and a wash- 
board among other things. In ad- 
dition one dances energetically and 
another's uke solo is fairly good. 

Peggy Bnglish as the song demon- 
strator Is another solo-posslblllty. 
Miss Kngli.sh already has some 
reputation on the phonograph rec- 
ords, her handling of pop ditties 
registering favorably. She would 
fit In well on a cafe floor also. 

Billy Rhodes is a likely juvenile, 
handling tho Introductorles nicely 
throughout. 

The specialists score generally, 
the "song shop" idea permitting for 
oonalderable latitude. The p r a o anta 
tlon shapes nicely, Rhodes conclud 
ing with "Dear Old Southland," an 
nouncing the spiritual as a relief 
from the preceding jazzlque. 

Oxcard's presentation will bo cren 
erally liked. Abel. 



' DANCK POEMS'* (40) ' 

Singing, Dancing, Music 
43 Mins.; Full (Special) 
Loew's State, Loa Angeles 

Fanchon and Marco are featur* 

ing Kddie Foyer, "the man of a 
thousand poems," in their "Dance 
Poems" Idea at Loew's State, but 
it seems any other of the numerous 
features Introduced might better 
be entitled to this recognition. The 
failure of Foyer to die. may have 
been due to his unfamillarlty with 
the acoustics of the State, but at 
any event lie Was indistinct when 
reviewed, and aside from a Uttla 
meaningless patter at his openingr 
he rendered onljr.;gina Mipk, by ff»r» 
quest. ' 'i ■ ' ' ' 

The balance of the *adea" to hi 

harmony with the. recent preten< 
tlous Fanchon and Marco offerings. 
Charlie Mclson ofllciates as guest 
conductor and with hia strong fol- 
lowing had no trouble getting 
laughs and applause. A somewhat 
unique idea in stage setting consists 
of a stage upon the atago fMtfS 
which several of the principals ftS 
introduced. Melson and band starts 
ed the action and got away nicely. 

Carloa (Cartoa and Jlnatte) ran* 
dered a Spanish number with six 
girls and six boys, all in Spanish 
costume, introduced upon the auxil« 
iary atago. Jlnatte Joined the atafar 
and they went into several Spanish 
dance numbers, in which tho ..e|^« 
semble participated. 

Melson put over a baited, fiSiich 
served to Introduce T'arguerlto 
Shaw, toe dancer, who scored espe. 
dally with her novelty finish. She 
danced upon a black circular plat- 
form, held aloft by five boys. Kfhel 
Pearlson, recently elevated from the 
Fanchon and Marco chorus, clicked 
with an accentrld dance. The llttia 
miss shows great promise. Bill Rit- 
chie followed with a soft shoe and 
acrobatic work, 

Aida KawakamI, Japanese dancer, 
was introduced with a bevy of Jap- 
anese dancing girls. After doing a 
brief routine of native sters she re- 
moved her outer robes In favor of a 
white costume and speedily dem- 
onstrated she has mastered Ameri- 
can jazz steps. She scored heavily. 

Bddle Foyer followed. aSA at the 
request of the auditors recited 
"Gunga Din," which as above 
stated, was audible only to a por^* 
tlon of tho crowd. 

Carlos and Jinetto sang a balUid. 
with the ensemble joining in for a 
dance routine, and tht coiipio Wo^nd 
up witfe It wattg aatf Uv^y jass fin- 
ish. 

For a finale two drapes in "two" 
were masked In for a gortootia set- 
piece, draped with girto aaS boyi* 



PUMPKIN CENTER HUSKIN'BCE 
Rural Thanksgiving Party 
19 Mins.; Three (Special) 
Mark Strand, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

With Rita Owln, Robert Stickney, 

Hex Schepp, CHiarles fJuKlIerl and 
Mardo Kalhn as a nucleus, Edward 
L. Ilyman has built up a flashy sea- 



lOBftl iiruauiitatlun lutiud i ietng his 

regular ballet corps as tho bucolic 
barn dancers, some of the gUis af- 
fecting "rube" masquerade? 
Stickney has been sensationally 

incorporated, his e^onpaftd figure 
(nn Htilts) reposing in a comer as a 
;iawky R(arccrow for over 10 of tho 
)9 j^plnutes' running time. before it 
comes to ?iff*», mal<^s for n 



BERKOVA PROD. OF HOLLY- 
WOOD 
Making Movies 
26 Mint.; Full 
Newman, Kansas City 

Kansas City, Nov. 16. 

Tlooey, hokum, burlesque and 
laug:hs. That's th<^ whole story of 
the stunt featured on the Newman 
stage this week. Several ^'making 
movie" stunts have been seen here 
before, but tho Horkova organiza- 
tion idea has some new angles. 

Everything is in total daiicness 
when the curtains part. At the 
word from the director a number 
of high-powered lights are cut on 
simultaneously, directed full on the 
audience. The glare is terrific and 
almost l llndlni?. The effect In but 
for a minute, when they are cut off 
and the replica of a aiudio interior 
la ahown. Dave Smith, who directs 
the comedy which follows, ctIvoh a 
brief description of the several 
lamps, their uses, and announces ho 
will show, with the assistance of 
sevor.'il ](>r:\] niovlo npftirints, jiint 
how different scenes are .shot. TIic 
cast, some localites and ''plants." 
eomo f i' om tho a Md Ie n e e a nd thn 



fun In on. 

The subject of the pii turo Is 
"Who Stole the Salesmnn's Wife? ', 
and the heavy, always a "plant,'' Is 

a fnlrlrgood comic, f»r tho sIHy or 



"JAZZ A LA CARTE" (40) 
Singing, Music, Dancing 

U Mine.; Full (Special) 
Metropolitan, Lot Angeles 

This week's presentation at tiie 
ifet was tho boot offasod In oeftiMl^ 
weeks and proves that someone has 

been putting forth a little extra 
effort back stage. The band was 
particularly good; B^dio Peabody 
was good; the Metropolitan girls 
were good and each separate tltfll 
was thoroughly entertaning. 

Peabody shows Improvement and 
was received with enthusiasm, 
more so than when last reviewed. 
It was liarnum who said, "A haby 
doei^n't play with a rattio for H\ 
years," and KMdIe Peabody Is dis- 
covering this fact. 

Albert Hay Malotte offered as a 
prelude selections from 'The Stu- 
dent Prince." This pot over to nic% 
returns and was in tho nature of a 
one-man prolog, with Malotte car- 
rying out the atmosphere by being 
In uniform. 

The presentation opened with 15 
',;lris stiindinK before a scrim with 
tho hand playing In the dark and 
hrhlnd. As the ninilior elosed tlift 
Hcriiii i»artod and tho band jtl.it- 
fot ni iiiovi d <lown.staKo witli tliC 
fiMu oalmly wnlklng nff Htnj;e 



no .'ipi».Trent pmpoHo. I'«'Mh<>dy'H 
unit was Ijetter this week than it 
h IS l»^en In a long time and shows 
evidence of plenty rehearsal. Tho 

l.r.'iss ■ ion and pti inj-rs m>io\v ft 



d"r and responsible for most of the 1 va.st imi>ni\ enicnt. An intercsteil 
laiivrJis. Most of his stuff i.** he.ivl- ludieneo approved In no uneertaHi 



ly overplayed, but the fuuM seem , i< i in.'*. 

roVftT rt Up. :\ prop ifw* r'..t?MftA<^ fhf»- 



22 



VARIETY 



REVIEWS 



WcdiiMdajr, Nwmnb^r 24, 1926 



and La Salle offered soft shoe and 
tttipi* Peabodyi then ealled atft»ii- 

tion tt> Miss Lee Kent. She may be- 
come a favortt^'. Hocy and Walker 
MLhg a chestnut In tho manner of 
■onvs. but tffd It wtiA and irot ovef 

to a nice h.'ind. Peabody thon did 
Beethoven's "Minuet In G" on tho 
banjo and Introduced one of his 
kl«jDi«ta' lor "his UnA sole on the 
lf»tf#P0Utan stage.** "William Tell" 
was promptly and thorouKhly 
played by the ban joist and Pea- 



T 



Al and LouI«4^ Walker wore next 
with their version of the old Bow- 
ery dance. The applause continued 
throutrb a middenly darkened sta^re, 
with tho musicians trying lo g9i 
into Nome white slipovers. 

A small blaek drop went up re- 
vealing a picture tnmm with illum- 
inated bo!-der and an Illuminated 
medallion in center. The medallion 
waa. flpwn M the band begAn the 
cloaing number, loaving a solid 
bla^k panel with illuminated bor- 
der. Separate oblong panels dropped 
open, atanwlng a ' Mmi-nuda girl 
Iwidtng a bftnlo. The panete dinappfd 
open on© by one until 1€ were open, 
then a blackout revealed the girls 
twirling tilmHbillM ^mlot In the 
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NEW ACTS 



MUt, . . 

• Mint.! Oiid.«iNl Two (Speakil), . 
Capitol, New VWfc 

Bucking the openihg of the new 
Paramount th« Capitol has seen 
tit not to dorlflita firom Its iMual 
courM \l>y splurging. That'i one 
thing about this house. Ton know 
wl^Lt l«. expect when you walk in 
and Itt aeMom you don't «st it 
And good. 

That house orchestra of aro'nnd 
70 pieces speaks for itself. There's 
not iuioiher piotMi house orgtthlMk«- 
ilon of the iirps In town that can 
touch It. This week they're playing 
Victor Herbert's "Natoma'—and 
playing It 

^Hoses" in the main presentation 
Item. A wimple concoction depend- 
ing on ballet work from 18 gins, 
he/Mloif W if^cs Coles, with va*- 
ipus OQwred lights constantly fad- 
ing In and out on the dances. 
Quiet, sedate and attractive. That's 
the iBit^rlii.liiey expect when en- 
tering -here -and the bouse Trill 
never lose Its cMentele while • |mI- 
hering to that program. 

In this h|stafHi# Ilie girls were 
divided Into sections. Eight of the 
pcny type wore abbreviated skirtB 
of the ballet type la yellow, while 
a 'soui^f#IMit UHe^ sexfete w«re 'Ire- 
decked in a red shade of 'little more 
than Knee length and also of the 
oonventional pattern. Another four 
were- e nfe s s e d ^ la ism» sevt ef ^iom 
fitting material and did not actively 
participate in the dapclAg. merely' 
dressfng the stage. Miss Coles was 

In irm^: ■..r":'"; 

An odd iwlsf was a finishlriR 
figure by the too artists to "The 
I^ast Hose of Summer** with petals 
fluttering from the flies. PretU' 
and the audienco llhcd it. 

* ^he house prograpi mentions tlio 
stage btts been 'towlo^ and en- 
larged itnd a new fly stem £f lights 
hasj l)«eh put in. The average 
Capitolito will hardly notice it. 
What they ..do notice Is that br- 
ehestra and the general **oIas8'* 
tiurfounding the presentation a week 

' In and week out. . : Hkig. 

Band and Specialtiss 

Mins.; Full (Special) 
6enate, Chicago 

Plenty of radio but nothing ^vj^u- 
daH)US abotit this one. Too much 
Art Linick. the KYW star doint; 
tbt^ lenKihy numbwra and one of 
them unnc(!os.H.'try. 

l.initk'f? "hedsirte Ktories" bit, In 
Which he usos his "Mrs. SclUagen- 
hnuM'* radio «lHiracter, was great. 
A'6<nnedy song number whh almost 
as good, too. Tho **KO«hip" piece, 
With which he opened, was tho tly 
lite radio prominence makes him a 
fiOrklnir local draw, hut no reason 
can be seen why he should be all 
over the place. 

lilniek's name Is the only genuine 
radio attraction in the show. The 
rest of the cast, excepting Clem 
JJacy and Tuni Malle, ai'e not known 
to have played into the *^mike.'* 
i'or efYect, Erncnt Wfley, conductor 
of the Rtagr band, did his introdwo- 
tions through a microphone on the 
stag;«. AmpUflen in the urbhestra 
lent ' the proper sViggeetion. 
, Xom Mailc, annless and writer <)f 
numerous popular song hits, was 
handicapped in his singing because 
loi a had ^hroat. He got over nicely 
de«pito thiK jmd could hjve manaKrd 
an enco^/ir two.; <L>rmen Stanley, 
in pajamanv, sang in Lfnlck's "bed- 
•Me st^lls'^ Mhi)»b^ was ac- 
C'^mpanied by tbc c:Kht Gould 
Dancer^ ^o^e,,J|i(aIlep\ l^'i'^' 

(Continued on page 24) 



RUTH ROLAND (1) 
Songs and Picture - 
28 Mint.; One 

Orpheum, Lee Angelee (it. V.) 

Ruth Roland known as "The 
Kalem Olrl" in tlie days of the two- 
reel thiillerti and serials is a one 
time bet around for tiie big vodvll 
houses. Picture houses wanting a 
film star or persona £?e for appear- 
ances in the flesh able to accom- 
plish somethimr can also use her. 

Though Miss Roland who has ac- 
quired a considerable fortune 
through realty operations and ab- 
sent from the screen for a number 
of years, her name Is in the mcm- 
orien of those who have seen ,thc 
thrillers and want to see her in 
person. 

She ie a smart and good looking 
blonde, with plenty of personality 
and an ability to make a sincere 
Impression With an audience. IHM 
does not possess a singing voice of 
quality but can put songs ever in 
the talking way, with dictum near 
perfect. 

The turn consists of about six 
minutes of film of tlie various nar- 
row escapes which Miss Roland had 
as a serial star. It naturnllif serves 
as a great prelude for the person 
who is to follow it, keeping the 
house on edge throughout. 

Wbev mas Roland enters they 
are ready to cheer. Slie h^ six 
numbers, all fitting her and a -subtle 
way of selling her wares. When 
she concludes the customers realise 
that they have seen more than the 
picture person who Just Uikes a 
bow and says "I'm glad to meet you 
and hope you enjpy oiy pictures.* 

Miss Roland makes two changes 
of coHtumes. During: the interval 
a male pianist renders popular com- 
positioiis; This ennnet be held 
against the turn as folks come to 
see Miss Roland and pass Judgment 
on her accomplishments and not 
those of the plMilst. 

Here the turn waa well received. 
Taking the picture player away 
from Hollywood she should be with 
Pk^sper ptthlSelty ofllM msgnet for 
any sort et heuse^ vedvU er pictures. 



MARION 8UN8HINE (t) 
Piano, 8on0s, Dnneee 
16 Mine.; One 
Psiaee (tt. V.) 

Al Lewis presents the former half 
of the Tempest and Sunshine act 
in this new one termed a "Broad- 
way Bouquet.** Jeiry Moore Is Ht 
the piano and Peter lAlrkIn eMMt- 
Bite Miss SuuKhine. 

Both boys deliver but the diminu- 
tive little eomedienne stands out in 
a fine routine of double songs open- 
ing with "Lady, You Don't Mean 
Me": "I Don't Know "; "The Kitten 
Blues,*' a eute Buniber with one of 
these '*meow" choruses in It; "I 
Could Be Fond of You* from •'Cap- 
tain Jinks," her closing number in 
which she heps a het Oharleston. 

I^arkin sings well and dances 'all 
right. He is In "gob** attire with a 
pair of Harold -Uoyd cheaters. In 
the ICitten** nMber he pieks up 
Miss Sunshine and holds her at his 
side. She goes through the mo- 
tions of walking and due to his 
height. It becomes a very funny bit. 

All of the numhem registered and 
were liked. They were delivered for 
full Talue by the pair who seem to 
hare routined an s«t that will liold 
a spot on the best of the straight 
vaudeville bills and is also a good 
bet for picture houses. Miss Sun- 
shine is as cute and personable as 
ever and Is delightfully eeftumed In 
her latest offering. Ooii. 



RAY and R08E LVTC and Ce. (•) 
''Cyclone Revue** (Dancing). 
14 Mina; One and. Full ttafe. 
8Ute (V-P). 

BIlMng 'fefitures '^e €!y<done 
Eight," group of pony sised daneing 
girls picked for a match in color- 
ing, size and ahapCt running to the 
piuanp g«aiah iype. ^HMy af« used 
for capital numbers in legmania 
figuree working In unison Uke ■ the 
Tiller squads. 

At other '.times they h4ek up the 
three principals, Ray and Hose Lyte 
and Eddie Prinz. solo stepper. 

Opena in "one!* with Prinz intro- 
ducing the eight 8irls one at a time 
When they are assembled they do 
a step or two, leaving Prinz for a 
Solo of aerpbatlibf dancing, a style in 
wnich the tall young man excels. 

To full stage, set in spangled back 
for a Bpanish dance by the, Lytes. 
The girla have changed and ar^ on 
for the TiU«*. girl effect. Lytes do 
a comedy number with prop horses 
whicsh is poor both in comedy and 
ill stepping as It stands. Olrls*^ 
again for waltz numbef led by Prinz 
with Lytes comliijj In at finish for 
series of ballroom dances. 

This gives the girls time for an 
other change, making about five for 
the ^•hort act, and all are on for a 
fast dancing linish. 

airls have change* In Interval to 
even shorter skirts. They d'> en 
scmble with different girls gtcpplng 
front for solo steps. Prinz is back 
for more aerobatics, some of It sen- 
sntiou.il. and all are on to work up 
a whirlwind daMcin? finale, with 
adagio of Lytes sightly and effective 
for an applause curtain. ' If Mth» 



''IN 8UNNY SPAIN" (18) 
Pfash Act 

12 Mina; Two (Speetal) 
Hippodrome (V>P) 

Conventional act carrying a 
heavy personnel as its nmin llaih. 

Eighteen people on the stage, eight 
of whom are musicians strumming 
stringed instruments. Six girls con- 
form a ehonis while mixed twor 
somes take eare ejf l|)e..T0calisln8 
and dancing. 

Five dances in all and four longs. 
Among ths danees, a tambourine 
drill by the sextette of girls stood 
out as did a brief heel dance by the 
male exponent of this native custom. 
The singers did as . well as possible, 
for there didn't seem to be much 
co-ordination between the mandolin 
playere on the stage and the boys 
in the pit. 

A spsGial set has a back drop as 
its main piece before which all the 
action takes place. Nothing actual- 
ly Intriciate enough to catch Uie «ye 
during the danioss and If s hU otver 
in 12 minut^ aloHKray. 

Just fair TfudeviUe without a 
prominent personanty^' , Tbat would 
certainly help — hut 18 people la. one 
act — i>laying the K-A pop houses at 
either those sAxth or fifth floor sala- 
ries? f' Hkig,. 



BROWNING snd BRACKSM 
Black Face Comedians 
14 Mine.} One 

Two comics working in minstrel 
day fashion, both experieaeM and 
with old school material. . 

Opening with «The earlr MrA 
catches the "wortn," they -«o -into 
crossfire, most of the material 
sounding familiar. The straight 
sings a ballad and more crossfire. 

Crossfire about music when one 
produces a whistle upon which he 
plays one tune for all requests of 
his partner. Hie torn enda urtth the 
comic pulling oner uf ^t]M»se Kmg- 
winded- speeches. 

Old tim ey but well liked here due 
to the peiiipMMIiW lhie'palr and 
theli deltwyr ~ 'Con, 



STANLEY and QUINET 
Talk, Songs and Dancing 
15 Mine.! 0ns <8pecisl> 
Amtricsn Roof (V-P) 

Mixed team with l»ieety r(>p;\rtee 
mostly handled by the man with 
the Kirl essaying the *bea>ttlftt1. but 
dumb." The .«5et Is a book p tall In a 
hotel lobby with most of the re- 
partee a byplay on the favorite 
Hulhors. 

A dance by the girl and two duets 
hri'Tgc the « hatter gap plnnting 
them and taking them away to good 
T l iij iiifth 1.1 V ' ltntii c ut 



ivm r iiH. 

il^ht comic df juvenile appenrahce, 
vvliile the ^Irl is a M<^nd eviful. 
AlUJoUA^li new aroiind ho^i' thvir 
au^oinulation s^ows that thf'v liave 
worked this act for . spmo: time eise- 
whi<ve for It has the flnish uf-tturK 
sUh^c^neftt playlrtfir. ' ■ 

ficM No. 5 oh this seven art till 
«d Hc^M^ietlr thd van %i*the num^y 
firem an epplause angle. B4Uu roof No. i. 



BOB JONE8' 
Songs snd Steries 
12 Mine.; One 
American Roof (VP) 

Bob/j^nes has a plsasing person- 
ality tSm uses it for all it's worth 
In his monolcp- and slnping tuin. 
His songs are all ballads or semi- 
ballads and include the' Inevitable 
recitations. 

In between he tells stories mostly 
about "kids." Ue is not a dialec- 
tician, although he tries Hebe and 
Wop. Singing is bis strangest. 
Coupled with an easy delivery and 
perfect composure. They liked the 
tutn on it)<e roof where he .opened 
the second halt of the bill. Con. 



JUST WAIT TRIO 
Pisne and Bongs 
14 Mini.; One 
American Roof (V P) 

TThrGo young rhapw In a piano 
and rtnjjlog routine of pop and re- 
leased num1:<erR. ri.inli5t also sings. 

Tl»elr vojieos blend fairly and they 
s the iMtngs wf U enough. The act 
lacks <«i«satlUt9r and comedy, the 
onty ' ati^empt being ttv o comedy 
nmnlW'Hn, 'ftYie^f whl^h wns light. 

Oooi fiict Of Its kind for tho inter- 
mediate >hOt>eeS' hhd-mid' w<»11 ^on 



0LE8KN AND JOHNBOiK Ca (8) 
'"Monkey Business** (Comedy) 
40 Mine.; Full Stsge (Speetol) 
Orpheum, 8sn Francisco 

This Is the (Nesen and Johnson 
legit show boiled down firom three 

hours to 40 minutes and with a 
proportionate ^eduction in tho cast. 
It was not a particularly bright 
booklnir^for Ban Ftanclsco exactly 
three weeks after the legit show 
was closed by Kquity at the Colum- 
bia because of unpaid salaries. But 
In the ether Oiirtieum to wne where 
the three-hour version did not play 
"Monkey Business" should prove 
an attraction in entertainment and 
box off lee dffhw. 

Lots of laughs and plenty of 
action. A show-closer but not an 
afterpiece. It doesn't require co- 
operation firom the performers en 
the bill. Olesen and Johnson carry 
the main burden with Clyde Hager 
an active and. valuable assistant. 
Hager Is % mxrtVtof of the recent 
Columbia eotlapee. 

Cons'derable of the gags are 
built around Almeo MacPherson, 
the Los Angeles evangelist. Thc3e 
fifags may lose much of their point 
further east but their deletion Will 
be a help rather than otherwise. 

It is a fast-moving succession of 
bits and nut stuff, a few^rom Ole* 
sen and Johnson's previous vaude- 
ville material. But in peneral, Tia- 
terial, costumes and Hcenery are 
froiH die levit flop. One af the 
funniest things is a burlesque on 
an escape artist. Hager is tied into 
a straight jacket from which he is 
to extricate himself In. five sec- 
onds. When the five seconds 
have hfSiM up several times he Is 
still squirming madly on the floor. 
Thereafter hU through the net nt 
psychological montents following 
black-outs on skits the spotlight 
catches the "escape artist" still 
wriggling. It's a laugh time. 

Hager and Chic Johnson have a 
funny piece of clown acrobatics, an 
extension of the stunt Bill De- 
marest used to do when Demurest 
and CoUette were routed Jointly 
with Olesen and Johnson. At this 
point Hager takes plenty of pun- 
isliment, he being the understander 
to Johnson's comic t<^-mounter, 
Johnson wears hard -heeled oxfords, 
stepping on Hagcr's head, ears and 
faeei., ■ ^-^-^ 

Jean ' AshtMi, iCarnle 8aw7«r, 

Babe Angeluijlind Lillian Mines fill 
In between comedy with a little 
dance stuff, ail short and snappy. 
Sidney Gibson dees a speolaltr «M 

helps around. Olesen and Johnson 
have a short session at tho piano 
after their old time mcthqds. There 
Is much fforkllMr In nh4 with' the 
p.udlcnce. Hager givea his street 
hawker spiel which he did when in 
vaudeville as a single. It is a gem 
in tts Mmw • : 

AH in >h ''Monkey 'Biiiiineiii'* 

a good sure-fire conglomeration Of 
slapstick hokum with pep cavering 
up the moments when It Isn't so 
funny. It should be a welcome ..d- 
dition to the Orpheum bills. The 
latter certainly need comedy. 

^iio noiir* (^) 

Elephant 

10 Mins.; Full Stage <8peeiaU 

Hippodrome <V-P) 

"Rose" m^st have been a bit 
bored, with those shows at the ^ip 
Monday. Anyway, she was far from 
being in ra^e form by the time the 
night performance came around. 

Worked hy A Ivoman with two as- 
sistants on the stage, one probably 
the trainer, good old "Rose" took 
plenty of persuasion before doing 
her stuff. In fact the routine was 
so slowed up that It was weU^1|^liil| 
a total loss until she Hnally SilTe 
in and "sang" a bit. 

After that the woman put her 
h ad In "Rose's" month M a llft 
and this closed out. 

A wordy introduction preceded 
this Item, the trainer announcing 
it as a. "stunt" and emphasising 
thfit "8tTint" until everybody the 
length oi 6th avenue must have had 
a pretty good Mea that it was going 
to be a "stunt." 

"Rose" undoubtedly waH having 
an off night. Anyway, it's best to 
leave It that way for if this per- 
formance typified her work there's 
a few more months of disciplining 
due! Koie wa« probably just fed 
up on the engagement, or maybe 
sho got h look at the hnsiness. 



Con, 



FIIAK80N (1) 

Msgieisn 
14 Mins. One 
Palace (St. V.) 
One of the beet Importations of 

the current sea.son is Frakuon 
French magician. Tho Fn>nchma|| 
is assisted by a comely blonde. 

Opening with a series ef one- band 
shuffles, he follows with some nifty 
palming, using 20 ;ards In each 
hand. This is followed by an exhU. 
bltlon of palming cards while wear* 
ing a pair of black gloves. This Is 
said to be one of the most difficult 
tricks possible. 'Not only is it difn* 
cult tp handle eardn while wearing 
gloves, but the black background 
makes it mandatory that the cards 
be perfectly hidden when making m 
"switch.- V 

The next trick Is the handling of 
seven rings, more or less familiar 
over here, but sold for big results 
by the Frenchman, who Is an ex* 
cellent showman. He descends IntA 
the orchestra to allow them to ex* 
amine the rings and separates them 
bsfore the eyes of the trtmt reiir 
spectators. 

The coin In the bucket trick, also 
seen here before, follows. After 
ptektng a few eelns eut of the air. 
on the stage, and causing them t<» 
clink in the bucket, the foreigner 
goes into the audience a^in and 
extraet*' eetas iwtm (lie progranui 
and different objects. 

His closing trick, and In all prob- 
ability original with him is the 
snwkhug of a elgaret uattt If s dewik 
to butt slxe. He palms the butt 
and makes it reappear in his mouth, 
blows smoke out in staccato puffi 
with the elgaret lliMrUdM* and then 
throws the butt away, stamps upon 
it and placing his hands near his 
mouth, is seen to be smoking an* 
othsr Mi*rt end. 

This is repeated until It appears 
to be Impossible that any "appear- 
ance" of the cigaret could be made 
without deteetlon, hut tt% dene ever 
and over again. Always the cigaret 
smoked Is thrown away and another 
lighted one secured from somewhere 
ta repttkee It. ItUi • myfUter Mid 
good for comedy besides. 

Frakson Is a real novelty act and 
a big league showman. His accent, 
when aftenpting English, Is also » 
comeSy asset. All In all he looks 
like one of the best foreign beta 
the K-A Circuit has pulled out of 
the grah hag. 



STCNNCLLI and OOUOLAS 

Mutieal 

10 M^i^ Fult and One (tpeelal) 

X^"'^ <lcMn-fMit rhfips, probably 
EugJU)di. iji a woU worked out rou- 
tine of piano and violin doublen. 
The palr.Qlose in "one** before spe- 
dk] drapes^, toofli phiylng violin. 

For an en<?Ore oTie dops "hntta- 
tions*' on the uke, piayinK discofdt?, 
etc. Oood act Of Its kind. Con. 



NAT e. HAINES and Co. (8) 
*'Helle Mama". (Comed.y) 
|8 Mlns.i FttIt itate <«peelnt) 
Stste <V-Pl 

Nat Haines* new vehicle is a 
formless sketch, part ad lib, part 
lNirles«|ie bits aad' the rest inter* 
polated songs and dances. Played 
by the vaudeville veteran with hia 
sure comedy touch it makes effec* 
tire enh*««s^eatch<>^ etttertflla;* 
raent of typically vaudeville kind. 

In the company are Sadie Duff* 
Bernae Qoe, Florence Talbert, Ben 

mils dhd iiVMte nMMi. tm-mmm 

hotel lawn with lighted porch right. 
Juvenile and Ingenue start pro- 
ceedings with few words of dialog 
leodlhg 4# tere eeag 'music cue. get* 
ting the proceedings briskly under 
way. Story develops. Comedy, old 
man (Haines) is a chaser, but is 
guarded by Jealous old wMs^ <Balw 
up flapper In balhliig suit who 
takes, his roll; Is discovered kissing 
her .by wife and explains she is 
betihep^s'w^. 

Discovered again for further com* 
plications and 'all enda In an en- 
semble number with ingenue and 
vamp stepping. Vamp Is a le^oip 
ih scant bathing. While ingenue can 
sing and dances with spirit. Haines* 
rapid fire witte crocking gets laughs 
Mod^'hy low eemedy , hiMilniiih nU 
around after the^- iMsiiuiar o| 
burlesque hit. 

Sums up popular small time ve* 
hid*. ilMllr 

MORLEY and LfjJLaill - ; ; 
Hsrmony Duo 
14 Miner Piano in One ' 
American Roof (V-P) 

Two glrl« in regulation harmony 
singing act with the brunet handling 
numbers, the blonde oflloiating at 
the piano and both doubling har- 
mony in m«»«t of the repertoire. 

Opening with ,a duet "Way Down 
Carolina," the girls displayed aver- 
age voices and got In some good 
harmony countering with a comedy 
number about a gas-out parlor 
sheik which especially tickled this 
mob and the standout of their se* 
lertions from nu .'uulienco stand- 
point at least. lMani»t followed 
with a ballad wjIo well planted with 
her partner coming -mi*fer recitation 
and with both ve)j:i5»lerlng heavy. 
Tho "iVanier" sonj; with vaiiatlona 
mu^e a eood clQ!«er for tlieni on 
the opmedy angle. sUhongh not new 
in treatment even for her$.. . 

The pirls did t»»Htly as deucers 
here And. should get ^long in simi- 
lar company. J?dl 




tdnesday, Novtmbtr H IMt 



FILM HOUSE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



23 



PARAMOUNT 

(NEW YORK) 

New York. Nov. 20. 

Amftsed and dased one wand«n 

Into the now Paramount to see the 
show and looks at the theatre in- 
N^tead. It may grow to be the eua- 
fom to paradoxically go the first 
time to the Paramount twice, once 
to see the theatre and again to aee 
the show: that's how magnill6ent 
$bis magniticcnt Paramount is. 

But the theatre itnelf will be de- 
acribed In the news columns by an- 
other reporter. He watched the 
Famous Players -I^asky house go up, 
e eet f ig it at its many stages during 
the si>eed building job. Last night, 
at the exclusive invitation perform- 
ance, the Grand Hall was crowded 
with celebs before^ during and lUtef 
the Htago show. w • 

And that Grand HalU At Broad- 
way and 43d street, in Times Square, 
where the price per front foot brings 
a ganp with every quotation! In the 
event the other Variety reporter 
might forget the fact (which be 
kiriSws, of Course) it must be men- 
tioned here that this very Grand 
Hall, occupying its large «pace in 

I this building that represents |17,- 
§00,000, is the very essence of ad- 
vanced theatre Construction. That 
the Grand Hall is a thing of gran- 
deur and splendor will never be de- 
nied; it does its large part to mark 
the Paramount as the tneatre par 
excellence of America — but the 
Grand Hall goes beyond that, into 
Its commercial strata, of holdliHr tilt 
the orowd inside. 

Capable of having 2.500 people 
stand after paying admission within 
Its confines, this Grand Hall can 
send another capacity audience into 
the auditorium with no wait. Rain, 
wind or storm will never detour a 
crowd from the Paramount; it can 

■ seek refuge inside; not only in the 
Grand Hall, but on every floor, to 
the uppermost, where there is a re 
oeption room the length of the 43d 
street side, as fine as any In liew 
York. 

This is the newest theatre bulid- 
lag and in the most expensive buUd- 
ing area of the world. 

Never before, and possibly never 
again In this generation, at least. 
Will be gathered as varied, as £am 
ous and as cosmopolitan a mob as 
At the Invitation opening last night 
It was an event, not only for the 
theatre owners and builders, or for 
Times Square and New York city, 
but for Pictures. That Paramount 
theatre lends more dignity to the 
Aha industry at the first glance than 
an of the written articles, stories, 
tiles or legeada M ttm wMmt 
screen. 

If there is a romance in the up 
shooting of the picture business, the 
Paramount theatre tells it all if one 
recalls that the Paramount is the 
•volution within 15 years of the 
store show, the "Pullman car." the 
penny arcade — ^any place in those 
days where moving platnrsa were 
shown or projected. 

From the stereoptlcon to three 
mammoth projecting machines in 
the Paramounfa booth, where one 
machine automatically closes on the 
reel to release the second, also 
automatically without the Joss ot an 
instant. • * 

And this is vividly brought out in 
the first performance upon the 
Paramount stage, called **A Pageant 
of Progress," a Publix Theatres 
Presentation, programmed as de- 
vised and staged by John Murray 
Anderson. Superbly suited to this 
premiere program, it is adaptable 
for any picture stage. It sends 
Panunount's llmt Stag* bfll Ivto 
C>ass A. 

If Mr. Anderson can recall any 
picture house act or stage produc- 
tion bit he ever did superior to this 
for interest and entertainment, he 
should mention it for credit of 
something not recalled. "A Pageant 
of Progress" is under Presentations 
of this Issue. 

And then Jesse Crawford at the 
organ! After Mr. Crawford finished 
his interlude the chances are every 
one in the house w^anted to give him 
a kiss. New York has missed much 
in organ playing. Not only that of 
Jesse Crawford's or his crack organ- 
playing wife, but many organists. 
Yet not one of those who advanced 
in picture house playing reached 
New York excepting Murtagh. The 
others appeared to have centered 
in Chicago, led by Jesse Crawford, 
the pioneer, creator and originator 
of novelty popular music played on 
an or^an In a picture theatre. ^ 

Mr. Crawford is all of these, 
though he makes claim to neither. 
Yet in his "Organs I Have Played" 
on the Wurlltzer at the Paramount, 
Mr. Crawford traces his theatre 
career, from the Coast to Chicago, 
to New York, and "hopeS^ he'll do 
well here. Jess, you'll paralyse 'em 
in New York. 

Mr. Crawford's moment Is also 
especially detailed under Presenta- 
tions in this issue. 

"The Star-Spangled Banner" 
opened the program, w^Ith Mar- 
guerite Ringo singing. Speeches 
" were made by Mayor Ja 

ker. Will H. Hays and Leo J. East- 
man (president of the Broadway 
Association). Mr. Hays called forth 
Adolph Zukor. Jesse U L<asky and 
Bam Katz, each of whom was seated 
closely apart on the mesxanlne. 
After Mr. La sky had taken his bow 
he walked over and shook hands 
with Ml*. Zukor. Mr. Kats probably 
rauld have done the same but he 



would have discommoded too many 

people back and forth. Each of the 
picture showmen was generously 
applauded, with Mr. Zukor*s recep- 
tion vociferous. Comment was 
quickly heard upon Mr. Kats' youth- 
fulness. Thos. X. Bdison, irhen men- 
tioned, had to twice arlsb in 
acknowledgement. 

Mayor Walker said ho knew the 
picture business, had been counsel 
for some of it, and had "freely" ad- 
vised, saying that went either way 
and it was an inside story. The 
Mayor spoke of Adolph Zukor as an 
immigrant arising to the great es- 
tate of president of one of Amer- 
ica's biijgest institutions, Famous 
Playcrs-Lasky. There was another 
Immigrant who came over before 
Mr, Zukor, said the Wuli<er boy, and 
"his son now stands before you as 
the Mayor of New York." "But I 
appreciate the compliment by Mr. 
Zukor," said the Mayor, "of defer- 
ring the opening of this epochal 
building until my administraiion." 
Closing his remarks. Mr. Walker 
also referred to Messrs. Zukor. 
Lasky and Katz. adding Harold B. 
Franklin, the first time Mr. Frank- 
lin had been mentioned, and the 
applause was prolonged. The Mayor 
mentioned he had known Mr. 
Franklin for several years, ever 
since he was associated with "that 
very fine gentleman from Buffalo, 
Michael Shea." 

Mr. Hays spoke ad lib, generally 
and briefly. He struck upon the 
exact chord in dMcribing what the 
new Paramount theatfe meant to 
the industry. 

The stage performance was then 
taken up with the overt dre, T.schai- 
kowsky's "1812," played by the Par- 
amount house orchestra of about 40 
pieces, under the direction of Na- 
thaniel Finston, for the premier 
performance. The heavy piece 
seemed quite a load for but 40 men. 
The orchestra is on a movable plat- 
form. Helen Yorke pleasantly did a 
soprano solo full of cadenzas and 
without a tremolo, as might have 
been suspected through nervousness 
on such an historical occasion and 
before that high tension audience. 

In the Paramount News several 
novelties came out, specially pre- 
pared by International and Pathe 
Included was a Joined scene of Army 
and Navy parades at the govern 
ment academies. 

During the evening also were 
presented several old feature films, 
in snatches; the first feature present 
ed by Famous Players was ''Queen 
Elizabeth," Imported (the Bernhardt 
film); then the first feature made 
by Famous, "The Prisoner of 
Zenda." with James K. Hackctt, and 
also the first made by the Lasky 
Film Corporation (before the con 
solldatlon), "The Squaw Man." Bits 
of several features starring "fam- 
ous playersf (in earrying; out the 
Zukor policy in "name" picturs SBiMt- 
ing) were also exhibited. 

For an extra attraction, for the 
evening only. Maurice and Elea- 
nora Ambrose did three dances, with 
ottO to tho accompaniment of Can- 
aro's Argentine Orchestra. The 
stage and theatre were pretty large 
for tho dancers hut th<^ got away 
nicely. 

"Following was "The Harbor 
Beacon," an Bducatlonal Bruce 
Scenic, which may have been cut 
to speed along. Its object otherwise 
could not be gleaned. 

After the Publix Presentation, the 
Herbert. Brenon (F. P.-L.) feature. 
"Ood aav» Mo ii OentiT (FIfan Re- 
views), ran along to a neat flnish 
for a long night, the picture ending 
at about It: 49, 

No time was taken of any of the 
turns, duo to. an opening, but no 
slips ocourred. The worst that hap. 
pened was one of the ladders to the 
upraised stage slipping in one scene, 
without injury to the scene or per- 
son. 

A very fine stage show, with 
either Mr. Crawford's organ per- 
formance or the Presentation worth 
the 75 cents charged at this gate, 
without the theatre Itself or any 
thing else figured In. 

This Paramount! They'll have to 
start building theiifres all over again 
atUrltl 



ORIENTAL 

(CHICAGO) 

Chicago. Nov. 20. 
When a vaudeville actor transfers 
to the presentation houses ho 
should leave his dirt behind him. 
Picture theatres have been getting 
along pretty well without it. 

This goes for Harry Hlnes, who 
demonstrated here that some vaude- 
ville actors have a lot to learn be- 
fore they may qualify as desirable 
for the film houses. Ilincs went 
through a monologue that was 
plenty "blue." and when he got to 
certain parts In his narrations he 
convoyed by gesture and expression 
what was unfit to be said. 

HIncs went over wel!, especially 
with the first few rows composed 
mainly of young girls. But there 
were many who wero offended by 
the trend of his wise-cracking. 

Oriental Is having a program 

relapse this week. First ^'The Magi • 
clan," as the picture, wasn't right 
for this house. It was probably 
booked In here because E. & K. 
know that pictures don't mean so 
much with Paul Ash as the stage 
attraction. Unfortunately A^h's 
presentation wasn't up to standard 
and failed to offset the film's weak- 
ness. "Red Hot Revue" had the 



orchestra boys wearing red tlee and 

dark suits, with Ash looking dappir 
in a collegiate cut outfit. It opened 
with a number by the band employed 
as a pep starter and brought out 
Frank Selfert for a combination of 
whirllng^nd regulation buck. This 
started things with the traditional 
Ash speed. A ballad number fea- 
turing Milton Watson, staff tenor, 
lf>st its strength through dragging. 
For a finale an elderly woman was 
revealed above the brbhestra posing 
in a picture frame as a production 
theme for Watson's mother number 
Two old favorites sung by her were 
admirably done. 

Harry Hlnes followed. Ash an- 
nounced him as an old friend and 
plugged him with vim. Almee Mac- 
Pherson puns and indigo gags wero 
delivered with a wad of egotism, 
and Harry clicked With a certain 
clement. 

Markel and Gay, mixed oomedy 

dance team, held the boards for quite 
a period but couldn't satiate th-? 
crowd's appetite for funny steps. 
Good presentation material. The 
Collegiate Foursome, closing spe- 
cialty, looked, sounded and acted 
collegiate. They aro missing in 
showmanship, but as they're booked 
as a staff attraction this deficiency 
should be rectified shortly. Ash U 
famous for polishing 'em up. 

The finale production bit, worked 
around "Fire," gave this new num- 
ber a tremendous plug. The orches- 
tra played it hot while Felicia Sorel 
and her ballet whirled fiame gauze 
on the stage above the musicians. 
Joey Stoole, Ash's chorus singer, 
made the words known. This was 
the only portion of the program in 
which Lou McDermott, produc«.'r, 
displayed his regular abilities.. With- 
out the redhead this presentation 
would have been a groan. Evidence 
of his showmanship is pronounced 
during instances where he is forced 
to carry a program practically alone. 

At the organ Henri Keates had a 
slide number called "All's Well That 
Ends Well." It was worked as a 
jumble, with the operator purposely 
putting on the wrong ones. Keates' 
announcement of a picture of him- 
self at the age of six. with the forth- 
coming slide depicting a long- 
bearded gent. Is typical of Its theme. 
His regular singing bee was worked 
in. At one time Keates stopped 
playing and let the customers shout 
through six lines of a number with- 
out his accompaniment. 

Business slightly under capacity 
at a maMnee. I^oop. 

STATE 

(B08T0N) 

Boston, Nov. 22. 

Both shows Monday night were 
capacity with no reason for the 
draw other than the clever adver- 
tising of John Gilbert instead of 
the future, "Baidelys the Magni- 
ficent** The publioity over Sunday 
exploited Gilbert as the successor 
to Valentino, and thl» ^act, coupled 
with the advertising by the Majestic 
of the impending return booking of 
'The Big Parade" at |2, waa effec- 
Uve in packing the Btato at a ac- 
cent top. 

The picture held well although 
the Harvard boys in the house gave 
the love scene betwaen Gilbert and 
Eleanor Boardman, as they float 
down-stream in a punt, quite a 
razzing and for the flrst time in 
months this house heard the "bird" 
from the balcony. 

Supporting acts comprised Ber- 
nard and Henry, billed as the fe- 
male Van and Schenck, and the 
Joe Thomas sax-o-tete, a saxophone 
and trumpet quintette thae nearly 
stopped the show. 

Other fllms comprised an "Our 
Gang," a news reel, a topics, a 
Grantland Rice special and a Fltz- 
Patrick Thanksgiving day holiday 
bit. The organ specialty was an- 
other slide song plug, the program 
crediting the publisher. 

The State is continuing indefi- 
nitely the misspelled program con- 
test and feels it is the best bet of 
the season for boosting matinee at- 
tendance. ZAhhep* 

MARK.STRAND, B'LYN 

Brooklyn, M. Th Not. 21. 

An elaborate seasonal presenta- 
tion titled "Pumpkin Center Husk in' 
Bee,** a rural Thanksgiving party. 
Is Edward L. Hyman's current of- 
fering for Thanl&sglving week. 
Along with the unit which features 
Rita Owin and Robert Stickney, 
those sure fire picture house favor- 
ites, and Rex Schepp. Charles Gug- 
llcri and Mardo Kalhn, Hyman has 
brought back the Record Boys, 
WJ2 radio favorites, for a return 
engagement. 

From the boys* opening yodel on 
a darkened stage, the yodellng- 
singing trio wjia recognized, which 
is sufl)cicnt Indication of their per- 
sonal draw. Al Bernard, Frank 
Kamplain and Sammy Stept are 
the three ether entertainers, the lat- 
ter the piano accompanist Bernard 
has wisely pepped up his solos 
through not making them too dia- 
lect-y as has been his wont, going 
in for coon songs with a more mol- 
odioufl swing. Kamplain's yodel is 
ever effective. 

This week also Introd^cs .Tacques 
Pintel, concert pianist, as the new 
sUff soloist with Mark Strand Or- 
chestra. Pintel has been with Mme. 
Kmma Calve, Muratore and Una 
Cavallerl In concert amonc others 
before conoectlag at tha Strand. He 



succeeds Uly Kovaes, retired 

tlin>uph marriage. 

Kstelle Carey, another tocal favor- 
ite, is back for her nth return and 
can keep returning with her In- 
gratiating soprano. She is doing 
"Giannina Mia" from •The Firefly" 
as her sole offferlnt?. probably a re- 
quest as it is one of the best liked 
in Miss Carey's repertoire. 

•Tunipkln Center Iluskin' Bee" 
( i'resentatlons) ; "Return of Peter 
Grimm'* (Fox), feature fllm. 

Ahel 



BELMONT 



(CHICAGO) 

Chicag, Nov. 18. 

This house was opened two 
months ago by Lubliner &, Trlnz. 
Business has been fair. To the 
theatre's advantiige it was built in 
a neighborhood already developed. 
To its disadvantage, the neighbor- 
hood Is thickly populated with 
thrifty Germans who don't take 
their theatre going seriously. 

The Belmont Is one of three L & T 
liouses with a three- unit circuit of 
stage band presentations. Art 
Kahn. Mark Flnher and Ben Paley 
formerly headed these units, but 
Paley has Just been released and 
one band l.s witliout a leader. His 
successor has not yet been an- 
nounced. 

Mark Fisher Is at the Belmont 
this week in a presentation called 
"Harvest Time Frolics.** It Is not 
outstanding but iS somewhat batter 
than average. 

Opening was behind a net drop 
of a pumpkin with the orchestra 
visible through the mouth slit. Be- 
fore the drop eight ballet girls went 
through one of those unldentlfled 
dances costumed as roosters and 
pumpkins. This dance redeemed it- 
self when the "pumpkin" girls dem- 
onstrated the tricklness of their 
costumes by turning them into old- 
fashioned dresses for a mild chorus 
close. 

Heading the principals in sup- 
port of the band was Ben Blue, 
dancing comic whoso variations of 
routine Justify his repeated ap- 
pearances around town. Blue 
worked gags between numbers and 
cleaned up toward the flnish with a 
slow motion dance to a flicker spot- 
light. 

Jack "Peacock" Kelly, drummer 
In Fisher's orchestra, held a solo 
spot with two xylophone numbers. 
Vallle and Stewart, young hoofers 
with a passable routine, and Mil- 
dred Ia Salle, of the Peggy Bemler 
school of song, completed the spe- 
cialties. Mildred is one of a crowd 
who found plenty of opportunity 
after Ash had put Peggy over at 
the Oriental. The city is full of 
these girls who sing like Spoiled 
children. There Is always some one 
In an audience who likes 'em. 

"TIngaling," waits, eatchlng on 
here, was used for a miniature pro- 
duction in this presentation. Rex 
Morgan, trumpeter, played it with 
tho orchestra, then Beatrice Gardel 
waltzed it. Fisher sang it and three 
little sets behind tha hand were 
used by the Gould Dancers to dance 
it In Dutch, Spanish and Venetian. 
Two of the girls In each set, wear- 
ing native costumes, and the or- 
chestra played it in the national 
rhythms. What a plug. 

An ensemble number, with the 
entire cast singing and dancing to 
a pop number hir the band main an 

efTective closer. 

Fisher's orchestra has rounded 
into shape since last heard. This 
band was especially organised for 
tho singing banjo player, formerly 
of the Russo-Fiorito Oriole orches- 
tra. As a stage band leader Fisher 
is okay, able to sing and talk better 
than the average leader and blessed 
with a nice appearance. His double- 
breasted tux is the flrst seen around 
this province.. 

Preston Sellers, at the organ, had 
a special war song program for 
Armistice week. 

"Men of Steel," the feature, was 
liked. 



house with two numbers. The audi* 

enoo refused to be satisfied until 
they encored with a third. Then 
the band was on deck again with 
"Five Minutes in ;i Crazy House," 
a corking comedy bit, and linally 
a closing selection by the band. Tha 
answer was that 35 minutes waa 
put into the bill by the musical or* 
ganisatlon. 

The overture, "BufCalmacco,** 
opened the show, followed by thd 
"Porcelalne Stntuettes.** with John 
Quinlan singing "Cherie" and a bal- 
let divertlsement after that. The 
Topical Review held an even break 
between International and Pathe as 
to the source of subjects, and then 
came the Lopes period. 

In all it was a good entertain- 
ment of a little more than two 
hours. Fred. 



STRAND 

IHEW YORK) 

New York, Nov. 28. 

Joseph Plunkett. managing direc- 
tor of the Strand, figured that Vin- 
cent Lopes and his Casa Lopes Or- 
chestra wotild be tha best added at- 
traction at his house to offset the 
opposition of the opening of the 
Paramount. From appearances Sat. 
urday night for the final show of 
the evening his Judgment seemed to 
be all right, for the house was 
Jammed with tha andlettca Jammed 
six deep. 

There wasn't anything else on the 
bill that could have pulled that 
crowd. It is certain that tho pic- 
ture. "The Blonde Saint," could not 
have meant anything on the first 
day shown. It was just a case of 
the street being Jammed and a great 
turn -a way from the new house, 
coupled with Lopez's presence. 

Incidentally, Lopez has gone back 
to the slide effects again, only in 
this particular case they certainly 
do help along, fltting the numbers 
better than the aifeota used in 
vaudeville did. He is opening with 
"Hello Bluebird," followed by an- 
other pop number and then there Is 
a third. "The Trail of Dreams," a 
waltz written by Elnar Swan, trom- 
bone player with the band. 

Tbon there 1h Lopez at tli« piano, 
after which he Introduces liie Keller 
9laters and "Lynch, harmony blues 
singers, who just sbou| rocked the 



SENATE 

(CHICAQO) 

Chicago. Nov. 1». 

Sti.ge show, "Radio Scandals of 
1926" (Pi*esentatlons> and picture. 
"The Quarterback" (P. P.) packed 
plenty of interest to draw, with a 
fair siEed audience resulting at a 
week-day supper show. With radio 
and football as the come-on. plenty 
of kids sat in. They revelled 
through the whole business. 

"Radio Scandals," holding Art 
Llnick. popular radio performer 
from KYW, Chicago; Rome and 
Dunn, non-radio but well known 
and liked in picture houses here; 
Spade Sisters, Tom Malie, Carmen 
Staley, Clem Dacy. the eight Qould 
Dancers, and a stago band conduct- 
ed by Ernest Wiley, ran almost an 
hour and dragged in that time. 
Frequent good moments failed to 
offset the slowness. 

This show Is In Its second week 
of three in filling in a gap caused 
by the diRpo.«ition of Ben Paley by 
Lubliner & Trlns when Paley failed 
to make the grade from pit to stage 
bandmaster and master of cere- 
monies. Paley, with Art Kahn and 
Mark Fisher, rotated: weekly on a 
wheel formed by the Senate. Bel- 
mont and Harding theatres. At tha 
end of "Radio Scandals" run an all* 
feminine stage band win flit 111 Wtf 
vacant spot. 

News reel, fllm shorts and a very 
excellent organ bit by Preston Sell- 
ers, among the best in Chicago, 
spanned a program that seemed 
highly appreciated. But the absence 
of adults proves something was 
m.lsslng. Oii Its radio angle, tha 
draw should have been heavier. 
This probably was through the lack 
of radio *'names»*' with tha .aSoaf 
tion of Llnick, who waa Hm Uma 

RIVOLI 

(NEW YORK) V 
New ToTk. Nov. 11. 

A well balanced, popularly ap- 
pealing show at the Rivoli this 
week should do its modicum of 
trade despite the expected handicap 
of the new Paramount, which not 
only Publla but the other Broadway 
houses recognizo as a natural op- 
position ror some time to come In 
view of tho elaborataness, favorable 
publicity and newness of this last 
word In cinema emporiuma 

This may ao^onnt for Pnblls put- 
ting the better of the two new Brenon 
productions on Broadway into Its 
older house, Brenon's "Ood CMi^a Ifa 
Twenty Cents" at the Paramount 
shaping up second alongside of "Tha 
Oreat Oatsby," tha current feature 
at the RIvoll. Brenon's "Beau Oeste" 
is a "special" at the Criterion, where 
It has been holdiat forth far mmm 
time. 

On the subject of the Paramount, 
Marguerite Rlngo. who sang the 
opening song, the National Anthem, 
on the new Paramount theatre's 
sUge Friday night, is this week 
at the Kivoll. Sunday Miss Rlngo 
was out through Illness, Virginia 
Johnson substituting, doing ona 
number, "Song of Songs," and im- 
pressing as one of the biggest in- 
dividual scores, despite the brief- 
ness of her program. Miss Johnson 
is a soprano of full voice and ex- 
cellent for the picture houses, 
where she has long been a favorite. 

As for SliuB Ringo, it was an 
Individual tribute (this is inside 
stuff) that she was ultimately 
chosen over such Metropolitan 
voices like Mary Lewis and Mar- 
lon Talley, who were considered 
for the Paramount's premiere. Pub- 
lix wisely turning to Its own film 
house sources for its own divertis- 
sements rather than aspiring ta 
glorified outside fields^ •tm thavfb 
a special occasion. "'..^ ■^ 

The overture this week to iova- 
talled Into a James Fltspatrlck 
music reel, " Songs of Central 
Europe." which has Josef Koestner 
as the new musical director, Irvin 
Tablot being switched to the Par« 
amount. 

The pictorial news was not dis- 
tinguished by anything, the con- 
ventional ships and parades stand- 
ing out In tho "shots." The Publix 
presentation is a Paul Osoard unit; 
ver>' good. Abel. 



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VABIBTY 



REVIEWS 



Wednesday, November IMg 



VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS 



■ft, : 



PALACE 



(St. VmiM 

It wi»n't be lonp now. Monday 
night even the ushers looked lunely 
at the "acc" house, now being re- 
tltled the "ace deuce." A buck's 
worth of vaudeville at $2.20 was on 
tap, with customorn blastinir for the 
exist during th« ifttt«r part of the 
bill. 

Tliaediira ]l»b«rt«. playing a re- 
turn engagement after a three-year 
absence, during which time he has 
been very ill^ made a curtain speech 
at the conclusion of his skotch, 
"The Man Higher Up." He related 
his hospital experiences and .stated 
he intended to return to picture.s as 
soon as his current tour ended. Mr. 
Roberts is using a cane and a crutch 
in his act. and still favors his in- 
jured leg. but he played with hie 
usual effectiveness. His sketch wns 
spotted second after intermisison, 
aad was one of the high llgths. 

For a change the hill held two 

wow comedy turns, one in each half. 
T^e first one to wham was Roger 
Uihol^ Ifarcelle Coreene and Co. in 
the old reliable "Pest House." The 
act holds a couple of new comedy 
bits, one a revolving belt bed which 
projects the occupant out like a 
kiddy slide, and another a trick wash 
basin. But in the main it is the 
same old "Pest House'^ and Imhoff 
the aame old loveable tad. The. 
laughs came fast and furious, and 
the actt, siMUed third, gave the first 
half ah inpi^ that Adler. Weil and 
Wurman, |9l|i!|^ing, instantly oUpl- 
talized wilH their excellenit piano 
and song routliMK 

Trinl, holding over, closed the first 
half in her Spanish dancing turn. 
Just why the beautiful Spanish girl 
was held over Is a mystery, although 
one wit guessed it might be because 
"They wanted -to give her seven 
week.s of two-a-day booking.** She 
introduced a new number In this 
week's turn, but the act doesn't 
warrant a holdover by any stretch 
of a booker's imagination. 

Th9 second half or the bill devel- 
oped plenty of strength, opening 
with Marion Sunshine (New Acts), 
followed by the sketch and come- 
died up by Kramer and Boyle. The 
comics, who work in "one." opened 
In Roberts' full-stage set with the 
lights out Mr. Roberts repeated a 
dramatic speech from his own turn 
In tba dark, ind when the lights 



went on Kramer and Boyle were 
seated In the doctor's office. It was 
a laugh, and probably an uncon- 
scious infringement upon the old 
dark-stage opening of Bennet and 
Itlchards. 

The pair stepped down into "one" 
following, and nad no trouble selling 
old and new kuks. Kramer has de- 
veloped into a pip of a blackface 
comic and Boyle is as always, one 
of the .sweetest of straights. They 
could have nursed the customers for 
a couple of eneorea, hut were on late 
and didn't try. 

However, their sportsmanship 
was more or less wasted on the 
Donals Sisters act, closing, for they 
opened to a rear view panoramic of 
what the ladies and gentlemen will 
wear when going away from any- 
where. The girls hever had a 
chance with their fine hand-to-hand 
routine, and closed to the ushers and 
Benny Roberts* gang. 

Rose Irene Kress, assisted by Leo 
Doyle. Elinore Bunting and Joseph 
Miller, opened the show In a pip of 
a roller-skating novelty. It la beau- 
tifully produced in addition to the 
talents of the four skaters. 

Frakson (New Acts), an imported 
magician, scored an unusual Impres* 
sion No. 2. 

Plenty of room all over the house 
Monday night and fine theatre 
weather. The new Paramount, down 
the street, has helped put another 
crimn in the $2.20 emporium. 

What Will happeh when the new 
Roxy opens? 
Jvst one thing after another. Con* 



RIVERSIDE 

(St. Vaude) 

With two exceptions, on either 
end, the bill IS a surefire lineup of 
familiars, the opener and closer 
qualifying also on the favorable im- 
pression, but not as standard as the 
others. It's no wonder they did 
business with that lineup of famil- 
iars. 

Faye, Elliott and King were the 
weakest entry, opening. They give 
themselves away with the billing 
"Who's Who" and the tip-off catch- 
Tine "watch for the double surprise 
at the flnieh.** With one of them 
obviously doing a mjilc perHonation 
it isn't so hard to detect the female 
impersonator as well, although very 
well done, oompletiAjr foolMif the 



PRESENTATiOIiS 

(Continiift jfiMi: 



are good looking and work well 
throughout the show, two doing a 
* **sister afif ' gpeelalt^ m tla^ Upade 

Sisters. Not so strong, but cute. 
Clem Dacy, fairly well known on 
radio, sang to plenty of appre- 
elatlon. 

Rome and Dunn. In the last of 
the specialties, went through their 
song routine in their usual classy 
manner aeorlnv-lMltvlly. 

The work of the orchestra, under 
Wiley, was good thrcughout. Wiley 
war Paley's assistant, whom he c 
placed. A stahr pfMtnade .et 
looked like money. I^tfi^ 



COAST STUNOS 



(Continued from page 20) 

Gibson's next for U. Beevea Kason 

will direct 



Marion Constance Blackton. 
daughter of J. Stuart Blackton, 
signed by M.G.M. dO •di|^ti0n8 
and continuities. 



Pat O'Malley is playing the 
featured role in "Basy Money," be- 
ing made for Tiffany by Osear 
Apfel. Cast includes Helen 
and George Ilackathorne. 

Kenneth McDonald, recent screen 
addition, has been signed for 
juvenile lead tai *'Over Seas." Sov- 
ereign ProdiMiMoM Surry M«ody 
will direct. 



••GOBS' 23!/i MINUTir 

LEAVE" (20). 
Singing, Dsncing* Musical. 
23 Min.; Full (Special). 
Million Dollar, Los An^sles. 

Managing Dire* tor Frank L. New- 
man turned production manager for 
the FaefHe Geist premiere of 
"We're in the Navy Now" and staged 
un atmoHpherio prolog at the Mil- 
lion Dollar. While not in any way 
startling, the entertainment is siC- 
Isfylng. 

For a setting there Is a full stage 
replica of a wharf warehouse open- 
ing onto the sea. At curtain a ship's 
launch appears in thet)ffing loaded 
down with goba M'ho, on laiidinp, 
go into a routine of stunts in which 
a deaen df the 20 youths participate 

rjeorge O'Hara i^tartcd them off 
, With a snappy song number an( 
"uke*' accompaniment, followed by 
McDowell and Montgomery, nifty 
"hoofers." Jimmy Conlon had the 
audience laughing at his balancing' 
of a paper cone atop his nose or 
cheeks. 

Some nice harmony singing wa.s 
put across by the Bilbrcw quartet, 
colored hoys, and then Denny StuU 
man favared with a couple of In- 
strumentiil numbers, using a one 
stringed violin, and home-made at 
that. Dick Meagh did a soft shoe 
dance which he turned into a '*wow** 
. finish by speed, nnd t hen Dick Olbly 
scored with a ballad. 

Cervo, with his piano-accordion, 
was fawardeid with merited ap- 
ViaMik with the colored quartet 
closing the show with an imitation 
cat fight, all In harmony. For a 
filiate dia a— emhie sang a chorus 
from *^a>t te the Navy Now** and 
sall«d away in a tableaux, reveal - 
an illuminated replica of the 



Lorraine Tason has been placed 
under a five-year contract by F.B.O. 
Her first will be as feminine lead in 
"The Wise Crackers." H. C. Witwer 
story, with Caryl IiMeming directing. 
In the cast are Al Cooke, Kit Guard. 
Danny O'Shea and ThfliM Mttl. 

Pola Negri's next for Famous 

IMayors-LasUy will be "Confession," 
an Ernest Vajda screen story. JBrlc 
Pommer win supervise. - 



Those supporting Col. Tim McCoy 
in his second M.O.M. IH^ttfttfon. 
"Uraddock's Defeat," a story l.a.^^ed 
on the American revolution, include 
•loan Crawford, Edward Neam. Will 
U. Wnllis, Tom O'Brien. .Tack Pratt. 
Hen l^ewia. t<ionel Belmore and 
Chief Big Tree. * - 



Mathilde Comont added to "The 
Kough Hlders," P.P..t.. 



Scott Ches...tt. former southern 
league umpire, and more recently 
Paramount film sali sman and Jack- 
■'onville exchangt manager, will por- 
tray the role of umpire in "Casey 
at the Bat," F.l».-L. 



Eleanor Pried signed by M.O.M. 
for scenario department. 

Vera Heynolds' next for DeMille 
will be The Little Adventuress." 
William DoMllle will dir»*<t. 



U. will produee a feature b.ts.'d 
on Carl T^emmle's slogan. "It Can 
Be Done." An original 8l«.ry was 
written by Scott Darling around the 

subject. 



Statue of Liberty and an ocean 

liner. 

Prolog might not stand up if given 
with a weak picture, but tiM film 
fen tu 10 more than made itp for any 
deficits 



late comers and those others who 
didn't consult the printed program 
But for the personations the act is 
blah. The ballad try is particularly 
negative, a wishy-washy maudlin 
affliction that is steeped with sick- 
ening sentiment, and were it not so 
"seriously" done and on the level 
it would maka a great hokom num* 
ber. 

The Gaudsmith Brothers have dis- 
carded their buffoons' makeup, work- 
inging more or less "straight" I at 
for costuming and a light rouge the 
understander affects. 

Torcom Bezazian and Edna Whitt 
with their trumpet trio in support 
(it's misbilled a quartet, becoming 
four only when Miss White is part 
of it) belong in the picture houses. 
Theirs is a quality musical olTering 
that qualiflea handily for the cin- 
emas. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry's 
standard did as ever and Ida May 
Chad wick closed the first section 
The act is hitting on its twin six 
without a miss, the general impres- 
sion exceeding the act*s Palace 
debut when there was something 
lacking in the general proceedings. 

Miss Chadwick leaves littie doubt 
as to her claim anent "America's 
champion tap dancer," and her pre- 
ferred sextet of blondes chalk up 
a sizable score all their own. After 
it's all over, if Miss Chadwick cares 
to. she can route that stepping sex- 
tet on their ownsome and they will 
register decisively, even If they re- 
lied only on thi^t concerted staircase 
dance number. It's a compliment to 
the dancing star of the act for the 
staging alone. Miss Chadwick tope 
everything with an advanced dance- 
ology, the "Messin' Around." 

Reopening are the Three SwiftF 
(Ne^ Acts). Daphne Pollard's im- 
pression was unquestionable, al- 
though her stuff is limited to the 
same eccentric characterizations. 

Will Mahoney could have stayed 
indef. He begged off. refusing' 
"Mammy" on the plea of a late 
show. The knockout tap stepping 
and falling clinched everything. 

Van Horn and Inez, roller skaters 
featuring neck splns^ closed. AM. 



STATE 



(Vaude—Picts) 

A good deal of flash and produc- 
tion display is getting into the met- 
ropolitan small timers. This show 
at the State involves 30 or so peo- 
ple, counting the dosen in the 
Cyclone Revue and the six in tlie 
sketch of . Nat C. Uaines and com- 
pany. 

Values are nicely distributed, with 
plenty of comedy, enough singing 
and dancing and fair average of 
purely specialty material. The 
production display also helps to 
build up effects for this class of 
entertainment, particularly in the 
suiToundings of t||a impressive 
State theatre. 

After all it is the feature film 
that puts the value in the offering. 
It is ••The Quarter Back" with Rich- 
ard Dix this week that apparently 
drew. Attendance Monday night 
Just short of capacity, with only a 
few rows vacant on right and left 
wing at the back. Solid punch in 
the flnale of football story brought 
spontaneous applause. 

Randow Trio, comedy acrobatic, 
opened. Two men and a woman do 
an old fashioned routine, the nov- 
♦'Ity depending upon the feats using 
the heavy woman in evening dress 
as the understander for simple 
head-to-head feats. Clown is fair 
knockabout, but has knack of pan- 
tomimic business. Shedding of a 
score of waistcoats through act is 
old stuff. 

Mays, Burt and Fenn are Tuxedo 
trio of straight singers who stick 
to their warbling and hoofing which 
gets them through neatly if not 
with any particular hurrah. Good 
bit is a minstrel first part in all its 
e.s.sentials put over in two minutes. 
Dancing finish takes them off to 
applause. 

Alice Morley is using one of those 
dramatic recitaUons for her finish, 
a scheme that does her breezy rou- 
tine no special good. She starts 
olt with two or three brief bits of 
current Jazzy numbers nnd then 
goes into a semi-ballad for chaii^o 
of pace, which is as it should l)e. 
Then Into comedy number and the 
dramatic for the getaway, using 
the number "Old PaK' as tlie basis 
of the elocution. Makes a dull 
finale in an otherwise lively turn, 

Nat C. Ilaines' sketch (New Acts) 
is called "Hello. Mama." which 
doesn't matter. It is one of those 
things with a burlesque bit flavor 
and that serves the purpose well 
enough. Wilkens and Wilkens^ next 
to closing were not Ci^pecially 
heavy. It was tough for an unpre- 
tentious mixed pair to follow the 
Ilaines flash and hokum comedy, 
but their tango ie.'^son with its 
knockabout did the trick. The talk 
early got only fair returns. 

Cyclone Revue, dance production 
with much costuming and faxt step- 
ping (New Acts) closed. JiUMh, 



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AMERICAN ROOF 

(Vaude Picts) 

Ad lil)biiig and fly remarks s»m ni 
about as harmless as nitroglycerine 
on the American Hoof these nights. 
The sooner incoming nets take the 
tip the better for them. The latest 
candidate for "the bird" barely es- 
caping waa Jack Joyce, monopcde 



dancer and jester, who miscalculat- 
ed Monday night by aiming his 
wisecracks to the boya IB btoe 

(shirts) in the upper tier. 

Despite a picture trailer strong 
enough to slant anybody, and at 

least planted Jack for a great en- 
trance band, he was going great 
with his chatter and opening num- 
ber until starting clowning with 
some o: the neighbors' children from 
10th avenue, squatted la the upper 
left box. 

The result must have proved a 
boomerang for Jack since the box 
occupants sent back as good as he 
save and seemed to forget that 
everything was in fun. Jack han- 
dled the situation with good Judg- 
ment and went Into his dance. 

Later on he tried to laugh off the 
preceding faux pas and got it again, 
with some of the balcony boys even 
going stronger than the box occu- 
pants, which prompted Jack to an- 
nounce that he was not a male Im- 
personator. That got them awhile, 
with Jack countering with Black 
Bottom and Charleston, whleh for 
even this mob was something new 
when contributed by a monopede. 
Before leaving the sUge in next to 
closing he had registered the un- 
disputed hit of the show. Many re- 
calls^ but Jaok was evidently glad 
to bo through, and failed to respond. 

As to the bill in general it was 
little above average, with about 
three out of the .seven acts raising 
any dust. Just a routine show but 
packed house, with the real draw 
dependent upon the feature picture, 
"The Black Pirate." Two of the 
seven acts new around here — Merely 
and Leeder, harmony duo. No. 2. and 
ir^tanley and Quinct, mixed team. No. 
5. with a mixture of chatter, singing 
and dancing. 

Johnston opened with a combina- 
tion of contortion stunts and trapeze 
work, with the contortion feats the 
main standout of the contribution. 
Morely and Leeder, fern harmony 
duo, followed on with a likeable 
routine o: songs (New Acts). Coul- 
ter and Rose, two men "in cork," set 
the comedy ball a-rolling wtih ar- 
gumentativer chatter appertaining to 
a dice game and graduating into a 
routine of small talk that even in- 
corporated a revised edition of Mo- 
ran and Macks' "white and black 
horses" gag, with the. principals 
switched to DovlaM In this Instance. 

Some instrumeiBtatlon at the fin- 
ish, with one manipulating harmoni- 
ca and other whipping a Jew's-harp, 
with a snatch of dancing by both, 
got them over for the best results 
of the first divlsioners. 

Gilbert and Avery Revue in fol- 
low on was the routine dancing 
flash, utilizing a mixed sextet, vfith 
the featured members a mixed danc- 
ing team. An acrobatic and adagio 
by the "names" waa their best con- 
tribution, while Rodney and Gold, 
male dancing team, put forth some 
eccentric comedy stepping that was 
equally good. A prima .spotted a 
solo hatf-way down and got over 
nicely, while another boy registered 
heavier on personality than talent, 
perhaps because given little to do in 
this flash. While well costumed and 
mounted, it held little other than the 
routine flash, of which there are 
many in vaudeville. 

Stanley and Quinet. miyed team, 
opened the second section, getting 
over good with chatter, songs and 
dancing (New Acts). Joyce held 
next to closer with hU routine of 
stepping, aided by blick crutch and 
following on after a trailer show- 
ing some film work he had done In 
thj screen feature^ VQid -Uvea lor 
New.** ' ' ' 

Togan and Geneva, mixed team, 
closed with some clever feats on the 
slack wire, which incorponited bal- 
ancing and dancing, and which 
netted better results than Is usnallv 
the good fortune of this type of act 
here, and especially In doser^ JN^w* 

HIPPODROME 

(Vaude-Pets) ^ 

The boy^ weren't overboard on 
vaudeville or business at the 6th 
avenue grind stadium Monday night. 
The picture. "Pals in I'aradiMr C^- 
D. C), wasn't so hot e.thtr. 

And the result must have sliown 
right inside the boxofflce. Very 
.u:ood downstairs, nothing in the side 
boxes or top gallery and a one- 
<ju;irt(r filled llrst balcony,. That 
MK ons a lot of empty seats. 

One cause as to why 'the vaude- 
ville didn't Impress may have been 
this: Grace Blder opened the show 
and after doing her hard shoe buck 
was followed No. 8 by the girl In th^ 
Four Cameron act, who also hopped 
to the stiff soles. It didn't do the 
latter any good. In fact, she never 
did get n rise until going Into hor 
furious cartwheels. Young Cam- 
eron also had a tough time of it de- 
spite all the room In the world in 
whi(!h to fall. But tliat is what was 
probably the matter, too much rOom. 
Von can't see faces from the barl 
rows over here. The acoustics are 
okey, but many a line needs facial 
expression, nnd they miss that angle 
by a mile in this house. 

Miss Elder did pretty well with 
her four girls. (*ood enough to come 
»)ack and do a short tap black bot- 
tom. A neat routine, too, minus the 
wlgglln^r. and it .s neat headWork to 
FViKs np th«- rrvolving hips. 

Another dancing act was "In Sun- 
ny Spain" (New Acts) next to clos- 
ing, although this .idl.ered to tho 
native tambourine and heel maneu- 
vers. 

Ksrlier oame 0argent and Lewla, 



two singing boys in the deuce spot 
who seemed entirely lost atrum- 
ming oversisad vkes this duo offered 
four songs, none of which meant 
very much. The size of the house 
could easily be the alibi, the same 
going for Cameron, who made 'em 
laugh with his terridc falls, but got 
litUe throttsh Irifc er oaa. ehatter with 
"Papa." 

Just what this theatre can do to 
a comedy act was revealed by the 
Bert Gordon turn. A standard 
vaude laugh act for years, Gordon 
had to watch his feminine partner 
run away with the applause Monday 
eve. That was because of this girl's 
voice. Vera Kingston by name. If 
you can't see Gordon's face the dia- 
log Isn't so funny— so that explains 
that and may be a tipoft to acts who 
are sentenced to the Ilip. 

"Big Rosie," a lone elephant tNew 
Acts) closed none too easily. Tha 
pachyderm wasn't in the mood to 
do tricks and might be said to have 
given a careless performance. 

BROADWAY 

(Vaude-Pets) 

About the best 75 cents worth of 
entertainment on Broadway this 
week. "Syncopating Suew" the fea- 
tured film, pulls the laughs with 
the original comic titles while Sig- 
ner Frisco and his orchestra, a gang 
of eight Guatemalan xylophone 
players, unexpectedly tie up the 
customers in uncontrollable out- 
bursts of ribaldry. 

The Signor starts off convention- 
ally enough with a few numbers on 
his xylophone. These are well done 
but begin to pall after a while. As 
the act seems on the verge of get- 
ting the yawn, the "plants" start to 
work. "What would you like to 
have me play?" asks the Signor. A 
score of numbers are mentioned. 
"But what does the majority want?'* 
persists Frisco. "Liquor!" is the 
loud answer from the gallery. 

Thfs starts the mob laughing. 
Then the Sfcrnor asks for a classical 
selection. "Humoresque." howls a 
squeaky feminine voice from some- 
where in the rear, "you know how it 
"nic*. d-'^-f"?''* ('♦'-'-rTle-^"'''' */^'» 
This one scored heavily. The two 
plants work well right throutrh and 
were fitted In very nicely at the ap- 
propriate moment — just as the act 
seemed to be In danger of falling 
flat. The curtain rose and fell for a 
long time but the crowd had come 
out of its convulsions long enou'rh 
to applaud loud and strenuously. 
Stonped the show. 

Glenn and Jenkins must be quite 
at home at the Broadway. The 
boys received the warm welcome 
before they even started. TTiey 
swept ri«?ht Into It with a snappy 
song and dance and some intricate 
broom swinging and soon shipned 
their admirers into gales of giggles. 

Dixie Hamilton a!so seemed to be 
acquainted with some of the cus- 
tomer8.> Whatever It is that it takes 
to put a number over Dixie has. "So 
Is Your Old Lady" went over big. 
She took a few bows but the crowd 
couldn't bear to have her leave so 
she came l>ack with a monotonous, 
Tlddlshe Charleston number that'' 
can be used as a sure-fire damper 
on any act. It was for Dixie. 

The lucky holders of the deuce 
spot. Herman Berren and Mllo. Fifl, 
fared rather well than over wise. 
Herman is supoosed to be a piano 
professor. He explains it with some 
sad talk. The act brightens up 
when Fifl walks on in a red dress. 
The girl looks Frenchy and spenks 
eflfusively fluent French, but her 
bad English Is very poor and sounds 
fictitious. 

On aocount of the audience's 
i°rnorance of the FYench language 
Fifl gets away with a "Hotsy-Totsy" 
song in French which would have 
raised a number of querulous eye- 
brows had it been explained. "I 
love ypu like some mad fool." says 
the young lady with the expressive 
eyes. "Won't you please take me 
In your arms, dear professor, before 
I perish of anticipated ecstnsy? 
Take me! You may do anything 
you wish with mo, for how uould I 
resist you!" 

No English translation could do. 
justice to the signirtcance of the 
words in the ^Yench language. The 
crowd doesn't get the language but 
they couldn't help understanding her 
motions. Following a time-killer on 
the piano by Berren. the girl comes 
on again In a pearl gown, her Hair 
slicked back nicely. This act will 
get along better if Berren devises 
some means of gettim? into the 
swing faster. 

Joe Browning, in black hat and 
coat, reels off a humorous dialog on 
his own peculiar philosophy <>f lifo 
and gets away with it.. Joe says it's 
a shame the way the censors have 
cut out the best in pictures, "l<av- 
ing only the actors," but adds that 
the movies are worth the price of 
admission as "it costs more thnn 
twice as much if you want to slet'P 
In a hotel." 

The Meyakos. a .Ini).inese boy and 
il ls two s isters, clo.sed nicely with a. 
fT aih WUlit ' UI, dauiiliiB. singi ng nnt , 



easily up to the high Rtandnrd st t 
by the preceding acts. The L'ill 
opens with Gautter's dogs, one of 
the cl*»verest acts of its kind. TwO 
pups do a series of walks, somer* 
saults and other stunts all by them- 
selves without anybody to iir^o 
them along. The woman trainer 
does not appear the flrst few min- 
utes. 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIBTY 



25 



« 



DEADHEADING" EXCESS 



EW.CAPPS,VAUDEVILUAli FOUND 
W BENJAlinr-ISJWI) REWARD 



Aged Head of House of David Seized by Michigan 
State Police on Information Furnished — ^'Xlean 
Job of It,*' Says Father of Capps Family 



BtMiton Unrbor, Mich., Nov. 17. 
K'Jltor Variety: 

I know thai my friendH in the 
profe8t«ion will be glad to note that 
I am the toto Inetlgator of the cap- 
ture of Benjamlti Purnell (King of 
the Woueo of pKvld). 

I woricM on the Job for four 
weeks, looatUig htm before I made 
it pubHc to the state authorities. 

I can safely say r made a cle^in 
Job of it with the lielp of Mr. and 
Mrs. Woodward, ex>memhers of the 
House of Dftvld* and the vreat co- 
opnration of our State police depart- 
ment. 

I linow that niy friends in the 
profession will be g!ad to learn that 
I captured tlie lS.OOD reward ofTcred. 

E. W. Capps, 
(Father of the World's Famous 
Capim 9te1tir> 



"KiuK" Benjamin Piirn^ll auo- 
ceedert "King" Solomon as exclu.*'ive 
head of the House of David, a re- 
ligious and st'eminKly fanatie Met 
of between 1,200 and 1.500 in H set- 
tli^ment within Benton Harbor, 
Mich., a town virtually controlled 
by tbi; erratic rellprlonists. 

T^enjamin had been .sought 
for three years, on the complaint of 
two girls who alleged they had been 
Inveigled l^o the colony and abused 
by tht' apred Benjamin. Rocfntly 
arrebted he was held in bail ot 
|] 10,000, furnished by Benton Har- 
bor merchants. Benjamin wa.s 
found s< cretodvla one *of tbe feet's 
buiuiiugs. 

The Capps Family has been in 
vaudeville for a long time. Sonte 
15 years ago K. \V. Capps located 
at Benton Harbor where he estab- 
liMhed a mercantile business. The 
act continued to travel. Benton 
Harbor is about 80 mlle-s from 
MuBkcgon. Mich., with the latter an 
actorn' summer resort. 

<*Kingly'' Names 

Despite tin' "kindly" names ot 
Solomon and iicnjamin and the long 
haired followiMrs, there aro no He- 
))rcw.s associated with the House of 
David. It is n cult or sect slmilap 
to many under other names, wher'» 
oite person secures contnH el people 
and property. 

The "King" of thf^ House of Da- 
vid in its absolute ruler. No one 
is permitted to marry nor to save 
money earned or to have a bank 
account, although the House of Da- 
vid is reported operating four banks 
within its own colony and Benton 
Harbor. 

According to th« rules of the aecl, 
there can be no marria.Ljes or babies 
in the Rouse of David. Any mar- 
ried couple Joining the cult, from 
accounts, become automatically di- 
vorced upon admission. ac- 
cording to the laid down rules, and 
separate as husband and wife. 

Serious infractions of the moral 
rules are reported lightly looked 
upon. They are ascribed to '*aeei- 
dent." It Is said, without further 
.parley or investltratlon. 

The House of David has betir or- 
ganized about SO years. It is but 
recently the st.ito of Michiirnn took 
< o?ni?nTi( e of the cult within its con- 
fines. While the David bunch large- 
ly InMuenees Benton Hnrbor. its in- 
fluence doe.s not extend beyond, 
either state or federal. It was the 



MIUER and PETERSON 



r«attil'c<l in 

''UMAIRE*S AFFAIRS'* 

Dlredlen 

Ed Davidow & Rufni LeMaire 

l»se Broadfrajr, New Tork 



LISTEN! PICTURES! 



Not so long ato Dixie Wilson, 
authoress of 'God Gave Mo 
Twenty Cents" at the Para- 
mount, New York, was Bird 
MiUman*s dresser in the Zieg- 
feld "Follies** kt the time when 
John Murray Anderson was 
with Zieggy. *! 

Today, also with Anderson, 
but in a different fleld, Miss 
Wilson is a J50,000 a year 
staff writer for Famous Play- 
ers-Lasky under personal con- 
tract to Jesse L. Lasky, with 
an income upwards of $100,000 
estimated for the past year. 



NELUE GRAY SUING 
HUSBAND FOR DIVORCE 



Married for 22 Years — In 

Vaudeville as Gray and 
Graham 



Freeport. L. I., Nov. 23. 

A divorce action was commenced 
in the Nassau County Supreme 
Court at Mineola, Monday, by Nellie 
Gray, wife of Fred Gray. The lat- 
ter is in vaudeville, with the mar- 
rfOd couple formerly also on the 
stacre, known as Gray and Grahanf. 

Mrs. Gray charges her husband 
with infldelity, alleging that in Oc- 
tobeiT' of last ye&r. Gray remained 
at the Hotel St. James on West 
47th street with an unknown 
woman. She applies for alimony 
of $.9 weekly. 

Gray and Graham were a team in 
vaudeville before their marriage. 
They have lived in Freeport for over 
10 years. Mrs. Oray will reside 
hti% «t 01 8. Main street. 



HELD FOB HANN ACT 

IJuflfalo, Nov. 23. 
Grandon Jj. Duncan. Toledo, who 
claims to be an actor, is in the Erie 
County Jail awaiting the arrival of 
IT. s. marshals from Toledo where 
he is wanted for violating the Mann 
White Slave Act. 



federal authorities who offered the 
$5,000 reward claimed by Capps. 
$1 Sptndinfl Money 

Show business* knowledge of the 
House of David is through the 
House of David band that toured 
vaudeville for two seasons, and the 
House of David traveling ba-seball 
( lub. With 1 oth were laughs be- 
i ause of the bearded men, especially 
the youthful baseball players with 
their long crop of hair off the rhln. 

The Injunction rules against any 
member of the House saving money 
has never been broken or over- 
looked from accounts. When the 
David band played in vaudevillo. 
receiving $l,7ri0 weekly, each mem- 
ber of the band was allowed |l 
weekly for spending money. Hotel 
liills ucrr p.'iiil aiiM the net remain- 
ing weekly was sent to King Ben- 
jamin. The band carried a bearded 
cook who si! I I hi (1 tlio meals for the 
musicians in th<-ir rooms. 

The llou.se of Duvid baseball 
players were treated in the same 
manner. A Kuarantee of $2.nno i 
tfame was d^mand^^d by the Davids 
and recVivcd, with the net alflo for 
warded to the king. None of the 
i)lHyers in either club Of band re- 
ceived a salary. 

Mr. and Mrs. Woodward, men- 
tioned in Capps' letter as former 
members of the House of David, are 
not known, professionally. 

^^liMiMiliiaiiiiiiiM^ 



MYSTERIOUS WITNESS 
LETTER FOR GOODWIN 



D. A. of Santa Ana Labels It 
Frame-Up — Claims Dead 
Man Killed by Auto 



Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 
A letter coming irom a mystery 

wimess, who enueavored to ♦stab- 
iish an alibi tor Kov. iriiuiip A. 
Goodwin, "actor-priest,** who is 
.•senu-iiced to hang lor th« murder 
of J. ,), Patterson, a Los Angoh s 
broker, stated that the latter was 
kliied by an automobtle, Insiead ol 
being murdered, proved to be a 
my..i, according to ibanta Ana of- 
liciais. 

Distrtct Attorneir IVelson made an 
analysis of Ui« statement and de- 
clared it prei.osterous, as no one 
cpuid locate the writer of the letter, 
who Is believed td be In San Diego. 

Albert Dewey Gaines, awaiting 
prosecution on a charge of murder- 
ing Patterson, also declared that 
tiie bU4iement by J. Mackelbrlde, 
the witness, was untrue. He stat- 
ed the statement was an absolute 
fabrication — that he never knew 
this man, and also, that he had 
never been In Tia Juana. 

The attorney for Gaines has re- 
ceived u letter signed by J. Mackel- 
brlde, stating Goodwin was not 
present when Patterson was killed, 
but said that Patterson. Gaines and 
Mackelbrlde were la an automobile 
camp near Camp Kearney, north 
of San Diego, having come from a 
drinking bout in Tia Juana. The 
car iiad stopped on the highway 
and Patterson was leaning against 
the radiator. Gaines, at the wheel, 
railed to Patterson to get into the 
car and Patterson delayed. The 
car was In gear and Oaines, in his 
impatience, allowed it to start ac- 
cidently, knocking Patterson to the 
pavement and killing him, accord- 
ing to Mackelbrlde. 

The letter .said that Mackelbrlde 
knew Patterson was dead but 
Gaines thought there was a chance 
to revive him, so he drove in 
desperation to Santa Ana Canyon, 
where he tried to revive Patterson 
with heat by building a little Are 
with gasoline. The gasoline can 
accidently upset, spilling the gaso- 
line over Patterson. The gasoline 
ignited and burned , Patterson's 
clothing away, the lettar stated. 

After Thought 

The letter, after detailing the ac- 
cident, said, "I don't see why Gaines 
doesn't tell what happened. He did 
not mean to kill FattenKm. I know 
it was an accident." 

When Gaines heard about the 
letter, he said it was all a lie — 
that he had never even heard of 
any such men as Mackelbrlde. Ac- 
cording to District Attorney Nelson, 
the letter flU with the story told 
by Goodwin at the tr.'al. He de- 
r'arcd it an afterthought and be- 
lieves that it is a frameup. 



Bobby Clark Assaulted 
Wm^ Unknown '^Souses'' 

Bobby Clark, of "The Ramblers," 

was assaulted by three unknown 
men last Thursday night, when 
leaving the stage door of the Lyric 
after the show. Clark ran Into a 
fusiUnlc of blows as soon .'is he 
stepped out, and lias been unable to 
account for it. 

The comedian retaliated as best 
he could, ran back Into the thea- 
tre and returned in a Jiffy rein- 
forced by Paul McCullough, liis 
partner, and two stage hands. 

The refr( shed trio sailed in iijion 
Clark's a.-^M.iilantH, ^^iving tli'*ni ! 
plenty and leaving them In a heap 
on the sidewalk. The patrolman on 
I he beat came along and asked 
Clark If ho wanted the bellUerant 
>:,'ents taken in. Clark refusod to 
make complaint after the soberest 
itt t)ie trio claimed the nsnault was 
a cr\Ho of TiiHtaken Identity. 

(Mark elaiined he didn't know any 

they should experiment pugilistic 
prowess on Him. 



Mclntyre and Heath's Return 

McTntyre and Heath are reported 
contnmplattng n return to vr4Ud<?- 
ville. 



Bayes-Franklin-Loew 

This week the Leew Circuit 

placed under contract Nora 
Itayea and Irene Franklin, 
each with their single tuni. 
for varying tours. 

Miss Pa yes will receive 
$4,500 weekly while on the 
Loew time with a limited 
number of houses at present 
selected for her. Included are 
the State, New York, and 
Metropolitan, Brooklyn. 

Miss Franklin la at present 
in London, professionally ap- 
pearing to unusual success. 
She will start for Loew's in 
January. 

The Misses Franklin and 
Hayes have been booked upon 
as, *'Keith acts" for several 
years, both in the headlining 
class and each a drawing e4rd 
for vaudeville. 



'ECHOES OF B'WAY,' TAB, 
STRANDS IN PT. JERVIS 



Nat Bernstein's Company 
Asked for Some Money, 
Then Refused to Appear 



"Echoes of Broadway," an elab- 
orated vaude revue playing wildcat 
tab bookings on percentage, strand- 
ed in Pert Jervis. N. Y., about 70 
miles from the Paramount build- 
ing, when the performers and 
choristers refused to give a show 
unless back salary was advanced to 
insure them that their efforts 
would not be for love of art, as 
they had bsen for the past three 
v.eeks. 

The show, organized out of New 
York, by Nat Bernstein had been 
playing upper Pennsylvania terri- 
tory and was heading back when 
the Port Jervis date was booked. 
The show bad been spotted at the 
Casino and extensively advertised. 
It was to play flat percentage with- 
out a guarantee. That made it im- 
possible for the players to get tlie 
requestsd mdvance from the house. 

Most of the members had sufn- 
clent money of their own to reach 
New York, with Bernstein digging 
up fares lor the others. 

The members claim that the 
show made money in several stands 
but that Bernstein had taken the 
troupe out on a short bankroll and 
was so heavily involved In debt 
that rental payments on scenery 
and costumes as well as transpor- 
tation and other incidental sx- 
penses ate up any profit, with all 
paid short since going out. 

The troupe was an non-Equity 
outfit coming under the regulation 
tab designation over which BSqulty 
has no Jurisdiction. 



MISS WHEELER REMARRIES 

Weds Clarenes ttroud MIswIng 
Oivores Wnm Bert WHssler 



Chicago, Nov. 21. 

Almost immediately after the 
granting of a decree of divorce from 
Bert Wheeler, Betty Wheeler mar- 
ried Clarenco Stroud in JudgiB Gent- 
zel's court here Nov. 16. 

Thii Wlieelere had been married 
for 11 years. They were vaudsvUle 
partners and had appeared on the 
.same Interstate Circuit road show 
with the Htroud act. 

The Wheelers sei>lirated following 
the Interstate tour. 

Application for dlvon^e was then 
filed here by Mis»i Wheeler, who 
claimed desertion by Bert. 



TOUNO DANCER DISAPPEARS 

CJileago, Nov. 23. 

Murileo Heed, 19, dancer. Is 
sought by the police after a my.^*- 
terb>tis disappearance. According 
to Jietty Darling, member of the 
iticai-oiKM A ballf't »nd--WliU_^wimia 
Miss Reed rooms at 2760 Hampden 
court, the girl disappeared while 
shopplnw In the loop. 

MisB Ueed, who Is from Mem|»his, 
Tenn., earns here to rehearse for 
a production, according to her 
room mats. 





ClfiCUIT TO 'COT' 
ACTS' SALimiES 



Violation of lAlerttato Com- 
moreo Law to *'Dead- 
head'* Excess Baggage 
Charges — Each Party 
Equally Liable — Or- 
pheum't Patronage May 
lafluoBco Some Railroads 
—Chicago Offieoa of Or- 
pheum Reported ''Taking 
Care" of Excess Baggage 
of Much Poundage fpr 
''Qrphoum Acts" 



EAVY PENALTIES 



Many flagrant instances of rail- 
rssos "desdhesding" «jciMS bsg- 
gsgs for the Orpheum OlrsuH hmm 
been reported of late. 

From the accounts the Orpheum 
Cireuit is securing the meivsment of 
excess poundage on baggage 
through he railrosds end at a 
profit to the Orpheum Cir.;uit, with 
a oonssqusnt less te the vaudsvlllii 
acts in "outs" of sslsry. 

'^Oesdheading'* excess baggage 
besides cited as unfair competition 
bstwssn rsilrsads and In vislatisn 
of the Interstfte Commerce A ' 
is also a mstter of loss of revenue 
for the Government through de- 
crease in gross ssrnlngs far ifieems 
tax statements. 

For a railrosd to rebate, grrnt 
eonoession or discriminate contrary 
te its pMMished tarilT is punishable 
by s fine of from $1»000 to fSOfC^) 
or tws yegrs' ioii^isorimsnt sr 
both. 

Any iisrson or ssrpsratlsvi liiMw*- 
Ingly accepting from a railroad a 
rebate, concestion or discrim<na* 
tion, acording to the same law* it 
equally gyilty and #ynlt hl»t i |y 
ths same penaltiss. 

Cs n splra s y 

A charge of conspiracy Is possible 
between a theatrical circuit in com* 
petaive territory and railroads com- 
bining to secure stdgs nets c h si p i rv 
than rival circuits through no pay- 
ment for s^wsss baggsfs traaspor* 
tation. 

In the Orpheum arswft^i tirpf* 

tsry* ranging from Chicsgo to the 
Pacifie Slope, north and eouth, are 
opposing vaudeville and picture eir- 
cuitSf the Pantagss Cirsuit, intsp- 
state Circuit, Bert Levey Circuit 
end Ackermsn A Harris (all vaude* 
ville), and Publix Theatres cireuit, 
8aengs# Csmpany, Plnklests'n A 
Rubin eireuit, A. H. Blank cireuit^ 
besides smaller chains, and the ex- 
tensive West Coast Theatres* InCf 
of Calif srnla, alt pi^rtii 

All of the railroads granting the 
deadheading privilege have compet- 
ing roads. Some of the latter have 
refused to accede to the Orpheum's 
demand for an evasion, thereby los- 
Ing the patronage of the Orpheum 
Circuit's acts, it Is said. 

Reesnt insianess and some el ths 
reported sets which have had their 
excess bsggage poundsge deed* 
headed ever the Orpheum Circuit's 
route are said to be Seymour snd 
Howard Revue, QenersI PisanVf 
A(^elside H^rrm^nn and Co., *'Lon> 
don, Paris and New York," Ha-kett 
and Delmsr Revue, Sheila Terry, 
Adele Verni, Johnny Burke, Frank 
DeVoe snd Co., Bill Robin«on, 
Wright Dancers, Moore A Meglty 
Revue, Else Ersi, Eddie Conrad 
and Co. 

3,000 Lbft. of Excess 

One of the }Mi« Hbove mentioned 
is hlated to have had 3.000 i»oundx 
of excess buggaJPA SHIIlMaded in 
thiH manner over all of the Orpheum 
CMrcuit. Willi ilH frenicndoun Jlm^p^ 
in mileage and aLlogether lung dis- 
tances. Another sot's phino, weigh* 
inir l.'.<»'M) i><)ijT>dM, Is naid to havi 
been deadheaded from coast to ooas< 




VARI£TY 



VAUDEVILLE 



Wednesday, November 24, IfM 



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Mid imok offain. through the influ 
•a^ of tbf Orpb^um Circuit with 
Ita patreiladil QMlmdt. 

' N. Y. liMlnitttoiw 

"Doad heading excesa" for the Or 
pheum Circuit from Chicago and 
other western points on the Or 
phmam circuit hM bM, it ii Mid, 
<>• explicit instructions from the 
Kew Yorlc headquarters of 'the Or- 
pheum. Circuit to its Chicago offices. 

In th9 CRM of Blsa Brsi, the in- 
struct Ion from New York, directed 
to the Orphciim Circuit Booking 
Dep't., State Lake BIdg., Chicago, 
road in part: 

''ELBA ER8I A CO.: Note your 
paragraph. This office agreed to 
tal(o care ef their oxeeae from here 
IMOW York City) to Milwaukee and 
over the Crpheum Circuit. The 
reason thit exceaa was not taken 
earo of from here to Milwnukoo ia 
^kooauoo Mr. Qyory atatod ho earrlod 
fl« excess, but apparently this 
statement of hia ia intentionally 
.ei» 9thorwioo ¥vrong. Wo had f ulto 
•OHM difficulty getting thorn ac- 
count question of salary and this 
promiae waa neceasary to Qot thorn 
~ip hooopt oup torma." 

Another and roeont letter stated, 
addressed the same and from the 
Orpheum'a New York headquar- 
"Unt ^ ' ■ ' ' 

'*ibOli CONRAD Jl CO.: They 
were promised that we woyjM(^fp|io 
oaro of aU their exceaa." • v i 
- Iw J i iH Ioo U Am ^ ^ 

According to the understanding 
in vaudeville circles of New York 
the Orp^eum CUrcult in ila New 
Yimi^ MadAnartoni IA tho Pilaoe 
theatre building at Broadway and 
47th street, "worka" tbo /'oxcofs 
racket" thusly : 

An a«t^ :di^tlatlnt In tlM^ Ifow 
York offices and If a new turn for 
the Crpheum time or a new act to 
vaudeville or a "production act" 
(o n ioa aM Ob ieoMty «MI prope), la 

usually whittled down to the last 
dollar of cost of production or cost 
of act (operation). 

WlMB lMo tttroi has Mdo Ha final 
salary stand, stating It can not and 
will not take one cent less, then 
the Orpheum brings out the item 
ef a ae aaa baptave ehargo. Tho act 
is Informed that If the Orpheum 
agrees to take care of all baggage 
charges there caa be no reason ro- 
aiaUifaiip why the act ahan fiot per- 
mit a reduction of that amount from 
its salary. With ther act literally 
held w with that argument, it 
mvwt agree to the necessary "cut" 
of the amovttt oft tlio ^flfurod "ex- 
cess." ^ 

WHh the Orpheum thereafter 
procuring a "deadhead" through 
Its Chicago branch booking depart- 
ment, there is an imn\edlate and 
c<>atinttdua weekly saving effletod 
tor the Orpheum Circuit, a conse- 
quent loss to the railroads, besides 
the yiolationa and the discontent of 
the met tfw m lowered salary. 

The amounts saved by the Or- 
pheum Circuit through "deadhead- 
ing ozcesa" is said to run into tens 
ef thdttoiaide of ieilari iuuivatty. 
7.000 Travel Mileo 
"Excess baggage as an example Is 
charged for between New York and 
Chksato (abeet HI mUooy at |t.46 
per 100 lbs. The Orpheum Circuit's 
territory with its cross Jumps and 
distances may comprise a travel of 
ever %H% miloa for an eet pMylng 
the entire route. 

"Deadheading" before the Inter- 
state Commerce act was a common 
praetloo among the rdelai Ob« of 
the designs of the Interstate Com- 
merce Commission as a regulator 
was to abolish it. 

Olacriminalioii 
Acts not favored by the Orpheum 
with free excess baggage charge 
boUovii thoy are being discriminated 
against, bringing about bad feeling 
on both ends of the players. Some 
vaudeville turns readily agreeing to 
«ho Orphottiii^a tariiM ^ Without de- 
cided remonstrance receive no con- 
alderatlon in tlic Xew York head- 
quarters on the baggage point. Xhey 
ilittgl ttfi;v«l^'lkeiirew fair ia acta 
with the "deadheading" privilege. 

It Is questionable If the acts 
"deadheaded" by the Orpheum ^^crc 
Bwara that tho Orpheum ia able to 
secure free excess transportation. 
How the Orpheum has been en- 
* abled to do so has never been made 
elear In Now Torlc. The matter ap'' 
paara to concern some of tho west- 
ern roads alone although the 
account above relates that the Elsa 
Xral turn waa given free excess 
delivery of baggage frPin Now Tork 
City to JdUwaukee. 



COAST 'ACT' MAIMER 
MUST HAVE DEPOSIT 



Simple Methods of Geo. Dan- 
bury» L A. ^VaudevUla Pro- 
duedr"— $200 High 



Ix>a Angeles, Nov. 2S. 
George Danbury, formerly of 
Danbury and Hall, has tried a new 
wrinkle in the production of vau- 
deville acts. It has caused quite a 
laugh among the vaudoTfllo cir- 
cuits and thoatro men. 

Danbury operates a dancing 
school and Inrtltution for stage 
training. He makes certain* it is 
said, to get pupils who have money, 
telling them that a short training 
at his school Is bound to land them 
in ▼audoviUe; also that hei will 
stage tho acts. Recently he told 
a woman prospect that he had an 
act booked over the West Coast 
Theatres Chrouit for It weeks, and 
asked her to deposit some money as 
evidence of good faith, and also that 
she would not violate a confidence 
regarding the salary she would re- 
ceiyo la the act 

The woman visited the West 
Coast booking office. M. D. Howe, 
In charge, informed her that no 
business relations existed between 
their office and Danbury for the 
tK>oking of any act; that they had 
a sample of one of his aists some 
six montha before and oarod for 
no repetition. 

Recently a woman employed In 
the business office of a Los An- 
gelea nowapepor was called by 
Danbury over the phone and in- 
formed that he had learned she had 
stage talents and that he was put- 
ttnir eet m musical act which would 
open at a theatre In San Francisco 
and then play east to Chicago, aft- 
er which it would go to Scotland. 
The woBSan oaned upon Danbnrp at 
tils studio. In the basement of a 
store building on Grand avenue. 
Danbury told her of his vast stage 
experiences as a performer himself 
and also as a producer — said hP was 
putting out a munical act and that 
she would Just fit into it. 

Danbury added it would be nec- 
essary for her t\i post a bond of 
$200 with him so tliat she would 
not infringe upon any of the condi- 
tfons 4>t tho contract , Ho handed 
her a blank contract. She Informed 
him that she would have to go 
home and think the matter over, as 
1 260 would be quite a aacriflce, and 
, In turn, he is said to have replied 
to her: "If you don't want to put 
the 1200 up with me, there is no 
use ef coming back.** 

Danbury's Contract 
Tho contract which he gavo to 
her read as follows: 

AORBEMBNT made this 
(blank date), by and between 
George Danbury and Jane Doe. 
It is understood that George 
liaiibury will guarantee (blank 
work) when act is produced 
and contracted. It Is further 
understood that the said Jane 
Dee aliall pay the sum of $200 
to George Danbury for his pro- 
tection, and if the said Jane 
Doe infringes any of the follow- 
ing conditions (ho or she) shall 
forfeit this amount. 

CONDITIONS: That the said 
Jane Doe will not appear in 
any other act than that pro- 
duced by George Danbury for 
(blank weeks) from above date. 
That tho said Jane Doe will 
net? lot (his or her) salary bo 
known to any oUier member of 
the company, or convey it by 
other means. That the said 
Jane Doe will obey all Inatnic- 
tions from George Danbury re- 
garding said not. 

Signed by Signed by 

producer. Artist. 
Dnnbury In booking or contract- 
ing for people has no license, ac- 
cording to tho State L<ubor Laws 
of California. It ia understood 
Deputy State I^abor Commissioner 
Lony will Issue an order for him 
to appear an(f explain. 




FIIANK VAN HOVEN 

PtiarlBV Pantagoe CIreult ^ 

!! ONE !! 
Volcanic Panic 

On tho Panic-tages Circuit 
Booked by NEVIN8 A 8INQCR 

Special Publicity by 
HARRY VAN HOVEN 



""Mum America's'' Wants; 

Theatre's Tie-Up Ruined 



New Orleana, Nov. 23. 
When learning there waan*t any- 
thing in it for her In the way of cold 
cash. Norma D. Smallwood, "Miss 
America," headlining at the Or- 
pheum hftre, walked out on a much 
prepared publicity stunt 

The Orpheum's alert press agent, 
Fannie Collingwood, had arranged a 
tie-up with the New Orleans "Item." 
The daily sent a couple of men 
around to get advertisements for an 
entire "Miss America" section. 
Nothing new, but a surefire stunt 

"Miss America" was to call at 
the establishments of merchants 
who contributed to advertising and 
preferentially select their wares but 
when told that her only compensa- 
tion would be In the nature of pub- 
licity, Miss Smallwood refused to 
budge. The "Item** had to tear up 
quite a mimbor of adrortlslnir eea* 
tracts. 

The girl is from Oklahoma and 
won the national beauty tonteat at 
Atlantic City. A stage offer fol- 
lowed from the Interstate Circuit 
which figured to use her up locally 
in tho southwostom sootioii* lt*s 
the first stage japnleuBa id» illas 
Smallwood. 



Wilfiams Home Occupied 



The Percy Williams Home for 
actors opened this week at Englo- 

wood, N. J. The disabled members 
of the profession who were occupy- 
ing temporary quarters at Ber- 
nardsTllle, wore transferred early 
this week to their new home under 
supervision of Sam Scrlbner, presi- 
dent of the Columbia Burlesque 
Circuit and one ef tho directors of 
the P. O. Williams endowed home. 

The new home has every modem 
convenience and is up to the min- 
ute in its appointments. 



W as hingt o n , No¥ . ft , 



J. Stanley Payne, head of the 
Bureau of Inquiry of the Interstate 
Commerce Commission and the at- 
teHiey for the bureau, B. L. -Smot- 
ker. are much Interested in the re- 
port that certain railroads have 
been "deadheading" excess baggage 
for a theatrical circuit 

a^e few reede ere known to 



French Coloribd Team 

The first colored ballroom dance- 
team to tour here aro Morrlet and 
Uuth. Both are French, Morriet 
having been a gigolo (paid dance 
partner for lonesome women) in 
Paria. 



"deadhead" baggage without the 
passenger travelling er the use of 
a ticket. Kach road has its own 
rules on this which nre published 
in its tariflN. In these instances 
the road charges as a rule double 
the eseeso cost 



Uuna Days' Tab 

"Katharine Morris, who succeed- 
ed Marie Saxon in "Merry Merry" 
when the latter withdrew in Bos- 
ton last summer, wtti 4>e f aetwed 
by Ben Boyar in a talOetd iWloal, 
"June Days." 

It will shortly open in vaudeville. 



XVA TAXCflTAT fULTIVO 

Eva Tanguajj^as recovered from 
her recent ner^us breakdown and 
has resumed her tour of independ- 
ent houaea. 

She played the Dc Kalb, Brook- 
lyn, last week and is this first half 
at the Lyceum, Paterson, N. J. 

Both heuaea are independently 
booked. 



LOUIS KSAXER'S BANQUET 

The Hebrew Actors* Union is ten- 
dering a banquet to Louis Kramer, 
head of tho permanent Yiddish 
vaudeville company at the Prospect, 
Bronx, at the Broadway Central to- 
night (Wednesday). 

It is In colobration of Kramer's 
fcpth Jl*lrUiJHy. 



HENRY imUFMAN IS OIT 
ORPHEUM AFTER 12 YRS. 



Resigns After Disagreeing with 
""Kur KahTi Mfthoda-2d 
Tima and lima Reason 



Chicago, Nov. 23. 
Henry Kaufman, of the Orpheum 
Ch'cuit's motion picture depart- 
ment, has resigned after 12 years 
with Orpheum and the Western 
Vaudeville Managers* Aaaodation. 

The resignation is said to bo due 
to Kaufman's disagreement over 
"Kut" Kahl's "methods.** 

About five years ago Kaufman, 
then on the booking floor, resigned 
after a tiff with "Kut," during 
which he sent "Kut" a letter tiiat 
later became well known. 

After seme pleading on tho asso- 
ciation's part Kaufman returned to 
put the Champaign theatre on its 
feet He did the same for the 
Springfield house, also a consistent 
loser. Some time later Kaufman 
Joined the picture d^artment. 

In his dosen years with the two 
circuits Kaufman, a cousin of Mar- 
cus Ileiman, Orpheum's head, served 
as theatre manager, treasurer and 
in about every capacity in the Asso- 
ciation and Orpheum oflUces. At the 
time of his resignation last week he 
was regarded as one of the most 
valuable men with the office. His 
continued indignation at '*Kut" 
Kahl's unfair methods waa alwaya 
well known in Chicago. 

Liaat Friday 26 iprpheum and Aa- 
aodation men, mostljr house man- 
agers and treasurers, tendered 
Kaufman a midnight banquet at the 
Now Bismarck, at which they ex- 
pvMieid ' their regret he was no 
lohger an Mooclato. 



P^ect Foni Cntests 
As Business Builders 



AVERY AHD CARTER DISSOLVE 
Arery end Carter have dissolved 
partnership^ efter a team in vau- 
deville and burlesque for 10 years. 

Milton Avery will form a new al- 
liance With Sammy Spencer, while 
Ben Carter will return to burlesque. 



"Perfect Form Contests** arc 
serving as a winter aubetltuto for 

Bathing BeauUT Contests, and as 
business builders by vaudeville and 
burlesque houses. 

Contests are held at tho end of 
the night performance with con- 
testants required to wear fleshings 
or one-piece bathing^auits. 

The contests provide a burlesky 
flash for the vaude house. In bur- 
lesque houses the choristers com- 
pete frlthloehl entries. 

Purvis Suing Curtis, 
AUaget Contract Breach 

Charles Purvis, vaude actor, has 
brought suit for $3,000 against Fred 
Curtis, vaude agent, alleging breach 
of contract. The civil action was 
taken after Purvis had previously 
summoned Curtis to court to re- 
cover 1700 he claims to have ad- 
vaiicod hito. • Tho magistrate ad- 
vised a civil action. 

In his complaint PurvLs alleges 
he had a contract with Curtis to 
launch him In an act and secure 
bookings. Purvis agreed to finance 
and also pay the customary agent's 
commission as well as splitting 
profits of the act with Curtis. He 
also claims to have given Curtis 
$700 toward tho production but 
never got any action for his money 
nor the money back. 

The additional sum Is iCor what 
tho performer figures his loss of 
time and other employment caused 
b)r Chortle not holding up his end 
of the agreement 



XAOiaAm VOIK CLUB 

Toungstown, O., Nov. 28. 

Youngstown magicians and con- 
jurors, professional, semi-profess- 
ional and amateur are planning to 
organize a club for fraternal pur- 
poses and an exchange of ideas re- 
lating to their art 

Several of tho local entortalners 
belong to the International Brother- 
hood of Musicians and the Society 
of Magiciana 

Frank Zaccono Is heading the 
movement to organlso magicians 
here. 



BENEFIT FOR MRS. WEBSTER 

Chicag o, Nov. 23. 
Th* PPM^Cdi «f in« Mn«flt ar- 
ranged by I {illy Diamond for Mrs. 
Jennie Webster, wife of the de- 
ceased George Webster, aggregated 
tho sum of |a.lOO. Tho benefit was 
held at the Woods theatre on Sun- 
day afternoon. Nov. 7. The entire 
amount waa turned over to Mrs. 
Webtter. 



ASS'N UNIT ACTS 
DISGUSTED AT 
TM-QUARRE 



'Chicago to Coast Circuit' 
Sounds Lika Joka 
Now 



Portland, Ore., Nov, 2S. 

Much Jealousy, hatred and trou- 
ble amongst the artists on the As* 
soolatlon (Chicago) Unit Show No. 
97 were evideiicod while on their 
local week's engagement at tho 
Rivoli. That house has since dis- 
continued Association vaudevUle in 
favor of a straight picture policy. 

The five acts, Donna Darling re- 
vue, Zuhn and Dreis, Princess Wi- 
nona, Curtis and lAwrence, and 
Morell and Elynoro, had been on tho 
outs with each other. It Is said, 
from the time the unit started from 
Chicago to the Coast 

Many of the artists, aeemingly 
disgusted with the present Associa- 
tion "route," as well aa its officials, 
aa to authority in the routing and 
the eancoiing of acts, after tho 
many one-nighters through the Pa- 
cific Northwest, reached Portland, 
for the week, wltl^ one of the acts 
at rehearsal, nearly reaching a fist 
fight with Bill Dey, stage manager 
of the house, owing to a contro- 
versy as to dressing rooms. 

Goldcn's Band Ott Air 

While with K.-A. 

' Ernie Golden and His Hotel Mc- 

Alpin Orchestra will open f^r 
Keith-Alleo next week. The anti- 
radio clause in the K.-A. contracts 
which doesn't always operate has 
evidently been effective in this 
case as Golden will be off the air. 
while playing the K.-A. House.' 

Golden and his musicians have 
been a feature of WMCA at the 
Hotel McAlpin for several mopths. 



Mrs. Ted Donor's Verdict 

Jjob Angeles, Nov. 23. 

Mrs. Peggy Doner, actress, wife 
of Ted Doner, dancer, was awarded 
damages of $5,000 by a Jury in Judge 
Crairs branch of tho Superior court 
against Howard B. Ritticker, gen« 
eral manager of a grocery concern, 
and M. C. Ross, Hollywood real 
estate man, for injuries sustained 
in an automobile eccident last 
September. 

Mrs. Doner charged that while a 
ppssenger in Rltticker's car it col- 
lided with a car driven I y Ro.ss. 
In the accident she sustained in- 
juries which ke|)t her from her 
work. 



War Dep't's 'Strong Man* 

Washington, Nov. 23. 
The War Department Is "spread* 

Ing" on the enlistment of Victor O. 
Des Ma'rais, of Moosup, Conn. Un- 
der the name of 'Toung Saxon" 
ho has a a rep as strong man-, 
according to Uio department. 

Having appeared professionally, 
the department officially issued tho 
foltowlng: .^Ws* 

"Des Marals' weight is 130 iwunds. 
He Is said to be the only athlete of 
his weight in America who has euc- 
eeeded in tearing In half three full 
docks of playing cards.'* 



Mrs. Campbell in Sketch 

Mrs. Pat Campbell may enter 
vaudeville pending the completion 
of a new play in which she is to be 
starred later under management of 
Bllzabeth Marbury. 

Mrs. Campbell's vaudeville ap- 
pearances will be confined to a 
tour of the Oroater Now Terk. She 
will appear in a sketch now being 
written. 



MISS RINGO COLLAPSED 

Marguerite Rlngo collapsed On 
the Rlvoll, New York, stage Satur- 
day night and was not permitted 
by Nat Finston and lYank Cambria 
to appear S un day, re tu r n ing M/OUm. 
day after the day's recuperation. 

Virginia Johnston aubetltuted In 
her place. 

Miss Rlngo had a busy week-end 
with the premiere of tlie Para- 
mount wh'^re she 5»ang Iho National 
Anthem and this week at the 
RTvolL 




Wednatday, November M, 1M9 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



27 



JG HME ARnSTS GOING WITH MONET 
r IF QBUGED TO PUY 3 OR MORE DAILY 



pHnee, iFrinkliiit Bayes, Rooney and Bent Fail to 
See Advantages in ''Straight Vaudeville's'' Few 
Weeks, with Majority of Hoimos Tkroe-a-Day at 
Two-a^Day Salary — Beginning of Flood of SUnd- 
' ard Acts to Other Vaude and Picture and Picture 
Circuits Starting 



VESTA VKIOUA RACK 
FOR PANTACaES CIRCUrr 



tt lit.b«Uev«<l from r«portf» on how 
v»udevUI» wuirn f Ulklns Hut 
tfi«f<t'l» sn iBoUnatton li«ld by the 
tftatidard aoCi move out of the 
fltralfht vatt^9Vl|l« eirolo, hito any 
other ^playing channelw that pay 
more money for three or more per- 
formances <laily than the Keith - 
Albee or Orpheum otrculta offer. 

f^hepe acts say that the twu-a- 
day theatres at present are so lim- 
ited in number, that a straight 
^adev>U« contract is in reality a 
tiMree-a-day cniaragoment if any 
number of weeks or a season is 
routed for thpm. jThat they re- 
iBetve no more salary f«r the three- 
a-day houses than in the twice 
dally, and that a pro rata salary, 
allowance is not given when more 
thui two performances daily are 
played, is their jus^||ation for .de- 
serting the big tim^ circuits. 

The current examples, of the act- 
er^s fiellngs on the subject are seen 
In Arthur Prince, the l^^Rlish ven- 
triloquist and a headliner. and 
Kooney and Bent, one of the few 
admitted drawing eardi^ tn vaude- 
Yllle 

Mr. Prince but lately arrived on 
this side to play a 10- week contract 
for the Keith-Albee office. Mr. 
Prince has twice been in America 
within the past ?U years. He state<l 
he was amazed at ^ the changed con- 
ditioiis in vaudeville. When the 
time arrived for K-A to talte up 
the option on tlie Prince contract 
for further time, the English artlat 
damanded an increased salary com- 
mensurate with the nuniber of 
extra performances he would be 
obliged to play in the K-A theatres. 

Vhia increase was not readily as- 
sented to by K-A, whereupon Mr. 
Prince, without attempting pro- 
l«Migcd negotiations, placed his 
l>Ooktngs with William Morris. It 
was William Mc»rris who first im- 
ported Arthur Prince to this coun- 
try. He goes upon the Morris tx>ok- 
inss within another two weeks. 

Prince's Idea of variety playinK 
over here at present is to go where 
the most salary will be pa^ld, 
since, he says, if an act must work 
threo-a-day at a two-a-day salary, 
11 might as well play three or more 
elsewhere for more money. 

The shrinkin)? of two-a-day 
straight vaiuU'villo will drive an- 
other standard big time headliner 
into the picture houses when Pat 
Kooney and Marion Bent conclude 
their current bookings on the Kellh- 
Albee Circuit. They have about 
four more weeks. 

According to rei)nrt the act \vill 
rfceive around $5,000 weokly in the 
picture houses against their current 
vaudeville Salary of $3,000 weekly 
In the non-cut salaried housos. 

Rooney and JJent. except for a 
road tour at the head of their own 
muileal, "A Daughter of Rosle 
O'Grady," have never played outside 
of the Keith-Albee houses. 

Rooney has had innumeraMe 
clashes with the Keith bookers re- 
garding salary but matters have 
been adjusted in time to prevent 
Kooney from "going outside." The 
act has been proven one of the very 
few -draws" for the circuit. 

According to report Kooney, in 
addition to being attracted by the 
salary offered, is playing three per- 
formances a day or mere in nearly 
every K-A house he appears, with- 
out extra salary, pro rata. He fig- 
ures the extra performance in a pic- 
ture house wouldn't matter much, 
with tlKJ $2,000 difference in salary 
ample for the one extra i»erform- 
ance dktly. 



Loew's Flapper Grandma 

E<lna Wiilliife Hop|»»r ojH'n 
a tour of the Loew Circuit next 



Doubling Amateurs 



Topeka. Kan., Nov. 2;i. 

There's a contest of con- 
testa on In Topeka right now, 
with vaudeville amateurs as 
the pri7.es for the theatres who 
are offering prizes for the 
vaudeviile amateurs. 

.With th{> Prinov.s.s, Novelty 
and Jayhawk all giving amateur 
contests, there's not enough 
amateurs ^ to go round and 
there's considerable "dcubling." 



TUNNEFSACT 
OPENS STRONG 



Eleven Years Since Last Over 
— ^^rewell Tour Under 
WHHam Morris' Direotion 



The flapper grandmother will play 
eight weeks. Concluding hvr vaude- 
ville and picture huu.sc tour at 
Bvamiville, lad. She will piny full 
^veek stands and jiivo li»'r sporlal 
morning matinees for women only 
as i»er usual. 



Youngttown Gives Champ 
Royal Greeting 



YoungsLown, O., Nov. 23. 

Gene Tunney. heavyweight cham- 
pion of the world, opened a week*s 
engagement at the Hippodrom*^ 
Sunday afternoon before an audi- 
eiice that filled the theatre tr<ftn 
tp|» to bottom. Tunney is billed 
as "A Chap America Is Proud of." 

The act opens in "one." A per- 
sonable young chap makes a short 
speech introducing Tunney. On 
Tunney's appearance a]tplause and 
cheering started and continued for 
two minutes. Tunney gave a brief 
talk, first explaining he is no 
specchmaker and next lauding Jack 
Dempsey as the squares! and fair- 
est man he ever entered a ring with. 

The lecturer next asl^ed Tunney 
question?, made the basis to in- 
ject humor. Tunney then leaves 
the stage to change for a short 
session of sparrlncr. The lecturer 
uses a song to lill in the gap. 

Second scene is in full stage with 
a regulation ring backed by a black 
cyclorama droj). TunrK'y spars 
about a minut*? Avith Hai>py How- 
ard, a sparring partner. After a 
short rest, again with a second 
sparring' partner, then takes bow 
for the conclusion. 

First appearance wiUi both Tun- 
ney and . the lecturer plainly ner- 
vous. Tunney was slightly baltinp 
in his delivery, but the audience 
plainly expressed their approval of 
the champ who seems to have a 
large and ardent personal follow- 
ing in this section of the country 
at least. 

Time of act It minutes. 



Y^sta Victoria, English singing 
comedienne, is comihif over for a 
farewell American tour which she 
will make under direction of Wil- 
liam Morris. Miss Victoria will 
sail frCm England Dec; li and 
«^p*»n a 10 weoks* tour of the Pan- 
tages Circuit in January. 

This will be Miss Victoria's first 
trip to America In 11 years. The 
l»roposai of an Am«>ricau tour was 
made her by William Morris, Jr., 
on his recent trip.iibroad, with the 
engagement confirmed by cable last 
week after the Pan irovte had been 
submitted. 



Ikse 3 Beyi' Rectnl 
For Fox's New Honetone 



Jinimle l^urante, Lou Clayton, 
t^^ddie Jackson and Julia Geiity 
from the Dover Club will make a 
talking film for Fox's Movietone. 

The night club entertainers wUl 
be on the first Vqn releases. 

Little Billy HeaU Up 

Little Billy has stepped out of 
"The Mlnlatura Revue** in which 

he, Master Gabriel and Little I^nrd 
Roberts were to have appeared, 
with Billy featured surrounded by 
a cast of 11 midgets. 

According to report the diminu- 
tive artists exhibited as mdch tem- 
perament, when it came to billing 
etc., as a troupe of giants. 

Benny Rubin is the author of the 
revue. It is ^escribed as an all 
hokum line up. 



PARTNERS IHAVE LOST AND WHY 

By LEE WILMOTT 



Jigger Jackson— Jigger wa* O. K. and I always feel that we 
Wituhl iia\e hit wiiii our two-act if he could h&ve stayed awuy from 
the women. That was his wsakBeag and #• would have mads good 
only that he dit d. 

Fiddles Finnegsn— Wa.«5ted a seasiwi with this mug before 1 got 
wise tliat he didn't have personality. An independent iagent's as- 
sistant hepped me to the fact that fiddles dMn*t know how t» give 
tliem the tct th. 

Teotsie Thompson — One v>t my indept ndent agents told me to try 
a lady partner. We were doing ivetty good until Mft* day ws got 
married on account of sleeper iMings and Kotsl rates. From that 
time on it was applesauce. 

Babe Brown — Never got a bum report nhilc I was working with 
this baby. House managers uss< to iHrs in--'^reat act**— 4ui soon 
as tht y afiw her Shape. She married an ushier m^Broofilsm and left 
me flat. 

Fanny Farnum — Just as I got this one all rehearsed and ready to 
break In on a hist half of one ntghters she blew to a tab chorus: 

Shorty Shultx — Hot as far as being pencilled in for a showing at 
tiff Myrtle wiih this guy but hud to air him when my representative 
tipped i.ie off thai he was on Dow's "blacklist" 

Blondey Betts— A pip— but idie couldn't see siVtittlng salaries. 
She \N:iUted a fiat rate of tllfS|lly«»SV#^ In tbim^ 
road. Hated to lose her« ■ ■' • . 

(Yakima. Wa«h.). ^ -"■"v'^-:' • ■ > •• ' r ' 



RUBIN-ARMS TWO-ACTS 
AT $2,750 WEEKLY 

. ► ...>''.' 

Benny Rnbin, I^Vances Ariii»^ and 

a conjpany of seven to do two acts 
and an afterpiece open in Tulsa 
on the Inlcrstate time at |^7a9. 

William Morris booked Rubin* 
Anus Co. for 11 weckt >! bib|K^r!l4 
out of 12. 

This is another act tiiat could not 
"see**. Kellli's financial prof Cer* »Ad 
switched i^^^ Ipi^rs lueraUv* ^Ir* 
cults. 



K.-A.'s Smail-rnne Hinda 



The Keith-Albeo press depart- 
ment announces that Punjab. 
Hindu fakir, will make "His First 
American Appearance" in Keith- 
Albee vaudeville this month. 

The act has l:oen playing for the 
Amalgamated Vaudeville and other 
small time agencies ia and around 
New York for weCks. 



LOEWS 30 NO-CUT FULL WEEKS 



LUCKY ESCAPE 



Btsyman. AH Party Unlnjitrsd When 
Maflilfis Turns Turtle 



liOs Angeles. Nov. 23. 
Slayman All and members of his 
Arabian Bliie Devils troupe had a 

inirHculouK escape wlien a car in 
which they were returning to Los 
Angeles from 8an Francisco turned 
turtle, pinning the six occupants be- 
neath the wreckage. 

All, three members of his troupe, 
and the wife and son of another 
member were in the car at the time 
Mnd not a single sri-,itch was sus- 
tained by any of the party. 

The automobile was completely 
demolished. 



Max Hart's People 

Placed in Shows 



The M{ix Hart cITm-o Iij.s b(»ok*;'1 
J. Harold Muriay with b'lo Zleg- 
f eld's "Rio Reta*': CbRrley JPi^roell 
with Charles H. nillingham: Johnny 
I^ooley with Enrl Carrol s "Vjinl- 
ties." and signed William Kent with 
Afiroft & FrieUley for two years. 



(Continued from page 1) 
the full week no-cut policy of 
vaudeviile and pictures and vaude- 
vills. 

In the Loew routs for acts Si 

the picture or pop vaudeville I^oew 
houses, according to the city and the 
capacity of the theatre. In some of 
the towns where liOew's has both 
policies in different houses, an at- 
traction booked on the initial trip 
may be returned to the other house 
later on. 

The Jjoew policy of playing, will 
be but one week In a house in any 
city, with no hold over engage- 
ments. Every week a new show 
njay become Loew's slogan. 

The pop vaudeville L.oew houses 
on top of the Presentation theatres 
of the chain gives Loew's an out- 
.Handing booking position. In the 
past the I^oew's pop vaude theritrcs 
held down somewhat on their week- 
ly outlay for the vaudtvllls of the 
show, spending the larger amount 
upon the feature picture. 

With the experience of the Pres- 
entailon houses taking on heavy 
salaried drawing cards. Messrs. 
lAihin and iiiidney agreed that the 
vaude theatres could carry the same 
ogrds. 

Lssw Lfbsral 

Loew's has been a liberal salary 
pay«*r of late inonths. For years Jthe 
vaudeville salary record was $7,000 
paid to Sarah Bernhardt, the only 

act to ever receive that aniount 
weekly on the big time until Paul 
Wliiteman played the Kclth-Albee 
Hippodrome last year. . 

Within recent seasons Iioew'shafl 
paid $7,000 to se veral different acts, 
and is now paying Gene Tunney 
that amount,- If not more. Alexan- 
der Pantage** operator of a large 
western pop vaudeviHe ciiain, Ita* 
paid $6,000 ajul $7,000 almost as fre- 
ciuenlly and without hesitation. 
Otiirr picture circuits also have paid 



I'ox office attracth'us. 
Meanwhile the Keith -Albee and 

Orpheum Circuits, operating tlieir 
"I»lg time" and also pt»p pric^ vnuie- 
villo theatres, besides a lew picture 
hoiises, have been, endeavoring to 



r**Uuc»' rh<' .sal;irl« K of arts. At one 
time K-A placed tlie top limit for 
any act. production or turn, at $2,000 
a weeiu Later they had ts break 
through what th^-y .said was a stead- 
fast rule, paying a couple of produc- 
tion acts $U.000 and $3,500. 

When Whiteman offered to play 
the r.iluce. N. w Y<»rk, for $5,000 
following tiie iiippodroino, where he 
received $8,600, the Keith*'Albss of- 
fice after much ctlolUwteg fbiully 
;-aid tiieir maximum salary for 
Whiteman. would l>e |5,2&0 at the 
Palace. Whiteiittan beeiuiie Sd dis- 
gusted at the parsiinonial attempt 
]ic* i 'T)?i If tiiatcly . called off all ne- 
^otialions. 

Type of Turns 

It has not been settled how many 
turns tliH Iif»e;v's hills will hold nor 
the ex.'ict typ*< of act that will g«'t 
the full route. U will not be the 
highest salaried turp oT tti# draw- 
ing card only which will be given 
a IiO*»w route. Any act Mr. Lubin 
decides upon or Mr. Sidney sug- 
ge sis wi ll probably r e c s lv s^id' t^ll 
route. Applications for the present 
for the I-oew time are receivable 
both in the Lubin booking office and 
in the Pressntatiofi departinsilt of 
th# Loew Circuit. 

Tlie merged booking will mark the 
first time in American vaudeville 
that a roiits for to ^sks oT nibre 
at anything over $S00 weekly salary 
has ever heen Issued without a 
"cut" salary somewiiere upon it. In 
one or more spots, barring such an 
exception aa Mme. Bernhardt 

Oiffsrsnos in Shovvs 

Among th<> ik w towns and houses 
to t^o on the T.o«'\v lint by next sea- 
son are Providence. Syracuse^ Co- 
lumlms. KansttH tMty, Houston, Tex., 
and Uif'hr.iond, Va. 

In the "\>\k tuM»'" of the pRst and 
even currently on what is left of it 
have been appearing almnst weekly 
any number of tin iis from the small 



ACTORS'CHURa 
RAISING FUND 
NC^TRINGS" 



Rev. Dr. Harrison «o<| 
"FNT" Wmriniig S 



or 
are 



ttr»t snm or more / p ^ re e ntoge) f e r llm» . taki n \>y Du hi^ liuiu Lookeo 



iiecatisij ol tii^ir citoiLyness. C'oit- 
trsrily the lx>e.w policy wiU be to 
procuje tliH t>est acts they can en- 
gag*; If <h . h»ed KUilit!»W- ta tlw il 
ho(u»es and niikkiiig tlir Loovr bill> | huviiig its own /iiiu pi •.i'd^iig ma: 
'*blg lime" lit fact. i « lili>e and soreva. 



Actors, whi^thei: t^ey be 
mate, bturlssaus, vaudeviUs 
otherwise, as long as thsy 

reoognlxc^ professionals, are at last 
to have access to an emergency 
fund that will not be iron -lidded by 
any N. V. A. restrictions. 

According to the plan of the men 
back of the fund It will be at the 
beck and call of those designated as 
"reputable** and *'dMsrvinc^**' V i|g 
iBMIigir Win ho avallabW within ths' 
hour K and not an ags taldl^ 
whsp tt mmo too liUsi 

Kev. 0r« Harrison, pastor of the 
I-ntematloaal Actors' Church, tl| 
Wc?-t 48th street, just 99 steps west 
of Broadway, and F N Traoey, 
former actor, and who has acquired 
tonsl«leralJe fame as "F. N. T." ra- 
dio announcer and who has been 
heard via WUN and more recently 
WPCIf, are thn prime movers pVt* 
ting the fund into existence. 

Dr. Harrison's church is non-scc- 
tarlan and the fund as outlined will 
be maintained for all classes of 
theatricals, any creed. For more 
than a year Dr. Harrison and "F. N. 
T;" have been helidng destitute pro- 
fesMlr»nn1s, doing it Out of their own 
po(;k«'t. 'J"iio apparfnt n»M'd f(»r a 
fund to Lake care of tlio cases that 
crop up from day to day has be- 
come so urgent the pastor and the 
announcer have taken steps to start 
its nucleus. This will shape Itclf 
through a bsneflt performance ^ct 
Mite West's sliow. ''Bex," at Ihily'w 
theatre. New York, at midnight of 
Deo. 2 (Thursday) when tb^ entire 
proceeds are to bs turnsd over to 
the fund. 

The I. A. C. through its pastor, 
is constantly coming in contact 
with many e^M' of profssstonals 
who, pdonUsis, have appealsd to 
him for assistance. iVaudevilllans. 
told to turn to the N. V. A. for help, 
have countered the advice by say* 
ing that they ^ero not members 
and that Its "asslstxuice*' holds "ipo 
many strings." 

Irrespective of any devokipment 
(tf the fund the I. A. C. has lssut>(T s 
fifandlTig Invitation to arfors ot all 
ei tcds to accept the church's privi- 
leges; its Sunday night services are 
planned to Ik Ip ths individual 
.^plrllnally an<I morally. 

Ther«» is a Lonesome Club night 
each Thursday, when tlioss who 
have no i.omos may gather at the 
< liMi' li unt f-Mjoy dancing, K.nnrs or 
Mla-r illv«ri<ii»ns at their di-^i^i's;U. 
The cl>ur(!h plans maiiy entertain- 
in vn is this winter, which will Le 
ilu.iuiral in aspc'-t; tho church 



T 



VARIBTY 

saBssEssassr 



VAUO^VILL£ 



SUPREME COURT PROTECTS 
CIRCUIT FROM UNION STRIKERS 



Justice Mitchell Deeides One 'Strike' Theatre Can 
Not Involve Entire Circuit— 4 N. Y. City Theatres 
Ce»<WM<J?TnStiigehands and Musicians Strike 



A 
ing 



N«v York eiupreme Court rul- 
yeitarday by Justle* JMtcheU 
III MqUob Pleiiti« OlNlPRtors' 

Union and th* ABMrlcan F6d«r&tion 

of Musicians' Union Htrike against 
the Plaza, Lafayette, Olympia and 
Washington theatres, all picture 
liOttaM, holds that because one 
house is part of a "chain" with an- 
other, the entire circuit cannot be 
penalized In « labor strike. 

The ciroumstances revolve pri- 
marily about the Plaza at Madison 
avenue and 59th street, and the 
Lafayette in Harlem, a color«d 
hoUM. The theatre managers do 
not bother with contesting the Olym- 
pia and Washington hoUse griev> 
aneea against the International Al- 
liance of Theatre Stage Employes 
and M<^viaf Ptetur^ MachiJM^ P|»(ir- 
ators. ' ' ^ ' 

The Lafayette admittedly is ex- 
periencing a labor strike. Justice 
Mitchell cannot therefore enjoin 
the unions from interfering unless 
an lltegal or criminal phase crops 
up. For the present "these de- 
fendants are conducting no picket- 
ing. No acts or threats of violence 
or. ^Sorderly conduct attributable 
to. ^ese defendants have been 
shown. Nor has it been established 
that defendants have approached, 
tbriatMfir' or intimidated the pa- 
tr^Bii iBC the plaintiff" for which 
Mason the Syndicate Land & De- 
velopment Corp., the holding c<im- 
pany of the * Lafayette, caiHiot be 
granted an injunction to restrain a 
labor callout by the joint unioiMk 
Different at Plm 

A dUiereilt aKiititloii ciiiisla at tbe 
Plaza which the estato of Paul 
M. Herzog is alleged to own 100 per 
cent, in the name of the 69 th St.- 
M^dSson Ave. Co. The Plasa de- 
alet owning the Lafayette and the 
other theatres, although the estate 
of Paul M. Herzog has a "piece:* of 
tbeie liouses, but toss , tbaii ma- 
jority control. 

The Plaza has not refused ttf 
employ union moving picture oper- 
ators and In flKct the aiNrittors 
withdrawn by the union from the 
theatre were members of. the I. A. 
T. S. E. and allied organizations. 
-Ver ^nm^ fumk' lttitl<M mtebell 
thinks the unions are interfering 
with the bujslness of the Plaza and 
impeding its efficiency, as a result 
ef ^ich be^ hai iwsiM Ibit fith 
St.-Madison Ave. CO. all InlttttMlon 
agrainst the unions. 

Jubticc Mitchell holds that the 
constitution aiii bsr<*lair8 of tbe I. 
A. T. S, E. "cannot be regarded 
as determinative of the legal rights 
of the parties in this action.'* 



MADE GOOD FOR 
DRESSING ROOM THEFTS 



Thieves entered the dressing 
rooms of the Lyric, Hoboken. K. J., 
last week, making off with a dress 
suit belonging to Dewey, of Dewey 
and Kodgers, and a banjo used by 
Rogers, of Rogers and^JDorkin,. two 
of the ticts on the bill. 

Both acts registered complaint 
of their loss to Uie management. 
After tbe latter conducted an In- 
vestigation Manager Bart Coyle 
made good the loss, reimbursing 
Dewey |35 for the suit and Rogers 
M2.M f6r tba banjo. 



RMiing Old Houses 

Washington, Nov. 2S. 

One of Washington's theatrical 
landmarks, the old Follies theatre at 
Ninth and C streets, is to pass into 
the discard. This playbouse ia to 
be torn down attd a bus tenninal 
will replace it. 

In the old days all the great etars 
appeared at the Follies. As time 
passed it changed its name repeat- 
edly and had one policy after an- 
other. It finally went to stock bur- 
leiiiia Ml: then was sold to the 
bus interests. 



Dallas, Tex., Nov. 23. 
PlaSii bave been made to demoUsb 

the Majestic theatre. This means 
that one of the citys oldest play- 
houses its to go. 



Eddie Darling Back, Retting 

Eddie Darling, chief booker of 
the Keith-Albee Circuit, has re- 
turned to New York from Atlantic 
City. Darling will not return to his 
duties for a while, having been or- 
dered to take a continued rest by 
his physician.. 



Sitsle and Blake on Loew Time 

Sissle and Blake, colored come- 
dians, have been routed by tbe 
Loew Circuit, opening Nov. 29. 



De 



m Tm bpom; 



{Special "gift night" sessions are 
being discontinued by many of Die 
independent vaude and picture 
houses through local merchants 
having soured on the idea. Thoy 
no longer contribute clothing and 
other articles In exchange for ad- 
, vertlsing as was the previous ar- 
rnnRenioiit. 

With the donations out and the 
Uteatren having to dig rcnl cash for 
purchases they have decided to 
supplant the fei^turo with leia tx 
pensive ones. 

the •^Ift Night" was ft racket 
for the fliei(tre operators while it 
lasted but never demonstrated au 
thentically to the donors as to 
whether the plug of the lobby dis- 
play ever brought them any trade. 

Therefore advertising managers 
lo|t enthusiasm over it. 

Wilson Sisters' Flash 

Three WllaOn Sisters arc scrap- 
ping their former trio act to head 
a new production flash* projected 

by Ia w Cantor. 

In the act. 



HunyMtt ami Flint Apsit 

:ltttiiyan >nd Flint baVr di^i^v^d 
flMier^p. Gleph Runya;i hii^ 
io;irf^ a new aillancc with Dick 

Ml 



NEW ACTS 

Billie De Rex (Clifton and 
Rex), with Lee Alton, 2-act. 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hill are re- 
viving their former "Girlie." 

Mildred Blanchard, English dra- 
matic actress, will. return to vaude- 
ville In ft tabloid version of Sar- 
dou's "Fedora." Three In support. 

Dolly Kramer (Dolly Kramer's 
Midget Band), single. 

George Spaulding Is reviving 
Paul Gerard Smith's skit, "The 
Lucky Stiff," a four-people act. 

Billy Dale is returning to vaude- 
ville. 

Phil Morris is produc ing a musical 
flash. Frank Sinclair featured. 

Billy (Bumps) Mack has left bur- 
lesque to return to vaudeville. 

Martelle and Valentine will head a 
flash act. Andy Wright producing. 

Diana Ashton, concert soprano, 
with Trainor Bays at pianos. 

Dave Ferguson will shortly re- 
turn to vaudeville in a new act by 
Harry Delf entitled "Women." Two 
in support. 

Holland and .Teanie and Bigwood 
Twins (Kour Novelettes). 
•I^ter Le Orange Go. 

Kddie Hickey, cousin of Jimmy 
HusHoy, who has appeared with 
llussey in "Getting a Ticket' in 
vaudeville, has teamed with Harry 
AVhite for vaudeville, 

Al Raymond (Raymond and I 
Schrain) and KdJio Bolger in new 
skit. 



FORUM 

Editor Variety: 

There have been a couple of acts 
using my billing. In ono inst.ance 
1 took the matter up with tlie man- 
ager of the act He informed me 
that the managers were to blame 
and 1 take this moans of informing 
the managers that I only wish the m 



Nmt IncorpoTAlioiis 

Aibaay, Now, M. 
Travftlaf lia Film Corp., New York 
0ttr» mtnlUm plotorvft; JfO ftharMi 
preferred stock, |1M each; l.ooo 
shares common, no par value. Ed- 
ward S. Witowski. Arthur Gottlieb. 
Joseph A. Gorman. Filed by Joseph 
F. Kroppy. 2 Wall street 

Keith-Albaa ItoeMfler C^rpn New 
York oltjr, refi estate; 100 shares 
common, no par value. John A. 
Hopkins, Charles Monash, Alfred T. 
Sherman. Filed by ^hilip M. Stern, 
1564 Broadway. 

Allerton Theatres Corp., New 
York «lty, motion ptctures; 1,000 
shares common, no par. Charles A. 
True, Albert O. Thorne, Edward 
Light Filed by Lester R. Bachner, 
27 Cedar street 

Super Anne, New York city, the- 
atre proprietors and managers; 120 
shares common, no par valu*. Jen- 
nie D. Carroll, Agnes Becker, 
Charles Muth. Filed by Coleman. 
8tem Jk Bllenwood. 00 Wall street 
N. P. B. Film Producers. New 
York city, motion picture films: 
110,000. Edward M. Behrman. Q. 
Stander, S. Perlof. Filed by Sani- 
uel P. Lux, 26 Court street Brook- 
lyn. 

Feme Building Corp.. Brooklyn, 
manage theatres; $20,000. Joseph 
Maggiola, Hattle Maggiola, Jacob 
Feld. Filed by Avitable & Eisen- 
haur. 180 Montague street Brook- 
lyn. 

Msrham Cinema Corp., New York 
city, proprietors of motion picture 
theatres; 500 shares preferred, $100 
each; 1,000 common, no par value. 
John M. Wood, Ralph G. Failing, 
Charles P. Q. Fuller. Filed by 
Chad)}ourne, Hunt, Jaeckel St 
Brown. 165 Broadway. 

Ditmars Theatre Corp., New York 
city, motion pleture theatres; lOO 
shares common, no par value. 
Lawrence Bobker, Mabel R. 
O'Shaughnessey. Arthur B. Cohn. 
Filed by Xieo Oppenhelmer, 00 Wall 
street. 

Laos Petlleaat, New York city. 

theatrical proprietors; 750 shares 
common, no par value. Sidney R. 
Flelsher. Milton Maler. M. Salwen. 
Filed by Joseph P. Blckerton, Jr.. 
220 West 42d street 

Century CireuiL New York City, 
manage theatres, $30,000; Katherine 
Bull, Margie Weinstein, Joseph 
Springer. Filed by Ho veil, McChes- 
ney & Clftrkaon. 152 West 42nd 
street. 

Phil Werner Producing Co., New 

York City, operatic and dramatic 
entertainments, $15,000; Philip Win- 
orsky, Nathan Greenberg. Filed by 
Benjamin Bronowlts, 80 Maiden 
Lane. 

Thurston, The Magician and As- 
sociates, New York City, school of 
correspondence for tricks by magic, 
50 shares preferred stock, $100 each, 
200 common stock, no par value. 
Claude B. Pechtle, Marjorle Hal- 
stead. William V. Grant. Filed by 
William F. Carell, 10 Exchange 
Place. 

Primrose Music Corp.. New York' 
City, entertainers for theatres, con- 
certs. $1,000; Irene Steinberg, Noah 

L. Braun stein. Filed by Julian T. 
Abeles. 1457 Broadway. 
Amityvlile The*.tres, New York 

City, theatrical, 1.000 shares com- 
mon, no par value; Louise Shein- 
man, George Ootthelf. F. Gersten. 
Filed by Julius Gersten. 800 Madi- 
son avenue. 

8eft Lion Productions, New York 
City, general amusement business 
and motion pictures, $50,000; Ar- 
thur S. Lyons, William G. Seabury, 
Bertha Saftcr. Filed by Kendler & 
Goldstein, 1540 Uroadway. 

Oklahoma 
Osage Motion Picture Production 
Corp.. Oklahoma City. Capital, $15,- 
000. Incorporators.^Valt Naylor, 
J. G. Rasmussen ancrC. O. Naylor. 
all of Oklahoma City. 

Designations 
Triangle Film Corp., Delaware, 
produce motion pictures and photo- 
graphs; $7,000,000. President H. E. 
Aitkeh, 32 Broadway, New York 
city. Filed by Satterlee & Can Held. 
27 William street 

Dissolutions 
Sea Coast Amusement Co.. Brook- 
lyn. Filed by Steange A. Myers, 149 
Broadway, New York city. 

Katz Amiibement Co.. Brooklyn. 
Filed by LeidT K. Martus, 342 Madi- 
son -avenue. New York city. 

Premier Show Co.. New York 
City. 

National- Evans Motion Picture 
Film Laboratories, New York City. 
Name Changes 
Jewish Educational Pictures, Now 

York City, to Jewish Famous 
Players. 

Capital Reductions 
Motion Picture News, Bay Shore, 
$250,'000 to $100,000. 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON VAUDEVILLE 




Many complaints reaching Variety of attempts to hold up vaude. 
villians for advertisements In the N. V. A. house oryan in its regular 
issues or for Its Christmas number may be answered here. There is no 
actor who should allow himself to be coerced into advertising in any 
paper or anywhere that he does not wish to. Threats of consequences 
may be wholly disregarded. The vaudeville whip has lost its sting and 
nearly Its lash; vaudevlUe at present Is atanrlag for. acts; it needs the 
acts more than the acts need vaudeville, for the actor has other fields. 

Threats made either by a vaudeville agent or advertising solicitor to 
an actor for advertising, should be reported twice, to Variety and to 
that cnpviian of vaudevUle who so eamesUy has requested actors to 
oomplain to him when they found condltlona wtrranted It 

The MosconI Brotliers have a new dance creation. "The Gigolo," dif- 
fering from tha dance step of the same name created by Mens. Darlo 

of Dario, Irene and Nadlne, the Beaux Arts cafe dancers. The Mosconis* 
dance is a variation of the Charleston and a special picture reel of the 
dance will teach their audiences the new step similar to their flicker idea 
when the Charleston first came into, popular fnvor. A newspaper syn- 
dicate tie-up also has been affected. 




How closely newspaper men keep In contact with theatricals may be 
seen in a double comment printed by Karl K. Kitchen In his column. **Up 
and Down Broadway" in the New York "Evening World." 

Hundreds of newspapers and commentators the past year have dwelt 
upon the condition vaudeville was sinking into, with many of the writers 
commenting from their personal knowledge and observation. It has been 
national in Its scope, from coast to coast, north and souUi. It did a great 
deal to prove that the former vaudeville monopolies did not have the 
press ga«rged as they thought they had. 

Two New York bankers were talking the other day with a Variety 
reporter near by. One of the bakers said to him: 

"Can you tell me what is tlie matter with vaudeville? I haye stopped 
going. It all seems the same.^ 

"Yes. I would like to know too." said the other banker. "I live near 
the 81st Street theatre and went in there the other night. It was a ter- 
rible show. Looked so cheap." The reporter simply replied there were 
many explanations. 

The Fulton Ourf^ler mentioned by Mr. Kitchec^s a newspaper man 
and author. The Kitchen paragraph read thuslyf**^ 

Broadway as Seen by a Novelist 

There's a very good picture of the N. V. A. Club House — the home 
of the National Vaudeville Artists — in Fulton Oursler's novel, "Step- 
child of the Moon.'* His description of the audience at the Palaee.. 
with its inevitable seventeen-minute sketch by Edgar Allan Woolf, 
and its fat, middUe-aged singer, who informii them that she is a "red 
hot mamma." Is hli^ly amusing, if not exactly flattering. 

But the author admits that vaudeville actors take their hats off In 
their club house, credit for which must be given to Mr. Albee, Who 
founded the club to forestall the organization of a labor union by the 
two-a-day performers. 



Keith's, Pliiladelph^. concerned with change of policy rumors, cannot 
change its two-a-day policy to three-a-day without the consent of the 
Stanley Amusement Company, as long as the Sablosky St McQulrIc 
houses are being boiAed out of the Kelth-Albee office. . according to 
authentic sources. 

A conference held this week was reported to have been over the 
Keith house. The sudden leaving of Harry Jordan for a protracted trip 
to the coast is said by those op the Inslde^'to be the permanent trans* 
ference of Jordan to the K.-A.-P. D. C. picture Interests and that he 
will not again manage the Philly Keith house. It is no secret that 
Kelth^ Philadelphia, has been steadily waging a losing baltW against 
pictures and vaudeville. The addition of one or two acts to the eight* 
act programs helped some but the real solution is said to be ian abandon- 
ment of the straight vaudeville policy in favor of three-a-day at pop 
pricea 

This cannot happen without the consent of Jules Mastbaum, according 
to the reported booking agreement between Stanley and Keith's which 
prevents the Keith house from changing policy or decreasing pricea 



Billy Grady, former vaudeville agent» may soon debut as a company 
manager in the legit. 

He is attached himself to the Charles Dillingham staff. When the 
Paul Whlteman show opens at the New Amsterdam, he will be there 
to oount ,up. pay salaries and make up the weekly statement 



- ,1 



When Alexander Pantages opened his new house in Portland, OrOt 
Nov. 15, a special dedication lurogram folio was issued at the premiere 
which carried on his cover an undrnped feminine figure, said to be a 
print of an artistic exhibition on view at a continental gallery of art. 
The nude was hot deemed artistic by tha city fathers, resulting in the 
program being censored.' 



to use my billing on my act. The 
billing referred to is Joe Thomas' 

Sax-o-Tette. 

The word Sax-o-TCette \h a coined 
^^kM arfd hiis i)ccrf UScrt ()V m^, both 
on; phonogratib ret?drZhi' atid 'Irt tiiy 
hflllVig throughout the ro'iintiy for 



JUDGMENTS 

Anderson T. Herd; Ben. H. Ueber- 

all: 18,124.85. 

Wm. Hu rlbut and Hu rlbut Realty 
Corp.; Louis Chevalier, Inc.; 
|S.f70.}8. 

Satisfied Judgments 

David M. Oltarsh; A. M. Lamport: 
$5,»00.53; Nov. 15, 1926. 

John Oerlf %mltfa*h Kht<<kcrh4k^er 
Sa)es Rooms, Inc.; 1202.97;- April 



On the air and twice was Jack Smith, the Whispering Baritone, while 
playing at Keith's Washington. It's the Keith*Albee big time 

vaudeville theatre In that city. If the "rigid" rules of the K-A office 
mean anything at all, the Whisperer busted them twice and in the same 
place while appearing at Keith's. Uis radio stations were WRC and 
WHAL. * 

The baritone went into Keith's after playing the picture liousts In 
Wash. He will return to the picture houses there,' reopening Jan. 16 at the 
Metropolitan, t he film theatre that gave the radio di.sk-big timer his first 
Washington bdiPP<W»5^-- 



Despitc the cry by the straight vaudeville bookers £ov new material 
a number of standard acts have been laying around New. York for weeks 
through ina'bility to get a "show" date. Some of the acts have diverted 
into independent vaudeville for the time being to bridge tho stalling of 
both agents and bookers, who have been giving them tlie w. k. run- 
around. 

The situation is about the best method possible to discourage .standard 
turns dropping venerable vehicles for new ones, with present indications 
seemingly showing that they are no spots for the new acts. Some of 
those In the watchful waiting line are displaying thorough disgust, 
negotiating production engagements or picture house booking's. This 
also may explain the dearth in standard attractions and names the list 
of which .seemingly grows lower weekly. 



ENGAGEMENTS 

Robert K«'ith as the lead in "Be- 
yond the Horizon" at the Actors' 
Theatre in December. 

Elisabeth Brown, black bottom 
dancer, and Joe Ilamby, singer, for 
^Tallant's midnight revue. 

Tom Burke, Mme. Sylvania, Al- 
fred Frith. Rlolla Mayhcw, Louis' 
Ahernie. for "I^ce Petticoat." 

Vvv ' Royond the Horizon": Rob- 
ert Keith, Aline MacMahon, Thomas 
rhalmerH, Eleanor Wesselhoeft, 
Judith I.o\viy. Thoma.*? MacLaraie, 
Albert Tuvrni.r, Victor Kllian, 
.Toseph '1< Inerncy 



Robert Barratt, for "Sam Abramo- 
vitch" (Anne Nichol.s). 

Violet Hill, to understudy Mari- 
enne Francks in "Gertie." 

Greek Evans, baritone, for Oene 
Buck's "Yours Truly," going into 
rehearsal next week. 



BIRTHS 



Nov. 18, in Nfw York^ son. FUther 
is P. P. A., * humorist cm the New 
York "World." ' 

Mc and Mrm Otto Kiuger. J^ov. 
20, mn. The mother^' was f<jrmeriy 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



IDEA" PRIZE WINNERS TURNED 
DOWN BY K-A ORCUirS HEAD 



CottMb't See Why WimMn Selected fdr BMldiig 
Acts from Open Market — Paucity of Ideas 
Claimed— Managers Say It's ^'Runaroii 



STAGE HANDS OUT; 
MUSICIANS STAY IN 

Strike on at Victory, Holyoke, 
Mass.— House Changed Poli- 
cy—No Extra Pay 



The K«)th-A]bM nuulAceni who 

have bMii wftiMiiy pttlluiUy for the 

pains It. awmtM tn the **new 

idfMT eonttat temicvinited bjr the 

K^A Cirouft July 1» 1921, are tee 
for another wait. 

£. F. Alb««« head of the circuit. 
Is reportei f hmw^ refttsed to ap. 
prove the <1lHtributlon of e S500 
award to liarry Jordan and $500 to 
tioh Larson tw ' the booklms and 
playinir of lC<AIIe Dunham, the 
lldiiler; 1500 to "Tihk** Humphries 
for the booklnjJT of Harry SnodirraAs, 
the ex-con i^ianlat and radio^'QKVor- 
ytf, aad SIM t» JehB Schulta. K-A 
boeker. for tb% booktns of Cantor 
Rosenblatt 

.The position taken by Albee was 
all off the aeta woro ta the open 
mai-ket and that there was no "new 
idea" shown In booHIng or playing 
them. He la also aa)d to have ex- 
preased himself about the paaolty 
of *'ideaa** when the prizes could 
be carried ofT by any such roiftlne 
stunt aa booking an act. 

on tba Inaido It la aaid many 
managers consider they have been 
riven the well known runaround for 
not betn« rewarded for the "special 
waeka^ and other bnataeaa tnapirers 
they have submitted. They also 
point out that two of the winners 
are members of the committee 
Whleh awarded the priaea. 

The contest ended months apro. 
Nothing tangible In the way of 
money prises has ever come out of 
It* aMlidiitfe there waa a pmrae of 
11.768 to be dietrlbuted. $1,000 to 
the winaer, $500 for .second, and 
|:S0 for the third best idea. 

One *idea** aald la hairo been sub- 
mitted anonymously was *'pay acts 
more money and Improve your 

bins." . * 



SALARY BATTLE BY 

COAST GiRcurrs 



ha %ud CmMH 10 

I Aral RanJft CoDUIfitC 



lies Moines. Nov. 23. 
Nate Frmleufeld. director of jmh- 
iiclty and advertising for the Blank 
finterpriaen kere^ baa again put over 
big his feature .^tunt of a Jazs hana 
contest for the first time in Des 
Moines. 

' Ten local non-profsaatnna! bands 

of six pieces each are In competi- 
tion for Ave uighlH this. week at the 
Capitol. 

Each ntcbt two banda with the 

audience acclaiming the winning 
band by applauHC. Each gave two 
nuabera, the ftrat a melody and the 
Hecond Jazs. the youngsters being 
limited In their "interpretations" 
only by their conscience. 

The fivo winning bands will be 
judged for the "King of Syrfcopji- 
tlon" title, the atidience selecting 
the two best banda by the process 
of elUifhiatlon. the final contest ba* 
inir Judged by local authorities on 
ntusic. The first prize is $75, ana 
tha aecond best band will receive 



Orplieuni Sees Hollsrwood 
As Combo Possibility 

Itoe Angeles, Nov. 33. 
The Orpheum circuit has been 
making ove r t u re a to C* ti. Tober- 

nif\n, owner of the El Capltan. and 
KUward D. Smith, lessee and man- 
nsring director to torn the house 
over to them after the new year. 

The Orpheum people figure that 
Hollywood is ripe for three showa 
^ily of vaudeville and picture. 



West Coast People Take Ly- 
man's Band and Whitney 
and Burt 



Los Angeles. Nov. 23. 

WeJrt Coast theatres has slipped 
over another one on the Orpheum 
Gtranft. It baa Lyman and bUi band 
at $3,000 a week f or aix months 
starting at the I'ptown on Dec. 24 

Lyman haa been playing at the 
Coooaant Girora. but Ambaaaador 
Hotel differences with the manage- 
ment caused him to tear up his con- 
tract. Ous Amheim, 30, former 
member of the Lyman baud, will 
have a new orchaatra at the hoteL 

Besides Lyman. Arch Bowles, 
general manager of the West Coast 
and Marco, also "stole" Whiting and 
Burt aa soon aa they showed their 
act at a local house. 

West Coast l.s angling for blx 
namea for presentations and vaude- 
vllla. The Orpheum hita been tipped 
off and la maktag obunter offers; 



Liew'si Utka» Rcptrted 



Syracu.se, Nov. 23. 
ifareua Loew is preparing to in- 
vade Utiea aa well as Sjrracuse. ac- 

cording: to local reports. The Loew 
interests are named as the purchas- 
ers of tho home of Utica Liodge, 
Lofnl Order of Biooaci, and,adJotnhig 
property on Genesee street. ITtlca. 
for a figure said to be over $200,000. 

Cmited 8earl, Syracuse attorney, 
who handled tha Sajit City deal 
which gave Loew a site on SaliiA. 
Jefferson and Clinton streets, is thu 
agent la the Utlea tranaactloa. 

It Is understood that the present 
buildings on the Utica site will bo 
rased to permit construction of a 
new theatre tn the spring. 

Plans for I^ew's State, Syracuse, 
have been filed. It will seat 2.942 — 
1,826 in ihe orchestra, 320 in lo^ea 
and 7H tn tha balcony. Its entrance 
wiU be 35 feet wide, golm; into a 
foyor 21 feet wide running through 
the building. 



Huiyol(e. Mass.. Nov. 23. 
Without notifying the Musicians* 
t'nion. .stage hands In the Victory 
theatre, vaude-fllms, failed to re- 
IH>rt Sunday. Koing on a strike and 
alleKlnp a vl«>l.itlon of Its agree- 
ment with Goldstein brothers, «.p- 
urutors of the hous*e and of n chain 

of theatrea In western Massachu- 
setts. . 

The st;ij;o hands and projectionist 
St: - wero on yesterday, but liad 
failed to Induce the musicians to 
leave. 

Substitute KtaK:o hands and op- 
ciMtors were engaged and perform- 
ances were continued without inter- 
ruption. 

The fact a union orchestm is in 
the siime house witli a non-union 
stage crew and operator is unique 
In Mew Eagtamd'a theatre trouble 
history. 

The strilcing employees say the 
agreement called for them to, be 
paM for two vaudeville shows dally 
except Saturday and Sunday. 

A week a^o Monday thn house 
adopted a three-a-day policy, giv- 
ing the stage handa five extra 
vaudeville performances to handle. 

Approximately $40 more is due 
them weekly for the extra work, 
the crew contends. 

If the musicians finally decide to 
walk out also the strike will be ex- 
tended to the several other Gold- 
stein houaea. 

The Victory management says it 
i.s acting within the bounds of the 
contract In changing the policy as 
the extra iraude performances 
merely adds 15 minutes more work 
nightly to one man to throw on 
tiie house lights at €.16 instead of 
•.80 aji under the former polley. 



OVER 209 INDE VAUDE HOUSES 
BOOKED BY NEW YORK AGENCIES 



too Percent Increase Over Laot Season at This 

Time— 33 13 Percent Up Within Two Months- 
Reasons and Agents 



ORPHEUM TIRES OF 
ASS'N AOS ON COAST 

Harry Campbell Appointed 
Asst. to Frank Vincent — ^20 
Names Submitted for Job 



Reaaminf Hanria Hoiues 

In memory of the late Senator 
John p. HarriM. founder and organ- 
laar of the Harris Amusement Com- 
pnny. the theatres in the large 
Pennaylvanla ebaln. owned and 
controlled by the company, are to 
Ixj renamed the Harris in each city. 



"100% onus- 

Florence Powers, lUw-hester, N. 
T.. aoelaty woman, baa tvraed pro* 
dncer and Is offerinK vaudeville 
bookers •*100% Girt.-*.'* featarliip 
lieeaie Calvia and Cynthia White. 

The rvmia has algbt 



New Orph., Vancouver 

Vamiouver, Nov. 2d. 
Vancouvar'a new Orpbanm will 

cm ))ody uli the latest architaetural 
advantages of the modern amuse- 
ment place, Frederick J. i'etcrs, ar- 
chitect associated with Mareoa B. 
Prltwa. Seattle, has announced. 

tiix bids. lU'e by Vaneoiiver and 
one by Seattle contractors, have 
been opened, but no^aMrard made. 
It is understood tluil v- nders were 
considered Hon)f'vvhat high. That 
the contract will go to a Vancouver 
firm la believed to be a foregone 

ron elusion. 

The Orphf um will occupy a site 
fronting 170 feet on Seymour street 
by 120 feet, the depth of tho prop- 
erty to the lane. As in the cas»e of 
the Capitol, the lane will be bridged 
{]ind an entrance 25 feet wide will 
open from Granville street, main 
traffic thoroughfare. The mnin floor, 
seating 1,800, will be < ut by live 
aisles. There will be one balcony 
seating 1,900. 



ACADEMY, UPSTATE, BURNS 

UUca. N. Y.. Nov. 23. 
The Academy. 8haron 8pringfl. 
near here, wa.M destroyed by a fire 
doinff a total of $400.ooo dnmage. 



Laew'a Net in Cedar Rapids 

Calvin Bard, of Indianapolis, 
who was reported Interested in the 
new Cedar Hiipids theatre with the 
Loew Circuit, baa no conneotlon 
with the Loew intereata. nfioording 
te hie itatemsnt ^ 



Tab «*Fleaaia7 

A tabloid ve#Blon of the mnalcfti 

"Ploasle" Is being readied for 
vau«le\'ille by S:iia Taylor. It will 
iiave ftvB priucip;*!?* and eight choi - 



That the Holyuke theatre trouble 
had obtained seriousness that might 
extend beyond that sectlv^ waa evi- 
denced wIuju William A. Dillon, the 
New England representative of the 
International Alliance, was in- 
struetad tbia weak to go to Hol« 
yoke and andaavor to adjwt mat- 
ters. 

No Immedlata likelihood of mu- 
sicians there going ottt» pending 

negotiations for a settlement. The 
I. A. has not yet appealc " to the 
A. F. of M. to call out the Holyoko 
union as yet. 

The A. P. of M. at Its New York 
quarters yesterday received a com- 
munleatlon ' fk>om Hdlyoke musi- 
cians, explaining local condltlona 
Tho A. F. of M.. If the trouble con- 
tinues, may aend a representative 
there to aaatat In a aettlement 



DRAWING CARDS 

ViOPPOSmON 



Toungstown, O., Nov. 23. 

Manager C. W. Miller has inaug- 
urated a poMSy of "name" acts in 
his Hippodrome, whl^ haa been 
playing pop vaudeville and plcturen. 
He opened up with Geno Tunney 
Sunday for a week and has also 
booked In auch acta aa Siamese 
Twins, Royal Midgets, etc. 

Oi>ejiIit^ with Tunney seems a 
good move. The botuie was jold out 
fo- tha first performance and a line 
formed at the box office for aovaral 
blocks pureliasing tickets. 

When the new Keith's opened 
here business slumped at the Hip. 
The beauty and newness of Keith's 
was serious opposition fur the older 
thtetrt. Miller redecorated his 
houae during the summer and has 
srent money to eood advantage on 
advertising, with the result he is 
winning his old clientele back. 

Keith's has been playing some 
very we;»k ^hows, whflo the His>p()- 
drumo has been geitini; uniformly 
Kood acts. Patrons have now seen 
the uew hou.se and want shows 
Hgiriln, HO th^* llii»iw>dri>nnj .sh*»w.H 
.^eem to Und more favor with tbeni. 

Keith people are doing eatra ad- 
vortlRing and have reaorted to a 
mechanical man stunt aa a street 
ballyhoo. 



I^o.s Angele.M, iS'ov. Ti. 

Harry Campbell, manager of the 
Orpheum. 8an Francisco, Mr IS 
years, has been appointed asslHtant 
to Frank Vhi<'«nit, western repre- 
sentative of tho Orpheum circuit. 

Campbelfa dutlea wOl be to ban- 
die the railroad and rt*rottting of 
Orpheum acts In the western sec- 
tion and also the booking of i.ll 
Orpbevm aeta ont of tbia territory. 

In tho psHt the Associati<Hi .Chi- 
cago) office here has been filling In 
for the Orpheum. It in understood 
tbo Orphavm oflieial# did not like 
the type of ' act i*eceived through 
the As.«(oclatlon oftlcf* and decl^td to 
do all of their own twoking. 

Vincent baa been looking for an 
asRlstant ever since coming to **5e 
ccast last summer. He had the 
names of 20 different people asso- 
elated with tba Orpheum diralfl 
suggested for . tka poaltlon* It is 

reported. 

Cliff Work, mnnasar of the 
Golden Gate, 8an Frandaco, ever 
.•lince it opened, was transferred to 
the Orpheum, with Alien Warshauer 
manager of the Orphaum* Oakland, 
broucht over to tbs CMdji di^tn. 



FJlmlra, N. Y.. Nov. 23. 

An announcement from the Wil- 
Uam Berlnstein eetato ^aid that a 
purchase has been made of Frank 
A. Keeney's lease on the Keeney 
theatre. The theatre remains the 
property bf tha Santbani Tier The* 
atre Company. It la taaaed fbr M 
years minus. 

Keeney seemed dissatisfied with 
the manner tba hovaa bad bean run. 
Qnding it necessary to change man- 
asrement three times. The Kale of 
the lease to the Berniateina means 
that that organlaatlon aesln has 
what praetleally amovnta to n laeal 

theatre monopoly. 
PossesHion passes Nov. 29. 



More than 200 houses are playing 
lndi>pendently booked vaudeville 
bill.s Hupi»:ifd out of New York 
I 'iKcncies. The current check up 
shows an increase of 3S 1-t par 
cent, during the past two nAQbtbi 
and practically 100 p^r ceiit. In- 
crease over Indept^^ndcni bookings at 
this time last aeason. 

The increa.se of the picture prea* 
entutit»n Held has helped the in- 
crease two wa^M. according to inde* 
pendent bookers, either through ad- 
ditional houses brought to tbeir 
bo<»k.s for presentation feature.s or 
through other houses brought in 
tor vaudevllto to combat the pleturo 
presentation opposition. 

Despite the n^cent shuffle. Fally 
Markus and Jack Linder maintain 
supremacy among tha ladependentab 
with both booking 65 houses each. 
This list includes sp!it weeka laat 
halves and one nightera. 

Arthur Fisher, A. a B. Dow/ 
Walter J. Pllmmor. John A. Rob- 
bins and ,Tohn CouttH retain an 
equal distribution of the remaining 
70 houses. 

Shifts Decrease 

Bookings shifts among independ- 
ent8 «baa also decraaaed to a mini- 
mum averaga thia aeaaon. Moat at 
the switches and new business 
gleaned by the Independents have 
ebiM firom tba Keltb-Albee Circuit 
or straight praaeatntlon aganalaa 
when the houses of the latter 
changed from presentatlona to reg- 
ulatlon vaudeville. 

From the theatre operatoraT 
standpoint business out of town is 
reported at a good average. The 
bdoknra verify this by their weekly 
statemeata ahowing that housea ara 
spending from $500 to $700 on 
three-day bills when having proper 
«»baolty, whlla even tbo amaUar 
ones ara apaadlng $350 and %4 oe 
thraa and faor-act btlla. 




; Pa.. Nov. 2t. 

Keeney theatre Interests owned 
by Frank A- Keeney, of New York, 
have been purchased by Norman 
R. Bill and Vblantina C. Luppert. 
New owners are local men. 

Keeney enterprises Include the 
Keeney theatre buildiim; and the 
Grand theatric. Coanidamttda was 
about $250,000. Roth ara Jllcture 

hOUSe«4. Tr^nrnfmrn takat SJaCe 

Dec. 19. 

Purebaaa bringa about a peenllar 

altuation. Hill is the president of 
the Hippodrome Amusement Co.. 
which owns the only uptown picture 
theatre. Hl p pild r bn t d / t^ippert is 
the vice-president of the Lycoming 
Amusement (To., owner.M of the new 
Rlalto. picture house, .^heduled to 
open Tha nkflgf Ting; 



a, legit actrees, has 
eomplated a aerlea of aMeaelra giv- 
ing .in In.^ldo Hlant on a Jflrl trying 
a br^ak-ln on the drama. It will be 
syndicated h\ the Whiteway tiyn- 
dieste. 



nw OAITOI HOUSE OfEI 

Canton. O., Nov. 29w 
Th« new Keith Palace, costing 
eloju^ to 11.000.000, erected within 
the year at Sixth and Market streets 
in Canton'a new theatre aquarc. 
opened last night. 

Th*' policy will bo combination 
vaudeville and pleturea. 

F. A K. Df voaiswiffr 

Chicago, Nov. 23. 
A new vaude house will open in 
Mlnot. K. D.. under the PInkelateIn 
A Ruben banner. Nov. 29. TlM 
Hilly Diamond -Ona Sun olRoa will 
do the hooking. 



Naaaa O'Naire Haw PUylol 

Nance O'Nell will ra-entar vaude- 
ville In a Hketch. "Tlie Iron Lady.** 
now in rehearsal. Hugh HtanWaus 
authored the playlet. Milt LewU is 
the produoer. 



Uew Has Cmnodore; 
3^600-Seil(r, EmI Sidi 



The Commodore, 3,000-seat pin* 
ture and vaudeville theatre at Sec- 
ond avenue and 6th street, will op- 
al«ti6 under the direction of Marciaa 
Loew starting noxt sejison. 

Ludwlg Sata, Jewish sta'r, made 
his first "personal appearance" at 
^b Commodore laat week. It is 
claimed he played to a reoord arowd 
of 45.000 during the seven days. 
Satz waa held over this week. In- 
stead of eharactar work. Sets ap- 
peare<1 In evening dreaa and topper, 
singing eight songs at eneh per- 
formance. His salary Is $2,000 
w<»ekly, the highest yet paid on the 
East SIdo for an attraction In the- 
Perlm utter. DetecUvap" at the Ritg, 
aires of the type. 

Sata atarred In '*PioCaah and 
uptown, recently. He wHI acaln 
head the cast, the show opening 
on the subway circuit at tbo Bronx 
Opera HotUMb l>ae. tf . 



FRANK DtVOE SHIFTS 



Laaviaf K-A Vaude for Pietura 
Haul 



Long regardfNl as a "sfandard act" 
yet imable to do busineaa with the 
Keltb-Albaa bookani. TVank DaVaa 

chanKed his agency from the Harry 
Wehor office to Max Hart's. DeVoe 
intends to play the picture houses. 

When DeVoe recently reached 
New York after his Orpheum tour 
he was asked to "show'* for the 
K-A office, despite his turn had been 
passed upon previously by K-A and 
subaeqoontly routed by the Or« 
pheura, 

DeVoe aoceded to the 'showing." 
Fovr days were hooked at the Ham* 
ilton. just a short subway jump from 
the Palaee theatre hulldinrT. 

The ultimate result was that the 
K-A bookara refoaed lo raise De 
Voe's salary. He then decided !• 
shift his stag« warea elaewhara. 



WELT BOOKS M m 
Tbo Loaw Circuit haa booked 
Frank T>e Voo for a tour openinf 
Dec. 13 at the Htate. New York. 

Marvin Welt of the Arthur IIor« 
iHta aM MHMtat tba bbolUngi. 



90 



VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



MMMMUSM 

'Wmiam V. HuU to Bernlce Mar- 
aolais, lIlmiMipoIiH, in Davenport, 
la., last week. The bride is with 
the BcrkeU Players, Waterloo, la. 
Tlie urotm Is directlnc the Berkell 
Stock, paveuport. 

Grace F. Keller. Boston, to K»l- 
ward Ager at Natjhviu, N. H., Nov. 
' 19. If l8S Keller is an actress, Mr. 
Ager a Boston manufacturer. 

Hose Marie Saulnior, Fltchburgr. 
Mas|., to George B. Kane, in Fitch - 
hwrgt Kov. 15. The rroom Is film 
€I»erator, Shea's theatre, Fltolibiiris' 

I.ily Kovucs, 20-year-old featured 
Staff pianist at the Mark Strand. 
Brooklyn, N. T;t to Bmll Brierman, 
1^, former a.ssociate conductor at 
the hou«o Miss Kovacs has retired 
and Brierman has taken his bride 
to 8t Petarshliry, Fla.. where he 
will ba cottBiotad with a local tha* 
atre. 

Florence Gilbert, screen actress, to 
Laa Aahton Dearholt, Jr.. at Ven- 
tura, Cal., Nov. 2. The grroom is 
known on the screeQ as Richard 

Holt. ■. V ,:v 

Mlldlred Orsgory, former screen 

actress, to T^wrence P. Brown, Los 
Angeles contractor, Nov. 17, on the 
Coast. 

Constance Meeker, step daughter 
of Howard HigRlns, picture dirertor, 
to Donald Hr.tswell at Xxjs An- 
geles, Nov. 11. Ml grooitt Ui ^mo- 
ciated wUh tha Erio Von liiroMni 
productiohf. 

Buddy Burtson to Mae . Tittler. 
Brooklyn, N. T. shoe msinuhCatiilrir's 
daughter. Burtson is the drUWlller 
with Al Lentz's band. The couple 
eloped Nov. 22 in New York. 

ILL AND INJURED 

Karyl Norman, who was operated 
Ml In Chicago, for appMi^Mltli^ Has 
been panttlttad tft linvil «ha hos- 
pital. 

Dick Grace, stunt flyer, under 
contiraet tUB F. P. X«. for a sMries 
of stunts in connection with the 
production of "Wlng.s," now beinp: 
limed in Texas, received bruises and 
iOtH-lMSy wmnMlitd ftMt tha tfack 
when his plane did a nose dive at 
a height of 10 feet, while doing 65 
miles an hour. The plane was de- 
Ittollshad. •■ ••• 

Mrs. Richard Marshall, wife of 
Henry Duffy's general manager, is 
recuperating from an operation at 
Bi Mary's Hospital, San Francisco. 

Ted ^ "LesLTy, master of cere- 
monies, Stratford theatre, Chicago, 
out last week for tonsil operation. 



■mm IN coNsmucnoN 



Arthur W. 9UMk and htmy 

arc heading for Los Angeles on a 

combinod business-pleasure trip. 



D.D.H.? 

May Oo^Jly Writing 

98 Anderson Street 
SCARSDAIUE. N. Y. 



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ANOY WRICHT 



VAUDEVILLE PRODUCTIONS 
1560 Broadway, New York 

; AtWAjri In tb« market fur 
•ood toknt and matt-rUl 



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AltisncSf p. — (also stores) $125,000. Public square. Owner, Morrison 
Tlioatre Co. Archltect.s, C. C. & E. A. Weber, Cincinnati. Policy not 

g^lv«'n. 

Aurora, III. — 11.200.000. Galena and River streets. Owner. A. M. Hirsh, 
Hirsh, Riley & Stewart Co. Architect not selected. Policy not given. 

Brooklyn, N. Y.— ll'oO.OOO. 1832-54 86th street. Owner, Hawthorne 
Amusement Co., Marcus Loew, president. New York City. Architect. 
Harrison O. Wiseman, New York City. Pictures. 

Buffalo, N. Y.— OwnerM. Sho.i Amusement Co. Architects, G. W. & G. L. 
Rapp, New York City. Exact site withheld. Value and policy not given. 

Clavetand.^(also stores, offlces) $425,000. W. 117th and Detroit avenue, 
.s. E. rornor. Qwnor not fflvon* Ajrohltactf Praaton J. Bradshaw. Policy 
not given. 

Clavaland.— ><also stores) $200,000. Memphis avenue, near Pearl road. 
Own«>rs, Fred A. Foyle and Al Sondheim and Cleveland, Ohio Amnsa- 
ment Co. Architect not nelected. I'olicy not given. 

Datroit.— '(also offices) $2,000,000. W. S. Woodward, between Columbia 
and Montcalm. Owner, William Fox Film Corp. Architects, C. H. Crane, 
£#. O. Kiehler & B. E. Dore, associated. Policy not given. 

Qatva, III. — $25,000. Main street. Owner, O. H. Best Estate. Archl- 
tcft.s, IltMiry C. Ecklnnd Co., Mollno. 111. Policy not given. 

Gibontburg, O.— (also offices) $30,000. Owners, D. B. Foliett and M. P.^ 
Business. Architect, Stophlet, Toledo. Pictures. 

Hoboken, N. J.— 11,000,000. W'a})hington, between 3d and 4th streets. 
Owners, Uarring & Biumeiitiial Co., Jersey City. Architect not fjAlected. 
Policy not given. 

Kansas City, Mo.— (also stores) $60,000-$75,000. Owners, Speck, 
Ehinger & Colvin. Architect, Clifton B. Sloan. Exact site not given. 
Suburban district. Pictures. 

Lawrence, Kan. — (also stores, offices and lodge- building) $125,000. 9th 
and Vermont. Owner, I. O. O. F. No. 4, Q. C. Stephenson, chairman 
building commission. Archtttect, Ralph Scattimall, Topaka. Polloy not 
givon. 

Maumee, O. — Owner, Strand Theatre, F. Mcuen. Architect, Harold 
Munger, Perrysburg, O. Value and exact site not given. Pictures. 

McKecs Rocks, Pa. — (also stores, offices). Owner, Roxian Theatre 
Corp., care of architects, Marks & Kann, Pittsburgh. Value, exact sito 
and policy not given. 

New York City.— $350,000. 03-105 E. 4th street. Owner, 4th Street 
Opmutiiiff Corp., Marcus Loew, i)residont. Architect, Thomas W. Lamb. 
Policy not given. 

New York City.— (also hotel, stores) $750,000. 235-241 W. 46th street. 
Owner, W. 46th Street Corp., I.sadore Zimmer, president. Architect, 
Thomas W. Lamb. Policy not given. 

Ocean City, N. J. — $150,000. 9th street, near Boai^walk. Owner, W'm. 
F. Sbriver, Philadelphia. Architect not selected. Policy not given. 

Philadelphia.— (2.000 seats) N. W. corner 2l8t and Market streets. 
Owner, Forest Theatro Cort)., care of Stanley Theatre Co. Architects, 
Hoffman, Henon Co. Value and policy not given. 

St. Louis.— (also offices) |fi,000.000. West Side and Grand, between 
Washington and Olive. Owner, William Fox Film Corp.. New York City. 
Architects, C. II. Crane, E. G. Kiehler and B. A. Dore, associated. Pictures. 

8t. Louis. — (Also stores, offices.) Owner withheld, care of architects, C. 
W. and Q. L. Rapp, Chicago. Location withheld. Value and policy not 
given. 

Syracuse, N. — (also offices) 423-29 James street. Owner, syndicate, 
C. J. Foertch, representative. Architect withheld, yalue not given. 

Aurora, 111^$ 1,000,000. Owne^, James J. Redding Co., Chicago. Archi- 
tect, Edward Steinberg. Chicago. Exact site withheld: policy not given. 

Brooklyn, N. Y*— $250,000. 1832 86th street. Owner, Hawthorne Amuse- 
ment Corp.: Marcus Loew, president. New York City. Architect, Har- 
rison G. Wiseman, New York City. Pictures. 

Chicago. — $500,000. 6400 Irving Park boulevard. Owner, syndicate, 
Nathan Wolf. Architect not selected: policy not given. Contemplated. 

Chicago.— (Also stores, offices) $750,000. Ogden and 22d street. Owner, 
syndicate forming, care of James J. Redding Co. Architects, Hooper & 
Janusch. Policy not given. 

Cleveland.— (Also stores, offices) $200,000. Corner Pearl road and 
Memphis avenue. Owners, Foyle & Sondheim. Lessee, Ohio Amusement 
Co. Architect withheld; policy not given. 

Decatur, III.— (Al.so stores, offices) $2,000,000. Franklin and North 
streets. Owner, James J. Redding Co., Chicago. Architect, Edward 
Steinberg, Chicago. Policy not given. 

Detroit. — (2,500 seats; also stores, off lees, apartments) Harper and Max- 
well avenues. Owners, John F. Hogan & Assoc. Architects, Garstecki & 
Waier. Value and policy not given. 

Detroit. — (2,000 seats; also offices) Eagley avenue. Owner, United 
Artists Corp., New York City. Architects, C. H. Crane, B. Q. Kiehler * 
B. Dore. Value and policy not given. 

Detroit,- (3,500 seats: also stores, offices) $1,500,000. Fort and Ferdi- 
nand streets. Owner, A. Cohen. Architect, C. N. Agree. Policy not 
given. 

Indianapolis.— (Also stores, offices, apartments) $100,000. Bellcfontalne 
street and Riviera driv^. Owner, J. F. Kasselbaura. Architect, I... II. 
Sturtes. Policy not given. 

Kansas City, Kans.— (Also stores, offices) $65,000. Corner Lowell and 
Baltimore. Owner, Tenth & Central Merchants Association, care of 
architects, L. H. Dodd 4k Geo. Chandler. Policy not given. 

Kansas City, Mo.— (Also stores) $75,000. 51st and Main. Owners. Her- 
bert Kelly & Don L. Spiccr. Architects, Wilkinson & Crans. Pictures. 

Konosha, Wis^(Atso stores, apartments) |tOO.OOt. Owner. Universal 
Chain Theatrical Enterprises, Inc. (U. pictures). Architect, Fred D. 
Jacobs, Chicago. Exact site and policy not given. 

Madison, Wis^CAlso stdTes, Offices) 11,000,000. State and Henry 



streets. Owner, New Capitol Investment Co.. Walter Miroader ni'Mi 
dent. Milwaukaa, Architects, G« W. A O. U Rapp, C»ilod|w, r f^^Uq^T^ 

given. 

Oshkosh, Wis^(Also stores, offices) 1400,000. Owner, Fishor Para, 
mount Theatre Corp.. Chicago. Arehitect% WAlf A Rainstahl, Mllwaukesw 

Exact site and policy not given. 

' Phlladelph»a.^(Also offices) 8. W. corner 17th and Market stroot.o 
Owner, Btahley Company of AmOrloa. Airchttacts, Hoffman-li* non Co. 

Value not given. Pictures. 

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — (Also stores, offices) $800,000. Owners, Jacob 
Ij^\y & Abraham Dunn. Rochester. Architect, M. J. Seungelis, Rochester 
Site withheld. VaudavlUe and plcturaa. . ' 

Warren, Pa. — (Strand, remodelled) $25,000. Owner, Columbia Amuse* 
rnont Co. of Erie. Pa. Architects, Khutts & Morrison, Erio. 

Baltimore* — $400,000. Pennsylvania and Fulton avenues. Owner. 
Ambassador Theatre Co, Arohlt«ots, Clyde N. «iid KMaoh Frlx. pio* 

tures. 

Bexley, O. — East Main street. Owner, withheld, care architect, Rich* 
ard Z. Dawson, Columbus, Ohio. Value not given. Pictures. 

Brooklyn, N. Y<— -(Also stores, ofllces), $S60,000. 608 Fulton street. 
Owner, Thesery Amusement Co. Wdngard and QreenhaUm. Pictures. 

Buffalo, N. Y.— $2,000,000. 622 Main street. Owner. McNauKhtory 
Realty Co., L. Gilbert, president. Architects, C. W. and K. L. Itapp, 
New York City. Vaudeville and pictures. 

Buffalo, N. Y.— (Also stores, offices). $2*i6,000. 15SS-9S Genoaeo 
Street. Owner, Bernard Vohwinkel. Architect, Henry L. Spann. lectures, 
Chicago. — (Also stores, ofllces). fS.OOO.OOO. S. W. aorner OSrd and 
Maryland. Owners. Andrew and William Karzas. Architects, C. H, 
Oranp, E. G. Kiehler, B« A. Dore, Detroit, and Q» JSi*. Bettis, Chicago. 
Policy not given. v,. . 

Cincinnati. — (Also stores, apartments). $75,000. Eastern avenu*'. near 
Carroll street. Owner, Jerome Jackson. Architect, J. J. Wilkens. Pictures. 

Dubuciue, la. — (Also stores, hotel). $750,000. Comer Elisabeth and 
Grove. Owner, Rosenthal Theatre C<»tp^ aM Of arohfteet, W. P. Whit^ 
ney. <:^hicago. Policy not given. • 

Grand Island, Neb.— $60,000. North of U. P. tracks. Owner. Blaine 
Cook. Beatrice, Neb. Architect. R. W. Grant, Beatrice, Neb. Pictures. 

Kansas City, Kans. — (Also stores). 5th and Virginia avenues. Owner, 
Morris Bloomgartcn. Architect, C. A. Smith. Value not given. Pictures. 

Kenosha, Wls.^(Also hotel). $500,000. N. W. corner Grover and 
Elizabeth. Owners, E. and F. L. DaytOB. ArohitOOt* W. P. WhitBSyi 
Chicago. Policy not given. 

Now Yark C}ty.r-(AJso otaces).. $1,600,000. 211-23 W. o3rd street and 
1G91 Broadway. Owner, Rose Marie Co., Inc.. Arthur Hammagstaln» 
president. Architect, H. J. Krapp. Policy not given. • J^-' 

No. Kansas City, Mo^ Also clul»^if0M/ Cornar Alf^^ 
streets. Owner, North IC C.*I>eveld|N^^ Oa. FlrMtt plia^^ Apt 
given. Pictures. / ;• r^■ '"^'^ 

Oil City, Pa^$100,000. Banectt PtMl iind AIIM^ Ow|lar, 
Herman MaphaiOL Architect, Hermaii |QwiB«iv SOw^ Vaudeville and 
pictures. 



Harry Riskin, author, has engaged 
with Albert Lewis to write material 
exdtHilV^, far the Lewis ytta^- 
viUit; pftt^uctnt 4«partinaat«* 



Sutcliffe Family, Scotch enter- 
tainers, have, heen bCNOkad for the 
Pantages Circulf thnmgh Alf T. 

Wilton. 



MickiBBii 

Ninasers Associatm Lti 

CKARLin MACK, Om. Msaagsr 
fM John R St. 

PSTBOIT. MICH. 

Boolriiig AeU DirBct 




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Marcus Loew 

BOOKING ACENCY 

General &xecutive Offices 

LOEW SUILDING 

ANN EX 

160 WE3X 4e^8T^ 

BKVANT- SSSO-'NEW YOlUCaTY 



HOUSES OEEHnrO 

The Commodore, New York, is 

adding vaudeville thl.^ week play- 
ing five acts on a split week 
booked by the Llnder Agency. The 
house is the newest of the M. ft 8. 
chain on the lower east side at 
2d avenue and 0th st. It has a ca- 
pacity of 2,300 and liad been play- 
ing presentations. 

The new Englert, Iowa City, la., 
costing $150,000, opened Nov. 17. lt'« 
an A. II. Blank theatre. SeaU 1,000. 

When the new Boulevard, seat- 
ing 2,000, opens Thanksgiving Day 
at Jackson Heights, I>ong Island 
City, its owners, iiarncy Grob and 
Ben Knobel. will control the main 
houses In Jackson Heights; The 
Boulevard will play three acts week- 



••DANCE FLASHES" v^ork^ "HARLEQUIN REVUE" 
iVbduced by ADOLPH A. ENGEL 

OIRL AV1> HOY TKAM»^ ANP N< : I.KS 

WANTED 

WkO can DANCE. BINO, PLAY IN*»TRUMRNT». Oil BOTH 
For FKATl'RKD NUMHRHS in VAUDKVII.I-K ACT 
rhone for Appointment. Endlrott SOOO 

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ELFREOA CHILTON 

fai ^XAm IDEALS'' 

MAUTV ARTISTRY RERSONALITY 

. Appearing Loew'i Eaatern Circuit 



ly on a split week basis in addition 

to the film feature. 

A new house on Buffalo uveuu'% 
Brooklyn, steting 2,SO0. Opens • 
Christmas Day. 

New theatre, Washington, N. J., 
opening Jan. 1. Owner, Dave Howell. 

ApOlte, Delancey street. New 
York, has resumed playing three 
acts on a split week. , 

The Star, West Hampton. N. J-, 
is playing four acts the last half. 

Tlu' newest addition to Qttlncy'.s 
(Mass), already long list of tho- 
atres, nine in a^Ity with a popula- 
tion of 60,000jflhe New Wollaston 
was opened last week by the A. A. 
Spitz Company. ^It plays four acts, 
feature film, news weekly, comedy 
and review and has a seating 
capacity of 1,300, with no balcony. 
It is under the management of 11. 
A. Chenowcth, with Percy Faulkon- 
berg as asMstAnt mapagcr. Music 
is furnished by Burnett's Indies 
orchestra. 

Tho Majestic, Des Moines, recent- 
ly ro-opened with the Tolton-Outh- 
rlc riayors, has added pictures to 
the regular stock and vaud«>vlllc. 

Tho Englert theatre, owned by 
tho A. 11. Blank interests is open at 
lov/a City, la. The old tlualro was 
deBtroyed by fire lawt June. Capa- 
city of 1,300. Stage lully oquipprd 
for vaudevtlle. 

The Strand. New l^ritain. Conn.. 
Is open, playing six acts on a splii. 
wf^ek booked by Arthur Kisber. 
Fisher hai also added the Bonto- 
vard, Jackson Heights, It. I., |^ay- 
Ing three sets on a split. 



J. H. LUBIN 

. MAEVUi H SCPNCK 

lUMNi 0wncm 
i04 WOODS THEATRE 6X6*0 

^ JOHNNY JONES — 



ACKERMAN & HARIU;^ 

EXECUTIVE OFFICES: - ■ ' ' ^ " 

THIRD FLOOR, PHELAN BLDG. 

MARKET, GRANT and O'FARRELL STREETS SAN FRANCiSCQ 

EILA HERBERT WESTON, Booking Mamg^r 

LOS ANOBLBS— Mi CONSOLIDATED BLDG. 

BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT 



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A VAUDEVILLE AWNCV WHICH 

PROMISES. CONSISTENT, EFFICIENT SERVICE SIHCB 1913 

The f ally Markiis Vaudeville Agency 

1B79 Broadway Lackawanna 7876 New York City 



Wednesday, November Sti, 1926 



BURLESQUE 



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BENNY LEONARD ON COLUMBIA; 
TWO NEW SHOWS FOR CIRCUIT 



Fight ClMmp Hoads H. & S/s ''Bullliiit Bulder*"— 
Replaces "My GirF*— "Kongo'' Take* Up "The 
Bat's" Time Dec 6— Indoor Qircus Show Likely 



Tw^ new l«git attraotions will 
^ft&f^ an^ the Columbia Burtoaque 
Clreult. *'Kotivo" haa h—n aeevrad 
hy Maurice Cane and opens Dec. < 
at Btiffitlo, replaelas loeffler a 
Bratton*B "The Bat," and "Battling 
Buttler," with Benny Leonard, for- 
mer lightweight champion, In the 
lead, will open under the Hurtlj; & 
Seamon banner and replace "My 
Girl," Bponsored by the same firm 
on the Columbia this season. An- 
other future possibility for the Co- 
lumbia is an Indo4»r circus attrac- 
tion, headed by '9»b<n«s*«^^ B^ 
lord, direction Arthur Kle|i. 

The signing up of Benny Leonard 
to head "Buttler" is considered a 
ten strike for H. & 8. Leonard has 
played vaudeville and was with one 
or two Bhubert musical attraottons. 
fie is expected to H ik blf^ Ap^ 
pop prices. * 

"Kongo." which had a ^*run*' in 
New York and Just finished a Cht* 
cage engagement, is also expected 
to prove a winner on the Columbia. 
**The Bat," which it replaces, closes 
next week- hi Toronto. The mystery 
pJay didn't catch on in the bur- 
lesque houses and follows "The Cat 
and the Canary," which was pro- 
duced for the Columbia by the same 
firm and which left the wheel sev- 
eral weeks ago. 

. These two new acquisitions leave 
the Columbia wlQi the following 
legit show's: "Aloma of the South 
Seas/' "White Cargo," "Red Kisses," 
•^he OoHlIa/* "Battling Buttler," 
apd "Kongo," in addition to the 
black and white s||Owe and aIl-col« 
ored attractions. < 
At the fute th^ Columbia Circuit 
li replacing burlesque shows with 
legit attractions it fs predicted that 
i^ot 4nore than tO straight burlesque 
attractions wlll^nrlve the biirrent 
aeason. 

The Columbia heads have con- 
tinually* asserted that the best of 
iiS^ bvrlepqUf shows would be re- 
tained, with legit and outside at- 
tractions added as fast as available, 
to provide. a variety, of entertain- 
ment for Columbia patrons and to 
break up the sameness of weekly 
entertainment purveyed by the bur- 
lesoue producers who have been 
producing standardised attractions, 
many of them using the same ma- 
terial as the preceding* attraction. 

It U this sameness and the diffi- 
culty in securing producers with 
new ideas that Is believed to be 
back of the Cohimbia's obvious in- 
tention to get away from straight 
bufMiaue as the policy of thS/iblt- 
cttlt. 




[lirlesquers Make Peiin. 
ip by Gondola Truck 

Wllllamsport, Pa., Nov. 23. 
^ The Music Box Revue (fourth 
editi^), billed for this city last 
W(^k t&iled to tMtW bteause of 
damage to roads and bridges by 
flood. The Majestic had been sold 
out when late in the afternoon 
Mani^ser Qeorg e H. Bubb received 
word that the company was held 
upybetween ti|o land ^H^O* ne^ Mt. 
earmel, Pa. • 

"Dimpled Darlings,** a hurlesque. 
Mutual show, gave a suitcase sho^ 
at Shamokln because of the storm 
conditions. They were on the same 
train as the Berlin show and were 
coming from Allcntown to Shamo- 
kin. Pa. The water was up to the 
steps of the coaches on which they 
wira- ridinir And food was brought 
to them In rowboat.«». The man- 
ager was able to get his company 
oft the train onto a- truck which 
backed up to the steps and with 
suitcases and trunks the company 
got .to Shamokin by trolley car. 
They played with two house sets, a 
fancy and wood scene. 
— Harry Blackstone, the magician 
and. 16 people were on their way 
from Lykens, Pa., by truck to 
Wellsboro. Upon, reaching this 
city he -found several hridg<?s oii 
the state roa-1 betwicen 'V^lfian^S^ 
port nnd ' Wellsborb wasHed* m and 
many landilides oyer the road. He 
was fdrc'ed to Cancel hfs *ngaife- 



Mihraiikee's Press Ban 
Qd Burlesque Hurts 



Milwaukee, Nov. 23. 

The local newspapers ha^'e 
begun a "hands off" policy on bur- 
lesque publicity. While the policy 
is not new ta Milwaukee burlesque 
theater owners, they have had 
rather good breaks for the past 
three yeani, newspapers giving 
them space now and then. 

Of late, however, the "Journal," 
leading evening sheet, has refused 
to accept burlesque stuff for its 
weekly theatre strip. The "fientl- 
nal" and "News" both are-turnlni? 
down legitimate news and pictures 
including stare weddings, picture 
tie-ups, baseball and tslMball score 
announcements and ev#i| flSNption 
returns from the stage. 

In the event of a real news story. 
Including persons tMillitf Injured 
leaving the theatre or any police 
action, the sheets refer to \e 
houses merely ia *%• downtown 
theatre." 

Press agents are throwing up the 
burlesque jobs in despair, leaving 
tha hattsei to plant thaUr ad copy 
and try to get some reading inatter 
OA the strength of that. 



I BURLESQUE ROUTES 



BURLESQUE BALL FEB. 13 



Committees Appointed for Annual 
A#«ir at Palm Qardan 



Meyer Harris, Howard Burk- 
bardt ahd X)ian Dody will act as 
chairmen of ail arrangements for 
the Bursolque Club 'Entertainment 
and Ball to be held at Palm Gar- 
den, Kew York, ^eb; IS. . . 

Various commlttdto have been 
appofnted to handle the affair. 
Charles H. Allen and Rube Born- 
sIMtt M lliM is ^laittiiiski ar en- 
tertainment, with Wm. S. Camp- 
bell as head of the rec^pUoa. com- 
mittee: 

others are: A. Cilttar«illl. Mere- 

tary and treasurer; Chas. Feldhcim, 
chairman publicity committee; Wal- 
ter Meyers, advertising; Edward P. 
SulllTan, b6s olBdi and tickets; 
William Koud, floor; Hughy Shu- 
bert, music director; Mark Nelson 
and Wm. Roehm, stage directors; 
Irving Btteker iad-Mlfard I^ewls, 
traveling representatives^ and Bill 
Hexter, chairman of the committee 
of arrang^ents» , 

BdetvK Tab rrih Fib 

Washington, Nov. 2S. 

The Strand, playing Loew's vaude 
and pictures, switched policy Sun- 
day to a musical tab running an 
houfv lirltli n MilMid run flMthf^ Aim. 

Leo Sta^mi is producing with 
I. B. Hamp. burlesque eomedian, 
featured. Nineteen people* includ- 
ing lha «li|onis.-;; ■ - 

C. p. A. FINAL DISBUESEKENT 

.The Columbia Bur;.esque ^ Pro- 
ducers Aisociation. dissolved some 
time ago, is sending out a flnal 
disbursement of assets t^ all for- 
mer members. , 

The last C. F. A. InVestad its 
assets in stock of the now defunct 
American Burlesque Association. 
The more recent association is re- 
turning about 81 percent to the 
producers. 



GAI24OHSB, COIUIIHA yoB. 

Oeotge €killagher, appointed man- 
ager of the Columbia, Cleveland, 
replacing R. C. Jones, assumed the 
post Uiis week. 

Gallagher was last season man- 
ager of the Mutual houses at 
Scranton and Wilkes-Barre and 
was associated with I. H. Herk 
during the life of the AmerlCBfn 
Burlesqv^ Cl^it. 



Mile. Babette and Clare Kvnns 
frave joined the Yorkvillo stoeli, 
2s ew Yui'k. 



COLUMBIA 

November 29 

Aloma of the South Seas— Bm- 

pire, Toledo. 

Around the World— Star and Gar- 
ter, Chicago. 

Bat, The— Gayety, Toronto. 
Big Sensation — Empire, Newark. 
Bozo's Show— 29-1, Van Curler, 
Schenectady: 2-4, Capitol. Albany. 

Bringing Up Father— Gayety, St. 
Louis. 

Broadway Brevities — 29-1. Teni- 
ple, Syracuse;^ 2-4, Colonial. I'tlca. 

Cooper, Jimmy— Casino, Philadel- 
phia. 

Derby Winners— Oayety, Wash- 
ington. 

4-11-44— Lyric, Dayton. 

Give and Take— Lyceum, Colum- 
bus. 

Clorilla — Casino, Boston. 

Kosher Kitty Kelly — Gayety. 
Pittsburgh. 

Let's Go: — Empire. Brooklyn. 

Lucky Sambo— Gayety, Boston. 

Marlon. Dave— Hyperion, New 
Haven. 

Merry Whirl— L. O. 

Miss Tabasco — Columbia, New 
York. 

Mutt and Jeff Honeynioon— Plasa, 
Worcester. 

My Girl— Empire. Providence. 

New York to Paris— Columbia, 
Cleveland. 

Powder Puff Frone«» Olympic, 
Cincinnati. 

Rarin' to Go— U O. 

Rod Kisses— Itlner'a Bronx, New 
York. 

Sporting Widows— Orpheum, Pat- 
erson. 

Undo Tom and Eva— Casino, 
Brooklyn. 

Watermelons — Gayety, Buffalo. 

Watson, Sliding Billy— 29, Ly- 
ceum, New London; 30, Poll. Merl- 
den; 1. Stamford, Stamford; 2*4, 
Park, Bridgeport 

White Cargo— Hurtlg A Seamon, 
Xew York. 

Williams. Mally--:<Sayety, Detroit. 

What Price Oloryt— Mace, Bal- 
timore. 

Wine, Women and Song—Qayety, 
llo^eh<»sts f.:. . ■ . ■ 

MUTUAL 

Band Box Revue — Garden, Buffalo. 
Bathing Beauties <— Academy, 

Pittsburgh. 
Bright Eyes — Olympic, New York. 
Cunningham A Gkmg— 0arr|ak* St 

Louis. 

Dimpled Darlings— St«^. Brooklyn. 
Finnell, Carrie— Majestic, Pater- 
son. 

Follies of Pleasure — Gayety, 
Brooklyn. 

French Models — Park, Erie. 

Frivolities of 1927— Gayety, Balti- 
more. 

Ginger Girls— Gsyety, Montreal. 
Good Little Devlls^wric, Newark. 
Happy Hours — QayatTr Wilkes- 
Barre. 

Hello Paree — Gayety, Milwaukee. 
Hollywood Scandals — Gayety, 
Minneapolis. 
Jazstime Revue — Mutual. Waiih- 

Ington. 

Kandy Kids — Empress, Chicago. 

KuddUn' Xuties— 21, York, Pa.; SO, 
Lancaster; 1, Altoona; 2, Cumber- 
land, Md.; Z, .Uniontown, Pa.; 4. 
Washington. 

Laffln' Thru — Savoy, Syracuse. 

La Mont, Jack — Gayety, Scranton. 

Land of Joy— 29, Allentown; SO, 
Columbia; 1. Wllllamsport; 2, Sun- 
bury; 3-4, Reading Pa. 

Midnight Frolics— Gayety, Louis- 
ville. 

Moonlight Maids — Garrick, Des 
Mones. 

Naughty Nifties— L. O. 

Nite Life In Paris — Grand, Akron. 

Over Here— Corinthian, Rochester. 

Parisian Flappors— -IBmpress, Cin- 
cinnati. 

Round the Town— Hudson, Union. 

City. 

Sky Rockets — Howard. Boston* 
Smiles and Klissg Cadillac, De- 
troit. 

. Speed Girls — Mutual, Kansas City. 
Step Along — Empire, Cleveland. 
Step Lively Girls — Gayety, Omaha. 
Stone and Plllard — Savoy. Atlantic 
City. 

Sugar Babies— State. Springfield. 
Tempters— Trocadero. Philadel- 
phia. 

Vamps of 1927 — Gayety, Louisville. 

Win Plea for Jury Trial 

The seven defendants, including 
the players and manager of the 
12jth Street stock burlesque. New 
York, were last week granted their 
pica of trial by Jury on charges of 
having projected and appeared in 
an indecent performance. Ail were 
continued on ball pending trial in 
General Sessions next month. . ' 

Aftor the raid and arrests, the 
group was held for trial in Special 
Sessions, but upon motion of their 
attorney for trial jury, the case 
went over ponding the dofMsion 
rendered last week. — 



BURLESQUE REVIEWS 



THE TEMPTERS 



(MUTUAL) 



Ingt^nuo Soubrot Dot La Mont 

Suuhrtt I'hylUa De Hita 

StraiKht Lronanl Kramer 

I'oiueilian Art Mayfleld 

rhurarter .••....Jue Miitth#w» 

Juvenile Jonlan 

I'rUna .EIIaa iUynur 



Get a load of the flossy stage 
names the Janes in this opera have 

picked. It's a Muttial sponsored by 
Williams & Jordon and in addition 
has a novelty that nobody will ever 
oop unless another producer flndf 
himself with a Bowery set on his 
hands and nothing to fit it. 

Williams and Jordon didn't let it 
boUier them any, for they trotted 
out a chorus in anto-bolltnu cos- 
tumes for a minute, right down next 
to the flop Joints and barrel houses 
and alibied It with a program note: 
• Now York In the Early 90's." 

However, nobody from the The- 
atre Guild saw it and the customers 
on 14th street roglstered it was all 
okay with them by ai>plau<ling the 
number. Anything can or could 
happen on the Bowery. 

The show is strong In the com- 
edy department, due to the fine 
work of Art Mayfleld. tramp comic, 
and the excellent character work of 
.Toe Matthews as a Rew Kelly dope 
in (he first part and an eccentric 
comic In the second. These two 
can!i' the comedy btirden with Leon- 
ard KraiTUT. .Ill cxporlenced straight 
man becoming an accessory after 
the fact. 

lialher an attractive chorus ca- 
vorted out upon the twin runways 
several times and never failed to 
prind to returns. While the girls 
don't seem to bother much about 
calories there were no trick shapes 
visible, and they looked well on 
each occasion in their various 
changes. 

The railbirds appreciated the 
closcups, and were religiously chap- 
eroned by the alert minions of Dave 
Krause, who walk down the aisles 
and see that none of the dames is 
mislaid during the sojourns over 
the heads of the Democrats. 

With the three principal women 
an aim to please the errant male 
taste was discernible by the man- 
agement. Elise Raynor. a tall saftig 
prima; Dot La Mont, short chubby 
ingenue "soube." and Phyllis de 
Kita, slender willowy blonde sou- 
bret. got them going and comln" 
All throe have their Bedford di- 
plomas in the "grind" and all three 
sell every song, l>a it ballad or blues, 
with the shivery accompaniment, 
the outstanding trade-mark of these 
shows. 

And Mile. Fifl, the Oriental dancer, 
back in the Olympic after a long 
vacation, hasn't lost an ounce and 
didn't lose a customer, although she 
was spotted way down near the 
finale. Feefe gives them what they 
want and how. Sho followed all of 
the shimmiers and turned in a 
couple of new hooks on her own. 
She has a hop on her fast one that 
none of the principals can match. 
Under black chantilly lace short 
panties. Feefe was In the altogether. 
She led the exotic league and hit 
.400 without using a rabbit ball. 
Feefe goes with the lease and will 
probably shake it up for the boys 
all sejison, for shf '.s vor.satlle. Next 
week it may be the head of John 
the Baptist on a dish. Who knows? 

The act held a scenic flash In 
"underneath the sea" set and the 
rest of the production was up to the 
wheel average. An allegorical bit, 
also staged In the Bowery set but 
more in keeping, gave Matthews an 
opportunity to turn In a realistic bit 
as a dope fiend who blamed his 
plight on the whisky trust and pro- 
hibition. 

Summing up, Williams A Jordon 
have assembled a good Mutual 
show and one that should gather 
many pennies around the wheel. It 
has everirthing necessary for suc- 
cess on the cireitit Com. 



Art Frahm's Wife's Divorce 

San Francisco, Nov. 23. 
Art Frahm. treasurer of the Pres- 
ident Theatre, has been assessed $60 
a month by the divorce court Judge 
who awarded a decree to his wife, 
a former chorus girl with Will 
King, liiat woek. The couple have 
one child. ' : 



Margie Pinetti Sticks to B'kiyn 

Margie Pinetti is not returning to 
burlesque Via Bd Sullivan's Mutual 
show, "Dimpled Darlings," as re- 
ported. Miss Pinetti remains In ?» 
' iJrooklyn cubaict instead. 



ttrouss Shew Taks4'0ld Naiiia 

Harry Strous.s* "Derby Winners 
fC'olumbJa) has resumed Its former 
I title of "Talk of the Town." 

From Vaude to Daley Show 

S^rtoa ard Jtoung v^uiuiiip x\^\t 
va4li^ datsif in^t week: to Jmnj) Into 
Lena Diiley s ''Offil ghslr'*! Oil *the 

Columbia Whee l. 



SPORTING WIDOW 

(Columbia) 

.Soubret. Tbelma Oln^s I.roj.ard 

Ingenue d^... .Ireno «\>|ictt« 

I'rima Donna.. Muliel Uerluvr 

JuN>'nlle •••••••••••• Sully Hlt# 

SiraiKtit Warri'n lioyA 

Ooini^xUan. Harcy M;irtliil 

OoiiiO'iian. ..•••••,.••*•••••*•• .Geo. Sheltatt 

.S|>. 1 iaity.... «««,••••••••• Kosa Ilajf 

ITinciital. , UiUy lilMilsr 



John G. Jermon'a "Sporting Wid» 
ows," one of the renuUninf bur* 
leaqiie attractions on the Columbia 
circuit. Is a good show because It 
possesses two good comics and one 
clever principal woman, but could 
be made a great sht.w were it givoa 
lOU per cent dirfcllon. 

The comedy department, thanks 
to the capabilities of Goopko Shol- 
ton, tramp comic, and Harry Mar- 
tini, a converted Juggler, doing a 
red-nosed opiw.'^ite. .stands out, but 
the rest of the opera is blah. 

The chorus numbers are a throw* 
back to the days when all the cho* 
rines wore tights and did nothing 
but "drills." There Isn't a dancing 
number in the show that means 
anything but time-killing, and the 
girls work as though they wore rub- 
ber boots. Much time is killed with 
"drills." "formations" and old-fash^ 
loned dance routines with the chor- 
us on alone, not one of which re- 
ceived a single handclap. It slows 
up the show and detracts from the 
excellent showing of the comedians 
and Mabel Reflow. the valuable and 
versatile prima donna. They still 
do the "Parade of the Wooden Sol- 
diers" In this one, and it Is the most 
modern of the drills. 

The other women are Tbelma Gig- 
gles Leonard, stereot ypy soubret, 
and Irene Collettc, good-looking. 
Wfll- shaped Ingenue, who reads lines 
like a ventriloquist. 

Sheiton and Martini deserve the 
brackets^ The former works with 
quiet surefire methods in tramp 
character with a tinge of Bobby 
Clark, and the latter, despite his 
broad English accent, registers with 
him. Martini also accounts for a 
tiptop comedy dance and hat and 
club Juggling spcQlalty, which 
proved him no slouch in that de- 
partment. Rite and Reflow atso do 
their dancing specialty to returns, 
and Miss Reflow leads numbers with 
pep and abandon. She also iridK 
convincingly In the vamp bit,* 
which Sheiton scores heavily. 

"The Shooting of a Spy," another 
comedy scene that clicked, can thank 
Sheiton and Miss Reflow for putting 
it over, but the htgh- light of the 
evening in the comedy department 
was "So I Hear," a bit in which 
Sheiton and Martini aa. two. deaf 
citizens carry on a conversation by 
exchanging one set of synthetic ear 
drums. "Ju.st Married." an old bur- 
lesque bit. was also worked up for 
laughs, thanks to Sheiton, Shuler, 
Boyd and Martini. 

The show is nicely produced, with 
the eostumes above the average. The 
sets are bright and colorful, and 
I. B. Hamp has turned out a good 
though reminiscent book. It is in 
ensemble dancing the show falls 
down. It Is all right to go down In 
the trunk for old "bits" and gags, 
but a chorus "drill" Is as obsolete as 
antimacassars. With this depart- 
ment remedied and pepped lip *Tha 
Sporting Widows" would compare 
favorably with any burlesque show 
on the Columbia. Until it Is, the 
show Is Just an average good on% 
because it maj(es them laugh. 

Cofi. 



scon NEEDS MONEY 



A. C.'s Savoy Remains Mutual 

T\\f* Savoy, Atlantic f'ity, w»U re» 
m^Hji on the Mutual V\ he<J. 



<Cdntlnttad from page S) 

aid and help. Before his present 
trouble Scott had a perfectly clean 
and clear record. He had been 
general manager of BU V« Groena 
Co., with 182 branch Mifless la the 
east and at one time was general 
manager, aUo president of the 
R. T. Scott Co., of Canada witli it 
branch offices. 

In Legit and Vaud. 

He has appeared on the legtt 
stags In •«Toa Many^OooksT fol- 
lowing Frank Craven In that plec^. 
he says; also with Olga Petrova In 
"The Hurricane." In Chicago Scott 
states ha was a Mason (Boclid 
Jjodge, Boston), among other or- 
ganisations he belonged to. 

It jnight be accepted from Scott s 
letter that he wants to carry his 
case up to the ITnlted States Su- 
preme C?ourt, If his sentence is con- 
firmed on the State's {Supreme 
Court review. Ho alleges n legal 
precfdent In his double sentence to 
hang for the same crime. 

Donations for Scott's dsfense may 
be sddr*ssod to his fsther, Thos. H. 
Scott, 514 Sun Building, Detroit, 
Mich. Copies of 'The Shadow of 
the Rope,' ma y also be secursd 
^rom •ths sraor 



Wixn A rcpi ieve was obtaliieA^for 

.«=?rott aftfi Itis trial. Variety's Chi- 
cago offices interested itK* 1£ in it. 
fully investigating the coife at that 
time. The Chicapo office has en- 
dorsed the letter roreived by 
Varitly, in Nj'vy York, from ScotU 



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BOSTON 
161 IrBmontSL 



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TO R.ONTO 
193 YMirieSt. 



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WedntMUy, November 1926 



VARIETY 




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CHICAGO 
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MINNEAPOLIS 

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LONDON. WC 2 ENOLANO 
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AUSTRALIA. MCLBOURNC 

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VARIETY 



Wednesday* November 24. 1926 



PRESENTATIONS-^ILLS 

THIS WEEK (November 22) 



Shows carrying numerals suen fts (10) or (11) indicate opening this 
WMki on MMNiSr er Ifoiidey. ai datii majr b«. For next wt«k CIT) or (It). 
iHUi ipttt weiire 

An MterlBk #•) W«rt iiamt tiffBiflta act is new to city/dolair A |i«w 

turn, reappearing after absence or appearing for first tima. - . > 

Initials listed afUr bouses for boolclng affiliation are: 
Pictures (Pc) Independent (In) ^ Keith's Western (KW) 

B«rt L»v.y (BL) <|^.|itl>n <WV) 

Where no initials are used with tuanm Of theftlfe^. denotes hoiMt Is 
without regular booking affiliation. 

Pieturas include in claaaiflcation picture policy with vaudeville or 
preMBtfttta •• •dlunct, Indapandant fneludea thoia |K>p vaudavilla 
(iraiidevllle Md ptotuhM) tlifitHitfAUAM no f onoral hool^ oflloo. 

. '... I ■ ..... 



Pantages (P) 
Orphaum (O) 



BERLIN 

(Month of Kovember) 

•iipla . . ^< Hetaee Cfolhi • 

4 Lyoas Hermanns Rublo 

.... Johannes JosejBs'n 

Mile Friderlque Danoll Astl 

Ifm* Walker's Q'ls Vera Trefllova 



Rene Tliaao 
Henri Oarat 



Thr4 Woak 

CHISWICK 



St. Hilda Bd 
Plattier Bros, 
Leo Bill 
Rom Bal 
lUiraoU Jb WMt 
Wuah Wynne 



Brighter Blatt^l 
Rev 

HACKNKT 

Kmplre 

Bnrr Ik flfopii 
Lene Browa 
^lacorlp 
Evelyn 81s 
Oslo Tr 

LONDON 



Jack Hyitoa. 
Will Fyffe 
■thel Heek. 
Frod Curran 
Farirar * ICayart 
Jull Fernan 
Helman S 
Mlok 



Calitteai 

Foy Jb Fey 
Laytoa it J*luMrae 
Georse A Batetotr 

Heather Thatcher 

Crastonlnns 
Zelda A Jobn 
Debroy Somess 
Tyrolean C9 

VKW CROSS 



Street Ohow Rsv 



J Blrmfnghaia 

Nixon Orey 
Wilson Hallet 
Eddy Gray 
rria A Phyllis 

Tha DaUali 



Geo Baas ^ . 

Hetty Kins 
Greaham Blnfera 
Victoria Oir^-: ^.^ 
Ling * IjOBg . 
Jack Lane 
The Haesana 
S Bens 



PROVINCIAL 



ENGLAND 



Otf tki^ PaaM 

HRMIS^GHAM 
GrsBd 
So This la B'm's 



Belter Skelter Rev 
> . BBISTOI. 



Big Bed Bsv 

CAMtiafW 

Kmplre 

Lily Morris 
Hilda Ward 
Broaltts # Browa 
Lea R WliNlanis 

Jean Kennedy 
(One to fill) 

■DINBUBO 



Snarajrs 4lev 

GLASGOW 
Alhanabra 
All Kinga Horaea 



Glad Byes Rev 

HtTLL 
Palace 
Parla NIfhta |ley 

Kmplre * 

Amaiing Samaea 
Hilda Olydar 
t Botes 

J W Rickaby 
Chas Ancaeter 
C * I Veaty 
Jack Roskit A B 

LEICB8TIUI 
ralac« 

Dorrta Dene 

Clay Keyea 
Roae Bal 



S Bennoa 
Lyons & O' 
Jim & Jack 

LIVBBPOOL 



Th* AsicAie 

MANCHldSTER 
Hippadrome 

Blaine Robinson 
Burke & Head 
Harry Tate 
Robb Wilton 
Narva A Xnes 
MMMh Mr 
George Hard 

Palace 

Lido Lady Rev 

yEW GA8TLB 



Love 

KKWPOHT 

Empire 
Keep Dancing Rev 

NOTTINGHAM 




NEW YORK CITY 

Capltei. («1) 
Roaea 

Joyce Colea . 
C Hate Gtrfs 

TurriH & Huncbuk 
"Flaming Forest" 

ParamaaaC (SO) 
Helen Torh^ : . 
Panl Klaaiaa 
James Clark 

6 Tivoil Girls 
The Poney Ballet 
"Ood Oaye If a sec 

Rlalto (St) 

Tataa it Law ley 
"la Navy Now" 

Bieea ftO) 

Marguerte Ringo 
In a Muafo Shop 
"Great #*tsk)r^ 



John Quinlan 
Strand Ballet 



Mirth Mack 
Wells A Wtntbrop 

Gould Dancers 
•'Must He liove" 

Stratford (SI) 

Tod Leary 
M Hillbllm Bd 
Jos Josepha 
Uennett * FMcher 
a Sevillaa : >: 
"B de uH a d r AetPg**' 

TlvoU (tt) 

B Krueger Bd 
Peraian Qardea 
"Sttbway SaOl^ 

rptowa <ii|)| T 
Van & sck*ak4 '' 
Welsh Cho#aa 
'*M«*t B« Love** 

BALTIMOBB, MD. 

Cmimg <ti)>\; 
I Aaronson Oa 
"La Boheme" 



In Thia Viainity This Waak 

TUSPCORDBOYS 

At Beniard. iFraek Kaaplala. taaiMy tte»t 
MABK BTBAHP. BBOOKLTM 

-^OE FRIEDMAN'S 
f 14 VIRGINIANS 

' i FOX'S CITY, L.%8T HAKB^ 

BARR TWINS 

BitB« Port Richmond, Last Half 

JACK JOYCE 

LOKW'S AMERICAN. FIR8T HALF 

{PHIL and EDDIE ROSS 

I Rita, Ft. RlckaiOBd— Lincoln. Ca. Hill 
BlkCLVSlVB MUiNAOBMBNT 

lALF T.WILTON 



1SS4 



IN<X>BP0BA1!ftD 
Bvsaeway — BriJraMI tOlt-i 



Boyal 

Duchess Decides 

FOBTSMOljCXIIc 

■ojral ,..' 

Tha Leva oieiaM *. 

SALFoib 

Palace 

Sacked Again Rev 

8UKFFIELD 



Klag 

gOVTHSSA 
King 

The .Sludrnt Prince 
HINOKRLANO 



Ne Ma Xaaette 

iWANiBA 

Empire 

Merry Go K'nd Rv 



PARIS 

(Zhlft Rot. 90) 

Apalle 



Bradford & Ilamt'n 
Mildred O'Keefe 
Betty Gardon 
Jcanctte Dietrich 
Constance Kvans 
Emmeline Nqrelly 
Floriane 

Canaros Tiplea Cr 
Sam Wooding 

Champa Klyaces 

ArragOB Allegrls 

Menxell A Salom'ff 
Mra WaJLM-tr. Co 
Joe Blendy 
Oncaime A I6d 
Staaley- Bras 
Flsaai: 
A Remmaa . 
Iiarrla Vr 
• FrIIll 



Rivels S 

4 Philips 

18 Romaaos' Tr 

inaudl 

Klewaing S 

Zaiesfcy Co 

t Bolaada 

Andreu't Tr 

8uzanna Dubost 

Hede 

nee A waiter 

If ayat 4>mewt 

T^ydla Jofinson 

Misa Harryett 

GermaMa 'Lfk 

Doumel 

Ma nolo TItoa 

Alma ftis 

Yvonne GulUct 



Vincent Lopes Or 
"Blonde Saint" 

CHICAGO 

■alaiat (M> 

Radio Scandals 
Rome A Dtina 
Art Linick - « ' 
Tom Mails 
Spade Sla 
Carmen Stalw 
Clom Dacy 
Gould Dancers 
"Subway Sadie" 

Capitol (M) 

D Delbrldfe Bd 

Knox Com 4 
2 Genins 
Padget A Lubin 
fi Sweelliearta 
I^owoll i:or<lon 
"Take It From Me" 

Ceatral Fk. («S) 
Sammy Kahn Bd 

CMeaga (tS) 

McQuarrie Harp'ts 
Barnyard FolUaa 

Hats^. ; r 

Oraaa«a (tt> 

non Moroff Hrl 
Rector A Cooper 
J Ha.tkell Proa 
"Roaic OOrady" 

Harding (S9) 

Art Kahn Bd 
J A J Walton 
Red Carter 
O'Neal Sia 
Gould Dancera 
'Vubway Sadie" 

HeTlekers at) 

V'ltnphone 
"Don Juan" 

Oriental (t«> 
Paul Aah 
MUt Wattoa 

Fonraomo 

Johnny Prrkins 
Vain A Stewart 
8 Tumblers 
"Popular Sin" 

8cnate (33) 

Mark Fisher IJd 
(ionrg** Riloy 
llelene IleMcr 



. Embaaay (tS) 

Fted Guteraon 
"Love's BliatketB^ 



(Ml 

The Irwin Ms 
Rlnaldo 
•'Tke Cttr» • 

RlToU (St) 

The I^avMF Olrli 
Jack Afthar 



"Syncopating Sue" 

BI FFALO. N. Y. 
Doffalo (SI) 

Moottiigkt 

Oene Austin 
"In Navy Now" 

l4ifayett« (Si) 
Indian I^ve Call 
Kdwin Qeorga 
Lovo Poeme 
4 Clovelly •Olrls 
Harry Happl 
"Almoat a Lady'* 



BeKALB, ILL. 

' Balm (n^y: 

Took A Toy 
Jassomaala 

DBS VOIlflHI 
Bee Meteee (tt> 

Koha A Dcplnto 

DETROIT 
Capitol (SS) 
laham Jonas Bd 

LIKCOLN. NBB. 
Orpkeam (S») 

Dance Flashes 

IjOH ANGELES 

BoaloTard 
lac half (S1-2S) 



OsgeH A Matte - 

lANlle Graham 
'iPjraeopatlng Sua** 



laa (ta> 

Loalaa Baplael 
"Mara Nostrum" 

NEW HAVEN, CT. 

B. Skarmaa (SI) 

stasia A Btake 
*Take It Fram Ma* 

OMAHA 
Rlalta (SS) 
Moas A Mannings 

PUII^tDKLPHIA 

Fay 'a (f1) 
Punjab 

' Th«» Blue Eagle" 



—A HIT— 

LADA'8 LOUISIANA 
LADS ORCHESTRA 

Palmeia Clak, JaekaoaTtlle. Fla. 



SEE 



SEE 



ROEHH & RICHARDS 

strand 'theatre Balldlag 
Broadway A 4Ttk Btrast, M. T. C. 
LACKAWANNA sIMS 



Fanehon A M Idas 
"Ducheaa Buffalo" 

2d half (84-27) 
Gene Morgan Bd 
P A M Vod-Bits 
"The Quarterback" 

Carthay Clrda 

(Indef.) 
C'arli EllBOr OiiA 
Glory 

Arnold Glazer 
KosloS'a Dancera 
"What Prtea Olorjr" 



(1^) 

S Santaella Bd 
L ghlin's Col C'pcra 
Black Bottom Rev 
"College Daya" 

Faram (ladat.) 

HenkePa Classics 

Algeria 

M A J Kaoz 

"BMkU Oesie^ 



»s Stat« (IS) 

Dave Good Bd 
F A M Idea 

Major- Goodaell 
Eileen Flory 
San Fran Baaattse 
"Tin Hats" 

MetropoUtaa (!•) 

Ed Peabody Bd 

Jazz a 1a Carte 

Hoey A W^alker 

Lee Kent 

A A L Walker 

Metro Glrla 

"God Me Gave 20c" 

Million Dollar 

L Forbstein Bd 
Goba 

George O'Hara 
MoDowell A M 
Jimmls 0>a|ea 

Cervo 
Dllbrew 4 
Dick Meagh 
Denny Stulmaa 
"In Navy Now" 

rptown (IS) 

George Stolbarg Bd 
"Midnight taai** 

Weatlaka (SI-SS) 

Charlie Malaon Bd 
F A M Varletlea 
"Tha Qaartarbaok" 
2d half (24-27) 

Charlie Melaon Bd 
Fanchlon A M Idea 
"Dachass Baffalo" 

MILWAITKBB 

Wlaoonala (SS) 

Betty Ouimet 

MINNEAPOLIS 
MsElis <SI) 
Beamaala Oar 

NBWABK. N. I, 
Draaford (SO) 

Art lAndry Bd 



FITTSBIJRGH. PA. 

Oraad (SI) 

Marioa McKag Or 
'The Quartarbaek" 

ST. LOVIS. MO. 

Amfc aaaader (80) 

Venetian Skies 
Loomis 2 , 
Kharum . ; - ' 
"Sya c e i k H p g Baa" 

Onm* Ceptral (SO) 

Hot Turkey 

Gene Rodemloh Bd 

"Midnight Lovarar* 



Th'kaglving 
Irmanette 
Berta Gilbert 
George Sis 
Mo Dancera 
•la Navy Now" 

State (SO) 

Qua Edwarda Rev 
Willie Robya 
"Upstage" 

arr. paul 

OagUal (SS) 
Oald Bast t 

TOLBDO, CAN. 

vptami my 

Chaae A LaTSOa 
Eddie Hill 
Larry Rich 
Nea Wong 
Tha Alako Co 

FacMie" . 



KAN. 

Novelty 

2d half (26-27) 
The Oabberts 
DeWUt A Ounther 
MacOwen Klddjctt 
Jahaiir Heraiaa Co 
B eeeh mat Troape 

WASH'GTON, D. G. 

M B iae gd Mt aa Cti» 

Waring'a Peaa Or 
"Strong Man'* 
(28) - 
Davla Oroh 



Jack North 
Cy Landry 
Strlkland'B Orch 
Batty Marvift 
Disk Lalbsrt 
"Upstaga" 

(28) 
Brooke Johns 
DIok Lalbert 
*XlaF Bss slv ai! ^ 



Otto F Back 
Pambarton Dancers 

8 Kozetavitcli 
"Michael Strogofr" 




NEW YORK CITY 
Amarleaa 
lat hair (tf-i| 

S Red Caps 

Mildred Feelay 
Winifred A Mills 

Miller Sl9 Rev 
Frank Dixon c;a . 
Wm Bbbs Co 



Fraak ShespMA- 
Jaek- Jai^ Ce 

Ruth Roye 

Rhoda A F'dkin Co 

Sd hall <M)' 
S Londona 
Kerr A Ensign 
Besaer A Balfour 
Roae A Moon Rev 
(Oaa te till i 



Marfcg A Ithet 
Togaa A Usaava 
(Two to fill) , 

TIaaala i«. 

lat half (2f-l) 
Novelty Clinteas 
Jessie Miller 
Nat C Halnas Ca 

(Two to All) 

2d half <2-S) 
Earle A Saloman 
Archer A Belford 
Winifred A Mills 
(Twa to iU) 

Natlaaal 

1st half (29-1) 
M Janowaky Tr 
Hazel Croaby Co 
Kerr A Bnslga 
Wilton A Woker 
J Johnson Rev 

2d half (2-S) 
Strobel A Mertena 
Howard A Bennett 
Wiikena A Wllkeaa 
The Canalnos 
(Oaa to All) 



lat half (29-1) 
Strobel A Merfens 
Howard A Bennett 
Hugh Herbert Co 
Si sale A Btaka 
Ford Dancera 

2d half (2-S) 
Maude Ellott Co 
Arthur Lloyd 
Hall A Dexter 
Julian Hall Orch 
(Oae te All) 



<tt) 

5 Lelands 
Frank Whitman 
Babcock A Dolly 
Labia A LowryAM 
Geae Tuaney 
(Oae to fill) 

Tletorbi 

Ist half (29-1) 
Dillon A Marg 
Froat A Morrlaon 
Maeart A Bradford 
Jack Ooldle Rev 

2d half (2-5) 
Poaalal's Moakeya 



Jack Jaali Cto 
May Uakar 

(One to All) 

CMICAOO 

Maiia-fiil 

Amblar Broo 
Healy A Gamella 
La Foy StatzmanCo 
Wlnehill A Briaco 
B Thsmaa Bev 

ATLABtA* ifllA. 

SMSSF (tO) 

Caating Campbella 
K'fman A Lillian 
Thornton A Squires 
Tilyou A Rogera 
Amelia Mollaa Co 

BAT BIBOB, N. T. 

Loew 

lat half (29-1) 
Randow Trio 
Dolan A Gala- 
Married Uh 
May Uaher 
Musi eland 

Sd half (2-i) 

The Earles 
Maya Burt A F 
Kimberly A Page 
Donovan A Lsa 
(Oaa to flH)< 

bibmingMam 

BIJoa (SS) 

Achillea A N'wman 
Weat Oates A B 

Cook A Vernon 
Toney A Norman 
W MeFharlaae Bv 

BOSTON 
Orpheam (SO) 
BelaasI S " 
3 Orettoa 
Caaey A Warran 
HUtoB A Chaalaigh 
Nortoa A BrevRir:! 
Town Toptoa 

BUFFALO. N. T. 

Blata <S0) - 

King Bros 
LeMeau A Toung 
Raaard A Wast 



Masoa A Owyaae 

The Worths 

NEWARK, N. 9. 

Stata (St) 

Depford S 
NAG Verge 
Clay Crouch Co 
Rita Gould Co 
O'Connor A McKee 

NEW ORLEANS 

(hasesat (St) 
Herberta 
Uelea Morattl 
Browa A LaTalla 



Dorothy a Arg© 
W H Ward Co ' 
Nae Naaarro 
spaak B B n%r 

«««OKTO, CAN, 
St. (St) 

Bedford A Wallaea 
Buma A Mclntyra 
Eva Fay 

Gordon A Pierce 
Secrets of 1926 

WOODH'YEN. 
1st halt (29-1) ' 



MAXHARTi 

Books Picture Houses 



IS6O Broadway 



New York 



Marly White 
Danceland 
NORFOLK. VA. 
Htate (St) 

Powera S 
Rose O'Hara 
McD Kelly -A Q 

Davis A Nelson 
Parlslenna Arte 

PBOffD*a^ Ik. I. 
Bmsit (it) 

Lonla Hiio. 



Togan A Geneva 
Rais Walimr S 

Moore A Mitchell . 

i4 half (S^t) 

S Walters 
Gilbert A Caryl 
Sharoa' Stephens Co 
Rath Roys 

^Oae ta our' 



[ Pantages • | 



QFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. ▼. 

DR. JUUAN SIEGEL 



ISit Braadway. New York 
Be*. 4«th and 41th Sta. 

This Wsekt Yal and Braie Staatsa 

Kelly , 



Irving Edwards 
Wilton A Weber 
Miller Sis Rev 
(One to nil) 

BROOKLYN 
Bedford 

Ist halt (St-I) 
J A J Glbsoa ' 
Mary Marlow 
F Farnum Co 
Brooke A, Nace 
Al Zee Orch 

2d half (2-6) 
Novelty Clintona 
4 Choo Dandles 
Wm Bbba Co 
Ford Dancers 
(One to nil) 

Oatea 

lat half (29-1) 
CUtr Jordan Co 
Downing A Dorla 
Archer A Belford 
Hail A Dexter 
J Hall Orch 

2d half (2-<) 
4 Gaertnera 
Raasell A Armstr'g 
F Famam Co 
SIssle A Blaks 
(One to fill) 



Harry Rosa 
Cafe Madrid 

CLBVBLAND, O. 

»tata (St) 

Arnold ft Flori^es 
Wyoming 4 
Chaae A LaTokr* 

Meyera A Hanford 
Ijombardo Bd 

DALLAS. 



(tt) 

Weiss 3 

Furman ft Evans 
Morgan ft Grey 
McGrath A Deeda 
Medofa ^ff..,. 

BrAiis#^riiiB. 

victory (St) 

Kismet Sis Co 
Keo Tokl A Tokl 
Chambert'B A Bagl 
Blaoa City 4 . 
Jack Powell 9i«t 

■BBOKEN. N. 9, 

lat half (29-1) 
Laaar Morse Co 
Chas T Aldrlch Co 



SUITS FOR PALL AND WINTBR 
IN tXCLUSlVK MATERIALS 



BEN ROCKE 



1632 B'way. at Mth St., N. V. City 



Hatha 

lat half (SS-1) 
S Loadoaa ' 
Charlatan A Shields 

Don Alvin 
Chas MoratI Co 
I/ncaster ft L'ming 
Cook A Shaw Sla 

Sd half (2-8) 

Randow 3 
K«ily A Knox 
Cook ft Oatman 
Geo Roaener 
Muai eland 
(One to nil) 

Metropolitan (29) 

Cook's CircuH 
Geehan ft G'rotson 
Geo Schreck Co 
Kempar A Bi^erd 



WHEN 

PLAYING 

PHILADELPHIA 



JACK L UPSHUTZ 
TAILOR 908 Wabnt St 



ORDER 
MONDAY: 
FINISH 
SATURDAY 



CINCINNATI 

Swisa Garden (SS) 

Frances Allia 
Marlon Carl 

CLEVELAND. O. 

Allea (11) 

Earl A Bell 

Olga Cook 

Roy Smeok 

Sain T^ewis 

H S|>»tainy Hd 

"Flaming Forest" 

Pall and Mull (*1) 

ficrfrudo Arnold 
I>i<k MHxweli 
Angelo Vitale Bd 
"Stepping Aitong" 
DAVENPORT. lA. 
Capitol 

J Kemper Bd 
Leatrice Wood 
Muriel Kays 



S Walters 
(One to nil) 

2d half (2-:;) 
Jutta Valley Co 
Cortoz A Ryan 
Muriel ft Fished Rv 
Dolan A Osle 
Macard A Bradford 
(Three to fill) 

Aveans B 

Santiago 3 
lilanche Collins 
Morgan A Lake 
4 Choc Dandlea 

Rajah Rnboid Co 

2d half (2-6) 
Toodlos ft Todd 
A A L Barjowe 
Alf Ripon 

R.ijah Raboid Co 

(One to flii> 

Ikiulevard 
1st half (2».l) 
4 Gnortners 



St. 

1st half (29-1) 
Pontlnl'a Monkeys 
Louise A Mitchell 
Irving Bdwards 
Cook A Oatman 
Donovan ft Lee 
Muriel A F Rev 

2d half (2-S) 
Gordon A Day 
B'dmaa A R'wland 
Meyers A Uterllng 
Mary Tfrirlftrr 
Vaudeville. Ltd 
(One to mi) 

Greeley Sa, 

1st half (29-1) 
Cordon A Day 
BSdman A Rowl'd 
Meyera ft Ktc rling 
RuMifl ft Artnutr'g 
(Two to fljl> 

2d half {2-i} 
Rae Walser S 
Dowatng A Dorfs 



Klkuta Japa 
(Oaa ta ttU) 

Palace 

1st half (29-1) 
Toodlea A Todd 
Frank Rafel Co 
FAT Sablnl 
(Two to flit) 

2d half (S.|) 

Rantfago 3 

Mahel Drew Co 
Mi.r«au ft Lake 
N.it <" Ifnines Co 
(One to fill) 

Pramler 

1st balf (25-1) 

The J^«rl.'.«« 
Arthur Lloyd 
Kelly A KpoS 
Tent pie. 4 
Vaudeville Ltd 

2d half (2-&) 
Cliff Jordan Co 
B A E CoU 



Hubert Dyer Co 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (2-S) 
Hazel Croaby Co 
Eddie Roasall Co 
Brooks A Naes 
(Two- to tin 

JAMAICA. L. I. 
HtUslde 
lat half (29-1) 

Maude fillctt Co 
ilaya Burt ft P 
Kimberly ft Page 
Marka A Bthal 
The CaasHt'ea^ ' 

2d half (2-5) 
J A J Gibson 
Mildred Feeley 
PAT Sabiat . 
Al Bse Orch 
(One to nil) 

MNDON. CAIt- 

Loew 

1st half (29-1) 
Tokl 3 

Lydell ft Gibson 
BuzzlngtoQ Bd 

2d half (2-5) 
Christopher & C 
Aatllle A Fontaine 
Stttcllffa Family 

MKMFntt TBNN. 

I'oew (tt) 

Tom Da vies S 
Clark A Crosby 

James Kennedy Co 
Pressler A Klaiaa 

Md Collegiaaa , 

MILWAVKBB 
Ii«ew (St) 

3 Ilorinan Broa 
Treighlun ft I«yan 
N Arnaut Broa 
Trahan « Wallace 
Chas Ahtsni Co 

MONTREAL. CAN. 

Loew <St> 

Ford A Price 
(' R 4 

Kmily Darren 
Berlin vs Liszt 



NBWABK, N. J. 

(St) 



Serlaney Tr 
Bicota A Byras 
Alexander Ms 

Clemona Belling 
(One to All) 

TORONTO. CAN. 

Faatages (St) 

Reed A Duthsrs 
Claale Loftaa ' , 
Lewia A ABsse 
Orantoa 

(Two to nil) 

HAMILTON. CAN. 
FaatagM (St) 

Cahlll 

Laaalla Meraa 
Lucky. Bttt 
Boras A K^a 
Vadla Ce . 

inmioiT. MICH. 

Prank LeDent 
Alvina Musical Wez 
Hall A Brice 
Cliff Nasarra 
Daait--'.-:r 



Itt) 

Local Violinist 
MelUsa Ten Byck 
Potter A Gamble 
Robert Riley Co 

TOUBDO. O. 
Pantagea <iO) 

The Rioe 

Marureen A Wther 
Francia Renault 
Mullan Francis 

McDonald 3 
(One to nil) 

INDIANAPOLIS 

Vhaiagaa tat) 

Robettas A 
Nee Wong 
Cruising 
Plaher A Rarst. 
Clowning AfoM 
(One to All) 

MILWAUKEE 
I^eatagea (St> 
Oxford t 

Klnao 

Rice A Werner 
Swarts A GBBtrd 
Revelers 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Vtatagas (St) 

Diaz Sis 

Frank McConvllle 
Ourlan Margurita 
Barns A BarchlU 
Madiaa 4 . 

SiPOKANB; WASH. 
Faalagas(tt) 

Pan's Indoor Circus 

SEATTLE. WASH. 
Paatagaa (St) 

X>ashlagtoa*s Dogs 

Dolly DumpUn 
Oeraldlne MlUer 



Prank Vaa HaUa 
Joe Jackaon 

TAOOMA. WA8H. 

raaiagaa (tt) 

Lady Alice Pets 
Dolorez Lopes 
Marjah 

^ikry Ilai^ss 
Gertraj^lgderia 

LONOVIEW 
I Paatagas (St) 

Tan Arkia 
Joe Griffin 
Jarivs Rev 
Fabar A Walaa 
Chsa Rait Co 
(Oae la 111) 

SAN FBAN0I8CO 
Pantages (29) 

Royal Ga8ex>ignes 
Strang Sis 
Gene Bamea Ca 
craranas A Barker 
Polly A Os 
Sam Undfleld 

LOB ANGEI^ES 
Fajitages (St) 

Torino 

F Braid w«o4 
Verna IIaif%fth 
Watson Sis 
8 Melvlhs 

SAN DIEGO. CAL» 

Faatagea (St) 

Little Plplfaa 
Irene Stoaf 
Fargo A Bteharda 
Jolly Theaplana 
Aahlay A Sharpa 



Paatages (tt) 

Oasie A Llnka 
WingAeld A' Jeaa 
Rluumwdlaas 
Vox A Walters 
A Wiasaa 



OOBAM €AI» 
Faatagea (St) 

Pan's Night Club 

SALT LAKE 

Faatagea (St) 

LawtoB 
Billy Carmen 
Roy LaPearl 
4 Pals 

Tom Browns Orch 
(Oae to All) 

OGDBN, VTAM 

(St) 



Emporere of Song 
Baby Dodo Reid 
Gibson Navigators 
Douglas Charlsa Ca 

(On« to All) 

OMAHA. NEB. 
Paatages (St) 

Manning' A Class 

Ren nee ft King ' 
Dainty Marie 



BOOKED 

THIS WEEK 

8->KIKUTAS JAPS--8 
STANLEY and WALTERS 
BAKER and ORAY 

Dhroction MAKE J. LEDDT 
ftg w. dtth M. Sana ioi 



Isabel D'Armand 
Corbett A Barry 
JohhsDB A Baher 

VANCOiTTBB, B;0. 
Pantagait (tit) 

Crcll 

4 Pepper Shakers 

Barker ft Wynne 
Miller A Marks Hv 
Celia W.»Hton 
Babe Ruth 

liKL'OirM. WASH. 
Pantagee (St^l) 

Vam«' bnt • F^syl 

Everett (2-!>) 
Alma ft Duval 
Bishop S[ M( KePKie 
raris Sis ft Alex 
Reynolde Ponegaa 



Emett O'Msra 
Felvoia 
(One ta AU) 

KANSAS onr. MO. 

Fantages (St) 

Breakway Barlows 
Raymond Wylle 

Aleko 

Moiley & Anger 
Kl^na Rev 
(One to nil) 

MKMPiilS, TKNV. 
Pantagee (29) 

Dancing Frsnka 
Davey Jamieson 
Jan Rubini 
Cosmopolitan R*V 
Ford ft Whitey 
Emma Raymond 




Interstate 



ATLANTA. OA, 

publo Do Sarto 
Roinalne & Caatlo 
In WronfT 
BAD I>ean 

U'TOS KOUOB* I-^ 

Amaranth Sis 
KJfllc Mil.er 2 
A I K Hall 
ui«a America 
Arthvr Alexanacr 

B'BM'OHAM, ALA. 

MaJoNtic («S) 
Ftres & Mar(,''rito 
0«orir« N Brown 

. ■ Mly Kev 



/J bait (l-i> 

T & V I'BttB 

St. in Stanley 
i.ouis Tendon 
llarry CarroU 

(obo to mo 

Orpheum (tt) 

Frank Wilbur 
Ilelak* A SUnley 

Myra Lee 
.May & Kliduff * 
Wally Sliarples 
(One to nil) 

OKLAHOMA CITt 
Orpheam 

1st h;ilf (28-SO) 

AIcKenna S 
Trovato 

DeWo:fo KinaUr 



THIS WEEK: 

MORTON mnA BBOWEB 
LOEW'0 MONTREAL 
crAITD and LVCILLB FONDAW 
viN( OTN and AMKRICAN 
TKLAAK Mid DKAN 
ytttflMater »ad Jaravjr CUy 
Direction 

OHAS. J. FITZPAT&ICK 

160 Wairt 4tth 0IVMt. N«w Y«vk 



j,ocal liand 
Ije Or oh 9 

DALIES, TEXAS 

Majeatlc (iM) 

SclbinI A Albert 
Texaa 4 

Danlela & Kornman 
Jean Graneaa \ 
f Janaleys 
<Om te.flU) 

Tha Perrya 
Greadon A t>avla 

Rock & Blosao.n 
Mahon Scott Co 
Nad llaverly 

FT. WORTH, TKX. 

Majeatic (38) 

J..illian Faulkner 
Pred Hughes 
Tlllia Rue 
A A P fltedman' 

Ccnmell & Harris 

C AI.VKHTON, TEX 

Mojeatlc (28) 

Srvcl A Dal 
McCarthy A Ifoore 
l<7aoni'. Olaas 

J«-d Dooley 
Long Tack Sam 

UOI'SION. TEX. 
Majaatfe <t8> 

0 K Parkn 
Marlon Mllla 
Xerr A W«ala» R 

'% Sbrrilt 
(On* to Sll) ' 

i,*TLE ROCK. AMK 
Blajeatic 

i«t hjlf (2S-?'u) 

1 he I'errys 

C r. o'Jrn & Davis 
Jlah. r> & S« r ir 

Ritck ^ jaioaaoin 
ltM# tc HU) 



'Ifl.l lUnndell 
<tilbf>rt & May 

2a half (1.4) 
Cromwell Kaox 
3 Harpers 
Conlii) iNL Glass 
Lone Sjiar Four 
Ilal .0prHiirford Hov 

8. ANTONIO. TEX 

Majcatln («8) 

H»;rbrrt Bolt 8 
Villa & Strlgff 
Manny Kinir 
ISva Ciark 
Parisian Art 
(One U: 1111) 

TVL9A, OKLA 



Ifit lalf ^28. 30) 
CTrrnnvell Knox 
:j Ilarj.ers 
CAiilin 4' Glass 
Lcne Star 4 
Hal .^prlnKford K^v 

Sd hnlf (1-4) 
2 Dav»'y8 
Rich Cherfe 
I'urkor iJabb Co 
(Two to nu) 

WICHITA, KAN. 

MaJaaUa 

l.st half (28-30) 
Haraa A Wallace 
HTt»1rorth A CTd 
Howard A Llnd 
Hi T..O C 

Parker Babb Co 
2d half (1*4) 
McKenna 3 
Ed Blondell 
Danny Duffira<i 
oiibert A Max 
(One to flU) 

WICHITA FALLS 



JujrKllnjf Nelsona 
Warden & l^aCoate 
George McKay 
Nick lluflord 



c 



AiteciatiMi 



1 



C'HICAOO 

American 

Sunday (28) Only 
liaader Lavell Tr 
(Othera to flU) 

lot h41t (19-1) 
Alycia A Pay 
Watta A RluRold 
Elalo WllllamH Co 
Brown A Klaino 
BAB Clark Rev 

Id halt (2-4) 
Aartal Allena 
Lyla'A Bmerson 
Momar Ijind Co 
2>li!taon A Parish 
R6Sby JackMon Co 

CoBcraaa 

iat half (28-1) 
CahlU A Wells 
High Jlnka Rev 



2d half (2-4) 
Knt)x. <t Stetson 
(Jordon <SL- «;rofC 
Z'm'na A Farrar Co 
(tiPttollU) 

MiUMila (St) 

Alex'dcr & Bvdyn 
Fink's MulcH 
Back to Hiekbvillo 
Fern A Marie 
Sampael & l/h'rdt 
(Others to All) 
AURORA, ILL. 



I 



2d half (2-4) 
The Relforda 
darr Mayo. A H 

Artliur Corey Co 

BL'M'GTON, ILL. 
lugaatle 



WL ALBERT S. EPFS 

Suro«on Duntitt 
3R7« BROAHWAY, XKW TORK 

Tuklicity Building Phoat: Chi«k«rlM 80«5 

ThI- \y,'^V: Al.llKKT VON IlLZER 



Davis & McCoy 
(Two to nii> 

2d half (2-4) 
Billy Maine Show 



•'r.t h;ilf (2t-l) 

Ncl.son a. I'arinli 
Homer Llnd Co 
Prances Kennedy 

X'm'ne A Farrar C<> 

2d half (2-4) 

Urown A Elaine 

Kla!.> Wliliain'^ Co 
II A B Clark Rev 
(Two to illl) - 

KoAala 

1st half (88-1) 
Marty Dupree Co 
(Others to Jill) 

2d half (S-4) 
W A J B aa w aa 



Vaude Doctor 
IFoward Ilarrifl,A I. 

S:inily T.r.nK To 
• «»ti/« t.» fill) 

IJneolH Hipp 

1st half (29-1) 
'"ooper A Remmn 
i'ahjnt A Meritt 
»Thri}»» 10 ftll) 



l8t half (28-1) 
Valentino & B. 11 
DJchl Sis &' MoD 
Guy Rarick Co 

id half (2-4) 
Harlequlfln Rev 
I'urdy A Pain 
Hart's nollandors 

C^DAR RAPWS lA 
Majaatle 

l».t half (28-1) 
I''chaid * Ru.HS<»ll 
Harry Fiddler 
Itriscoc .V Ix '.orVo 
)rj>cr &, •i'lch-'l Co 

.2d haU (2-4) 
Myers A Nolan 
MuRical Goralde 
.^parlunpr Rohc 
Dancfl O'Manla 
(Ouo to AM) 

CIIAMPAlOir, ILL. 

pirphcam 



lAt half <S80) 
lltinK'irlnn Orch 
(Two lo fllU 

2d half (2-4) 
Jr Unit No & 
DAVENPORT, I A. 
I'olamMa 

Ihi liaif (£8-1) 
riPntsMan Doj's 8 



8d half (2-4) 
Kalao Braa Valt 

DBCATOI, ILL. 
Ltacola 8q. 

lat half (28-1) 

llarloquinn Rev 
I'urdy & l iiiii 
liart'a llullunder.s 
2d half (2-4) 

Val«-ntine & Bell 
Dkhl SiH A McD 
Qfuy Rarick Co 

DBS MOINBS 

Orphean 
1st half (28-1) 
Musical Hunters 
Murray A Irwin 
K;i jiyama 
Brooks <t Powors 
GerberH & GniticB 

2d half (2-4) 
Plantation Daya 8 

DverquB. ia. 

Mujestle 

iHt half (28-1) 
Rafflns Monka 
Tabor A Green 
Danca O'Manla 

2d half (2-4) 
Pritehanl & RuSRoll 
Fred l^cwis 
Primrosa Mlnatrcln 

EVANS^ILLE IXD 

Grand 

Lit half (28-1) 
Walter Waltera Co 
Smith A Cantor 
Mima A Pnmme Co 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (2-4) 

WaddlnK Ring 
Bronson & Gordon 
Hungarian Orch 
(Two to fill) 

fkk\iont. neb. 

Empreat* (3-4) 

Blaney A Woods 
(Oaa to nil) 

OALB8BVBG. ILL. 

Orphenm 

l8t half (28-1) 
Deno & Rochello Co 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (2-4) 
Woolfolka Synco s 

O'D ISLAND, NEB. 

Majestic 

2d half (2-4) 
All Wronp 
(One to nil) 

HASTINGS. NKIt. 
Kerr (8-1) 

F A M Stanley 

Stone A I^eever 

JOLIET, ILL. 

Klalto 

lat half (28-1) 
The Balforda 

D'm'ux A H'm'fn R 

(One to fill) 

2d half (2-4) 

Garden of Roses 
Joe Darcey 
(Onf> to nil) 

JOPUN, MO. 

Blactria 

let half (28-1) 
Debell A Vino 
Deslya Bia 

Larry Vincent 

2d half (2-4) 

Edwardfl A IJlyan 
DeVVo'fe Kl'dler Co 
(one to flU) 

K'SAS tlTY. K'N!* 

BMielrIa 

lat half (28-1) 
Minelti & Cook 
DeWitt A Gunther 
(One to nil) 

2d halt (2-4) 

Radloloigy 

(Two to nil) 

KANSAS CITV, MO 
Maiastreet <S8> 

Variety Ploneera 

RoMemont Troups 
(Three to fill) 

LINCOLN, NEB. 
Liberty 

iBt half (28-1) 
All WronK 
Blaney A- Woods 
G B Ale.xundor Co 
SparlinR & Rose 
Cafe Alaham 

2d half (2-4) 

Th© Oabberta 
H'ppr A G'fhett Co 
Clinton Sis Rev 
(Two to fill) 

MADISON, WIS. 

Orphenm 

Ut half (28-1) 
HugheM & Montio 
Brooks A RoHS 
Let's Daneo 
Adama A Rash 
Odlva 

(One to All) 
2d half (2-4) 

Talent A Meritt 

Frances Kennedy 
Iferbert Fayc Co 
Jlarijoland 
(Two lo lill) 

MILW Al KEE 

Majebtic (28) 

Booth A Nina 
Jinks A Ann 
R'ymond Ba'ratt 
Marie Stoddard 
The Ijamya 
'Two to fill) 

MrVNEAI^Ol.IS 

7th Ht (38) 

M'lu X- Hothin.-\n 
r'riiTji. \\ ahnfloy Co 
In China 



(Othera to All) 

TEORIA, ILL. 
Palace 

lat half <:8-n 

Bradnas 

(^n«>vieve Butler 
j ''or Drng Store 
ffa rrngton A Ur^en 



Maaon-Ulaon D'ccrs 

Id half (2-4) 
Jean Jojraoa 

Joe Bennett Co 
Pafrl< k A Otto 
(Two to nil) 

PtDlC.%H. KT. 

Orpheam 

lat half (28-1) 
Borde A Robinson 
Ha'rls A Clalra Rev 

2d half (2-4) 
Belle Montrose 
& Da Cardoa 

QUINCT, ILL. 

WaaUagtaa 

lat half (21-1) 
Woolfolka Syaco 8 

2d lialf (2-4) 
Deno A Rochelle Co 
(Two to fill) 

ROCKFORD, ILL. 

Palaee 

l.st half (28-1) 
KelHO BroH 
Juggling D^-Liale 
Outslda the Glrcua 
Furtells IJona 
(One to fill) 

2d half (2-4) 

Billy Moran Co 
I^lonel Am<-8 
Towt r A ]>arrall 
Odlva 

(Ona to All) 

ST. JOR. MO. 

Nettric 

lat half (28-1) 
The Gabberts 
Saul Brilliant Co 
Harry Cooper Co 

2d half (2-4) 

DeWitt A Gunther 
GrOkt Howard 
Cafa Alabam 

HT. LOI'IS 
Grand O. H. (28) 

Tobey Wll.son Show 

8T. PAUL 



Orphenm 



1 



CUICAUO 

Palaca (M) 

.^):\' rtown Cord O 
Lou Holts 
Jeau Acker 
Trixie Frigaaia 
Gen IMsano 
ruby A .Smith 
<Three to flU) 

State-Lake (S8) 

Rahman Rey 
Allen A Canfleld 
Jean BoydcU 

A ( ' A St or 
Marion Wilkins 



Bill Robinson 
Thos J Ryan 
Kraft A Lamont 
B A J Faaraoa 
Perry ^ 

FORTL.\NU. ORE. 

Orphenm ('it) 

Ilae SainU'lH 
Wilton Sis 
Ed Janis Rev 
Coaei At Vertll 
Paul Kirkland 
Jones A Rao 
Joe Mendi 
Keano A Whitney 



lat half (28-1) 

Russian Art Circus 
Tower A Darrell 
H'ring R'ynolds Co 



FRANK WALTERS 

tFormarty Bowers. Waltaro A 
Crookar) 

Room 40S, 1600 rway, Now York 

Phone Bryant 51S4 

booking txeluaivaty for , Pan- 
tagat antf ind«p«ii4«i«teireuiu 



IMIIANAPOLIS 

Palace 

lar half (28-1) 
Fn.i Ail-ova «"'o 
iHival A Siiunions 
U.eves A Wells 
Fred Ardatli Bd 

2d h;\lf (2-4) 
Mr & .Mrn O Sl.itniii 
Grant Gardner 
S 8a I lore 
Fn d Ardath Co 

LK.VINtiTGN. K\. 

Ben .\ll 

lat half (28-1) 
Joe Termini . 
(Two to nil) 

:il iialf (2 4^ 
D A R Ryau 
Ward A Raymond 

(One to n:!) 

Ml NU K, 1M>. 
Wjaor Grand 

1st half (28-1) 

White Brt>a 
Ketch A Wi'ima 
Ward A Ray mon d 
(One lo nil) 

I'd half (2-4) 
Van Cello A Mary 



Gordon A .spaln 
Sid Siync Co 
(Oaa to mi) 

riiB HAI7TB, iiro 

Indiaaa 

1st half (28-1) 
Van Cailo A Mary 

Fre« man A Seym'r 
Fat Tbonipaon Co 
Midoson A tii>rdon 
L.tfiiy l.« Deinno Co 

2.1 hn:t (2-4) 
White Uroa 
Joye«« «la A Healy 
Walter Wilt era Co 
.Minnie I'o'ml Co 
(One to fill) 

WINDSOR. CAN. 
rapltol 

1st half (28-1) 
'I'he Braniinos 
t^acper Af M«)rri.sey 
J" sii- t "l:irk Co 
Burns A Klanvn 
.\lex'dtfr Samoa Cu 

2d half (2-4) 
John Gfl;;"'r 
W. >'on .V I.urKI»» 
K'-l'iuni it O'Dare 
C.erirude & Boy^ 
(One to All) 



Cordon's Doga 
<.;allarini & Sla 
C; A A Srhuler 
(Two to mi) 

DENVER 
Orphenm <24) 

Count Ba'nl Vice Co 

Lahr A Mercedes 
Dooley A Sales 
Jeannie 

Cronin A Hart 
The Seebacks 
(One to Oil) 

K %NSAS CITY, MO 

Orpheam (28) 

Paido DcSarto 
r. Ballrntino Co 
Hal .Nieinan 
The Briants 
Bert Lytell 



ST LOL'IS 
Orplieum (28) 

Commanders Orch 

Diero 

Jidinny Burke 
Yoeniai) A I^lsale 
Ad''la Verne 
Ruth Budd 
Hayaa Marah A H 
(Ona to SU) 

. St Louto (28) 

Great Leon 
Harry Waiman Co 
Harry Holmea 

Marlon & Ford 
Dormonde A Ktnr 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Golden Gate (27) 

Weaver Broa 
Dora Maughan 




NEH YORK CITV 

Btaadway (U) 

iJautier'a I»oi;s 
BtTreoK Fiii 
(flenn ^: Jenkins 
Dixie Hamiltou 
Mcyakos 
Joe Browning 
sig Friseoa 
J C Maitoa Co 



2d half (25-28) 
Don Valerie 
Snoozer Jr 
Frank Dobson 
Venita Gould 
John I Fiahar 

81st St (tt) 

C Petleys 



FRANK WOLF, Jr. 

ACTS GOING SOUTH CAN BREAK THEIR JUMP 

Frankford, Phila,, 3 Day9 — Arcade, SalUbwry, 3 Days 

COLONIAL TRUST BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA 



Fred Lewis 

Old Fi'dl'rs Va Jaxz 

2d halt (1-4) ^ 

il'Karet Morroll Co 
Griffith A Yount? 
Sam Bobbins Bd 
James A Sinclaire 
(Ona to fill) 

BWVJL CITT 

Orplieuna 

let half (28-1) 
M'garet Morrell Co 

Gritflth & Younjr 
James A: Sinclaire 
Sam Bobbins Bd 
(One to fill) 

2d half (2-4) 

Musical Hunters 
Murray A Irwin 
H'r*rn 4k R'n'da Co 

Brooks A Powers 
Gerbcr's Gaieties 

SPRINOF'LD, ILL. 
Majaatla 

1st half (28-1) 
Jf'an Joy son 
WtHlding^ HlnK 
Patrick A Otto 
Lionel Amea 
Calm A Gale Rev 
(Oaa to All) 

2d half (2-4) 

Smith A Cantor 
H'r'gton A Green 
Mason -Dixon D'cera 
(Three to nil) 

SPHINUFIKLD MO 

Klaoirio 

Ist half tL'8-1) 
Bdv/ards A Lily an 
(One to Sll) 

2d half (2-4) 

Larry Vincent 
Dealya 81a 

SO€TH BEND 

Palace 

lat half (28-1) 
Billy Moras Co 

(;ordon A Groff 
Vaudf Doctor 
Joe Darcry 
Banjoland 

2a haff 2-4) 

AnK*;l Broa 
Duvls A McCoy 
Ray Shannon Co 
I'rincton A Yala 
Lafay'ta Dalp'na Co 

TOPERA, KANS 

Navaliy 

2d half (2-4) 
H Tgworth A C'ford 
Saul Brilliant Co 
Hi Lo S 
(TWO to AM) 

WATOUUM). 1%. 
Plasa (tS) 

Joe Whltth'^ad 
Sonny A Kddy 
Rinchart A Duffy 
Monte A Parti 
(Onn to nil) 

WICHITA, KANS. 
Orpheum 

l-'t hnlf (28-1) 

JloA^tnl Ar Lin>l 

>rrKw..rih A C'ford 

III Lo 5 

2d half (2-4) 
3 MeKennns 
Gilbert A May 
Rd Rlondel) Co 
Danny l>ortaa ^t* 



Nan Halperln 
Lottie Atherton 
(Ona to All) 

LOS ANGELES 

Orpheum (32) 

D'Appollon Co 
Bert Levy 
Meehan'a Dogs 
Solly Ward Co 
Margaret Hedges 
sva Fuag Una 
(Ona to BU) 

Hill St. (28) 

Blossom Seeley 
Solly ^Vard Co 
Jones A Rea 
Remoa Mldgata 
Meehan'a Dogs, 
(One to fill) 

MILWAUKEE 

Falaoa (tS> 

Nasimova 
Lanir & Haley 
Small A Maya 
((Others to fill) 

MINNEAPOUS 
nomepla (28) 

H Timbarff Co 

Roaita 

Burke A Durkin 
Night in N Club 
S*thtng for^Noth'g 
(Ona to All) 

OAKLAND, CAL 
Orpheam (27) 
L'don Paris ANT 



Walter Fehl Orch 
Ernest Hiatt 
Lloyd A Brlea 

Orpheam (27) 

Odall Carano 
Kaane A Whltacy 

Joe Mendi 
Ed Jaiiia Rev 
Wilton Sia 
Coseia A Verdi 
Paul Kirkllmd Co 
The Ingenues 

SEATTLE. WASH. 
Orphenm (22) 

Rao Samvala 

Wilton Sla 
Ed Janla Rev 
Coael A Verdi 
Paul KIrklaod 
(Oaa to BU) 

TANCOVVKR, B C 

Orpheum (30) 

Jerry A Grands 
Lady Oden I'earso 
Hamilton Sis A F 
Dare A Wahl 
Kitaro .Taps 
Johnny^ Murphy 
(Oaa to. All) 

WINNEPEG, CAN. 

Orpheam (20) 

Jack Norworth Co 
Duel DeKerekJarto 
Sybil Vane 
Jos B Stanley 
The Parlalaaaoa 
(Ona to All) 



KeitkhWesten 



CLBVnLAHD 

maai*fBlp» 

lat half (28-1) 
Mowatt A Mullen 

Weston A Lucklo 
Nrll Roy Co 
P'raon N'wport A P 
Plckard'a Syneo 
Angel Broa 
(One to fill) 

2d half (2-4) 
GIntaro 

f.*n.'<;'< r A Mori l"»ey 



2d half (2-4) 
Lomaa Troapa 
Elsa Clark Co 
Burns A Xlaaaa 

FT. WAYNE, IND. 
Palace 

iHt halt (28-1) 

CC6 Sycamore 
Stepping Aloaf 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (2-4) 
Ina Alcova Co 



SUN-KEENEY 

BOOKING 

Vaudeville and Picture Theatres 
IfySO R'wav. New York 



I'ln^'hed 

Re»-v«-n A Wella 
Kirby A i>eGag« Co 
(Two to fill) 

DETROIT 

Graad Rlvarla (tt) 

Her Ll»tie R«fv 
Shif Ma A D'laney 
Mary Kllfa 
Hunter A Perclval 
Trannfleld Sla Co 

LaSallo Oardeaa 

lat half (28 1) 

C»»rtrud^ A Bovs 
i) A G Rllswortb 

:; .«9'tora 



Fr'einan A S yinour 
Whito A Tlerhey 
Chinese synco 

HAMMOND. IND. 
I'urthcnori 

2d half (2-4) 
H"rb^rf'» Dotfa 
I>teh A Wllma 
Borde A RoMrnnn 
Prank llughia Co 
(On* to All) 

H'NTINCTON IND 
Huntlngtaa 

8d haf 4 2-4) 
Mowatt A Mullen 
Paehard A Dod:^*? 



Fraley A Putnam 
Kelly A Jaeknon 
Lillian Morton 
Hhuron A DeRlca R 

5th Ave 

2d half (26-28) 
Carr Lynn 
Jimmy Lucas 
Lockforda 
Paul Tiaen 
Tom Smith 

tStk St. 

2d half (88*28) 
Reiiiy A Doran 
Skelly Heit Rev 

3 Colleglana 
Mayo A Bobbe 
danfield A RItehIo 
Lawr»'nce A Gray 

Fordliam 

2d half (2S-28) 
Corradlni'a Animals 
Br'gdon A Mo'rl'aey 
Robt Chl.sholm 
Wayne A Warren 
(Two to All) 

Franklin 

2d half (26-28) 
Tho Mclntyraa 

Minature Revue 
Luuian Wright 
Ka' Caprice 
Willie Solar 

Hamliion 

2d half (28-28) 

Shanen 
0'Brl« n Fin 
Any Family 
(Two to fill) 

flippodroma (22) 

Grace E^ler Co 
S(y-)?<nt A Lewis 

4 ♦''Kmerona 
Sunny Spain 
Bert Gordon 
Biff Rosie 

(29) 

Ernie Golden Bd 
Lea Geiiis 
Robey A Gould 
Dixie Hamilton 

."evllla 

Winifred A Mllla 



2d half (28-26) 

PIMot A Schoncid 
Kr/ii- Bail Co 
T»-rllley A Clark 
(Three to AH) 

ItSth St. 

2d half (24 28) 
Ethel l»avi«< 
Bf'.trand * Iia!»ton 
B' rrl< !i * Hart 
A A G Falls 
(Ojie to nil) 

Pulac« (22) 

I'.oee Krf.AK 4 
Frak^'pn 
RoKT iDihofT 
A<il«;r Weil A If 
Trini 

Marion Sunshine 

Tlieo Roh.^i t A 
<;i' nn A- J' li Mni 
I '(.li.'i i .s)h 

K rainer A Boyle 
(2t) 

Craig Campbell 



Uoy Rogers 
4 of I s 
Ann Codes 
Flo Vamoti 

Rivarolde (22) 

Fay Klliott A K 
Gauditmiths 
Bcxaziun A White 
Mr A .Mrs Barry 
Ida Mao Chadwtck 
8 Swifts 
Daphne Pollard 
Will Mahoney 
Van Horn A Inex 
(29) 

Marie Vero 
TrinI 

B AM Deck 
Roger Imhoff 
Prank lyn A Royce 
Willie Solar 
(Othera to ftUl 

Royal 

2d half (28-28) 
Chos KIley 

Stewart Sis 
Waldton Martin 
Carney & Jeau 
Webb's Untera 
(Ona to All) 

CONET ISLAND 

Tllyoa 

2d half (28-28) 
Powell A Rklnahart 
Little Jim 
Lyona A WakaAald 
(Two to fill) 

VAR ROCKAWAT 

Colambia 

2d half (26-28) 
Blook A Sully 
KaraviefT f'o 
J C Fllppen 
Geo Sllver'a Bd 
(Two to All) 

BBIMIKLytf 

Albeo (2t) 

Smith A Stroag 
York A King 
4 Diamonda 

Sevilla 

Jim Thorntoa 
Iflckt y Bros 
Jane <"owl 
Club Aaatol Revue 
Ballactaira Broa 
(20) 

Haig A Howland 
4 Canu rona 
SarKcnt A Lewla 
Kddie Leonard 
Rthel Davia 
Wayne A Warran 
(Three to All) 

Baahwick 

2d half (25-28) 
WrlKhc A Data 
Sandy Shaw 
The T«»at 

(Two to fill) 

rittlbush (22) 

H.iney -HI a A F 
Marion Marlonettea 
Uobey A Gould 
D Ashton 

Brown* A Whittak'r 
Al Moora Bd 



Herb W»> n . u 
Oake.v Sk l)»Tour 
The Kenimya 
Frank Farroa 
Paarooa NAP 

ALBANY, N. T. 

Praclor'a 

id half (28-28) 
Jerome A Ryan 

WhVfl.M \ Ir.'and 
Tramp Tratnp Tn\p 
Alexander A Peggy 
(One to fill) 

ALLENTtmN, PA. 

Colaaial 

;d half (25-2i) 
Orph Unit No 7 
(Othara to Sll) 

ALTOONAk PA. 

Mlachler 

2d half (25-28) 
Pni: Mall 
Twidta A Twiria 
Claude DeCarr 
(Three to fill) 



Oov4an*a OlyapiA 

(Scoliuy S.i) (22) 
fhesier A Devero 
•i»^o llantteford 
AlH Iltru 
Nancy l^ecker 
i'ole * Snyder 
3 Stenards 
iTwo to All) 

fjlarilaa'a OiymplA 
(Wash St.) (211 

Joyner A Poster 
Billy Batehelor 
Nawahi 
Jack lledi'-y 
Lyach A Maa 

BBADrOBD^ PA. 



1 



;d half (lf-2t) 

X Wives 
Gttilly A Jaanay 

Hiliy Farrell 
J ^ It l.a Pearl 
(One to All) 



HERNINE SDONE 

INCORPORATED 
BOOKING FOR KEITH^ALBU 
AND ORPHEUM CIRCUITB 
1840 BROADWAY. NEW YORK 



39«| 



AMSTERDAM, N Y 



2d half (25-28) 
Na>'on'a Birds 
Claude A Marion 
Jack Kaaaland 
(Two to All) 

.ISUEVILLK, N. C. 

Kaltll 

2d half (25-28) 
Vale A Beat 
Fred Uendaraoa 
Avon 

Bernard A Keller 

Herbert Clifton 

ASHTABULA, O. 
Palaca 

2d half (25-28) 

B A J Crelghton 
Dare A Yatea 
Jamo!* Kilpatrick 
(Thr.e to nil) 

Al BrKN, N. Y. 



BRlDGEl*ORT, CT. 



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Id half (28-28) 

Meehan A Newman 

Gene Coatello Co 
Al l>a\ine Bd 
Brady A Mahoney 
(Others to All) 

Orpheam 

2d half (25-28) 
Brightens 
Eddie White Co 
W A I Holtn-s 
Bits 

Stafford A l^ouiae 

Proapcci 

2d half (25-28) 

DuCallon 
Maker A Bedford 
Marie A Ann Clark 
(Two to All) 

Rivera 

2d half (25-28) 
Turner Broa 
Marie Verne 
Lyie Lapina 
(Two to fill) 

AKRON, O. 
rialaea 

2d half tii-^) 

r. J 1 r.'i I »"i 
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Ayem A Moffat 
Harry Colemaa 
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2.1 half (25-28) 
Wallace A May 
L«van Putnam A B 
8 Collage Wi<lawa 
Jim Ryan 
(Ooe to All) 

BALTIMORE, MD. 

MlppoSroBse (22) 

John Barry 
Foley A Wltt^n 
Vaughn Comfort 
MarttHs 
(One to fill) 

Maryiaad (22) 

Van A Belle 

WAG Ahearn 
Klla Shields 
Dufor Boya 
Memories of Opera 
Bobby Adama 
Prank Fay 
(One to fltiy 
(29) 
A A M ffavel 
Dr. Rockwell 
BuHaey A Caaa 
Beverly Bayno 
Runaway 4 
llarberta Beeaon 
Derieka'n A Brown 
(One to fill) 

B'VEB FALLS, FA 



2d half (2C-28) 
Lyle & Virginia 
Ray A- Harrison 
Li la Compoa 
(Two to BU) 

BM*HAM*T*ir, II y 

Bingham ton 

2d half (25-28) 
Chappello A Carl'n 
Chaaa A CoUlaa 
Burna A West 

Rhoda A Bronhell 
Southland Knt 

B'RMOrAM. ALA. 



2d half (25-28) 
Romaln'j A Caatlo 



2d half (25-28) 
Spencer A WIllianiM 
o Brlea * RastattA 
Clemens Belllaf 
Adrienne Dorea 
Joha R Oordoa 

Poll 

2d haU (25-28) 
Ferdinaado'a 'OMi 
Frankie Rico 
Hashl A Oaal 
.Marino A Martia 
(One to fill) 

Bi;Fl\4IiO, N. Y, 
Btp p aSrama (tt) 

3 Nitos 

Walhh A KlUn 
n.'nfill * Gould 
Boyle* A DeDa 
Robert A Valtfo 
Runnel 1 A Marcoal 

CAMDEN, N, 4, 

To were 

^ti half (ti»IS> 
Jbbn Rartott 
Dotson 

Roma Bros . * 
Earl Hall 
Nlta Co 

CM'BLWM W TA 



2d half (26-28) 
Phiibr't>k A Dev#aa 
Carpos Broa 
Coortahip A Soaff 
Sp'eders Mertjriinnl 
(One to fill) 

CINCINNATI, O. 

Keltll (tt) 

Jean RedlM 
Cardini 
Digeatanos 
Hurst A Vugt 
GS'lenoH 
Ireae Klearda 
BedlBl Unit 
(28) 
4 Kadex 
Olga Miska 
Thou B Shea 
M< l.allen A 
Birdie Rev 
(Two to All) 



(tt) 

Morris A Shaw 
( un'gham A Uca'tt 
Blum 3 
Joe DeLier 
J A F Bogart 
Marie Ruaaell 

Palaca (tl) 

3 Woreeatera 
."Ringing Bell Bo|j|.* 
Ton) my Gordon 
Herbert Warrep 
Ruby Nortoa 
Welder Sla 
Tfufniiton A Baraaa 

CL'BR'B'RG W TA 
Kearaa 

2d half (26-21) * 

I^'vmont 3 

Gcod A Lelghton 



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HARRY MART 

CARDIFF and WALES 

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AdMila ''orena 

Bobby V aii 
K iiaruro 
A:i#ti a York 
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Lane Travara Ca 

In Wrong 
Pablo Deflarto 
RAD Dean 

BOSTON. MASS. 

Keith (22) 

Bob A Boyer 

Derir knon A Brown 

4 Karreya 

Davin A Darnell 

Bdith Claapcr 

Murray A Charlotte 

Dunninger 

4 Mortons 

Ora 

(p-t) 

Arnatif )!-<.•» 
(•nrrord Ac Wanon 
%'an Horn A Inez 
Theodore Roberta 
Martin A Martin 
IfiiriM A !<■ .• 
Ste|<i'" X Ki.'»wi'>p 
Lorraine f^'m 
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"New noal4*a (TTT 
Lllfje Billy 
Kill P.'->"e 
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r'oie A Ward 
Rred A Huy 



Melville A Htetaoa 
liUnmya Mad Waft 
Colonial Sext 

CLLVKLANO, O. 

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ir(int; Konjf Tr 
Rickard A <;rey 
Frank Farron J 
La Tortfciiia 
(28) 
P A M Britton 
singer Sia 4^, 
BIMy Shone 
Flirtaiiuna 

Downey A Clartdfa 



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Duncan's Colllos 
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Ileaiy K <')o*>n 
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(2V) 

Ma eft A noiMtar 

Pat Koonoy (?o 

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(Two to fl!t) 

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Kellli (22) 

Kokin St GalkttI 
Hyde A Barrett 

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VAfttETY 




PAGE 



Wednesday, Kwmakmt 84» 



RUBBERDT 'ROUND 

By MISS EXRAY 



' ■ Tuefday. 

I Haw a Kreat vaudeville show and 
plsture last niK^t. Kvc-ryone on the 
bill got so much applause that it 
ml l*t« mrll^li I l«ft the 
Broadway. 

On the bill were Herman Berren 
and Fin. I tliought at first It was 
going to be the dame from the 
Clover <^lub until she started to 
talk. Her accent was on the level. 
8Ue wore two gowns, both imports, 
rirat Was a bright red. simple In 
style. With it she had a cloche 
skirt. The other was an ivory color 
velvet, with a circular skirt. Quito 
Mrt In tiM' front and almost 
touched the floor In the back. Her 
hair has a boyitfli cut and slicked 
txick. 

A sIngM te Dixie Hamilton. Her 
gown was very pritty. A silver 
Irodice, the skirt of pink georgette 
4nd silver. I like all her songs but 
Ontf >l i^Mi^ If you can't 
]i61d tbe MiMi jrfll t^V* sure did a 
flop. 

The picture, "Syncopation Sue," 
tmM OeHntie CMIIItli. I like her 
very much. She certainly wore swell 
clothes for a Jane that was worKing 
in a music store. In each hat she 
M of ttaOM evte iflns that we 
glrli are wearing nowadays. Bither 
A dog or some other animal. 

Joyce Compton was her sister In 
lllliit M thOM slen- 

der blondes with numerous curls. 
Great for the part, tho feather- 
brain type. Tom Moord looks a lot 
Ukf lito Mother. OwiB. Max. He 
and Corlnnc had ti swim in the 
Hudson river for a finish. 



At 41«i Hip 

' Y ., Ilosnday. 

A quiet •|tanM«il»thie at the Hip- 
podrome. 

Grace Elder and Co. opened this 
•how. She did some Ulking in ref- 
erence to the dances that she was 
doing, but it was impossible with 
her southern accent to get one word 
of It. Finished up with a tap Black 
Bottom that I couldn't rave about. 
Has four girU with her, dressed 
very nioely, but far from young. 

In th* aet, tho Four Camerons, 
the boy, as they refer to hlm^ Is 
, the whole works. He does a lot of 
•illy things, but I least had a chance 
to laugh. His sister is a cute little 
trick. She has lovely dimples, Max., 
but the way she w^ti-i^s her bk»nd 
hair they are hard to find. They had 
on next one of those Spanish danc- 
ing and singing turns. Sure was a 
bunch in this, 18 in all. It was 
called *^ Mmy Spate.** 

Bert Gordon has a very beautiful 
blonde with him, Vera Kingston. 
One of those big women, but she's 
•tately. Too^ bii that she wears a 
gown that looks quite old fashioned. 
It was a cloth of gold, strlght lines 
With a sklrPalmost to the floor. 1 
w«ta« iM#t» lier ItL amaethlng 
up-to-date. Bet she would look like 
a million dollars. 

Qold Mine Story 

The picture was c^lled "Pals In 
Paradlia.* It tfetni*t mean heaven, 

either, Just the name of a place In 
California. It centred all around a 
gold mine. ITou can judge the story 
from ttwL 

It's been a long time slnco I saw 
Marguerite de la Motte. She seems 
thin. Didn't get a chance to wear 
any fanoy clothes In this. Oppo- 
«lte her and he, of course, turned 
out to^ be her love. John Bower^«. 
What a great actor and how natural 
ii| l li f t i ii i » iBhIldkraut. 



of a lark. Stic nnd Eleanora were 
dressed In even Kowns of deep pink. 
It seemed to bo the favorite color 
Tlir Six TlvoH girls doing a pony 
bullet like they did in the days when 
Koster and Blal's was the rage. 
Dressed In the cc.tume of that time 
with high shoes and large hats like 
the Florodora girls wore. All in 
different shades of pink. 

They showed n curtain, ril eay 

hon, It'.s a poach. It is black, with 
the I'uramount building designed in 
mosaic. What's that you say? Well, 
it looks like little mirrors, which 
shone with preat brilliancy. 

Then the picfure, "God Gave Me 
Twenty Cents.". With XiOis Ji^oran. 
Lya di PuttI, Jack Muttiall and Bus- 
ter Collier. What a lucky bunch 
they are to be first in this new the- 
atre. 

Lois is a pretty kid, with that 
wonderful expreeelon of Innocence. 
She can act, too, and get's plenty 
ot cltauce in (his. It is remarkable 
how Lya dl Putti can take off 
weight. Wish T knew her secret It 
doesn't seem any harder for her than 
changing from one gown to another 
1 like her make-up. It seeihed iMifter. 
But I won't be satisfied until ! see 
her do another "Variety," Buster 
had Just a small part. ■ > 

Jack Mulhall never was so good. 
I was agreeably surprised: didn't 
think he had it in hini. He has also 
found the correct way to make-up 
his eycc 



Tilt New Paramount 

Saturday. 

Pear Maxie: 

The new Paramount Theatre 
opened last nlghU When I walked 
into the lobby I was astounded with 
its splendor. The box offices are 
^^of bronse. Inside I marveled at the 
beaittr cC the theatre itself, with 
Ita mu%M% walls and pillars of ma- 
Jestlo pomp. Mas, I was all a- 
trembla. Will have to go back Ju.st 
to fsaat mj oyod ea mcA a work of 

art. 

The programme was lonpr, )>ut. of 

course, for the opening they had 



On tiia H*:^. Roof 

^'■^'•;'•:*^■■ Friday. 

Dear Maze: 

Let me tell you, Maz, the New 
Tork Roof Is the place where 'all 
the sweet Daddies hang ojut. They 
stand in the lobby chattering to- 
gether about the picture they saw 
the preTlOtis evening. As r'^n as 
the roof opens they make a beo- 
llne for the elevator. When It 
loaches its destination they K^come 
utter strangers. &ich picks his spot 
and makes a grand -lash down the 
alslo to his favorlb' .=eat. «Not until 
he Is all set doe^ the film jat a 
tumble. 

I saw "Her Sacriti e" there. It 
was mine Instead. What a great 
cast this dame had, and what a 
poor picture. Get thUl for a line- 
up — Herbert Rawllnson, Ga«»ton 
Glass. Bryant Washhuri| and Gladys 
Brock well. , 

Gladys looked very splffy. dolled 
up in her glad rags. Her hair, whh h 
she generally arranges in a mussy 
fashion, had a hairdresser working 
on it overtime. I thought Herbert 
would chew up the scon'^ry. How 
he overacted. In «)Me sho* he wore 
a mourning band, for no good reason. 
Gaston took part In a duet ahd was 
shot on the shoulder Showed him 
In a close-up, but saw no **vldence, 
but then why spoil a perfectly good 
evening suit? What a hig ffltl, this 
datne LIgia. She could pose for 
Venus. Her cloth^ accentuated her 
bigness, too. 

"Love" Wont Blooey 

Oh, Mar., whom do you think I 
saw in his latest picture, "The Silent 
Lover," Milton Sills. It started off 
with a wallop and then went blooey. 
Mr. Sills had a Von Strohelm make- 
up In the first part of the picture, 
far the best of the whole film. 

A girl by the name of Alma Ben- 
nett was hLs first love. Gee, but 
she Is a pretty kid, with great big 
eyes. WMiat a beautiful gown tthe 
wore. It was a georgette of gradu- 
.ation colors. The entire thlnp: %vas 
studded with rhinestones. His last 
and best love Katalle Kingston re- 
minded me of Clara Kimball Youn-? 
when r. K. Y. was a chicken. She. 
too, looked very lovely in a white 
satin trimmed with rare lace. The 
skirt had yards and yards Of net 
flowing from it In a very graceful 
manner. 



Shearer Is very natural In this, but 
I wish slie would wear her skirts 
ju«t a little lopger. She was stun- 
ning In a black velvet evening gown 
which was almost backless, Maz. 

This picture ended too soon to 
suit me. Certainly enjoyed Oscar 
Snaw's performanca He shows the 
other guys it la possible to look 
great without a lot of grease paln^ 
and rouge. What a peach of a 
smile he has too. What a break 
for Oscar in a picture oa Broadway 

and in a show. 

This film Is typical of the dames 
Ifi the show business and every- 
where else. One word of praise, a 
little attention and they think they 
are the works. Especially when 
they try to be Oho of those Weeping 
Singles. 

The other night I saw a show f«>r 
a change. Understand it won't be 
long around. "A Proud Woman'/ is 
the name of what thoy call a com- 
edy of character. As for the comedy, 
the audience instead of laughing at 
it was laughing about it. 

Quite a nice cast. too. Florence 
Bldrldge didn't look like ' the type 
that could be so easily swayed by 
even a sister. .This part was played 
by Elizabeth Risdon, who got all 
she could out of It* One of those 
small time janes, whose pride made 
her proud, but not too proud to 
ask for mohey. 

Florence looked very iiice in her 

simple afternoon dresses. When 
wearing a tailored suit on account 
of her drooping shoulders, she could 
use a fur piece very nicely. 
A Good Sketch 
^w the best sketch have seen 
in a long time, It is called *'Any 
Family." No names of the cast. 
They are all deserving of mention. 
How the audience applauded this 
simple playlet, Maz. It Is about a 
mother who, being over anxious to 
make a good impression on her 
daughter's beau, scares the poor guy 
to death by putting on the rltz. 
Thct girl, being a regular dame, 
straightens out the mess and then 
everything is hotsy totsy. 

In the same validoviUe theatre I 
saw a picture with Reginald Denny, 
"Take It From Me." Very good. 
Denny has that dame, Blanche Me- 
haffey, from the -FolUes" In It She 
has an odd fhoe. One of those petite 
brunets, with large eyes and a tiny 
mouth. When she wore her hair 
fluffy she looked good, but when she 
put It behind her ears, terrltilo. 



Wednesday. 

Dear Mazi»»: 

"The Fal.se Alarm" Is great stuff 
for Are departments. Didn't look as 
if they used any smoke pots In this 
one. The lead was played by John 
Harron, a clean cut kid. He seemed to 
belong in his hreman's suit. He 
was tbo fais(t alarm and, of course, 
the picture ended when ho con- 
quered his fear of Are. 

Mary Oarr played the mother, and 
had her hands full. 8he*s always 
good, don't you think, Maz? There 
was a girl by the name of Dorothy 
Revier, who may not be a raving 
beauty, but oh, boy, she svro has 
the daintiest fe^ and limbs. 

Long time since I last saw Prls- 
cllla Bonner. I like her better In 
close-upa than al a distance. She 
has to play one of those erring girls. 



Dr. Rockwell Talking 
Took a look-in at my neighbor- 
hood theatre, 81st €Mreet. The only 
thing worth while on the bill was 
Dr. George Rockwell. He sure has 
the gift of talk, this guy. He keeps 
up a steady stream of chatter that 
one never tires of. 



One was Maurfoe and Eleanore 
Ambroae. It im impo«slMe for me to 
compare her grace of dancing with 
Tanoia BsghM. never Waf^Um iMi^ 
the opportunity to have seen her. 
This little sM ia friend wtfSb ifky 
aay mora. 

Then Btta Toflia with tha Toioe 



I wrote you about Viola Dana 
before. She was In this doing ;i 
"bit." When I tell you that I would 
never have known her unless they 
flashed her name, I mean IL 8he 
had a brown mnke-up and of course 
the part called for it, but it was 
most unbecoming. 

G et this. With her harem cos- 
tume she wore higli heel slippers. 
She certainly knows better. People 
sittlntr near ma ramarked about H, 



PfaaMfil at Capital 

Thursday. 

Dear Masie: 

A pleasant afternoon at the Capi- 
tol watehinff *a7psta«e.'* Morm^ 



Frances Must Prove Case 
Against Mrs. H. B. Harris 

Mrs. Hennr B. Harris (Irene W. 
Simmons), ^||rho was sued as Rene 
Harris for a 12.600 costuming bill 
by Frances dc Co., Dressmakers, 
Inc.. scored a point when Justice 
McGoldriek refused to award the 
dressmaking company a summary 
Judgment for the full amount. 

The bill wu I nc u r r ed by Gloria 
Foy, who was In a Mrs. Harris pro- 
duction In September, 1926. Fran- 
ces A Co., by Frances Spingold, 
president, alleged that Mrs. Harris 
was to make good the debt. The 
manageress denietl any obligation 
above |lti)00, which sum she al- 
leged she agreed to pay on account 
of Miss Fay's total. 



NkW YUKK'SSIILk 

The Associated Dress Industries, 
Inc., is anxious to impress the 
stylish feoiaMg that tha truly novel 
dress fsahlons are created Im User 
York, not all from Pa«'ls. 

Fred Fisher will handle the ex- 
ploitatloa to fosUr this thought 



GRAY MATTER 



By IIOLLIE GRAY 

(TOMMY QRAY'S aitTKR) 



Trini, the Beautiful 

Hose Irene Kress, at the Palace Monday, Introduces her "Terpischoi euu 
Wheels" In a novel way. The set is a huge web with Miss Kress and 
Elinor Bunting co.stumed as flies with tight bodices of iridescent taffeta 
and the wings outlined in shining spangles. Other dresses of crep^ d« 
chine had the tiny ruffles on tha full sklri edged with silver. With these 
the girls wore silk wigs to matoh tha color of tha dresses, which were 
both pretty and becoming. 

Trlnl, the beautiful dancer, wore an elaborate creation of velvet and 
metallic lace for her flrst . number. The bodice was purple velvet of a 
shade ealled **eggphint" and the skirt was a double tier of sliver 'aco 
over taflfeta. A small hat worn was of the same velvet. A frock of 
green was embroidered In colors and the skirt trimmed with silk frinj,'* 
and although it had a deep V decolletuge it also h»id a high tight co'iar 
to which a rose was atteObed on the left side. ESar rings wera of long 
Jade. Three tiny green combs' In the front of her hair were unusual 
Another frock was of dull black crepe trimmed with r«d satin. 

At the State 

The girls with the Nat C. Haines Company wear apori costumes. The 
"wife's" simple black and white foulard was brightened up by the red 
hat she wore while the black velvet blouse and white crepe de chine 
skirt worn by the "daughter^ was attractive. A frock of blue velvet had 
a skirt of net ruffles of a Ilf^hter shade and was also very becomthg to 
the "daughter." The girl who almost broke up an established and an 
about-to-be-established home was smartly dressed in a semi- fitting 
black velvet street dress eteborately embroidered on the skirt with silver 
thread. Her white chiffon cape had two narrow bands of black slllr 
near^he bottom and a flaring caUl^ Also of blac^. She^S 'pretty enough 
to break up almost any home. 

The ''Cyclone Revue" may not be a cyclone but it is a stiff breeze. 
The eight chorus ghrls are good looking and can daiice^ Costumes of 

pink taffeta were trlmme«l with blue velvet. A large bow was in frant 
at the waist line. Other dresses were of lace In different colors with 
bodices of brocaded cbiffon- velvet. For the flnlsh, white satin frocks 
had skirts embroidered with rod roses and were very effective. The 
dancer wore black satin with long silk frhMTO for the tango dance and; 
pink silk trimmed with curled ostrich In a way that was different. Her 
velvet frock for the finish was of a lovely shade of rose and as graceful 
as herself. • ' ^ ; ■ 



Heard Truth About Upstage 

Norma Sheai*er was only "Upstage" until she learned the trutli about 
herself and her adopted- by-accident profession. Then she became' a 
"trouper." When she lost her head over a good notice In a plper ifhm 
notices mean something, she thought she had only just found It. That 
was a fatal error. She got herself so far upstage she was finally out 
on tha sidewalk. ' 

But Norma redeemed herself by taking the place of the knife thrower's 
wife so that she could go to her Injured child. The nervoua father throw- 
ing knives and hatchete at tlie substitute he oould hardly eee was thrtfl 

enough for anybody. 

Norma saved the show and w^on back her partner, this time for mar- 
ried life which of coiirse may mean almost any time^ from days 
years. 



Fire- Proofed Heroines 

"Flames,** with Virginia Valli, is Interesting chiefly for outdoor scenes 
and a forest tire. When the terrible Are sUrted, the third reel flght was 
on In Lone Cabin with the girl unconscious on the floor. The fire crept 
nearer, the smoke becanie thicker, their chance to escape was almost 
gone hut not quite, so they wandered through miles of flames that came 
within an Inch of them, safely across the river. 

The girl arrived clear eyed and without so much as n Idister. 

Some day the world will know the secret of our fireproof heroines- 
hut bandages always make a hero more interesUng. Theatres showing 
this picture can turn oft the heat during the forost Are seeno. 

Men Real ''Devils" 

"The Grey Devil" Is a horse but the men who shot old Grandpop in 
tho back after "framing ' the only cow puncher on his ranch whom he 
trusted, to have him fired so they would be froo to st^ th* rest Of 
the cattle — these men were the' real "devils." 

After Chrandpop died they tried to kill off his grandson and steal his 
granddaughter. Did they succeed? They did hot. 

The hero was on the Job, lassoing the wild horses, getting the doctor 
for the girl's brother, fighting the vlllian by rolling over and over on 
the floor (no wonder the heroes are always no slim) and of course for- 
giving the girl tor misjudging him. 

Lorraine Eaton played or rather appeared as the heroine. Starlight, the 
horse, and a dog also deserve mention. 

^ ''iperllnfl Widows* 

"Tho Sporting Widows" on the Columbia Wheel starts rather slow- 
but improves as it goes along. The chorus is pretty but some of the 
costumes were In need of cleaning at the Columbia last week. Some 
of the others were very nice, especially 'difforont color velvet frocks 
worn by the chorus during tho second act. 

A beaded georgette crepe of a pretty shade of blue had a girdle o£ ^ 
orchid satin and was ver>' becoming to Mabel Reflow. The green taf • > . 
feta she wore was draped in tho back almost like a hustle. She was 
introduced as the prima dnnna and did her best to live up to It. 

Thelma Leonard is a cute little person with an attractive grin which 
she wore always and sometimes not much else. Iren© Collette is good 
looking and can dance but her speaking voice is constantly off-setting 
her other qualities. This could be easily remedied with a little training. 

A scene called "So I Hear" was funny and will probably receive many 
compliments In the form of Imitations. 

• ■ 

Delicate Subject for Qirls 

"The Miracle of Life ' treats a delicate subject with more good sen.^»' 
than expected. The problem is a real one and this picture should help 
girls to make the right decision. 

Mae Huseh is splendid as the young wife and Nita Naldl plays a woman 
of the world In her usual tight fitting gowns and queer arrangement oi 
her hair. She did look stunning in a street costume of black velvet 
frock, small black hat and sliver fox scarf. ~^ A so-called "Hlstorioal 
Pagt-ant" consisted of two models In dance frock.s, a bride and her at- 
tendanu and & young wonutp carrying an infant. That is "historj'" here. 

A Canlis nl sss Heraino 

"The Desert's Toll" is a fairly interesting Western picture with nii»«t 
ridiculous titles. The writer must have bf»en a recruit from the tabloids - 
bis favorite word was "vulture," used about a doaen times. A peculi a r 
rock formation of the hlUo In wMeh most af tcmm took place was the 
most iDterestlng thing in tha picture. Those wera tha days .More women 
had the vote but they all. aoeording to tha aarlsi^ Had curly hair and 
accomplished junt as much. 

Kathtosn Key was the pnMtjr tmi eaptlonless harolna— she bad maa> 
chancea to explain but never did. Anna May Wong, who has proven 
herself capable aC carrying a whala pictura, haA a amall part as en In- 
dian girl. 



Wednesday, November 24, 1926 



TIMES SQUARE 



VARIETY 



37 



JOY mn IN MORGUE; 
BOUNCING CHECKS, TOO 

3 Show Girls Met 'Doc Moha- 
haiif. Hot Sport With 
Phoney Cheokt 



Alice 8t«wart, 28.* fashion show 
ihoA«l 9m4 wIio MUd the wu for- 
merly with "CoeoanuU** under the 

name of Alice "Willis, was freed In 
West Side Court on the charge of 
forgery. Magistrate Corrigan dis- 
charged her, stfttinff that in his be- 
lief the show girl was the victim 
of a pseudo sport. 

Miss Stewart kept the courtroom 
•to «n uproar with laughter. She 
told the magistrate of how she and 
Amelia Hunamann (RoHa Harri- 
son) of the "Follies" and another 
ihow ffirl had been duped by a bo- 
sue physician who gave checks 
away as if they were nothing. They 
later proved to be that. 

Mlis Stewart testiAed that she 
and Miss Hunamann with a third 
girl went to the phoney doctor's 
apartment, where they had been in- 
vited. The peeudo "doc" told the 
actresses that his name was "Dr. 
James C. Monahan." His apart- 
ment was on West End avenue, 
near 7Sd street. 

The "doc" was a rare host. He 
dined and wined them. They danced 
to "canned" music and listened to 
the *l>oe*s'* radio. It grew late and 
tiresome.. "Girls." Doc said, "do you 
want a real thrill? They chorused, 
"O. and "Monahan" piled them 
toto a taxlcab to Bellevue's morgue. 

When they reached the morgue 
the "doc" was greated by the at- 
tendants. He received much at- 
tention. He ushered the show girls 
to the various "slabs" where rested 
the silent ones. He would examine 
each and explain to his guests the 
tarioift causes of death. 

Miss Stewart's testimony brought 
much laughter. After the "doc" 
finished "tapping" skulls and tweak- 
to^ noses they decided to leave. 
"You will have to autopsy this 
body" said the attondiant, Indicating 
a silent one. Much perturbed, the 
.^doc" said "all right, first thing in 
tli# morning." 

Issued Checks 

The party left and went to the 
••Big Stem." They stopped at a 
cabaret and ate and drank, when 
"Doc" Monahan began to issue 
checks. He gave the tlirce show 
Sirls a check each^ amountiiijg 'to 
several hundred dollar.s. They all 
agreed that JiiH^ Ste^wart cash 
them. ■ 

Miss Hunamann received three 
checks for $100 each from "Doc." 
MLss Stewart went to the Manufac- 
turers' Trust Company, 1819 Broad- 
way. The teller, believing that Miss 
Stewart was a regular depositor, 
cashed the ohcok.i. Soon they dis- 
covered, after she left, that the pa- 
per was Worthless. 

A few clays later Miss Hunamann 
sought to cash hers. She wont to 
the Chase National Bank, where 
•he has an account, and proffered 
the checks. The Chase bank com- 
municated with the Manufacturers' 
Trust Co. The latter got in touch 
^Ith Miss Hunamann and they 
learned the name of Miss Stewart. 

l)ot»Htivos Hugh McCIovern and 
Frank McFarland of the West 68th 
Street station arrested Miss Stewart 
on the complaint of David Llvlnjr- 
ston of the Manufacurers' Trust 
Company. 

The Court believed Miss Stewart. 



BOYS UNDER 16 IN JOE 
MOONSrS POOLROOM 

Joe Mooney, 32, former light - 
Weight pugilist, was arraigned be- 
fore Magistrate t'firrigan in West 
Side Court on a eh.irgc of per- 
mitting minors to enter his pool- 
room at 127 West 65th street, with- 
out accompanied by a puni<lfnn. 

August Hendrian, teacher in the 
High School of Corhmerce, «6th 
street and West End avenue, said 
that on several orcasions he found 
boys under 16 playing pool in tlie 
place and made a complaint. 

According to the tea'^her, I^iceiis • 
Commissioner Qnigloy directed 
Mooney not to open until after IL' 
o'clock, noon. Hendrian said that 
a few days ago he ehterr d tlie pool- 
room and found four boys under IC 
playing pool. He obtained a suni- 
» e iiB against t H e fe w w p r flght e s i 

Mooney said the < lork In his place 
refelstered five minutes after one 
'when he opened the door* and al- 
io ;ved the boys to enter. Ho said 
th*»y all >»ppeared to be ov^r 16. 

Mftijistrate Corricrnn parokHl 
^Mooncy i.ntirnext I'rida:-. • , 



Show Girl Lost $10,000; 
Cuftodian Convleted 

Frances Marion Crawford, for- 
mer Winter Garden show girl, 

living at 852 8th avenue, appeared 
in General Sessions Friday as com- 
plainant against Elizabeth Shields, 
who for years was secretary to 
Miss Crawford's father, wealthy 
butter and egg dealer. A trial 
jury before J}idge Collins convicted 
Miss Shields of grand larceny in 
the first degree. She will be sen- 
tenced Friday and can receive a 
term of from five to ten years. 

Miss Crawford caused the arrest 
of the woman, who is now in the 
real estate business, charging her 
with withholding a $10,000 legacy 
left the show girl by her late father. 

According to the testimony of 
Miss Crawford and other witnesses 
at the trial. Miss Shields for 18 
years acted as secretary and busi- 
ness adviser to Frank Crawford, 
who died Dec. 20, 1912. Miss Crav - 
ford stated that Miss Shields and 
an attorney now deceased were 
made executors and trustees of a 
fund amounting to $20,000, It v.as 
to bo divided between Miss Craw- 
ford and her half sister, Helen, 
when they became of age. Helen 
received her share of $10,000 but 
Frances charged the secretary with 
witMM>ldrng |T,500 of the estate and 
that the latter refusei /tli turn the 
money over to her. 

In her own defense Miss Shields 
could only say that she Withheld 
the money because of Mi.ss Craw- 
ford's "ingratitude." She did not 
explain the 'ingratitude.' 

Accompanying Miss Crawford to 
C'^urt was Dorothy Dupont, another 
show girl who appeared with the 
complainant in one of Al Jolson's 
shows. 



Ci^Uin ClaraKC Daly INes 



BroadWftl^ merchants and theatre 
owners were shocked to learn of 
the death of Acting Captain Clar- 
ence Daly, who died V suddenly in 
the West SOth street police station. 
38, the youngest captain in the po- 
lice department, was recently pro- 
moted to his present t«nk^ 

Daly's elevation was rapid. He 
worked In the West 47th street sta- 
tion as a "bluecoat." At one time 
he was a keeper in Sing Sing. When 
joining the police department he 
had a wide knowledge of the gentry 
that had "stopped" at the "Big 
House." He '^l^ a tirfor Is gun- 
men and all "the boi^s** that had 
police records. 

Less than six months ago Daly 
was promoted to Meatensnt. He was 
immediately assigned to the West 
47th street detective bureau, when 
Lieut. Johnny Griffith was made an 
acting captain ahd iiilit lo the East 
Side. It wasn't long before Daly 
was making bis rounds on. Broad- 
way. ■ ■ 

Those with ^eeerds" #sre told 
to make themselves scarce. They 
did. I3aly and his aides could be 
seen visiting the all night "joints," 
driving away thoM, that had crim- 
inal records. He also directed pro- 
prietors of places to see that the 
felons be kept out. It was his con- 
tention that maay of the "stickups" 
on Broadway could bo In id at the 
door of men with criminal records 
and who got a line on patrons. 

Several weeks ago iCailiniissioner 
McLKiughlin, plea.'^od ■ with Daly's 
work, made him an acting captain 
in charge of West SOth. 47th and 
68th street detective bureaus. 

Daly first c.nne into tlie pultlif" 
eye when he single handed rounded 
up the "Red Hope" gang that held 
up many hotels in the theatre dis- 
trict. Dnly lived witb his wife and 
two children at Whitestone, L. I. 



Dope Peddler Guilty 

Declared by tho police to have 
been one of tlie (hi*f soiir.^e of 
supply to drug addicts in the Broad- 
way district, Isaac Richardson, 38, 
former druggist, of Clinton, I.,a., v»aM 
arraigned in Special Sessions Friday 
on a charge of posses.sing hypoder- 
mic needles and a syringe. 

He pleaded guilty and was sen- 
tenced to four months in the Work- 
house. 



Bookmaking 'Evidence' 

Ch.'irp'd with making >,ook on 
Broadway from 41 sL street and 43d 
street, Joseph Quester, 46, clerk, of 
301 Ka.st SOth stre et, was arraigned 
in Special Sesslfms. 

Although detectives testified they 
had observed Quester accept bets on 
races from men along Bron<fway, the 
justices decided thrf evidence was 
ihmifficient and discharged Ques 



LYONS BADLY BURNED 
IN HATSIORE FIRE 

While attempting to extinguish 
a fire in their hat establishment at 
20^ West 49th street, Edward 

Lyons and his wife, Eunice, were 
severely burned. Tho fire, whirh 
drew a large crow<l of theatregoers, 
completely gutted the store. 

From what police learned a glue 
pot in a workroom overturned and 
ignited some hat trimmings. Lyons 
and his wife tried to stamp out the 
blase and in doing so Mrs. Lyons 
had her hair singed aild her f( re- 
head burned. The husband sus- 
tained burns of the ankle. 

Realizing they were unable to 
combat the flames the two ran to 
the street and notified Policeman 
Sullivan, West 47th street station. 
An alarm was sent in and when 
firemen arrived the small store was 
biasing briskly. Lyons and his wife 
were attended by Dr. Spielman of 
Bellevue Hospital and remained on 
the- scene. The buildipg. on the 
southwest corner of 7th avenue, is 
unoccupied with the eaceptioa of 
the hat store. 



Fought Thm Way Into 
Sandwkli Bar Ovor Fight 

Persons emerging from theatres 

enjoyed a battle between two men 
in front of Martin's Restaurant, 
1668 Broadway. The latter place is 
a sandwich bar. The crowd sOon 
Increased to several hundred iMid 
urged the men on. 

They fought, pushed and shoved. 
Then both crashed through the win- 
dow. They landed against the chef's 
bar and roast beef, ham, chicken 
and other meats flew about the 
place. The chef with hl$ 0aying 
knives fled. Word was quiddir got- 
ten to Allan Lannigan, patrolman, 
of the W^est 47th street station and 
he arrested both. 

The combatants were still at it 
when the bluecoat dragged them 
out. Both were covered with gravy 
and divers meats. When ''booked" 
in the police station by Lieutenant 
"Broadway Johnny" Collins, they 
looked like a couple of "sandwich 
men.** They gave their names as 
Raymond Reardon. 26, laborer, of 
364 Marcy avenue, and Ceorge Kes- 
soritos, 21, cook, 866 9th avenue. 

The prisoners were arraigned be- 
fore Magistrate Joseph Corrlgan in 
West Side court on the charge of 
disorderly conduct. They told the 
court they were sonT; 'TlMy slated 
that the fight was over the respec- 
tive qualifications of Carl Duane 
and Tod Morgan, pugilists. 



ChImi is Vfflage Store 
HeU for Indeceot Piiotes 



Charged with selling Indecent 
photos to occupants of Greenwich 
Village studios, Mrs. Leonara Shar- 
mante, 22. Cuban, of 240 West 10th 
street, was arraigned In the Tombs 
Court Friday before Magistrate 
Simpson. With her on the same 
charge was her husband, Thomas. 
28. Despite the young woman's as- 
sertion that her husband was inno- 
cent and she alone was responsible 
for the pictures, both were held for 
trial in Speeial Sessions. 

The couple were arrested Nov. 4 
by plainclothes policemen of the 
First Division, who claimed that in 
the art store Mrs. Sharmaiite con- 
ducted at 63 Washington square 
south, the woman sold them a num- 
ber of pictures, imported from 
France, and that her hnsl»an<l w.a.' 
present when the sale was made. 
The ofncers testified they went 
later to the couple's apartment and 
confiscated over 8,000 indecent 
photos. 

Mrs. Sharmante admitted she had 

turned the pictures over to the 
(ifllorrs l.ut denied she had arrr-pted 
n oney for them. She declared that 
when she purchased the store three 
months ago she found the pictures 
in the place. 



-I 



USHER OBAHAH DISCHAKO£D 

rrdward Graham, u.^her, of 342 
West 42nd street, was discharged in 
Special Sessions when arraignc'<l on 
a charge of petty larceny. Peter 
RosoR, cook, of 403 West 35th stref-t, 
Itad caused Ornham's flrr^st for 
stealing a suit of cloth's from the 
letter's room. Later the cook found 
Graham wenring the suit and 
^'aused his firrest. In rourt Roho.s 
refns^^d to press the charge snd 
Grsnam was Areed. 



Sylvia Gordon Accuses 
Hat Mfg. of Jewel Theft 

Accused of the theft of $22,000 
worth of Jewelry from Sylvia Gor- 
don. Ce. Hotel Fairfax. 201 West 
72nd streit. William S. Anderson, 
27, hat manufacturer. 276 Riverside 
Drive, was held in $1,000 bail for 
•examination Fri»lay when arraigned 
before Magistrate Brodsky in West 
Side Courti 

The (Jordon woman, who was the 
wife of Victor llui^o Cohen, head 
of a large jewelry concern, and who 
figured prominently in the suit her 
husband instituted against Harry 
Richman. night club owner, for a 
half million dollars, said Anderson 
refused to return her Jewels. 

According to the story she told 
in court, she met Anderson about 
two years ago. March 26 last she 
said she wanted to go to Pennsyl- 
vania to talk V ith her husband 
about a suit an<l asked Anderson 
to place two diamond bracelets in 
his safe deposit vault until her 
return. 

She said he agreed to do .so and 
when she returned some time later 
she made a demand for the return 
of the jewelry but was unable to 
get it. Later, she declared, she dis- 
covered that Anderson had pawned 
the bracelets and received $4,600 on 
them. 

Again she said she demanded that 
he return them to her and when he 
failed to do so she went to West 

Side Court and obtained a warrant 
for Ander.son's arrest. Detective 
Daniel Fisher located Anderson and 
then succeeded In finding the Jew- 
elry in pawn. 

Miss Gordon said she was mar- 
ried to Cohen in Paris in 1923 and 
about two months and a half later 
they separated. She said her hus- 
band y>'aa vice-president of the L. 
W. Sweet & Co.. Jewelry Arm. 

In Alienation 8uit 

Several months ago Cohen insti- 
tuted an action against Harry Rich- 
man for alienating the affections of 
his wife and asked for $200,000 
damages. Later, it was said, the 
amount of the suit was Increased to 
a half million dollars. The suit is 
still pending. 

In court the young woman said 
that the two bracelets was not the 
only jewelry involved. She said she 
had given Anderson a total of 
$45,000 in Jewelry, but regarding the 
additional amount she said she did 
not care to discuss it. The addi- 
tional jewelry mentioned is said to 
have been intrusted to Anderson 
April 1. 

Anderson denied vehemently that 
he had stolen the Jewels. He main- 
tained that he borrowed the jewelry 
from Miss Gordon for tho purpose 
of pawning it and raising some cash 
as he was in flnahcial straits at 
the time. IIo said t»^-''lKmim' h9 
was going to pawn It. 

Magistrate Brodsky did not go 
into the facts. At the request of 
Assistant District Attorney George 
IQwald the case was adjourned and 
bull fixed at $1,000. It was fur- 
nished. V 



BRINKLER'S ADVICE ON 
Mr BRINGS TROU 




Arrested for Making Diagnosis 
,000 Bail— Head of 
Brinkler School 



George H. Brinkler. head of the 
Brinkler Bohool of Eating, lU 

West "2d street, was held by Magis- 
trate Joseph Corrlgan in West Side 
Court for trial in Special Sessions. 
Brinkler was arrested by Detective 
.\dt le I'riess of police headquarters 
and charged with practicing med- 
Icino without a license. Bail of 
11.000 was fixed by the Court. 
Brinkler deposited . the $1,000 in 
cash. 

Michael Ford, assistant district 
attorney, in charge of tlic quack de* 
partment of the distrirt attorney's 
otilce. prosecuted Brinkler. Ford 
told reporters that many show peo- 
ple have been clients of Brinkl«r. 
Tho latter was arrested on com- 
plaint of Abby Rains. 28, of 59 Park 
avenue. Hoboken. 

Miss Rains testified she had been 
111 and declared she gave Brinkler 
$300 for two week's treatment of 
dieting. Her health, she averred, 
failed to improve and she demanded 
her money baek. Prosecutor Ford 
stated that Brinkler told the girl 
she was suftering from miUforma- 
tion of the spine. 

It was because Brinkler made the 
diagnosis that he was arrested on 
a warrant issued by Chief Magis- 
trate William McAdoo. 

Miss Rains stated she re.id lirink- 
ler's advertisement in tho magasine 
"Physical Culture.** 

Brinkler denied the allegations. 
Ho stated that he never i)rescrlbed. 
Ho referred to his clients as stu- 
dents and said ha iiraa a seientlfio 
dietitian. 

Brinkler's attorney asked the 
Court to fix lower bail. Magistrate 
Corrlgan sUted tlNil he bellsved " 
Brinkler could have been prosecut- 
ed on two additional charges, one 
of them serious. He refused to 
ibwiir the bail. 



YALE'S THEATRE 



Flirty Hennan Got Hinueif 
Jyod Friends LocMJp 



It doesn't pay to flirt with femi- 
nine performers In cabarets. So 

Edwin Herman. 24, real estate 
operator, 3H65 Tremont avenue, 
Bronx, discovered wlicn fined $5 in 
West Hide Court by Magistrate 
.loseph B. Corrlgan. 

Herman w.th arrested in Will 
Oakland's "Chateau Shanley," 97th 
street near Broadway. Herman 
was accompanied by Francis 
Murray, 24, re.iltor, 2313 Morris 
avenue, iivoux, and James J. fejcully, 
22. writer. 260 Alexander avenue, 
r.nmx. Murray and ticully were 
also ancst»d, Tlio charge a^^'tinst 
tho trio was disorderly conduct. 

Magistrate Corrlgan discharged 
Scully and Murroy. All throe had 
to pay a Mil of $1.-5. If,. They yielded 
the cash. The manager of the 
Chateau Bhanley declared that Her- 
man flirted with one of his per- 
formers. Herman soon found him- 
self in the street. 

Murray and Scully were asked to 
pay the bill. They declined, stat- 
ing that they were not responsible 
f<jr ll»rm.'in's share. They were 
hustled to the street and all three 
placed under arrest Jty Patndman 
Trivrro of the West 100th street 
station. 

Th^y spent the night In the West 

3nfli siroj t j.'iil, II< rniaii avrrre<l 
that the performer waved tt^ him 
and not to be unchivalrous ho re- 
turned th<v. salute. Ho denied that 
he M«^d Indecent language' When he 

Th** f")urt found him Ruilty and 
eaoncratcd the of Iter tv^-o. 



(Continued from page 1) 
man of the department of drama, 
announces that the dedleatory play 
is "The Patriarch," by Boyd Smith 
of FJklns, W. Va., student In the 
'dejiartment. A special prolog for 
tho opening perfMMMli has bsstt 
writtened bf liia WOmnI Dodd. tha 
dramatist. 

"The Patriarch" is said to fully 
represent the work of the drama 
department. It was written last 
year In the advanced work In play- 
writing and had a successful try 
out before a small audience. Soma 
revisions to It have been made sinos. 

The theatre seats 700. 

The opening performances will be 
given a^ follows: Dec. 10, at iilght} 
Dec' n, matinee and night; 
13. matinee and night. ■ 



Barring Radio's Nanei 



(Continued from page 1) 
which alone benoflts radio through 
charging for the etiier "time," with 
no other income to the press. It 
daily gives free exploitation not 
alone to radio generally, but tho va- 
rious commercial products individu- 
ally, through mentioning trads 
namea 

To .some extent now, the words 
"orchestra" or "night club enter- 
tainers'* are being used to sldest^sp 
exploitation of this nature, but the 
eflitors arc now planning to merely 
mention "commercial" or "adver- 
tiser" on the paid periods. 

This will work a general hard* 
ship, since printing the program Is 
really a public service for the va.«it 
radio audience. 

If the circulation demands ap- 
prlsal of certain relialile advertis- 
ing features, it nxay force Uie ad- 
vertiser to take space for such pur^ 
poso should the newspapers arbU^ 
trarlly rule otherwis« . 

DIVOBCES 

Rerta (Jillx-rt, foiin'-rly ini:«Miue 
in "The Student T'rince" company, 
now in va\id>?ville, from Harold 
Heath Smith on grousds on deser- 
tion. l)c(Vfo si^rn^^d in Chlca^'o. At 
Itres^^nt is in tho «>utharn uom-, 
pany of "(Irewnwlch VlllaKC Fol- 
lies.** 

Marfhrx Wiirm. a member of Ttie 
.Student Prince" f«)rapany which 
toured th*- ixMUit, frtim Frrd RolH-'f. 
Crounds of desertion. • r t. . mk 



ii 




VARIETY 



SPORTS 



Wednesday, November 24, 1929 



FOOTBALL 



FootbaH'ff luNt, gasp of the year 
eomeM this we«k and thut loHt puff 

is liable* to Mow Homebody's hat 
off. Nitiubly }!rovvn or Navy, "io i 
these tetottH fzo into their flnal 
gm&» tindefeated and the metital 
strain attarbed to that is (crriflc. 
BBpeolally is th.'it titu- of Known. 
The Navy won't be so concerned 
•fiMr Hi* itaitt«f Itor to th« IfUkdilp- 
inen the Anny ia the uppromo wall 
to be Hou'rd no matter whether 
every previous same haH been won 
•T'loet 

Tamt Saturdajr tho teams which 
will play this Thursday dogpcd Jt 
by putting in second string men. 
In one twp Instances t]tie var- 
•Itles had to swlnir Into aettoii to 
save tbo day, which is significant 
that in sotne spots reserve material 
iM't all the coaches would like it 
te ie. And tMo ancle seemiiisly 
affects West Point as much as any 
other squad. If the Cadets get 
banged up early in the Chicago 
,ii|#y^fe tplDO to^ ^ in toRgb 



Cornell the underdog, but luiving 
an excellent chance to avenge last 
year's much bemoaned loss of 
7 to •. 

Cefgate'e dianeo 

Another short end clu)ice is Col- 
gate over Brown. The lYovidenco 
"wonder" team hua been playing 
sweet football, but is about, to try 
and crack its hardest nut of the 
fall. A couplf? of years ago Col- 
gate came down to Providence 
with a great squad that had oon- 
quered everything, and a mediocre 
Brt .1 team tore oil a 14-14 tie 
gamo to Hi>uil the Maroon's st^ason. 
The theory that Brown oaugbt Tale 
OB a slump after the Blue's Dart- 
mouth victory, Dartmouth after the 
Harvard cntastrpphe and ilarvarfl 
following ilie Prlpceton dleajppptnt- 
mont is 4M>t to be overloeked. But 
that's not to say Brown hasn't 
earned its victories in full- M'^ 
simply a-case of wondering whether 
tlie Bear la as UifalHhle as herald- 



TOD MORGAN WINS 
FROM CARL DUANE 



Coast Boxer Gives Harlemite 
TrimmiiHi and Holds 
Title 



PROBABLE FOOTBALL WINNERS 
t^^^^ PROPER ODDS ; 



By m SHVERMAN 



THURSDAY* Nov. 2B 



GAMES 
Brown-Coloate 
Coliimbia - Syfacuse 
Penn State* Pittsburgh 
Pennsylvania«Cornetl 
West Vir^inia-W. A J. 

^^^^^ 

Army-Navy . Navy 
Carnegie Tech* Notre Dame Notre Dame 

' : (Copyright, 1ft26, by VaHety, Inc.) 



WINNER 
Colgate 
Oyrioiise' 

'^fftiiburgH 
Cornell 
W. A J. 



ODDS 

* 67 
5/4 
6/5 
4/5 
5/4 



10/9 
8/5 



shape. Navy isn't too strong in 
wplaiiiiienfiV hut has as edge in 
Ihhl i^t>ect. PeMides which the idea 
still 'prevails that the Army doesn't 
play smart football. The Navy 
iMum^ boon espeolally known for 
gridiron brilliance either, but if the 
light suddenly dawns It's more llke- 
ay to bo turned on by the Sailors. 
Benei tt^e chol^ with meagre odds 
In favoi* of the Middies because 
of Notre Dame's victory over the 
8am Browne belt wearers. 

Penn will rate over Curnell due 
to havhiff met moro stem opposi- 
tion over the season than Doble's 
warriors. Y^t ('onipirs Inst quar- 
ter rush aguintit Dartmouth is in- 
eieatlfie of an awakening. And If 
the Cayuga Lialce boys can keep 
from do7inK they've got an excel- 
lent chance of commg home in 
fronts One fep^ around Is that 
I>obic pointed hln men for the 
Geneva i?:iii\e, the tirnt of the sea- 
son, knowing that this little col- 
lege waa naylnir for him. If thaVs 
the case it's no Wonder Coi-nell^a.s 
had a mediocre nenson. and that 
outtU sliuuld-^j|pf>t about be rounding: 
Into form i^galh. It doesn't appear 
possible that either of these teams 
Vill romp in, the game flpnrlnpr ns 
a close soorinflp proposition with 



ed. Colgate will prove tlie equa- 
tion one way or the other, and this 
upstate outlt is no weakling de- 
spite the ' Pittsburgh and Navy 

losses. 

Pittsburgh appears to have an 
edge Oft Penn Stfl^te, although this 
ifl one more of those annual rival* 

rles wherein anything can happen. 
Hezdek ha^ had a hectics year, but 
Pitt* tbo, has had its ups and downs. 
The Panthers rate as the chblce, 
however. If for no other reason 
tlian holding; W. & J. to a no score 
tie albeit many rated Pitt the fa- 
vorite in that same. Ukewlse, W. 
^ J. is favored to beat West Vir- 
ginia. The Mountaineers caused a 
stir by beating Georgetown in Oc- 
tober, but haven't lived up to that 
billing sinoo then. 

Notro Dame should have a com- 
fortable afternoon against Car- 
negie Tech, but will have to work. 
Toph is KtronpT enough to make 
plenty of trouible for Kockne's mm- 
bleri tind. If the South Bend group 
ia overboard on confidence, may t>e 
hard put to It to win. But Notre 
Damo seldura plays that kind of 
footbalL 

Hain on Thursday or Saturday 

should par< ieiilarly favor the Army, 
Colt^ite and Cornell. 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON SPORTS 



4* 



Killing a Good Game 

A year ago applications to join the New Vork Hockey Club, ln<:., weie 
^Mt •ttt. This chib sponsored the New York ^'Americans," the only 
9MfeMlonal team In Madison Square Garden last winter. Membership 
and those "going" tor It undoubtedly did It so the sole idea of 
IPilliiMr § breiA on seat locations for the games. 

Iflth the hockey season now on, not a line has been sent out to those 
Wtid joined last year. Hence the $25 hookey fan "suckers** will have 
to apply to the «i>eca for location seats if they want to got in this winter. 
jPhe membership doesn't menn a thhiR. 

It's ft gtea^ iproy to "cure' hockey before it's £*iirly started. 

Kling Selling Service ^ 

(Ben Kilned, Cartoonist -creator of "Joe and Asbestos." Is not i*aee tip- 
plpf atiy More through the dailies, but Is selling his info as a service. 



•y JACK FULAtKI 
Tod Morgan made his second ap- 
pearance at Madison Square Gar- 
den this fall hi delMise of the junior 
lightweight championship last Fri- 
day nifcht and defeated Carl Duane, 
of the Kronx's Italian section. It was 

a hard fight, though neither boy was 
In danger of a knockout, but the 
superiority of Morgan was clearly 

ostabllshsd. 

Carlo had his gang with him. 
The uptowners had cheering and 
sinpflng groups upstairs« with Toot- 
crs and noise-making machioes all 
over the place. However, there was 
no squawking over the decision. 

Morgan appeared frail against 
Duane. who is rugged' atid of the 
mauler type. In the earlier rounds 
Carle gave tMi 'MOyn reason to hope 
for blur doings, but from the sixth 
round on Tod went out in front and 
stayed there. He landed ri^iit 
crosses to Duane's face repeatedly 
and ohco almost keeled Carl over. 
Duane's ability to counter made the 
going lively. Tod proved he can 
take it as Well as sock and with 
both hands. On his last perform- 
ance here he pasted all Joe Glick's 
ambitions for the title out of him. 

How Abfut Bematoifif 

80 they w£B have to dig up .a 

belter contender. And again it 
might be pointed out that JacJx 
Bernstein is raring to go. He owned 
the title oneo and is all set to recap- 
ture it. There is another boxer and 
former title holder who wants it, 
too, that being Johnny Dundee. 
Dundee went to the Coast last 
month b\it his damaged right hand 
wont blooey and he fought Tod with 
one hand and lost. And yet Mor- 
gan is no fluke. - Ho nets lUke a rofil 
champ. 

knoek Down i|nd Drag Out 

There were two 10-roundcrs In 
addition to the 16-round title bout. 
Both the early contests were excit- 
ing. In the semi-flnal Bddio An- 
derson, from the west, won a tech- 
nical knockout over Arnold Hyan. 
Ryan went down so often every- 
body loot oduiit. Tbo scrap hadn't 
pone two minutes when Arnold hit 
the canvas. He went down some 
more times but with about SO sec- 
onds to go he suddenly landed a 
left hook that toppled over Ander- 
son. Which meant U»o fans went 
nutty. 

For a couple of rounds the boys 
woro upright, then Ryan started 

falling: iu^ain. He was wabbllnpr 
when the bell rang in the fifth and 
after being dropped two or three 
times In the sixth. Referee Crowley 
stoppt'd it. The latter doubtless 
would have acted earlier but An- 
derson and Rsran have met twice 
before and last summer at Coney, 
after beinpr smacked to the floor 
eight times, Arnold had Anderson 
down in the final round and earlier 
than that, too. 

Lee Murray Wins 

The other good bout introdurod 
I^H Munay, of Australia, who was 
.<s:iveu a popular decision over Solly 
Seeman. Solly Is a tough puncher, 
ut\(\ with the advantage of reach and 
:iu-engtli ought to be at the top of 
his class. But he dogs It and that 
is the answer. Murray carried the 
fiHiit to him. He had Solly holding 
on grimly during several rounds, 
with the gallery yelling for a knock- 
out. In the last round Seeman 
seemed to b«^ well grogged, but the 
Auati*alian^didn't know how to An 
lf»h him. %olly jufit kept backing 
away and fAllliig Into otindifs. 



Three '*Big 3" Managers Get Together 

The iilKht iH>fore the. Yalo-Harvard game last week the three baseball 
_munaK'< «s of Yule, Princeton and Harvard got together in a New Haven 
fmtcrnily hou.sc. It come about throiish the liluo undur>;iuduatc niaii- 
Uger talkiijj; to his Criiamm contemporary and learning that the Harvard 
youth wua iioidiiiK opei) his Princeton gauif dales. Surprised, the neutral 
Sli sought out the Prlhoeton charfo do affairs, and discovered the same 
•Ituatlon — Princeton wai9 hokllni open Its Harvard diamond dates. The 
three then talked fl over. 

Which indicates that Prinreton and Harvard will pv^'^'^bly be |*laylnK 
football again in and consummates a sidelight on the undergrruluatc 
If flHif td<tvivr«da the -reoent CaanbridgesNViw Jersey rumpus; . . 



N. O. Races Start 

New Orleans, Nov. 
They're off I 

New Orleana ushers In Its racing 

season Thanksgivtef. Until April 

first the bangtails will be cantej^ing 

around the local ovals. 

Those motley personages who 
follow the "Hport of kliiKH" have 
arrived like wanderers of the night. 
Hotels are all filled and will remain 
ao— liaU!_ sprin g. Fturses wil l he 
larger thia winter, one, the New 
OrlQuns Handicap, having |uO,000 
added. 

Col. E. R. Bradley, moving spirit 
at the Fair Grounds, has decreased 
the mutuel "rut" to 4 per cent. It 
used to be 6. ■ 

It looks like a great season. 




NEWS FROM THE DAILIES 



This department contains rewritten thestrical news items as pub- 
lished during the «ir#ok. in tho daily papers of New York* Chicago 
and thi ^aeillo Ceaat» VafMy takes no trodH fi^ tliMa mw% Items: 
eaah h— Heti rttwi H gn INm • dally p a pe^ 



NEW YORK 

Herman Knopf and Harry Green - 

berg, radio dealers, were before 
Magistrate Simpson in the Tomljs 
Court on the charge of Patrolman 
I^awlor that radio sets in front of 
tho places of business were disturb- 
ing the peace, endangering life, and 
were detrimental to health. Magis- 
trate Simpson, after listening to the 
same sets, ruled otherwise. 



Five pieces of tur, property of 

Corttes Palmer' (now Mrs. IB; V. 

Brewster), film actress, which were 
attached in storage here last March 
to satlafy a $100,000 Judgment ob- 
tained by Mrs. Kngone V. 1'. I-frews- 
ter, were sold at auction last week 
for $141. 



Loie Fuller, dancer, who cleaned 

up on Queen Marie's visit to the 
Metropolitan Opera, sailed suddenb' 
on the "Majestic" for Europe Fri- 
day with her company of 19 dancers. 
Alice Terry and Mm*, 
also on. board. 



the private Uvea of Indlvlduali 
without permission. 

Qeorge Bernard Shaw thinks Brit- 
ish censors owe him $2,500,000 as 
compensation for plays held up for 
years before granted production 
license. Shaw refused the $40,000 
awarded him in conjunction with 
the lots Nobel prise for literature. 
He accepted the honor only. This 
action Ih Homewhat similar to that 
of President itoosevelt, who was 
awarded the Nobel prise In XOOO. 



Lord Beaverbrook, proprietor of 
tho "Daily Kxpress," London, paid 
a personal tribute to the American 
film, "Beau Geste,'* in a letter to the 
editor of his paper. Beaverbrook 
lauds the film as a powerful and 
moving balaneo iB ItevdT' at Great 
Britain. ; . 



Lole Fuller, former dancer, denied 
that she left Queen Marie's train 
^entourage at the request of the 
Queen on nccount^of some dissen* 
slon. Miss Fuller claims the re- 
ported friction was merely news- 
paper talk. 



The Sesquicentonnial £zpoaltion 

at Philadelphia is to bo extended 
for one m(»nth, or until Jan. 1. 19:27. 



No one appeared in favor of the 
proposed d a. m. curfew law for 
night dubs and cabarets at the ht»ar- 
ing before the local laws comniittoe 
of tiie Board of Aldermen Saturday. 
AHterman Murray Stand attacked 
the measure as discriminatory. 
David ^tone, of the Cl\ib Maxime, 
declared that night dub proprietors 
felt Injured because "their friend 
.Tlmmy Walker introduced the' bill." 
The meeting was a dj swflf hed ttPtU 
November 29. 



Blectric signs in Place de r Opera, 

Paris, have been voted "out" by t>fTl- 
cials, and the famous circle has been 
dark since Nov. 18. 



Qerald Dwyer, 27, former news- 
paper man, has pleaded gtdlty to 

tho charge of manslaughter In the 
tltst degree. He shot and killed 
Joseph Ruffner, 34, also a news.- 
paperman, Oct. 3. Tinffner'n wife 
was the cause of the battle which 
led to the murder. 



Dr. Joseph Crochiola, 46. 265 West 
42d Street, leaped fli«om the gallery 

of the liiberty theatre Into tho 
courtyaid below following the per- 
formance of "Twinkle, Twinkle," 
Wednesday night. He died a few 
minutes after reaching Bellevue. At 
Crochiola's hotel It was said he had 
.shown signs of deappadenoy fpr two 
months. 



Yale University theatre open.s 

Dec. 10 at New Haven with a pluy 

written and prbdttoad by the stu- 
dents. 



Frieda 

Shanghai 
j^eriously 
housebby 
the latle 
i>hanghai 
$200. Mi 
severely 
handicap 



Frommel, directress of the 

American School, was 
wounded by a former 
Inst Tuesday night when 
r entered her home in 
and attempted to steal 
.M.s Frommel's fingers were 
slashed and will probably 
her musical career 



New York's flr.st audience to hear 
"Turandot" at the Met cleaned the 
bojc office racks. 



Shirley Masons engagement to 
Harlan Fengler, automobile .speed 
king, has been called of|» aocbrdijig 

to the screen actress. •• -• v < ' 



Colonel Arthur IJttle has accepted 
the chairmanship of the testimonial 
dinner to be given to Daniel Froh- 
man at the BUtmore Hotel, New 
Vork. on Dec, 19. It's $1,000 cover 
charge for the Actors' Fund and 44c. 
for the meal, making ' a ' nross , of 
$1,000.44 a Hate. 



E<iuity is to decide whether Lau- 
rette Taylor has the right to appear 
in the New York production of ."Her 
Cardboard lyover," in which 0ti^ 
contly appeared on tour. 



Judith Anderson left New York 
Saturday for an Australian tour to 
begin Dec. 26. She Will appear In 
three plays. 



Jacques Gopeau, European fdage 

director, is to elve a series of lec- 
liirt>s at the American Laboratory 
theatre in January. 

The Board of ]>irectors of the 
Metro-tir'ldwyn Pictures Corpora- 
tion hrtv jl'Mlared n ffnarterly diVf- 

of per OMM* r.q fliA pyft. 

fevred stock of the company, pay- 
able Dec. 16, 1926. 



Charlie c:haplin's protest against 

the pre.sonlation in London of the 
tilm, "The History of Charlie Chap- 
lin," was upheld at a meeting of 
TiOndon cinema lead<ivs who passed 
u icsoiuiion against the lilming of 



T'laps for the amalgamation of 
15,000 independent picture theatre 
owners were broa<*hed at the annual 
convention of the New Jersey The- 
atre Owners* Asso( iation aX Atlantio 
City on Nov. 18. Charges were 
were at the meeting that certain 
leaders of the picture industry were 
endeavoring to crush 4ndependent 
prpducers. 



Ilirrtm Abrarp.M. decejjsed pre.sident 
of the United Artists' Corpora tion^ 
left all but $5,000 of his esUte t« 
his widow, Mrs. Florence Abrams. 

LOS ANGEL£S 

Viola Lan>?, 21 years of ape. screen 
extra, WHS lined $300 with the alter- 
native of 300 days in jail on a ohArge 
of posse.ssln^j liquor. She spent two 
days in Jail anAdhen paid $298, the 
bttiance of the fine. 



Gertrude Wood, 20, a domestic. 
waM arrested on a charge ot child 
Hbtindonment, wh'^n she called at 
Children's Home Foundling Society 
to refdaim her infaht child which 
Hhe admitted she had left In the 
automobile of Katherine Long; 
ficreen actress, In Laurel Canyon. 



"nlpu Markey, orchestra leader, 
a.M robbed of music valued at $],00# 
by a man who entered his studio 
• luring the leader's absence, claim- 
ing he had come to do aome prao* 
tichls*^^ ' 



Gloria Swanson has Instructed 
Milton Cohen, her Hollywood attor- 
ney, to dispose of her California 
household and furnishings in toto. 
She announces her permanent. i;e#i«; 
denoo in Now York. 



Tommy Jacob.s, Culver City and 
Venice cafe man, re(H'ntly sued for 
000 damaK:e3 for alle»red assault 
by Will R. Brown, has filed a c«iiin- 
t'^r suit apaiuHt Brown, asserting 
Rrown created a disturbance in 
lacobs* Ship cafe at A'enice, t|ifreb!f 
injuring its reputation. 



A three -months old baby ^rirl was 
abandoned in the automobile oC 
^^atherlne liang, screen actres«. In 
♦"ront of her horuc in Laurc'l Cjinvdn, 
»*olico took the Infant to Juvenile 
Hall. ".r 

Yosie Fujiwara, Japanese singer, 
called "I he Caruso of Japan," ar- 
rived In Los Aneretes for a brief 
stay, en route i.o Milan. Italy, to till 
a grand opera eng^emeht. 



Three new hotels, to cost $3,000,- 
000. and a IfiOO.OOO apartment house, 
kre in process of constrm tion or 
contemplated for Hollywood for the 
immediate future. 



Final decree of divorce granteti to 
Rmmctt S. Davis from Mariska 
Aldrieh, grand opera singer. 



CHICAGO 



According to Samuel Insull, the 
Chicago Civic Opera company will 
be housed in "the finest grand opera 
house in the world.** 

The site for which Mr. Tnsiill Is 
negotiating is owned by William V. 
Kelley, head of the Miehle Printing 
l^ress cotupanj- and prominent 
realty man in this city, and is leased 
by the Chicago "Daily News." The 
pr«>p<''tv Is on Madison street, ov- 
erlng the entire area from Al-'-rket 
street to the river ana nAPlllwmd 
half bloclc. 

AcconliiiK to friends of Mr. In- 
sull, the weal <h lest man in Chicago 
and husband of Mr.s, Samuel Insull, 
tho actress and producer, he wishes 
(.» do somethint,' "truly great" for 
Chicat?... liavir-r -all the money and 
power he wantir." 



O 'T* <f /\ O C» 

EDITORIAL 



VAiasTr 




KiETY 



Tna» Mark lt«cl#»r«4 

■tai* 8Uv«rmaat PreBident 
III tr«ft 46tb 8tr««t N«w York City 

■UBaCRIPTION: ■ 

▲MiMl. ftl . Foreign.,,...... 18 

CoplM •* C«nta 



VOL. liXXXV 



K0.6 



15 YEARS AGO 

{From Variety a$ui ^Vlifiper**) 



Ben Teal returned to the services 
of Klaw & Krlanger after aervins 
M director for dutrlos Froh- 

man and Web«r 4k Ftolds tor sov- 
•ral years. 

Pectelon having been made to rase 
Madison Square Garden, the t9th 

and 71st Regiment armories were 
t»idding for exhibitions usually given 
there. (The new Garden had not 
been projected.) The Grand Central 
Palace management talked of legal 
steps to prevent a state institution 
from competing with a private bxisi- 
tor exhibitions. 



The Keith reporting system was 
under fire. An act that liad been 
reported as first class wa» placed 
in the Fifth Avenue bill and can- 
celled after one show. Another act 
that had played the Orpheum time 
and received favorable reports was 
substituted and also "canned" by 
Manager Blmer Rogenk 



Harry Houdini doing a "challenge 
exhibition*' in Pittsburgh, burst a 
blood vessel doing his straight 
jacket escape, and had to cancel 
three weeks of dates. 



Bob Dailey was rehearsing a 
"girl act" about to start in vaude- 
Tille with himself as the head. 



Following tho promotion and col- 
lapse of the Folies Bergere (in what 
Is now the Fulton, New York) it 
looked as though there would be 
a flood of cabaret shows in res- 
taurants. The U. B. O. had not 
made up Its mind as to a policy in 
dealing with acts that played such 
dates, although some of the man- 
agers frowned on booking such ma- 
terial. 



I^ondon was in the midst of a 
craze for almost naked dancers. The 
County Council M. the instigation 
of the mlnlslors, ordered the dance 
©f Neriguo stopped at the Palladium. 
At the Hippodrome another dancer 
had to modify a semi^nude posing 
on horse back. 



It was a terrible season on» the 
road. Covering the week nearly a 
score of shows were withdrawn 
from tour, some of them notable 
Broadway successes. 



Dave Marlon's "Dreamland Bur- 
lesquers" (Columbia) was breaking 
house records everywhere. It was 
estimated it would deir |iO»000 on 
the 



Walter Hampden appeared at the 
Majestic, Chicago (vaudeville), for 
the first time in KIchard Harding 
Davis's sketch, "Blackmail." , 

50 YEARS AGO 

{From "C'ipper") 

The Centennial Exposition in Phil- 
adelphia was closed with impres- 
sive ceremonies. President drant 
being present. It was estimated 
8.000,000 persons were drawn to 
Philadelphia during the show. 



Klectlon returns were slow. For 
several days the report was cred- 
ited that Samuel J. Tilden had 
been elected President. 

Freak endurance contests were 
popular. Capt. Neil Mowry and 
John Murphy posted $1,000 a side 
for a 100-milo race in tho saddle, 
each man using 10 mounts, the race 
to be held at Fleetwood Park. Capt. 
Mowry engaged to use only western 
mustangs, while Murphy was to 
ride only common hacks, thorough- 
breds being barred. 



— Uertha Von liillern 611 a ILT-day 

walking match in Central Park 
♦ lardiMi, covering 3231-2 miles and 
being the only one of a number of 
women starters to last the limit. 



For the week beforf Thanksgiv- 
ing the Clipper records only one 



RADIO AND THE DAIUES 



If as Variety's survey last week of the effect of radio on the theatre 
said, that listeners-in depend upon the extent of the publicity given 
to a special event by the daily newspapers, the dallies again Mold the 
upper hand on air ooatrol of llsteners-in* 



Daily newspapers, however, do not want that control. Neither do they 
want to give away free space to a commercial proposltkm that In reality 

is nothing but, while alleging radio's commercially turned air programs 
should be printed as a public service. Still some dailies may first con- 
sider their radio sections through the business they carry. 



For the information of the dailies there are' some additional facts. 
Radio that at one time threatened to swamp the popular price scng copy 
and phonograph disk sales has long since lost its potency in that direc- 
tion. .The sales of both returned to aon^lcy some months back and 
have continued normal other than In tbm usual depressed periods of both 



Tho poeerd of the riiow business Is that every contrivance or device 

in entertainment susceptible of withholding patronage from the theatre 
became stagnant after the public grew accustomed to it, with the 
theatre continuing on its usual course when holding drawing cards. 
This Is so of any class of theatre or attraOtlOB, 



Radio has no true guide as to its circulation. It practised deception 
so long under the guise of "publicity* to procure entertainers on the air 
without pay that fio longer are any ^Iftatements of circulation from 

a radio station accepted for any degree of accuracy. Performers were 
Informed that "radio publicity" would make them. Phoney letters, 
also wires, were included among the legitimate letters and wires sent to 
the station. The wires and also letters were requested through the air 
simultanously with the broadcasting, thereby leaving it in doubt if tho 
percentage responding was larger or smaller than those remaining 
silent among the listeners-in. 



A person at the dial nowadays wavers from one to another station. 
It's seldom there is a favorite. Tlie dialer picks up what he wants to 
listen to, whether talk, song or instrumental musle. 

Printed programs may have their followers in the country towns or 
even in the households of the city. But they are not Intens^ followers. 
There are now few rabid listeners-in ansrwhere. Tho farther away from 
the city the more apt to While away an evening before the set, but In 
those very places the custom Is to retire early, very early. So it still re- 
mains questionable what audience Is left country-wide after 9 or 10 
p. m., unless on a special event. 

Provided the dailies do not tell of the special radio event, how are 
the listeners-ln to be Informed? Should the printed program be omitted or 
skeletonised down to the free entertainment only, eliminating all paid 
"hours" and radio advertising, there could be no guaranteed audience, 
no high scaled radio advertising by the hour — and a position left for 
radio where if it wants to make known Its program of paid entertain- 
ment for lU paying advertisers^ must advertise In the dallies. 

The condition with the dallies and radio Is exactly as it was with 
the entertainers and radio. Performers held oil' until radio paid. Stage 
entertainers were advised long ago by Variety not to appear for radio 
without pay. 

Radio pleaded poverty with the performers, pleaded public service, 
pleaded publicity, but the performers held out. And now radio Is paying 
performers because they can't get them without. And they need them. 
But they need the dallies more. . 

The few people or acts 'Yadlo-made" are like a drop In the bucket 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON LEGIT 



For a eriiic to apologize, and in print, for a bitter panning accorded 
a play the day previous is looked upon in Washington, and probably 
would be most anywhere, as quite a departure. 

This is what I^onard Hall, of the "News" did after styling Michael 
Arlen's "The Green Hat" as "trash." Hall also called it "the cheapest, 
most stupid, most idiotic and thoroughly silly play I have ever seen." 

To all of which Mr. Hall, In his column "Show Shopping," the next 
day said: 

"To Miss Katberine Cornell and the members of "The Green Hat" 
Company- 
Ladies and gentlemen: This may or may not be a critical Innovation. 

However, I feel that in Justice to you all I should apologize for the bit- 
terness of my review of your play published in this space yesterday, 
and I do. 

While I have no respect whatever for Mr. Arlne's play, I now realize 
that I overstepped the bounds of good ta.«$tc and judgment in my han- 
dling of the matfer. and I want you of the acting company to know that 
I am ever sorry for it. 

If I can in mny wmy make amends beyond this little group of words, I 
shall be only too liapiiT* 

Yours sincerely, 

LBONARD HAtL." 

Within the past three weeks the "News" has lost two theatre ad- 
vertising accounts. First Poll's, due to Hall's review of "Artists and 
Models," and then tho Rialto (Pets.) following an adverse opinion by the 
same critic on "Michael Strogoff." the French film Imported by Universal. 

The Poll withdrawal was nothing n«>w as this Is a Shubert house. In 
the case of the Rialto, though. It is the first time a local picture house 
has resorted to ad pulling. 

The Belasco advertising, where "The Green Hat*' was playing, remained 
in tho paper. 

Grossing within a few dollars of $226,000 during its 16 weeks at the 
Biltmore, Los Angeles, the Metro-€k>ldwyn-Mayer-Erlanger picture, 

"Ben-Hur," established a new long run record for downtown Los Angeles, 
and at the same time hung up a gross total which probably will stand 
for a long time. When tho picture was finally forced out Nov. 20, due 

(Continued from page G6) 



college football game, that between 
Colimibia Fnivfrslty and Rtovf-ns 
Institute of iloboken, played in Ilo- 
bokcn and won by sicvens. 



Annoimoomr'nt w.is mado of the 
opening Christmas Night of the 
New Broadway Theatre at 30th 
street and Broadway. 



Tony 'Pastor, standing oppo.slte 



bis new house on Broadway near 
Prince street, was robbed of bis 
watch, as his gaze took In the new 
llluml i iuted sign o i w tliu do e r, o ne 
of the first displays of the kind. 



Kir«lfy's Alhambra Palace, Phila- 
delphia, was advertised to remain 
open all winter, and the announce- 
meift noted that the house was 
Seated by modern apparatus. 



RIGHT OFF THE DESK 



Bf NELUE R£V£LL 



Thanksgiving again and In the great chorus of praise I peeni to heai 
a few dissenting voices, saying "What have I to be tlionkfui for?" 

Let's see, what has anyone got to be tllankfiil for? Are you free from 
ache or pain? Have you a Job? Is there some place tliat's homo to 
you? Or if not, could you have a homo if you wanted one? Have you 
your sight? Can you stand and walk and don't have to lie flat on your 
baek day after day and year after year? 

If you owe no one anything and if added to that you have a few 
friends who have that Indefinable quality called "humanism" who accept 
you at your face value, whose friendship is so big and understanding 
It can separate the wheat of good Intention from the chaff of huniaa 
frailty, retain the wheat and with the breath of kindness blow the chaff 
away, and If kind providence occjiFlonally affords you the privilege of 
being of service to your follow man, then get down on your knees and 
thank God. Tott hairo overarthHig that life can otter. 



The disclosure by Variety last week that J. J. Murdock has devoted 
over 1800,000 of his own money to the backing of a cancer research told 
me something I had not known, yet It was no surprise. Long years of 
association with him taught me that here was one man who was great 
inside as well as on the exterior. And the fact that he didn't want 
publicity for his share in the work was consistent, also—for that Is the 
only condition ever attached to his charities oven wImb he had an olo* 
vator put in the old soldiers' home. 

This is tho first time in my life that I ever intentionally disobeyed 
my old boss. But when so much disparaging Is said of tho Ohow bualnoss 
and its people. It would not be right to bury under a busM so aiaoy 
fine acts by so great a showman. 



Having been the recipient as well as the emissary of many of Mr. 
Murdoch's kindnesses, I know whereof I speak. For instance, last year 

when my heart filed a complaint and most of my time was spent in 
bed, stretched out like a week's wash, he had a heart specialist from 
Montreal attend Mo. 



Among tho other numerous things I have to be thankful for Is that 
many years ago — too many to tell — when Mr. Murdock was looking (or 
a press agent. Amy Leslie, of the Chicago ^Oaliy News,^ Introduced 
me to him. Until then I had been a circus press agent iMT 
my first chance exploiting the theatre. 



Tee, I attende^L the opening of the Paramount theatre. Talk about 

celebs! I sat between I^ec Shubert and Bill Grossman, in front of Mr. 
and Mrs. F. F. Proctor and behind Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pettljohn, from 
my home state, Indiana. And I said "hello" to the Nathansons from 
Toronto and good bye to the Glllesples from London* 

And I had the pleasure of reminding Jesse Lasky that it was Just 
18 years ago this week that "Lasky's "Red Heads," one of his first short 
musical comedy revues, opened at tho Colonial theatre. And in all 
candor» I must say that yearn and mllllona have ail gHmoi Mm Oito 
whit. 

The site of tho building has a special significance for me, too. For It 
was in the old Putnam building that Percy Williams, my old boss, had 
hlH offices all tho time I worked for falm. 

Taank you, HaroM Franklin. 



How Napoleon's spirit must have smiled when he saw that three 
Important men at the Paramount opening wouldn't have weighed over 
350 pounds all together. They were Adolph Zukor, Jimmy Walker and 
Will Hays. They might not have mode the football team at any college 
in the land, but In the business world brain counts more than brawa 
in being picked for an all-Amerlcan team. Toi^ It vag * h|g JrtlM 
little guys! ^.r.'\v ■ '■-yr 'r'r-. 'i-'- 



Amelia Bingham is playing in the "Pearl of What MeO Glory or Or o al 

Price Glory or what have yon," you know, the play in which Dob Me* 
IjAUf^hlin, the author, contends that virtue Is a POarJ of groat price. 
Incidentally does that make him a virtueoso? Of course Amelia Bfltig* 
ham would dignify any play she was In, but the thing of In t ere st iMifO 
is that until now she has always played "Rags arc royal raiment when 
worn for virtue's sake" and this part is of a hard-boiled msdanm. of. a 
damsel dive. ^ 

Thus, thopgh Miss Bingham portrays the character with great IMpllty, 
she is half apologetic about It to her friends. One attemfM lo console 
her the other day. 

"I wouldn't feel so badly, Amelia," she soothed. "You do the part 
wonderfully and It might open up a new field to ym^ 

Seeing tho shocked surprise on Miss BlnglMlgi% 
hastened to explain. 

"I mean this sort of play is the vogue and you've created a type that 
the managers want nowadays." 

But It was sometimo before Miss Bingham would 



The next night I saw another 'Virtue Is Its own reward" production-* 
"Broadway." And In the language of 47th and 7th, ''What a show.** 
Everyone who has evf-r had aspirations to write a play and who thinks 
he knows Broadway, will have tho feeling when he sees it, "Now why 
didn't I think about this flrstr But In addition to tho Idea, it has oao 
of the best stories and some of the best Hnes I haivo over lieard--€Hr seen. 

The play has everything, including one of the most uproarious bits 
of business I can recall In years of show-going. Lee Tracy and the 
heroine are In his dressing room where he Is making his quick change, 
lie lectures her about her affection with the big butter-and-egg man. 

"I^lstcn," he says, shedding his trousers and standing In his & OfH^ 
"don't let anybody get too familiar with you." ^' ; 



Vouching for this tale Is Arthur Houghten, manager of Fred Stone's 
"Crlss CroHH" show. Tt was opening night and Mr. Houghten was hurry* 
ing from tho dressing rooms to tho front of the house. In the wings 
he found two actdl's who constitute the burlesciue horse of the production. 
The one why plays the front legs stopped him. 

"Is my name on the program?" he wanted to know. 

"I don't know — I haven't seen the program yet," Mr. Houghten sold, 
'smutslng* his as managers must* TU find out for you later." 

"How about your name?" he went on, addressing tho nan who plays 

the hind legs. 

"Don't you put my name on tho program," the back-legs Imperidnator 
demurred. "I don't want to get to be known as a tirpe." 



This Is a great Thanksgiving for Molly Fuller — it must be when Plain- 
ilcld looks like tho Palace to her. It was over the 'phone that she told 
me the news that she is resuming her vaudevlllo booking this week 
and opening In TMalnfieid, her first engagement sinco the long llhaess 
when her life was d' spalrod of. 

"Oh," she ci-ied, "I'm the happiest person in the world. I'm going 
to open next week— 1— n Plalnfleld." 

"From your enthusiasm," X told her, **l thought you would bo head* 
lining at the I'alace." 

"•~'*Plalnflel d luukB li ke the Palac e to mc ," sh e laugh ed . 
willing to play Brunswick." 



The booking office must l^u xo been listening In. Threo hours later she 
received word she had been changed to New Bruns^^ ick. 



This department leends ron>?rnt»iIntIons to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Krugor 
OA the arrival of their seven iK>uud daughters, Monday. 



40 



VARIETY 



LEGITIMATE 



Wednesday, November M» Mi 



BICKERTGN, JR., ARBIM 
OR PICTURE RIGHTS SALE! 



Ncirly Unanimous Choice of Dramalisto and Man- 
tifer* — Continuing Law Praclic<^— Income From 



GENE BUCK GOES 

WITH SHUBERTS 



Joseph i*. lilckerton, Jr., ha.s been 
chosen as the arbiter of the .sale of 
picture rights for plays, us proviilod 
for in tho new Dramatists' Mini- 
mum Basic Contract, adoptod by 
managers and authors last summer. 

Several meetings recently held 
by the authors mA ili|iMi«ini>M^ 

metttaii la WhipiM&ff tlte ^tract in - 
N to its flnai form, wa« originally 
mentioned in Variety as one of 
three men qualified to handle the 
berth of arbiter. 

At a meeting of the dramatists 
It was reported that lie was ae- 
lected by unanimouo assent. The 
m^ t^miUtiw m iyim reflected in the 
managerial session, with Blckerton 
ao far ahead of eight rivals that his 
■election was a foregone conclu- 
•id«^ IMMp liia iida» of tiM Mwlc 
lyrreement the arbiter must have at 
least a two- thirds vote of both the 
authors and managera in aeparate 
mettlngs. 

! At a conference meetln^f between 
committees of both sides h( Id at the 
Astor Hotel the following names 
WM •ttbfliitt«« ta «eMIIM» to Mr. 
Bickerton's: Daniel Frohman, Ar- 
thur Garttelo Hayes, Justice Sam- 
uel Greenbaum, ex- Justice Marsh, 
'^ufftttttM Thomtm, MiMfriy RiillHW«, 
Paul Mo9s and Roi Cooper Megrue. 
Mr. Biciterton was willing to with- 
. draw in favor of Mr. Frohman, but 
thi iatltr iHiatiBfl h* plai^Mi « trip 
South and would not be able to 
devote th« time to tho position. 
William A Bvady. head of the ten- 
tattVo manacera group, wm ti^m^ 
as a candMttta awM tiflto i«» 
withdrew. 

Bickerton Popular 

Mr. Blckerton, attorney and pro- 
ducer, is one of the beat -liked 
bowmen oil BrofUlway. Hta acca- 
aioaal theatrical productions have 
enabled him to keep close to the 
Ihaide of the legitimate field. The 
position of arbiter will not demand 
much of his time, for the first year 
at any rate, and Mr. Bickerton will 
continue the practice of law as 
Heretofore, headquarters of the ar- 
biter being established in the Bick- 
erton law offices, 220 West 42d 
Street. 

There was no hwaej in naming 
an arbiter as the new rules for the 
sale of picture rights app.ies only 
to HHMe plays produeed sNice the 
baalo agreement was signed last 
summer. No play since produced Is 
known to have been sold for pic- 
tttres ae yife >M tki p dtl ei i tkt 
rights has not been earned by man- 
agers for a number of new plays 
tried, since the required number of 
p e i l eiii aii te glren. in 

such cases the s^ Hgliiti f«ve«t to 
the author. 

Compensation to be made by the 
arbiter la rstfurded as neflattve. He 
is to reoetve 2Vi per cent of tho 
^ gross sales, meaning that the pic- 
\ ture rights of plays sold must gross 

i $600.0M M tkii Miter to Miwre 

[. $12,500 annually. The expense of 
the arbiter's ofllcc has not been en- 
tirely taken care of, though both 
Jrtdes agree to defray tMOf 'tM j^«s|^ 
IM item that is problematic. 

8huberts Holding Out 

Tho ShuljertH have not signed the 
basic agreement and are the only 
aiAikagers left In that position. They 
lUiVe been standing out for partici- 
pation In tho small rlnihta, pertain- 
ing to outside royaltie.H un music of 
produottoiig, wkich includes revenue 
Gj|^Mkt>ni picture theatres, cafes and ho- 
tels. This money I» collected by 
the American Society of Authors. 
Composers and Publishers and di- 
vided annually. There are over 600 
members in the Dramatists body and 
the Shuberts may find themselves 
In an embarrassing situa tion In se- 
curing plays, aJM lliruu|li fureigu 
affiliations. 

The duties of the picture rights 
arbiter are in line with that of an 
umpire. He Is to receive all bids 
for the rights and is to decide 
whether the bids are fair. 

Subterfuge and sharp practices In 
the sales of picture righto within 
the past few years were proven. 
When it was shown that the authors 



A Perfect Week-End 



' A group of Great Neck. It. I., 

residents who hibernate on 
Broadway during the day, usu- 
ally make the same morning 
train to town. Among them 
are Jack Welch, Buck Broth- 
ers (Gene and Cleorge), Tom 
Naughton and Stan Sharpe. 

Last Thursday, cuming in. 
Welch carried a patent leather 
suitcase. He answered the 
greetings of the others with 
his customary * How'ya. kid," 
but ther wiHre ovIclMi abtMil the 
bag. 

Welch said he was going 
away for- a week-end; He 
wouldn't tell where. Balti- 
more was the supposed desti* 
nation. . 

Hie btrtieh refused id pipe 

down until the suitcase was 
opened. Its total contents con- 
sisted of a quart-sized sliver 
llaslMi i s i l Wg INHtle^ iKll«ffed 
Scotdi asd . *'Va<f 

ricty." 

Just a perfect ^eek-end for 
Jask> he admitted^ 



Gene Buck, who has gone into the 
production Held on bis own, will 

hook throujjh the Shuberts accord- 
ing to plans laid out of his first 
row production. It Is to be a mu- 
sical comedy called "Tours Truly." 
which will star Leon Krrol. 

Buck has been on the Erlanger 
side as an author and director, 
acting in that guise for many Zleg- 
feld "Follies" and other productions 
Errol will be a new face in Shu- 
bert theatres also. / 

Josef Urban Is designing the set- 
tings for "Yours Truly." 



2 MUSIf MS WITH 
SiOIESTm 



Star of Each Show Enniish 
Qiri— <0h Please; Rewrit- 
ten Away From 'Oh Kay' 

A situation hai developed over 
the fact that two new musical 
shows Are both based on ths siine 
orlgUial stonr. 

t>il Kay!'* In which Gertrude 
I^awrence is starred, is already es- 
tablished in New York at the Im- 
perial, while the other. "Oh. 
Please!*' In wMoli Beatrice Lillle is 
starred, is now going through the 
tryout period out of town : ;.d 
scheduled to reach Broadway next 
month. 

Another coincidence is -that the 
leading player of each show, Ger- 
trude ]ja#r«rt«o and Behhrieo Ullie 
(with Jack Buchanan) canw from 
England to New York together with 
the Chariot Revue two years ago. 

Both stOriOs are founded on Mau- 
rice Hennequln and Pierre Vebtr's 
"Madame Presldente." As "O.i. 
Kay!" produced by Aarons & 
Freedley, #as the Urst to reach the 
main stem, it became nece.<^sary for 
Charles Dillingham, doing the Mllie 
rhow. to revise the book so that the 
.«lmllarlty between thO tivo tauslrals 
'"ouldn't be too pronounced. Anne 
Caldwell and Otto Harbach, ,ho 
have written the libretto of "Oli. 
P*saser" were directed by Dilling- 
ham to write an entlr'* new «'econd 
act Just as the show was about to 
open in Philadelphia. Many post- 
ponements of the* opening follower*. 

"Oh. Please!" Anally opened at 
the Forrest. Philadelphia, Friday. 
Several of the Quaker City review- 
ers pointed out the raggedness of 
the story. By the time "Oh. Please!" 
reaches New York the plot will 
probably have undergone many re- 
visions. 



EQUITY SIFTS 
AGENCY HELD 



Special CommlUee Hunt- 
ing Unfair Practice 



had been mulcted out of as mucli as 
50 per cent of the sums paid by pic- 
ture producers to certain managers, 
the authors were cemented into a 
strong body. Instead of a more or 
less lethargic organftdtlon. 

The participation of film produc- 
ers in legitime stage production 
was another factor that brought the 
authors together. They feared that 
H>y— such a clo s e hstwprp 
the producers, both screen and 
stage, a condition might come about 
where the author would be forceo 
to accept any figure the film people 
set. 

The authors then decided there 
was but one way to insure competi- 
tion for picture rights and the crea- 
tion of an arbiter for that purpose 
was the result. 



Kquity has appointed a special 
committee from Its council to 
carry on a nation wide investiga- 
tion of casting agents and so called 
"artists' representatives." The in- 
vestigation is the outcome of num* 
erous complaints from members as 
to commission ratio engage- 
ments and other practices which if 
verified will be opposed by the In- 
vestigating committee. 

The committee has been investi- 
gating conditions in a quiet man- 
ner for the past month or so. but 
refrains from making a statement 
of its. findings until all reports are 

in. ■. ■ 

The Inrestlgatlon takes In only 
branches of the theatre under 
Equity supervision such as dra- 
matic, musical and stock. 

Those in charge of the Inveciti- 
gation. along with Squity Execu- 
tive Frank Gillmore. say that 'le- 
gitimate" agents need have nothing 
to fear from the Investigation, but 
those who have not been issuing 
fair contracts as regards agents, 
remuneration for engagements ne- 
gotiated for members will be called 
rpon to give an accounting. 

One phase of the investic^ation i ; 
to ascertain just what most of these 
agents do to wavTant payments. 

The Investigation will not hit at 
agents who have actually helped 
performers but aims to throw a 
radiant spotlight upon the "soldier- 
ing" class that does little but col- 
lects indefinitely for it. 

Licensed agents that have been 
receiving more than the customary 
fee of 5 per cent, of the first 10 
weeks' salary will also come in for 
examinations. ' 

The Squity committee stresses 
the statement It Is not appointing 
itself to run the agents, or repre- 
sentatives, business or to run them 
out of business, but they are mtent 
on finding out'*the facts. 



Fred McCloy's Book m 
WeD Known Showmen 



FredMcCloy. press representative 
of tMMMual Buirleaque Circuit , 
and former manager of the Colum- 
bia, New York, has completed the 
manuscript for a book "Putting '£in 
Where They Belong," pnbllslied by 
the Scribe Publishing Co. It will 
be off the press soon after Jan. 1. 

McCloy, whose experience covers 
theatrical wid dally newspaper 
work, as well as all branches of 
the show business, paints an inti- 
mate portrait of well known 8how- 
men, artists and others of the show 
business, covering a period fi^Om 
1880 down to the prcient day. 

Two chapters arc devoted to ihe 
theatrical trade papers. Vaudeville, 
burlesque and the legit are treated 
in full. 



Vande's Prcqiaganda ' 
To fliniifliiTki [f fiw 



In an effort to eombat a less 
of prestige aaioag legit artlsto 

one of the former major vaude- 
ville circuits Is sending out 

weekly *'plpes" through ks 

press department and plant- 
ing storlen In a subsidized dally 
that certain stars of the legiti- 
mate stage are contemplating 

a plunge into vaudeville. 

Last week two well known 
players who have never ap- 
peared In vaudeville and who 
have turned deaf ears to all 
offers to date, were used in an 
'inspired" fitor^. It was not 
based on a shred of fhct be- 
yong the annual offer to both 
artists by an agent of the cir- 
cuit. 

Neither. It has been learned 

from authentic sources, has 
the slightest Intention of play- 
ing any bookings tendered by 
the vaude circuit In question. 
The story was played up In the 
"friendly daily." 

The value of the yam is said 
to be Its propaganda OffeCt 
when agents for the circuit 
approach the legits for vaude- 
ville dates and to stand off 
common reports. 



MacMAHON UNABLE TO 
GET ELUOn IN COURT 



Hearing on Summons Again 
Postponed — Doctor's Cer- 
tifioate Presented 



Another adjournment was grant- 
ed In West Side Court last Wed- 
nesday until today (Wednesday) 
when the matter of the snnunon.s 
obtolned by J. W. Elliott against 
John MacMahon came up. 

Cflllott has secured the summons 
upon the represehtotlon that Mac- 
Mahon had converted a check for 
$3,000 belonging to the firm of 
Meehan & . Etllott in which Mac- 
Mahon held an Interest. Mac- 
Mahon had demanded at the flrsc 
return date of the summons thai 
the hearing proceed but Elliott ob- 
tained an adjournment although he 
had brought wltnes.se.s to court. 

MacMahon had no witnesses and 
said he needed none: that ITe had 
deposited the check to his own ac- 
count as chargcf^, for the reason 
that the firm of Elliott & Meehan 
had no bank account, and that he 
retained the money, stated Mac- 
Mahon. because hie had salary due 
and unobtainable from the firm. 

Vindictivs Says MacMahon 

At the second hearing date last 
Wednesday MacMahon again 
pleaded that the matter be heard, 
but the court In view of the certifi- 
cate of Illness from a physician 
granted Elliott another week. 

MacMahon charges vindlctiveness 
on Elliott's part through he having 
started an action against Elliott 
for accounting in the production o: 
"Castles in the Air." 

John Meehan, another of El» ott's 
former partners in "The Gorilla." 
also became Involved In legal en- 
tanglements with BUllott before 
securing a settlement and dissolu- 
tion of the partnership. 

Both shows have rated as the- 
atrical successes with "Castles" 
still running. 

MacMahon must amend his com- 
plaint in the accounting suit ac- 
cording to Justice Qlennon, who 
dismissed MacMahon's complaint 
with leave for him to file a new 
set of papers. It is ruled that Mac- 
Mahon has not proved his owner- 
ship to 10 per cent of the "Castles ' 
show. 



FROHMAN SHOW 
SWITCHED TO 

SHUBERTS 



Gilbert Miller Engineers 
Change in Bookings-— 
Houses Not AfFected 



Productions of the Charles Pr<^. 
man Company will be booV«^d 
through the f hubert office. A switch 
from the A. L. Erlanger Exchnr.«»^ 
was reported several weeks a>io. but 
plainly indicated when "The (Con- 
stant Wife" was announced for 
Maxine Elliott's theatre n^ext Mon- 
day. 

The afllUatlon with Erlanger came 
about through Gilbert Miller, tnan* 

aging director of the Frohman Com« 

pany. after Miller had discussed the 
charge with Ad'>'nh Zukor art<i J» sHe 
Lasky. heads of Famous IMayers- 
Lasl'-y. whl^ controls the Frohman 
activities. An earlier trend toward 
the Shuberts was noted some weeks 
ago when *T'he Cardboard Lover" 
was tried out of town In Shv^ert 
houses. However, the Interest of A. 
H. Woods In that attraction may 
have Influenced the booking. 

70/30 Termsr 

ileports .ire that the Frohman at- 
tractions receive as high as 70 per 
cent, of the gross when playing Shu- 
be rt theatres In New York. 

The PVohman office and Empire 
theatre, were once the stronghold 
of the former legit "syndicate,** 
with the Hayman.'^ the powers be- 
hind the throne of Klaw & Erlanger. 
The EUnpire is Jointly leased by the 
Frohman Company and David Be- 
lasco and the same intere.sts have 
control of the Lyceum, so that no 
immediate change In the standing 
of those houses Is anticipated. 
Henry Miller's theatre, buflt by (iil- 
bert Miller's father and operat^'-d by 
Gilbert as executor fOr the estatOt 
may also remain on tho Erlanger 
list, since the latter is financially 
interested in operating lease. 

It is stated the cause of the oreak 
between Miller and Erlanger arose 
following dispute over the Miller 
theatre, with estate matters the 
crug. of the argument. > 



LeHAlRE'S 'AFFAIRS' ON 
ERLANGER BOOKINGS 



Playing 15 Weeks After Leav- 
ing This Week Before Go- 
ing into New York 



Ray-Price b Same 

Shoberl Roof Siww 



Tho olive branch Is belle vCTt~tt> 
have been passed between Kathryn 
Hay and Georgie Price.^ That dates 
from the settlement of Kathryn's 
damage suit against Georgie. 

indications of peace between them 
Is Indicated by their reported en- 
gagements with "A Night In Spain." 
a revue which the Shuberts are pre- 
paring for the Century roof. 



lHHev for ^ilSmr, 
4750 Fine for Wonao 



Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 
Mamie Kaldwin, alleged actress 
who pleaded with the law that she 
needed whiskey for bathing, was 
found guilty on two charges of pos- 
sessing intoxicating liquor and sen- 
tenced to a fine of $750 or 75 days 
in jail. Police at the time of arrest 
stated they had found two gallons 
of whi.^key in Jars in tho bathtub of 
Mamie's home. 



Chicago. Nov. 2S. 

When Rufus Le Maire's "Affairs" 
leaves Woods' Saturday it will go 
to St. Louis, then on a split week, 
and afterward Cincinnati, with the 
Nixon, Pittsburgh, follo wing -- a ll 
Krlanger bookings. 

Though Le Maire placed his mu- 
sical at the Woods by a direct ar- 
rangement with Aaron Jcn-s, tho 
local booking went through the Kr- 
langer office, with the show contin- 
uing on the Erlanger time. It will 
play about 15 weeks between hero 
and New York, exhibiting on Broad- 
way around March 15. 

With Thanksgiving and the Army- 
Navy football game this week. Ja» 
Maire expects to close his long and 
profltable run In Chicago to a |S6,* 
000 gross. 



Ficin reports the booking of 1^ 
Maire's "Affairs' with the Krlanger 
office "burned up" the Shuberts, 
with Rufus Le Maire. however, de- 
spite all overtures, remaining with 
Erlanger. 

The Shubert production booking 
agency Is railed Davldow & Le 
Maire. Inc.. with Kd l>avidow its 
active manager and presumably solo 
owner. It has been claimed in the 
past that Rufus Le Maire nev^** 
gave up his int erest in that agency, 
still retaining it. 

It is through this Indirect con- 
nection with the Shuberts th:)t tho 
more sharply marlts the Krlang^f 
office booking a Le "Maire big musi- 
cal show while the Shuberts are re- 
ported desperately in need of at- 
tractions for their theatres at thlf< 
time. 



lUfgilmiilajr N<yvttiiber 24, 1926 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



41 



EQUrrrSCOUNOLWORKINGOllT 
PLAN TO HELP AQORS' FUND 



Considered at Last Wedc*s Meeting — General Equity 
Meeting May Be Called for Ratification^ — Fund 

Rmrfiig Behind ISOyOOO Animally 

■ ■ -..--^^ — ^ ■ : ♦ ' . "' i . 



Equity win work to support the 
Actors' V\uid. Tlio fund Is said to 
have bsta tho yrlneipal topio on- 
flidered at the wsokly Council meet- 
ing last week. 

Bquity oiticlals are whule heart- 
edly in accord with plans to save 
tlie sreat .theatrical charity from 
flnsn'*tt»' embarrassment. 

It is reported that Kquity wiJ 
call a genortfl meeting that ths 
membership body may pass upon 
a plan to aid the Actors' Fund ma- 
terially. This plan will not oe made 
a part o' the fund's present cam- 
paiffB that will come to a climax 
next month, but will be of a ma- 
terial aid over an indeftnite period. 

AccordiniT to the reported outline 
all members of Equity who are 
working will bo askod to make a 
silver donation weekly to thn fund, 
niis is said to have been worked 
out by the Council and the i^oiieral 
meeting would ratify the prpoied 
pUui. The collection would be mode 
weekly by the manasers of the in- 
dividual companies and paid di- 
rectly to the fund. 

The fund is now running 150,000 
behind Its yearly incomerit is said. 

Another proposal to be made to 
the managers by Kquity calls for 
the collection of 10 per cent of all 
passes, such money to be turned 
over to the fund also. Formerly 
the fund was aided in that way. 

Instead some theatres are collect 
Ing pass money supposed to go into 
an employees beneficial fund. Other 
houses for a time collected pass 
money which was given the Inter 
national Theatrical Association, but 
that practtco has been discon 
tlnued. 



TENT RFPS CURB 
MEASURE UP IN L, A, 



Supervisort Claim Fire Hazard 
—Murphy and Sheley 

Building 



ZIEGGY'S ONLY ICE 

PLANT IN LEGIT 



"Rio Rtta" and "Betsy" Start 

Rehearsing — Sharpe Slipped 
"W. R." $40,000 Extra 



Flo Ziegfeld has two productions 
underway. One started rehearsals 
last week and the second com 
mences today. 

Another record going to Zleggy 
is an air cooling plant in the new 
Ziegfeld theatre at 6th avenue and 
54th street, Hearst-built. It is said 
to be the only legit house in the 
country, refrigerated. Stanley 
Sharpe, Zieggy's general manager^ 
is reported to have slipped In the 
air cooler on W. R. Hearstt for an- 
other $40,000 or so. 

In the "Kio Rita" play with a 
Mexican-Spanish locale that starts 
today, Edward Royce will stage. Its 
book is by Ouy Bolton and Fred 
Thompson. Harry Tierney and Joe 
McCarthy, the sOny writing team, 
will furnish music and lyric. 

"Rio" will have four featured cast 
members: J. Harold Murray, tenor 
with "CasUes in the Air/' Ethllyn 
Terry. Ada Mae and Bert WTieeler 
are the outstandery, with the chance 
Vincent Scranno may be added. 

-B9tMy;* known as the Belle 
Baker show is well under its rc 
hearsing way. Besides Miss Baker 
are Jimmy Hussey, Alan Kearns 
AI Bhean and James Carson, Ralph 
Whitehead, Madeline Cameron 
Evelyn Law, "Bobble" Perkins and 
Barbara Newberry. 

Bertram Harrison Is staging the 
book of "Betsy" and Sammy I>ee 
the numbers. Irvin Caesar and 
Dave Friedman wrote the story 
Words and music by Richard 
Rogers and Larry Hart. 

Closely following the witlidrawal 
of Vivlenne Segal from "Castles in 
the Air*' at the Selwyn, New York, 
J. Harold Murray, tenor and 
Juvenile lead in the show, also quit. 



3 SHOWS OUT 



One play stopped suddenly Satur- 
day, two more are leaving Broad- 
way at the end of the week, wht-n a 
fourth will probably also close. The 
latter is "The Pearl of Great Price," 
moved to the Casino last week from 
the Century. The Casino will have 
a new show next week, but a third 
house for the "Pearl" was in doubt. 

"lolanthe," presented by Win- 
throp Ames at the Plymouth, will 
leave after an extraordinary run of 
31 weeks. The Gilbert and Sullivan 
revival was an outstanding attrac- 
tion last seaooN, spanning the sum- 
mer and continuing successfully this 
fall. It maintained a pace of be- 
tween fl4,000 and $15,000 up to 
summer. 

"Naughty Riquette" leaves the 
Cosmopolitan for the road after 11 
weeks. The attraction did moder- 
ately, averaging I14.00A to $15,000 

for the first two months. A Shu- 
bert "Ivnv wltb Mitzi starred. 



NAUGHTY RIQUETTE 
Opened Sept. 13. Mixed opin- 
ion with a fow predicting a 
moderate run on the strength 
of the MiUi following. Others 
liked it, but Anderson (*'POet^) 
didn't. 

Variety (I bee) said: ''Should 
be good until the holidays to 
fairfy good business." 



"A Proud Woman," produced by 
Kdgar Selwyn, was taken off at 
Maxine Elliott's after playing one 



A PROUD WOMAN 

Opened Nov. 19. Net many 
of the first string men **csught" 
this one. Those \(fho did 
panned it. 



week. It drew a panning in the 
dailieft. and business indicated it 
had no chance. 



D. A. BANTON SEES 
OFFICIAL CENSORING 



MRS. CORPER AHACKS 
FOSTER FATHER'S Wfll 



Theatrical Man's Wife Says 
Foster Brother Embittered 
Father Against Her 



Ja>s Angele.*?, Nov. 23. 
Mis. Kdna Hodglcin8-Cor|>er, wife 
of Michael Corpcr, Los AntreK'^ 
theatrical man, is «eokint; to break 
the will of her foster father, the 
lute Col. Jofferaon Hodgkins, 
wealthy Illinois resident. In which 
she was cut off with $500, by filing 
an action In the Chicago Circuit 
Court to have the will, as probated, 
set aside. Mrs. Corper asserts she 
was an adopted daughter of the de- 
ceased and that in an original will 
she was given a huve ihare of the 
$200,000 estate. 

She alleges that her foster brother. 
William L. Hodgkins, Chicago con- 
tractor, embittered his father 
against her. 

The original will. Mrs. Corper 
charges, was either destroyed or 
secreted. She asks Judge Francis 
Wilson that in view of the alleged 
disappearance of this will the one 
already probated be annulled and 
that she be given her rights in the 
estate, which was divided equally 
between the son and the widow, 
Jennie L. Hodgkins. 

The probated will granted Mrs. 
Corper the Income from a $20,000 
trust fund during her life, but this 
clause was voided by 0' codicil giv- 
ing her only $500. 



OUST DeHAVEN 
AS REVUE HEAD 



Lewis Stone Now Tops 
Hollywood Muaic Box 



J 



Holds Little Faith in Play Jury 
— Too Many Negative 
Votes Required 



Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 

At a meeting of the Los Angeles 
County Board of Supervisors yes- 
terday It was decided to bar reper- 
toire tent shows from the county 
on the grounds that they were flre 
haards. Ftnal action was deferred 

The Board is to decide whether to 
permit tent nhows to operate in the 
county under provision that the 
latter build permanent structures. 

Representatives of Murphy's Com- 
edians and the Sheley Players stat- 
ed they had made plans to erect 
permanent theatres within the 
county and art[ed to have their 
operating liceoses continued until 
thet;e structures were ready. The 
supervisors will take this matter up 
next week. 

State Fire Warden H. L. Dunlap 
handed the Board the information 
that an places hofumw entertain- 
ment must be Class A fireproof 
buildings if seating more than 300 
people. 

At this meeting application made 

for license to operate tent ahows 
wore denied E. R. Plummer and 
Earl T. Hart, newcomers in this 
territory. 



Gaieties "Too Smart"? 



"The Garrirk C.iieties," taken 
over for the road by Jack Yorke 
and B. C. Whitney folded up Satur- 
day (Nov. 20), after being out three 
we^-ks. The company was returned 
to New York and disbanded. 

"Gaieties** wa« taken over from 
the Theatre Guild at the close of 
the New York run .xt the Cnrrlck. 
It started out to encouraglni; busi- 
ne?jH which dropped after the first 



week. The producers figure some 
<)f the natires were "too smart" for 
tlie road audiences. 

Whitney and Yorke will make an- 
other try with it after the fight 
weeks lapse period nrcossilated to 
abrogate Equity's run of play con- 
tracts and with practically an en- 
tire new cast. 



Actress' Income Adequate ; 
No Alimony f rom Hnbby 

Deeming that Jean Newcombe's 

income is adequate, her plea for ali- 
mony and counsel fee was denied 
in her suit against Francis Law- 
rence. Miss Newcombe went to 
Australia with a "Kid Boots" com- 
pany in 1924 and returned a year 
and a half later, alleging she found 
her husband's affection cool to- 
wards her. 

Lawrence states her income is 
$200 a week, alleging she holds an- 
other contract for a tour with "Kid 
Loots" in America and that his 
earnings do not exceed $50 « week, 
hence his alleged inability to pay 
separate maintenance, which was 
sustained by court order. 

It was further ruled that the wife 
has the burden of establishing facts 
sufficient to warrant an order for 
a separation decree before being 
awarde l alimony. 

Yiddish at Mansfield 

The llablma. a theatrical organ- 
ization from Moscow employing tne 
Hebrew tongue in presentation, takes 
posser;Fion of the Mansfield, New 
York, Der. 13 or thereaboutH. 

Sol llurok, the concert manager, 
brought them over. Jack Charasch 
is managing the outfit. 



Music Box's 2d Edition 

Los Anf/ol-^s. Nov. 23. 
Ed»li< I<«mbei t and Thomas l>ug- 
gan witlidrew from the Music Box 
show Wednesday night. Lupino 
Line «)i>ens Tliursday night in the 
second edition. 



Following ohjectlons on the part 

of several memoers of the citisens* 
play jury who voted against "The 
Captive" o. ked. by the jury. Dis- 
trict Attorney Banton was queried 

by newHraper men. Banton Is re- 
puted to have stated it is unlikely 
the play jury system can be a suc- 
cess because under the rules there 

must be a preponderant vote 
against any show in order to close 
It — nine negative votes out of n 
total of 12. 

Mr. Banton is reported further 
stating that if the jury system does 
not continue to function, ofl!lcial or 
so-called political play censorship 
would surely result in New York. 
In the case of "The Captive," thavo 
were six votes against five in favor 
and one blank ballot, the vote be- 
ing about a 50-50 division in the 
jury. That about equals the most 
favorable vote yet recorded against 
a play complained of. Last season 
"The Shanghai Gesture" drew hIx 
v«»res In favor and six against. Sev- 
eral plays were pasned with a mar- 
gin of one vote, eight being against 
and four in favor. 

"Tipping Off" 

Not only is It likely that in a 
play jury of IS indiscriminately 
gathered persons from a selected 
list, one or more may be on friend- 
ly terms with someone associated 
in the management of an investi- 
gated |)lay or of tl.o theatre that 
houscH it. but it is notorious on the 
inside that in neaiiy each instance 
of play jury sitting, the manage- 
ment of the piny to be ln"-pe(t''d 
has l>een "tipped off" on the im- 
pending jury's visit. 

In one of the plays looked ovei- 
lant Kumrnf-r nnd of th*» <ilrt- 

i< Kt in language and gcHtures ever 
on a New York stage, not a "dirt" 
line of dialog remained ii. the piece 
wlii the Inspect'oi r-Tlod w.'tK on. 
The jury voted unanimou.sly to re- 
tain It. 



BACK TO THE FOLD 

Walter Catlett and Louis Calhern 
have been restored to privileges in 
TliC Lambs aft'-r several months of 
suspension. .Suspension was due to 
the principals engaging In an Im- 
promptu shigfest in the club's grill 
room. 



Lotr Prices at Centnry, 
Didn't He^ ''King 



Last week it was discovered next 
to Impossible to draw buainoss at 

the Century, New York, even 
though the medium of reduced 
prices for a show that had been 
on Broadway for 68 weeks, and dur- 
ing that time had played to ca- 
pacity almost continually at the 
Casino. The show that made the 
experiment was **The Vagahend 
King." Extra advertising was tak( n 
in the dailies calling attention to 
the popular prices at the big house 
but It did not help the hiOK 'once. 

A further demonstration of the 
fact that the public will not take 
the long hike uptown to the Cen- 
tury was demonstrated In the cut 
rates, which for the final weeks of 
the show at the Casino could dis- 
pose of all the seats that they could 
secure. When the attraction went 
to the Century they were unable 
to sell even 50 per cent, of what 
they had been doing for the down- 
town house. 

James W. JClHott, who will be 
f»>rced out of the Helwyn with 
"Castles in the Air" Dec. 6, was 
figuring On taking the company to 
the Century this week and like- 
wiso trying to dope out a cam- 
paign that might overcome the out 
of the way location of the house, 
further hampered through Central 
Park West being torn up for sub- 
way construction. It was reported 
Elliott would take a theatre further 
downtown and continue the run of 
his piece there. 



tio* Angeles, Nov. IS. 
Carter DeKaven was kept out of 
the Hollywood Musle Box by force 
last week. Police ofncerg wore 
posted in front of the house and 
also at the sta^e door. It Is said* 
to keep Z>eKaven from entering. 

At a special meeting of the board 
of directors, Lewis Stone wag 
elected president of the ^sorporatioUt 

replacing DeHaven. Joe Montrow*. 
formerly manager of the Moroeeo 
Stock company at the Bvrbank. was 
appointed manager of the produd* 
tion and the theatre, as well na tak- 
ing the place of Jacques Pierre, as 
house manager. 

Six of the chorus girls were let 
out last week, with T^uplno Lane 
being added to the cast of prlncl* 
pals, replacing Thomas Duggan. V 
Other changes In the cast will bO 
made shortly, with ♦he anummce- 
ment to come forth tliat It will bo 
a second edition of the show, which 
is due about December 0. 

DeUaven had an ironclad con- 
tract, according to reports, but fig* 
ured It would be policy for him to 
withdraw, having done the l>est ho 
CQUld with the enterprise. Origin- 
ally the picture people who arc 
stockholders of the company suh* 
scribed |100..,00 for the enterprise 
and then gave another $13, COO on an 
assessment. The show, since its 
opening, has been playing to a nom*^;^ 
inid profit. It Is understood,^ how-* ^ 
ever, the outstanding obligations of 
the house are around $90,000. 
I Having been ousted by the dl* 
rectors, DeHaven has engaged at« 
torneys to take legal measures 
against the Hollywood Music loz 
and Ka offlclala Hi defense of hia 
contract. DeHaven returned to the 
theatre and declared he would re- 
sume activity. He was told ho 
could, not enter the theatre until 
November 24, at which time the 
present show would be closed ahd 
a new edition would be put on. He 
was warned, however, not to '«s«- 
sume any authoritative position. It 
H said, as the board of directors 
had put the affairs of the house in 
the huUda oi tlMltottsemaaafiiiMntb 



Sammy Fisher's Error 



Pnmiiiy Kislier. for 10 years 
in ( hargc of iiiil posting and 
printing for the Shub«'rts. Is 
out. 

ft \f und>-rstood he aalced for 
a raiac in salary. 



8-Week Gap Rule Makes 
Windfall for Players 

Reopening of tho road "Cradle 
Rnatohers" a week and a half short 
of the eight-we«'k lapse quaHfyinjr 
it as a definite closing under 
Kquity's regulation has elected Sam 
Harris, producer, to carry two un 
emidoyrd plnyers on his payrrdl for 
nm of the road tour. The players 
are Virginia Fairfax and Madeline 
Grey, both of whom held run of 
jtljiy <ontrn»^tH when the piece was 
previuusly out and who were not 
recalled when the company reor 
ganized several weeks ago. 

When the new company had Iteen 
in rehearsal two weeks the two 
players learned of It snd took their 
cas< » to Equity. The latter Investl 
»<at»'d and took the matter up V'lth 
Hum Harris, who agreed to carry 
thf^m on the payroll at the former 
salary for the run of ttkO road tour 
i:«(iiity*s nilin^r as r<'g.'irds th» 
citiHinc »f a production neccHsl 



tates an eight week's lapse to void 
run of play contracts, alao requir 

ing Ih.il fit If.iHt 2h ],<y f 'nf. of th» 
(»r:>,'inal cast be retained upon re 
opening. "Cradle Hnatchers" be 
twcen previous closing and reopen - 
fnpr bnd only l«"on f-iit of the 
running six .ind a half weekw. 



''CerUin Party** at 

Cliaiiiii's Now 4Sth St* 

W. n. Frledinnder's "That Certain 
Party," rewritten and muHlralized 
version of "The Hich Mr. Hoggen- 
hpimer.'** Is scheduled to open tho 
new Chanin theatre on 45th street 
Christmas Night. 

Sam Bernard will star, as in the 
origfiiat supported by Harry Ife- 
Nnughton. Kddie Conrad nnd others. 

The show started rehearsing 
Monday. 

Jaek Arthurs this week at tho 

Uivoll, Raltlmore, Is being permitted 
to finish out hi» picture house con- 
tracts and will Join the show with 
only two weeks' rehearsals. 



Uarold Vosburg Dead 
In N ew Orleana Hotel 

New Orleans, Nov. 28. 

Harold Vosburg, principal male 
support of Walker Whiteside, who 
appeared at the Tulane In "The 
Arabian" last week, was found dead 
in bed Nov. 17. 

Death was due to a hemorrhage 
of the brain, according to Coroner 
rioeling of this city. 

Vos>)Urg was npparenlly In tho 
best of health. When he failed to 
report for the Wednesdsy matinee 
two persons were dispatched to his 
hotel to ascertain the reason for 
his absence. They found his life- 
less body dangling across the bed. 

Vosburg wns nt one time; one of 
the most popular and h I ch*^',st- sal- 
aried stock actors In this country. 
He had been with Wslker White- 
side on tour for the past Ave years. 
Hv was ."ir., n native of Toronto, and 
was a riii'/fiber of the Frlars., 
A widow survives. 



ALLAN K. 

FOSTER 



8ehool of Dsncing 

344 W. 72d 8t. 
Nsw York City 

Horns of 

Ths Fostsr Girls 




VARIETY 



LEGITIMATE 



WtdniMday* November 34, 1926 



1 



DARK" BW HOUSES THIS WEEK; 
. UNUSUAL AT THIS TDHE OF YEAR 



|>MliiM Now On in "Legit Undl Xnwt— 4.Week 

' ' Period— "Oh, Kay" 2d Higli at $40,000— "Broad- 



• It It iiatial for buaineM to stMUUly 
tteollne after Thanksgiving until 
Christmas. This season four full 
weeks will intervene, since Christ- 
■MM tella OB BAtwrdar. 

Numerous failures within the past 
month and the increased number ot 
theatres find considerable switch- 
lif of attraettons, a condition tbat 
heretofore has not been extant at 
this period. There are several dark 
houses this week, most unusual, too. 

'tiaat fToalCa now show group eon* 
tained three possible successes. 

, ^Xfily Sue" got over 112.000 in seven 

! Performances at the Lyceum and 
fllMd aveikge bottmr than 114,000 
tinder normal going. "Pygmalion" 
at the Guild got nearly |1S,000 its 

.first week and should, ontlaat the 
subscription period. "Twinkle, Twin- 
Ide" at the Liberty drew $14,000 in 
•even times and much better busi- 
ness waa indicated for this weak, 
ftlertie" at the Bayes looks like a 
Sap, with about 14.000 estimated the 

, laitlAl week; "A Proud Woman" 
Sraa recognised a bad one and taken 
ell at the end of Ita first week. 
"The Witch" was commended for 
the acting, but ita chances of mov- 
ing from the Oreanwloh VtUage are 
BOt bright. "Old Bill, M. P.,** which 
opened late In the previous week, is 
not strong, the first full week get- 
ting about |7,0M. Tha qiiair In 
Its first M iNek ^ teUfi eINiiit 

Musicals 

, ''Scandals" holda its spot at the 
of tke Hal with MaHy |49,N0 
Mala; 't>h, Kay" is a musical con- 
tender with a heavy front row de- 
mand, getting over $40,000; "Qay 



hunched after the two musical 
money leaders, both rated around 
117*000; "Sunny" and "The Ram- 
MM* #ife eloae together, tpo, laat 
Weak at slightly over $30,000; 

;*<Countess Marltsa." maybe $28,000; 

""Canities," $26,000; "Honeymoon 
/LfeMk* MHy |t4,eoe. Tlrtiial ea- 
pacity at Knickerbocker; "Queen 
High," sUndiog up^w^l at over 
|n,000; "The Wild Rose," estimated 
at '|lt»oee and now pared to i>lay 
to profit at the figure; "Castles," a 
bit under $17,000; "Katja," prin- 
cipally out rated for about $14,000; 
*AmsrtMiaer lls.oeo. which ie preAt- 

i'lMe hl a email house. ; 4 
Non- Musicals 

The standing of the non-musicals 
ahows little change, with "Broad- 
way** «ie eiii e ptt ted leader at $»,- 
•00; "The Captive" and '"Ctentlemen 
^Prefer Blondes" around $2S.0O0, 
With the former the stronger at the 
ejeaefcet *<Tbe PlajTe the Thing** 
la up among the leaders at $11,500, 
with "Lulu Belle" approximating 
that figure; "An American Tragedy" 
h«a dropped to $14,00e; ''Shanghai 
Gesture" about the same; "On Ap- 
proval" big on lower floor, about 
$12,000; "Yellow" sUnding up well 
at |14,00et •*The Nooea** making 
money at $12,500; "We Americans" 
went under $10,000 last week; "The 
First Love" better than figured at 
eirer |t,ete; «*The DoaOYan AOair" 
eoatinues to better $10,000; "Daisy 
ICayaia" about $8,000; "Seed of the 

; BniW* slighUy better at $0,500; 

« **Loooe Anklaa" making soaae money 
at $7,Mts •fhe Mlitr' eetlmated 

New thewe 

Kest week*a new ahows: "The 
. Qonstant Wife." Maxine Elliott's; 

''The Desert Song," Casino, which 
.. means "The Pearl of Great Price" 
muat either close or find another 
house; "Ned McCobb's Daughter," 
postponed from this week until next 
at the '.John Golden; Ceclle Sorel. 
the French etar, win auecaed 
"Naughty RlQuette" at the Cosmo- 
politan; "Beyond the Horizon" will 
he revived at the Mansfield, the in- 
teadad ahowiav eC the Moaoew 
Theatre Habima being off until Dec. 
13. "lolanthe" closes at the Ply- 
- mouthy which, will ■qqu sret "The 
Thratee ef Peftsaaee.** 

"Cradle Snatchers." cleaning up 
on the subway circuit, got close to 
flS.OOO at the Bronx opera house, 
exceptional g roee for that spot; 
"l^anny" did very wall at the RIv- 
Yeria, but "A Ladye Virtue^ eleeed 
la Newark. 

Buya Shrink 
' Bven though thie ie ThaakegivlBg 
tieaaliy the eeoond bfgyaot ia , 

liiiiHsaaattsfsiMiiMiMiiiMMaiiiiMMMiMi^MM 



the theatrical aeaaon, tha number 

of attractions holding buys from the 
premium agencies shrunk from 24 
last week to 21^ In aavaral in- 
atanoea where biiya ran oat, the 
agencies failed to renew. Of this 
week's openings there was but one 
certain of a buy Monday, "Moxart," 
at the Musie Bex; for which the 
brokers took baly)tOe a night for 
four weeks. 

The complete list Monday in- 
chidad "Queen High" (Ambaaaa- 
dor); "White's Scandals" (Apollo); 
"Lulu Belle" (Belasco); "First 
Love" (Booth) ; "Broadway" (Broad- 
hurst);' "Tha Captive" (ISmpire); 
"On Approval" (Gaiety); "Criss- 
cross" (Globe): "The Play's the 
Thing" (MiUer); "Oh, Kay" (Im- 
perial) ; "Honeymoon Lane" (Knlek- 
erbocker); "An American Tragedy" 
(Longacre); "Lily Sue" (Lyceum); 
"The Ramblers" (Lyric); "The 
WUd Rose" (Beck); "Moaart" 
(Music Box): "'Sunny" (New Am- 
sterdam); "Loose Ends" (Ritz); 
"Countess Maritsa" <Shubert) ; 
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondee" (Times 
Sq.), and "Gay Paree^ (Winter 
Garden). 

Cut Ratss Have 30 Shows 

In the cut rates on Monday there 
wera to ahowa liatad inoludiag a 

couple of Monday night's openinga. 
"Up the Line" at the Morosco was 
one o# these. The full list com- 
priaed: "The Straw Hat** (Am. Lab- 
ratory); "(3ertie" (Bayes); "What 
Every Woman Knows" (Bijou); 
"Old BUI M. P." (Biltmore); "The 
Pearl of Great Price" (Casino); 
"The Vagabond King" (Century); 
"Seed of the Brute" (Comedy): 
"The LitUo Spitfire" (Cort); 
"Naughty Riquetta" (Cosmopoli- 
tan); "Sex" (Daly's); "We Amer- 
icans" (Eltlnge) ; "The Woman Dis- 
puted" (Forrest); "KatJa" (44th 
St): "Shanghai Qoatnre" (4fth St.); 
"The Squall" (48th St.); "The 
Judge's Husband" (49th St.); "The 
Blonde Sinner" (Frolic); "Loose 
Anklea" (Oarrtck); "Tha Nooae" 
(Hudson); "Two Girls Wanted" 
(Little): "The Wild Rose" (Beck); 
"Emperor Jones" (Mayfair); "Up 
the Line** (Moroaco); "Yellow" 
(National); "Daisy Mayme" (Play- 
house); "Naked" (Princess); 
"Loose Ends" (RIU); "The Girl 
Friend" (VanderbUt); "The Ladder" 
(Waldorf), and "AutuflUI FIrW' 
(Wallack's). 



TREASURERS ELECT 



opposition Got Even Break for 
Qevernora 



The annual eleotlon of tha Treaa- 

urers* Club of America held the 
first contested election since it was 
organized, Saturday night. The of- 
flean regulariy nominated ware re- 
elected with Harry Nelmes again 
the president, the personnel being 
the same as for the past several 
yeara. 

The contest concerned the choice 
of six governors to act on the board 
for two yeara. Thore were 12 
namea for gOYomore on the ballot, 
six on the regular ticket and a like 
number nominated by the opposi- 
tion. Three were elected from each 
group and that appeared to aatlsfy 
both sides. 

Clarence Jacobaon, of the 48th 
Street theatre, one of the regular 
nominee drew 100 votea out of a 
total of 117 In the governors' con- 
test He responded with a loud 
squawk about not getting the other 
17 votea. 

The other regulare elected were 
Robert L. Stevenson (Morosco). 
and John Olt (Cosmopolitan). 

Tha trio on the oppoeition ticket 
elected were Frank Prayer (New 
Amsterdam), Arthur Wright (Van- 
derbUt), and Kivington Bisland 
(Kay'a agency). Tha latter was 
f oimailj f tr e a e uf a i a t t h e H i pp o ■ 
drome. 

An amendment waa adopted 
whereby the death benefit for mem- 
bers haa been ralead from $600 to 
$7if. 



EIHEUMRRYHORETO 
$20,00C«finSBUEGH 

Mrs. Fiske Drew $16,500, Ca- 
pacity, in 'Ghosts' — ^'Pass- 
ifig Show^ dot $24^ 



Pittsburgh, Nov. 23. 

Pittsburgh's three legit theatres 
had one of the healthiest weoks of 
the current season last week. 

Alvin, with the "Passing Show of 
1926," topped with $24,600. Al- 
though the show waa not up to 
standard and contained many objec- 
tionable features, r^nedied by Man- 
ager John B. Reynolds (advx>cate of 
clean entertainment), cash custom- 
ers fiocked there in goodly numbers. 
It was the only musical in town. 
The "Passing Show" didn't have a 
leg to stand on but it was a big re- 
view nevertheless, and that la what 
Pittsburghera want. 

Ethel Barrymore in "The Constant 
Wife" at the Nixon did nearly $20,- 
000. Ever a great favorite here. 
Miss Barrymore had little trouble 
in filling the Nllcon. Her play more 
than pleased. 

Appearing in opposition was Mrs. 
Fiske in "Ghosts" at the Pitt. It did 
$16,500 for the week, meaning ca- 
pacity. The Pitt is a small theatre 
and seaU for "Ghosta** we^ at a 
premium. 

(Copyright* 1926, by Variety, Inc.) 

Musicals Ran Ahead in 

Booton, fiov. St. 
Business at the legitimate houses 
but fair last week. The two musi- 
cals were way out ahead. Abaenoe 
of a real football game here Satur- 
day was reflected at tha houses: 
Local theatres have had |ia '^e 
business they will gft |veft that 
source this season. 

Two ohangea at the local houaea 
this week, "Lalf That Off" coming 
ii^to the Plymouth and "Cradle 
Snatehera" at the Hollia. 

Last Week's Estimates 
"Lady Fair^" Shubert (3d week). 
Picked up about $700, hrinjging gross 
close to $24,000. It looks like good 
proposition here with cast chang^, 
bringing Vlvfinne Segal into lead. 

'^Artists and Models," Majestic (2d 
week). Big first week did not last 
over. Groaa laat weak about $29,000. 

*n'he Cradle Snatchers," Hollis 
(1st week). Final week of "Wisdom 
Tooth" was tough, with iirooa 
around $5,000. 

"Laff That Off," Plymouth (1st 
week). Ia final week 'Matter and 
Egg ICaa" held vm tiill^, wUh 

$8,000. ■ 
''Leva In a Miet," Park. (4th 

week). Not very strong entry yet, 
with business last week about $0,000. 

<*Thia Woman aueineea*" Wilbur 
(2d week). Got away to rather bad 
start, but picked up little as week 
went along and elooed to $9,500. 

In the one week at the Boston 
Opera house Harry Lauder got away 
to $n,000, eoBoMered very big for 
the way things are here now. 

(Cepyright, 19M» by Varie^, |;ie.> 

Mnu Carter Loaat Out 
In ""Stdh DaUas" Row 

Loa Angelea, Nov. 2S. 

After arbitrators repceaantlng 
Frank Egan, theatrical producer 
and Mrs. Lealle Carter had failed to 
agree upon the complaint of the 
latter that the manager had breach- 
ed her contract, Superior Court 
Judge Thomaa, who waa called in 
as a third arbitrator, held that Egan 
was not reoponslble. 

Mrs. Carter claimed that Egan 
breached his contract In not pre- 
senting her la "Stella Dallas" on or 
before June 1, 1926. In his findings 
Thomas ruled that figan's contract 
With Mrs. Carter waa contingent 
upon a^uiring the produetlon 
rights to the play, which Urm, Car- 
ter asserted she could procure from 
the American Play^ Company and 
Crosby Galge, repreeenting Selwyn 
and Company. 

In the meantime, Bome diff culty 
had come up between the authors 
of the play and Selwyn A Company, 
which made it impoasibla for Egan 
to obtain the play on the original 
terms which Mrs. Carter contended 
she could arrange; thorefore. 
Judge Thomas found that Mrs. Car- 
ter's claim for four weeks' aalary 
should not be allowed. 



No. 2 "Toee" QuiU 

Tha second company of "Tip 
Toee" wound up iu road tour ia 



'Wereeatar, |ffa8ai,'laet aaturday 



Provldenee, R. X., Nov. tl. 

John Goldon's "Pigs" at tha Opera 
House last week did a groaa trade 
of $2,882.60. 

The ehow opened Monday nigltt 
to a party atteadaace that yielded 
$600. Its poor showing thereafter 
is attributed in part to a bad pan- 
ning of the play in the local 
••Journal." 



2 ORAMAHC HITS IN PHILLY; 
HUSHIAI^ MHNG NH^^ 



Grottet Held Up — ''Mrs. Cheyuey/' with $19,00(V 
Haf JBipl Record of Season for Dramatic Atlrao- 
tlon-*^^Stiident Prince** in Third Vuit Holds Un 



Storm and Snow Bring 
Grief to Legitp in Minn's 

Minneapolis. Nov. 23. 
Snow and stormy weather added 
to the grief of the managers who 
have been suifcring from the 111- 
off acta of a looal btiaiaeae . deprea- 
sioB. Xiifiax of tranaieata eemprla- 
ing part of the 60,000 Michigan- 
Minnesota football game crowd 
helped the box offices at tho tall end 
of the week. Elzcept for this the 
statements would have looked piti- 
fully ill. 

"Laff That Off" scored a smash at 
the Shubert. Under normal condi- 
tions the Bainbrldge Players 
(stock) would havo played to turn- 
away business at every performance 
with auch an attraetlon. Aa it was, 
however, there were empty seats on 
many of the nights. Gross ran 
slightly over $5,500. 

After giving the Metropolitan two 
capacity weeks a month ago, "The 
Big Parade" returned for an eight- 
day engagement. Football crowds 
swelled the attendance on the open- 
ing evening, and there wee a eeai- 
plcte sell-out at $1.65 top. 

A tabloid musical comedy version 
of "Meet the Wife" did around $5.- 
000 for the McCali- Bridge Players 
at the Palace. Aided by a wrestling 
match that netted in the neighbor, 
hood of $2,000, the Gayety (Mutual 
Wheel), passed $6,000 with "Kandy 



Ceepyilfil^ IMb by Vertely^ tne.) 

TdOeR' and "Green Haf 
I4yen^ Up Washington 

Washington, Nov. 23. 

Ziegfeld'B "FolUea" failed to reach 
business of previous season. 

Katherine Cornell in "Tho Green 
Hat" brought a worthwhile week to 
the Belasco though considerable 
discussion as to merits of the piece. 

At Poll's "Big Parade," return. 
Estimates for Last Week 

■elaaco — 'X^reen Hat" (A, H. 
Wooda). DiaouaeioB and aoceptanco 
by New York meaag ■nmethlwg aaar 
$12,000 on week. 

National— Biegfeld'a "FoUiea." At 
$4.40 top lower floor ofK iUperted 
liberally at $80,000. 

Thia Week 

Belasco, "Is Zat So?" ("LAdy's 
Virtue" cancelled); National, Ethel 
Barrymore In "ThwCenitant Wife"; 
Poll's "Blossom Time." 
(Copyri ght, IKMfc by Vjiyiel yf Ine.) 

Natacha Natova, dancer, Is out 
of "Greenwich Village Follies" and 
back la New York. Maslova, an- 
otheg daaoer* illiiHiiii Miss 
Natova In thuT pffed lw I le a ki OhMifo 
laat week. 

. Natova'a minimum contract with 
the shew hM e«pk*ei «ad ^enea 

& Green waived renewal option 
aft^r receiving the company man- 
ager'a reporU of Miss Natova's 
fistioufle wiOi glrlB la the eeaipany. 

Upon arrival in New York Miss 
Natova headed for the Jones & 
Green headquarters. Later she 
stated aha would pr oeae d agalnat 
the producers If they retained the 
"Moth and Flame" ballet in tho 
revue, claiming it as her property. 

Nateva waa originally aigned with 
"Greenwich Village Follies" last 
May upon return from Paris with 
Jean Mario, then her partner. 
Mario and Natova came to a parting 
of ways after the New York run 
with Mario framing a similar act 
with another partner. The latter 
are epotted in tho opening program 
of the Paramount, New York, fea- 
tured in the John Murray Anderaon 
presentation. 

Chicago, Nov. tS. 

Charge of assault and battery 
against Natacha Natova, dancer In 
"Greenwich Village Follies," cur- 
rent here, were withdrawn by Helen 
Carrol ta a heariag ia ifualeipal 

Court. 

Miss Carrol, understudy for Mme. 
Natova, declared the dancer beat 

and kicked her after Natova's dog 
pet, Droushka, was bum pod olt by 
an auto while out for an airing with 
Mies CarroL 



Phlladelphki, Notpomber 28. 

Business continued good last 
week with no upsets of note, ana 
not a great deal of variation from 
tho previous weelc 

The DiiUnghum-Beatrice Lillia 
muaieal. "Oh, Fleaae." at the For- 
rest, scheduled first for tlie pre- 
ceding week, then for Monday, and 
then for Wednesday, finally made 
the grade Friday night. Some of 
the notices wore rather frosty. It 
will be imposalble to get a real line 
on "Oh, Please," and its busineaa 
until the end of this week. 

Ita three postponements were, of 
course, favorable to tho town's three 
other musicals. "The Student 
Prince," playing the second week 
of its third visit here at the Lyric, 
didn't need the boost. It is col- 
lecting about all the house can 
stand. 

"A Night in Paris," too, is con- 
tinuing to click strongly at the 
Chestnut Street, where it reported 
better than $21,000 last week. The 
run is indefinite, probably until 
Christmas. 

The show that benefited most was 
"The Song of tlie Flame " at the 
Shubert. This one didn't get any« 
thing wonderful in the way of no- 
tices, and is not being talked stbout 
much, but the management reports 
a big window trade most of the 
week, which can be attributed to 
the Forrest's plight. The *iew" 
probably bettered $23,000 on the 
week with the scale ($3.85 top) 
helping achieve that figure, which la 
a long way from capacity. 

Of the dramatic shows, "The Last 
of Mrs. Cheney" waa leader by sev- 
eral laps. This Ina Claire comedy 
at the Garrick repeated Its previous 
week's groaa with about $19,000. It 
has had probably the best record 
of any dramatic show here this sea- 
son. 

"Craig's Wife" dropped a peg or 
so, but claiaMd better than $14,500 
for ita third week at tho Broad. 
With Thanksgiving this week, It 
should ahoot up to nearly $20,000. 

The only Monday opening, "The 
Patsy," did fairly good business at 
tho Walnut Claiborne Foster 
waan*t known here before, but ahe 
got great noticea and people aie 
Ulking about her. 

On the 29th, Otis Skinner brings 
back his "Honor of the Family" te 
the Broad;- "Love-in-a-Mist" ar- 
rives at the Garrick: "The Night- 
ingale," new Shubert operetta, 
opens at the Shubert. and "Tip- 
Toes" begins a repeat date at the 
Forrest. All but "The Nightingale" 
are in for two weeks only. Harry 
Lauder arrlvea at tha Walnut on 
the tth of Daoember. 

EatlmaUe of the Week 

"Crais'e Wife" (Broad, 4th week). 
Engagement of this George Kelly 
comedy haa been an unquestioned 
success here. Last week off a bit 
with better than $14,500 taken in. 
With holiday and extra ahow. 
should gross $50,000 on four weeks' 
stay. Skinner In next with "The 
Honor of the Family." 

"Song of the Flsme'^ (Shubert. Sd 
week). Not a big hit here, but 
'helped by Fdrraat not having musi- 
cal opposition until Ftiday. Got 
probably around $23,000. "The 
Nightingale" next Monday. 

"Oh, Please" (Forrest, 2d week). 
Finally opened Friday night with 
fine trade then and Saturday nlglit> 
but comment not so favorable. 

Tha Lm9t of Mra. Cheyney" (Gar- 
rick, 4th week). Real dramatic smaih 
of aeaaon (of course, excepting 
"Abie") and again groaaed $19,000^ 
"Love-in-a-Mist" next. 

"Night in Paris" (Chestnut. 4th 
week). Panned by many, but busi- 
ness remains good with $21,000 or 
better last week. Stay indefinite. 

"The Patsy" (Walnut, 2d week). 
Only opening last Monday, and mild 
business for week. Stays three 
weeks In all, and then Harry Lau- 
der. 

'*Th% Student Prince'* (Lyric, 3d 

week). Second week as prood or 
better tlian first, and everybody !• 
wondering whether ahow will re- 
main longer than allotted four 
weeks. Looks good for twice that 
time. , 

"Abie's Irish Rose" (Adolphi. 12th 
week). Still very big with between 
$15,090 and HMOO laat week. 

■ lilt') 




«C££0L£8'' IN L. A. 

Los Angeles. Nov. 23. 
Apparently undismayed by the 
unfavorable viewpolat of tha Ban 

Francisco eensors regarding the 
play, Richard Bennett's starring ve- 
hicle, "Creolee, ' opened here Itit 
aight. . 



1 1 



Wednesday, November IMt 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



43 



SHOWS IN N. Y. AND GOHHENT 



FiaMr«« Mtknattd and commtnt point to tomo ottractiont boina 
tuocootf ul» while Hie eeiiie groM aeetoditod to otiioro miilit ■MipoH 
modiocrity or lets. Tho varianco it oxplainod in ih% difftronco in 
kouaa capacitiaa* with tho varying ovorhoad. Alao tho aizo of oaat, 
with eonaeeeent dMIortnco in noooaaary fveee eff pfefll. VeHenae 
In buoinoaa nocootary far muaiael ettraatien ee eeeiwtt dremeila 
play ia alao oonaidorod. 
' GleaiNlaeilan af ettraotron, houaa oapaoity and top prioe ^^Hia , 
adnnitiion acalo givon bolow. Key to classification: C (comody); 
O (drama); R(ravua)t M (wmaical comedjy)! F (feraa)t O (oparatU). 



«<Ab!o's Irish Roso,** Republic (2S6th 
week) (C-901-1276). Looks like 
cinch for record makinK comedy 
to go into sixth year on Broad* 
way; atlU maklnc money; over 
$9,000. 

MmaHaana," BeUnont OTth week) 

(R-615-15.60). Has held own very 
well against new musicals; class 
draw and eatimated aroiind $13,- 

000 weekly. 

«A Proud Woman/* Maxlne E^lliot's. 
'Taken off Saturday, playing but 
■ oiie week. 

*An American Tragedyt" Longacre 
<7th week) <D-l,0IjB>|S.85). Caused 
atir ftt flrat, but trade haa eased 

off; long run questionable, though 

. fame of book should make it good 

money maker; bit over f 14,000. 
^^Ultiimn ►irs*'^ Wallack's (&th 
,week) <D-770 I3.3Q). Moved here 
from Xlaw Monday; Irish play, 
..attracting no attention; |3,000 or 
l«Bs;. cast guaranteed eight weeks. 

^^roadway," Broadhurst <10th 
week) <CD.1,118-$S.85). Broad- 
Ipray'a noi^> musical leader; normal 
week's gross around $28,000, flg> 
ure for last we^ek. 

*Caatlea in the Air," Selwyn (12th 
week) (M-l.etT-M^). One week 
more; will then mpve to Century; 
engagement here disappointn|ent 
after Chicajgo showing; last we^ 
about $17,000. 

^Counteaa Maritaa,** Shubert (11th 
week) (O - 1,805 - $$.60). Seems 
strong enough to anticipate sea- 
son's engagement; not actual ca- 
pacity, bat very good agency 
trade. Pace estiniatod at $28,000. 

"Crisa Cross," Globe (7th week) (M- 
l,41€-$5.60). Long run; weekly 
trade aMW^timately f|7,000 to 
$38,000. - 

^Daisy Maymot" Playhouse (8th 
week) (CD-879-$3.30). Claimed to 
have picked up somewb&t last 
week, with cut rates flgurmg and 
irross above $8,000; moderate anc- 
xeaa indicated. . ' ^ 

*Flrat Lovor" Booth tSrd week) 
(CD-707-$3.30), Doing better than 
figured, with trade last week 

. again .bettering $9,000; not excep- 
tional but profitable. 

*Qay Parae,^ Winter Garden . (3rd 
Week) (R-l,498-$5.80). I^ew revue 
Well presented; should lajKt 
through aeasQi); not getting capac- 
ftjr. Nine performances pace liost 
week, $37,000. 

^'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Times 
. Square (»th week) (q-l,057-$S.85). 
Figures to cloan up; off to big 
.money start and approximates 
capacity, with gross around $23, • 
000. 

•naertie," Baye« (2ud week) (C-880- 
$8.80): Hasn't much ehalioe. with 

rut rates principal support; 
doubtful if first weelL's gross bet- 
tered $4,000. 

••Honeymoon Lane,** Knickerbocker 
(10th week) CM-l,042-$3.85). Ed- 
die Dowllng'H outntandlns musical 
auccess; close to capacity, trade, 
. With average weekly groaa now 
nearly $24,000. 

•*lofnnthe," Plymouth (3lHt week) 
(O-l,043-$3.30.> Final week; some- 
thlnf? of record run for revival; 
"Pirates of Penzance," another 
Oilbert and gulUvaa oparetta, will 
follow. 

*K«tja,*^ 44th Street (6th week) 
.(M-l,32d«$4.40). This musical a 

. problem; foreign success that has 
not landed hero; doobtful ft PfUie 
is over $14,000. 

'Loose Ankles/' (Oarrick (16th 

week) (C-j37-$3.30). LauRh show 
• that figures to ntring along Into 
winter; started big but eased off; 
approximately $7,600 wyelUy bore; 
o. k. .- 
*Loose Ends/' RItz (4th week) (D- 
945-$3.30). Anot*her week will 
probably see this Knglidh piece 
closing; imr^ieH l>ettered gross bit 
last week at $8,000, but It won't do. 
''Lily Gue," Lyceum (-d wee.i) 
(D-957-$3.85). Won good break 
from critics, unusual for Belasco 
premiere; excellent acting should 
put this melodrama across; first 
aev^n performance s $12,000 or 
more (opened Nov. l(t). 
"Lulu Belle," Belasco (4 2d week) 
(D-l,0rt0-$3.85). BelaHco best win- 
ner, holding over from laHt rea- 
son and still making money; 
. oug-lit to go through winter; $1$,- 
' 000 to. $17,000 estimated. 
•Moxart,'* Muirfe Bo< (1st week) 
fD-l,000-$5.50). Opener! Monday 
With Irene Bordoni featured; pre- 
sented bv R. Ray Coets; same 
Mhow in French w^th the Ouiir^'B 
due next month. 
"Naughty Riqu«tte»" Cosmopoliian 
Tilth week) < M-1.500-$4.40). Flnul 
week; Alipsi show figured to stay 
about three mortith.-<, .lust about 
nniklm? gfode; average trade $14.- 
000, . 
<'Ned McCebb'a Dau«hter/' John 
Uolden (t*I)-X60-$3.:<()>. Th*>i4tre 
<auild pruducliua |H>Sit|»oned^ jjulil 
. next week. 

"Old dill, W. P."^ nil I more (Urd 
week) (C- 944 -$3.30). Couple -^f 
theatre parties helped early last 



week; approximate gross of $7,000. 

however, hardly promising:. 

"OK Kayl" Imperial (3rd week) 
M-1.44$-$6.60). House so scaled 
weekly Kross for eight perform- 
ances about $40,000, which mark 
new miuical aiicoess reached for 
second week. 

''On Approval," t^alety («th week) 
(C-808-$8.SO). Corking call in 
agencies for lower floor keeping 
this English comedy going rather 
well; approximating $12,000 
average. 

"Pyomalien," Guild (2d week) (914- 
$3.30), Quitd'a revival of Shaw's 
excellent earlier play received 
plenty of attention and will easily 
f^o through siz-^eek subscription 
period; nearly $10,000 first week. 

"Queen High," Ambassador (12tli 
week) (M-l,l«8-$4.40). Itates 
among musical successes and 
likely to go I'igbt throueh winter; 
averaging around $23,000 weekly. 

"Scandals," Apoiio (_Hth week> 
(R.l,168-$fi.50). Went into Broad- 
way leadership during fall and 
probably will keep that position 
until spring; nearly $48,000 last 
' week • ' ' ■ - 

"Sex/' Daly's (3l8t week) (D-1,173- 
$8.80). Surprising how this one 
keeps to proiltable business; sexy 
angle answer witii suburban plug- 
ging counting; rated over $8,000. 

"Seed of the Brute,*' Comedy (4th 
week) (P-682-$3.30). Climbed bit 
last week but at $6,5^0 can Im- 
prove lot ; too visd ' oirir to this 
house from I4ttl« Monday; jiliid- 
vantage, 

"•unityr New Amsterdam (62d 

week) (M-1,702-$G.50). Although 
businesa for big figures attained 
for year is easing off. last sea- 
son's musical smash expected to 
remain until early January; over 
$30,000. 

"The Blonde Sinner," Frolic (20th 
week) (F.711-$3.80). Rental ar- 
rangement goea fbr ane^ther week 

and may be extended, with show 
possibly making a little money at 
around $5,600. 

"The Captive," Empire (9th week) 
(D-l,099*$3.80). Attention of play 
jury. wKich voted not to^ totdrfere. 
rather a boost, although tteket 
demand haa not abated; at capa- 
city plui^ batter than fSt^dOO. 

"The Donovan Affair," Fulton (18th 
week) (D-913-$3.8e). Only one of 
three mystery plays that earae in 
this fall that has landed; long run 
not indicated but this pne mod- 
erate success, probably' Beavlng 
soon; over $10,000. 

"The Girl Friend," Vanderbilt (89th 
week) (M-771.$8.85). Another 
week or two; Intimate musical 
made very good run; now $9,000 to 
$10,000; "Peggy," of atallir type, 
due at holidays. 

"The Judge's Husband," 49th Street 
(9th week) (CD-707-$8.80). Ought 
to make run here, though never 
figured to contend with leaders; 
does not require, heavjfc money and 
doing nicely at around $t,000 
*"eeV.lx.-. 

"The Ladder," Waldorf (6th week) 
CD-1.142-$3.30). Extra advertising 
used but question if this one can 
be boosted to success; $5,000 to 
$6,000; moved here from Mans- 
field Monday; latter house to get 
Moficow ^ Theatre Habliha next 
week 

''Thi Little Bpitfh^,^ Cort (IBth 

week) (CD-1.046-$2.7u). Keeping 
above $8,000 as rule; at that fig- 
ure both house and show probalily 
mnkinp little money; new attfllC- 
tion by holidays probable. 

**Ths tfoose." Hudson (0th week) 
(D-1.094-$3.30). T^ooks set; busi- 
ng has been between $13,000 and 
$14.Md; while that does not mean 
a snia.<ih, drama should preys flrice 
money malcer. 

"the Peart af Great Pries," Caskio 
(4th week) n>-l, 447-13.30). Un- 

, less another berth is found will 
be taken off Saturday; "The Des. 
ert Sonpr" booked In next Ireek; 
"Pearl " decided fliv. 

"The Play's the Thino*" Henry Mil- 
ler (4th week) (CD-946-$3.86) 
Lower floor tickets in high de- 
mand and piece should have suc- 
cessful enfTn>?efriont If notlentrthy; 
$l6,riOO excellent figure of last 
week. 

"The Ramblers,'* Lyric (lOth week) 
(M-l,400-$5.50). One of Broad- 
way's leading half dosen musi- 
cals; plarinp belter tlum 130,- 
000 weekly .'in«l sure to clean up 
during holidays. 

"The Shangi^ai Getturt," Chanin's 
46th .Street (38lh week) (J>-J.309- 
$3.85). Month thbre and th< n 
probnhfy f"'hfe?ipo; exceptional, 
drawing real trade after Khuttlnpr 
down in summer; $14,500 now. 

"The Squall," 4Kfh Stree t (3d week) 
iD-y6i)-$.'i.3U). Management hope- 

c f ul. with b(;tter call In agenciefi 
after trpid .Qtnrt; last week.^ iflrst 
fyll week, about f7.0DO. 

'The Vagabond King,-** CTentury (^2d 
Av-.M-k") (O-?;«90-|n.?5."). T».(»okinK 
extend* il one more . wee k » alter 
this; moved here from Casino 



BALTO. ALL OPEN 



'Mosart" Di 




ing to Audi' 
Add«l 



Baltimore, Nov. 23. 

Botii legit houses were lighted 
again last week. The Auditorimn 
got the Broadway-tested ' One of 
the Family," and the best of the 
bargain. Ford's had tho much- 
tcoted premiere of "Mozart,** with 
Bordoni. It was thumbs down with 
most of tho critics and disappoint- 
ing from an audience point of view. 
It is understood that much work 
was put In on the show while hero 
and a prolog went In Thursday. 

The intimate Guild Theatre con- 
tinued with *Tatlence.** Fourth 
week for the Gilbert and Sullivan 
revival that is getting the best run 
In this house smoa the flrst edition 
of "Tho Charles Street FoHlea." 
Thia Week 

Auditorlumi "Passing Show"; 
Guild, "Patience** (5th wsek); 
Ford's, "Cradle Snatchera." 



$17,&00 FOR^LONDEr 

Becomee L. A. L ea der ■ ■ "Fancies,* 
fll^OOOi '"ftein," ptjmi "family 



TUYIA." "G. V. FOLLIES" CUT 
STAY SHORT IN CIUCAGO LULL 



''Affairs'' Also Moving Oiii--Wliole Group of Noiy 

Features in to Bridge Gap From This to Christ* 



Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" 
jumped ia ak the Isglt leader last 
w^eek by doing an estimated 117,500 
in its third week at the B^lasco. 
Dellaven's "Fancies" was the run- 
ner-up with about |lS,dOO^ a drop of 
11,000 from tbt praviMM week for 
the El Capltan. 

Other grosses were about as fol- 
lows: "Family Upatalrs,** $5,800 in 
its sixth and final week at the 
Morosco; $5,600 for "Rain" for Its 
second week in the Orange Grove, 
and $S,Mli# "iVktlillli^fM^ 
nnlshed at ItM liMrtls after Ave 
weeks. 

(CapyrlsM, IIM fey VasMy* Ino.) 



and under eut rate drive last 

week got about $18,000; "Castles 
in the Air" may moVe in from 
Selwyn. 

"The Wild Roae,** Martin Bock (6th 
week) (M>1.0jB9-$6.60). Will stay 
for tinie; major musical that went 
wrong; started at $18,000 pace, 
Improved-aomewhat lately and en- 
gagement Indeflnito. 

"This Was A Man," Khiw (1st 
week) (D-8a0-$8.30). Francinc 
Larrllndfo statred in Noel Cow- 
ard's latest play; Basil Dean pre- 
senting; opened Tuesday (last 
" night). 

-Twinkle, Twinkle," Liberty (2d 
week) (M-l,{84-$4.40). New mu- 
sical, offered by Lpuis o; Werba 

well regarded; first week In seven 
performances around . $^4,000 and 
sure- to jump this week. 

"Two Giria Wanted/' Little (12th 
week) (C-6<0-$8.80). After moving 
to Oolden, moved back here Mon- 
day, John Golden having Icised 
new house to Theatre Guild; esti- 
mated around $t,009. 

"Up the Line," Morosco (Ist week) 
(D-893-$8.30). A Harvard prize 
play on shelf for season or so; 
presented by Richard Hemdon; 
opened Monday. 

"Vanities,'* Enrl CUirroll (14th week) 
(R-998T$e.60). While agencies 
have not been doing so much with 
this revue, box office trade always 
lively; rated above $26,000. 

"We Amsrieans," Eltlnge (6th week) 
(C-892o$3.30). One of we<k's 
group of switchings; moved frum 
Harris because of "T^hat jprlce 
Glory" picture getting house; 
"Americans" got $9,«0<1 last week. 

"What Every Woman Knows" 
Bijou (S3d week) (C-605-$8.30). 
Another week to go; pace holding 
above $8,000; house mentioned as 
likely to get "That Woman BuhI- 
ness," well regarded out of town. 
Yellow." National (Idth week) (D- 
1464-$3.30). George M. Cohan has 
dramatic success here; show 
Steadily picked up to over $14.(K)0 
weokly and figures to Stlok for 
run. 

*The Woman DisfMsted," Forrest 

(9th week) (D-l,000-$3 30). Pit 
better last week with gross ap- 
proximating $$,500; moderately 
successful; may stay after holi- 
days but lon^ run unlikely. 
Special Attractions and Repertoire 
French-American Opera Comlquc 
—"Glrolfe-Qlrofia" first attraction; 
three days in iSvneh and last thre<> 
in English. 

"Caponwicchi," produced by Wal- 
ter Hampden for repertory program 
]i<»idin;:r up and sogagement may be 
extended. 

••The Strange' Prince,*^ dramatised 
fiom Do??tolevsky'.s novel, "Th" 
Idiot," special matinees at Booth; 
TneSdky start suddenly put back. 
Uiith IVnper, Selwyn. Hun<lMy I've- 
nlngs and off matinco afte rnoon.';. 

CtJJc Repertory; 14th iMreol The- 
jiiie. "I.a lxje;nid»l-r.i." "The Master 
Ituilder," "Three Sisters.** 

Neighborhood Playhouse, reper- 
tory— "The T.lttle Clay C.irt ' 
bwtetde Times Sd*sre— Little 
•*tk9^ vnuk,** Greenwich Villane: 
•'Nake<I." Prlncefs; "Emperor 
.lonee," Mayfair; "Tumadot," Prov- 
Incetown; "Relgen," Triangle^ , 

(Cei»yH0ht, 19M, by Vari^y, Ins.) 



Chieago. Nov. 23. 

"Prlneess l«*lavla*s" defiuite deci- 
sion to exit at this week-end, the 
^'Greenwich Village Follies" cutting 
short its contracted stay, and a 
marked slow -up in the pace of "The 
Jass Singer" were the high lights 
of last week. Tnb whdls town re- 
mains erratic in th(> mutter of 
grossea, with a marked absence of 
"punch" totals. 

It's goinp to be a crowded week- 
end with the usual Thanksgiving 
draw coupled with the influx ox vlai- 
tors for the Army -Navy game. 
Friday and Saturday will be over- 
flow, of course. The attractions are 
remaining within reason on prices 
charged;. Two attractions have 
switched their Saturday matinee 
perfomance. "In This Room" (Prin- 
cess) giving a l*>iday midnight per- 
formance, while "She Couldn't Say 
No" (Olympic) will finish up a weak 
engagement with a miduight siiow 
Saturday. ••Bisters" will be the new 
show to take up tho Olympic time. 

"Aftairs" says farewell this week. 
Hers% a show that has made the 
outstanding record for real receipts 
during the 20 weeks' engagement. 
Starting in the hottest days of tiie 
summer "Affairs" immediately 
clicked sensational grosses. The 
last flv* weeks have dwindled be- 
low the present town's hit, "Cocoa- 
nuts," but in tho first 15 weeks the 
Woods theatre attraction gathered 
up about everything l» t|M| at 
local records. 

••Prineesa Plavla" fell far short of 
expectations, and mildly the out- 
come is a disappointment to the 
Shuberts. A lot of energy was 
exerted toward atta-acting special 
parties. "Vagabond King*' helined 
to kill off "Flavia." 

The first two weeks trade done by 
"Greenwich VUlago PoUies" Indi- 
cated the attraction wouldn't stick 
it out until Christmas, aa uaual. 
There ia no fault to be foimd over 
th^ "Follies.'* yet the business hasn't 
>een up to promise. It looked "Set*' 
after the opening night's approval. 
"The Great Tempt; t ions" has been 
moved up to follow tho "FoUies* " 
exit In two wseka ' ^ - 

"The Jaxa Sinper," which held 
high for six weeks, has lost, its sure 
bearings and mado one more 
tumble, following thS $$.000 drop the 
week before last. The piece will gi^t 
either 11 or 12 weeks iik Chicago, 
which will bring •'Cradlo Snatehers" 
into tho Harria for tho ChristmaR 
attraction. 

•'Cocoanuts" has a clear field in 
tho flrat call at tho hotels untU Xhe 
arrival of the piew musicals. The 
betting is that nothing will slow 
the |>ace of "(?ocQaj^^ts" i^fobably 
until siflSr<N#w Y^IMnhii'''' 

The week brought two new at- 
tractions, both opening on the 
stumbling Monday (list Mgfitt 'in^- 
mieroH which do not pull out big 
grosses regardless of the strengUi 
and reputation of tho attraotldna 
"Young Woodley" pot under way 
at the i»ackstone, while "The But- 
ter and Egg Man" «siljKktod the 
Selwyn. 

"Alias the l>eacon" gives up this 
week, never having taken big money 
either at the Studebaker or Play- 
house. 'The Shelf" continues sat* 
Isf aetory, but ••flweetheart TtaN^ Is 
dublou<), although it keepH going. 
Last Week's Estimatea 

^oung Woodley" <Blackstonc, 
Ist week). Pleknl to call out the 
clientele of this theatre for first 
time this season. Opened light htSt 
nipht. "Tho HoDor of the l auilly" 
did moderately well on two weeks' 
st.iy. 

•'The Butter and Egg Man** (SM- 

wyn, iHt week). Figures to tally 
$l2.00n ^oss for Initial week, open- 
ing l«Ht TjiKht to a representative 
first night audience. Is mention*-^! 
to hold lt\ until second company of 
"Broadway" i.** r^ndy. 

••Th(S Jazz SingeK* (Harris, 8th 
week). Will get ul)Out 11 weekM 
in Chicago with Milwaukee the first 
Rtop for the road. Has lost Its ur- 
gent call with $15,000 t?rosH now 
about tho gait. '•Cradle Snatehers." 
Dec. 26. 

"The Poor Nut" (Cort, 13th week). 
ContinueH to draw^ substantial trade 
for profits both ♦•nds. with $10,000 
the aver-n^e groMS. 

"Ths Sheir* <Li .Salle, fith Week). 
nro.s.»^^e.s of $9,000 f«> $10,000 r(»n.sl<l. 
ered big at this lionso. Anoiiier climb 
in t»*.fm4««Hfy wouW hold thin o ne 
well over the mark to assure a 
lengthy run. 

••Alias the Deacon" ( Pl.ivhouhe, 
4tli rifid l.'wt wei k). .Swli< ii fiom 
.HtU'lehakor didn't puM :i.lde<| 
e« ijt! --, HI. gu.H iiUl. With whole en- 
Kag'-uvnt h» low i xnef t;tii»Mi; |G..',oO. 
"The f)^>en r»oor" comes u« xt. i 

••Affairs" fWoM.ls, 20th .md fln il I 
WMi|(>, « Trem( iuioy9{ emrflm^'inerit ' 
whieb Interfered with .<-ue«eMK of 



Ml 



many musicalb during e.irly fall 
competition, leaves thl.»i we»'k. Wind* 
up will probably draw |27.00ll Bm. .- 
been averaging J22.006 lately. 

"Sweetheart Time" (Garrlck, 10th 
week). Has been holding in by its 
teeth, with actual ei^t jpiogMOtiftritar 
expected: $11,000. -'^ ^ 

**Otf Man*s Woman" (Central, Cth 
wssk). Drawing the oddest of pa- 
tronage with a sprinkling of out 
rates. Grosses are erratic, but every 
time over $12,000 gross 9wmm i9 . 
conceded. 

"Runsway Road** (Studebaker, 4th 
week). Dreadfully weak at the mat* 
Inees. btit cantlniMa to gat a datg 

call at nijirt. ^Bi ti ws i i mum mi 

"Sins of^itRiP f AdaHkht. Id week). 

Critics have dropped it co\A, tfn» 
officially checked again around 
$7,000. ^ 

**Q. V. Follies" (Apollo. 5th week). 
As this report predicted on tha 
strength of tlie first two %«oka* Vaa* 
Iness, which didn't htrlke $20,000, 
engagement has been shortens^ 
Departs Dec. 4, with *^tlM QNlS 
Temptations" to follow. 

••In This Room" (Princess. 2d 
week). No real demand, but parties 
in balcony helping. Plgured $8,000. 

"She Couldn't Say No" (Olympic, 
4th and final week). Out this week, 
following the long list of weak 
shows sent here this fall. "Sisters" 
opens Sunday. Current attra oU— 
having trouble reaching $7,000. 

^oeoanuts" (Brianger. 6th week). ^ 
Surprisingly slow early call for both 
Saturday-Sunday grosses, yet pulls 
up fast and continues to hit $89,000» 
leading the town. 

"Vsaa<^end Kjna" (Great Nonh* 
ern, Ifth week). Is slipping Just a 
trifle, but $22,000 grofs Is a lot of 

money during present StattM oC 
town. * ' - ^ . ►•••■•.-■•T» ■ 

"Princess Flavia" (Four Cohans. 
6th and final week). If it hadn't 
boon for a ssasatlonal Ugt of special 

parlies this one 'irould have tum- 
bled. Stiff opi>oHltIon from "Vaga- 
bond I^Ing." Probably about $l$^Oil 
last week.^; "tsi^ X^Jtir^/l'mf^ 

Sunday. i-T^TT^. 

SHUBERTS DEMANDED 
OSBOIQll'S BPC^^ 

-"^liil <tlta allsgsd demand of^ tha 
Shiibsvt ^Otos 1*» Wmkun yoK tlMIt 

he appoint some manager other 
than Johnny Osborne pa handle th« 
plctntfted "Wliat Prida Otory/' 0«e 
borne was withdcHfm Mtk tfm Pf* 
sitlon Saturday.' 

It is a personal matter, betwesin 
the Shuberts and^ '0Sboi^. ^Pli^ 
latter was ASHistgAI to Ceneit4 
Manager* Hnlph Iy)ng of the Shii- 
berts^ until ;ast summer. He left 
the Qhubart oillea after hil'^nvolVM 
disputOb 

Fox is BtjppoMed fo hftvo entered 
into u rental aiTungeuient for the 
ten X. Harris theatr;! whfch t^ 
filhuberts recently purchased. JH* 
spite the rental. It app^irs that 
the contract provides that the 8ha« 
beru shall have generaT siipervlsldtt 
over the hoiuw employes. 

Milt Hurris, formerly of the ShU* 
bert olllco and now with the Fox 
mUeHf dslMurtttiSBt/ was plaesS 
in charge, Osborne remaining 111 
the 9aice,for thd tims'hsfiifi 

Piece of Show Goes 
To NuBiliir Producer 

Sammy l>e Is reported having 
made nn atr.ingement with Flo 
Zlegfi ld to Ht.Mge the dance numbers, 
for "Betsy KItsel,** receiving $!•• per 
day during rehe.arHals and 1 per 
v.vtit. uf the show's gross. BeUg 
Haker la to be starred. ^ 

T^e spent last week Hi Atlsntio 
City on .a bel.'ited lioneymoon. T7e 
and Marguerlta .Murroy of "The 
Kamblcrs" eomiutny were married 
about a month ago; • 

CmI ChAntes 

ClirTord lVio)M»-y f<»r "I^OSSa 
Ankle**," ' ee lioi; lWu(jnt TOHSJirt. 

i'hili'ii >feiiv;tle, ^^^^ ^ad In 

"Th» Ladder," succeeding Verima 
.Steele. 



To. Stags jaennett;* "Raingo** 

KdM'»r Selwyn has aeviuired >th% 
dramatisation rlgl>ts>«if AmoM Ben* 

n. 'fs novrl. "ftJilriK.V S« hvyn Will 

duee flie piece nrxt .<r'rinc:. " W 



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44 



VARIETY 



LEGITIMATE 



Wednesday, November 24, 1926 



McCALURIDGE SUE AaORS 
TO ENFORCE DRASTIC CONTRACT 



Minneapolis Stock Agreement Form Imposes Liqui- 
daUd Damag^t If Players. Do Not 'implidlly 
Obey'' Manager in ^Respectful Mannei^* ^ ? f 



Minneapolis. "Nov. 23. 

If any memlx»r of the McCall- 

Bridge Players (musical comedy 

8tock), at the Palace theatre here, 

leaves the theatre at any time 
wltiiottt iNHrlAiBSlon, worftii to tli« 

detriment or defamation of the 
company, manager or fellow artists 
by words, act or otherwise, does not 
ftt all tiMMMi >MMnt a creditable 
appeanmco when in street attire 
or "implicitly obey" the manager 
and stago manager in a "respectful" 
maniMr, Im shall b# subject to a 
damage equal In amount to the 
value of the unexpired portion of 
the contract be signs with the or- 
IranizatlDli. 

These unique clauses were 
brought to light when H. W. Mc- 
Call jiM< Al Bridge, co-partners do- 
ing husiness as the McCall-Bridge 
Players, filed suits here this week 
in district court against Fred H. 
IHI^op. Peggy Bishop and Jo« Mc- 
l^t^ole, former members of the 
company, fsr allflfed Inreach of 
contract. 

. Tho chiiM ise »» ecimlnsd in 

flfttles and regulations which." it is 
provided, "form part of the cove- 
nants between the parties to the 
eotttraet.*^ ' 

Principals 

The trio of performers, who have 
been principals with the McCall- 
Brld«» MfikMi tiNf^ seasons, left 
tho organization to go out in their 
own act over Pantages circuit. The 
suits are expected to determine the 
•BfSsiMifelllli^ af tfncli^ contracts 
Copies of the form contracts are 
attached by the McCall-Bridge Co. 
to their complaints. 
> Players seek 

to collect $7,410 from tho Bishops 
On a clause in their contract which 
awarded that damage to the the- 
attteal eMMSffH te mm ttie artisU 
did not finish out the agreed upon 
term of service. The salaries under 
the contract were |IS and $80 a 
mtk fop#M B. BMMt and Peggy 
Bishop, respectively. At the ex- 
piration of the 78 weeks' contract, 
signed on May 1, 1926, Mr. Bishop 
was to r«esM a $780 bonus from 
his employers. He signed the con- 
tract both for himself and his wife. 

Two causes of action are alleged 
against McKenzie. It is claimed 
that the McCall-Brldge Players 
loaned him $677.84 between July 31 
and September 9, 1921, to be repaid 
bjr him on demand, and that of V Is 
amount only $290 has been repaid. 

a second cause of action, the Mc- 
Call-Brklgs Pliers allego breach 
of contract and seek to collect 
$1,000 damages, which he agreed to 
pay in case he did not complete his 
hcreei upon term of jMry|ce« 



An examination of the form con 
tract employed In both instances 
reveals that the performer binds 
litmself to do mlany things. One 
clause permits the manager to 
terminate tho contract without 
cause by giving ihe performer two 
weeks* isetlee; The performer. 
howQiref, has no such privilege. 
■ tn order to render service for any 
othrr manager during the contract's 
life, the lirtlit ^ nvet have the em - 
plover's consent in writing. On 
. breach of tho contract lie agrees "to 
pay to the manager a sum of money 
•QiilTlileiit to the total salary which 
the artist would have earned during 
the entire term of the agreement as 
partial compensation or damage." 
The. contract speciflcalty states this 
is not a "penalty." 

Should any extra time be played 
during or prior to the opening or 
■iirttowlnff the termination of the 
regular season, the party of tho 
second part is to receive a reduc- 
tion of 25 per cent, in regular 
salary. 

, A<iM Must Pay 

- " T he artist Rhall not receive oom- 



of the characters and proper per- 
formance of the part or parts. 

It is agreed that' should party of 
the flr^ part (the manager) elect 

to furnish costumes or money for 
the purchase thereof, such costumes 
80 furnished Or botight are and 
shall be the property of the man- 
ager and the title to same shall 
remain in the party of the first 
part until such Costumes are en- 
tirely paid for by the party of the 
second part (the artist) through 
retention by the manager of one- 
half of the artist's weekly salary 
each week. 

At his option the manager may 
suspend performances without sal- 
ary to the artist during the week 
before Christmas or durittir' Holy 
Week or while in transit or in case 
the show closes by giving two 
weeks' notice in writing. This also 
may be done When the i^fvtair '«f 
such performances shall bo ren- 
dered Impossible by fire or other 
elements destroying any place of 
entertalnmeiit engage* let UM tid- 
ing of such performances. 

In case the artist shall be re- 
quired to render professional service 
during the week preceding Christ- 
mas or during Holy Week or dur- 
ing any part of either, the artist 
agrees to accept one-half salary in 
full compensation. He also agrees 
to accept one-half saUUT for the 
first week of perfofBii|ioe» In eiioh 
city. ■ 
Can Aseifln Centmet 

The artist agrees that any dia- 
logue, lyric, music, stage business 
and situations introduced by him in 
the performance of any play with 
the manager's consent shall become 
and be the manager's sole and ab- 
solute property, and that the man- 
ager shall have the right to use 
said material at alt time* firet fkmn 
the claim of the artist. 

It is also agreed that the manager 
shall have the privilege of assign- 
ing the contract to nny other per- 
son, company or corporation dur- 
ing the period named tn It, or nay 
of its options. 

The MoCall-Brldge company 
came to Minneapolis at the start of 
last season after successful and 
lengthy engagements in other cities. 
It leased the PftiM* tlMntr% for- 
merly the home of Mutual Wheel 
burlesque, and proved a big money- 
maker after the first month. Puring 
the summer compiAieir #sre ei^ei^ 
ated profitably in Duluth and Su- 
perior. At the outset of the pres- 
ent season, the company reopened 
the Palace here and also put In a 
company at the Enlprcss in St. Paul. 
Both organizations have done ex- 
ceedingly well. McCall, the busi- 
ness head of the organlsatieii* to 
reputed a multi-millionaire, having 
cleaned up in oil and real estate in 
Oklahoma. He is known to own 
numerous theatres and liotels 
throughout the Southwest. The 
theatrical business is said to be a 
hobby with him. His partner, Al 
Bridge, is the fHatured eomedlan In 
the company. 



Shows in Rehearsal 



"Peggy^ (Lew Fields and Lyle 

Andrews). 
"Hangman's House** (Brady & 

Wiman). 
"Sam Abramovitch" (Anne 

Nichols). 
"The Nightingale** (Shuberts). 
"Qiri in Upper C** (Arthur 

Klein). 

"Daieiee Wen"t TeH" (8am H. 

Tlarrls). 

"Broadway," London Co. (Jed 
Harris). 



'Supremo' Salaries 



Salary claims dating back to last 
summer In the matter of "Bl Su- 
premo" were settled through 
Equity last week. The show never 
reached the boards but rehearsed 
six days. Tom Wilkes was to have 
produced it. 

Under the rules two weeks' sal- 
ary is due players who have re- 
hearsed seven days or more, even 
though the show does not open. 
"El Supremo," though rehearsing 
six days, made the producer liable 
to a week's salary. 

The claim was paid by Alfred 
Wilkes, now head of the Wilkes pro- 
duction enterprises. 



Acton' thnlre AidiM 



Invitations have been Issued for 

a festival dinner, entertainment and 
auction sale to be held at the Bilt- 
more, Jan. IS, by the Actors' 
Theatre. 

Ethel Barrymore's mm adorns 

the invitations. 

A special skit written by J. P. 
McEvoy Is held out as an attrac- 
tion, while the gay auctioneers are 
listed as DeWolf Hopper, Eddie 
Cantor and Jimmy Powers. 

The tables wUl be divided Into 
companies named after the various 
plays with the principal profes- 
sional players who acted in them 
ae iMOt and hostess. 



pensation for any services not ac- 
tually rendered by him and for each 
'performance In which ho shall not 
•appear there shall bo n pro rat4 
deduction. 

.Fares to the opening point or 
from pltfoe of closing performance 
shall not be paid. 

The artist shall furnish all cos- 
tumes, wigs, shoes, slippers, tights, 
stockings «Ad>other property^ neoe s - 
for the proper repreeentatlon 



Lawrence's Accident 

Warren Lawrence, playwright, Is 

confined to his home suffering from 
a fracture of knee cap. It has tem- 
porarily postponed rehearsals 
"Quick Bands," next on Albert 
Lewis' production list. 

The accident is tho outcome of 
Lawrence's attempt to enter his 
apartment without key and via the 
fire escape. Tho playwright missed 
his footing and fell to the ground. 



CLA&E £AM£8' TTT.w^ s 

Pr.miore of "Ned McCobb's 
Daughter" has been set back for a 
second time by the Theatre Guild 

stricken with acute hronchltis dur- 
ing the dress rehearsals. Tho piece 
was to have opened Monday at the 
Golden. New York,; It wag set 
down for tonight (Wednesday), and 
finally set back again until next 
Monday. 



J« J. Maloney, executive of the 

K-A Circuit, left this week for a 

month's vacation in Bermudn. 



Debt Halts Rem 



LOe Angeles, Nov. 2S. 

Failure of Michael Corper, lessee 
of the Majestic, to settle in full 
with Olsen and Johnson, the stars 
of his recent production, "Monkey 
Business," as well as other difficul- 
ties with Equity, resulted in his 
failure to reopen the revue at the 
Majestic Nov. 21, as planned. . 

"Monkey Business" closed sud- 
denly in ^n Francisco two weeks 
ago after Corper is alleged to have 
failed to pay salaries for the pre- 
ceding week. It Is claimed he is 
indebted to Olsen and Johnson In 
the sum of |2,600. 



$100,000 ADVANCE SALE 

"Mlnwl*'' Off Plying— In K. C. for 
■ ■ S4 , Por€omMiiiooo 



Kansas City. Nov. 23. 
Advance sale for the *'Miracle," 

which opened her© last night, was 
over 1100,000. largest ever taken 
for any attraction locally. 

The Morris Oest spectacle will 
run at Convention Hall for 24 per- 
formances. 

A peculiarity of the advance sale 
showed that some 60 per cent of 
the tickets Were bought by out-of- 
towners. 

'*Ben-Hur,** film, opened at the 
Shubert last night, also for three 
weeks. 



'Coal Oil Jenny' Off 

"Coal Oil Jenny," produced by A. 
L. Erlanger, closed at Cincinnati. 
The Frank Craven plooe ran eight 
weeks to moderate business In 

Chicago. 

After a bit of rewriting by Craven 
who Is returning from Europe, .the 
play may open on Broadway. 



Taylor Holmes Florist 

Los Angolos, Nov. 23. 

Taylor Holmes, actor, is also a 
florist There Is a Sorlst Ohop on 
Hollywood boulevard known as the 
Taylor Holmes -Stevens shop. 

Holmes is now in the cast, but 
when here he looks out for trade in 
the shop. 



Lillian Hartman Returns to Work 
Lillian Hartman, secretary to E. 
Ray Ooets up to two years ago, 

when sho was ordered to tho moun- 
tains by physicians, has returned to 
New York, cured. She was under 
treatment at Llborty, N. T. 



Auto Sheik Convict 

Prison Show Star 

Syracuse, Nov. 23. 

"Home Brewed Brevities," the 
musical revue produced last week 
at Auburn Prison by the Mutual 
Welfare League, hiul a doolded 
Syracu.se flavor. 

With County Judge William L. 
Bamum, Detective Captain Sidney 
L. Dillon, Acting Detective Sergeant 
Irving Blanchard and other Salt 
City folk figuring in the book and 
lines, the city provided one of the 
two outstanding stars of the piece 
In James A. Stapleton, serving a 
two and a half to five year term 
for assault on two girl on an auto 
Joy ride. 

To the surprlseof the large Syr- 
acuse delegation which traveled to 
the prison to see the reviiOk Stairto- 
ton was revealed as the possessor 
of a really remarkable voice. 

Nathan Cook, Syracuse cholr- 
slnglng swindler, was the revue's 
best vocal star, while the comedy 
hit was scored by Dannie O'Connell, 
convicted burglar, working in 
blackface. 



Another Cut-Rate Office 

Kay's ticket agency is opening ^ 
new ofRce on Broadway next to the 
entrance of the Astor theatre, the 
present quarters In the New York 
theatre building being also retained. 
The new office will handle cut-rate 
and premium tickets, the policy 
being the same in both Kay's places. 
A basement under the Astor theatre 
is expected to be used later. 

Last week Kay's sent telegrams 
to the dailies, imparting the news 
that that cut-rate place was now 
offering bar>,'ain tickets for "The 
Donovan Affair." The Sam H. 
Harris office was annoyed about it, 
but the papers found no newo in 
the message and nothhiir wis 
printed. 



No Undarstttdjr; 
"Vwm^ WiOumt Hitch 

Qeorge Barnum of "The Noose" 
at the Hudson, New York, was abed 
with sciatic rheumatism last week. 
Minus his services and no under- 
study, the cabaret scene which takes 
place in the second sot, in which he 
partlcinkted, was pligro4 without a 
hitch. 

That was accomplished by having 
Barnum's lines spoken by Wilfred 
Lucas, playing the cabaret proprie- 
tor. Ordinarily Barnum's lines were 
addressed to Qeorge Nash, In -the 
role of tho rum runner. 



"Glamour* Will Restart 
After 8- Week Lapse 

"Glamour," tried out receiitly, 
will be scrapped for eight weeks, so 
that the producer may exercise his 
perogative in making ctfi OhO»go« 
for another try later. 

The lapse Is Imperative un- 
der Equity regulation wgMfntt 
closings. 

Albert Lewis, producer, is round- 
ing up a new cast which will go 
into rehearsal after tho r|i|at^ 
period. 



PLAT FROM SK£TCH 

Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 
AI Lewis and Sam H. Harris will 
put Into production, Dec. 1, "Pri- 
vate Jones," enlarged from a sketch 
by Richard Schayer at the Writers' 
Club here last January, into a 
three-act play and live scenes. 

Schayer will leave here this 
month to attend rehearsals in Mew 
York. 



"Bonny," Not "Peaches" 

"Bye, Bye, Bonny," is the title 
decided on InsteOd of "Peaches*' for 
the musical L. Lawrence Weber Is 
producing In association with Earl 

Lindsay'. 

Louis Simon, in (hr^cast, wrote 

the book In collaboration with Bide 
Dudley. Al Von Tilzer composed 
the score and Neville Flceson did 
the lyrics. 

"Bonny" Is dUe to open out of 
town Dec. 27. 



CarletM s $250,000 
Silk Agaiut Heckscber 



Carle Carlton, legit producer, in 
his suit against G. Maurice Heck- 
scher, son of August Heckscher. the 
philanthropist and capitalist, scored 
a point when Justice Waaservogel 
appointed Oswald N. Jucoby referee 
to examine Heckscher before trial. 

Carlton's suit Is for |S5l,200 dam- 
ages, $250,000 of which Is the value 
Of stock promised him in a Florida 
land promotion deal by a corporik^ ' 
tlon which Heckscher is alleged to 
have controlled. The latter allegedly 
guaranteed Carlton $200,000 in 
stock, representing 26 per cent of 
the total stock Issue, or cash In lieu 
thereof. The remaining $1,200 of 
the damage claim is for $1,500 ex- 
pensOs, toward which Carlton was 
advanced $300. He was discharged 
Dec. 22, 1925, without Justifiable 
reason, according to the complaint, 
and without receiving tho promised > 
stock. 

The deal was contracted Oct. 16, 
1925, which- prompted Carlton to 
halt his theatrical aotlvltlei, he 
states, in order to laterest himself 
in the property at Shaker Ij&ke^ 
Osceaola County, Okeechobee, Fla. 

Zieggy After ^agrnoliaV 
Score for 'Show Boat* 

In the preliminary shaping of 
Flo Ziegfeld's production of li^dna 
Ferber's "Show Boat,** whtcH 
have Elizabeth Hines as the prin- 
cipal feminine player, the producer 
is arranging to take over the com- 
plete musical score of the lOto 
"Magnolia." 

Luckey Roberts (music) and 
Alex^ Rogers (book), who collabo- 
rated OB '^Mognolia,'* own tho 
music now sought by Zlegtold* - 

The idea of buying the "Mag- 
nolia" property is to avoid any 
cohlllcttoH whoa «mow^^ M i« 
produced as the charnetor Mlso 
Hines is to enaot la that of ^Mof* 
nolia." i 



Mo Qurries 



"Fellow Workers," hobo comedy 
by Karl ("Slim") Kuhlman, re- 
formed "^obo*' and OiMor of the 
"Hobo Gazette," will reach produc- 
tion after all, despite withdrawal 
of William Carlo's finances, accord- 
ing to Knhhnan. OaMo^ ft Careen* 
wich Village cabaret operator, was 
to have financed originally but . 
walked out on the deal. 
Kuhlmaa IMW oMalnod now UnainOM 
and will produce it himself with the 
production set for the latter part 
of next month at the Cherry Ijane 
PlayhoiiM* Oroonifteii TUloii^ HiiT 
York. 



Internationally Produced 

"The Counterfeit Coin," a new 
drama by Maxim Gorki, has Just 
boOtt ' oomptotodl In Sorrento* 

It will be produced simultane* 
ously by Reinhardt In Berlin, Mos- 
cow Art Theatre and Acodemie 
Theatre in liOnHigrad. 



Nneh Dancer for Brown 

Joe B. Brown, featured in "Twin- 
kle. Twinkle," at the Liberty, pulled 

a tendon in his leg last Thursday 
for the second time since the show 
opened. The first accident had him 
on crutches. Brown continued In 
the show but from Friday on Walked 
through his part. 

Louis Werba, who produced the 
show, pulled a new stunt by In- 
serting Johnny Dale to dance for 
Brown. Dale was not in the cast, 
being engaged for the "pinch-hit- 
ting", solely. 



Helen Ford will supplant Dorothy 
DlUey In the title role of "Peggy." 
new Herbert Fields-Lorenzo Hart- 
Richard Rodgers musical, which 
Lew Fields and Lyle Andrews will 
produce. The piece is In rehearsal 
and Miss Ford will Jpin it this week , 
having wound up hot- tOUT l« "IW^r- 
est Bnomi^ Iftst Week. 

C PoUocV« Operation 

An operation for hernia was per-, 
formed Monday morning upon 
Channing Pollock at the PolycUnlO 

Hospitid; Kov York. 

Dr. lifootoi^ iiortormed the opera- 
tion. 



Harry Brown Remains 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 23. 
In spite of Insistent rumors since 

the taking over of other local T'^ny 
houses by the Stanley Company, 
Manager Harry Brown of the Nixon 
(legit) has announced there will 
no change of policy in his house and 
that he has been retained as 
manager. 

Mr. Brown alio denied the Nijron 
will change Into a movie hnxi'^o, 
addinp. however, that .^'ome ol 
super picture productions will bO 
brought here for runs. 

Cissy Fitzgerald's Daughter 

Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 
Cissy FitsgeraM. picture actres.M, 

saw her daughter. Cissy, Jf.. for tlie 
first time in 13 years when tiie girl 
arrived yesterday in Hollywood 
I from Englan4.s 



WtdiMtday» November 1926 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



45 



ART THEATRES 

By ThMdore Pratt 



"Enter Madame" will be presented 
Kov. SO by the Santa Monica. Cal., 
Community Th««tra Guild. A. Mac. 
donald Wrlgrht, new director of the 
guild* will direct the parformance 

"Then Sheila Arrived" and "It 
Might Have Been Worse," hitherto 
tmaottd plays by society members, 
were presented Monday nipht by 
the Little Theatre Society of In- 
diana at the Little theatre, In- 
dianapolis. The first play was 
written by Mpk. Rosamond Van 
Camp, and tli« latter by E. D. 
Munyon, who waa In the cast. 

At the TTniverelty of California 
Little theatre, Oakland. Cal., the 
next offering Dec. 3 will bo the 
Chester dycle 'of Mysteries to be 
fiven In the Wheeler Auditorium as 
a Christmas play and the last of the 
season on the campus. 

The students are pMtpartiiff to pro- 
ject a performance of Euripides* 
•^he Trojan Women" In the Greek 
Theatre to commemorate the gift 
of the buge open air auditorium to 
the university by William R. Hearst 
25 years ago. The performance will 
be given in April and the receipts 
will be demoted to a fund for a Little 
theatt^. 



^'otboilor Art theatre of Holly- 
wood, Cal., opens Its winter season 
Koy. 18 with a three-night run of 
••The Waltz of the Dogs," by Leonid 
Andryev. Sheldon Licwis will play 
the leading role. 

Following thia play the Potboilers 
plan two plays a month, starting 
D-c. 1. Among the plays listed for 
presentation are "The Littio Clay 
Cart.*' •TProcesslonal," **The Gay 
Gnanl," and 1^1 all-Kegro cast pro - 

OrAco Johnson, author of the mu- 
sical comedy, "Mary Alice Esquire." 
which was presented by the Engi- 
neering society of the University of 
Utah In Salt I^ke last Marcli, was 
given Judgment of $700 against that 
society by a jury in a local court. 
Miss Johnson demanded « it as a 
•*glff* for hor laborsMmd got It. 
The play brought a total of $1,758 
and she wanted her share of . the 
profits. She was author and director 
M the play. 

•The Mask and the Face," a 
satire by Luigi Chlarelli, Kalian 
dramatist, was presented oy the 
Fasadena (Cal.) Community Play- 
ers Nov. 18, for a ten-day cngage- 
nient. Mrs. Charles Kay, wife of 
the screen actor, made her debut 
on the speaking stage In the pro- 
ducMon, with the support inj; oast 
Including Ralph Freud and Bram 
Nossen. 



The UiMMLB layers of Lawrence. 

Kan., one of the most ambitious of 
the community theatre organiza- 
tions In that part of the country, 
eommenced their season last week 
with "In the Next Room." Allen 
Crafton, head of the dramatic de- 
partment of the University of Kan- 
sas. Is tfao director, although the 
organization Is not a strictly uni- 
versity institution. He Is assisted 
by Mrs. Crafton, who has played 
with Walter Hampden and Robert 
Ca'derwood, who ha.s trouped on 
both legitimate and vaudeville 



The latest group to organise for 

the purpose of promoting com- 
munity theatre work Is the Theatre 
^ Gmft Guild of Kansas City, Mo., 
now a permanent body with 26 
charter members. 
^ Officers are George H. Itowles, 
f president; Henry Bardlne. vice- 
president; Mrs. Katherlne R. Bre- 
dow, secretary; Mrs. Margaret 
Brown Free, treasurer; Lenore An- 
. thony, director. "Morton of the 
Movies" will be the first pre.senta- 
tlon Dec. n-13 instead of in No- 
vember. The guild promises at 
least one production a month and 
will use the theatre in the Youni? 
Mrn's Hebrew Association club- 
house. 



Theatre Text Boofcs 

It has long been a belief that the 
onnel of many little theatres 
are ignorant about the most funda- 
mental facts of play production. In 
these cases they have had no op- 
portunity to obtain this information 
and experience, plunging blindly 
without It. The Intelligent onos 



come the publication of two new 



"Process of Production** 

The first of these Is "The Process 
of Play Production," published by 
F. 8. Crofts A Co. It has been 
brought out as a college textbook, 
written by Allen Crafton and Jessica 
Royer of the University of Kansas. 

The book takes up all asp^ts of 
producing plays from a non-com- 
mercial standpoint. It explains 
how theatres can be run success- 
fully without saying Its way Is the 
only way. Helpful detail for back- 
stage business, and should prove 
Invaluable not only for little the- 
atres In their Inception but to those 
which already have been operating. 

"The Practical Theatre" 
The second is Frank Shay's "The 
Practical Theatre," published by 
Appleton. Frank Shay is one of the 

outstanding figures In the little the- 
atre world. He gives actual ex- 
perience in operating this type of 
theatre. Most of his points are 
driven hc»me by relating the reality 
of what can be done and what can't 
be done. It is obvious and simple 
and in these qualities poMOMes Its 
greatest value. 



There seems to be a succession 
of witch plays in sight, starred last 

week by Carl Reed with his produc- 
tion of Masefield's "The Witch" at 
the Greenwich Village, New York. 

"The Devil's Sabbath," by Ansky, 
is also scheduled for production this 
season, while "The Dark Age," 
dealing with the same subject, by 
Theodore Pratt, mny see production 
before tha close of the 



KEMPT" 

Klttrtdgo riaynrs ))rcsciit "Keinpy," by 
J. C and KlTott Nugent. Staged by Arthur 
Fltz?r«>rald. At the KUtredce Ciub House, 
-*44» East STth ftreet. Mew York. 

Ruth licnce. ,......«.••«. Nina Nadler 

•l>:ia • 13enc«.. •••••«:•»•.. .F. C. Hatchellor 
"Ma" Ii«nce...«M*»>*'r**^®*Bi« ^- I^f'^rop 
Jane Wade. . . .FranceH A. Nat<h 

KatlMftne Beaoe. ••«•«>•> H«*ien Akulin 

Ben Wa««. ........ .Anllttr L.. K irkpatrlck 

"Kcmpy" Jaroca, Billy Hewcrt 

"Duke" Merrll! .^Co!CRWB P. Drt%'«r 



Kittredge Players, who stage two 
full-length plays a year, presented 

as their first "Kenipy," by the 
Nugeuts. Connected with a social 
club of 600 girls, this little theatre 
has excellent support, a mixed audi- 
ence overflowing the hall and stand- 
ing up. 

The playing was far above the 
average of such groups and had no 
great holes in Its cast usually ex- 
hibited by amateurs. F. C. Batchcl- 
lor as Dad Bence did nothing short 
of professional work, while Billy 
Sewert as Kempy wasn't far behind. 

The production had the benefit of 
being staged by Arthur FItsgerald. 
professional English dlreCtbr, who 
came to America to stage "The 
Werewolf" several seasons back. 
Mr. Fltzi^erald has taken up com- 
munity theatre work and directs 
players In Montclair, K. if 4 littd 
other places. 

A-together a little theatre that Is 
a credit U^thib fdaa nraM tljMm 

^TATIENCE" 

"ratJt^nce," cwnnic opera by W. P. (Wlbori 
and Arthur Sullivan. Revived by the 
riay-ArtH Guild nnd presented at their 
pljvhouse In Baltimore, Md. 

Patience Virginia Winstead Vox 

Reginald Buntbome..... Donald H. Kirkley 

ArchilMild OroavWior Wenley A. Thorpe 

Lady Jane a#rtnide M. GosHman 

I.ady Snphir Rutb K. Jenkina 

I.rdy Angela M«lv»^ Forayth 

I.ady Klla Mary Bokee 

Colonel Cjlvfrly Robert D. Mugford 

MaK>r MurRitioyd Burt B. Royce, Jr. 

I,.eut. the ))ul:e of Dungtable. James F. I^lb 
An KfHtatic Dane Ma den. ISdlth Joesting 
Uunthorne'a BoUcilor Earl Jordan 



Gilbert and Sullivan's delightful 
satire on the aesthetic erase of the 
elegant SO's came very much to life 
on the stage of the Guild Theatre 
:n Baltimore. 

It has been a disputed number of 
decades since this Savoyard clas- 
sic was last sung In Baltimore, but 
as Intelligently and humorounly re- 
vived by the GuKders, It was re- 
vealed In much of Its pristine satlrljC 
vitality. Thv true stained -glass at- 
titude was struck at the opening 
chorus and held until the flnal cur- 
tain. Apparently tho.se re.sponKlble 
have studied "The Green Carnution" 
and can laugh at as well as with 
Oscar Wilde. 

Virginia Wlnstead Fox sings, acts 
and looks Patience. Donald Kirk- 
ley i«< propoily di.-'i^'r< eab'o .i.s P.un- 
thorne, while Weyley A. Thorpe 
catches the real "yellow Book" 
spirit In hi.s Archibald. (;*'rtrudp 
(J(i.*isman's Ludy Jane Is rightly (ill- 
btrtlan, and Melva Forsyth brings 
a fine contralto and a nlro under- 
standing to the part of Lady Angela. 

Few productions of the intimate 
the*itro type have surpassed tho 
general excellence of this venture. 
FYom the direction of T. M. Gush- 
ing to the decoration of Is.i iC 
e^ch It Is adnilrab'y done, and 8t«tnd.- 
VH one of the first rank offerings of 
tho Baltimore tbaatricai sca.son 



FUTURE OPENINGS 

"Behind Lace Curtains'* 

"Behind Lace Curtains" went into 
reheuri^al last week with Lawrence 
Weber sponsoring. Cast Includes 
Ann Davis, J. M. Kerrigan. Dorothy 
Peterson, Vernoo Btoelo and Jiilisa- 
beih Patterson. 

"Ssm Abrsmovitch" 

"Sam Abramovltch," produced by 
AikM NlchOlii;^ started rehearsals 

this week at the Republic Otto 
Kruger is starred with Arthur Hohl, 
Mortimer Martini and Robert Barr 
ratt In his support. 

Martin Brown's "ThO Praying 
Curve" win reach production next 
month via Phil Werner Productions. 
Mike Goldreyer is general manager 
for the naw firm. 

•*Tommy** 

"Tommy" has gone Into rehearsal 
under sponsorship of (Jeorpe C 
Tyler. Cast includes Sidney Toler, 
Peg Entwhlstle, Ben Johnson. Wil- 
liam Janney, George Waleott, Flor- 
ence Walcott. Maidel Turner an<l 
Lloyd Keal* 

'*The Lace Petticoat/* musical, by 

Sttiart St. Clair. Howard Johns'^n 
and Amiel CJerstenberger, went into 
lehcarsal last week with Carle 
Carlton a.3 producer. It gets inier 
wav Dec. 13 at the Broad, Newark, 
corning to New York a week later. 

Cast includes Tom Burke, Stella 
Mayhew, Mme. Sylvania/ A'f ed 
Frith. Luis Abeinie and other.'^. The 
production will carry a white and 
colored chorus. Frank Famum Ih 
staging the dances. 

"The Flower Princess," operetta, 
hy Edgar Allan Woolf, Clifford Orey 
and Werner Janssen. has t-sen se- 
cured for produotion by Jacob Cp- 
penheimer. The produotian Will be 
w»A0 early in January. 

•'Hsngman's House" 

"Hangmans House,' dramatiza- 
tion of Donn Byrne's satcvepost 
story by Wlllard Mack, has gone 
into rehear.sal with William A. 
Brady, Jr., and Dwight Derc Wiman 
as producers. The piece will open 
"cold" at a New TOrk houat week 
of Dec. 27. 

Cast includes Katherlne- Alexan- 
der, Walter Abel, Frank Shanndn, 
Katherlne Emmett, Percy Ware- 
ham, William Holden, Charles Ken- 
ney, Jack McGraw, John O'Reilly, 
Edward Miles, Hugh Mack, Felix 
Kaney, Clemment OJjtfililtftal and 
Henry Handon. 



Road Sbow Famine 

Booms Stock PoEcy 



Dramatic stock Is fast displacing 
former legit stands In th# far out 

districts, most of the houses swing- 
ing to the resident company idea 
through lack of road material and 
Inflated prices exacted for mediocre 
attractions oeoa«ionally reaching 
these spotH. 

Many of the houses Involved are 
operating thsir own stocks with 
others playing organized companies 
on a percentage l a.sis and claiming 
the revenue greater with stock at 
75 cents and 11 than witli road at- 
tractions at much higher sca'e. 

The additional stocks are boom- 
ing business fur play brokers and 
furnishing employment for many 
actors. 



STOCKS 



Donald Miles succeeds Alden 

Chase as tho male lead of the 
Broadway Players at the Opera 
House, Bayonne. N. J. Dagmar 
LInette rema'ns as leading woman. 



Abtmce ot Equipment 
Delays Chelsea's Stock 

The dramatic stock policy for the 
Chelsea. New York, scheduled to 

begin Nov. 22, has been postponed 
indefinitely through controversy be- 
tween Julius Lcvcnthal, lessee, and 
owners of tho housO. 

Leventhal posted a deposit and 
signed a lease but later found that 
much of the equipment had been 
removed from the theatro subse- 
quent to his Inspection of the 
hou.'se. He Is insisting that tne 
owners replace the stuff before 
opening. Leventhal luitf HMi up 
his stock and was to hai^a. gone 
Into rehearsal last week. 



Mrs. S.iinuel InsuM, who is being 
featured in the Keportoire Theatre 
company'ii season of plays at the 
St.idebaker, Chicago, has.pcsted a 
$10,000 bond with Equity guarantee- 
ing salaries for her supporting 
players. ■ >■"••;•• - 

For the present stuck will be op- 
erative at the Windsor theatre 
(Bronx) with legitimate iMTtMluc- 
tlons unlikely until lattr In |Mi ii^- 
son if at all. \ > V ; 

Vlano's stock company opened 
at the .Somerville, F^oaepirJUla^ Mans., 
In "The Easy Alark.*fv: V 

Vaudeville has been discontinued 
at the New Star theatre. Mimcle. 
Ind., for the second season of the 
Rev Snelgrove stock company. 

Julius Leventhal has taken over 
the Fulton. Brooklyn, N. . Y., for 
stock.' " ■ 



WILLIE'S RECORD MARRED 

For the first time In the 22 years 
that the Eloward brothers have been 
appearing on the atlLge, Willie 
missed a performance, grippe forc- 
ing him abed from Saturday until 
Monday last week. 

Gene Howard p!ayed Willie's bits 
in "Scandals" both permormances 
on the ml'^^Ho 1 Saturday. ~— 



Tilton -Guthrie stock playing at 
the Princess, Ft. Do<lge, la., will 
open at Majestic. Des Moines. In a 
comedy drama, "The Red Shadow." 
It will play two performances daily 
with two performances Sunday 
night. New bills twie* waekly. 
jeano R^emi'^r la dramatic direc- 
tor; Lorraine Hierea, leading wom- 
an, and Billy Guthiii comedian. 
The ti^oupe has It |»MpM. tododhit 
a musical director. 

Seven Plays have Just been added 
to the stock release list of the 
Century Play Co.: "Service for 
Two," "My Countrj^," "Am'^rlean 
Born," "Alias tho Deacon.* 'Is Zit 
So?" and "Aloma of the South 
Seaa/»'- 

A stock company has opened at 
RIalto. Sioux City. It la the Don 
and Maslcf l>l)toikOomlMT- 



AHEAD AND BACK 

J. c. Pci d.' publicity on "Autuinn 
Fire * tKliiw). 

Sam Weller, publicity on "Cai>on- 
sacchi" < Hampden's). 

Wallace Munro, 'publidty on 
"They All Want Son:ething" OV«&i« 
lack's). 

Wm. J. McHale. publicity On '*Tha 

Ladder" (Mansfield). 

Robert Reud is handling the pub- 
licity for "The Wisdom Tooth" In 
Boston. 

Charles Newman, advance "Tba 
Gorilla." (Columbia Circuit). 

Warren O'Hara, company man- 
ager fur **An American Tragedy" 
(Horace Liverlght Shows). 

Lest 'r Segar is now managing 
the Muxine Elliott, New York, for- 
merly handled by the late Oeorge 
Applrtton. Segar waa at the 44tli 
Street where Wi Ham Hough la 
now iiojsti manager. 

WilUo Kurts. formerly treasurer 
of tho Imperial, is at the Cuban, the 
houRo being ttiken over by Famous 
Players for picture exploitation 
purpopog. 

Tom Melody, treasurer of tha 
Cohan, Is now numager and treas* 
urer of the Criterion. 

Randolph Hartley Is in Ban FVan- 
cls(o wilh the "Bt^n Hur" com- 
Iiany. at the Columbia, replacing 
Dick Mitchell, who takes the Los 
Angeles company on Its tour of th# 
sticks. Tom Hodgeman continue^ 
back with the San Francisco com* 
pany. 

Campbell C^asad, is now in chargo 

of publl« Ity for James W. Klllott 
attractlona Albert C. Fuller re- 
mains in the department. Kddle 
Plohn la general managar for 

Elllt.tt. 

Carl Werner, press agent. Will 
King Music Box thefitre. Portland. 
Ore. 

William Crucher. alKMMl. *'AlonUk'* ^ 
(Columbia Circuit). 

Ko Ims than thret. press agents 
are now heralding the coming of 
the Spanish star. Uaquel Meller, ^ 
throughout the b^nd. In addition to 
Wells, Hawks and Wendell Phillips 
Dodge, R. Ray Goeta has eagaced 
Malx»l Ryan to do special exploita- 
tion work among society wamen 
and wometa** organlratlons. 

Frank- Bniden withdrew from 
the New York publicity department 
of the Loew Circuit to proceed to 
Baltlmoro this week, where he has 
been Installed as general press rep- 
resentative for th«» I.,oew theatres 
In that district. In the new berth 
BradOffi W41I publlclae fl>r the Cea* 
tury, yyem i fc , ait . giarkway tha* 
atr^s. 



The Clark and O'Sheu stock com- 
pany fatlad to get over In Gar3r. Ind. 

Business was had from the "start. 
They are now reported moving to 
Richmond. 



SPARKS WITH McKUTT 

Rohert Sparks has resigned from 
the exploitation staff of the Keith- 
Albee Circuit to become general 
press representative for Patterson 

McNutt. 

JJ. H. .Strauss has succeeded 
Sparks with K-A. 



KELLY AND ROCHE PART 

Fred Roche has resigned as gen- 
eral manager for William Anthony 

Mcc;uir«', and has returned to the 
stuff oC the "New York American." 
Roche Is handling the benefit per- 
formances of the "American's" 
Xmas P'und. Th<; latter distributes 
fi»od and clothing to the ntedy 
from the moneys derived from the- 
atrical performances. 



Bannister on His Own 

AI>M rl RannlHter, forniei ly m( ii - 
hf'r of lilt? producing firm of I'o\v< 11 
^ Bannister, has withdrawn from 
the latter Ami to produce on hie 
own. His first will b*; ' I'rofe.ssional 
icinf," hy liawrence Clihson, whi' h 



The Logan .S(iuare Playern, stock 
venture of Dennlston &. De \ an at 
Chicago closed after an unsuccess- 
ful four weeks. MaiHoii mild trans- 
portation were ■ oitfawid pglA-^ 
Kqulty baHia. 

Dennlston & De Van took the lease 
on the Logan Sqiiari^; formerly a 
picture house, for this season, in- 
tending to pla y ft str al fht <» a atati c 
stock policy. '■" • 



Adelyn Rushnell, leading woman 

of the Mald'-n ^Mas.s.) stock com- 
pany, will become the lead with 
the company at the Castle Stiuare, 
Roston. 

.I«rry Hradford. h<»r husband, 
playing second roles In Ma!den, will 
be leading man in tho Boston com- 
pany. 

Nelllo Len<h lias permanently 
dl:- placed Frances McOrath as 
feminine lead with th«- RIalto Play- 
ers at the Rialto, Hobokem N. J. 



Robert !>. Sherman's stock com- 
pany opened ff)r an indefinite .wt.iy 
at th«« palucf'. M<.Iin«'. III., Sow 2\. 
with Mr. Sherman's piay, Mickey." 
Helen Forrest HusmcU is leading 
I'idy; James Sullivan, leading man: 
Hvjf-'h A'l;ims. < <.mic; I^orr>n;i T i'son 
tngrnue; Marion Ashlrj- and Wil- 
'lam McEnroe, characters. Brtic( 
L. Miller is pr ^Juction manager 
Tho eorip 'ny i.-t In the Palace for 
:"\ Indeiinite stay. 



'RIGHT YOU ABE' PREMIERE 

Ithaca, Nov. £3. 
The Coj nell Dramatic Club gava 
its fir.'^t maj(.r production of tho 
season with "Right You Aro (If 
Vott . Willik , So)." by Pirandello. 
Prof. A. M. Drummond directed tbo 
piny, staffed In th« University the- 
atre. 

It waa tn«' first public perform- 
ance of ••Right Toil Are" in thto 

'•oiintry. rtnd the Theatre (Tuild will 
do it durinj| the season in New 
Tork. thk-'' C^aall presentation 
was by cottf^y of the Guild man- 
agement. 



Road iiipws Out; Stock lo 



Rlngh-imton. N. Y., Nov. 23. 
The Stone Opera llouso hern 
dropped roa^ attractions and turned 
to stoc^ Nov. 22 after one of tha 
shortest touring years Blnghamton 
has known. Th*- Stone started tho 
Ivglt season on Hi pt. 25 with "What 
l»rlce aioiT," and since then has 
had but nine traveling attractions, 
aside from a few road-show pio* 
tures. 

The Otty Harrington Players will 

provide the stock season, opening 
in I^ff That Off." The stock 
presentation of that piece comes 
currently with tha appearance In 
central New York of the original 
New Vork cast and production. 
In this organization are: Mar- 
guerite Fields, Marjorie Dow, Olga 
Walters, Kdv^ln Rvans, Rankin 
Man.slield. Al Kranz and Sam War- 
shaw, Hcenic artist. Among the new 
faces will bo Kdwin Vickery. who 
will direct tho stage. 



Jane Hastings Company open* < 
a. stock Hcason this we#k at th^ 




JACK KING LEAVES BIZ 

Jack King nnd <!e<»rg«' Realty, 
vaudevi.li.tn.s, have split after a 
four-year partnership. 

irii' h.'i* reri>of] from lli*"' busl- 

r.es.s p«t-rititnently to l o\u * t « — 
l«*Iorlda. while Beatty a'ill continue 
n vaudeville. 



"Ballyhoo," comedy of carnival 
ifti by J. K. Nicholson, is listed 
• xt on the production list of 

'li.iilcM W.M:ner. I'roduction wiU 



46 



VARIETY 



LEGITIMATE 



PUYS ON BROADWAY 



MOZART 

S. XUjr CkMta presenU Mini-hUtorieal 

J lay with songs and muflic. t>ouk and lyrica 
Y Sacha Gultry; muitic by Rt>ynaIdo Hahn; 
EBKltah version by Ashley Pukos; staged 
by William H. Ciilmore and Norman Lor- 
Ing; incidental ^onfr lyrlos by E. Ray 
<3o«ts; proloKuo by Urlan Hooker; at the 
HuHic Hox, Nov. 22; $5.90 top. 

Mmo. rt'Kpjnay I.ucile Watson 

Mile, de St. Poena Frieda Inescort 

C>rimuu<l .Harold >Ieat<>n 

T'oulsft »«,^eanne Oreen*» 

Maniui.s ae Chambreull Stewart l^lrd 

Baron von 0||MI|v«... FMnk Oilier 

T.a (;uininni ....•»»••« Martha Lorber 

Morart Irene Bordont 

Mona. yestria.*....,.. ...... J. Blaka Scott 

E. Ray CNmIs did as hattdsMnaly 



hy bis brilliant little wife as was 

possible — considering that they had 

a yen for ibis semi-bistorical bio- 
graphical drama about the adoles- 
cent titagc of the tragic and clasnic 
life of the deathless composer. 

Miss Bordoni is not perfectly cast. 
They say that Mm*. Ouitry, who 
will open In the same role of the 
same play with her husband, author 
of tt and, himself, ft gs^t star, does 
it to the utmoflt natlsf action of 
Paris. Miss Bordoni does not 
parallel that triumph in and for 
New York. While she Is the ever- 
adorable, she is scarcely Mozart, 
and this play ii scarcely Bordoni. 



It is ft hard style of pleeo to elftsslfy. 
It isn't light opera and it isn't mu- 
sicftl or ftny other kind of comedy. 
It hfts interpolatioiui of ballads and 

snatches and undertones and obli- 
gatos of Mosart's. It is a tender 
and soulful screed, but It is lack- 
ing In — strangely — that one short- 
coming in the works of the immor- 
tal Mosart creiscendos. 

As a boy of the 18th century. Miss 
Bordoni is a confection. .Her limi- 
tations are not primarily an Inabil- 
ity to act or portray the role. It 
Is rather that the role fails to act 
and portray her. 

And, after all. Miss Bordoni is a 
better-known and more established 
quantity than this play — especially 
this play without the Ouitrys. 

The settings for the prolog and 
the main three acti> are exquistely 
artlsMo ftnd und^ntftiidliig. The 



Wednesday, November 24. 1926 



I 




WINTER GARDEN, NEW YORK, NOW 



"GAY PAREE** 



TALKING ABOUT 




WW YORK ""HEMALD'TRiBUNE'r SAySt 

^Wiose art ripens^ b^oii|^ finf r aiul surer with 




V • . Chk Sale with b&^isdeMy 
homespiui sketches briosiiig a refreshing 
iMPeath. He did a new study (with a bow 
to Ida Tarbell) caUcd 'He Knew Unookis' 
which had it's moments of genuine pathos 
for a hushed and obviously moved audi- 
encc."~-MOiU4lNG "WOKU>" (AUwm 
Smith.) 



''There is the easy, breezy fooliiig of the 
getM €hic Sale, wno reaches the zenith of 
his evening's contribution in a little skit 
entitled 'The Zither Chib/ Herein we have 
Mr. Sale at his happy best, darting from 
ehaage to lightning change and giving a 
series of hilarious impersonations." — ^'*EVE. 
XEU&GRAM" (Kathcrinit Zimmirman»). 



^%tpt the firtt-nighten weak with spasms of 





er unr 



"Cl^c S«le is again the star of the even- 
ing imH Irii tuby is4 his wise, old, home- 

NEWS'* (Burm 



'£V£. JOUMJHAL 



99 



U 



• . the talefited and ever amus- 
ing Charles (Chic) Sale. He was genuinely 
entertaining — authentic in a bit of Lincolni- 
Ailii»''-^EW YORK "TIMES." 



^Pathos in a scene called ^He Knew Lincoki' and 
as an old soldier with a wealth of memories he just 

about wruiig ^ »f *^rf f''^"^ ioV^ 



"By ail odis IM of 1^ enjoyable 
players in the revue is C3ri^ Sale, who emed 

as much laughter as t^iiit^i-p^. Y,^^^ 

"Mr. Sale is one comedian who can en- 
tertain an audience without resorting to 
smutty gags. His admirers staged an ova- 
tion in his honor."--DAlLY MIRKOJ^" 
(Robt. Coleman). 

"Undeniably and genuinely funnv." 

—"EVE POST" (IV.'JI. ^\). 



^^^^^^^ JOUWAL/' 

• . . the stellar presence of Charles 

(Chic) Sale in new acts of monologue clev- 
erness.! V;eVe. #ORLD" (E. W. Os' 



*' • • • for the most part entertain- 
ing, particularly when that ncvcr-wcarying 
humorist. Charles (Chic) Sale, holds the 
floor."— "EVE. GRAPHIC" (Waiter 
WiiiehcU). 



"Charles (Chic) Sale is easily the strength of the show's comedy. 
His ^fW m spa eialty, ch a ng ed somewhat from former seasons, is as laugh- 



able as erar. Sale's work in the skits was always effective. He dis- 
played a change of pace that was a surprise* playing an old soldier 
with i«eh Sdelity the heme was never sd quiet. Serious playing in 
remee is rarely attempted and less often successful, but Sale's ''He 
Knew Lincoln*' before a replica of the nutrtyred President, brought a 
gnip to the throat."— VAJHErr (IBEE). 




prolog is a nuuiterpieoe of t«iitly 

emutlunal writing, and is recited to 
perfection uy Frank Cellier, nftikiny 
his first American appearance, later 
playlngr the principal male-played 
male part, and doing it Willi unction 
and feeling. 

The script in fragnaata breaks 
into verse — no blank, but rhythmic 
and rhymed. It tl\ereby takes on 
the ffarb of the classical without 
attaining it in phraseology, though 
its tone and spirit are reverential 
and never banal. The straight dla* 
logue is profuse, with little com- 
edy, considerable acrid irony, not 
much of profound sMtiment-^nd 
surely no story at all. 

The sex phase, which must have 
delighted Paris, eomes in the 

awakening of 'the boy to the sense 
of the sensual, whereupon he tears 
into a debauch, being lovabto to 
women, and iuivingr affaires de 
amour with all In sight, old, young, 
noble, servants, dancers — anyboAy's 
wife, anybody's mistress, anybody's 
daughter. This leads to his ruin 
and dismissal from the homs of his 
loyal and affectionate patron, the 
role played by Cellier. 

Several of the individual perform- 
ances are noteworthy, and not one 
is less than polish and dignifled. 
in the stately costmues of that 
period, one faces a severe test in 
playing anything short of an e£yio. 
This is a chatty and intimate little 
play at its highest, and still the at* 
mosphere of the courtly, wicked, 
Kuliant day it expresses is pre- 
served. 

The mn.sicfil interpolations, even 
those of Mozart, are not quite im- 
pressive, and are not eatehy. Miss 
Bordoni was not in her best voice 
in singing her contributions, either 
— she is the only one who sings. 
Miss Lorber did a neat old-time 
dunce and looked deliriously de- 
Ucious. 

. «*Mo«art" may draw for a while 
ailss Bordoni's individual f ol- 
The price is steep^B.SO 
-chorus and non-revue of- 
'^onday night proved that 
6ount, for at $11 it was no 
sellout. Just how long It will re- 
main is problematical upon how 
long the star can bring them in at 
such high figures, and what effect 
the opposition in French, will pro- 
duoa. An extended run in no event 
is probable. 



THE SQUALL 

K. I*. Jones and Morris Oreen presnet 
comedy-drama by Jean Bart, staged by 
Lionel Atwill. with Blanche Yurka feat- 
ured. Storm effect atased by Langdon Mc- 
i'ormlck. In thres acta and four scenes 
(all one Opaned Nov. 11 at the 48th 

Street. 

Manuela ..^^.i!^. •«.»... Mary Fowler 

Pedro. ........ •«»•««('«»• .BttS^ Kidder 

Done f s o a. « »• . ».»...>♦».»«.»..» .Ma Mulla 

Plnlto ^.aoauiey Brent 

AnlU .....Dorothy StldoMr 

Juan Mandes Moneo BrakMB 

Padre Molina ChwrlM R. Burrows 

Don 1>ieg« Hoary O'Neill 

Dolores Mendez Blancno Tsrka 

Jose Mendes. tiee Baker 

Nubl...., Suzanne Caubet 

Bl Moro All Youeuff 



"The Squall" Is a CastlUian 
"White Cargo." The Tondelayo of 
this maiden effort by Jean Bart 

(wife of Dr. E. Oarlaboua) tried out 
last summer by the Lake wood Flay- 
ers in Xfaine, with Miss Turka cre- 
ating the mother role, is Nubi, a 
gypsy wanton. Excellently played 
by Susanna Caubet, she all but steals 
r; very thing away from the feathred 
player and the rest of the cast. 

Nubi comes into a staid Spanish 
household under emergency circum- 
Ktances, the kindly senor and se- 
norita shielding her from the ire 
of a Romany ruler. Nubi plays on 
their sympathies, and after being 
taken into their home as a menial 
a quadran{;le situation arises, in- 
volvinpT the happily married nian 
and wife of 20 years and their 19- 
yoar-old son. Father and son alike 
are smitten with the allure of this 
vamp of the outdoors, and the 
mother (Miss Yurka)' is placed in 
the position of biding her time un- 
til her husband and son order thin 
Liorelei from their home, appreciat- 
ing that any premature action on 
her part would leave a lasting im- 
pression in their memories unless 
they themselves assumed the initia- 
tive. 

Pretty obvious? stuff all told, it re- 
solves itself down to the auditor's 
pastime of watchful waiting for the 
inevitable to happen, having only 
the histrionic appeal and the trans- 
parent situations left. When such 
situations occur, they are spotty. 
The mother's role is naturally a dra- 
niatio opportunity which any half- 
way capable actress can accept. . 

There is much lacking In the pro- 
coedinps. Tlie tempo is iiTe^ular. 
Much of it is improperly pitched 
for best results. The dramaturKy 
is a Rood example of a coniinoii 
shortcoming witli every novitiate 
playwright, whether he Is producer 
»»r not- tii.'it of having too much ofC- 
stago action. Talking about tlie 
dramatic conflicts Is not good box- 
offiro plnywrltrhtinR:. 

One Spot does accomplish witai 
has been the failing up to now. It 
is the second net curtain, with the 
siren weaving her spoil over the 
adolescent student. It is here that 
Miss CaiilH-t repristcrs mo.^t ilcpi.sive- 
ly as tlio ijest individual perform- 
ance in the production. Her per- 
sonation of tlu» t«'niptress makes 
orte regret an astute U^x-oiHce om- 
nibus writer like Willard Mack or 
Sam Shipman docs not fashion for 



hor a ••Lulu Belle" or "White Car- 
lo" play that will make hir wSj! 
^^^^ ***** herself famous 

I 5" ^^*^>» done 

In production and casting. On the 

liiJSI ia consistently high 

«f^«-^Miss Yurka, Lee liaker us 
the father and Ilorace Braham as 
the son shouldered the brunt as the 
tbreo eentral characters. Dorothy 
Stickney as the son's betrothed also 
figured, as did Ida MuUe in a com- 
edv rolo and Romney Brent. Miss 
Stickney and Miss Yurka are the 
sole survivors of the original try* 
out cast. 

Its box -office chances are governed 
only by Jones A Careen's determina- 
tion to foiwa ••The Squair at the 
48th St. It's their own house and 
capable of taking up any flnan. iai 
shortcomings on the charge -off. ou 
general form, however, it's not a 
money show and does not rate a run. 

Abel. 

LILY SUE 

^elodrama In three aota. Prewmted at 
the Lyoouai bv Oovld Bolasoo Mftv ia 

with Botli Morrill. Prodncod vad? 
sonal dlrsetlon of Bolaseo. ^ 
Hanro Pidley Huron L. Biyden 

ivt^a" nopence (teraJd 

Lily Sue Beth Merrill 

•.'<....... Leslie M. 



Duke" Adams Curtis Cooksey 

I>oul8 T.inKard Joseph Sweener 

Lance Llndgard. Jos(>ph .Sweeney 

J«>e Holly , WlllanJ Mack 

Stonowall" Bllllnsi jamos Qrady 

CliarJla Illghhorse William Courtletek 

Mlna Reason Boatrice Banyard 

Unol<i Johnny Hioes..,..,.... Robert Wayno 
Rancher»« , : 

^"'"'^y • * .. • ^ • . • • •« • • • Anold Oovtdsoa 

Luke. ...... ^ ... .. , »y . .... .John WhOoloff 

rJ^'^T ••••••••••••••*. ..Barl Cvaddock 

Jack. .Bdmond Norris 

Buck. ..»».«..«.....« Jose Yovlu 

TWBB. *...«*..•.......•«,.. .John Olemericia 

^Sj^** Franklin Klein 

fSi' Raymond 



When Willard Mack stepped out 
on the apron in response to the 
plaudits of the flrst-nighters he 
made a nice compliment to David 
Belasco, then aald that D. B. and 
himself tliought the time was again 
ripe for this sort of play. Mr. Mack 
very neatly put In a few words 
what, in the form of a query, was In 
the minds of the less enthusiastic 
portion of the audience. In practi- 
cal terms the question is whether a 
western melodriyna wiU find enougli 
wh e tted appetitag iM^M-m: Broad* 
way. 

Originally the play was called ••Alt 

the Way from Texas." The author 
explained tlie characters in the play 
were real enough in parts of the 

west, and said he knew most of the 
types, doubtless around the ranch he 
knows as home. Perliaps Mr. Mack 

intended to add that such charac- 
ters cii^isted some years ago, for the 
play is set in th« JTs in Montana. 

Mr. Belasco's conception of the 
characters and the times is ex- 
plained in a program itote descrlp* 

tlve of the nomads of the prairies 
as set forth in Daniel Payne's "His- 
tory of the West.*« 

Such a play was highly success- 
ful for the producer, the author and 
Lenore Uhric in "Tiger Rose." But 
the fierce passions of that melo- 
drama of the northwest and Its fa- 
mous Mounted is not present in 
"Lily Sue." a more homely but as 
elemental a story. 

Lily Sue Is the peAch of the Ped- 
leys, a lowly family that has drifted 
up from Texas to Montana. They 
haven't made much of the patch of 
land allotted by the ranch owner, 
and it Is the girl who wards off 
rough eviction. She Is the fairest 
"bit of calico" In the region. Joe 
Holly, the sheriff, takes a shine to 
her, and so does Duke Adams, a 
cow hand, not to 'mention Liouis 
LIngard, owner of the ranch. 

There Is an ar^rument between Lin- 
pard and Duke when the latter finds 
his boss peepinj? under the folds of 
Lily Sue's tent (she is sleeping out- 
doors because of the heat). They 
walk off Into the brush to settle ac- 
counts. A stranpc shot kills LIn- 
gard, and Duke is accused. When 
they leave the yard to light it out. 
Lily Sue comes to the realization 
that it is Duke she loves. She al- 
ways said that when Blie realized 
she loved a man. he'd know It quick. 
Hhe secretes Duke, and it Is a case 
of hide and seek between Joe Rony 
and LIlv Sue. 

That brought Mack Into a similar 
position as the northwest police rolo 
of "Tiper Rose." The sheriff gets 
his man, and the protestations of 
Innocence are of little avail. Lin- 
Kard's brother and a bniich of 
drunken cowboys are thlrstlnp for 
revenge. They are about to bans? 
Duke when Lily Sue haltinRly tells 
Who did the killing. It was -her own 
brother, whose act was based on 
Linerard's wronging of the boys 
sweetlieart. There is a promise of 
a fair trial and prol)al)K- arqiiittJii. 

The scttlnps nte faitliful in 
lasco's best style. The measly cnbiu 
of the Pedleys looked as it shcuUi 
The starry ni^ht in the final scene 
evoked applause, a splendid effect, 
concluded, of course, with a "came 
(he dawn" exit of hero and heroine. 

lk'iii_Jderrill. whom Uelasco In a 
curtain Speorli said Tilld ^ brilliant. 
fiiMjie. niide Tilly Sue a w(»man 
inucl 

character 

mnmnia around these parts. ^ I 
fuupht for h^r man when she found 
him. 

Willard Mack, prolific .TUtij.»r an«« 
n. tor. Is inagnlfloenl as .Toe I»5>|'>j 
the sheHff. It's the iame kind 
(Continued on page 48) 



ure. niKie Lily «ue a »»m...". 
ch to be de.**ired. even thouirh the 
tract er W stranpe sort or 



Wednesday, November 224, 1929 



VARIETY 



47 



This turk«y is not 
to bs confused 
with ths play 




As co-author of "BROADWAY, 
all of you my humble thanks. 



99 



I give 



PHILIP DUNNING 



JED HARRIS 

The infant Beau Brummel producer who gavo me a 
contract «.£ter 20 other guya ^ave me the well known 
ozone. .. 



FINANCES DUNNING 

My helpful «uicl ttdorable wife. loir her loyalty before 
royalty. '* . . : 



•i-rS- t- ■ 



CROSBY GAiCE 

Who smoked and smiled during our dizzy rehearsals. 



. LESTER LONERGAN 

Whose constant belief in the piece wan a tonic when 
my aptJetite was poor. 



WILLIAM A. BRADY 

America's great playboy, who iirst road and bought 
''Broadway," but later against his own good Judgment 
and heeding adversary advice, let the play go, but 
sent me a premiere wire worth framing. 



MY MOTHER 

For Putting Up With Me 



CAESAR DUNN 

Who ai4ed and abetted and stands guilty in the crime. 



ROY LLOYD 



Now In the opus, whose i^crsionality plus, gave mei. In- 
spiration for character of the happy hoofer. 



BUFORD ARMITAGE 

liiking original idea for play. 



CHARLEiS DILLINGHAM 

For hiii . Weekly envelope while I was getting round 
shoulil^acl peddling the aeript* 



DAVE WALLACE 

Who saw play's possibilities and ran himself ragged 
to dig up a roll to float it. 



PAUL TURNER 

For his able counsel 



SYLVIA riELD 

Whose won^liprfully sincere and appealing "Blllle" gein 
nn^er the vests and camlsoled. 



LEE TRACY 

Who gives corking performances of song and dance 
man and who's a vteion in his B. V. D's. 



THOMAS JACKSON 

Whose gum shoe Dick*ing is a headquarters classic 
and the talk of the main stem. 



JOHN WRAY 

For getting murdered so gracefully nigliUy, with 
extra doses of lead Wednesday and Saturday. 



GEORGE ABBOTT 

Who workt'd on the s^jript and staging with me With- 
out a blow being struck. He's a prince. 



ROBERT GLECKLER 

Who shed 19 pounds, to make ringside weight tor 
romance angle and who malEes "Steve", a meiiaco 
that panics the frails. 



PAUL PORCASI 

For managing the Paradise Night Club with author 

ity aiiil nf 



CLARE WOODBURY 

For her faded "Lil" and souse. 



HENRY SHERWOOD 

For his gun-man stuff tha( seems so real, I'm goi|ig 
to look the bird: up. - /; * : • • 



I 



EL015E STI^M 



Whoso n>earr' is a li^m, ilad/tor kiUiiiff the rvftl- 
lyan," Curse him. 



MILDRED WAIJL 

For her, wise handlinir of bum cracks and balancing 
on back;of a chair. 

4— — ' — 



WILUAM FORAN 

For his '^Porky" and l-inch grin In the face of the law. 



' EDITH VAN CLEVE / 

For her fi^-'hring, lur figure, and famous smile* . 



JOSEPH SPURIN-CALLEIA 

For his roaring forties waite^r and jingling his own 
change. 



CONSTANCE BROWN 

For her realistic chorine and load of good looks. 



MOLLY RICARDEL 

For her "Grace" that lands note* from the big bean 
men from Lima. 



ANN PRESTON 

The cig;ne»t<» girl who doesn't smoke her props. 



FRANK VERIGUN 

For his snarl and real Indian blood. 



MILLARD MITCHELL 

For his Chicago goofer and his « feet 2. 



PAUL STREGER 

Our (i»i);ti>l»> stage manager who kctps the gIrl^ 
popped up and kicking high. 



THE CRITICS 

For toKsing their box ofllce bOU^UOtS at OUT Opera Of 

New York night life. 



FREDERICK LONSDALE 

Who wrote rac saying "I have n«ver enjoyed an eve- 
ning more In the theatre.^' .^^ * ; , 



SAM N. BEHRMAN 

Our prolific publicity director who's telling the wide 
world. 



% \ : . ABE BUITT-' ^ 

Sarri'g hustAnf; aseociate iwli/ ibantt' «ur ^eW^ rob- 

hf'ri<s. 



. HERMAN SHUMLIN 

Our genial manager, for clocking the stand^s. an^ 
sending |^ royalty cheeka^i^i-Clme. ' , 



■ 11 iVii 



IRVING BERLIN, FLO ZIEGFELD, LEE 
SUUBERT, INA CLAIRE» LAMBS 
.ai^d OTHERS / ; 

For the many kind things they've said about 
"BBOADWAY." 



5; 



AARONS AND PIlEEDLEY 

For their evttitt^ltt^fli^uigi^ 



JACK SQYIJE 

Charleston aiid Black Bottofd ea p ty t^ who .taughtt owe 
girls Uielr stM^ ^ j .. , 



MUSSINA WACHTEL'S ORCHESTRA^ 



For their. hot^musijS fifB-staige. 



MARILYN MILMBRi JACK DONAHUE, 
CLIFTON WEBB, BRUCE EDWARDS 
and ''SUNNY'' COMPANY 

For pulling for me :and. brain-child 



BILLY PIERCE 

For limbering up the legq of ;^he chorines 



JEAN BARKOW 

For her secre€arlii2l hel|>. 



FRANK DWYER and ROBERT BERG- 
MAN and ARTHUR SEGAL 

For sot and scenery and designing. 



ARTHUR EBBETS 

For his co-operation througbotit, 



p. S. — If Tve failed to thank any one I'll take their check 
any time at the Paradise Night Club, West 44th St. 



N e w P la y i ng 



BROADHURST THEATRE 
New York 



I ; 



London Company Jan.^ 

ADELPHI THEATRE 
London 



48 



VARXBTY 



LEGITIMATE 



PLAYS ON BROADWAY 

(Contlnu«(l from i>ac» 4f) 



of a port that made him a sort 
of woiuUt in "Tiger Ko«c," and the 
typ« of man Mack probably likes 
above all others In the out-of-doors 
west as he knowH. Curtis Cook- 
sey was very good as Duke. He 
seemed the most manly man among 
the characters. There were other 
players, all schooled and skilled, but 
among them best was William 
Courtlelgh, playing a reservation 
Indian. 

"Lily Sue" is good melodrama. 
Just a question if Its type can get 
(Cross for a real run. Maybe it will, 
but tii^ Chances are against more 
thMi Ji aMderate engagemmit. 

nee. 



FIRST LOVE 

Threc-Rct comedy from the French of 
lx)ui3 Verneull. adapted by Z^r Aklns. Fay 
Bainter starred aixl Druce McRae featured. 
StaceA by Q«orse Marlon.' Settlnn by 
Wataoit imSk Opsasi U tiM Booth. 
Nov. •. 

Delabodollaro Ortsndo Daly 

Cbunt do Varlffsy..* ....Bnieo MeRae 

Jullen .Rotjort Davi. 

M. Courteil Loooard Booker 

Prlnco Bllaf-Brterloun "*••'.•!. 

Mortimer H. Weldon 

Jean ^f?!^'^Kt ¥'^'^ 

MalcR » Mlee Balnter 

D9rainlqu« Oeorgo Marten 



A thin and airy play gives Fay 
Bainter one act of amusing comedy 
in a role resembling Kiki at times 
and probably the best acting oppor- 
tunity she has had since "East Is 
fVest.** The third act baa Its mo- 
menta, but the Mat at the te 
dull, auggesfing that the work of 
adaptation has brought many modi- 
fications In that fTMOli to ths orig- 
inal wtm epkif enA spphlsttoatsd 
work. I 

Miss Balntsr has soma ihawy 
scenes very neatly done, and her 
acting Is the best asset of the pro- 
dueChm^ War this reason tho plair 
will bring out in full force her not 
Inconsiderable following. That ele- 
msnt used up, thevs will probably 
liol be any great demand from the 

Coral theatre-geiag public, put- 
r Hm iHoea down for a modsrale 
run of say six or eight weeks. 

The Impressive playing of a flaw- 
Issa salt cannot mask the artlAcial 
quality of the entirely theatrical 
story. The design and import of 
tlia play are blurred and distorted. 
How could It be otherwise when a 
Frenchman's Ideas, created for a 
French public, are translated to a 
different language, a different na- 
tional taste and the transition doi^ 
by a woman translator? * 
The play is a Jumble oC sweet, 
nalva romance and sophisticated 
warldllness. Our Innocent heroine^ 
intent upon saving her young lover 
from poverty, engages to *^tl her- 
seir* to an alderly nobleman. To 
this and she dines with tha old boy 
in his apartment, Wt at Uia last 
minute revolts from the bargain. 
Whereupon the ancient suitor Is 
gradually enlightened to tha fact 
that the girl Is the sweetheart of 
Ms disowned son. On this basis he 
wsloomsn fMi hoy baek, lAiowsrs his 
wealth upon the young pair and at 
tho drop of tho cortain thay are set 
to live nappOy to ana of thoaa aao- 
charine endings. 

The substance of the story, how- 
ever, is neither hero nor there. It 
does fulfill the main purpose of pro. 
vlding a spicy comedy last act for 
Miss Bainter as the frivolous young 
thing tlowtoir wUh hsr first lava. 

> 



She comes to tlio Baron's apartment 
— maintained for such intrigues — 
deterniinod to sell herself, as she 
says, for a price high enough to 
sav<» her lover from a mercenary 
marriage and keep him for haroelf. 
She has only the vaguest Idea what 
the experience of "selling herself is 
to be like. During the dinner she 
Is alternately frlRhtened and bold; 
timid of what is in store and reck- 
less in her gold dlgctoiv dasif n* The 
Baron becomes mora ai^n npre 
churme<l. • 

It is y^uvii the ancient suitor at- 
tempts to ki.ss her that she awakens 
to her own real state of mind and 
draws back. Explanations gradu- 
ally discluso to the ISaron that .hor 
real lover is his son, and this grad- 
ual disclosure Is plausibly devel- 
oped. The final act has all the meat. 
An unspeakably bald first act plants 
the situation and a second act plants 
It all over again, although there Is 
enough character and byplay in the 
second chapter to mako It fairly in- 
teresting. One scene has tho lovers 
rehearsing a sOny and dance act 
they may do In a cabaret to save 
their financial lives, opening the 
way for a little specialty in which 
Miss Bsinlar shtaies. 

Georf a Marlon has a "fat" part as 
the wise old butler In the third act. 
Dominique has witnessed many In- 
trigues in his master's apartment 
and he is moved to sympathy with 
this new candidate. It Is he who 
instructs hor In tho elements of gold 
digging, and in tiie end it is he who 
summons the boy to eeire har from 
disaster. Bruce McRae has all the 
polish and suavity to make the 
Baron real, bnt oven so graeliNis an 
actor couldn't conceal the fact that 
he was a rather cheap sort of old 
man masher. It is upon this point 
that the play breaks down. 

If they're to have a happy family 
ending, tha Baron must be a dear 
benevolent old man. And if the 
episode of the Intrigue with the 
flapper is to have any kiek, ha tottSt 
be a sinister figure. 

Trying to Justify these conflicts 
to to iMiali tor J^taywright in 
any language. - Ansh. 

TWINiUf TWINIOE 

I^uta F. Werba presents a new mnsical 
ooBMdy; hook and lyrlctf by Harlan Thomu- 
aon; music by Harry Archer; additional 
scenes and songn by Kalmar and Ruby; 
book directad by Fk-aak Craven; numbers 
ntngt^a by Julian Alfred and Harry l:^ck; 
inuatcKl dlrr<>tor. Mux Stetn«n at MM X'lb- 
•ity theatre Nov. IS, IMS. 
Jadk Wjmdhass. ». . . . . . . .JoMpb . I-ertora 

~' Dsvsfaax Pw a uta Oourtaey 

,...BIIae Beiiwlt 

» »,,»,»»»•,»>♦♦>>»«• i P o f othy j ftrtt a 

ihisettS' .»»»»♦....»».»«»»»»». .Aaka Vtrnaii 
June •Dlaoa^JJsy 
CHof Ia ........................... Aaa Kelly 

Sam Oibaon Williain J. McCarthy 

Ontle. ...................... .Tliereee ICelly 

Alice Jamee Ona Muneon 

Jennie ••••••*,.• Patty Haetlnira 

Richard Qny Alan K><Iwan1e 

Harry Jolm Sheehan 

Operator • John Gray 

Peachee Rubiuaon****** Joe B. Brown 

Flo Lewis 

JTaae RoMBsoa.««***«*«»*»»*«FrsDoea U^n 



In neither iMwk nor score does 
this new Thompson -Archer opus 
reach the best of their former out- 
puts. In the big and high-priced 
Liberty the test is more severe than 
in the smaller and more modest 
Vanderbilt, where these two clicked 
off a couple of neat ones. But the 
production is "bigger and better" 
than on 48th street, in a measure 
making up the slaclc. 

"Twinkle Twinkle" is a nice sliow 
with some strong laughs. But the 
comedy Is bluntly "relief." and the 
subject matter thereof— it seems al* 



moH incredible that the entire po- 
tentiality of a opatly venture would 
be staked on it In 1926— is that 
weatl»er-*..'om hoke brother, the 
rube comedy "deteckatlve" — yea, 
more than that, the correspondonce- 
Hchool one, who shows and shines 
his bailee, and who refers to the 
buok and serves it by paragraphs, 
and. of ooursa* solves the mystery 
So, while they laugh, it is pretty 
hard for grown«ups to get im- 
mersed la that bfomidio source of 
humor. .Toe Brown works like a 
beaver, usin^ comedy "disguises, 
hlckisms, smalNtown nifties* ex- 
aggerated pant.s aa4 p l a nt y iMf 

^^ het'Zy wize-cracks. 

Kalmar and Ruhy were called in 
to doctor the book and numbers 
after the opening in Brooklyn, and 
Ona Munson was then substituted 
fur Nancy Welford. The writer's 
touch is quite obvious to one who 
knows their methods. It probably 
helim "Twinkle Twinkle" on the 
JUg Street, but tho gentler humor 
of the Thompson type went better 
in the moM atlmatA aplffll MtlMr 
uptown. 

Miss Munson, appearing in her 
first lead on Broadway, was charm- 
ing, ingenuous and quite able to 
carry the lines and scenes. Hor 
duet, ensemble and single dancing 
were taken with heavy acclaim. 
And, though Brown ran away with 
the gravy, both as tho chief comic 
all over the place and all over the 
plot, as well as with his specialty 
dance. Miss Munson stood up splan- 
dldly in tha big laacna* . 

Flo Iicwls as an eccentric 
waitress — who also would be oppo- 
site a mail-order boob 4eteotive?— 
surprised those who had almost for- 
gottei|t her existenoe through her 
several yeara In Tauderllla. Miss 
Lewis is the peer of any of the low 
comediennes cast for this type of 
role. She has youth, good looks, 
and individuality besides. Her 
feeding to Brown was immense, 
and she tore off her own share of 
the laughs herself. 

Six semi-principal girls, 
beauts and strenuous 
served aa atop«gapa whanavar the 
show needed pep, and always 
cie€uied un. They ara nri 
above wUk tha 
flrst-name roles. A sweeter half 
dozen kids never stepped together. 
And tho ohorus» too. a doian pret- 
ties, gave good accounts of them- 
selves on looks and in intricate and 
intensive group numbers. « Alfred 
and Puck, apparently, had no mercy 
on the ohorlnea and worked them 
as hard aa that aaa of slave-drlvsra, 
Seymour FeUz. 

The story is pitifully light, even 
for a mui^^cal comedy. AliQO I«ake» 
a movie star, beast by M» ivho 
love her, slips off a private car and 
special train takiM her to Holly- 
wood, gets Into a nasas town, be* 
comes a waitress in the depot 
lunchroom, there meets tha town 
reporter, and thay fhll In lote, 
whereupon it develops that he is 
a magnate, incognito. Tha blood* 
hound solvaa It by his %eek eft nAMR, 
and everybody is satiafted. 

If that isn't a nickel's worth of 
literature, it's at least the value of 
a frana. 

The tunes are good, but not great. 
"Twinkle Twinkle" la the catchiest. 
"WMstle,*' by Kalmar and Ruby, 
has a touch of novelty. 

This piece should do fairly well 
and may stick a while, but will not 
make the rank hiMb MtC af tta 
musical neighhonk 



selected 
workers, 



ammed 
under 



UP THE UNE 



Dmna la tbrss acts by Bs&ry Flah 
Carltoa, at Um Motseo; Nov. tt._br Rtch- 



ar4 Heradso} airsols^ by Allaa Dlnebart. 

Me Lydla WlllSMre 

■fBe .FlorMMf Johaa 

Jenny ..»».»».,«.«»'♦«> »«»Pwe yni Jl s|abrook 
Sins . .•.••*••..•.«•••••••••• . tiMas-valberD 

Rat Barry MSSSMiim 

nig BUI CarletoO IfMr 

Happy Daniel Kelly 

JumlKAn Pat S. Barrett 

Nela J. Malcom Dunn 

John Lynne Berrj' 

Biuokle Harlan UriKfe 

liutb BUsabeth Wrasse 



"Common CIay,T |>y Cleaves Kin- 
kead, a Harvard senwTt started what 
became known as Harvard prise 
plays, selected in annual compcti- 
ti(jtis in Professor Baker's "48 Work- 
shop,** Kinkead's success dates back 
quite some years, but from time to 
time a play with the Cambridge col- 
lege trade mark has appeared on 
Kroadway. None won the rating of 
"Common Clay" and now "Up the 
Line." the last of the Harvard prise 
works, has appeared, ^nd it should 
be the lasL Mr. Bakei' switched 
from Harvard to Yale last yaar« 
Perliaps he hopea ia 4#lMltir WiCb 
a clean slate. 

Richard Herndon. who was one of 
the Judges of Baker's embryo play- 
wrights in the past sevenil seasons, 
has been holding "Up the Line." He 
may have figured "Outside Ix>oking 
In" of last season was too much the 
same topic. The latter drama, by 
the way. though it attracted atten- 
tion In Greenwich Village, was a 
flop when moved to Broadway (at 
the attii MrastK 

The two plays do have the same 
type of bums who infest the west 
for the eentral characters. They arc 
supposed to be members of the In- 
dustrial Workei's, more commonly 
referred to aa L "W. W.'a, and In 
their own jargon called wobblles. 
But "Outside Looking In*' had the 
ossenee of idrania, Mgli nil It ^fim, 
while "Up the Line" is more a study 
of the types who "ain't no good 
around K whaat nnieV anvaat Mr- 
vest time. 

It Is harvest time when the play 
opens. Bffle, a hired girl, is tired of 
the life. She yearns to go places and 
do things. Naturally when Slug, a 
stalwart among the wobbles who are 
engaged to get In the wheat comes 
along and talks of Texas, the Cana- 
dian Rockies and other touring 
points she becomes enamoured. 

Instead of joining his gang and 
beating it back to Fargo. Slug stays 
at the ranch and marries BflBe — and 
what a phig those bums put In for 
Fargo, until the dicks break up their 
meetings and put them in the jug. 

A year goes past. Some of the 
gang turn up. Bffle Is to become a 
mother. Her husband has the itch 
to join the wobblles again — a meet, 
ng up at Fargo for the gang to stiok 
together so they might ga^ It * 4ay 
at the next harvest. 

And off Slug goes, never knowing 
about the unborn infant. He'll be 
back in a week. But lnstea4l he gets 
pinched, spends a year in jail, joins 
a gang leaving for Alaska, from 
whence they sail for Australia. Bo 
he Just couldn't make It back home 
inside of eight years. 

fi^ffie has bean freed by the eourts. 
with Slug declared officially dead. 
She has married Nels. the Swede 
hired inan. Nels had beat It around 
hhnsaif when she wouldn't have him 
at first. But now he la all set and 
buys the ranch for her. And so SIur 
takes It on tha lam. He goes up 
the line where all Idi kInA aosas to 
always be going. 

■■ ■■: Jtm». wobblles are Just bums. 



estlngly told as a atavy, but on the 
stage it is «ot therTrhe nrnt ac? 
is long and weary. The other two 
are less Irksome, perhapa^ but there 
Is so little entertainment in it all 
that the effort of producing was not 
worth while. * 

Louis Calhern loft "The "Wonian 
I>*»PWted" to be Slug, who gave a 
glint of happiness to a forlorn girl 
of the prairtes only to walk out 
Not much heroics are permitted to 
such a character and no admiration 
5>r the type, any more than for his 
dirtier playmates. Florence Johns 
does well enough as Kfflo, but It fs 
one of those toll and troul>l*» n.les 
Barry Macollum played icut, th«* 
giimlost of the wobhlles. and did 
his stuff well. Daniel Kolly, anoth. r 
of **the l)oys," seemed very well in 
character. Nele was played by ,l 
Malcom Dunn very well. It i.^ a 
studied, labored dialect oharactfr. 

"TTp the Line" cannot ho expected 
to last long. It is a play of uninter- 
esting, distasteful people, minus 
dramatic pOWUf aM with negative 
comedy.. .--V '.i/v-;^ Ibet. 



GERTIE 

Comedy In tbrss Mis 'by Tadeina Bun. 
•lerc. preHentc-4 at Mb Bayea Nor. lit by 
CHifftHv Biiiip} aiiniilei by latter. ' 

Mm. Fijms..;., ••>,,.. Carrie L.owe 

JJ«mle Bllelie Oook. Jr. 

v*>oss. .**..•.......•.........,, Allen ^AfriA 

•asiy. .................... Marianne i'^runoks 

•oe. ........... ....... ........ Jlmmiff Srott 

^tevc Pat O'Brien 

O^ftle CoRKtance MrK^y 

Rylve8t#>r Cunnlnffhara »]wanl Uochp 

Jaryla^ . . . . .J Waldo Bdwards 



tetar< 



The Shuberts got thii^ roof theatre 
ott their hands by renting It to Ous- 
tav BInm for the season. Blum has 
a good managerial idea as far as it 
goes. He can produce at little cost 
and operate Bhown likewise. So 
far this season he has offered two 
piasrs at the Bayes. the first being 
"Henry Behave" and now •'Gertie.'* 
The first got nothing and the cue- 
Irani tM# lHW Mtts ohanoe. either. 

Blum figures ho can get by with 
an ordinary play because of the 
small nut. But it takes more than 
a mediocre play to bo profitable in 
these times. "Ortio" is a one-set 
affair, the scene being a room in a 
cheap haavting hansa. The prodoe« 
tlon expenditure, therefore, was 
practically nothing. If the play 
landed It would turn profHs at the 
jump, Blum being right that far. 
The far more important factor is 
In ptoMng ikurlnnlng play and hwk 
has been against him. 

"Gertie" is a gabby play, so full 
of conversation that it is a bore. 
Unimportant oharactara are per* 
mitted to remain on the stage taikr 
ing endlessly. If there was any 
cutting, the editor must have 
broken his pencil. The author has 
Inserted many phrases, but very few 
got the giggles ezpaetad. Thara was 
a funny line for the cin^ain and 
the alin^ audience present on the 
thM HHdit ozltad smilingly. But 
that was after 11 p. nu and was 
hardly enough to save the evening* 

Oartia la a deaa, dem and doa giri 
good looking, but Just a hick from 
the west sidq. She is ambitious to 
make something af herself and fbef« 
•Ishly believes the wealthy son of a 
Ijong Island family is wooing her 
with matrimonial Intentions. She 
gets wised up by the lad, when he 
is full of Bcotch and it's a shock 
to have htm propose an affair. Gert 
has passed up Steve, who works in 
the garage across the way, but it's a 
cinch he will be the bridegroom in 
tha and. Tha fltt Ig transparent* 




ROISTERING JACK SHEEHAN SCORES PERSONAL TRIUMPH and on the whole MADE POSSIBLE A THOROUGHLY 

ENJOYABLE EVENING."-^ Y. "Aamriaur 





'ICATJA' 



44th Street, New York 



shares the show's most atimsing moments 
^hard-workiiig—siiccessf ul.--"TIMES," 
•'Came, too, Jack Sheehan — they sajT is an Amer* 
ican — but he has all the cleverness and ease of the 
young Biitish comedians, and he kept people roaring 
over his comicalities, which were without the slightest 
suspicion of horsc-play/'—^EVE. POST." 



" ... winnmg |>eirf otfoanoe wai contrilMited by 
Jack ^S^c^ci^ t type.** 



II 



# JfacJc Sheehan woriflid %ilh a right merry ff 

win for the large number of laughs." — "TErLE- 
GRAM.'* :■ : ^;■■^^■v■•■: 



Direction Harry Bestry 




••JACK SHEEHAN, FROM VAUDEVILLE, I HEAR, IS A JUVENILE WITH A REAL SENSE 
OF HUMOR— HIS SUM TOTAL IS SOMETHING HE MAY WELL BE PROUD OF.*» 

BidmDadieyC'Ev. World"). 



''Jack Sheehan luggeata vaudeville rearing, hit reliant and 



contribuUona tying up the worka.**— KAMEFy. 




Wednesday, November 24, 1926 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



4f 



1 



"What the "princV told her sinks in. 
Bhe realises Bh« doesn't belong to 
that set and thinkiui; ahead, ^hi* is 
flgurini; on sending I^er children lo 
college. 

Constance McKay, a very good 
lookint? girl, created a very good 
Ocrtic, good morally, accordlni? lo 
the character. CarrloLowe, the l ind- 
lady, had almost as many sides at> 
Gertt*^. She looked tlie part of an 
old Irinh woman, except the blonde 
ftilvcrcd hair. ^It wasn't her fault 
giie had to be jabbering so much. 
Jimmie Scott was excellent, play- 
Ing a Kood for notliiug bozo.' graft- 
ing on his friends, always having 
a good appetitf>, but no desire to 
work, Pat O'Brien made a likeable 
Steve, a Qulet lad who turned out 
not to Just work in tho garage, but 
owned the place and others bt sides. 

Tadema Bunsiere is new as a 
playwright. She may have antago- 
J|lsed a fraternal order to get a 
laugh with tho line that "only low 
brows and Klks Wear caps." 

"Ortie" Is a typirnl cut-ratcr. 
The producer, doubtless, knows 
that, and Is looking for a new' show. 



r 



Yiddish Art Tlieatre 



r'THK lOTH COMMANDMENT") 

t Ahftoph*»l. ti;* 4lrvil....»,|fAurlo'> S. h\vartz 

t Th" Anfi:«>l »4V»# . . « . . JLazar Fn><M 

r Per«tz. a Massid.. ........... Jutt^ph Kulofl 

Fruina (Vlia AJler 

(Irandmothtr Bioa Abramowlts 

J^udwiff «...•. ..Abraham 'fVitelbaum 

JUatliiida ••*••«..«...... Bertha Q<>r«ten 

Oleracnttne *i« »..;••;* .Anna Tettrlbaiun 

Dr. ruif^r , ♦ . . . ». . . .B^n-Zvl BaratofI 

JiPincua Shorman 

L Brothers Hexel . (Jaeob (lre«nb«rs 

m Qen. Fledcrwieh . . .ilbi^hani KutMiniky 

> Th« €k>c«nir> Wife. ......Minnie Paulinser 

> Banker von Blotte Bonich Tiuraet 

I' Hts Wife Sonya Ra«1ina 

The Priest %VoIfI QoMfadden 

I The Keform Ra^bl BoHn Wplner 

Schprlntta Anna Apxt^l 

A Palestinian Jew Abntham Fialikind 

FVltz, n wattor..... Piiicus .Sherman 

JI. ll's I'uruace T»?nder. .Morri.s Silt>*»rka«t<;ii 

A <'oal Miner Wolff GoMfadden 

A Hulldlr.p Contraotor...... Initio re (.'ai4l«lcr 

A TjHumUy Worker. .Boruch r.umet 
A J^iu\ l.auntlrj' VVQ^Hit««.V.Vl- Korfeniv^rK 

A 'rh.^atre ilirtctor ..Jacob roh«»n 

A Playvvrljfht Abraham Kuhansky 

A General in Hades ICuKciie SigalofT 

An Klevator Boy laaac Rothblum 

CobHn% ladies of tho konbor dance, German 
ofllcersi Owrman Icdiee. the snult tobacco 
Jewa, matruna, the atfa lflfps s( h«)l» «Ce. 

Maurice Schwartz's TIMIgh Art 
Theatre, which was baiH him 
fey Lottis N. JalTe. a New^ Tork at* 

tomey and realty operator, got un- 
der way Nov. 17 before an Invited 
audience, the regtilar o|>eBing oe- 
•urring the 18th. The new 1,200- 
•eat house, with its artistic Oriental 
motif in deoorattons. ilitroduoea 
1^ 'The T^'nth Commandment" as Its 
' opening attraction, a play written in 
tlio early SO'g by Abraham Gold- 
faden, the "father of the Yiddish 
theatre." and flrst produced in New 
lYork in 1887. and in Lemberg four 
years later, in both Instances under 
the personal direction of the author. 

The modern presentation Is a 
']rather free adaptation by Maurice 
Schwartz, being in three .icts and IG 
, scenes, with special musical accom- 
i paniment elaborated and composed 
by Joseph Achron from the original 
•f <Toldfaden. 
The Yiddish Art Theatre as a 
Iddtoh IfMtltutlon Is starting Its 
ninth year in Its flrat permanent 
location, which Is assured the stock 
oompany ^cr tho Bast 21 yeanf tmder 
a lease from Jaflfe. Their last house 
Has a corner of tho old Madison 
Squaro OardOfi, loit sytft atra^t and 
^M.uiison avenue, the group being 
\ forced out when tho athletic stadium 
Was raaed. • 

The hou«fe is an artistic structure, 
With modern theatrical detail before 
':and behind the footlights, including 
-* t Rpaelous lounge and refrefihn;<^nt 
fcar in the basement. The common 
smoking room for botll ft9Xe.-i is an 
^ Indication of Yiddish MOOfBltlon of 

f' feiodern standards. 
ii^The initist off'^rinp !s terme^l a 
^ *!mu6ical comedy" (in Maximilian 
]^Hurwit»'8 eliiborately prepared 
Engrlish Kj'nop.sis of the dramatur- 
gy), a guide that is of great assist- 
ance In interpreting what Is more 
of a morality play , than a aiiDrtMl 
show. 

The struggle between the Evil 
Inipultie (Devil) and the Good Im- 
pulse (Angel) as regards the exist- 
ence of Perots, a wealthy HaiiSidlc 

student. Is graphically if languidly 
traced from the initial jump-off spot 
on earth into the nether realm and 
Anally iip Into Paradise, where the 
. (3ood Impulse straightens out the 
l[ erring quadrangle situation ftir a 
^luppy f-ndiPK; this aftor aomo four 
f bours or stage action. 

The Devil and tho Angel mntch 
^ their powert. The pious Ifaissid of 
Nemirov, who covets another man's 
Irtfe, becomes Involved while the 
•UKbnnd of the voluptuous matron 
, h in turn attracted by the Ha«sid's 
. BMek and pious spouse. This ex- 
i^'Jinge of wives poi:nd«i Pcxy, but 
•rile fact neither actually sin^ in a» t 
' l[Mi\cs them all «nt:«rni.«h<'rl. and the 
' *)evil acknov/ledc^s the (;ood Im- 
4;Ibl6e'K rikjhtcous sunr<ma«y when 
U*ter rei^iores nil to cruih (o 
md the rest of their allotted days 
>re. 

The plot is not so Int' rr«.«linf 
^ ^tage m echanics. Michel Fo- 
le's i>allet, tTio drstlnctive Impres- 
•nlntic ^settings and costumes cr»'- 
by Boruf h Aranson, Achrons 
^ Jellent musical accOmpsn Intent 
•hd. ibove all, Rchwarte'H castlnp 
his company's presentation, 
ifi thin as an unusual offering. 
For a reviewer who has consist - 
y held a careless tolerancefor 
some ImpsTleno'* with tha TM- 



dish stage and its j;uij;un ioui;ue, 
"Tho Tenth Commandment" (also 
known at variou.s (Ii'ics 'Thou 
^hi^Xi Not Covet") ia an unusually 
pleasant surprise. Tho musical nu- 
iinet-a of the polyglot tonpue, tlic 
tlnu tone shading of speech and the 
artlstio standards of the company 
commanded respect. 

Hast Side and Broadway stage 
dtandardo aro not alike or Intended 
to be, but this initial ofTering In the 
new theatre la the nearest 4&pproach 
to tho Moaoowa Ruaslan and kindrad 
art groups 
way at $S. 

It's a quoiHoB anent the commer- 
cial chances of "The Tenth Com- 
mandment." The consensus is that 
the offering is not qulta the tMflv 
in the line of Yiddish musical com- 
edy standards, and tlie lluiiled fol- 
lowing from the Yiddish and gen- 
. i h! int»'llifrentHi.i is a box-ollice 
tiHudicap in itself. However, it'» 
an excelh nt try IM a Worthy In- 
augiiurai oltoring. AMI . 

THE WITCH 

r arl Rcod preeenta Alice Brady iQ a ulay 
in ti.r.^ tkc.iM iin.i f<Hir «cene« by John 
MoeeJIeld. the BaclMi ^OOtt, adapted frem 
the Norwesiaa ef B* Wimimlim mm * * Pro- 
duction directM by Hubert Ds|iSrM. Be- 
#lKneii by UvlncstoB Piatt. At ttiS QNeif 
wioh VtllaKe theatre Nov. 18. 

Mer^te Beyer .....Adelaide Pits AMan 

licntd Oenevleve Dolam 

Anne Poderedotter Alice nrady 

Jorund L.4iulse I^oiimei* 

Ditvid Wallace Hnitne 

M-rl«.fn-M«rte Maria Ouspi'nskp.ya 

Martin HuRh Huntley 

Ai)W)loK I)a\id I^^tiuiau 

I.eadT of Town Ouarde. .Geonfo 1tlH''kwv)d 

J«>Kt .».. .«, « \rtbur < ;ray 

H.Mnlrlk ........v. P. Newark 

Pr!e«t In M;inKer. ..,,•«, James C. Marii<ly 
Priesf. In FJvldberv. . .y. .Kr^kine Saiiforil 
Pr**»«t in nUHI....<. «.«.«. Harold l>eP«<k«r 
UifUop. . . . • . * .. ...•..*..« .Uenry Buckler 




This venti'ie is an interesf^g 
blending of Art Theatre promotion 
and expert furofeaslonat oxeedtlon. 
Mascfleld long since has come into 
his own as a recognized poet, but he 
Is stin a new. llirvro in tlio theatre. 
As disclosed tin this work he is full 
of promise— such promige as re- 
vealed in the first jvorkn of Eugene 
O'Nell. Indeed, "The Witch" haw a 
great deal of the O'Neill <iuality, 
particularly In its sombre imagety. 

There in nothinfir "arty" or "Bter- 
ary" about Masetield. His style i: 
the reverse of ornate, and still, b 
simple means, he has an enormoi i 
power of spiritual and poetic sii- - 
gentlon. The story of "The Wit* i" 
in its bare substance is not partv a- 
larly thrilling. An earthy yd .ng 
woman married to a man old enrigh 
to be her father falls in lovo I '^Cfa 
his handsome son. I 

Revolting against such a si; la- 
tlon, she wishes the elderly husf uid 
dead. In a moment of hsrsterleM re- 
bellion she reveals to him her rela- 
tions with the son, a blow that kills 
him and In tiallty ftccom^ M i fc aa her 
design. But an aveniertng destiny, 
in the person of the dead man's aged 
mother, atands forward to accuse 
the young wife as witch, and she is 
called by the fanatical Luthern 
priests to submit to a test. 

With her hand upon the dead 
man's face she must avow herself 
guiltless of witchcraft and the mur- 
der. It is here in a smashing dra- 
matio climax that the self-tortured 
woman crumples before her own ac- 
cusing conscience and conreases her 
guilt as a witch and murderess. 

The poetic quality of the play 
oomos from the deft treatment. 
SfaiilloNr palata • srai^le irtetnre 
of rellgrious fanaticism and witch 
fi'ensy in Norway in 1574. Tho fan- 
-taatl<x %raodliirhaokground is a liv- 
ing tapestry In vivid strokes, but 
against it he touches an everlasting 
human ohafaoMr that has no time 
or place. 

It was the witch frenay of 1j74 on 
tlie surface that inspired Anne Pe- 
dersdottcr to murder and drew her 
to her doom, but the dramatist 
shrewdly suggests each motive and 
impulse that moved the sex-starved 
woman to her every act. She If the 
passive nndt^rdog until IcarnlHiP^ber 
mother had been a witch. ^ 

Alice Brady has splendid Hid- 
mcnte, notably her scene at the end 
of the second act. where Anno con- 
ceives tho Sder ttwt m haa atrahge 
powers that will gain her ends, 
playing with fine and subtle mean- 
ing. Btit she nwiii not always up to 
the exacting demands of the role — a 
role that calls for a certain specific 
personality, an actreas of rather ex- 
otl'- quality and a ^'rer\ter subtlety 
of retiource than Miss Brady, and 
iiti aetreiw^ teo, of nidre sonee of 

reserve. 

Allowing f'"" ti'^ unquestioned 
richness ^e tiic pl;»y. tli** matter of 
its probable fate in the theatre 
oncns up quite another question. 
There's nothing in It of popuior scn- 
satii.n- that l8 to say. "kick "— In the 
hfose tht^ro was In "Desire Tinder 
the Elms," which It resembles some- 
what in theme. 

It is rather di^presslng for an- 
other thiner, and its excellent i»'P arc 
elusive, all elements which restrict 
it to the support of the few and 
count AffRlnst it as a comm< r'ial 
enterprise. Prediction of ' a short 
encraR. ment and then relegation to 
uHc^ of the art cnthusisstq sfemrt 
rraK<.ii,.i Rush. 



Gordon's Salary Claims 

FuUy SetUed by M. P. A. 

The Managers Protective Associ- 
ation luui llaeldatod eutstandint 

clainui of $12,690 on the Charles K 
Gordon musical "A Regular Girl,' 
which stranded in rehearsal last 
August when the producer's backers 
were reported running out on him. 

The amount represented two 
weeks' salary for cast and chorus 
as required by Bqalisr on ahandoned 
productions. 

Gordon placed the show in re- 
hearsal wltiiout bond because of 
hia M. P. A. eoanectlon. 'Later 
Equity was advised that Gordon 
was not in good standlnff with the 
manager group, but since the show 
itad then been rehearsing over three 
wcka Equity Insisted the alarm 
was too late and that the M. P. A. 
would be held responsible. 

Vhe nAtter eraa arbitrated. 



PUYS OUT OF TOWN 



Shuberts Hava Harris, 
Now Leased to Fox 

tTnder a deal with !rom Wilkes, 

wlio was to retain tenancy of the 
Sam H. Harris theatre. New York, 
until next spring, the Shul>erts, 
who recently boui^t tho bouse 
from Harris, took possession Nov. 1, 

A rental arrangement was imme- 
diately made wiUi Wiiliaip Fox fur 
40 weeks^ Fbz flrat using the house 
for the special showing of tho pic- 
ture version of "What Price 
Glory," opening last night. 

"We Americans'' is th^ currant 
at the Harris, Fox being interested 
in the production. Business has 
steadily improved and the show is 
v-<(peeted to more to another Shu- 
b rt theatre when "Glory** atarta. 
C pens as a super film. 



MISS HAPPINESS 

Providence, Nov. 16. 
C. n. Wansmakcr p t w i ta a new in«i*ioikl 
/omedy In two acta and (our aerMa Book 
by C2«<}rs« B. StodUard and Vivl&a Crunby. 
lyrics by Oeorst K. 8tod4ard snJ Jay 
Oomey. Moafo by Jay Oomay and dancea 
by Ralpb Reader. Dlreetad by Walter 
Wllami. Scenery by Shaffer A Bwoat. At 
the Providence Op'^ra Ilouae. 

Adele Rich Dorothy Brown 

Sophron.i Ollptn Kotto Keraner 

Hev. Tyruf Knott Kmie Mack 

I)»n. At>tj' Benny nn<i W»»«tem 

Hcmls tJilpln Arthur Wpsx 

Stcv»* Cnlwen Wlltiani A. 4>uxton 

<>-nthla Oilpin Mab^I Withee 

Mary Ollpin Pti(Ky Hop<^ 

Bobby Dale. .....•••«•«. ..Chail-M Williams 

[.uman BotafoM.. *•••*•••. .B>)wtn Ho'iHn<l 

Jiihn Dale.. .(niff Ft. LVan 

Uy Gilpin *.••••••• Te.l Juyco 

I. Kotcham..,.*«*.,..*..».*«*.,.lCd Roflya 
Sid Holier. .Tosa Adama 

Tho dancing in "Miss Happiness" 
Is Ingenious, skillful and altogether 
a pleasiiro to bohoKl, tliankR appar- 
ently to li;ili)h tCoudcr. The muHio 
is enticing, although painfully rem- 
iniscent, lu all other respects "Miss 
HiipidnesH*' is quite mediocre. 

Only a flasli of h\fnior here and 
there and an oecasionnl comedy gag 
keep the lines from i>einpr dull. Wil- 
liam tJaxton s« nns to havo. eauKht 
the tempo of Keginald I3enny. He 
portrays the sweet-vokfod young 
real estate salesman, who returns 
to Smithfleld Corners, Conn., a ter 
an unsueceesful foray In Florida, 
and takes over a development tract 
near Norwalk to make enough 
money to marry hia gftrl, Cynthia 
Gilpin, and permit the marriage of 
her sister Mary and Juvenile Bobby 
Dale, who owna the property. 

Much ado is made in the show's 
publicity about a circim that Is 
mixed up in the plot, but the circus 
has nothing to do with the story. 
Why it was dragged in is a mystery, 
since it Is out of place and an en- 
cumbrance to the reol estate theme. 



It allowa one or two comedy gags, 

but even they would not be missed 
if the circus idea were aiuputated. 

MaM WIthee plays the feminine 
lead aatlsfactortly, while Pegnf 
Hope, a diminutive, dainty dancer. 
Is a standeat. Dorothy Brown does 
her hit as a girl friend with consid- 
ei-able blonde poise and attractive- 
ness. Her dancing Is highly accom- 
plished and her singing Is the most 
pleasant and effortless in the show. 
Rose Kessner. as an elderly shrew- 
ish bride, lays her effects on witjl » 
heavy iitroke. 

As far as the men go, Qazton 
and Charles Williams seem the only 
capable performers In the east. 
Williams Htature and ni^ek voice 
help him much in the part of tho 
sroung schoolboy who wants to get 
married. Ernie Mack comes to the 
show from a Colimibia burlesduo 
outfit which passed thro\>gh here 
about two monthfl ago. An the par- 
son he is poorly cast. Arthur West 
lends little to his performance as 
tlie henpecked bridegroom and 
father of Cynthia and Mary Gilpin 
and also may be miscast. ^MiJ 
and Western, dance team, have no 
acting ability but hoof well. Ted 
Joyce makes r single appearance In 
the second act to dance and got a 
tremendous hand. 

Jay Gorney's mu8l<; is Interesting 
and melodious. It may be' either a 
quality or a defect that It teaalngty 
recalls many other eiirrent airs. 
* het H Make Believe." "That's Hap- 
piness" and *1 Want to Be a tilb- 
erty Belle" deservo mention and 
may attain a hearing outside tlie 
show. Also *'Open Yotu* Arms." 
One thing that can he said of the 
music lo tliat there Is plenty of It. 
Tho cast is never at a l<>8s for 
something to sing or for music to 
dance to. 

The chorus will win no beauty 
prises, but they are the most skilful 



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and well directed workers this ro 
vtowsr has seen. Their humber» 
art original and tiigentous. No 
boffdom here. 
^ 'The sets are conventional. In 
liM?t, with the exception of the clr- 
"eus drop in the last scene, they are 

■ »b t n i is t »sly dull. Costumes are un- 
remarkable, with the exception 
again in the last scene, in which 
the chorus appears in bouffant 

. skirts and plumed chapeaux that are 
.almost gorgeous. 

The stoi^y seems to have many 

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enough, but there are too many un- 
important threads which one keep.s 

. forgetting or which disappear un- 
explalnably. The first act has most 
to blame. Much pruning might be 
dona here, as well as throughout 
tha show, which ran almost three 
hours. 

"Miss Happiness has only half- 
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!' dancing and music. As it looked 
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SIN OF SINS 



Chicago, Nov. 17. 
^- Play In three acts by Willlani Hurlbut 
■mxid staffod by Bertram Harriuon. Prvaented 
by A. H. Wood* at the Adelphi. 

..Byron Carlin. Robert Warwick 

,.<Peter Leland H. Reevea-Smitb 

Ltlith Carlln......*.. Isobol BIsom 

.XitUS Gay....... Ruth Shepley 

.•ptasie Mttisrt. •••••• Jean Sholby 

wugr. . . • .y*. ^ • •« t . •• . .Patricia, jO'g winor 
HSWSni •<.'•«'*••••• . .liCWlS' Bro'SSnton 



New York la witnessing this same 
:alNiohiMl *'dlrt" done more adroitly, 
ilp •irhe Captive." If Uiere la an 



excuse for "Sin of Sins" as a play 
li s a mystery, for. with all its ex* 
pose of pervertedness, this show 
can't keep you from wondering 
what time it is. 

This ''study" attempts to reveal 
the mental side of this kind of a 
woman's impulses in three acts of 
tedious dialog between every pos- 
sible combination of the more im- 
portant members of the cast. They 
drone on and on about things which 
mean nothing to the audience until 
the woman's tendencies are revealed 
at the close of the second act. And 
to that portion of the audience 
which is neither scientific nor mor- 
bid the dialogue still means nothing. 
It Is safe to estimate that one-third 
of the first night house never un- 
derstood what it was all about. 

Warwick, as the duplex charac- 
ter's unfortunate husband, is just 
as out of place, ais he evidently 
feels. H. Reeves-Smith, the man 
in whom all the other characters 
confide, is the i9<H>n4 gpod actor 
wasted here. 

Isobel Elsom hos the pervert role. 
In Justice to her it must be recorded 
that she enacts her dimcult part 
with credit, of a kind. The fwX of 
the players blt^ 1#^l9^. W?MM»rr 
ing the play. 

This one's chances are few. 
Firstly, the type of audience which 
will be drawn by the title will be 
disappointed and bored — ^and word 
spreads fast among that olaM* Sec- 
ondly, the theme is so revolting 
that the average playgoer will, Stay 
away. ■ - 

*'81n of Slnsi^ is iiot fit for pubUc 
presentation. Xoop. 




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VIOUET KKMBLE COOPEB 
KATHLENE MarDONNELL 
and HUGH WAKBflBLD 



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Eves., 8:30. Mat*. Wed. A Sat.. 2 :30. 
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In FEIIK-NC .MOLNAR'S 

THE PLAY'S THE THING' 

PniLIP GOODMAN pi-rscnts Amer- 
iva'a funnieat comediana in the biggeat 
muMcal comedy sitcceM of the season/ 

CLARK and McCUUOUGH 



THE RAMBLERS" "'^SaSoJ'^ 

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NIGHTINGALE 

Naw HmvaB^ Nov. St. 

Shut>ert ptx>duction. with PasST Wood and 

StAiiley L.upiao. Boole by Quy Bolton. 
Lyrics hy P. O. Wodehouse. MubIc by 
Armand Vecaey. 8tascd by Lewis Murtun. 
• ''oinpany of nO, inelSdTnr male chorus of 31'- 

Ma. -Gen. Uurnee Luolua Htfnderson 

Mr. Carp •.••••*»»*«9tsnley Lupino 

Cul. Walnwiisbt. John Gaines 

Alice Walnwnght ...Blleen Van Bleue 

Josephine • Violet Carlson 

Jenny LInd »;•••... .P«nry Wood 

Stephen Rutherford. •^•••••••.Nlcbolaa Joy 

Capt. Rex Gumas,*..«,„,Aleniider Gray 

P. T. BarnuRi • Let Bcss* 

Otto GoidRchmMt • Wm. Tudcor 

Sisnor Bellettl... .....Ivsa DaeproR 

"The Nightingale" is supposedly 
about the life of Jenny Llnd, the 
Swedish nightingale. From her 
world triumphs a book has been 
fashioned about a love affair with a 
West Point olBcer, the last word in 
conventionality. 

Peggy Wood has the part of Jen- 
ny. Miss Wood. last seen In "Can- 
dida," is made to adopt a ISwedi.sh 
accent, and is often inaudible to the 
fourth row orchestra. Alexander 
Gray of "The Merry World" and 
"Kiquette," is the ieadini^ man. Some 
tima Mr. Gray may yet the chance 
he deserves. Nicholas Joy was for- 
merly of the Henry Jewett Players. 
Violat.' Carlson, tha precocious tot in 
"The Student Prince," almost g^'ts 
acrcfss. The book contains almost 
no laughs; the comedian, someone 
not the advertised and programed 
Stanley Lupino, gets as many more 
on his own. P. T. Bamum, who im- 
ported Jenny to make money and 
to help his reputation, emerges least 
battered, and Lee Begga carries the 
part capably. "Jimmy" Whistler, 
Robert E. Lee and Cornelius Van- 
derbilt appear liHafly and to na 
great effect. 

The five sets are inexpensive, and 
the main outlay is probaly the 
dresses. The songs, six of them al- 
ready published by Harms, In aome 
instances rated "fairs." There Is 
hardly anything that aspires to the 
name "dance routine** or ''chorus 
number," and in this entire produc- 
tion there appears not one single 
specialty dancer. 

The love affair and the character 
of Jenny as here presented are both 
pre notion. Tha second aet curtain 
situation always has been good. 
She must kill his love, she locks 
herself in with the menace, and ap- 
pears in a petticoat, and on top of 
all that, mind you, has to sing to 
the crowd! The last scene reveals 
an unexpected restralne, but it is 
too late. Here the curtain falls on a 
touching bit of sentiment, and the 
man whom Jenny really married, in 
the'play her accompanist, stands un- 
embraced beside her. 

The half-capacity iiudience 
thought the affair dull. Eddy. 

m 

Chicago, Wav. If .' 

Donald GallaTier and James W. Elliott 
pre8<>nt a new drama in three acts by Ed- 
ward Look©. Htagred by WsltSC F. Seott. 
At PrlncpHS. ChicaKO. 

FIRST CHARACTERS 

William Clyde Donald Gallaher 

Mollle Clyde Olive Tell 

Charley r>runo Loula Wnlheim 

UelBrich Robert Fischer 

CTIARACTER8 IN DRKA.M 

Lilcth Bruno ••••••• Ml8.<i Tell 

GuHtave Bruno Mr. Wolheim 

C^irl, their aon .Tom Brown 

Prladerlch LMpJ|S*»*««*«*****«Mr. Gallaher 
Madama PMilmN**«»*V*««»«.. Maude Odell 
HSlnrleh. « • • ^%4U .Mr. Fiscbar 



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DAISY MAYME" 

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A representative first night audi- 
ence greeted Mr. Loclce's new born 
tale with mingled emotions. Tet all 
were almost unanlmpus in applause 
and cheers ipr Mr* WolMot and his 
cohorts. 

The piece is undoubtedly well 
acted for the material It contains. 
Mr. Liocke, whoso pen has untolded 
many plots, endeavors to tell of a 

romantic yet hazy episode occurring 
after the Civil War. To do this he 
has created a prolog wherein a 
modern playwright, under rather 
melodramatic clrcumstancee, con- 
ceives the same Idea. 

The A^rlter, a flighty Individual 
who would rather imbibe the "good- 
ly spirits" than write plays, is being 
pressed by the impres.ario for a 
script. The writer's wife connives 
with the manager to lock hubby in 
a room of the former's house, where 
the pair are visiting. Upon realix- 
Ing his predicament, the young man 
rumnmges around the room to dis- 
cover^ couple of bottles of cognac 
labeled in the "Sixties" and a record 
left by one of tho female ancestors 
of the present owner of the house. 
With the aid of both the liquors and 
the diary, the young playwright 
soon falls into a tipsy sleep out 
of which arise.s an exaggerated 
dream of the accounts he had been 
reading. 

A quadrangle affair had evidently 
taken place in this very room. A 
hard drinking, coarsa and vulgar 
Dutchman, who has acquired riches 
and political influence as a result of 
the Hebellion, rules his home with 
fear and hatred, crushing the gentle 
and flowry soul of his delicate young 
wife, who had sacrificed horsalf to 
this brute in her youth as payment 
for a colli n for her mother. There 
18 a hotisekeeperj— mtetre.ss of the 
husband, who openly flouts his 
wife. The latter is in love with her 
son*8 tutor, whose past lies some- 
where in Teutonic royalty. The 
butler is a loyal servant and friend 
to the tutor, whom he addresses as 
"His Excellency." The bullying 
Dutchman eventually brings about 
a molodi'4uualio climax when the 
tutor. In order to escape discovery, 
leaps from the window down to the 



raging, torronts of tho Hudson; the 
wife bocoma* Insana; tha butlar is 

shot, and tho instigator of all this 
cringes in mortal fear and remorse 
Wolhilm, as tlM bullr of his fam- 
ily, does some splendid acting. The 
"hairy ape", is all there with as 
much cussing as aver. A few un- 
mentionable words escape, but for 
the rest the strong language has 
become commonplace these daya 
Mr. Qallaher's playwi-ight was rea- 
sonable, but his tutor was rather 
flimsy. Perhaps the double work of 
actor and producar was a littla too 
much. 

Olive Tell gave a faultless per- 
formance as the wife. Her scene 
with Wolheim, where she goes in- 
sane, is exemplary. Robert Fischer, 
as the butler, Maude Odell, as the 
Libertine, and young Tom Brown 
as the boy. do well In tl|alr rfapac- 
tive characters. 

Howavor, the theatre-going public 
in this town will hesitate in accept- 
ing this play. Three to four weeks 
islihout the llviit. X«eof- 

HEAVEN TAPPERS 

San Francisco, Nov. 20. 
Molodnuna in three acts by Qeoise 8car- 
borousk and Annette Westbay. Presented 
l>y Edwin Carewe. movie director, at Co- 
lumbia th#«tre. Nov. 15. Htagt d by (Jeorge 
.Scarborough. 

David Cutvin Hejiry Kulker 

}<ud Ketctuun.... .Milchell Lewis 

Kent Hardy......,,," Howanl Hickman 

Warden Moreland. ,, Hal Davis 

Chaplain Francis..,., Fivnk Staples 

English Kid...... ft. , Harold Howard 

Pop Peters • tWllilam Uurrcs 

"Ked" Helwyn ij^WrBMSle Bamscale 

'^Devll Ace" Uilsoa. .,«•«,. ^Louis Benniaon 
Cap Mayhem. . ^. . . • • • •Joseph Buah 
Mrs. Gllson. .Sarah Paddun 

MrH. Ketcham. Lttlu Warrenton 

Old Jud ...Sanaa! Ztlch 

lAfe Ketchani AL Jem^fs 

ilountaUieeni, men and 



George Scarborough and Annette 
Wcstbay have Jumped on the thin 
ice of religion with hobnail boots. 
Intentionally or otherwise they have 
Imparted to their play a sense of 
kidding sacred things. The public 
is not apt to overlook this, even if 
the daily critics, aijxious to encour- 
age a coast ph>duction, did. 

The authors do not offend against 
any one religion or any one sect. 
TIfe fault is that It wmtm MM Mn- 
sympathetic reaction, b<||||'frOill tha 
plot and the characters. 

With that handicap opinion is 
definitely o«ainst iitaia show** sur- 
vival. " '• 

"Tappers," leaving the matter of 
theme out of the analysis, Is awk- 
ward and stilted in its mechanics. 
What measure of conviction or suc- 
cess it achieved on its opening night 
at the Columbia was due entirely 
to the cast.- It was the cast, not the 
play, that the audience applauded. 

The plot germ is the same as in 
"The Miracle Man" and many an- 
other melodrama. It presents the 
situation of hardened crooks tink- 
ering with reli>,'ion as a money - 
making proposition only to fall in 
the end for their bttnk; 

The action Is first In a cell of a 
penitentiary and later in the moon- 
shine belt of the Blue Ridge 
tains, where, the playwrights tell 
us, moonshiners have grown rich, 
thanks to prohlhitlon, and mr9 pre- 
sumably ripe for a religious revival. 

In the second act "Devil Ace" GU- 
son (Louis Bennison) Invites a cap- 
tured revenue officer to drink poi- 
soned liquor. A few minutes later 
the revenue goes blind. Despite 
pleading for mercy, he is taken out 
and turned loose on the edge of a 
pt-ecipice. ovar whtcil ha plumraa ti» 
his death. 

The perpetrator of this revolting 
murder later develops to be the hero 
of the play, his conversion coming 
about as the result of tho hypocriti- 
cal sennonlzlng of a former street 
walker, played by 3e8Sle Barriscal^. 
' Although supposedly reformed hy 
religion and remorseful for his vi- 
cious past, "Devil Ace" allows the 
Jug of poisoned liquor to f^amaln on 
the shelf, where in the grand climax 
of the third act It Is the cause of 
two of the crooks going" blind and 
getting religion themselves. 

With changes "Tappers" might be 
fixed up for the movies. That is 
apt to be Edwin Carewe's out, as it 
is unlikely the play can iast long on 
the boards, particularly with the 
expensive hook-up of a name cast. 

Carewe cast his play the way the 
big companies cast a picture, with 
little regard for expense so long as 
the dasired type is obtained. He 
provided a first-class scenic pro- 
duction and vigorous exploitation. 
But no amount of Hollywood lav-' 
i.shness or worked- up hurrah could 
put the show over. It just isn't 
there. 



KID BOOTS 

(ROAD) 

Albany. N. Y., Nov. If. 

Peter Pill.'»bury riiarlcs H. Prlnm 

Hertwrt Pendleton Emmctt .Shackelford 

Jlarold Uegun Ayers Tavltf 

.M»-nio Maiivil'.e Charles Tlnan 

Tom Sf^TlinB Alan Allonworth 

Polly Pendleton Pauline Hlnlr 

Kid Boots...., Ekidie Nelson 

"eth Bonlta 

Carmen M^ndoi*., Madfirr North 

.Tane Martin Patsy Hall 

L>r. Josephine Flf 'h Jenn Newrornbo 

naiulolph Valonllnd....... .Hooper Atrhley 

IVMieial OfflCM* Raymond Tohin 

*^*atW«e • • • • • Vh*rl«» Troy 

Joseph DoMilt has taken over 
Ziegfeld's "Ivid Boots" and opened 
a road tour at the Capitol, here. 
In^t week. The company played 
tlnee niRhts and one matinee. 

"Coots" on the road retains much 
of Its snrtorinl .nnd scenic glory 
and provides a pleasing hour and 



SffJi-. entertainment. 
Bddia Nelson Is featured and proved 
a fitting player for the Cantor roh? 
In one scene Nelson is Introduced 
•« •^««'»nerly of Ziegfeld's FoUie^ 
arfd does a specialty in blackfaca. 

«,)S?**^L. reviewed, 
TVednosday afternoon, btislness waa 
bad. but the company went through 
the performance as vlgorouslv as 
though tha house was packed. ' For 
a new company the show movad 
with untuiual smoothness. 

PauUna Blal«» la a pretty misa 
with a pleasing personahty. Sba 
dances gracefully and sings. Alan 
Allenworth is an attractive hero 
while Madge North takes honors 
as the real voice of the cast. Dane 
ing feat belong to Patsy Ball, who 
is somewhat of a comedienne, Bon- 
lta and Finan. Jean Newcombe is 
next to Nelson for comedy honors 
in the Jobyna Howland part. 

The chorus is worthy all tlie way 
and conalata of 26 girls and i% 
boys. 

Tha size of the eoiinpany lm« 
presses, as does the elaborate pro* 
dUcUon. If the company is to bo 
Judged on Its merits it is deserving 
of successful financial returns. 

T 

World LiOYCs a Winner 



Beattle, Wash.. Nov. IJ. 



lerlcan Mniedjr In three acta by 

Le Roy CleMeiui. Staged by Forest H. 
CvmnilnKt at PrtaideBt theatr*. Hemr 
Duffy Playera .fttocHL WlUIant MoCiwO^ 
manafrer. Premiere ^wlag Oct. M. 

Mickey 0'I>sy.....*;:::;rr.Jack Oallsshcr 
affi. Qlllea. ...'.Jane Darwell 

Asaes OUlen. .Dorothy Holmes 

Jlmttiy Shannon ....Kenneth Dalgneau 

Ciirroll Morse Edward Lynch 

Cassle I.eona Butler 

Buddy Hogan Don Austin 

J. W. Bullock WJlIard Foster 

Marilyn Oldham .Georgia Miles 

Mme. Petrofsky...,. ilMane ERmondo 

Bsfeiaaid rsgst.^ r>.v »>A»thw Piwmk 

Is tha general theatregoing public 
interested in "shop talk" of tha 
8tag:a, tha screen, the prizefight ring 
and tha novelist t If so. there is 
much of Interest in "The World 
Loves a Winner." for throughout 
tha play there tha fabric of thssa 
vocations, dialogue anA M^OB OMI* 
taring about them. . ^ 

Tha author wttvf for a human 
story of human people In his play, 
and, though the characters are a 
motley lot, thay arii vary human. 

Prize ring slang runs through U 
all, probably to an extreme. Tha 
play is modam. yot It la fraa of any 
thing risque. Tha^iviraat word 
used is "hen " 

Intended to provoke laughs, tho 
"Winner" makes the grade with a 
number of smart ones, that register 
Instantly. The first act opens in thai 
basement kitchen of Mrs. Gillen's 
lodging house. 66th near 10th, New 
York. Doris HallMay; a stenog 



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91 



«aiy to look at, Is the influpnce for 
food and dominates the household: 
Mickey O'Day to an Iiish street 
urchin newsboy; Mr8. Glllen Is the 
juird-boiled landlady; Agnes Uillen 
ig the red-h«ad ingenue who to 
-movie dlzzlc," longing for a career 
Ajid dotinff over mule picture stars; 
Jimmy flhannon. romantic and man. 
Jy, rough and illiterate, slings a fine 
line of slang acquired during his 
younger years as a boxer. 

His heart and soul are still In the 
ring and its glamour, which he had 
forsaken for the usual reason — a 
girl. The last member of this circle 
at Mrs. Gillen's Is Carroll Morse, an 
aspiring, struggling, desperate writ- 
er, .vho finally sells his tlrst story, 
entitled "The World Loves a Win- 
ner." 

Pretty Agnes marries the wrong 
man. accepting the proposal of 
Morse. As succors conies to him, 
be fails to stand up under prosper- 
ity — a weak character and unwor- 
thy. There Is a joy trip to Palm 
3each for two weeks with someone 
to not Mrs. Monie« 

nie inevitable flarcup and divorce 
•om^^^immy is near at hand to 
atep In. Jimmy long ago had been 
fleeced of $10,000 by a fast worker 
named "Liz." For many years he 
bad been eearcblng for Lis. who 
now appears as a new "Russian" 
movie queen — Mmc. Zonia Fetrof- 
pky. Straightway he rushed to Hol- 
lywood, w^here Liz was In her glory. 

She offered him $50,000 hush 
money, but Jimmy was gunning for 
bigger game. He forced himself 
upon the star as her manager, and 
made good. Then Jimmy remem- 
bers the old gang at the lodging 
bouse, and soon all have positions 
pji the lot in Hollywood. 

When he finds his secretary out. 
Jhnmy asks Doris, now a free wom- 
an, to take dictation. Tlie letter is 
to **the sweetest girl in the world," 
mB4 before it's very far alon« the 
two are In fond embrace. Tr^pff, 

ohTplease 

Philadel];>hia« Nov. 23. 
Lobby comment ' ftisr the first 
act of "Oh. Ploaso." DillinKham's 
new musical comedy starring Bea- 
trice Lillie, which finally opened at 
the Forrest Friday night, was caus- 
tic and as brutal as any heard here 
In years. Fortunately^ the e eco i id 
act was a big Improvement. It looks 
now as if, with a whale of a lot 
of work done the ehow, It tnlfht 
land eventually. 

The show wasn't ready to open 
Friday, even though it bad been 
postponed three or four times. Sec- 
ond place, it is of the intimate type, 
and. therefore, lost In tM Iftrire re- 
cesses of the Forrest theatre. These 
two breaks were against it before 
the first plaoti 

A number of the players, even 
the experienced principals, were 
floundering badly the openlnir night, 
and, in fact, still are, numbers that 
should bo good are being muffed 
'Tight and toft. Oenerfti oi^ntoii to 
that "Oh* Please," should not go 
to Broadway for at least six weeks. 

The merita are ttmny. One of the 
foremost Is the score by Vincent 
Youmans. It is a delight throOffh- 
out. 'There are a dozen or more 
catchy, tuneful songs, though not a 
smash 8ong«hit in the sc^re. The 
number getting both plugging and 
applause is "I Know That You Are 
You." It la a lazy, "draggy" piece 
that grows on one rather than hit- 
ting heavy the time ittnr* Mftny 
think, however, Including the writer, 
that "Like She Loves Me." which 
Miss Llllto giiiKS with the male 
chorus. Is catchier and could be 
^worked up. "Snappy Show in 
vTown," is a nice dancing number, 
nnd "Nicodenius" will be a wow 
•f a comedy affair when Miss Lillie 
tnd Charlie Winnlnger Wdrk into 
It. "Wonderful Girl" has a lot of 
. pep, and "Love Me" and "She Was 
a Wonderful Queen" are bbth Meat 
comedy numbers that give Lillie ex- 
cellent opportunities for her clown- 
ing. ^ 

__\That brings up the unfortunate 
^act that the Knglisli comedienne 
Is not given her rightful opportuni- 
ties. She has a part almost straight. 
It requires her to vi^ear beautiful 
fashion creations and go In fer the 
usual musical comedy romance. 
There ar;e only a few flashes of 
the work she did in Chariot's Revue 
until the very end when the "book" 
is thrown overboard and fhe enap^ 
into Capital burlesque. 

The book is peculiarly puerile and, 
at present, ofton unbearably dull. 
This may be rectified in the future 
Without much difficulty. The frame- 
Work of the story concocted by 
Anne Caldwell and Otto Harbach 
has possibilities for good farcical 
mlx-upsi bill, at present, anyway, 
they fail to materialize. 

The chorus is a life-s.aver. The 
t:ir\H are pretty ponerally attractive 
to the eye, and Dave Bennett has 
evolved tom*» snappy and novel en- 
semble work for tliem. On the 
opening night they l)ridged over 
some dreary spots. The production 
angle is stunning In every way. 
With Jimmy Reynolds supply ins 
some beautiful settings and equally 
attractive roRtumrs. Hansard Short 
deserves a hand for the staginir. 

Winnlnger, when he works In, 
should be immense. H^ Is a spb n- 
'lid foil for Miss Lillie. atul by play- 
^lown to her. he #lit9,rwly more 
honors for himself than otherwise. 
Bobby Watson is*, buried h«re. 
Hflen "nroderlck stored nliMlr Itf 



the opening in the role of a 
straight -laced, shrewish wife (the 
part Ltllle could hare played by the 

way) and a quartet of girls, Includ- 
.Ing Wyn Richmond. Lovely Lee, 
Kitty Kelley and Cynthia Mae Vae 
lent life and sparkle to the show 
with their comedy and dancing. 
Miss Kelley, red -headed and deep- 
voiced, is a find who should have 
more opportunity. 

Snow and Columbus have several 
chances for their dancin},' skill. Nick 
Long, Jr., is a satisfactory Juvenile, 
but Hal Ford ■•ems miscast here. 
Irnm Irving S« Ottt# iUMI «*pable as 
a maid. 

One gUiringr fault is the utter lack 
of voi('es. Hardly a member of the 
cast who can do Justice to the You- 
man^a score, with the t^esult that 
several tlQkllnv liitmboni «M badly 
mangled. 

"Oh, Please," will have to be 
given radical doctoring if it is ever 
expected to be put in tlie hit class. 
The big names, beautiful production 
and fine score are, however, to po- 
tent pactors to be lost, and. In 
smaller house with Lillie given more 
comedy, it is easy to believe that 
the show will eventually win out* 

WOODEN KIMONO 

Worcester. Mass., Nov. 28. 

A melodiMMItio myitery comedy by John 
Floyd. sUtio FVederlck stanhope. Set- 
tlnifM l»y Yeltontl. Presented by Jacques 
Froehlich and CllQton MofTatt. In the cant: 
Lienors Harris, Bennett Southard, Worth- 
ington Rotnaine. William Norton, Sam 
Colt, Herman l.lcb, Roboi;t Hentlcy, Aldf'n 
Chaae, Leslie Auslen, Jean Dixon, Helen 
v:»r«w sai.l^tudley Clements. ' 

Fashioned after Ba^," this 

mystery play is done according to 
formula. The presence of cofllns on 
the stage ia 4 depressing detail. 
There is the same set of characters, 
a little differently named perhaps, 
but doing much the same thing as 
In all mystery plays. The only fun 
the audience gets ia engaging in a 
guessing contest iM to who is doing 
the dirty work. 

In the second act one oC the char- 
acters remarks te a hearse voice, 
"There are strange things happen- 
ing here," or words to that eifect. 
At the time the rettMlrit Ig ibade 
there has been only one murder and 
three mysterious disappearances, 
leading the audtence to the same 
conclusion. The name of the elec- 
trician is not on the program. He 
Is the hardeft worked man of the 
entire company, for there are a 
number of mechanical contrivances 
operated by electricity ttiat Stake 
for much of the my8ter>\ 

Clara Malcolm is married to 
Ethan Malcolm, who Isn't quite 
right In his head, and he builds a 
"wooden kimono" or coilin for his 
ghost. The Malcolms run a tavern. 
On the anniversary of the day that 
three people disappeared there, afa- 
mous retired detective arrives with 
UichS^ Halstead, introduced as a 
writer of successful Action, to try 
again to solve the mystery. Mary 
Madden and Agatha Bloom are 
forced to take shelter in the inn 
when their motor breaks down In a 
storm. While all are there the 
mysterious things begin to happen. 
J^andock, the detective, is about to 
make an arrest wbcn he Is mur- 
dered. A scarlet scarab is found in 
his hand, and it is beltSlTSil tlMlt be 
was poisoned by it. 

Frbni that ttttie oit the mystery 
grows, although disconnected and 
rambling, with frequent shots, dis- 
appearances through mysterious 
panels, extlngui.sliment of lights and 
all the other ingredients for such 
plays. In the end, of «etntie, the 
guilty man Is revealed as the mur- 
derer. Cornered* he kills himself in 
a secret passage of P^er Stullen's 
house, which has been the head- 
quarters for nefarious schemes. Of 
ttmHUbt there are other' eharacters, 
such as Sheriff Jott, Roger Malcolm, 
Dr. Grahain, Peter Mullen and John 
DnrAen; tli«>*!'Jitst^ss<*r-ill^ght'* de- 
tective, to add to the mystery and 
comedy. 

Miss HSrris as Clara Malcolm is 

the only person who has a chance 
for any real acting, and she does 
weiL The others speck thehr iinds 

and make their entrances and exits 
in tune to the author's score. Miss 
IMzofi as Ifary Ifaddem, an au- 
thoress, who Is really the fiction 
writer. Is good to look at, and that 
helps m«eh; Miss Ckupsw is en- 
trusted with the heavy comedy as 
a Agatha Bloom, traveling companion 
M Mary, but it*s » hard Job to be 
funny In a mystery play, so Shf de- 
served the laughs alio got. 

The Clitics here were divided as 
to whether this mystery play would 
go in Now York now, but "Abie's 
Irisli BW^ Is sun IMW here. 

J. H. 0. 



the three stars he took to America 

— Jack Buchanan. Beatrice Lillie and 

Gertrude Lawrence. Chariot took 
Herbert Mundin, who contributed 
no small portion of the New York 
success, and who, n*om a legitimate 
standpoint, is probably a better ac- 
tor than the combined trio of stars 
mentioned aforesaid, and elevated 
him to luminary honors. Then he 
selected for the Ingenue lead Jessie 
Matthews, who two years ago was a 
member of his chorus. 

Before our American readers reg- 
ister an objection lo this casting on 
the score of impraeticability, it 
should be brought to their attention 
that Jack Buchanan, Gertrude Law- 
rence, Beatrice Lillie, Jack Hulbert 
and nvany others were practically 
unknown until brought to the atten- 
tion of the public through the me- 
dium of a series of Chariot revues. 
Andre has a "system" about these 



things. Rmbryo artists are placed 

undor a probationary contract for 

an indeterminate term and debarred 

from securing personal publicity, 
even advised not to advertise in 

Vnri'^ty. It is. therefore, quite natu- 
ral that diri i-tly they attain a stellar 
position they dash headlong Into 

personal adverts in this publication. 

Oh, yes, we started out to write a 
review of "The Chariot Show of 
1926." Well, it h.isn t a single "t»ine" 
that anyone can renu'mber, except- 
ing that all of them strongly sug- 
gest the general run of "tunes" that 
pervade all the Chariot shows. 

From the above y<>u'il ifna^ine this 
show was a dreadful affair. On the 
contrary, it Is the best entertain- 
ment of the kind Plmilot fver pre- 
sented in London. I'erhaps not as 
good as the flrst presentation he 
made in Now York, wliL h wns a 
coniposito r)f til"' r,t nis of i s;< ! i>'s of 



revues of the previous seven yearly 
witht an average or. say, three pro- 
ductions a year. The production 
under «liseusHion Is in 20 scenes, nil 
of them good, in a greater or lesser 
degree, with the skits standing out 
more strongly than most of the In- 
dividual numbers. This is because 
the cast is woefully lacking in per« 
sonalltles. 

The flrst of the skits to cWc.k was 

entitled "Yours to Hand." The Hon- 
orable Corona Carbon, daughter of 

Lord and Lady Carbon, is being 
sought in marriage by Iteginald 
Shorthand. The entire conversation 
is carried on In terms of business 
correspondence language, with the 
suitor offering credentials from his 
former fiancee. A very funny bit 
was the playing of the music of 
"Lucia di Lammormoor" by the or- 
chostr.T. following this with tbO 

M^<>rtinn»<l on T>age 63) 




PLAYS ABROAD 

CHARLOT SHOW 

(OF 1926) 

London, Oct. 27. 
. Musical entertainment 1)7 Ronald Jeans; 
hri's l.v HonaM Jfan«. r>inovan rarMona 
anl How and I.»*ltrh; musJc by N<H»1 Oay 
HnJ l>i'k A^lin»<*)l: balU-.t and nuslcal 
numbers a.-rrjii^ft-l by AnV<n Dolln. Pro- 
riuff.Ti.i tiir rf:r.c.^ of Wn1<»^' thrntrw; 
ijon, Oct O. Ktagr J by Fr-an'.. C-* Una. 



Andre Ch.irlot would seem to be 
still tlie premie r revue producer of 
Ix)ndon. He demonstrated this la.st 
ni^ht when he presented a new mu- 
sical entertainment of the sort he 
popularised here, without the old of 



TO THE MANAGERS AND ACTORS OF AMERICA! 



S. Oe Si 



from 



The ACTORS' FUND 

Have you heard it, or have you tried to cut the wires? 

Well, that wont stop it because the cry coes out upon the air by atght and day. If 
your heart ts right you muet "tune in'*l XT 18 TOUH ACTORS' FdHD THAT IS IN 
/ DI8TIIB88I And you manacers— we managers— oaanot altogether "pa** tha bnek** on 
\^ to the actors. It is a players profession on which you are embarked, Tou mutt help taka 



cara of your. players as they help take care of you. 



'^USELESS ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER!'' 

TIm Actors* Fund FacM a Criswl 

We who watch its financial resources — who reluctantly squeese Vid count the bene* 
Cactnrea which go to needy and wHirtby professional men and women-^we see ottr treaaury 
ie com ing depleted because its outflow now exceeds its intake. 



Time for Hdrofe Action Has Arrhrad 

A Joint committee meeting of THE ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION and THE 
ACTORS' FUND was held last week. It furnished convincing evidence that MR FRANK 
OILMORB and his BQUITT ASSOCIATBS needed only a proper preoentatlon of our needs 
la ardar lo enliat their enthusiastic support 



A Plan of Action 

Is now evolving in the Council of F>iulty which has the unciualided endorsement of tlie 
Fund. I believe if properly backed up and carried through It will meet the crisis and at 
last rellave M^. Oaniel Frehman and bis asaoclatea from wanderini over the land. 

Hat in hand asking for alms! 

It is a fine sincere gesture of appreciation and self-respect that EQUITY Is making. 
When the plan is submitted shortly to the whole profession and a show of bands is naked 
/or it will 

Smoke out the laggards 



The Actore* Fund ten years from now will be rich in friends and legades. 
SHAIX WE BANKRUPT IT BEFORE THAT TIMB or ftghi to presenra It tor thoae 
who follow us and who must now fit themaehrea meanwhile. 



TO HOLD THE TRUST? 
THERE IS BUT ONE ANSWER 



MARC KLAW, 

Chairman Finance Committoe 



fp9<;f) donafd fo thtf Ariorn' Fund) 



I J I ' 1 



52 



VARIETY 



RADIO 



— 



TOUGH" BILL FOR RADIO TO 
FCLLOW-ADVERTISERS' WORRY 



AVEAF-WJZ Trying to Adjutl 
Rogers and Garden $2,5 

WaUr Mid f Mds. $U 



Progr 
Each Nov. 15; 



•nil 



AocordInK to the National Broad- 
casting Co.. Inc., N. 11. Aylesworth, 
iiH prestd^nt, wa« mlaquoted by the 
Aaaociated PreM la th« sUtoment 
t|u|ji the inaugural bill (Nov. U> 
«| ; the WEAP^WJZ merger eoat 
ihlyiit. • yattily^ ortginal estimate 
of $25,000 was nearer correct, al- 
though the actual flgui^. wtM^ not 
diecloaed. '*.--" ;V^''' '-:' ■•' 

Of ifie **wnn««,^ Mary Ckirden and 
Will Rofe'ors each received $2,500 
throuKh Ciiarles L. Wagner, their 
agent, for 10 to 15 minutes via the 
athiRf. WMier aM Fields oflloiated 
for abt.ut eight minutes for $1,000. 

Admittedly a tough bill to follow, 
the N. B. C. docs not hope to du- 
ylioiita IliMa ^*ni«i* vtguiarty, but 
at il^lal holiday Intervals and 
upon other occasions. For the pres- 
et, their plans are the same *'com- 
Mirelar type of liiwirraiiui with the 
advertiser to worry abou|; ^iiaBiea'* 
for exploitation purpo.sea. 

The Immediate Usk of the N.B.C. 
la to rearrange its nightly programs 
for a better variety and balance of 
a type akin to a well-knit variety 
show. As is currently the prac- 
ttaa, tli# galaway periods aU close 
With bands, so that one tunes from 
WEAF to WJZ or a;iy other sU- 
t^>i^, encountering the saiaa |Nli«ad 
oC ayncopatlMi ^aad aftttakta Hia 
aame selections. 

WEAF's chain and WJZ's hook- 
lip intend to co-operate so that oon- 
^HMIikg ViHsIr «fll be the key- 
note. If one cares not for Jazx on 
one link they can switch to the 
other chain and tVM Itt Ml a dtf- 

IUiM4Hibroyed Camera; 
ion and Detectv^n 




CiO RULING ESTABLISHES 
W PROPERH BIGinS 

woes Can Resume if '^Not 

Sufficiently Near WGN 
in Wave Length 



Chicago, Nov. 28. 

In hearing the injunction suit of 
WON, "Chicago . Tribune's" broad- 
casting station, against WOES, 
Oak Ijeavea, owned by J. ix>uis 
Guyon, ballroom operator, Judge 
Francis 8 .Wilson* in Ctreult Cottrt, 
ruled that piroperty rights may be 
established In the air and common 
law applied in deciding them. 

It- is "believed the raling may aet 
as a nationa' pr^cedeni In ca.se.i of 
this kind until ihe proposed Con- 
gressional action on radio is taken. 

On a charge that it interfered 
with reception oi WON programs, 
WGES was temporarily restrained 
from broadcasting by Judge Wil- 
son sUt nieeks ago. It was ine con- 
tention of the newspaper's station 
that the 315 -meter wave length 
adopted by WGES interfered with 
WQN'S S02.S meters. Priority rights 
were stressed in the suit. 

After six weeks of silence through 
the restrainment ordet, WOES will 
again broadcast over a wave length 
"not suinclently near" WGN to in- 
terfere with the latter station's pro- 
grams, according to Judge Wilson's 
order. *'Not suffleienUy near" la 
thought to be a distance of 50 kUa* 
cyles in frequency and over. 

The ' Guyon station, it is an- 
nounced, will look for a definite de- 
ci.sion on so-oaUed "air rights'*. In 
the Appellate Court. 



VOTING FOR MOST 
POPULAR STATIONS 



N. Y. "Wrrpi^ Tryino Conleet 

—10 of 23 Stations to 
Be Selected 



The New York "Daily Mirror" has 
started a campaign against the in- 
ferior broadcasting stations with 
printed ballots, soliciting public 

votes on behalf of *^e following 

10 stations are the ones I prefc^r." 

The other 13 stations in the met- 
ropolitan district slighted in the 
majority voting will ba polntad out 
by the tabloid in its correspOBdanoe 
with the Department of Commerce 
for the regulation of radio wave- 
lengths. 

In Chica[go, a court ruling has en- 
joined one station from interfering 
with another's wave-length, pending 
a. U. £k.8iipraaia Court decision, and 
a similar conflictlon by many broad- 
casters has brought about public 
complaint. 



Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 23. 
First announcement of a radio- 
controlled motion picture camera 
which will operate In daylight or 
darknesH, in a lighted room or In a 
dark one, will be made exclusively 
in the New York "World" next Sun- 
day.-' ■ 

The "Invisible Kye." developed by 
John E. Secbold, of La Salle. 111., 
will be manufactured by the Ound- 
laflh-Kaahattaa Optical Campany; 
of Rochester. 

The camera, indestructible and 
made 'SO it can be concealed and 
oparated by a distant control, is fig- 
ured to be used to protect bank 
vaults, to secure evidence, etc. The 
now lens will take from It to 500 
"shots" a minute. Seebold came to 
notice in the picture world when 
his photo of Oertrude Olmstead 
<llma> won ttsr tha flO.OOO beauty 
prtaa of the Chicago "Herald -Ex- 
aminer." l^nlversal Alms and the 
Elks' national convention in 1920. 
Mias Olmstead «»« Is Mri^Hllwrt 
ftiim ditaatif K 



*Voice of St. Louis' Grows 
Weary in Ite 1st Year 

St Louis, Nov. 23. 

KMOX. the voice of St. I^ouis, a 
commercial 5,000 watt broadcaster, 
whioh went an the atr last Christ- 
mas Eve will probably celebrate lb 
first anniversary by closing down. 

Stockholders in this station are 
raported through after tha year's 
contracts are up. 

KSD, the "Post Dispatch" sta 
tion, a link of the WEAF chain Is 
tha regular tuning in point for the 
great majority of the local listen- 
ers* 



63 NEW STATIONS 
SINGE LAST SPRING 



Washington, Nov. 23. 

The Department of Commerce has 
being doing some checking up on 
the broadcasting situation since 
Congress adjourned last spring 
without the passage of regulatory 
legi.<tlatIon. 

This discloses that from July 1 
through Oct. IB, a total of 63 new 
stations were on tho' air. ' 

These were divided as follows in 
the various districts named: Fir.st, 
Boston, 5: second, New York, 11; 
fifth, Ksw Orleans. 10; alx, San 
Francisco. 2; seventh, Seattle, 7; 
eighth. Detroit, 6; ninth. Chicago. 22. 

The new stations In and around 
New Tortc and driaago axceading 
all other districts thus further 
complicating a situation that has 
been described as impossible from 
the broadcaster's standpoint. 

In addition to the 68 new stations. 
2S have changed their locations; 63 
have ^hanged power; 63 their w|ive- 
lengths; .4$ preparing to laopaasa 
their power, and 82 with their plans 
so indefinite as to be beyond clafs- 
iflcatlon. 

In addition there ara mom .40 sta* 
tions under construction. 




lliicli Doubt Over Radio 
Control by Legislation 

Washington, Nov. 23. 

Those advocatinK radio control 
legislation, and who have been pre- 
dicting the passage of the much- 
dlscii.sBed proposal durliiK the com- 
ing session of Congress, got a 
double set back during the past 



Harl Smith South 

Harl Smith, one of the original 
globe-trotting American bands is 
renewing Amarlean activity with 
his booking into tha LldlHVaAloa 
Clnb. Palm Beach. 

Smith is taking the same combi- 
nation he liad at tha Lido-Vanloa. 
New York, two years ago, down to 
Florida. Paul Spccht booked the 
Smith engagement. 



iftepresentative W. If. White. Jr. 
(R>, of Mali^^f inli'oducer of the 
blU la tha House, canie out with 
tha statement that "tho prospects 
ara not very good," while the Joint 
congressional commit^r scheduled 
ta;^M!i'hara last wf^ caliad tlils 
inaatlng off. Posnlbnitles are that 
this Joint meeting will not now take 
placft yntll after • Conyresa again 



Acts in Ballroom 

Springfield, Mass., Nov. 23. 
For the first time in the history 
of Cook's Butterfly Ballroom hare 
vaudeville was u.sed last week aa a 

special 1,'ate attraction. 

Four acts appeared Nov. 18. 



SMALLMAH BREAKS DOWV 

XjOs Angeles. Nov. ft. 

John Smallman, conductor of the 
I.1OS Angeles oratorical society and 
the Smallman Cappella Choir, col- 
lapqed when taken from" siak bed to 
conduct a concert at the Phil* 
harmonic Auditorium. 

He was rushed to the Monte Sano 
hospital wher* his condition ■ was 
reparted fayorabla. v'^ • , ' ' 



C^ Wodd Arthur, #earetary of the 
new Radio League of America, who 
bag i previously atta<;fied the pro- 
piMi Uw, caina out taeaatly 
aga^st Secretary at Oommeroe 
HoaVer. Mr. Arthur charged that 



tha ilacretary waa ♦•protecting** thaj^niiere ot the Ca«a Iiopes .l>ut sopn 



Ng iatiraata la tlM 



Hamilton's Own Band 

Hamilton. Vincent Lopes's 
eHUwaUd pmriMs r , la sfitlMg 



Bill 



with his own novelty orchestra as 
a picture house and vaudavttla at- 
traction. ,* 

Hamilton and Lopes eap«4 to a 
parting of the ways, tha farnier 
later rejoining Lopez for. tha pre- 



WPCH'S PLANS 



Unless delays are' encountered 
WPCH will be operating from its 
new quarters atop tha Park 
Central Hotel. 66th-56th striata and 
Seventh avenue, Jan. 1. Meanwhile 
the station functions temporarily 
from Its studios and ofllcea' li| the 
Hotel Majestic. 72nd street and Oiiii- 
tral Park West, New York. 

WPCH has formed an Artist Bu- 
reau which plans to bring the radio 
artists befor^ the public In person. 
This Bureau will supply dub enter- 
tainment, dance music, etc. This 
bureau Is to be managed an^^dlra^t- 
ed by Norman BrokeniM^ famar 
announcer of WJZ. 

Advertising rates for WPCH, 
which beeoma aflaatlve Dec IS, are 
as follows: one hour, |300; one-halt 
hour, $175; one-quarter hour, |100; 
tha charges for the station tor day- 
time before 6 p.m.: otta lii«r« f lOf ; 
one-half hour, $125; one-quarter 
liour, 175; discounts for weekly 
usage: less than IS consecutive 
weeks, net; 13 to 25 consecutive 
weeks. 10 per cent; 26 to 38 conse- 
cutlv^Weeks. 16 per cent; 39 to 51 
conseliutiva weeks, 17% per cent, 
and 52 consacutlva Hfiakat t# pei 
cent. 



RADIO RAMBUNGS 



Sunday night was evidence that the spoken drama will ni vei be seri- 
ously threatened by Vadio. Kvah' ao familiar a play as "Hamlet" could 
not be realistically imagined, despite tho' WEAF Shakespaiuraaii' Players' 
otherwise worthy presentation. It's taxing th* mind' tOO much' to con- 
jure up thf "entrance" of the ghost. 

Rcinald Werrenrath was unusually effoctive at* the f(>uture oC the 
Atwater Kent Sunday night concert. The baritone registered handsomeV 
and even tlie familiar "On tiiu Uoad to Mandalay" was lent nuance by 
tha aololat'a bHUlant haadtlair. 



Caroline Andrews returned to the Capitol Family after an ext^-iuled 
absence en tour. She impressed as favorably as ever. Among the new 
members of the Family Wsatil Ooirdoii aad hla aister, Nina, are fast 
making new. friaadat '■•■.^■.M'./':;;'---'-' •■■V. ^ 



The Baldwin Hour from WJZ Is another in the flei4 of classical niusi* 
cal entries. Tlie string quartet is excellent and their rendition of 
Haydn's "Kaiser Quartet" was Impressive. 

Funny, though, about the regular broaiilcasters; they gb to extremes. 
Bither Jasa or highbrow atuff, nb happy mediuss. It*# a Tallaf, therefore* 
when a well-balanced commercial hour like the Goodrich Zlpfkara, tha 
Rvery-Ready'Hour, ete., cornea along. ^ ^ 



Snaddan W^Wik:mmm^t9f^ ti!txm WMCA oUckad. 
Handal and ataaflir eomposltlons a>nd doaa right wall. 



Ha goas in for 



Art Olllham* from WMCA and on one of^those intermittefit broadcast 
tripa- aMt again, aoaialna kla advance rapuiatians.. ^ .QlUham la tha 
pioneer "whi.spering" type of atagor aad bto X>il«mbla f^oordteg opntraet 

resulted from his radip Kep. * . 



Tka WMS liliMlrala Wffa.ii bapM^ 
tion. 



V 



the Oimbel sta* 



The consistent band favorites have been purposely slighted up to 
now and more attention given the intermittent radio artists. But tho 
fact remains that week after week it's the same old stand-bys like 
Bernie. Olsen* Lopez, Rolfe. Louis Katsman's Whittall Anglo- Persians, 
Clyde Doarr'a fiavia Saxophone Octet. Harry Raser's Clicquot SUikimos, 
E«rnle Oolden's McAlpin hotel band, Harold Leonard's Ingratiating syn- 
copators from tl»e Waldorf-Astoria. Freddie Rich's Hotel Astor unit 
and kindred organizations are the ones impressing consistently. The 
Roth Trla»>i^i«iaiaiuM'mu«tcal oM a WNTC tavorite, la also building 
somewhat bt i^' jrcgttiiup r i pntattMi, . jit th i iigH iapa»| a . <^ ' ' " 
acopa. • •'. :, 



W^tt mid WHN ara apUtUag up tka jiiflMt ^nm 
for advertising purposed. Of aouraa aa sooaalawil faaaowt" la gafitirad 

by WMSa or WMCA. 

Jack Cohen is a snappy piano aoloist who Is oommanding some atten* 
tldv aroimd tfii second atrlng 



Jules Anzel, related tcT Ben Bernie, is heading a likely dance combina" 
tion from WGBS and regularly perfornilng to flil^ 



Woman After McNamee 
Adopted— CluttigM Name 

Brookline, Mass., Nov. 2S. 

Miss Sylvia R. Cushman, 29, who 
filed suit for $50,000 several waeks 
ago agalnrt Graham McNamee. 
noted fiadlo announcer, charging as- 
sault, has ybreri adopted by a 
wealthy Br<M>kline woman and has 
changed her name to )Epa Hobba. 
jVha foster moUiar la If laa Harriet 
Daisy Hobbe, with whom Miss 
Cushman has resided for the last 
year. They have been acquainted 
for II yeara. 

The Brookline woman stated that 
the reason she adopted Miss Cush- 
man was that she waa in substan> 
tial drcumataaofg and desired the 
society and cOMpamoaabip of Ulsa 
Cushman. 



ECA. Office iiN.Y. 



ItdVtag- 



WCAfi'8 NSW STUDIO 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 23. 
Radio Station WCAIO, the Kauf- 
mann & Raer Co., and the Pitts- 
burgh "Press," celebrated its fifth 
anniversary last week with special 
programs of a stellar nature. This 
sUition is now under the direction 
of Bert MoMurtrle, well known lo- 
cal newspaper man. 

A formal reeeption was one of 
the high lights of the celebration at 
V f liluli ilm c Maj f Oi Oharl ea n» Klin e, 
Graham McNamee, Ethel Barry- 
more and other noted personages In 
the city were belore the microphone. 

The affair took plaea In tha new 
studio of Station WCAB, opened last 
week for the first time, with Mr. 
McMurtrle acting as master of 



Bill Stein, brother of J. C. 
presiiwi Of tiM wmn Corp; of 
America, headquartered in Chicago, 
has practically closed for a lease of 
the entire top floor of the Para 
mount building. 

Stein has left New York after a 
10-day stay for a New England re 
view of tha orchestra booking situs 
tion in fMt larrilovt. ttM: til Mated 
back in Chicago by Dee. 1* Tha M 
C. A plan Is to open In New York 
Jan. 1 and go after eastern band 
bookings as aztanslvaly as thay have 
been o| t f » ttllg te tip p^Wl^ and 
vrest. 



Fischer's Globe Trot 

Charlaa t«. Floohar and hIa or- 
chestra sail on the "P.clpenland" 
Dec. 14 for a syncopating tour 
around the world, to supply the 
danoa muaie aboard tha crntsar. 

Fischer, his wife and daughter 
will accompany one of the Fischer 
band units on the trip. 

Tha orchsatra leader Is wall known 
in the midwest, but has never been 
east He will arrive In New York 
Dec 10 for a hasty Broadway re- 
view of attractlona and alaa to per- 
sonally contact with the music pub- 
lishers and others he haa^kftOWB 
only by corraspondenoe. 



OVERDONE RAMODiC 
WILL ROGERS SAYS 



Radio Too Big to Keep Away 
From — Newspapers PrintinA 
Hie J9k!l t|;irt^^T^ 




Kan^ Nov. St; .- 

Will Rogara» Whan hara, axplamsf 

wfiy ho broke Into ra^ Monday 

night It waa too big a thing to 

be out of. Will declared. He was 
paid for his radio appearance. 

The humorist also explained that 
tha> ohiaf cause' df tha broadcast 
hurting^' tliaatrc business 1s^ that it's 
overdone. **Just give 'em a'pample,'* 
says Will; 

*T learned that in vaudeviUo and 
It works in radio too. Olve 'em a 
little bit and they'll want more. I 
was supposed to bave been on the 
air fMi. ladapasdanca (Kans.) 16 
miuteii but they told me I had three 
minutes change coming to me. It 
was tha first time I knew I was 
a Qttfok Change artftt." 

Rogers thinks the real harm to 
his lecture tour for this territory 
was done by tha Kansas City news*^ 
piapari; They gavo front pago 
space to all o( his newest gags. 
They were old by the time he got 
80 miles and 14 hours away froni 
that town. . 



Japan Broadcasting Firms 
Merge Into One Company 

Washington. Nov. 2» 
Thn broadcasting companies ot 
Japan have combined into one com- 
pany to control tho antlra broad* 
casting acUvltiea of the country, 
according to a report from Com- 
mercial Attache Charles E. Herring 
In Tokyo. 

Those Interested In tha Bibvo ara 
of the opinion the merger was 
brought about by the government, 
thua signifying tha daaira of tha 
Communications depaHmant to con* 
trol radio broadcasting In Japan. 



eptalit aanawa wiMi Calvmbia 

Paul Specht has renewed his con- 
tract with Columbia. His Bruns- 
wick contract for the Brltlah Bruns- 
wick Co. tNia nttlNaad thtMigh 



Wvmmf% Mi#- Wa^ taar 

« Ohkiagak Nov. %%• 
Carl Penton and orchestra have 
been engaged by tha M. C. A. for 
a aid-wsatem road tour daring 



MUSIC 



VARIETY 



53 



1^ 



Vahie of Musical Synchronization 

Bit DK^ WlUiAM A9CT 

• 

(Dr. "Bilfy" Axt it thM eempoMr of tiM Capitol, N«w York, und«r Major 
Mward Bowm's dirtctton. H« to also tha Dr. "Billy" of radia fama with 
tho Capitol Family via tho WEAF network. Ho it an authority on 
motion picturo muaic* having composod scorot for many important film 
foaturaa lika "La Bahama," ''Big Parado" (David iilondoaa collaborating) 
•nd athart. Hit ^cpaaHiaii ia tha^ ana-aidad viaw af a Ifvar af faad 
inuaic« but • pii|fflii»l mtm u m f fi lk frmm til* •MwnMMi'a ii«x*affiaa viaw- 



Tha' value of synchronized music, 
as a special score, for a feature 
picture production was best proved 
In "The Big Parade" and even more 
ao in "La Boheme" when, for the 
first time in the history of motion 
pictures, every first -string music 
crltto on tha metropolitan and na- 
tional preaa raviawad tha aeora as a 
aeparate entity. Baeauaa of eopy- 
rlgrht restrictions, a brand new 
acore and original acore was essen- 
tial for *Xa Bohama" (which hap- 
pened to be my assignment). Every- 
body from Samuel Chotzinoff of the 
*'World" to the erudite W. J, Hen- 
daraoii of tho rsun** attandad the 
premiere for tlM idle purpoaa of re- 
viewing ^ tho MMHilopa aoooMpaal- 
ment. 

That they were favorabljr Bm« 

pressed, and said so in printer's 
Inlt. is beside the point, but is an- 
other important point for Major 
Sdwavi Bowea. wnr flMuilkirliig di- 
rector (at the Capitol, New York), 
whose chief mission in life at this 
moment happens to be a sincere 
fight to wSI( iiHblls va<Mig«i^ fir 
music la n^tloil %9 iiiMlovi pif- 

tures. 

A musician by instinct, although 
not itif ti*aliilttff« mad paoaaaaad of a 

keen aesthetic sense of tasto and a 
fine Idea of balance, Major Bowes 
Is all the more the showman to 
reeogaiio the importaaoo of good 
UttOla in connection with pletttfOa. 
Mora tofiotianest. 
While the purpose of this story 
Is a brief for more serious atten- 
tion to mnsle' in eonhaetloa with 
films, as will be covered immediate- 
ly, this obvious laudation for Major 
Bowea should be discounted as a 
fond regard far tho ihrltef'a maaag- 
Ing director, but taken wholly )ln 
the sense that the Capitol, because 
of its musical standard, has built 
up a unique MMmimt, M. 1»$Mmk 
going down to the low lovti la its 
audience, by a gradual process of 
musical education covering a period 
Of alx yoara. uro havo olovatad tha 
musical tastes of our audiences, so 
much so that today, if we give them 
the "Poet and Peasant" or "William 
Veil** ol^orturoBb whioh aro very 
popular selections, we would be 
criticized for the ordinary selec- 
tions. » 

Vivo ot alz yaara ago uro Wdiild 
li«t havo darad to olf# Baatho«oa*a 



"Silver Bells" 

ARE 

Good Banjos 

ASK 

f MONTANA 
JOE ROBERTS 
SAM CARR 
RUSSELL MANUEL 
ROY SMECK 
BAxNJO LAND 
LLOYD IBACH 
EDDIE ROSS 
AND MANY OTHERS 

NEW ILLUS. CATALOGUE FREE 

BACON BANJO CO., INC. 



GROTON, CONN. 



F. J. Bi 



D. L 



SAM LANIN 

Director of his IpMsa Troebedoars. 

Ft-nsatloMlly faittoitt* WRAP radio 
■tars, and vet<*ran phonoicrapli re- 
cordtna artifttn. ia too siaplf a maes- 
tro of fiyncupation to riiik h'tn repulft- 
tlon at the expanse of poor Monfc nin- 
frr;;il. AKtute bund leaiforH aroord* 
iiiKly lool( to the llouNe of Kobltinw- 
ICnicel for the rliolceNt danre muiiic 
rztaat. This iist apeaka for itstlf. 

"HUGS A KI8SE8" (Vanities) 
"CLIMBING UP THE LADDER 

OF LOVE" (Vanities) 
*<ONLY YOU A, LONELY ME" 
"TRAIL OF DREAMS" 
'^ALABAMA STOMP" 
(Vanities) 
inibllahad by 

RobbiflMkEngcJr Inc. 

! • lit SevMrth Awm, Hrm Vssli City 



'Leonora Overture No. 3," but today 
It is heartily accepted because, by 
position! of a strictly concert na- 
ture, and by no means of the school 
of so-called "popular classics." A 
few years ago if we had offered the 
"Leonora Overturo** they would have 
undoubtedly walked out en masse. 
But such has been the musical 
progress oZ the picture house cUen- 
tslo. 

Accordingly, with tho cosmopoli- 
tan Capitol as a criterion, it has 
always made me wonder why pie- 
past performances, wo have led 
them to ozpoet overtures and com- 
ture producers that spend $75,000 
(a very nominal figure) on one 
scene or set. and then think nothing 
of cutting and editing It out of the 
finished product, are so unusually 
economic about proper motion pic- 
ture music 

There has been some progress of 
course with the big specials. Metro 
and F&mous and United Artists en- 
gage tho most eapablo to eroate, 
compose and synchronize complete 
scores which are circulated with the 
pictyre, but for the average run of 
oHltwa offering, where such elabo- 
rillf* preparation is not practical, it 
is surprislni? tho haste with which 
"cue sheets" are slapped together. 
Exhibitor at Fault 

To a great extent the out-of-town 
exhibitor Is much at fault. The ex- 
hibitor sees the film on Broadway 
or in a metropolitan house with an 
adequato musical accompaniment, 
and finds it all spoiled on the mu- 
sical synchronization when he books 
the same picture. Of course, the 
fault Ues with tho meagemoss of 
the house leader's musical library. 
The exhibitor is willing to pay a 
fancy rental for a film but skimps 
on tho amount of new motion pic- 
ture themes his leader WOlUd ac- 
quire for tho house library. 

At the Capitol we have a stand- 
ing order with every publidier of 
motion picture music for every new 
Issue. One might argue that a 
house like the Capitol is in a par- 
ticular^ fortunate position, and It 
Is a good argument On the other 
hand, when certain specific themes 
would best flt certain situations in 
• film irolsitso^ H •Sims unwise for 
the exhibitor to economize that 
way. The exhibitor has his orches- 
tra leader down to a budget, and if 
•OMwM mirranta to ozeeod It tho 
leader is up against It and must 
tmprovi.se from familiar musical 
motifs over and over again. 

Agaiil I must revert to Major 
Bowes alMl'^ite the value of music 
by the tremendous amount of space 
we have garnered in the press, not 
only lifr M form of reviews but In 
editorials. DaviJ Mendoza, our con- | 
ductor and collaborator with me on 
many musical compositions, and 
mysolf «n« under instructions to 
make everything as operatic as pos- 
sible in the musical treatment of 
film synchronizations. 

Critics have given us marvelous 
recognition. We don't only syn- 
chronize a situation but even the 
smallest expression of "horror," for 
testaiMO* is carefully transcribed 
Intq S; Suitable musical themo. 

Matter of Time 

It's only a question of tlmo'Hiind 
only goveriMd by the period before 
both producers and exhibitors will 
appreciate its box-ofUce value — 
when music in the picture house 
will receive as much attention ns 
music in C'arnepio Hall. Tborf's no 
reason to tho contrary. The cinema 
public of today, and that constitutes 
the great American th^ntre-RoIng 
public of cf>urpe, ia wholly mnslc- 
loving. The picture houses' envelop- 
ment of vaudeville is the best an- 
swer. And in what vaudeville house 
could as mu.sically artistic offerinps 
as presentee in the lilm theatres be 
suitably appreciated? 

Producers are now dealint? with 
men 1o ^ivo them projx rly syn( hro- 
nized music, but only in a limited 
sense. The film industry is alto- 
get hor too serious an enterprise for 
it to pive jnft passing? attention to 
its musical accompaniments. When 
cue shee ts are m ade in a proJ<^ction 
room to some picture, that's not 
enough. To suggest a "love" or 
"agitato" theme on the cue sheets 
la an injustice to the small leader 
in the outlying picture houses.. It 
gives them too much latitude and 
lUeii- improvised synchronization is , 



final Saifaurity 



Ckmfusion unconsciously cre- 
ated through name .•similarities 
warrants an explanation that 
Abel Green (Variety) has no 
connection with Ab. Oroen, 
Inc., headed by Ab. CJreen, 
songwriter. 1595 Broadway. 

Tho 6reen, Inc., naturally 
does not intend confusing it- 
self with Abel Green (Variety), 
but such misimpression exists 
with some orchestra leaders 
who have communicated with 
the Variety staff man relative 
to the merits of "his" songs, 
misled because of name simi- 
larttioB. 



MUSK PUBLISHERS 
IN F£AR OF JOBBER? 



Plaza Co. Also Disk Maker — 
Uses Cheaply Bought 
'Dog' Tunes 



An existing ovil to Which tho mu- 
sic publishers seemingly blind them- 
selves, possibly because of fear of 
the Plaxa Music Co., a large sheet 
music wholesalor» Is that of back- 
ing up their song hits on records 
with "dog" tunes bought up by the 
Plasa Co. for nominal sums. 

The Plaza also markets the Oriole, 
Banner and Regal records, pop- 
priced disks, selling three and four 
for $1 and obviously Cannot pay 4c. 
royalty per two numbers per record. 

Instead the Plaza backs up a 
weak-sister number which they buy 
for $10 to $86, olirtlnating aU royal- 
ty obligations, and depending on the 
song hit to "carry" the reverse num- 
ber. What happens is that the hit 
is not only handicft|>pod by tho un- 
known companion piece, but the 
royalty outlet from these three 
large-selling disk brands is neces- 
sarily cut in half. 

The publishers figure If they balk 
at this practice something might 
happen on the sheet music end. The 
music men forget they have it in 
their power also to OM^e this par- 
ticular "mechanical" firm, or any- 
body else, toe the line through in- 
sisting on monthly accounting in- 
stead of the now three-month set- 
tlements, and also the elimination 
of the 10 per cent off for "breakage," 
this deduction On royalty returns 
being a trade practice which came 
into existence when the record busi- 
ness was young ipid tho wax prod- 
ucts more brlttlo «nd broakable. 
Today such damage is practically 
nil, but despite this the mechanicals 
tako advantage of a 10 per cent re- 
bate. The copyriglit statute makes 
no provision for such deduction, it 
being merely a publisher's courtesy. 

tlio bother of rendering monthly 
bookkeeping accountings is kindly 
sidestepped by the music men who 
permit the mechanicals 90 days' 
leeway. 



Vita's Society Contract; 
$104,000 FroBiWamrs 



The Warner Brothers have signed 
a contract calling for $104,000 a year 
to be paid in |2,000 weekly install- 
ments to the members of the Music 
Fublishers* Protective Association 
for the use Of their music on the 
Vita phone. 

ATI puldishers of the so-called 
flr.st order are members of the M. 
P. P. A., outside of Witmark & Sons. 



INSIDE STUFF 



Oa Music 



15 Bands Claim Job 

At least 15 orchestra leaders and two band agencies are confulentlally 
breezing it around Chicago that they're practically contracted to open 
the new Stevens hotel. 

This ho.stehy, now under construction, will probably be the largest 
in the world, as advertising states 1.000 rooms and 3,000 baths. Opening 
is set for early next year. 

But despite Its slse, the hotel can*t use 11 bands. 

Family "Opposition'* 

A novel situation in the Irving Aaronson household is that of faitemal 
family "opposition." Christine Aaronson, who was a professional dancer 
before marrying The Commanders' director has been planning a pro- 
fessional come-back and quietely hooked up with a rival band. Jack 
Denny's orchestra, both to open for Louis K. Sidney on the Loew time 
in St. lA>uis, I>ec. 4. 

Aaronson's Commanders are also playing piotrtre houses, opening at 
the Rivoli, Baltimore, this week, their first stand following their Euro- 
pean return. They were billed for the Palace, Chicago, this week but 
turned it down because of money dtaereneeo which may be adjusted 
later. 



Whiteman Brought Baek '*Qanfee'' 

I'aul Whiteman brought back with him "Moonlight on tho Ganges." 
an Knglish 'Oriental ' type of melody fox-trot which Harms, Inc., is ex- 
ploiting. Whiteman *'8Urted" It on the Victor records with the number 
becoming a national proposition, tho other recorders |>eiBg foroed 1^- 
"can" it. The situation parallels "VfOeMta'^. which Wllitemsa- flrsC 
pushed off via his initial Victor release. , . ' 



WJZ Artists Complain 

The WJZ artists who complained anent their being slighted in the 
national publicity given the first program of the National Broadcasting 
CorporaUon's huge broadcast have been offered the explanation that 
WJZ's officials had little to say about that Inaugural bill. Most of the 
radio talent on the N. B. C. hook-up were WKAF artists, although In the 
main the "names" like Titta Ruffo, Mary Garden, Will Rogers, Weber 
and Fields, et al., were "outside** entries. 

The bands were actually the sole radio stalwarts and three of the four 
orchestras, like Lopez. Bernie and Holfe. were conned tffM. the Wf?AP 
chain. WJZ's sole representative was George Olsen. . 

English Regret Cash Down 

"The Mclodir Maker and British Metronome," English musical peiiodi- 
cal. deplores the fact British music publishers cannot develop their own 
song hits without recoursing to Americ«i*s products. Particularly, * 
$10,000 advance royalty to an American music firm. Blbo. Bloeden St 
Lang, for the righU to "Am 1 Wasting My Time On You" Is decried, the 
London piibUeatlOii querying "why noC keep it (the flO.OOO) in this 
country?" 

The story professes not to "object" to British publishers handling 
American numbers on royalty arrangement but the cash transitction irks 
them ex»eedilM^-''.: . ' 



Arrest Brings Demands 
For Hwse of David Band 

Oiii^^ Nov. ft. 

Immediately fbilowing the arrest 

of "King Benjamin" Purnell, lead- 
er of the House of David cult, the 
Music Corporation of America re- 
ceived SQores of wires from ban- 
rooms and theatre managers who 
wanted the House of Dayid band 
at once. 

This sudden ery iifT tlie band was 

occasioned by newspaper publicity 
given the allegedly immoral cult 
head. 



Joe HiUer, Geo. Prof. Mgr. 

Joo Hlller Is now executive Kon- 
fm\ professional manager for Wat- 
erson, Berlin & Snyder Co. lie is 
baek in New York following a tour 
(»f their branch offices. Abo Frank 1. 
Xew York Prof, Mpr. Is on a road 
trip and returns Jan. 1. 

With the late Frank Clark's in- 
irodurtion to Xr w York, IJiller was 
assifctied eu tour l.ut he has re- 
turned in full charge us btforc. 



accordingly not altogether credit- 
able. 

As I said before. It Is but a ques- 
tion of time when ev«iy rf)niitany 
will have it.s own mu.sician-hcad of 
its mu sical department. While a 
printed score cannot bd circuiat'^d 
for the general run of releas' s, cu«» 
sheets should be niade with caro. 
with potea and addenda like a press 
book, to make it ctear and s1mi>lc 
for the hotise leadfr,*? and j^mt Com- 
plicate matters for him. 



BUSSE'S $2^50 ALIMONY 

Henry Busse, assistant conductor 
of Paul Wblteman's orchestra, 
owes Mrs. Eleanor layman Busse 

$2,950 In accrued alimony which 
was what prompted the wife to 
press contempt pruc eed fms ; 

Busse has been ordered to pay 
up In three equal installments 
within 20, 40 aiid 60 days under 
penalty of an 'lR:lliii6fly club*' book- 
ing. BusHo in temporarily Immune 
being out of New York with White- 
man's orchestra until after the 
holidays. 



Halett's Sth BVay Season 



Mai Hallett and his orchestra re- 
turn to the Arcadia l:ellroom. New 
York, opening Dec. 1. This marks 
Hallctt's fifth consecutive year on 
Broadway. 

Tte Ballett novelty orchestra is 
MfipMC dMiot attraotkM lB New 
Buftand, playing itlneraat ballroom 
engagements on percentages. Mostly 
engaging its own halls throuflll 
Charles Shribman. his manager. 

The latter will eome to New Verk 
with Hallett for the premiere. 

Hallett will resume phonograph 
recording, his constant touring pre- 
venting any visits lo tlM New Tark 
•labppriktories. 

Julia fJerlty has had her first 
Brunswick recording test accepted. 
She will "oan" exclusively for 

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CoOtt Ihihderg Original N igbt 
llawkft JUkve had their Victor re- 
cording contract renewed. 



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Ilarlom cal)Hret owners In the ne- 
gro belt are eluied over a lot oi 
«rblt* patnyiago tlmt bos been at- 
tracted to that part of the town. 
Th^y credit the Carl Vap Vechten 
nov^ 01 Harlem . *'Nto«r 

trade. 

Van Vechten'a book han been on 
the stands for about two month*. 
It Is having a tremendous wile, es* 
peclally In New York, as it deals 
mainly with the nifht life phase of 
lifo in that part oi t%m town that 
lies north of 125th street with 
Lenox and 7th.§y«|fl«M|^ IMi main 

OM BiCht lat9 Mt woek Tho 

Neat, Bamvillo and SmaH's were 

getting a strong play. One of the 
places was visited by a police ser- 
gMtiift and a plitfolman iti uniform 
At i a.m. a^id informed it would liave 
to close down. The proprietor stat- 
ed that it seemingly was a play on 
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ns the police were not interfering 
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Yacht Club Testimonial 

About 100 Friars attended the 45th 
St. Yacht Club last night (Tuaeday) 

for a testimonial dinner to Qeorge 
MarioMre and Benny Plormont, 
prominent Friars and owners of tlie 
Yacht Club. 

The x>*P*y I'^^t night included 
Bugs Baor, I^ew Brice, Bobby Clark, 
Joe Laurie, Jr., Sammy Wliite, Max 
Hart. S. lay Kavftoan. Willlafli 
Degen Weinberger. I. H. TI<»rk, Felix 
Isman, Charles Ilorton Pope, Mon 
roe M. Goldstein, William Mack and 
Murray Viil. 



Casa LopOK, switcliHii^'ffiMM 
Avaloiv,|<ew York. . - 

Lm Copoland ii appoarlag at tho 
idgkl 0116m «S West iitk itrii#t 

M Mlaghar, Jr. is b^Mlng the 
oMlMHtttt at Ipdo^ Xgtth^ 



PrMiptiiett Cost Ufa 

IndlanapoUa, Not. It. 

Comlns to work earlier than ttsaal 
cost the porter at Day's Casino, In- 
dianapolis night club, his life. 

Winiam 8tavoBaon. nacro^ U, act- 
inff as porter, appeared early Mon- 
day morning and was mistaken for 
a burglar, Joseph Day, tho pro- 
prietor, fired two 9hot8. A short 
while later Stevennon's body was 
found on the kitchen floor. 

The Casino was recently robbed 

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A Judgment for $8,124.85. which 
dates back three yeaiM, has been en- 
tered in favor of Benjamin H. 
Ueberall, a pdtrtnor In tho -Ctteb Ala- 
bam and other cafe enterprises, 
against Anderson T. Herd, then a 
restaurateur, and since become gen- 
eral promoter and sometlmo the- 
atrical backer. 

Ueberall had a contract at $150 a 
week salary from Sept. 11^, i92S, and 
after recelying $l,00e lor tb« 
IftSOO difterence. 



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DAVIS' LE PARAOIS 
DESTROYED BY FIRE 



Waahln^ton. Nov. 23. 
Merw Dftvia* .Chateau Jjt 

PuraxllH, on the Baltimore- Wash- 
ington Pike, was completely de- 
stroyed by flre> last Friday nlctht 
The fire, which repnumim a food 
1200,000 loan, was flfst Jl«tlee4,. pY 
motorists on the Plice. 

Kftorta of the rural Are flchten< 
to clieck the blaze were unvaliiog. 
All that remains standiiMI .ara two 
chimneys. 

Whoa last dosiiiir the house for 
the winter Davis left the furnliAi- 
I'ngH, etc., undisturbed, employing n 
private detective agency to ,loQk out 
for the prcfperty. With Davis dKit 
of town Robert Kehl, his manager 
for the Chateau, stated that it was 
underRtood insurance was carried 
but to what ^gtaat aame wauld 
eov^ the loiM Kehl eonld abt slate. 

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MQIT CLUB REVIEWS 




PiXJI BSAG8 EjDOM 

Glub tM9 wanacamenl has 

ridded another establlBhmcnt to its 
.string of three in taking over the 
\lontmarte at Palm Beach, Pla. 
This room wa* opentted as iSieg- 
fol(T8 Palm Beach Nights lant A-rar. 
The liido people will change tlie 
name to I.«e Totiqiiet and reopen it 
on New Tear's Bve. 

Tho three other places are the 
Clubs I^ido In N/iragansett Pier. 
New York and at Miami Beach, 

Fla. ' . 



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jCAITT' lEltllCBER $2,000 

Vincent I<opea profeases not to 

know what the $2,000 claim against 
him by (Mies) Leicester Harrinon 
iH for, and the City Court has ruled 
that Iftisa Barriioii fumisii a- Mil 
of particulars enumerating the 
circumstances of tiie alleged loan. 

The plaintiff sets forth tliat she 
advanced the two- **graad** Bept. 
18. 1926 to Lopez's account and at 
his Hpec'lal request in connection 
with a then pending litigation. 



LAEEY FAY STABTS 

Larry Fay opened his Kl Fey. 
New York, last night (Tuesday) 
with Gertrude Vanderbilt. Ruby 
Keel^r. Jkllthe O'Hallfsoy. Arietta 
Lewis. Brown and Baily. Lea Ar- 
nold, t>ick Lemar, Wydia Davis and 
Key's Red Coats. 

Lew Brown and Olift VMail^^'*''^ 
and staged the show. - 



Friers Inn New Show 

Chicago, Nov. 23. 
Friars Tnn win have a tiew ahow 

beginning NOV. 26. Billy Rankin, 
the producer, Billie Gerber, Irone 
Faery and €reorge MfiQueen will be 
in the east. 

Bill Paley, drummer, form'erly 
with Merrltt Bi unles, who wf\s hero 
for several years, conducts Win own 
orchestra. "'■'•'^ - 



Rates for Cards 

ONE INCH 
13 tirtles. •>•'•.••»•••*•» jW*f^>^1 

iimiAs. f^99 •••»••< • .100 

.,02. times* 175 



New llalnba ftevue . 

Chicago^ Nov. 3S. 

"li.iinbo Creations," a new revue 
produced by K. George Wood, has- 
opened at Mann's Million Dollar 
Kainbo Room. Featured in the 
oast are Do Haven aiid Nloe, ELsie 
Cole, Lillian Louise, Auriole Craven 
and Vic Ca)[>lan. " • 

Katz and his Kittene, novelty or- 
chestra supply the music. 



Akron's 3rd Downtown Ballroom 
Akron, O., Nov. 23. 

The Bhte LanteffR ballroom, for- 
merly Griffin's dancimg academy, has 
been opened here. Ted Riuh and 
hia 10 Greenwich Eptertaincrs are 
the opening band attraction. 

This makes the third downtown 
bftllrooi^ for Akron, East Market 
Gardens'land the Eagles being the 
two ptoneer daoca plaees. 

KAItlR'8 MUtfCKCRS HERE 

Cliicago, Nov, 23. 
Johika de liarbary. Sr., former di- 
rector of tho ex-Kaiser'H perspnal 
band, arrived here from Europe 
with his seven-piece imperial Gypsy 
Orchestrn. The "royalty" coml>ln.\- 
tion will lill an uugHgemcqt here at 
the CrillQh. Joska plays the nddle. 



NEW FRIVOUTY 

TIm Silver SUppst . management 

ctuinged its mind about uuUIfying 
the value of the Frivolity name, and 
the announced Golden Rlipper re- 
mains the New Frivolity at t^e 
same Broadwajr and iSd gtr^at lo- 
oatlon, to Indicate the new manate* 
ment. Besides Billy Duffy. O. K 
Coakley is "in" on the place along 
with B. A. White, the suburl>an 
realtor who haa had it from tlie 

Tho elaborate show Is credited to 
Frank Banniuler for lyrics and mu« 
uic, conceived and ' written by N., 
T. O., who controls the show, and 
staged by Van Lowe. Special num- 
bers by Ilalvey Mohr and a special 
'*Mes8in* Around," corking presen- 
tation.' is by Billy Pierce and Buddy 
Bradley. So much for the credits. 

It's an elajborate, revije* one of 
the most advanbed* floor show eh- 
tertainmeuts extant in New York's 
night life. : with iienry Bergn^an 
(Clark and Bergman, now a music 
man) as master of ceremonies. 
Bergman will find himself,, the imr 
promptu introductions of oc^ebs nat- 
urally switching his routine. 

The show is typical N. T. G. stuff, 
who may be able to vo but one or 
two steps farther in undre8.s (If he 
can do that and get away with it). 
imlefiR ho introduces an absolute 
style of sheer nudity. As H is^ ha'a 
not far from it. 

Betty Qray is the piece de re- 
s^lHtance on the undrapod 'stuff. 
Her nether eovoring (?) is not to be 
described, and the, familiar Gran- 
lund program notation, •agaln> re- 
peated here, that a carrier pigeon 
delivered outfit "made of humming 
l>irdH' eyebrows, imported from 
Japan," tells everything. She does 
not ju.st pose, but walks around, and 
the $3 cover chun^Mi. who think that 
sort of thing is worth $3. are given 
an eyeful. Of the hardened pre- 
miere mob at the invitation per- 
formance many of the soft-shell 
crabs became audibly shocked, and 
even the hard-shelled ones gave the 
situation a thorough Inspection. ' 

The same undrnped ntuff goes for 
the chorus. Tbclma Edwards, she 
of the gyrating torso, also contrib- 
utes cutely and coochily. Miss E<N 
ward.s later conies buck as a song- 
stress in "refined" costumfhg for 
unothor number. This Is something 
new in her routine and smacks of 
a suffar-coating attempt for the 
cooch business. The thought can't 
>be eliminated she is offering a com- 
promise, and it would be preferred 
If she were a straightaway muscle 
specialist and let the Quaker busi- 
ness alono. Besides, there's no i>er- 
centage in it for the house when 
the customers frankly Welcome the 
shiverce business. 

Tho revue is titled "Parisian 
Nights" or *<Nudities of 1»20.»» The 
latter Is better. The show Includes 
16 choristers, many offering spe- 
cialties, including Kitty White*s 
whanging Black Bottom, Susan 
Jane's toe dance, Anastasia Rellly's 
fol-de-rol, etc. 

Then there are tlie cute Falr- 
bnnks Twins doubling from "Oh 
Kny!" and C»l and Ethel Norris 
with a new Idea of dnnce work, the 
two-high burlesque figure bciug a 
flash. 

Tlie others inohule Davo Frank- 
lyn. Pete Woolory. with the chorus 
holding Bee Lookhert, Woody Lee 
Wilsnn, Ooorpp Decker. .Ann Page, 
IVpgie Timmons. Gladys Pond<'r, 
Bornlce Varden. Madelyn White, 
Firlle Banks. Frances Mildern. 
Stella Bolton, Vera O'Brien, Dorothy 
June, Ann Hardman. 

Jack Denny's crack Brunswick 
recording orrhestra contributes as 
smartli ns ever. Denny is a fixture 
at the Frivolity and a favorite with 
the night club's customers. His 
radio rep has al,so taken an upward 
trend of late, although Dennv has 
l>een on the air but a brief spelL 

The new Frivolity, is worth an 
Gvcning's visit Ahcl. 



>ILLi;. HH WORKING 

Mile, Flfl^ formerly at tlie l>over 
clutt,' openM last night (Tuesday) 
nt the Oamea 01uli> Sana stssst, 

New Voi'k. 



' 8am 8«tvln*t Interest 

Sani Satvln has connected with 

tin* Xosor Costumes, of whU U L. 
Rosen is president. Salvin Ik re- 
riium'Jliiii' tiic new enlerpiise. 



tUmt Morgu's 84tb St 

(NCW YORK) 

« t- ^^^^ Nov. If. 

The Schwarts brotherM have In, 
stalled Helen Morgan at their re« 
opened 54th Street Club, surround- 
ing her with a smart group of spe- 
cialists who should individually and 
collectively attract smart night club 
patronage for the room. With the 
building departmmt appeased on 
fire exits and similar technicalities* 
the Schwartses relntrodticed their 
64th street place last week with the 
sympathetic songstress who im« 
pressed sp well at Tommy Gulnan's 
Playground, officiating as u fulU 
Hedged hosti'Sri on her own. 

Like the Frivolity, the manage- 
lilaat 1»teeiy ^ecidM against a re, 
christening as originally planned, 
and the liferry-ao-Ronnd caption 
aftisr tha-fttmlnikiA •tftr'a name was 
forgotten^ with the street numerals ' 
retailned. 

Al B. White has switched from 

a couple of seasons at the Ever- 
glades to tills room» his deft han- 
dling of the 'ihrooeedings and glib 
taik as a master of ceremonies fit- 
ting in even better here than at 
the 48th street basement room. THe 
smarter the plaoo. the better White 
reRisters, his penchant for polysyl- 
labic lamroaga being above the saw- 
dust average's ken. 

White is a good Bhown\,an and 
uses more th^n elementary diction 
in making impromptu announce- 
ments when celebs are Introduced, 
or other special occasions. Besides 
which he warbles nicely. 

White, Mary Lucas and Loretta 
McDermott (working without Kddie 
Cox) along with Lawrence Murphy's 
dance sextet, aro newcomers at the 
-place. Miss McDermott is her usual 
cute self as a stepper and the band 
satisfies. They replace Dave Bernie^ 
now holding forth at tha Club Rich^ 
man. Miss Lucas, who comes from 
the HIchman and other high class 
night clubs, also registered. 

Gil Wells and Florence Brady 
are holdovers, doing "mean" bluoa 
to uke accompaniment. They are 
doubling from "VanitleH." 

Helen Morgan, the particular at- 
traction, already Haa M ttiil«|«a cafa 



Wells Doublina 

Oilbert Wells Is doubling be- 
tween Earl Carroll's *^anitle8^ and 
the C4th Street Club, New York. 
This is Wells' first appearance as 
a night CtUb entertainer. 




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OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT 

ISee WEST 48TH STREET 



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Wednesday, November 24, 1926 



NIGIiT CLUBS 



VARIBTY 



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foUowinir but is not yet a Guinan 
or Tucker. With ezploltrntion uid 
word of motith advertising she will 
build. Hers Is a sympathetic per- 
sonality, peculiarly adapted for noc- 
lumal vocallzingr of sentimental 
«ongs. Her far-away eyes, theatri- 
cally quivering chin and- general 
demeanor in the ballads are sure 
fire for the stay-outs, and even bet- 
ter for the hit-and-run Bight owls 
who look in and out of Mch place 
at half hour intervals. 

Miss Morgan should develop quite 
A draw under the astute Dave-Liou. 
Arlda Schwarts dir^tion. ^itef. 

7-11 CLUB 

<NEW YORK) 

New York, Nov. 19. 

The Chummy Club at 711 7th 
avenua. with the decision for a new 
cognomen and the introduction of 
a new colored show policy, had its 
present name suggested by the ad- 
dress. The double hookup should 
make for a distinctive differentia- 
tion and worth while f6r advertising 
purposes. 

Maceo Pinkard, the colored song- 
writer, is sponsoring the show, 
which he wrote, staged and pro- 
duced. It's a "hot" type of colored 
entertainment, okay for its speed, 
but not worth much alongside a 
r natural attraction in those two bat- 
Fttiag colored femmes, Elmma Mait- 
land and Aurelia Wheeldon. They 
are continental importations, having 



been in the Paris cafes for some 
seasons with their boxing specially, 
although originally from America. 

The gals rip into each other like 
they mean it and the management 
proffered affldaviu that It's on the 
level each time out. with the win- 
ner undecided. Regardless, it's a 
great gag. They stage three rounds, 
sometimes going it an extra three 
minutes when the decision is close. 
They sock, each other plenty and 
the claret is ofttinies drawn. Any- 
way it's a novelty on a cafe floor 
and guaranteed to be one form of 
divertiiMiement certain to revive the 
most lethargic. 

The chorus of eight works hotsy- 
totsy in the "Messin* Around" and 
*'Kongo" numbers, with Bessie Al- 
lison as the number leader. .Slim 
Connors is the male comic. The 
dansapation is supplied by Wen 
Talbert's very heateA duslqr mu- 
sicians. 

For a spot where Joy reigns un- 
refined, the Seven-Eleven is a nat- 
ural for midnight till unconscious. 

AhcU 



Knickerbocker Grill 

(NEW YORK) 

(2nd Review) 

As flagrant an example of mis- 
management as could be desired 
is evidenced these days at the 
Knickerbocker Orill, now Jointly 

operated by Stanley Smith, the 
original proprietor, with Ben Fech- 



CABARET 



mEW YORK 



Margaret W«lali 
Joan I'ave 
Blinor frtw 
Prank Day 

Marcla White 
Ruth Wheeler 
Bird Sis 
Roy Fox Bd 



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Mons Darle 
Ir«B« 4k Nadlne 
Margmrlts Howard 
Will Hollander Bd 

Beaay Davis' Civk 

MlBSlO 

Benny Davis 
Dorothy Gompert 
Geo liale 
Rene Valeria 
Sthel Allis . 
The DIplomati 

Cafe «• raris 

A1 Wohtmnn 
Evan n Fontaine 
Ouy Pis 
Ben Selvln Bd 

Club CamM 
Dolly Kay 
B .i^oyce * J Irving 
Gladys Bloane 
Bert Frohman 
Violet McKee 
Mary Glcanon 
Joaine a I<ama/ 
Irving Bloom's Or 

Cam Lopes 

Barl Riokard t 
Frank LlbWM 
Keller Sla A I« 
▼ Lopes Bd 



Club DoMvIll* 

Ruby Keeler 
Maryon Dale 
Jimny Carr Bd 



Will Oakland 
Chateau Bd 



A Nilsson Fyslier 

oumi-ouiui 

Oeae Fosdlek Bd 

Ciab Alabam 
Colored Revue 

Chik Aaelele 

Anatole Friedland 
Hilda Ferguson 
Dorrah Mincvitch 
C * V D'Arth 
Marte Rumell 
Dick La Marr 
Ruth Maninff 
DuFern A LaCn'nn 
MlM Gladstone 
Al Je«lrar*s Oroh 

Ciab Barney 

Lenl Stensel 
Hale Byeni* B4 



Bellaire 

De Carlos a L'iso 
Bobby rterce 
Rttth Pattoa 
Xitoyd Barber Or 



anb 

Yacht Club 4 

Coanle's Inn 

Leonard Harper R 
AlUe Jaekami Bd 

Doiver CIvb 

Jimmy Durante 
Bddle Jacksea 
Lou Clayton 
Julia Gerlty 
Dover Cl«b Bd 

Everirladee 

Bunny Weldon R 
Bddie Cheiitcr 
Joe Candullo Bd 

6th Ave. Caravan 

Jan« Grey 

Thomson Twins 
Jerry Fr'dman Bd 

IMveHy 

Parisian Nights R 
Henry BcrRman 
Fairbanks S 
Botty Gray 
Thelma Bdwards 
CAB Norrls 
Dave Franklyn 
Poto Wooiery 
Kitty White 
Anastasia Rellly 
Bee Lockhert 
W6«dy Lee Wilson 
Oeorse Decker 
Ann Pase 
Peggie Timmons 
Gladys I'onndcr 
llrrnlce Vanli-n 
Madelyn White 
Firlio Bahkn 
Frances ifildern 
Stella Bolton 
Vera O'Hrlpn 
Dorothy Juno 
Ann Hardman 
Susan Lane 
Jack Deaay Orch 

Helen Moriraa*s 
Merry -Oo-BooBd 

Helen Morgan 
Al B White 
Brady St Wells 
Loretta McDermott 
Mary Lucas 
Lawrence 4k M'phy 



Peterson * Cii'l'te 
Amy Atkinson 
lisurette F Moss 
Fuzzy KniRht 
Frank Cornwall 
Crusaders Bd 

Kentncky Clvb 

Billy West 
Carroll Atherton 
Blgelow A Lee 
Mildred Melross 
Hotsy Totay 
Sally Fields 
Al Sbenk 

Kalekcrbe^nv CMU 

Clicquot XklkiSiOS 
Ann Allison 

Le Ferroqaet de 



Ann Allison 
Blenda RaasoB 
Elsie Mainen 
Bd Gallagher Or 

Fakds D'Or 

Rolfe'a Revne 
B A Rolte Bd 

Parody CM 

Bert Gilbert 
Bemlee Pet-Kee 

Myrtle Gordon 
Rule PorterflL'ld 
Holland & Barry 
Muriel De Forrest 
Duke Tellmaa Bd 

Pesnaylvaala Hotel 
Oee Olsea 



R Wolfe Kahn Or 
4 Aristocrats 
Cun'fflj'm A C'm'ts 
Dupree A flhaw 
Maria Ley 
Blue Blowers 



Manrleo A Eleanor 
Florida Tango Bd 
Johnny J'nsoa Bd 

MeAlpUi Betel 
Bmle Ooldea Orch 

Melody Band Bes 

Bubbles Shelby 
Allen Walker 
Ignats A Itaad 



Monte Carlo 

Billy Arnold Rev 
Buddy Kennedy 
Janis A Jolanda 
Bva Dowling 
Nellie Nelson 
Norman Laakey 
Mildred Berri 
Waneyo 
Radio Franka 
California Ramb'ra 



Ivan Bankoft 
Bert Gilbert 
Beth Cannon 
Bnid Romany 
Ous Good 



Miller A Farrell 
Emil Coleman Bd 

Moulin Boufe 

Variety Show 
Betty Leonard 
Jack Edwards 
speeht Bd 



Bert Lewie 
Hanley 81s 
Nan Traveleiae 



N T G Rev 

Geo Raft 
Helen Morgan « 
Bddle Blklna 

Riehman Club 

Harry Rlchmaa 
Nate LelpalC 

Sabin A Lyon 
Madelyn Ktlleen 
Mary Lucaa 
Betsy Rees 
Decnover & B'n'ff 
Dave Bernie Bd 
Seveii-Kleven Club 
Maceo Pinkard R 
Bessie Allison 
Emma Maltland 
Aurelia Wheeldon 
Slim Connors 
Wen Talberfs Bd 



Silver Slipper 

Dan Healy 
Carlo A Norma 
Beryl Halley 
Jack White 
Dolly Sterling 
Jluby Kee'.ar 
■ddle Mwarte Bd 



Dave Mallea Rev 

TesBS 0«laan*s 

Texas Oulnan Rev 
Texas Ramblera 

TwUi Oaks 

Specht Bevels 
Clayton A Hicks 
Oermaine Gcroux 
Wallace Bddie 
Paul Specbt'a Bd 



Waldorf-i 
BaroM Xi*nar4 Bd 



CHICAGO 



P Nuyteen'a Bar 
Barl Iloffman'a Or 

CeUece !■» 

Jack Fine's Kev 
Lischeron A Hatb 
Ch'mb'I'n A HInea 
Pauline Gaskin 
Sylvia Joyce 
Maarie Sherman O 

CriUea 
D'thy Qreathoaae 
Bandrtsl A Copelli 
Httffo Cohen's Or 

DeauvtUe 

Lloyd Duponl'B R 
Margaret White 
Wallace A Gappo 
Rffle Burton 
Kvtlyn lluth 
Iaab«i Crandall — 
Losla Salamme Or 

FriavB* 

Billy Rankin's Rev 
blllie Gcrber 
Irene Faery 
George McQueen 
Bill Paley's Orch 



RT>7 Mack's Rev 
Bddie Cox 
Wllliama 8Je 
Babe Kane 

Joey Ray 
Jimmy Ray 
Marque A Marq'tte 
€ Btralffkt's Or 



Tx)U Bolton's Rev 
Ulllle StanAeld 
I^ouisn rioner 
Eddie Van Shaick 
Ray OHwald 
Ernie Caldwell Or 

Green MlU 

Joe I>«wis 
McCune Sis 
Gloria Randolph 
Mary Moore 
Tola May Bailey 
Doree Leslie 
Pol Wagner'«« Or 

Hollywood Barn 

Buddy FlBh«r 
Frnnk Sherman 
l i sten aa v a ge 

Florence Schubert 

Geo Mallen«' Orch 

Kit Knt Club 
MoBCow Art S 

Bea.ile Alston 
Carroll A Oerman. 



Zelma Jensen 

Cy Bidell 
Paulette La Pierre 
Jack Richmond 
Frank Albert Orch 

MadHd 

Ray Coleman Bd 

Moulin Rouge 

Jerry Blanchard 
Ruth Rarette 
Hal Hixon 
Harry Hart 
Peaches A Poppy 
« Abbott Girls 
Fred Hamm's Orch 

Parody Ciab 

Harry Harris 
Phil Murphy 
Clint WWfht Orch 
Slim Grtealeir 



•yN-^al Sis 
Jack O'Malley 
Jose A Susctte 
Fern ft Melba 
Frank Sylvano 
T-'iuis Pcnl'^o Orch 
Hose Mi>rjfl 

RaOabo Gardens 

B Geo Wood Rev 
D<* Haven A Nice 
Elsie Cole 
Lllllaa 



Aurlolo Craven 
Victor Caplan 
Kats A Kittens 



Van A Schenck 
Freddy Bernard 
Santrey ft Norton 
M'dl'on MacKensle 
Marie Cobura 
Mike Bpeotaie Orch 



Lillian Fitigerald 
Olive O'Nell 
Samovar Orch 

Termee Garden 

Ralph Williams Or 
Bundy ft Noway 
Beatrice Gandel 
Olive O'NeU 

. ■ T mm m Ciab 

Martha nichl 
Jess Mrndelson 
Betty Moore 
Garen Sis 
Bloaaom Beatb Or 

VaaUy Fair 

BuiMy Wheian 
Vl<?rra'H llawaiinns 
r; & Mar Ia F«:vro 
Adcle Walker 
Vaa'a Vanity F*r O 



Ben Pollaek'a Or 



ter, said to be a retired banker, as 
his new partner. Fecliter is taking 
his vanture like a child with a toy. 
very enthusiastically, but to con- 
tinue the pujrallel, not very con- 
structively. 

If Fochter can play around with 
a restaurant as a hobby, well and 
good. It*a an expensive plaything. 

The cover is off here and the fol- 
lowing is accordingly far from 
choice. The reaction of the help 
from the head waiter to the waiters 
is reflected accordingly. The entire 
crew is a liability to the rdom. 

The Knlck has been a conserva- 
tive eating place but Fechter Is in- 
Rtilling Blffht olub ideas in a spot 
that's not meant for it. He has 
some sort of a show booked in with 
Indifferent materiaL The result Is 
far from happy. 

Harry Reser's Clicquot Club Es- 
kimos remain as the dance feature 
and It's a question if the room is 
helping their comfort. Their capa- 
bilities are above the atmosphere. 

Will Perry is a master of cere- 
monies who keeps his gab a secret 
through slurring much of the time. 
Ruth Von Dick does Oriental dances, 
Florence Forman is a high kicker. 
Aim Allison is above the general 
par with toe Jaaz. Betty Mudge 
sings, Lorraine and Morrovelno are 
a dance team, ByroA fltotera do pop 
doubles. 

It's futile. AM 

TERRACE GARDEN 

(CHICAGO) 

Chicago. Nov. 21. 
Most widely advertised and best 
known to the out-of-towners, yet 
business is not what It should be 
considering its location in the Mor- 
rison hotel, the very heart of the 
loop. It could be made a einch 
money maker if the show angle were 
worked up to a higher degree and 
"name" attractions put In. 

Aa li, the room is barely break- 
ing even, figuring on no rental and 
food from the same kitchen used 
for the hotel. Harry Moir. Sr., has 
probably been wrongly advised in 
how to run his own place. Granted 
it is a good advertising medium for 
the hotel, in itself the Terrace Gar- 
den is of little value at present and 
very neglcted. 

A redeeming feature Is the pres- 
ence of Ralph Williams and his or- 
chestra. Williams has put htmeelf 
over In fine style since arriving here. 
A pleasant personality that made 
many friends while he was at Mc- 
Vicker's last summer is very much 
in his favor. He introduces t:.e 
other acts in a genial manner, and 
this sort of thing has been missing 
here for quite a spell. Novelty ar- 
rangements In dance music add to 
the musical ability of the band and 
Williams' strumming on the banjo. 
The 10 men composing the comolna- 
tion are Freddy Gllckman, violin; 
Ted Verne RIckard, accordion, saxes 
and clarinet: Ralph Boas, sax and 
clarinet; Doc Lawlor, cornet; Ted 
Iluber, trombone; Dick Patterson, 
tuba; Frank Snyder, drums; Rus- 
sell Carlson, piano, and Williams, 
banjo and piano. ^ 

The usual three acts this week. 
Sara Ann McCabe, an excellent so- 
prano, known to local radio and con- 
cert circles, is becoming a favorite 
here, having repeated several times 
Ruth Pryor, with a good rep In this 
town as a danseufio and formerly 
featured with the "City Chap" 
(legit) here, offers some delight- 
ful moments of terpslchore, A 
charming girl, displaying much 
grace and ease In her work. Elton 
Rich docs some fast and eccentric 
hoofing. Picture houses could spot 
this boy. 

Weekly change in program Is the 
Idea with no more than one holdover 
at times. Three shows a day. take 
in lunch, dinner and supper hou"s. 
Trade strongest at lunch, fair at 
dinner and falling off around eight 
p. m. • 

During week days cover Is 60 
cents beginning at 6 p. m., with an 
added Si eenti on week ends. 

Loop. 

HOLLYWOOD BARN 

(CHICAGO) 

Chicago, Nov. 17. 
Lioeated strictly In a residential 

neighborhood, what trade there is 
comes from neighbors mostly. In 
appearance, the Barn in everything 
its name Implies. The room to laid 
out as a bam wfth atalls, rafters 
and inanimate poultry perched on 
the rafters. Capacity is 800. 

The Bam has been open as a cab- 
aret since last year. The men be- 
hind it spared no money in trying 
to put the place over. Many 
schemes were tried, but It seemed 
that the place couldn't get the 
breaks. 0tlll. It went alonir all last 
year until the warm weather set 
in. Right now, business is bad all 
over tovm, with the exception of the 
Frolics. 

The array of talent in the show 
Is of average quality, yet the show 
Is good. Al Reynolds, a boy with 
a- go e d pair e f p i p ee^ act s as the 
master of ceremonies. Very good 
appearance and knows liow to sing 
a song, particularly a ballad. Helen 
Savage, a mean Muo sing«^r, clirks 
on her numbers that are of the hot 
variety. Miss Kavago Is very murh 
at home on a floor. DuVal and Dor- 
othy, dKnc«^ team of m<^ioere abil- 



ity, have several average routines. 
Their Gypsy danco is best. Frank 
Sherman, who has a rep around 
Xoyrti as a singer, aquits himself in 
good fashion. Frank has a tenor 
voice of good quality, and has an 
unusual repertoire of numbers. Lela 
Johnstone- Newman, said to be from 
the coast, has a soprano voice of 
good range. In several numbers she 
doubles with Hherman and to good 
effect. The nine- piece band (col- 
ored) is called Houlelto's Ilollywoivd 
Tootslo Toastors. Their musical 
ability la nothing to rave over. Thej' 
don't tit here at all. 

For size of the room, the show Is 
too small. A floor show with at 
least 12 girls would be Just the 
thing here. The way it is now, the 
entertainment is dull and not 
enough of It. Above all, a food hot 
band would help. 



OPERA CLUB 

(CHICAGO) 

Chicago, Nov. 19. 

"For members only," this unusual 

night club Is about the classiest 

spot in town as operated by Hiram 

B. Foster, long acquainted with tbe 

better type of place. AU otM^um 

Qiembers and invited guests are 
excluded. Tho invited ones are. 
usually theatrical celebs, currently 

appearing elnewhere in the city. 

Formal dress Is compulsory. On 
the evening reviewed several be- 
lieved to be ''membors" were re- 
fused admittance as they were not 
"dressed." 

The "club" and show run on 
Wednesday and Saturday nights. 
The othrr evenings of the WMk Are 
given to private parties. 

To start the project, Foster pro- 
cured a list of Society lights who 
proceeded to Join. The Opera Club 
now stands as a general gathering 
place for these people on the two 
nights weekly. The theatrical in- 
vitation thing Is MoImMI tt|MW as a 
business getter. 

Last Wednesday night tho in- 
vited ones Included Paul Ash, Cecil 
Lean, C\oo Mayfleld. Arthur Ryron. 
Gloria I'oy, Jack Thompson and 
some others. The Do Marcos, 
doubling from "The Cocoanuts." 
are in the floor show. With their 
dancing ways, the pair so far have 
been a sweet draw. They seem to 
line up here and in New York, 
where they played last year, as 
possessinjT that "olaiis" required fur 

Dave O'Malley's orchestra seemed 
liked very much by the "guests," 
referred to elsewhere iM 'Neiis- 
tomers." The rhyth/h Is good and 
toned to flt the place, all this going 
for good music. While ^ifalley 
is probably suitable, bettor combi- 
nations have been seen and heard 
in chcap*r rlube. O'Malley's at- 
tem^^ts at announcing were poor. 
If an announcer or master of cere- 
monies is necessary, it would be an 
advantage to have a map do that 
and she wasn't missed. 

Tho four De Marco troubndonrn, 
also with the . dance team in the 
leg}'' show, and the Collegiate Foiir. 
good general entertainers, fit neatly 
into this show. This is one night 
club without a f emiile blues singer 
and she wnsnt missed. 

From tlio time you step under 
the canopy until reaching the room 
itself, everything looks like "clnsH," 
What houses the club appears to be 
an old brownstone building, maybe 
a private residence a few years 
back. Lending to tho cabaret room 
is a wide fliglit of stairs, long 
enough to allow parading by 
women. The spacious stairs are a 
great come-on for female vanity 
and prove a nice show spot. 

Tho food scale Is high, but not 
out of arrordanco with the patrons. 
I'lerre, French chef, prepares and 
hands out long-named dellOiieles at 
a buflfet tnblo In full vlow of the 
tables. Couvort of |2.20 a hoad 
fails to hurt. 

In operating this "claws" jilaro for 
a number of years and each year 
as successfully as the othert< Mr. 
Foster has established a precedent. 
The Opera Club is tho only ono of 
Its kind In Chicago. The manage- 
ment contemplates a like place in a 
recently opened hotel in New York. 

... 1^0^ 

Canton Reopening 

Canton. O., Nov. 23. 
After being dark almost a year, 
Land-O-Danee. Canton's new dance 

hall, reopened with "Whltey" Kauff- 
man and his Victor Recording, or- 
chestra as the attraction. 

The Northern Ohio Amusement 
Co. will operate the place tempo- 
rarily. This company built the hall 
and recently purchased it back at a 
reoelrer's sale. 



HERE AND THERE 



Hal Kemp is in the new band at 
the Strand Roof. 



Lou Radorman, from the IVlham 
Heath Inn, is slated for the Calc do 
Paris, succeeding Ben Selvln. Harnr 
J. Susskind was Kader man's em* 

ployer at the IVlham roadhouse nnd 
is now moHiiajEinf the Century Roof 
cafe. 



A tango orchestra, booked by Al 
Herman, ofllciates Monday nights, 
starting this week, at RoselaBA 
ballroom. New York. This makes 
three bands that night. Fletcher 
Henderson (colored) and Jacques 
Qreen oflSclate regularly, the added 
starter, a string outfit, merely pliy* 
ins the waltses and tangos; 



Harold Leonard, at the Waldorf - 

Astoria, has decreased his band 
from 18 to 7 men, finding that suf- 
ficient for his purposes of Bruns- 
wick recording and broadcasting. 



Tho Manger Hotel dance musfe 
wUl be under Cass Hagen's direc- 
tion, he being a newcomer and 
cinching the engagement after 
many better-known outfits were 
more or less certain of being okayed. 
One "name** praotlcally had hlnMMli 
sold, withholding announcemenVlMi^' 
til signing on the dotted, line. 



HAL 




Bega to Announce 

- >■■■'•■'. 

he and hig boy friend 

mm HART 

now playing the 

Monliii Roiig« Cafe 

[0 




Incidentally HAL HIXON is 
managing the coming world's 
featherweight e h a m Pi RAY 




Cava'nsuoh*Ceoper Turn 

Marie Cavanaugh and Bud 
Cooper have teamed for vaudeville. 



MILDRED 
MEUROSE 

The Origtnal *'Miss PirMiialHy*' 

NOW 
Kentucky Club 
NEW YORK 



MJ. L- 



MARGIE COATE 



InviiM Yon to Fjijoy 
Y«er Ht«y Hhlle in 



PHILADELPHIA 



at U<>r 

THE LA MARGUERITA CAFE 



iSfxi Door to ih»i CnmUio Thratrt) 

1)al>nn .T"1 AnirTl«nn Cooklnir 
(qIat Dlnrirr. n.V., n l.t <'arf« Hrr«1r# 
!'p«ct»l Afteniion Oiven ThoM<> of th« Theatriral rrof«iwrfAr 

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VAKIBTy 



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PUILLY TALKING OF 
SESQUI NEXT YEAR 



I'hiladelphla. Nov. 23. 
* Thi9 town after taking a walKp 
of a $8,000,000 lots on the Seaqul 
CentennUil Is talking of reopening 
the Mister again next spring and 
running it through the summer. 

A iint etoMng date of the current 
exposition was i^et for Nov. 27. 
This has been extended to Dec. 31. 

Followin^j the big flght for the 
cfham»tfl^ip» the grounds have 
])een barren of people nearly all of 
the time with conces.sioraires wall- 
ing to the morgue-Iike looking 
butldlagi* 



Fr«d Baraes Resigiis 
Le^pe's Pre«dency 



Chicago, Nov. 23. 
Fred M. Barnes has resigned as 
presidept of the Shownieii'a League. 
Th«^ Xiague -ofllces In this eity are 

not as yet aware of it. 

Barnes claims he resigned the of- 
fice f^cause his companions on the 
board outvoted him in everything. 

Barnes had wanted all showmen 
at the speakers' table at the 
League's banquet next week. The 
commltM Insisted upon ofnoers of 
the League only at the table. 

*Tm tired of it, anywajr," said 
Barnes.': ^ ■": 



INSIHF STUFF 



Indoor Circus Road Show 
on Pan Time; 30 People 

Minneapolis, Nov. 23. 

The l*antHge.s road theatre circus 
bill with 20 head of stock and 18 
aeH^ li in iiil> opened ez- 

celleiitly Kere. 

In the fihow are Mmo. Bedini's 
horses, Adele Nelson's baby ele- 
phatttSi II s>isy Fsnilly. Bstelle 
Sisters, Miss Qolda, Sir Victor's 
dogs and ponle.s. Aerial C'.arks, 
Little May, i:^ Raymond's clowns 
attd chTtet taoiwh '■ ' -v> 

Bill Welch is master of cere- 
monies. Special props, canopies 
and painting for lobby display are 
carrisi, 

The show was framed by OSOrgs 
Hamid ol WirtH « Hamid^ 



Bert Sloan Married 

Fo'lowin*? the closing of the Ring- 
ling-Barnum Circus, Bert Slonn 
was married Nov. 7 in his home 
ipwn. Old Forgs^ Pa^ to • 
town girl. 



UTilH FAIR'S |S1,000 

Salt. Lake, Nov. fS. 

A surplus of $21,000 has been rea- 
lized by the Utah State Fair As- 
soelatkiii, due principally from the 
races, it Is reported. The receipts 
to the association from tiMI It^es 
were about $25,000. 

The receipts. Including grand- 
stand admlssioB, totaled fSC.lSS for 
the past season compared with 
$32,000 in 1926 and $28,000 in 1924. 



OHLEOn 



(Continued from psge It) 

to other Rrlanger bookings, the southern Paoille Coast road, oliow had 

.sliown a net profit of approximately $75,000. ' 

* IJ»>n-Htir" was booked Into the Blltmore on a sharing basis with 
ttte picture standing ail advertising costs and sharing wiih the house 
on musicians. The company carried its own orchestra of 19 n«n and 
leader, augmented by a like number of house musicians. During Its 
flrst five week.s the picture, given without a prolog, did a weekly gross 
of better than $20,000, with the intake never dropping below $10,000. 

The mm show is how on tour, to Arlsona and New Mexieo points for 
the first time, and then returns to Southern California where It will 
keep going the better part of the winter. The northern California road 
show opened at San Francisco and is now playing in the Northwest 



'*They All Want Something" in moving from Wallaok's to the Totten. 
a new little theatre on West 48th street, figured a business break in the 
show's favor. The house operated for one nikht only when "Secret 
Sands" tried out privately. Since then no attractions have considered 
booking into the house. It was built by the Drama Comedy Club of 
which Miss Totten president. A oonsiderable number of persons sub- 
scribed froqi $10 to $200 and more. 

There are~over S.OOO members. Miss Tdtten is reported to have ad* 
vised the club members that It is their duty to go to the box office and 
purchase tickets for "They All Want Something," otherwise the house 
never would secure bookings. William Tiiden. the tennis star heads the 
cast. The show played to small grosses at Wallack's. 

A human Interest story is behind the 26-year old crippled KIsie 
Maloney, an invalid since childhood who, despite her inflrmity, actually 
taught her 18-year-old sister. Janette Uilmore. dance specialist In "Oh 
Kayi'V all she knows. Miss Maloney read up on everything in the dance 
field and Miss Gilmore, outside of one dance course from a dance tutor, 
wais routined by her elder sister, the latter verbally "demonstrating" from 
her wheel chaiiv ' ' 



It is understood one of the conditions under which "The Vagabond 
King" moved from the Casino to the Centur>- for its final two weeks in 
New York, which end Saturday, was a major cut rate proposition. Joe 
Leblang*s bargain oflico is said to have guaranteed a minimum of $t5.- 
000 gross for the two weeks Leblang is reported going strong also with 
"Katja" and "Pearl of Great Price," both Shubert weaklings. The latter 
show exchanged places with "Vagabond King" but wiU either close up 
agalg^«r move after this wedc. as **Tm':\ pmn JMit-^ di|0 at t»e 
Ofi sil l P aigt Tttssday. 

Sam Janney, who wrote "Loose Ankles," an American dance hall 
gigolo theme, menUons the Roseland ballroom, Now Tofk, several tfiiies 
ia hio script. Janney picked up his local color at Roseland. actually 
enjoying the nickel-a-dance idea as patron at Roseland, while gathering 
material at the same time. With Jaaney's recent marriage, it was ar- 
ranged by a Variety reporter to have Roseland send Janney a com- 
plimentary season pass whieh wUI be the <»lr stg i lil i att ii i ^immy fHll 
liiip».tvlMii ho gets It. 

In a recent article in Variety referring to the collapse of Walter Barry, 
tenor, upon the stage, a parallel was drawn between it and the similar 
oeoiirreiMO to the lata Billy ScanM, the noted Irish teqsv j|C h|i vimy. 
The story, however, menttoned tho lata ''Waltscf'.. g 9 an >o«i 

Bob Slsk is in charge of the publicity for the Theatre Guild and his 
wife. Cepha Day (Slsk), holds a similar position in the Frohman Oftee. 
They have drawn up a couple of homo ground rules for conversation. 
One is that whm either picks up an idea the other is not to hear of it 
until after execution — and if not executed — never. Nor will either of the 
Siaks exchange ideas on dramatic editors or reviewers. Other rules will 
fea oomposed as the oocasions arise. 



TEBUBLE UaUOX OSAKOX 

Los Angeles, Nov 2$. 
Charles B. Mlllsr, oowhey doaMe 

for Will Rogers for 15 years, was 
convicted by municipal ludge Tur- 
ney for the heinous crime of pos- 
sessing liquor in. his home. 

Sentence of $100 or ten days ia 
Jail was suspended on Miller's 
soleom VOW to observe t*:e Wright 

Act;' - 



"She Couldn't Say No," which left the Ritz. New York. Oct. 30. could 
have remained on Broadway through the fall. Judging from its business. 
The Anal week bettered •!§ ,000 and the week before was olbae to that 
mark. The pieoe originally opened at the Booth under a six week's 
booking. It was switched to the Ritz under a similar limited arrange- 
ment, but continuance in either house to profit would have been logical. 
Judging from the pace of the attraettoaa ipUdk MolM tt^^ 

A new Idea In program credits Is the brief biographical sketches of 
the players in "The Squall" at the 48th Street. Their past performances 
are skeietonlsed for general comparisons. 



A new low mark for a break -In date was established when 
a turn shaping as a headline attraction for an Intermediary circuit 
played a five- people turn at an uptown independent house three days 
for $7$. with the star splitting pro rata with her support. 

On the final split each performer received $S a day despite the house 
getting a break through the act having iu own egplottatioii asent* 



Duke (Wellington) Cross, who recently remarried, is gOIng to try 
business for a few months, according to a Chicago daily. It will be In 
the beauty shop of Klizabeth Arden's Chicago branch. If Duke likes the 
beauty stuft he'll probably stick, otherwise he can always do a single 
for two-aef If there is no musical pro du c t ion engagement open. He's 
the second Juyonllo the stage has lost thrmifk iwrliiO. OCiiet was 
Jay Gould. 



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DEATHS ABROAD 



Faria, Nov. 14. 
Henri Raitne, professionally 
known as Vilbert, French comedian, 
died at Vichy following au opera- 
tion. 

Henri Cotte, 56, FVench actor, 
killed by falling from train en 
route to i'uris. 

' Andre Wormser, 7B, French com- 
poser. Fa mous for hit **li'Wnfnnr 
i*rodiffiie," pantomime known 
throut;hout tho world. 

C. do taint flomy» sporting 
journuiiijt In Paris (staff of 

"L'Auto"). 

Henry Wallet, former presidciit 
of French lawn tennis federation. 

Rene FournetSv S8, opera singer, 
died at Pau, Franco. 




MENLO MOORE 

Menlo Moore, 44, of the siape pro- 
ducing firm of Moore & Megley, 
who went to California three 
months ago in the hope of benefit- 
ing his health and became worse 
a few days after his arrival there, 
died Monday night (Nov. tl) at the 
home of his father, W. P. Moore, in 
Mitchell, Ind. Mrs. Moore had 
brought her husband back home, 
having arranged to take him to 
an Indianapolis hospital' Just be- 
fore he pas.sed away. 

Mr. Moore had been in ill health 
for years, suffering with intestinal 
trouble, which, for a time, had taken 
him away from his theatrical 
labors. Upon his recent trip west 
complications, including a severe 
infection, set In, following: whole- 
sale teeth extractions. A principal 
nerve center was 'severed, tempor- 
arily paralysing tho right side of 
his face. Ho was removed to a 



on the bniln. The funeral took placa 
at her residence Nov. 22. 

Mrs. Stanton was 44 years old, 
and made her flrst sppsaranee pro. 

fessionally at the age of 17. She 
was prima donna with Savage s 
"PHnco of Pilsen," Richard Carle a 
"The Tenderroot. " "Love's Lottery 
In which Mme. Schumann Hrjnk 
starred in musical comedy, Mrs. 
Stanton appearing in tho second 
prima donna role as alternate priir.a 
drnna with the "Bostonlans." M s. 
Stanton appeared in concert in 
Xiondon, Berlin and other principal 
European cities. She was also a 
pioneer in the field of producmgr 
condensed grand opera in vaude- 
vUlo. ^ 

Mrs. Stanton retired from the 
.stage to take care of her husband, 
who had been an invalid for years. 

THOMAS CUSAGK 

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liospiial for an oral operation, and 
a week later, was brought east by 
Mrs. Moore. 

The deceased producer went from 
his Indiana home to Chicago some 
years ago^ He was originally In- 
terested in motion pictures, operat- 
ing several small houses to profit 
In Chicago he shifted to the sta?e 
end, producing tabs and acts, his 
connection with the operation and 
promotion of traveling tabloids 
stamping him as one of its pioneers 
in the middle west 

About 10 years ago Mr. Moore 
Joined with Macklin Megley. They 
extended their operations to the 
legitimate end. It was Moore & 
Megley who finally produced "Molly 
Darling," a big production whici 
failed to be the box otilce succes:^ 
desired. Their investments In big 
flhows proved discouraging and »the 
firm again turned its attention to 
vaudeville. 

It was Menlo Moore who firmly 
believed that the traveling vaudo 
unit for the bigger circuits was 
an invaluable asset. He "sold" the 
idea to the heads of the Orpheum 
Circuit and the routing of Moore & 
Megley units led to the belief that 
they wore being quietly financed by 
Finn & Helman. * 

About el?ht years ago Mr. Moore 
transferred the Moore & Megley 
mala aetivities to New York. It 
was in New Tork that they jumped 
from vaude producing to the legit 
end. In recent years tho vaudevll'e 



former head of the outdoor adver- 
tising firm that bears his name, 
died Nov. 19 of pneumonia at his 
home In Chicago. 

Mr. Cusack resigned as head of 
the blttboard Arm In 1«2S. Six chil- 
dren survive. 



RALPH RUFFNER 

Ralph Ruffner, manager Capitol 
theatre, Vancouver, B. C, d!ed of 



IN jVIU.MOaiY i)v' 
iMY DKAR HUSBAND 

LEW PAYTON 

M»j All Who Rrad 
llrrnth(> Thin Prayer 

*'GOD REST HIS SOUL'' 

VIOLA PAYTON 



heart trouble Nov. 12. His death 
W&4 sudden, Mr. RufFner having 
gone hoMTo from the theatre to ne!p 
his two-ycar-old son celebrate his 
birthday. A slight illness was foi« 
lowed by a fatal attack. 

Mr. Riaffiier had formerly man- 
aged theatres in Butte. Portland 
and other cities prior to accepting 
the Capitol management. The Capi* 
tol is owned by the Caiiadian*Para« 



iM aieaiorjr of My Deer Bre?lii>r 

JOHN J. BLACK 

who departsd thia life Nov. il, 1926. 
In life I loved you dearly-~ 
la death I do the name. 
Your I^ovttiK 8:«ter 

MRS. J. MEYER 



productions were centered to some 
extent from Chicago, although both 
Menlo and his partner spent oonsid- 
erable time In New Tork. 

Menlo Moore was well known, not 
only in New York, but in Chicago' 
and oit^MPooast Despite ill health, 
he steadfastly kept at his work and 
maintained a chierful spirit. 

He is survived by his widow and 
father, who were at his bedside 
when his death occurred. 

The funeral will be conducted 
from the family residence in Mit- 
choM this (Wednesday) afternoon. 



JOHN FAIRBANKS 

John Fairbanks. 23, brother of 
l>ouglas Fairbanks, died suddenly 
at his Beverly Hills. Hollywood., 
home, Nov. 20. Death was due to 
paralysis. Deceased had been In 111 
health for past four years, lio was 
general manager of Douglas Falr- 
hank.s Pictures Corporation for 
eight years, beginning when the 
film star Joined United Artists. 

A widow and two daughters, Flo- 
belli-. IS, and Mnry. 14. and two 
brothers, Douglas and William, sur- 
vive. 

— The remnlnii -v^f^ taken ^ Don- 
ver for interment. 



HKLENA FREDERICK 
Mrs. Howard Stanton, profession- 

ally known as Helena Frederick, 
i>riina donna who ni)i>eared up to a 
few years ago, died Nov. 19 at her 
home, 12 Dutchess Terrace. Beacon, 
N. Y., as tho resnit of a Mood clot 



SEYMOUR JAMES 
!Reymour James, 27, colored vaude* 
villian, who, with hlit wife, formed 
the act of Seymour and Jeannette^ 
died last week of heart trouble la 
Chicago. 

The act was playing the Pantages 
Circuit about six weeks ago when 
James became ill in Kansas City. 
He failed to show immediate im- 
provement, their Pan tour was can* 
celed and Mrs. James accompanied 
her husband to Chicago, where he 
was placed under medical treat* 
ment. 

The remains were taken to .Tames' 
old home in WrighUvllle, Qa.. for 
Interment. 

Hemy S. Woolfelk, 72. father of 

Boylo Woolfolk, booker for the But- 
terlleld Circuit, died in Danville. 
Ky., Nov. 16. 



The mother of Mae Powers Wick 

died Nov. 16 at the home of her 
daughter, 2901 McDougall street, 

Detroit. 



Charlee Phillipa ieott, veteran 

composer and organist, died NOV. 
14 in Maiden, Mass. 



Msrgsret A. Lsughlin, to, mother 
of Anna Laughlin Mohroe, died at 
h(^r home, 210 West End avenue. 
New York, Nov. 4 of heart trouble. 



Mri. Jennie CuperOf mother of 

lOdvvard V. Cupero, musical director, 
IJen Hur Kemi)ner theatre, died 
Nov. 18 in Pine Bluff, Ark. 

Joseph A. Lyons* proprietor of 

Lyonhurst, the lar^e.st ballroom In 

New Kn^land, 41ed rooAntlv in 

Marlboro, Mass. 



Bonjamin Btewsrt Muekenfuts, 

64, father of Ros-nlle .«?tewart, died 
Nov. 16 In Polyclinic Hospital. New 
York, following an operation last 
Sunday. Twoi aoffis, I*ee and Stew- 
art, alia aunrifo. 



1 



Wcdnttday, November 24, 1926 



FORE I G N 



VARIETY 



57 



LONDON AS IT LOOKS 

By HANNEN SWAPPER 



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. Z«ondon. Not. 15. 

Prmnkmu Talks Trips 

Another gentleman who spranf? Into j^eneral fame the other day was 
Otlbert Frankau, a novelist who has recently returned from your shores, 
and Who wont to tho O. P. Club, a theatrical debating society, and talked 
a lot of nonsense about your stage and ours. As the only plays he seems 
to have seen were '*L,ulu Belle," "The Shanghai Oot^Uro" and 'TllO Cradle 
Snatchers," his renarlcs were obviously Uipish. 

The moot Intoreotincr thinff that Frankau said In his speech was that 
when he was crossing to America. Ilsa Mavenga told htm that Hannon 
flwaffer had driven her back to New York. 

I was surprised to hear this because, not many months ago, Gilbert 
Frankira told mo he was going to resign from the P. JB. N. Club, an 
authors society founded by John Galsworthy, because a playwright 
sailed Hauptmann was to be received as a guest. 

"I will have nothing to do with Germans," said Frankau. 

Ho was SBtUlsd to this view, beeauss hs had a line war record. I am 
surprised, however, to And his anti-Gsniiaaism weakening when he sees 
a Qerman who is in musical comedy, . 

Debate Suddenly Dries Up 

These debates usually attract a crowd of speakers. This time, how- 
ever, the opening speech was so feeble that I was the only one called 
on to reply. My remarks were so violently destructive of all Mr. l^rankau 
had said that the debate came to a sudden end. 

I hope he talked better sense on your side than he did on his return. 

Do not let this persuade you that Frankau is not a fine fellow. I am 
irery fond of him. Besides, he dislikes the theatre. His owa play failed. 



Bad Blow for the Stars 

Fay Compton and Ijcob Quaftermaine, who were told by at least one 
aewspaper. When "The White Witch" failed, that they had been acting 
too long together at the Haymarket. must have had a shock the other 
night when a crowd of little-known players, chiefly chosen from Sir 
Barry Jackson's touring companies, went there in a Devonshire comedy 
by Eden Philpotts and his daughter, and scored a triumphant success. 

Stardom has had some nasty blows lately. Matheson Lang keeps away 
from London. Fred Terry, George Robey, oh, dozens of them prefer 
not to risk a London season. 

Only Sybil Thorndlke remains as England's greatest stage personality. 

I would have liked all the managers who have to go to New York to 
And plays to be present. After all, they all knew that "The Farmer's 
Wife*' had run for M14 performances, so that Bden Philpotts was not 
quite unknown.' 

This play will probably run a year for the Haymarket, long after 
most of the imported tripe is forgotten. 



' Lady Wyndham Appeals for an Actress 

Lady Wyndham Is appealing for Marie IlUngton, who was nearly born 
In America. I mean she was born on the way over. She has acted on 
your side in plays like "The Whip' and, until Illness forced her re- 
tirement fouf years ago, she was an accomplished eomedy actress of the 
Mrs. John Wood type. 

Now, her sole support Is a King George pension of $10 a week, 
- It is certainly strange that, considering what artists are supposed to 
do for other people's charities, Lady Wyndham has to appeal for ah 
actress of note, so that the outside world can help. 

(The American actress of similar name but nOt referred to by Mr. 
SwafCer is Margaret IlUngton.^i^Ed.) 



'Black Bottom' Name 
It Wtrrying Englisii 



London, Nov. 21. 

America can laugh at this, 
but it is no joke over here, 
where Uie name of the "Bluck 
Bottom" dance appears to have 
received oflleial notico. 

It is said that there has 
been a conference between of- 
ficials and showmen to modify 
tho name from "Black Bottom" 
to "Black Base," or "Black 
Bed." 

It looks as though the "bot- 
tom" of the title will have to 
drop out. Though it holds the 
same significance on this side 
as yours, on your sids It is 
looked upon lightly as a laugh, 
but over here they take it 
heavily and seriously. 

The creations on tho sub- 
missions of new names have 
been secured through the story 
of the dance. It is claimed to 
have been inspired through 
colored people In tho long ago 
and the 2South. U. B. A., pull- 
ing their feet out of the mud in 
the bed of a river. 



Colored people also say that 
tho current **Black Bottom** fs 

but little different from the 
dance done years ago and called 

"The Pas Ma I^." 



Three Amopieans 

Three weirdly divergent types of American womanhood are now re- 
hearsing "The Gold Diggers" with Avery Hopwood-^Tallulah Bankhead, 
Jobyna Rowland and Ruth Terry. ' 

Avery chose them all himself, so It Is his own fault. 

I expect that they will create a great sensation when the play is done 
here. When you lot three Wild American women loose on the stage 
anything might happen. 



Unes That Haekstt Did Net Speak 

Inset into my souvenir program of the Shakespearean matinee at 
Drury Lane was a slip saying, "Owing to the regretted death of Mr. 
James K* Hackett yesterday the scene from 'Macbeth' is necessarily 
omitted from today's performance." 

The program had been printed before the sad news came. Once again 
"Macbeth" had proved a hoodoo play. 

Half the Shakespearean actors of London were gathered on Drury 
Lane stage when they heard that Hackett had died, early that morning, 
in Paris. Some of them, indeed, were waiting for him to rehearss the 
•"Alft'^boLh" Rcono, which was to form part of the all-star program. 

Hackett had chosen to do Act 5, Scene 0, in which, by a strange coin- 
cidence, he was to recite the lines: 
Out, out, brief candle! 
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player. 
That itr%t» and fret§ hi$ hour upon the stage. 
And then i9 heard no more. 

The last words of the scone which Mr. Hackett was to speak were: 

At least we'll die with harness on our back. 
It is extraordinary that, included in a scene which was to have lasted 
only five minutes^ were words so applicable to Mi actor's passing. 



Produce Advises Comic 
By Cable to Resign 

London, Nov. t|* 

Lew Hearn signed an agreement 
to play the principal comedian role 
in a new do Courvllle show and to 
contribute no small portion of the 
book. This accomplished, de Cour- 
vllle went to America,_The next 
thing Hearn heard was a cablegram 
from do Oburville advising him to 
resign and leave the material ho 
interpolated on penalty of being 
relegated to second position in sup- 
port of another American eomedian 
to be imported. 

Hearn says he will stay the full 
eight weeks, and when he gees his 
material'Koes with him. ; 



nmivoouBT 

London, Nof* 14. 

For the first time in Its history, 
a mm was shown in the laW oourts 

recently. 

The case concerned a breach of 

contract In a film called "Fortune's 
Fool" (based on "The Scourge." by 
Rafael Sabatini) and the point to be 
decided was whether tho eliminat- 
ing of a certain scene dSlljilHed 
from the value of the fllm* 



PARIS PUYS 



Edith Day Saves the Kinq 

It was worth your money, though, to hear £dith Day, an American 
musical comedy actress, sing "God Save the King" when the King and 
Queen arrived. She fervently implored Heaven, in verse, she sang, not 

only to let the King bo victorious, l)ut to allow him to rcign over her. 

This is a strange request for an American woman to make; that is, 
unless she is marrying one of our titles. 

"Rose Marie" More Profitable 

During tho command performance Sir Alfred liutl, \vho had to be in 
the theatre to roceive ihe King and Quoen, held a board meeting at 
Which, no doubt, the directors counted up the profits, not of the 
Shakespearean matinee, hut of "Rose Mario." 

Sir Alfn d. who reads ihle column every week with great Joy, he tells 
me. will try and find on your sydc a successor for "Rose Marie." He has 
five plays in his mind— "Wild Rose," "Song of »*lame," "The Vagabond 
King" and two which have nut yet reached New Y(*rk. 

"I refupe to Join In any of this cut-throat competition for American 
plays." lie 8ai<?, "I regard is as suicidal. I hear that a London manager 
has Just paid America 15 per cent, of the gross takings foi "Broadway." 
an J in addition half tho profits. That sort of thing will end all busi- 
ness." 

I do not see, however, why London managers complain at the high 
prices they are being charged, if they leave all the creation to America 
Wy WUBt pay t l iniUKli lli e nus e tor it. 



Crossing— and Spring 
Sir Alfred has Just had another slice of bad lUck. His horse, Perfect 
Son, won the Xewbury Cup last Baturday and was then disqualified for 

crossing and \nniin;. 

"I am sorry it happened to .\our iioise," 1 said. "1 wi.sh it wouUl imp- 
pen to one of your American plays." 
Sir Alfred lauf bed. 



(Continued from p.ago 8) 
presented at tho Theatre dc L'Ave- 
nuo last week to an indifferent re- 
co pt ion. The score is by Fred 
Pearly and Romero. A wealthy 
girl, in her anxiety to avoid suitors, 
takes to masculine dress. She is 
discovered bathing In the ocenn by 
a niodoHt young man. Ov.t of deli- 
cacy he retreats without making 
himself known. When this comes 
to the knowledge of the heiress he 
vowH she will marry so dl.screet a 
man and bends her effort to finding 
hl» identity^ ^Bhe succeeds aftor 
mariy false starts, bringing fortune 
to the happy youth when "le Is on 
the verge of suicide. Maud Loti 
is starred in the venture. The 
Spanl.sh singer Christi is featured, 
amusing with his Imitations. 

"Epinsrd Gagns Le Grand" 

This i.s a new faroo in tlir*o acts 
at the Nouveautes, Nov. J 9. 
<loals With such eccentric elements 
as sporty undertakers, horso racing 
and snch. A funeral coachman who 
also runs a cafe facing the ceme- 
tery, by chance inherits a rauo 
hor.so. A customer, who al.MO is a 
book maker, undertakos to dispose 
of tiie animal and tries to sell it to 
a demi-mondalne. 

The young woman believes the 
owiif r I.s a Wf'ulthy nobleman and 
ftKourages ills amorous bttontions 
until the coachman's shrewish wife 
enlightens her. Meanwhile 'he 
horM4 Kpinard, wins a I4g event 
with a fortune for the owner, this 
being brought about by the schentes 
of the lover of the coachnian's 
daughter. Marcel Sini'Mi is <livert- 
inr AH th<^ coachman. Maurice 
Reniy Ik the young lover and 
.Marguerite Louvain the demi-mon- 
dalne. 



LONDON 



Ix)ndon, Nov. 14. 

The Quoin of Spain attended tho 
evening performance of "Beau 
Geste" (film) at tho Plaza Nov. 7, 
and upon leaving the theatre wjis 
warm in prais^o of tho manner in 
which tho film was presented. Her 
majesty showed a particular inter- 
est in the novel lighting effects of 
Francis Mangan accompanying tho 
prolog which precedes the Picture. 

The **We" combination, orlglhally 

consi.«stinp of Laddie Cliff, Roy Roy- 
ston, Bobhy Howes. H. B. Hed'.oy 
and Dennis Cowles and afterward 
with Los'.io Sarony replacing I Midie 
Cliff, is now being disbanded. The 
boys are giving up because several 
have production engagements, 

Bobby llowe.s is going into the 
new Archie de Bear show at tho 
Vaudeville: Roy Royston is to play 
the Juvenile lead in Harry Foster's 
"Happy-tJo-Lucky" and Leslie 

Sarony has a ps^tomin^e enfage- 

ment. 



In "The House of Card^<. " due at 
the LIttIo theatre, tho cast will con- 
sist of Louise Prusslng. Buena Bent* 
Margaret Yarde, .Martita Hunt, 
Jeanne de Casalis. Olive Currio and 
Malcolm Keen. 



O'Neirs "All God'.s Chlllun Hot 
Wings" is being sltown for the first 
time in England at the little art 
theatre known as the (Jate Theatre 
Salon. It is in for two weeks, as is 

the custom sf ths imidtiesnt Mi.that 
house. .■„••;,■;,:; 



The Barnes theatre (one of the 
lirst little try-out houses to spring 
up in outer London) was put up 
for auction Nov. 10. but the reserve 
price Was not reached, the highest 
bidding being $S2,500. 

Originally a cinema, Phillip 
lUdgeway took over the building 
two years ago. and it wom here that 
Thomas Hardy's "Te.ss of tho 
O'Urbervilles" was first produced. 



J. L. BalderstSn'S "Berkeley 
Square," denied an out-of-town 
trial, had an unpromising first night 
at the St. Martin's Oct. 6, and was 
thoroughly pulled about. But since 
the first week the trend has been 
steadily upward, and those con- 
nected with the show now expect a 
long run. ' • 

This Is a highbrow iday and con- 
tains only young artists, none of 
them box-ofneo draws. Its marked 
success after a shaky start has few 
precedents in recent London theat- 
rical hietery. The New rights 
were purcha.sod by .Ted HaiVlS and 
Crosby Gaige before prodttStion 
here. Since the play began to pick 
up the Theatre Royal in Copenhagen 
has taken it, and offers for per- 
formances and film rights have been 
received fkM Berlin, Vienna slid 
Munich. 



Robert Courtneldtro will produce 
"The Blue Mazurka" for James 
White at Daly's In the new year. 
The piece opens In Manchester at 
Christmas and will have ns princi- 
pals Biltie Hill. Elizabeth Pechy. 
Geoni listaict aad Oeor«s .Qfavss. 



After a healthy run, following a 
transfer from "Q" tlieatre, "Ask 
Becclos" closes at the Qlobe Nov» 
•^0. In the cast of "Trelawny of the 
Wells." which succeeds it. will be 
Margaret Bannerman, Ada Ferrar, 
Barbara Gott, Margaret Scudamore, 
L«on Quartermalno. Rupert Harvey, 
Stanley Cooke. Sebastian Smith* 
R V. Reynolds. Robert Atkins. 

Sir Arthur Pinero, the author, is 
personally supervM|at' 
for this revival. 



When "The Lido T.ady" cuuua to 
town from the provinces it will go 
to the Gaiety T>ee. 9. The thfed 
principals In the cast are PhvlllS 
l>are. Cicely Cuurtneidge, Jack Ht|l« 
bort. The show lias Won Ihirofiilils 
reports on its travels. 



"Blackbirds'* continues to great 

business at tho Pavilion. Tho Piinc^ 
of Wales was present recently and 

witnessed the prktmnmnino tvt UMi 

foMi^''|h»S. • 

Following a brief provineial towr 

commencing at Blackpool Nov. 29, 
'The Gold Diggers" will be brought 
to the "West Rrd by the fUWl Sf 
Olayton and Waller. Members of 
the company Include Tallulah Bank- 
head, Jobyna Howland. Ruth Terry, 
To.in Barry, Charles ChMhTy and 
Fred Kerr. 



The lievellors are booked here for 
a return engagf>ment at Prince's 
Cabaret, and will also apnear in a 
"how to t>e produced by Beaumont 
Aloxordpr. managing director of 
thnf ostoblishment. 

Thev do not come under the clas- 
niflration of a band, but as artists, 
nnd no proMbitIS* ati|||il| OMHI t« 
confipplated. 




Paris, Nov. 14. 
John Galsworthy's "Escape" has 
been presented here by Edward 
Stirling's English Players at the 
Theatre Albert I, coinciding with 
the play's run In London. It has 
not yet been seen in New York, 
where It Is soh s dnlsd this season. It 
tells of the escape of a gentleman 
convict in 10 episodes. Stirling 
holds the role of the esnvlot' 



Camille Wyn, Anglo- Parisian 
agent, has left for KeW York. COth- 
missioned by the I.sola Brothers to 
recruit a chorus for "Rose-Marie," 
due mt the Theatre Sarah Bern- 
hardt eiirly part of next year. 



Toe Boyd la now singing at the 
Loiiiil's bar here. 

Alfred Savoir. French playwright, 
has returned to Paris from Holly- 
wood, and is now writing tho sce- 
nario of "The Phantom," in whifh 
Raymond Griffith will be Starred. 
Savoir is going back to ^CaBlslimi 
early in the new year. 

"La Grlffe" of Henry Bernstein, 
with Victor Francen and Mme. Cor- 
ciade. will succeed "Deburau" at the 
Sarah Bernhardt when Sacha Gui- 
try leaves fur New York next 
month. This revival will be pro- 
duced by Armand: Be*?* 



BUTT-McGREGOR RIFT? 



Ix>ndon. Nov. 14. 

Sir Alfred Butt sailed for New 
York and Edgar McOregor, the 
American producer whom ho 
brought over to stage "Queen 
High," sails next week on tho "Ma- 
jestic." The original Intention was 
for them to tail together and to 
look over a number of American 
attractions with tho Idea of Mc- 
Gregor returning to London and 
staging them for Sir Alfred. This 
will probably not muterializc. 

Sir Alfred and McGregor. It Is 
reported, did not hit It off very well 
here. After the opening night of 
the try-out wr»^k of "Queen High" 
Sir Alfred brought Frederick Lons- 
dale to see the shew and made 
so)nr *lr:>Htic changes Without SOn* 
suiting M<K«regor. 

Tho latest report Is that the 
piece Is not drawbig any too well 
at the Queens. 



WINTER GARDEN'S REVUE 

Athes Tsking Cabaret Unl| of 40 
People to Berlin. 

London. Nov. 14. 

For tho first time a London cab- 
aret show will be seen in Its en- 
tirety on Continent when Mtty 
Athos takes over to the Winter 
Garden, Berlin, his New PriAOSi 
cabaret In December. ' 

thte Win IncMde 0 peo^. 
tuinis.. 



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(Continued from page 2) 
generally prohibitive in price for 
England. - This Is easy to under* 
Stand sinse most of the people ^ 
have ear-mnrked are playlnit OH OT 
near Broadway. 

When an artist gets on to 
liroadway It Is usually after a long 
.'ind .irduoup struggle for recogni- 
tion; and the price which he or she^ 

#fty eisk is usttiiiy eomoMntdMiil 

Wltti the time spent In "gettlilt 

there." SomA artists are keen on 
International reputation. The ma- 
jority^ are eontent Imip «n 
getting the best money they can in 
th» ir own country, leaving the In- 
ternational part of it to tho time 
When they are nol Wiiiied MWf 
nu»r<! in their home land. 

Many with reputations In New 
York forget that they have no 
reputdtion In London. They over* 
took that a big name In New York 
does not necessarily mean a d>\.w- 
ing card in London, and a big sal* 
ary naturally implies a draw. They 
are apt to forget that money In the 
United States Is one thing and 
money in England is another. 

Generally speaking to ask a New 
Yolk "star" salary In London Is 
asking tiie manai,'<*r to take on a 
financial loss. Some idea of the 
difference In money values will ho 
gained from ih*- faot thnt an or- 
chestra seat for a first ♦•!a«»« .•:hoW 
In the West Knd of London can 
t-o obtained for IS maxfrnun, 
whereas in New York w*» have paid 
as muoh as 15 or $6 a seat to s«e n 
.similar kind of show. Th» relative 
moneys paid for entertainment we 
reckon to bo pen-en t. mom In 
N» w York than in I»ndon. 

T do not wonder that English 
actors and actresses take n 
in New York. j 



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Peeved shouta for "Liffhta!" 
"Blaekt** ^'Curtain!" and a conatant 

mumble of usidcs indicated that the 
five acta at the American on the 
laat half bill woran't worryinK about 
what they should give this theatre's 
employees fur Christmas. The dis- 
order occurred at the Thursday aup- 
per sho ,v. with oas psrformaaea al- 
ready over. 

A alnffla wt>o was early on the 
bill even went as far as to murmur 
"What an orchestra!" No brand- 
new turn on the program. Holland 
Fantasie, carrying three dancers and 
an accompanist, opened in full and 
diapliorad an average family time 
routine. The billing comes from the 
opening number, a Dutch wood-shoe 
dance done by the featured team. 
Passed off unserenaded. 

Reynolds and White, a mixed 
musical pair, draw ruflawn on their 
opening cornet :md sax duet in old- 
time hobo makeup. Liater they 
switch to evening dross for serious 
work with fiddles. This team have 
an act Just suited for the Asso- 
ciation's unpretentious theatre.^. 

In third position the Capitol Re- 
vue, a two-man and three-woman 
l i ' i fr ii 'nr ' ■ i 



The two men supporting play well 
with ICtSB MoComas. who plays the 
young demure actress who wants to 
act wild (off stage) because she be- 
lieves her flancaa desires it. Car- 
roll is a bit too plump but loolcs 
stunning in a low cut gold mesh 
gown. 

Lady Oden Pearse, violinlste. was 
handicapped with an injury 'vhlch 
oauaod her to limp. Lady Pearse's 
good nddling is not properly shown 
in her poor selection and arrange- 
ment of numbers. Playing four 
songs without once leaving the stage 
or moving out of one position draws 
this turn out. The lady Just man- 
aged to get over. Robbins' Balti- 
moreans is a well managed orches- 
tra of young-looking boys. Rob- 
bins is prominent in all numbers, 
doing a vocal chorua in most of 
them. A trumpeter shows plenty of 
stuff as a comic dancer. Herbert 
Fa ye and Co., veteran turn as turns 
go today, did very well. Fay's com- 
edy and the supporting oast's sup- 
port good. 

Groh and Adonis, acrobatic and 
animal act, opened. . Liked here. 
Three dogs, used for laughs, get 



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Oklahoma City 60 

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San Diego » • . • 60 

San Francisco 61 

Seattle • 61 

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minstrel tab, got a fair reward, 
nuklnly on the unstinted pep of 
their delivery. Not so much talent 
in the act, but an obvious desire to 
give all they have. Stanley Chap- 
man had his regular next -to -closing 
spot for his "nut" single. The Swiss 
yodeling travest. is still the high 
spot of his act and ga¥a IMte. fitNlgr 
of applauae on .exit. 

A turn which can stop proceedings 
here in closing position is quite rare. 
The Mason- Dixon band did the 
trick. Ten youngsters and a comic 
singer comprise this snappy Jazz 
outfit. The boya have aeveral nov- 
elty blta double extensively and dis- 
tribute plenty of good entertain- 
ment. With more skilled produc- 
tion this act eould rate iMttSP tine 
than it is now playing. 

Business oafMcity by 8.30 Thurs- 
dar^ttlBlit. • ■ ■ ■ 



George E. BUlingsley, former man- 
ager of the Belmont HoteL has been 
appointed manager of the Edge- 
water Beach hotel, Chicago, and the 
Edgewater Gulf hotel, Bttozl, lllss., 
under William Dewey, who contln- 
uea aa managing director of both 
plaoss.^''"-.^./ ■ 



The 500 marines who are stationed 
here to guagl the malls will be ad- 
mitted free to Balaban & l^MV tiie- 
atres In their oft time. 



The Chicago Horse show will be 
run at the Chicago Riding Club Dec. 
7 to 11 inclusive. Proceeds of ticket 
sales to the public will go to the 
Illinois Children's Homo and Aid 
BoeietF. ' 



The night manager, four colored 
bell boys and Ave women w ere ar- 
rested in a raid on the New Trtiont 
hotel, 29 S. Dearborn. 

At pretty hard battle for Or- 
pheum's Riviera theatre, Lawrence 
and Broadway, with the picture- 
preaenution policy Uptown in the 
next Mock getting the better of the 
"vaudeville" emporium, which plays 
Orpheum "big time" (in name only) 
acta and usually a poor picture. 

Carroll McConias (legitimate), 
was showing with a company of two. 
This fling at vaudeville is in form 
of a sketch, only fairly entertaiidng. 



them. The pups go wild over a 
balloon, which evades them every 
time they touch it wtlll tlMlr Snoots. 
Great for the kids. 

Orchestra about half filled in the 
evening. 

Picture, "iadies at Play" (First 
National). ■ 



Santrey and Norton, dance team, 
formerly with "Little Nellie Kelly" 
and other Cohaa shows, are now at 
the Rendezvous (cabaret). Freddy 
Bernard, who split with his partner, 
Sid Gary, wlOto at tlia Rendesvous, 
remained there as master of cere- 
monies. The Loomia kids closed an 
eight*Wgek engagement at the Ren- 
dezvous, leaving for St. Louis to 
open at the Ambassador (picture 



Fred J. Nortman and Charles 
Fecher, operators of the Lexington 
theatre, East 63d street and Uni- 
versity avenue, have purchased the 
theatf* fii#pfir ftPtia-AtiNii Xar- 



In anticipation of the Armr-Kavy 
game crowd, "In This Room" will 
have a midnight performance at the 
Princess Friday. There Wilt be no 
shew at Saturday matinee. 

The Bert Levey ofllee In Chicago 
has begun booking the Auditorium. 
Berwyn, IIL Bookings formerly were 
baadlid by tlM Ous Sua offloe. 

A benefit performance will be held 
at the Harris Dec. 12 for the Chi- 
cago Consumptive Aid S<^iety un- 
der the auspk^ea of the Jewiah The- 
atrical Guild. George MM! will be 
nmg|«r aC oeremonles. - , [ ),:.. — 

Earl Ross closed his stofik, which 
alternated between JtlilB aad Au- 
rora, Nov. 2. 



The Dorothy La Verne stock 
closed /Nov. IS at Kleist'a Pontlac, 
Mich. Ilr. Klslst has alrsudr orgaa- 
Iced anotlpif aMBpaay. reopening 

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Clark and O'Shea closed their 
stock at Gary. Nov. 18. Several of 
the players go to Waukegaa stock, 
operated by the same mea* 

Norman McDonald, former stage 

director, ESssanay (film), before its 
liquidation, has closed with Mrs. 
Flake's company, now playing at tlie 
Pitt, PIttoburgh, Pa. 

Ruby Blackburn, fbrmtr stock 

lead, working In pictures IR Qolly- 
wood. Is returning Chut. 

Fred Weston came to Ch!ca?:o for 
people for Brssh Bros, stock, in re- 
hearsal la Otfhkosh. Wis. Weston 
was former maasirsr oC Holden 
Brothers' stock. 



Just a fair bill this week, with 
nothing outstanding. Punch com- 
edy in partloular Is missing. Sun- 
day aftei*noon held a good llOUSt> 
cold weather aiding. 

Bap Bsssards. a neat wire turn 
with some gp«d trteks» get a reus- 



ing hand for their efforts. The girl 
is okay on looks, but aaslstn aer 

partner more in the patter than on 
the wire. Smith and Cantor, two 
men comedy and song turn, open 
strong with a Russian comedy num- 
ber. The ensuing mugging la not 
so forte, but manages to get some 
laughs. Smith still plays a lot of 
piano, and knows how. In confining 
most of their comedy to song would 
help, as the team is strongest vo- 
cally. At that they copped hit hon- 
ors easily. 

Hartley and Patterson in a skit by 
J. Arnold and K. Keith, celled **One 
Nij^ht," are both musical comedy 
types. The girl, ei^tering the man's 
house to burgle, disoovers him 
drui^c and does the stick-up bit. 
Some patter and gag lines, finish- 
ing with the usual song and dance. 
Joe and Martin Kennedy did well 
with their stuff in blackface. 

Lewis and LA Varre in their rube 
station master-show girl sketch 
pleased. The girl sings a hot blue 
number and is a good type. Lewis 
is standard in what he does. The 
Badalie and Dean Revue misses in 
construction and is rather slow. It 
needs pep. Badalie and Dean in the 
adagio are good, with some nifty 
routines. Their waits is fair. Two 
girl tapsters are neat but do noth- 
ing. The finish, announced as ec- 
OMitrlc Black Bottom, is more ec- 
centric than "B. B." Quinn, Binder 
and Roy, two men and girl turn. 
Just fair. A lot of hoke comedy was 
tough getting over. The girl Is the 
foil for the men. The two do an 
Egyptian ballet burlesque, but are 
stronger on the eccentric soft shoe. 

Cordon Kibbler's Musical Maids, 
composing seven girls playing saxes, 
banjo, drums, piano and violin, man- 
aged to get over on the strength of 
their sex. The banjoist, a good- 
looking blonde, and the drummer 
double on songs. A violin solo is 
also feattoad* 



Johnny Ryan, recently of niglit 
cluba, ia master of ceremonies in 
"Poppy Land Revue," plSflag the 

Ascher houses. : 



The new show at the College Inn 
opened Nov. 16. Principals are 
Llschoron and Hathaway, Chamber- 
line and Himes, Pauline Gaskin and 
Sylvia Joyce. , Fine produood- 

(3ood show at the Palace this 
week. Good almost all the way, this 
being the case the first time since 
the new Orpheum house's opening. 
Holdovers continue, still showing the 
shortage of materiaL Nellie and 
Sara Kouns, as good and colorful 
this week as last, are the repeat 
turn this week. Nellie and Sara 
found it difficult to get away from 
an appreciative audience. Their 
beautiful "echo" song, a standby. Is 
retained from the previous week. 

The bill ran pretty well and would 
have been better minus the lopsided 
first part, which did not end until 
4.10. As a result the second half 
tooked strained In being forced to 
hurry. Arthur Corey and Co.. open- 
ing, are here with the same turn 
seen at the old Palaee a eouple of 
weeks before its close. Corey Is a 
favorite with the clasaical dancing 
clientele here. A brionfle paint diaee 
number, the act's flash. Is well pre- 
sented by Corey, a good dancer In a 
classy way. 

Lang and Haley, mixed comedy 
act, deuced to results. Lang, of 
burlesque, and Bemlce Haley, once 
one of the four Haley Sisters, were 
a surprise, doing a speech instead of 
an encore, which they could easily 
have handled. All crossfire material 
handled well by both and enhanced 
by some artful mugging on the part 
of Lang. Plenty of stuff here that 
rates first class. The Kouns girls 
were followed by Lou Holts, who 
was here only a few weeks ago In 
"Vanities," which show he held up 
as much as possible, but received 
strong panning for being in It. The 
general contour of Holtz's material 
has not changed at all since his last 
vaudeville date, but still holds a 
kick with a few new, gags. 

Bert Lytell received a hand start 
and finish, also going to a speech, 
which consumed several minutes 
and In which he said that the ac- 
tion In his vehicle happened In real 
life only a few weeks ago In Oak- 
land. Because of that similarity he 



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emraired by a new8i>aT>*»r to re- 
port the real life cane. LyteU s«tH 
everything powHbiA out of his sketcli, 
••The VallRnt," written by IIol worthy 
Hall and Robert lilddlemaf (or Uip 
last LadiVIi* OambbL The ptafee u 
in'ippin? and was well llkotl hcr<5. 
X^ytell closed the longr first part. 

Robert Benohley, "Tha Crltlo 6t 
'Lite,'" which Is his billinfr and ftlao 
his occupation between vaudevllla 
dates, opened tiM seoand part and 
started with thera comln^r in from 
their , smokes. "The Treasurer'* Re- 
port'* is Mr. Benehley'a eonceptkm 
of a treasurer's report. Other ex- 
planation i« unnecegsary. He clicked 
pretty well with, tbto . unusually 
•'wise" audience and got a nice h»nd. 
Adela Verne, concert pianiste, was 
good trom start to finish. 

Jack MeLallen and Sarah wtMit 
through okay, showing their now 
aged material can retain its legs if 
not pressed or repeated too hard. 
The Briants made most of the^halr 
warmaFS cling and applaud at the 
blowolf. 

House capacity downstairs but 
only fair up. ^ Iioop. 

KANSAS CITY 

iy WILL. ft. HUOket 

Shubart— "Ben-Hur." 

Roysl— "We*r^ in the Navy Now." 

Newman — "The Popular Sin" 
'<nim). "American Beauties" (unit). 

Liberty— "Tha Winning of Bar- 
bara Worth." 

Mai nstraet — "SynoopaUng 9m** 
(him), vaudeville. 

Pfintages — Vaudeville, pictures, 

prpheum — Vaud«ville, 

Globs— Musical tleibs. pii^tures. 

impress — Burlesqua (Mutval). 

Missouri— "Peg ^ W HW^T' 
(National Players). 

Convention Hall — "The Miracle." 

"The Miracle" (Convention Hall), 
and •*Ben-Hur" (Shubert). are teach 
starting a three weeks* run. The 
Boyal is featuring "We're in the 
Navy Now" for tw<r #^k8 or longer. 

The Brainard family is well rep- 
resented in the theatrical world m 
Kansas City. Rowo Brainard 1h 
treasurer of the Bhuliert. His sis- 
ter Helen is press agent and treas- 
urer at the MlHsouri. Arthiur Brain- 
ard, a brother, is electrician at the 
8hubert, and H/Brain^Jpd».ilkthar 
ot the ihrM^. In nlnotrlniiii nt the 
'MissourL C 

The Auditorium Managers' Ahho- 
ciation holds its annual conv^tion 
here Dec lt-14. The Convention 
Bureau of the Chamber of Com- 
11 raer^e announqes that tt coi|ven 
tldlin Imve besn beoketf Mi^.VsnHNii 
City for 1927. 

NEW ORLEANS 

By O. M. SAMUEL 

Tulane — San Carlos Opera Co. 
8t. Chsrlea— "One of the Family" 
(Saeng<^r Players). 
. Liberty— "Pttradi^e." 
Strand— "One Minute to Play." 



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The Vlda C^filr'.hns. been ^orn 

Business has been ' very light at 

th^ Paliice;' onco the biggest money- 
mfiksir among th^, |9Qiil vaudeville 
'lu>UBea^ nn^ the kewNr le euttinir its 
vAdnif^stbn scale materially. The 
■Palace PlAys Keith vaudeville. • An- 
,'etne^ theatre scheduled : tn^ *M4liei 
ilts prioGR \H the St. Glwrlcc, wherd 
l#to>ck holds forth. 

Fi»rtune Oallo'a opera company 
iWll be nt the Tulane for a month. 
Walker Whiteside did |«,5M mt -the 
local lefit bpuse hut weplc* 

Julian Saenger. and E. V. Ri<;h- 
ards are down in Central. America, 
combining business with plesure. 



Johnny DeDroit and his orchestra 
are at Kelb*s. ' v : 

The Jai alai fronton in St. Ber- 
nard is "all s^c^ inrrikn wliiief» ariv- 

4ng N(!W Orleans a- now tad n ^ ve l 
"Uliinbllng' arena., ::/.:'C:;:!:S:'C^'^: 

SALT LAKE Cmr 

By OLtN PiRfimS 

Ralph Cloniiiprr, fonncrly in 
Stock at the Wilkes theatre, is ap- 
pearing in person and on the screen 
in ' The Wind* . oT; tiM Pnmii^ 
CSalt liake), '■ ; 

Nell Schettler hfis Ixv^n appointed 
mij.sioal director of the Paramount- 
Krnpresft theatre orchestra, eoeceed- 
ig Edward P. Kimball* 



VARIETY BUREAU 

WASHINGTOri, D. C 

<1«» Celnmbin Road) 
TtleiMinnn Gelumbin 4110 



By HARDIE MEAKIN 

Belssco— "Is Zat So", next, "What 
Never Dies" ( E. II. Sotlicr"). 

Nstionsl— "The Constant \V ifo.' 
(Ethel Harrymore); noxt. ♦*The 
La«t t>f Mr.^, Ch' nov" » Ina Claire). 

Poli'e— "BIOHaom Timo" (Shu- 
l)€rr8); next, "Passing Show o£ 
1»1'6 ' (Shuherts). 

Gsyety - "Kosiior, Kitty KeU>-" 
(Columbia). ., " • f . 

MutiMil^**Land , d£ Ifl^ <lltt^ 
tual). 

Ksith's— Vaudeville. 

Earle — Vaude-pcts. 

Strand— iviusic.ii Tab, films. 
Picture Heusee 

Columbis — QuarterhaelL**: next 
"Stella liallas.'* 

Mstropolitan— "Strong Man.'* War- 
ing's Pennsylvanians; next*. "Young 
April.- 

Palaee— "Upeta«e/* JftU We«k; 
n«it. "Gay Oneetver/' Brooke Johns* 

Orchestra. ■ 

Rtalte-^'-Miehnel Strocoff/* Bem- 
herton Daneftn; nezti **Koeber Kit- 
ty KeUy." _ 

Oddities In bookings are develop- 
ing through the Gayeiy ^Columbia) 
ringing in an ecenskmal draqaatic or 
musical show. For Instai ce: One 
week prior to tiie showing of the 
film. «*Alona of the floutlfc Rene.*' at 
the Palace the mualenl stage ver- 
sion played the Gayety. Currently 
this same Chiyety hae '^os>*er Kitty 
Kelly" whiJo the Rlalto Is annoum - 
ing the fllm version of the same 
piece for the coming week. ■- 

Washington has its tlrst .real 
night club hostess In the person of 
OttUle Corday at the Spanish Vil- 
lage. TV'te Borraa brought Miss 
Corday lu re. She has appeared In 
musical productions. IncludinR 
Oe** •nn4 •*|loonllght." . 

Kew York dance orchestra 
"names*' are beginning to appear 
here. Th© first is Ben Bcrnie's 

Piping Roek oMiiii|lt% it^c^ co«« 
lute inn RL lfnrki.4 aew^ig^ eiub. 



had attracted liberal patreaaire, the 

fHHB ferrying over to CJanuda to 
see tiie lllms, which could nut hv 
Hhown in New York stnt# und^r 
iTe^eral Inwn. 

Sunday Alms were shown, at the 

Strand «nd Star thoatro--, O^d^'ns- 
burg, Nov. I'l, and mot with a 
hearty reception. 'WklQt theatres 

gav»> four shows to profit. 

Klniira will have its ttrst Sunday 
movies Not. IT aa the result of 
ald»'rmanIo art ion. following' tho 
favorable vote in the rtu'+'at munici- 
pal referendum. The Common 
Council went on record for ^Sunday 
filnia with nine aldermen voting 
yes, ;in*l tl)ree recorded as not vot- 
ing:. The omcial plurality in favor 
of Sunday films was announced an 
2.M9. Alderman J. Maxwell Beers. 
Rep., former dramatic critic "Tho 
Star (Jazette,*' ^«peakIng from the 
floor, Bald he has consulted with 
leaders of the anti-Sunday show 
movement and that they had 
"agreed it had been a fair fight 
and that nothing could be done 
honorably but to aoquiesce." 



B. C. A. Reed, managing M new 

Carlton Club for Harry Wardman, 
went to New Toi k to line up a uan>e 
conildnation for his club. 



The Crandall orgapiste did some 
shifting last week. George Bmmans 
going from the Colony to the Tivoli. 
Harold Pea so from the Home to the 
Colony, with Mrs, Towne in the for- 
mer Pease as-sienment. The York 
iiow has Mrs.. liauer at the console 
replacing Mrs. Townn. . Tllln'clill^- 
ipg was due t0 Otto V, IMkliniEkMr 

the^TivfiM. ' ^ " 

WarinK'K PennnylijiSBinian's are back 
at the Metropolltnn . (or„ tl^eir 
week in Washjbgto . Tke ntn|r uOe 
time le iBdtflhite. . 



Julian BrylawakI hnabeer. elected 

to the pre*<i :cncy of the Washing- 
ton Mption Pi«tur^, Theatre Ownepj' 
A«K>el*tiev. n u iiotf itN i t BitW «. 



SYRACUSE; Y. 

Wietina— -Beh-Hur" next. "Pretty 
Lady," riew musical, based en 
"Mama I.ovc Papa," premiere here 

Dcf, 

R. F. Kejth*e— Vaudevill^ and pic- 

tures. ■* ' ' ^ «i .■• 

Temple— First half. "Rarin' to 
<3o" (Columbia); 2d half, vaude- 
ville and pi<;tures. ''■ « " 

Sevoy — -The Ohg*r: JHWlT 
(Mutual). " • 

Strsnd— -Ktd Boot**' > 
E mp i re— - 'I^ Bohem*,** Witt iltt - 
sicah prologue. ' ' 

Robbihe-Bekel^"Mis8 Kebody.** 
Reoent— ••Tke^ fSM^-* Gry** -»nd 
"Volcano!"' - • ' 
Hnrvni^*^nii nf JHnrt.»» " - 
OftniiNitr^ 

B. Kmmctt C()m'.'U, fonner man- 
ager Kokel tbeatre Ijcro.'haH filed 
suit In Rnpremo Court seekln*; a 
divorce frpm his second wife, Mrs. 
Mabel -CJerkWI. ^ 



The En»plre, celebrating anni- 
ven»ary week, is presenting an 
operatic prologue to "La Boheme." 
Msrgai*et Johnson, soprano, and 
ne»;inald Wiseman, tenor, are fea- 
tured. Countess Helmy Smimova 
arranged tlie number and Harold 
Lavine« of tlie Kmpire house start, 
st«ifed' it. . • ■ , "v...::: V' 



NEWARK, N. J. 

By C. R. AUSTIN 

thubert-«'*Tip Toes.'* 
Brosd— "Fanny." 

PrectoKe — Vaudevme-'^^'ou'd Be 
Surprised.** 
L oe w's State " VaudevilIe***U!|^ 

stage.' 

Newark — Vaudeville - JosMlyn** 

\vi:o." 

Mosqus — '"Mare Nostrum*- vaude* 
vine. 

Brsnford — "Syncopating Que**- 
vaudeville. 

Fox TsrmlnsI — "lleturn of Peter 
Orlmm '-' Preed of tho Sea." 

Rislto— "The Cat's l*ajan»as.** 

Cspitol— Tri-weekiy double feat- 
ure change. 

Goedwrn— "The Bhiek Ptmte," 

Min«r*s Emplm — *'Red XlMMe" 
(Columbia). 

Lyrie— "Hound the Town** (Mu- 
tual). 

Orpheun»— ^Shalte Your Feet.** 

In h<»r first appearance at the 
Lyric last week Carrie Finnell 
clesned up fer fair. At the Bmpire 

the lefcltlraate shows have done bet- 
ter than the burlesque attractions. 

The Rialto (Stanley-Fabian) has 
given up Its "run" policy, plainly a 
hopeless proposition In Newark. It 
flopped at the Canttol last year also. 




The RIaItu is running fnmi week to 
week. Tlic organists are l>av>k at 
the Capitol sgain. *'The Naked 
Truth" finished Its fifth week at the 
house with satiafactory busino6.<Y for 
the end of a run. Ttils apparently 
equals the run record in Newark. 
Tho Capitol is pla>'ins a triple 
i hange of double features this week 
and~^ill show m tlrnt "run * next 
week of llaquel Meller In "For Her 
People" (fllm). 

The Slinl»ert.-i finally sent Schle- 
hlngt'r a show allowing "A Lady's 
Virtue" to appear lant week at the 
Kroad. The Shubert. however, had 
to go dark last week and hasn't a 
single Shubert musical announced. 
Nov. 29. Anne Nichols' "Howdy 
King" will show thei*e. the flret time 
a drama has occupied the house for 
over a year. How far the break 
between the Shuberta and Schleeln- 
ger has gone is revealed by the fact 
that Hchleslnger's own show, **Be- 
hind Lace Curtaine** (*T>lsUngulglMd 
Villa"), Is announced for next week 
as offered by L. Lawrence Weber 
in astoclatlon with M. S. BehlMrtn- 
ger. while It was previously an- 
nounced as produced by Lee 8hn- 
bert with Sohlesioger, 



Max Wolf, formerly at the^Cen* 
tral. la inanacnr ef the new 

velt. 



Fire in the pi*oje4!tlon booth of 
the Orpheum, Utlca, last week dur- 
ing the first evening show emptied 
tlM houae. A half hour later, the 
binle msl^^tlMt aiwv mm 



rORTLANDt PRE- 

By SAM H. COHEN 

Heit ig — "Old • SncUidr' CQeorge 

Arliss). ■ 
Broadway— "Forlorn River," 
Lilierty— "The Magician." 
RJveli— "SunPv Ride l^p.*' ' ^ 
Majestic— -The FJai^le of the Sea." 

.Columbia— "The Four Horsemen.' 
Reopie's— "Tho Marriage Clause." 
Blue Mouse — * Mismatc.s." 

.Pantaflse— Pan vaudeville. 
Music Box->Will King stock. 



Sammy Cohen, local newspaper- 
man, is handling pubricfty for the 
Liberty and Rivoli theatres, whieh 
have passed to . Merth American 
control. 



ISddie Hitchcock, manager Liber- 
ty, plna» n mldlifght FroUc** every 
Satnrilii^ nif kf. ' 

Bltrry Arthtir, VMB^prealdent and 

general manager North Amerlcafi 
Theatres, Inc.^ which absorbed the 
Jensen -Mt V«n ffevberg efring, is 
making almost daily trips to and 
from Seattle and to othor citlea on 
tlM"iirenil»^ v" ■ 



Paul Noble, ft^merly managei- 
Llherty. under the Md JeMMI' 4k 
Von Herberg regfm<<. Ifi again . man- 
aging J. J. Parker'e People's tbe- 



Openlng of the new Pantoges Nov. 
15. Scats t.800. The laat thing In 
building construction. Pantages pur- 
chased the site, formerly holding the 
old Hippodrome, leased by Acker- 
man Harris, and tore the entire 
house out. leaving only the bare four 
walls. The house ia considered one 
of the finest thentraa nnw on Panr 
tagw' circuit. ' • .. 

'Rodney Pantages. general man- 
ager of tlie circuit, had* eliarge of 
the opening campaign. As the open- 
ing date appiyjae.hed large bold ads 
started to ai«pear in tre dailies. 
Inaugural program t Watson 81s- 
terH, (lerf-rudo Kderle, Frank lira Id 
wood, William :J>e8inohdrT]iree Mcl- 
vins. - "i ' ■ ■ " ; 

.1. A. Johnson Ifl mat>nK«''". with 
jCnrl.Wemer in charge of publli»Ity. 



THE 21SI 

ANNIVERSARY 

NUMBER 



of 




Witt be iaaiied in December 



Usual, advertising rates for aU 
• • clasflfications 



OUfTord Waterman, of this city, 
las been cho.sen for a tenor role in 
Kansas City production of "The 
Ifiraele.'* 



The Salt Lako Oratorio Society, 
which is now preparing HandoVs 
1 sacred oratorio, "The Messiah," for 
presentation on J>ew Year's day, 
l#1fl haS^e a chorus of 600 volcefl. 

— Z Tn rt mr i-X^A A imtiltiriil nf ti\f\ nrnHid - 

^^^^ % '1111 ei XTtT? IT tmi'lU'H I'l W**^ |,i v 

iing Mshot>rlc of the Chwrch of Jesus 
Christ of T.atttr-d;iy Palnt«. tVtP 
Morr in tabernacle choir, sr^ i»lro»ig« 
recently broadcast over KSL. 
i 



Mkn/ Salt Lakf-rs are taking 
scre^p test^ at tj^e ^'jyi.it^jres theatre 
sinee the arrival of Dh vi (<.r Piarsal^. 
♦»f Hollywood, shd his canieranVan, 
\V. J. Iteekway, ' ; a 



E. H. Coatcs, New York, profes- 
sional producer. Is In Oswego to 
sta^e Japi»yland," light opera, with 
a home talent cast, in the lUchard- 
son theatre next month under 
KIwanIa auspfees. 



The New York Players (8to<'k>. 
playing In the Little theatre, Ithaca, 
may be forced to dose Nov. 557. 
Failure of the elty to support tho 
venture Is the reason. The Little 
tlientre soiits 3S4 find if is ner'>H- 
sai-y to have au average of 2r»0 at 
e.ieh performance to mept expen.ses. 
Thp season wov under-written by a 
C i tty-*>nM rf»MiiiltlPA in nn effort to 



bring the spoken drama ,back in 
ithaen. V 



"Several re( l«? of the Tunney- 
Dempsey f]Chi. pictures were dt«- 
Rtroyetl. by lite in a Mazo 4n Uie 
projection Ixmrh of the Ocm theatre 
In iVesf'btt, Ont. Tlie 'ffl'm<i \v« re 
the property of the Dominion Film 
Co, t»f«Tefdnte,' *The ftgltt pictures 



; PORTLAND, ME. 

V 0y HAL CRAM > ' * 

Tlii» Striifi^' epehed' i iiA^ boM^^y 
last week with presentations in ad- 
dition to^ibi usual double feature. 
^pe«far atttiire fMiir^ wda the 

lnnp«-rlal Marimba Band. This we*'k 
the presentation ia "The «^ully 
Raitdns." and net^ wefek; the Cor- 
hett J^lslers* Revuf. Pre.«<entations 
aro to be a permanent pQir<^y at this 
bbuae'hereMte^ ^ »r v 



Tho New .Tefferson Players bw 
considered the beat il^ek tfv^r lo- 
cated in Portland, 



Souvemey'a Amusement hall, 
oper.Tted by receivership, is b« in^ 
looked over by outside theatre in- 
terests with the poaelblllty of being 
rem'Kieied into a picture And taiid<^- 
ville house. 



"Variety V Annual Aniuver«afy 

Number, as always, goes over the 

Announcements should be iorWztdi^d 
as early as convenient and may be seftt 
to any "Variety'' office. Earlier adver- 
tising copy is received, the better posi- 
tion and attention may be given to it* 



■1 



House completely sold out and 
standing room only greeted Hir 
Harry Lauder here. 



Ruth n«rnH. for tljo past f« 
years publiejty and eXT*lolt''r for 
I'niversnrs Cohjmbh*, feitlf^irii 
anil Will leavft for .New 



t 




reeently 1>eeaine Mrs. Kiigehe Rfeh. j 



The .sHia** Ri.'iff Hbi< II fuv y«' «rs 
guided"the*d< rtt in Je.v of i\m old l'a:i- 
tafies house will be T<»-pl iT»tae« by 
RiHlney Piint-igts, In ehavKO' of the 
openintf of the now hblMe. J. A, 
.lohnson rr mains »m msnap^r: his- 
son Claude, fisslHtant, and Curl Wer- 
«er, preet mfmu vw i^ « . i - # 



154 West 46th Stre«« 

NEW YORK CITY 




siaaarii 



y A R I s T y 




VARlEm LOS ANGELES OFHCE 

ARTHUR UNGAR in Charge 
Chapman Bldg.* Suite 610 
756 80. Bro^wiiyrPhoBt WOft Van Oyk 



LOS ANGELES 



Pr«l0Mlonalt hmy the Utii «f Vnfi^i^ 
Las Ano«lM OMm ff«p tnf^rmatlon. ||«|| 
may b« addraSMd ear*. Variaty, Chapman 
Bldfl^ Ipoa Angalaa. It will ba hald aubjaet 
to Mil farw f dad, advarllaad in Va* 
riaty'a Latter Liat. 




Mhicus Heiman must sea the 
luMwriUiur on tba wall; If b# Hms 
aiil, Mihan tha manafaaMat lif his 

local Orpheum doaa» tor last week, 
taking up the center of the outer 
lobby, was a glass case containing 
A miniature of the S. S. President 
Adams, with a unli.ormed attendant 
of the Dollar Line explaining to 
those who stopped all about the 
tour. This man managed to get big 
crowds to listen to bi« lecture and. 
from a ^0-mlnuta obaervatlon, at- 
tracted more people to hia Wares 
than did the box ofQce. 

Of course there had to be a reaaon 
for the display here as the Orpheum 
€OUld not obviously allow its lobby 
to be an avency for a ateamship 
company. So a placard was on the 
case saying "London, New York and 
Paris," whicn referred in some way 
to an act playing in the house. On 
the stage, though, there was no bus- 
Ineaa or sitoatlon which might in 
Any way cause a tieup of this sort 
to be made. Possibly the only busi- 
ness which brought this tieup might 
have been the exchange of currency 
between the ' Dollar lilne And the 
theatre for the privilege. Tieups of 
this sort may be a good move and 
•arly training for the hottaa. wlikih 
no doubt will follow the footsteps of 
other Orpheum and Keith houaes 
add the motion picture to Its 
entertainment when matters of this 
aort are actually necessary to put 
over a show. 

Then, again. Mr. Heiman might 
be Informed, if he does not know, 
that amall- time exploitation tactics 
were u.sed in his $1.65 palace of 
amusement with the giving out to 
each patron by attendants a pack- 
age containing two peanuta. That 
was the means of the house inform- 
ing its patrons that the current 
week will be "National Nut Week" 
tn the houae. wHh the occaaion be- 
Ing the appearance of Olsen and 
Johnson. The attendant notified the 
•oateiriara when giving out the pack- 
ages that a $5 gold piece was in one 
Of ^lem. This reporter, having paid 
kii %ay in, thought It would be a 
good chance to gat Interest on the 
IS.SO he paid for his seats, and got 
himself half a dosen packages, but 
the |5 was missing. Possibly an old 
ballyhoo trick learned from another 
vodvll circuit whose executives have 
bad experience in the peanut racket. 

The show waa nothing to brag 
Of, as It had one of those units 
which was a heavy and bulky affair 
and slowed the running each tima 
one of ita eomponaato wm» on Ilia 
rostrum. 

Headlining waa Hiith Itoland 
fNew Acts), former picture serial 
a^eas, with a routine of songa and 
aboiii iH faet of flhn preoeding her 

entry that told of her screen 
achievements. On tour Miss Roland 
looks Ilka a sureAre money -getter 
lor the box office. She has a nicely 
liooked-up routine, is good to look 
apMi, haa magnetic personality and 
an easy way of selling herself. 
Though the act here at the Monday 
night show did not start off in 
Clicking shape, it developfui ^tronprth. 



M08T ORIGIN Af^ 

COFFEE SHOP 

In the Oolden Woai 

Carl— MULLER'S^LiU 

#tWO OLD TIMKfiaP 

IMfect from Train o« TheatM 

Y<m Are Weleome 
724 8o. Hill 8t. Loa Angeles 



with the reault Mlaii Roland Stopped 

the show. 

Opening were Bud and Jack Pear- 
son, with a tap routine of dancing. 
The boys, as part of the unit show, 
started off with a pleasing routine 
of atepping that let them get by as 
openers. Then came the aecond 
point of the unit. Jack Kraft and 
Elsie La Mont, in comedy and danc- 
ing, assisted by a chorus of eight, 
and Chas. Ross, chanter. This turn 
is small-timish and all hoked up, 
with Kraft making a pitiful show- 
ing as a comic. He is a great hoof- 
er, and if ho were to confine his 
talent in this direction might find 
himself more tolerable to an audi- 
ence. 

Mile. Odali Careno, dramatic so- 
prano, held over from the w eek be- 
fore, had a new catalog of chants, 
delivered in numerous languages. 
She la a great salesman, and might 
ha a good bet In picture houses 
which do not use the "flash" pre- 
sentations, but can use a real class 
specialty. Dooley and Sales, on 
next, had plenty of fun with them- 
selves as well as the audience in 
getting rid of their load of hoke. It 
was a tough start, which was a«lck- 
ly overcome as the duo progressed, 
and they registered a snappy ilniah. 

"London, Paris and Now York," 
the third unit, billed as a Jos. Sant- 
ley production, was gorgeous in 
scenic embellishments. Outside of 
that. It reminds considerably of one 
of the Ben Kahn one-act tabs pre- 
sented m the old Union Square. New 
York. Listless and lifeless, though 
it had color in its stage picture. An 
outotandlng feature in the entire 
turn Is a bewitching little feminine. 
Dorothy Mack, who has ability to 
sell her aongs and terpsichorean en- 
deavors. Othera In the cast, .which 
included the Pearaon Boys. ROSS, 
Jane Smith and the eight "girls" of 
the ensemble, were alap "among 
those present." \ ^ 

Following Miss Roland, next to 
closing, were Roy Cummlngs and 
Irene Shaw. CJttmmlnts took uo 10 
minutes In doing his routine falls, 
and stopped the show cold, as he 
had done the prevtous week. Cos- 
ing was Will Perry, "the Frog 
Man," who did hia contortionistic 
feats In an eUborato sotting. As the 
prelude to the entrance of Ferry, 
the eight girls did a little chanting 
and atepping In a pIcturesQue set- 
ting. This seems r mistake, as 
when Perry stiirted on . his plow 
routine the ^ oxit f W M ia mid cr^ did 
tbolratufr. , 

All Httbor, Qerman daaigner, here 
from Berlin and unUer contract by 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, will design 
the coatumea for "Old Heidelberg,' 
which Ernst Lubitsch will direct. 
Ruber la a noted painter and Is a 
member of the ICaaMIl AcadasBy. 



tion. Mrs. Webb before her mar- 
riage In 192ft was I>orothy Wallace, 

actress. 



Wesley Lord, concert organist, has 
been engaged by Fred Miller as fea- 
turod attraction at tha FigUMroa. 

Bert Flake, former accompanist 

for Ruth Roland in vaudeville, la 
now conducting his own orchestra at 
Club Alabam for Mike Lyman. 



AMBASSADOR 

■■a maelsee's Theafrieal Jlladf aSrlere, 
Cor. Bddy sad Masoa ita 

rROFEtSIONAL IIATit ALWAYS 
Fr*"» R II. oweab Mtr. 



7TW.~ 



(Talking- 



935 80. 
BROADWAY 



Sale Of Aontal 

Scenery 
Drapes 
Art Flowera 
Wickerwara 
Papier Mache 
Prologue Bottinga 
Lobby A Ballroom 
Decorations 



Cecil Teague. organist, late of 
San Francisco and tho Jensen & 
Von Herberg circuit in the Pacific 
northwest, has been signed by West 
Coast Theatr«4 like,* MM; fsatured 
organist at Xi^iTa itoto, lios An- 
gelea. ■ ' ^ 

Hollywood Amuaement Enter- 
prises, Inc.. has been organised by 
Hollywood men allied with the pic- 
ture industry. Otto H. Oleson Is 
president. Associated are H. Kills 
Read. Norman Sproul, Arthur 
Kashel. Gus Inglls, A. M. Wiley and 
"Red" Robinson. The concern will 
orgaiflze picture shows, oimlvals. 
pageanta, fotoa and ezposittoag. 

Janet daynor, film actreas-imder 
contract to Fox, and Herbert Moul 
ton, Los Angeles newspaper man, 
are engaged to mai>ry. No date has 
been set for their marriage, but it 
probably witt talto^^laooitfound the 
holidays. ' 



Tho Ted Wildes are expecting a 
visit from the stork. The father is 
Harold Lloyd's gag man. and his 
wife waa Phyllia Byrna. prolesaion- 
ally. 



Slxty-taree hour service Is now In 
effect between Loa Angelea and Chi- 
cago via the three transcontinental 
roads, Santa Fe. Union Pacific and 
Southern Paclflc-Rock Island. Bach 
road Is operating one train each way 
daily on this fast schedule and ex- 
acting $10 extra fare from paaaon- 
gers for the privilege of saving a 
da<y on either end of Ui# journey. 

Good vaudeville at Pantagos last 
week. Roscoe Ails 'and Katie Pull- 
man topped the bill. 

Os.sie and Linko. Valentine Vox 
and Emily Walters. Winfield and 
Jean and the Rhapaodlana offered 
strong .support. 

Ossie and Linko opened in "Spring 
Training," doing hand balancing, 
flying strap work and tumbling, with 
baseball uniforms and equipment as 
camouflage. Thia teaftn offered a re- 
freshingly new version of an old 
form of vaudeville, namely, acro- 
batles^ 

The Rhapsodian.s, with Bruno 
Mailer, male violinist,- and Komanos 
Slsters/-dancers; Vema Campbell 
and Grayce Bernard, accompanist 
and vocalist, offered a aong, muaic 
and dan^ vSTuo to moderato re- 
turns. 

Valentine Vox and Emily Walters, 
'ontrllbquiats, featuring Vox'a double 
voice singing In harmony and Mi«s 
Walters' baby cry. were next. Ven- 
trlloqulato liko 'Wontina Vox and 
Miss Waltera are few and fSr be- 
tween. 

Winfleld and Joan offered a Sketch 

to good returns, with Winfleld play- 
ing heavily on a Southern, accent. 
Thia waa particularly notleoable 
through Miss Walters using a very 
broad Southern accent in the turn 
before. They were devor and pleas- 
ing, but the sketch dies In the mid- 
dle, but la carried through by the 
good work of ptayors. 

Next came Roscoe Ails with Katie 
Pullman, Dorothy Ellsworth, Cecil 
Graham and a alz-plaoo band. Alls 
and Miss Pullman offered about the 
best Black Bottom seen to date in 
Los Angeles. Tho root Waa bigh 
comedy, hot syncopation and some 
excellent dancing by Mlas Pullman 
and an acrobatic dance reminiscent 
of the Orient by Miss Ellsworth. 
Cecil Graham, colored dancer, got 
over to nice applause. The IpatTtet 
was "Tho Country Beyond," 



The Alaska Yukon club of Los An- 
geles tendered a reception In honor 
of the 25th anniversary of Alexander 
Pantages In Show business which 
he started in Dawson City (Alaska) 
during the famous Klondike rush.^ 
Mr. Pantages appeared peraonally 
and provided ontartalnmoiijU / 



Qumey B. Newlln. Los Angeles 
attorney, was elected pre^dent of 
the Los Angeles Grand Opera asso- 
ciation, succeeding Benjamin F. 
Bied.soe, who. hoM; tbs «Qtoo three 
years. 



Neither Larry Kent nor Edna 
Murphy, film players, confirm or 
deny the report of their engagement 
to wed. The two are in Firat National 
pictures. 



Ruth Stewart, who appeared in 
"Weak Sisters" (Majestic), has re- 
placed Ruth Chatterton In E. D. 
Smith's road productioa of "The 
(Jreen Hat." 



Millard Webb, screen director, and 
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OIOLAHOMA CITY 

iiy QCORQE NOBLE 

Tbo old Outhrle, Outhrlo, Okla., 

has reopened with stock and pic 
tures. I^y Moore opened the Ray 
theatre, Snyder, Okla., last week. 
Lew Wentz oi>ens his new Ponce 
City (Qjkla.) theatre soon with 
F. P.-mmlmu. Griffith Broa. open 
the new RItz, Seminole, Okla.. soon 
Frank Miller plans to erect a new 
house in Marlow, Okla. The Rltu, 
Albany. Tex., haa been taken over 
by the Texas Theatre Co. The Ma 
jeatio, El Dorado, Ark., haa been 
reopened. Wood & Isley are poinK 
to build a new theatre in Sapulpa. 
Allen Oldham has opened the new 
Dixie. Clayton, Okla. The Garden 
and Mystic theatres, Picher, Okla., 
and the Chickaaha, Chlckaaha, Okla.. 
have been remodeled. 



SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

'By L. J. SMITH 

8ppeekoio~"Bon-Hiiir/* 

Pantages — "Vaudeville. 

Savoy — "Home Firea" (stock). 

Colotiial^Muaical comedy atock. 

Balboa— "The Campus Flirt" and 
Fanchon & Marco's "Campua Idea." 

Cabrlllo— "Wet Paint'* 

Mission — "Puppets." 

Plasa— "The Masician." 

Siiporbo— ''Tha mmm of the Yu- 
kon." 

Broadway — "Aloma of the South 

Seas." 

California — "The Far Cry." 
Buah Egyptian— "The Prince of 
Pilaen.-.- 



Business is grood here. With 
many already in town for tho open- 
ing of the Tiajuana racing meet. 
Thanksgiving Day, and more coming 
in every day tho show lOiopa are 
grabbing plenty of easy money. The 
tourist crop for the winter is also 
helping. 

The look -ahead boys arc on the 
job with both feet. There's a new 
Junior Orpheum houae golnff up at 
Fourth and C streets and may be 
open by January. A Los Angeles 
realty scout is here looking for a 
new stock theatre site. Three new 
picture houses are under way in va- 
rious neii^borhooda. 



Pantages packa 'em in whether 
the bill is good or BOt and some of 
tho Bhows there recently have been 
just a^ little less than mediocre. 
Arm.strong's "Baby Dolls," opening 
at the Colonial a few weeks ago, 
seems to have caught on. The Bal- 
boa (Woat Coaat house), showing 
first-runs and a Fanchon & Marco 
revue each week, jama 'em in all the 
time. ■ 



At Mission Beach, six miles from 
Pantages, a new dance band — the 
Collegians — has been Installed In the 
ballroom with gratifying results. 
The bathhouse, plunye. roller akat- 
ing rink and all concessions are 
open and the new policy of operat- 
ing tho yeor round lookg iHio m Hfn- 
ner. ■.. 



The Devil'a Den, a new dance af- 
fair, opened recently In the Waldorf 
hotel grill with a hot bund and a 
policy of feature nights. This antici- 
pated a play from the racing fans 
making the Waldorf their headquar- 

tera. ■ ■■. . ■ 



Gain Curci had them standing and 
cheering her concert program last 
Saturday night at the Sprodtala. 
The house was a sellout. 



OAKLAND, CAL. 

By WOOD 80ANE8 

This is a lively week in Oakland 
theatredom. 

The activity started yesterday 
with the opening of the Duncan 
Sisters, Vivian and Koaetto, aa Fan- 
chon and Marco stars at the T. & 
D., doing their vaudeville turn In 
"Topsy and Eva" makeup aa a start 
on the picture Joseph Schenck is 
scheduled to make for them. 

The alatera are slated for one 
week here and a second at the War- 
field in San Francisco, in on a per- 
centage baala that is said to guar- 
antee them practically $5,000 a 
week. They arrived here ' with a 
larffe retinuo of htUp and trunks. 

Saturday also marked the open- 
ing of Henry Duffy's coast produc- 
tion of "Rain," with Isabel Withers 
in the Jeanne Eagcls role and Har- 
old Salter as tho Rev. Davldaon, at 
the 12th Street, where it will remain 
for eight days. The Duffy showing 
is something in tho way of a coup, 
as the play was previously con- 
tracted for by George Ebey for his 
Fulton stock and then withdrawn 
in favor of the San n^MMllep im- 
presario. 



and Casey Jonoo to«ether with a 
quartet and 16 girls. Feature ptc« 
tures wUi be on the program, too. 

At the Fulton Shirley Grey opened 
her' engagement in "Baay Come. 
Kasy Go." She U oppoaito Norman 
Field, who has been here for some 
time and replacea Miami Campbell, 
Miss Grey's second bill wilt bo 'Tho 
Girl from Chllds'." Her contract 
carries her to tho first of the year 
with an option. Support Includes 
Auda Due, Eloise Keeler, Stewart 
Wilson^ John G. Fee, V. Talbot Hen- 
deraon, Leo Linhard, Inrinir Koa« 
nedy and Qoorgo Webster, otatfo 
rector. 



Last Wednesday night Jimmy 
Glea.son stepped Into the role of the 
saxophonist-truck driver, DOaay, In 
his play, "The Fall Guy," on at tho 
Fulton, with Mrs. Gleason (Lucilio 
Webster) starred. Gloaaon replaced 
Howard Russell as a publicity gag 
for the single performance and was 
accorded a wild demonstration by 
the customers who have not seen 
him troupe since he became a New 
York star. Gleason Is living hero 
working on his play, "The Shan* 
nons of Broadway," which will prob« 
ably be produced by Qoorgo Ebey 

''Beau Oeste" is to be playe.1 aa 
a road show at the 12th Street for 
two weeks starting Nov. 28 by the 
Publiz. The local house, American, 
Is inadequate to take care of the 
throngs expected. W. A. Rusco 
will have charge of tho bozofflco 
and management of the film and 
the orchestra now installed at the 
|lt Itaacis |ii Mm Wancisco wUi 
ovir;v- 



Musical "Tab" comedy comes into 
the State Nov. tl/ lMUclnff the first 

time in several seasons a show of 
this sort has been here. Nat Holt, 
part owner of the Wigwam. San 
Francisco, returns to the State ho 
once managed to operate a "No. 2" 
Jack Russell show on percentage^ 

Holt installs Lou Dunbar, former 
"Irish" comic, for Will King and a 
company of thirty, with feature pic- 
tures also part of the entertain- 
ment. Meanwhile Russell continues 
at the Wigwam. 

J. WaltA" Frates will be agent. 
HoU'e coming puts a stop to rumors 
concerning the disposition of tho 
house, operated by the T. & D., Jr., 
with the West Coast having a heavy 
interest under a nine-year lease 
hel<? by the Bank of Italy, which 
boug.it the Fourteenth and Broad- 
way block some time ago. PftAtOfiMr 
was diokoring for » subnii 



Tlie State has opened it.s musical 
comedy season, featuring Lew Dun- 
bar under the co-direction of Nat 
Holt and Jack Russell, an old fa- 
vorite here who is now working for 
Holt at the Wigwam in San Fran- 
cisco. Dunbar's is really a sort of 
No. 2 Russell unit. In support are 
Millie Pedro, George Stanley, Dixie 
Blair, Maiso) Gardner, Ruby Lang 



Oklahoma City's new film build- 

Inf? opens Dec. 1. Among its ten- 
ants will be Educational, GrifTlth 
Brothers, Anderson Theatre Ekiulp- 
ment, and Liberty- Specialty Co. 



A. D. M)*ers has been named man - 
nftcr of the Majestic, Fort Gibson, 

Okla. 



Th*^ Klondike theatre. Saspnmro, 
Tox., was recently damaged by lire. 

J. R. MacKnrbroti is now mntinir- 
Ing the Saenprer tlieatre. Pine Bluff, 
Ark., replacing Charles O'Connel 
who goes to the general . ofllces In 
New Orleans. ^ 



y. Valbot Kendorson has returned 

to the Fulton stock after a sea.son 
With the Menard Tent Players in 
BmoryvlllO in support of hia wito^ 
Marguerite Allen. He will appear 
in the oponinff bill of Shirley Grey, 
new leadinf woman* who malos her 
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After An ftbMn<«e from hia family 
of 10 monibs L>oul« Cotan, ot the 
romouB Players theatre department, 
claims that he pOMitiv»><y will get 
away in time to mptfk^ THankagtylng 
in Now York. 

Joe McKenna and Billy Kohler 
have been in the box office of the 
Bt Wrmmti9 tendlinc dueste on 
"3eau QtsNT* for the last oovplo of 
weeks. 

FamouM Players -L«a8ky road show 
department have plaoed Jack Tripp 
^ in charge of the San Francisco com- 
pany of "Beau GeBte," which is 
headed for Salt Lake and Denver 
doublinip into the northwestern 
cottntfT* The picture wlH play two 
weeks In Oakland at the 12th Street 
theatre with Andre Setaro of the 
St Francis going aofM HW Ipay to 
•onduot tha scors. , 

Tntrk A. P.' Oassollo, Chicago 

nhowman, wujj In town last week. 
He spent much time with his 
friends, Kolb and DHL 



Eai*I Burtnett's orchestra has left 
the St. Francis Hotel, rstonilng to 
the Biltmore, IiM Allfillii* ifnuik 
JSllia replaces. 

Phil Tead, lead In "BaHy Come. 
Basy Go" and The Poor Nut," re- 
mains at the Alcazar for the Duffy 
production of "The Pearl of Nul- 
tane," renamed version of *'Aloma of 
the South Seas." LeRoy Clemens, 
the author, is staging the piece In 
collaboration wl^ ^Win QurMs. 

Tho Children's theatre, branch of 
the Players Guild, has opened its 
second season. 



Thomas Cavanaugh, chief en»?i- 
neer of the Warfteld theatre, will 
become superintendent of service at 
the new Mark Hopkins Hotel, now 
Bearing completldiii. 



Nan Sunderland has rniacod 
Bdlth BVans In '^neen HIglir soon 
to onen nt the Wilkes here. This 
will the first Kolb and Dill show 
that May Cloy (Mrs. Xolb) has not 
been In since her maitia5Te to Mr. 
Kolb. phe is ill in St. Mary's Hos- 
pital. Another old time fli^orite of 
the Kolb and Dill shows. Julln 
Blanc, will also be missing from 
*«Queeil Itlii^'*; nil pirt for her. 



West Coast Theatre, Inc., pro- 
mbted 10 chssts of RoTers Bros, sil- 
verware, valued at $60 a chest, to 
Use in a tie-up with Dou^rlas Fair- 
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for Rofers Bros, is "pieces of eisht," 
a trade sIokuii with them and a 
familiar expreHnion of pirates. FHUili 
WlditblsclL did the promotinir* 

Crosby and Rinker. the young 
"Van and Bohenck" singers, luive 
been booked for an en^ra^emeBt In 
Lheir home town, Spokane, before 
Roing east to apear with Whiteman 
in the Dillingham Show. The boys, 
less than 20, have been away from 
home exactly a year this month and 
have achieved marked success in 
picture p r sat n tations. 

John MacKenzie. stage manager 
and enactor of a "bit" at the I'rosi- 
dent theatre^ ran Into a policeman 
and a lot of trouble In the ' early 
hours of Ai'mistice Day while re- 
turning home in his car. 

After making the pinch the cop 
noticed MacKenzie's car was dented 
in. MacKenzlo was hasy about the 
drnt but admitted a faint recollec- 
tion of having hit something a little 
earlier in the evening. At the police 
sthtion the Armistice o^brater was 
charged with beinK a hit and run 
driver, a serious offense here; oper- 
ating a car while Intoxicated, also 
serious; resisting an offlcor. no light 
matter; driving without light, driv- 
ing recklessly and driving without 
a license. 

If convicted on all charges Mac- 
Kensie will be an octogenarian when 
he gets out, according to his best 
friends, who are doing all they can 
foir him. 



SEATTLE 

By DAVE TREPP 

Metropolitan ~**The Oreen Hat" 

(Ruth Chatterton). 

President — "Applesauce" (stock). 

Orphsum — Vaudeville. 

Pantages — "Flame8**-vaude. 

Fifth Avenue — "Don Juan's Three 
Nights." 

Coliseum — 'Tht' Temptress." 

Blue Mouse — "Mismates." 

Columbia— "The Black Pirate." 

Winter Garden— "Breed of the 
Se:i." 

Strand— "Men of Steel." 
Embassy— "Hold That Lion.** 

Edward ^her announces the 

Orpheum, Twin Falls, Ida., started 
Ackerman & Harris acts Nov. 22. 
E. A. Anderson Is ihanager. . 



The third annual "Pot Pourri" in 
Seattle, put on at the Fifth Avenue 

by all local theatres, netted close to 
$4,000 for the theatre men's special 

fund. 



Jim Cleinmer is now managing 
director of the Fifth Avenue, coming 
from Portland last week to succee<l 
Hal Home, who went to Portland. 
E. E. Rugglcs continues as house 
manager. Mr. Clemmer formerly 
owned the Clemmer theatres In Se- 
attle and Bpokane. 

The Venetian, Seattle's newoKt 
suburban theatre, at 10th and tia.a{ 
Pine, opened last week. 8am Oer- 
mano Is managor. 

William McCurdy. manager local 

Duff theatre, r^^ports that th^» new 
l.e Roy Cleuimens play, "The World 
Loves a Winner," will be repeated 
in Senttle 5:hortly after Jan. 1. Two 
organisations want to buy the hou8'» 
for one night each. This play will 
also be staged soon by Henry Puffy 
in San Pranci.><co. 



INDIANAPOLIS 

By EDWIN O'NEAL 

Engl ish'a— "lien -Hur" (3d week). 

Murat— "Ghosts" (Mrs. Fiske). 
Nov. 1:5 -26- 7. 

Palsce— "Main Street" (FYed Ar- 
iath'tt) ("d week). 

Keith's— Vaudeville. 

Cirele^"Ladie8 at Play.** 

Colonial~"AcrosH the Pacific." 

Apollo — "We're in the Navy Now." 

Ohio— "The Gay Deceiver.*' 

Uptovin— ^*One Minute to Play" 
(Urst half). 

|t{»-.*'The Kick Off" (first half). 



"Vanities" plavs English's Dec, 9- 
10-11. A. r\ Miller, manager, ha?- 
'^Iso booked Sophie Tucker and Ted 
T.ewis in Hufus he Maire's "Affairs" 
^>oc. 6-8. 



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As a Thanksgiving Jittnictlon Mrs. 
Fiske opens a tlireo-clay enj^aK - 
ment In Ibsen's "Ghosts" at the 
Murat Thanksgiving matinee. 



Pat Kooney and Marion Bent re- 
turned to Keith's this week after a 

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NEW ENGLAND 

Tks new Wollaston theatre. Woi- 
laston. Mass., near Boston, r*^oned 
last week with vaudeville and hlms. 
The house was erected by Abraham 
Spits, Providence theatre promoter. 
The manager is H. H. Chenoweth 
with Piltoy Fattlksiibsrg assistant. 



A request that further permits he 
refused for Sunday "sacred con- 
certs" (theatrical) has been made 
to Mayor Beal. Waltham, Mass., by 
Franklin G. Woodward, chairman 
of the Public Morals committee of 
the Waltham Federation of 
Churches. Mr. Woodward u«sert.s 
certain Waltham theatres are "us- 
inf? the charity feature as Just a 
cloak to mask the breaking of God'i- 
law" and to "fatten their pockets." 

Tegi?s cracked two theatre safcH, 
one in Connecticut and the other in 
Massaehusetts, last week. At Groen- 
flold, MasH., the Lawler theatre safe 
was robbed of $150, but the robbers 
were unable to open the inner vault, 
which etmtalnecl $1,500. The wife In 
the Bristol theatre, Bristol, Conn., 
yielded ll.8ff. 



The new Granada theatre. Maiden, 
Mass.. opened Nov. 1ft with five actv 
and a feature film. The house is 
u|>erated jointly by George A. anc'. 
Oliver E. Ramsdell and Fred Green 
and Harry Ellen berpr. The former 
run the Orpheum and the latter the 
Mysttei both In Maiden. ■ 



Although Kaquel Meller got a top 
ndniihslon of $10 at Albany, with 
similar scale in other cities durinf^r 
htr lour. Nho appeared in the Au- 
ditorium. 8pringOeld» Mass.. Satur- 
day niik'ht at a seals raiifflaff/CftMn 
$1 to $5. 



The Nathan Yaniins circuit. F:il! 
River, Mush., is having a home tal- 
ent movie made by Herbert Hoi* 
combe to be jshown iq. Us thsi^tcas «S 

a hu.siness booster. 



The authorized capital stock of 
the Associated Theatres, Inc., New 
Haven. Conn., has been tBorcassd 
from ^50.000 and IIOO.OQC. 



The Paul Hansell Repertory Co 
at the Academy of Music. North- 
ampton, Mass.. is now appearing 
only on Wednesday. Thursday. Fii- 
day and Saturday. The other three 
days are given over to picture pro- 
Tram. Despite the fact the Acad- 
emy is operated and owned by thr 
c ity the local newspaper Is protest- 
ing: the showing of films tilsris dii 
Sunday. 



>*acquale Tebaldl will erect a $70.- 
:i)0 theatre seating 1.200 at Indian Or- 
chard, a suburb of Sprhifirfteld, Mas.s 
The Goldstein Rrothers. .Springfield 
tre reported to have t«ken QV«r the 
Proposed house. 



Junius G. Edwards. Fall Hiver, 
Mass., manager of Arcadia, amuse- 
ment park, .*<outh Gardner, Mass., for 
two yesrs, has acquired ti|ie prop- 
erty and will operate It uiidsr a long 
term lease. 



BALTIMORE 

By BRAWBfftOOK ' 

Auditorium — "The Pass!!^ Bhow.* 

Guild— Patience" (fifth week). 
Ford's — "Cradle Snatchers." 



The Raltimoro "K\ enlngr Sun" haw 
added a new film feature. "Q. B. 
D.." movie critic for the afternoon 
paper, has a new g0K«lp column, 
"Atovie Close Ups,** appearing every 
Wednesday and Friday. This is in 
a«\dIt!on to the same writer's M^h^ 
day "Film Fan.s" column. 

"Q. K. D." also has a. four- day 
picture review column. The •.Nfovie 
Close Ups" are being heavily advcr- 
tised. 



The "Rvenlng Suu'h" dramatic 
<ritic. hitherto hy-line«l simple as 
E. K.," now tops his reviews 
with hLs full name. Gilbert Kanour 
is critic for the afternoon paper and 
has held that pu.st uince the death 
of J. o. L. (Jack Lambdln), for 
whom Kanour second^itirhMlsd* 

, The art dei>artment at the b«jew- 
Century Is out. It cohsisted of OlKa 
Schapiro, recently In charge of the 
studio for the Whitehurst FJnter- 
prines. and J. F. Grace, who can.e 
hero from St. Louis, iioth MIhs 
Schapiro and Mr. Grace are reported 
to have connected with the Fox, 
Philadelphia, at which house Miss 
Schapiro was formerly identiHcd. 



MILWAUKEE 

By HERB M. ISRAEL 

Davidson "iien-ilur." 

Garrick — Kosher Kitty Kelly" 

< ' ll'MSH stock). 

Pabst— "IMe Bojarcnbraut ' ((Jer- 

I'l.in operetta). 

Palace— Vaudeville. 

Majestic — Vaudeville. 

Miller — Vaudeville. 

Emp'-esa ' ^•riental M a i d 

Gaycty "Kandy Kid.s ' (JJutualK 

Alhambra— "lier \Utz Ni^ht.' 

Garden — Sweet Uosie 0'<»rady. ' 

Merrill — * I.a Moh«*ine" (id w» <•!<). 

Strand— "H'nsnii's Kolly.' 

Princess— "The Great K-A Roh- 
hery." 

Wisconsin— "The Quarterback." 



nig MilwaukM wltlKMit A roaU show 

house. 



Karl Mich* l has Joined the Eric 
Karle picture house Liiblold com- 
pany. ««piacing Rubs Ifartin. 



IT n I versa 1 reported to hsvs pur- 
chased property in West Allts for a 
theatre. With 15.000 p?opl# to draw 
from this Huburban towu has not 
hevn tapped as yet. Saxe will also 
build there. 



Aiutouncement of the wedding of 
Frances Rogers, chorus girl, and 

Karl ""lichel, juvenile. Kric Karle 
players, to iaJ<e place Jan. 1, 19_7. 
was made at th*> marriage oC Jack 
LoVoIh and Iia2el Stokes on the 
Mtage of the l-Jmpress Nov. It* 

The Princess (S;ixe), Becond run 
house, was converted into u tirst 
run hGUSS this week with *TheC^teai 
K-A Robbery^ as the Initial offar- 
ing. 



MINNEAPOLIS 

Metropolitan -"The BIk Parade." 
Shubert— " The Dove" iHalnhridge 
stock). 

Hennepin- OrilhsiM^ VAUdsvlllc. 

pictures. : ' ■'. ■.• ' 

Palace— 'W ay Down UiSf (Mc- 

Cull-Krldge tah). 
Pantages— Vaudeville, pictures. 
Seventh ' Strsst*^Vaii««^itot pte. 

turos. 

Gayety— 'Helh*. Puree (Mutual). 

State— "The Quarterback." lioyal 
Roumanian Serenaders (staM). 

Strand— "Stella Dallas." 

Garrick— "Ka«le of the Sea," Ed- 
die Bratton Melody Makers (Stftgei^ 

Lyr;c— "The Boy Friend." 

Aster — "The Runaway Kxpress." 

Grand— 'Ths Black <Pirate" tr^- 
turn). . 



The ( ity council audit<ii iufii |MM^ 
mittee has de<ided that fft.Oilll per 
annum will bs the maximum salary 
for the new municipal auditorium 
managerial pcsitiun. A. U. "Buss" 
Bainhrldge. numaKing directof and 

Tf^sec of the Shuhert (stock), stated 
he would not consider it for any 
.salary les.s than $10,000 a y^ar^ THs 
• Dally Star," urging the r>alnhridKe 
Ke.eetion, panned the aldermen 
editorlalljr tor pnMmlmg so o w o ii i y ^ 

other than Bertha Kalich in 
•Magda," scheduled for Nov. 28, the 
Mefropolftan (road shows) has no 
uudeilined attractions. Tho house 
was Mt imMt week. Bookings ap- 
llMntlir dUllcuIt to Main. 



PITTSBURGH 

By JACK A. SIMONS 

Alvin~"Yej». Yen. Yvette." 

Nixon- ZicKteld ■ KoUifH.' 

Pitt -"'1 he C!reen Hat." 

Gayaty - "New York to Paris" 
(Ci)luiuhia). 

Acac:emy^"Nicht Ufa In Paris** 
(Mutual). 

Grsnd — "The Quarterback." 

Aldins-«-**Tbe Temptress." 

Olympic — "Everybody's Act Ing." 

Davis — "Risky Business"- vaude- 
ville. 

Cameo-- "Sweet Rosie O'Urady." 
LibeKy— "Tho Quarterback." 
Stats— "Breed of the Sea.** 



"No, No, Nanette,** soon makes 
its fourth visit to PittsburKh. booked 
for the Nixon. Richard L<ambert» 
ahead. Is here now. Judging from 
the advance sale for the "Follies," 
Manager liarry Brown said u new 
Nixon hbs*6fnoe record may be 
tablished. 



Tho Al Smith Players (stock) Is 

at the Ka.st ICnd theatre (Harris 
AmuR'jment Co.), In the East Lib- 
erty district. 



If any theatre manaqer in Pitts- 
burgh had his hands full last week 
that man was John B. K(\vno!ds, 
who has both the Shubort Alvin and 
Shubert Pitt theatres. With both 
houses nlaylni? to capacity H« ynoMs. 
who often finds he nmst b»» at both 
houses Pt the same time, wm* hut^ier 
than the proverUal one-armed 
paper hanger with the hives. Years 
.'«•'»» .lohn was cItv editor of the 
PittsbMrgh "Chronicle Telegra ph." 



ST. LOUIS 



LOU RUEBEL 

-Dark. 

' WaiiMiBi** 



W*y- 



Playing .Oujtanne Lenglen and tho 
other Pylo tennlw pros on a perccri- 
t.'ige haHl8 at the Minneapolis Arena. 
"lixizz" BainbrldgH, local impresario, 
made u neat profit last week. Xsvt 
than 4.000 pe<>p:e attende<t» llw aeaiie 
Leing |1 to |3. plus tax. 

BUFFALO 

By SIDNEY BURTON 
Teck — "Oentlenien Pre for 
Blondes"; next. "Abie's Irlill Rose.'* 
Ma jestic—" Alias the Dsasoli** <]iCO- 

Ci.irry Players). 

Buffalo— -We re in thO Navy Mm.** 

Hipp— "Bo's Your Old MMK** 

vaiide. 

Loew'#^'*Af arrlage tAeMm*' 

vaude. 

Lafayette— "A InioHt a 
va ude. 

Garden— ".1^ (fin Thru" (Mutual). 
Gayety — "Wine, Women and Song" 

(Columbia). 

The Bchine Theatrical Kutcr- 
pi^s, Ind.» has acquit^ control of 
ihe new theatre nearin*,' couipXion 
ut 824 Tonawada street, hero. Tlio 
hooss ssats MM. 

Kvery Buffalo theatre Is Mp**nding 
money on billboards. Both le^it and 
burlesque housen are poHtlng weekly 
a.«« are .all four downtown picture 
theatres. Publix has devoted a 
dozen 24 -sheet stands for tho past 
tortnight announcing the opening of 
the now Paramount, New York. 



Lady," 



Chaiiupin. with a special grand 
opera company, presented "The 
Barher of Seville" for <»ne perform- 
ance at the ConH'..si»>ry. Nov. 18. At 
$4 top the performance was a com- 
i»leto sell-out. 



John McCormack, whose Buffalo 
c«»nr« I t Oct. 28 was cam;elle<i on ac- 
count of illness, will not sln^ In 
Buffalo this winter. Plans for an 
Kister weok dale are off, McCor- 
mack going .ibroad Uto first of the 
ytar. 



BY 

American- 
Em nress—' 

(stock). 
Orpheum— Vaudeville. 
St. Louis— VaiMls^ •*»sr Alimony 

Only." 

Orsnd Opera House-~Vaude.i 

"The City." 

Carrick— "Speed Olrla" (Mutual). 
Qayety-^^AroUhd the World 

Hevne" (Coliinibla). 

Liberty -Burl«».sque stocik. 

Pirtures 

Ambassador — "Synconating Sue.** 
Grand Ce-^tral— "Mldnlf^t lUlViTr** 
Kings— "Quarterback." ' 
Loew*s Stsfi^ "Upstage.*' 
Mit«!ouri— "We're In Navv NaW." 
S'-ubert-R-s'to— "QIg Parade,** 
West Im4 LyHtr- /tlfMHIillit 
L»ovsr.**... , 



"The Big Parade," at the Bhu- 
hert four weeks last season, i» In 
for three moro at the «arnc houne. 



&ilt9rtain«r^ , Acts 
' FOR 

HavAna, Cuba 

SMMn of 1926-27 

Wrii€ 

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TEATRO MARTI 
HAVANA, CUBA 



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of IVr'nia-l Rin'ri. ntiri at "tic tliiif uliitril 
with tliK Mliiiili- Hauk <;rait<f OtM-r« Coiuiiaiiy. 
»rr n-Mni ■ t- I '.• < firnriiunli ale wUh Kk umirr- 
Nlcnril In ri-ft-rrnrti U) a huilmta loalttr til 
l/uiKlon, iftiKlaiiU. ut poa«ll>l« Uupananrt t« t^pni. 

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Wednesday* November 24, 1926 



mS NEXT WEEK 

(Continued from page 35) 



Harrjr Drenn 
Rttis ii Bonita 
B—d ft AusUa 

<On« to nil) * 

1st half (21-1) 
Pat Uennliif 
•rlrla Lojral 
Bdlth Clifford 
Billy- R«ff«r 
( Two to fill) 

Sd half (2-S) 
Wefcard * Orar 

BlUr Rallen 
AHhpv «••■ 

Hannonia 

(Twu lo nib 



DAYTON, 



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2d half (25-21) 
Van de Voldo 
Stroud 2 
OoM * Barrows 
BiriMt DoOavo Co 
Coocftn Jk CaM7 
arirair/M'N'eca * B 

lat hUlf <Stcl> 
Dar* * TatM 

Myron Pearl Co 

Ayers A Wilson 
Hamilton A Barnes 

(Two to nil) 

td JmIC (S-f) 
•oo Tataar Tr 

Ruby Morton 
Woider 81a Rmr 
Vwd A CuM'sham 



Cardine 
(On« to fill) 

DKTBOR, MICIL 

Temple (t«) 

Sylvia Loyal Co 
Blrdlo Reevea 
Hoetor * Holbrook 
Mack A Roaalattr 

Thos 15 Shea 
Silverton Cord O 
4 Kadex v •. 
Val Harris 
(29) 
Healy * Croat 
Roye Jb Maya Bar 
Duncan's Do^a 
Stewart A OHva 
Toto 

Raymond Plfco 
(Two to flU) 

jMlfOM, FA. 
AMea* O ■ 

2d half (26-28) 

Lawia A Dody 
Rodeo Rev 
Racine A Ray 

La Doux A Louiae 
(One to flU) 

BLIZABBTH, X. J. 



Sd kalt 4tf-M> 

Linton A Ray 
I Comradea 
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KLMIBA, N. T. 

td half (26-2t) 
Morrlaaey A Mur'y 
Heehee A Rubyatta 
Mart Padvla 
(Two to All) 

nus. PA 

Krio 

2d half (:C-2S) 
John Kefray 
Rule * C Brian 
Sampaon A DouglM 
r A M Brittoa 
(Two to All) 

iHt half 
Lea Galenos 
Bert Errol 
Lytall A Kant 
(Thrta to mil 

FAmMOlIT, W tA 

Valraioii* 

Sd hole (Si-St> 
Chavallar Broo 

Anette Dare 
Norwood A Mall 
Mlaa Dumbell 
Rezs Melody M'k'rs 

OUEMS F'L0, M T 

Blotto 

2d half (S4-SI) 
Harriot NaorM 
laek Strouao ■ 

Westerners 
(Two to All) 

O. BAPIDS laCB. 



Harry Kahno 
LAB Ryan 

Cody A Wilson 
(One lo fill) 

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2d hnlf (2S-2S) 
L'y'n M G'nty A C 
Manuel 

Demarest A DoU 
Bert ErroU 
Flelda A JohaoM 
(One to fill) 

Ist half (2M| 
Dance Tours 
Sampson A Doufflas 
Hong Kong Tr 
Hart Warner 
Jaromo A Gray 

Sd half (2-5) 
Tommy Gordon 
Mildred Livingston 
Coogan A Caoaf 
S Bracka 
Oaaman A Qrikf ' 
(One to All) 

flBBBNBUBO, FA. 
Strand 
Sd kott ilt«|S) 

Dlzto 4 
HadJl All 

Armstrong A OOiPl 
Vernon 
Mtt«»Ol| * 

OBfNVLD* MAM* 

VIetorto 

2d half (2B-28) 
Moran A Barron 
Mario Coram 
4 Choeo Daadlao 

Marvel Rev 
Marie Rlalto 

B'KBNSACK. N 4 



2d half (2S«lt> 
Joan Kanny - 



YA 



Stoto 



2d half (25-28) 
Stanley A Blmaa 
A A P Oypolfo 
Barr A L ooa ot r 
Walter Jameo 
Marl« Mang 

HABTIOBB, CT. 



Sd half (2B-SI) 
B'way Llghta 

S A J Kick 
Baldwin A BUlr 
KUlott La Trou 
i<a Patlto Bay 
Harry Bopfrt 
(One to All) 

Polooo 

2d half (SS^SI) 

B'lly Ooldie Rev 
Fostf r A Romm 
O Brlen & M'rg'pita 
Lew Kelly 

(.ost to tiiv 

HAralTON. PA. 

Feeley'a 

2d half (2S-:i) 
Clark A O'Neil 
(Othera to fill) 

flOLYOKB. MAM. 

TIctory 

2d half (2C-S8) 
D'Orsay Stedman 
Prince Toklo 
L.CO A Gladys 
Pprry & Wafrnor 
Kaatman & Moore 

H'NTI'GT'N W VA 



IttI 

Raymond Plko 

9 Abbey Sis 

Ford A Cu'niBgh'ai 

Kammys 

Billy Uallen 

Roonay A Bant R 

(Othera to All) 

(29) 
Stroud 2 
Irenp Rlcardo 
Hurat A Vogt 
Jean Bedlnl 
Hallo Qoodbyo 
Tha DIgltanoa 
Tho Hartwollo 

ITHACA, N. T. 

Strand 

2d half (25-28) 
6 Bracks 
LaSalle A Mack 
Wheeler A Potter 
Olga Moraell 
(Oao to fill) 

J'SSONTU, FLA 

AroMlo (8S) 

Blkina Fay A ■ 

Doria Roeho 
Llttlejohns 
Jonea Morgan A R 
JaoA Hnoton Co 

JAMBMeWN, ¥A 

Opera Hoooe 

2d half (25-28) 
Marten A Weat 
(Three to All) 

JKRSEY CITY N J 

Stoto 

Sd half (25-28) 
Oomo of Art 
Bddlo Z«oonard 
(Throo to fltl> 

Johaatown, Po. 

MojMtlo 

2d half (25-28) 
Bell A Naplao 
Loula Hart 
Oxford 4 
Frlea A Cody 
Mollndd A Dado 

lAllCAmSB. FA. 

Colonial 

Sd half (85-28) 
Stnts A Bltigham 

Oerbers Jester^ 
(Three to AH) 

LAWBKNCB MASS 



2d half (2S-28) 
Walton A Brandt 
Morning Olorlea 
Al A ■ Fraball 
Bumott A DlUoo 
Holt Wolr Co 

UMKPORT. N. Y. 



Sd half (SB-S8) 

Wm O'Claro 
Caplaoo A Wollo 
Bodoro A Malay 

Blain Ser 
John Olma • 

L017U¥IIXB» KY. 



2(1 hflif Cfi-M) 
Pomas Tr 



2d half (lf«|t) 
Blum 3 
Marie Rusaoll 
Nell Mack 
Olga Mlska 
Morris A Shaw 
Night In China 

lat half (29-1) 
See Tahar Tr 
Ruby Norton 
Waldar Sla Rer 
Ford A Cunn'gham 
Cardlnl 
(One to All) 

Sd half (t-f ) 
Dara A Yatao 
Myron Poarl Co 
Aycrs A Wilson 
Hamilton A Barnes 
(Tllo to tll> 

UOWm.U MASS. 
Keith 
Sd half (25-88) 
4 Boihtfio 

F A M Berk 

Rood A I<ucy 
Knifflit's Koostora 
Harry Holman 
silyBr Bonham 

1st half (29-1) 
Helen IlierKins 
McWlnters A Fox 
Moaa A Frya 
Rainea A Avary 
Al Barnaa Go 
In a Back Yard 

2d half {1*1} 
Patrlcola 
Carliala A LoMal 

Paul Kodak Co 
Castelton A Mack 
Campo A Grobell 
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MACON. CML 

Grand 

2d half (28-S8) 
Larlmar A Hadaoa 
Navlns A Oordoa 
Ryan A I.ynn 
Uaynca Leh'an A K 
Marion Olhaoir 

M1CEB8POBT. PA 
HIppodroaw 

Hanlon Broa 
Clair Vincent 
Work A KstallO 
Bush & Joy 
Ann Clifton 
(Two to dill 

MAMCIMWB, y.M. 

Paloco 

Sd half <Sf-SS) 
Lola Arltao 
Col Jack OoorgO 
Those 7 Oirls 
Leland A St. CMt 
Harrlngtona 

MBBIDBN, CT. 

PoM 

2d half (2S-28> 
On tha Comar 
Morroll Broo 
Farrari A Jordoo 
Laa Madison Bot 
Harm A Moo . 

MOBIU, 4tA. 

Lyrlo 

3d half (2S-28) 
Krugle A Roblea 
Jahn A B'ldwin Sis 
Marie Hughoo 
Dan Sharmaa 
Billy Blllott 

MT. ▼BBMOy, V T 



Sd half (Si-SI) 

Tack Mnrdock 
Frank A Towneo 
(Othera to fill) 

MONTBEAU CAM. 



2d half (25-38) 
Laura Ormabeo 
Moas A Fry 
Homo CoHfiforto 
Herhort Bov 
Clifford A Marlon 
(One to fill) 

M*BIST^N. M. J. 



2d half (25-88) 
Stanley A Atrao 
Charlestoa ChaaiPi 
Traps 

Stoppo A Knowloo 

(Ono to All) 

N'SHT'I.K. TKNK. 



Mack A Leonard 
Ruaaell Flynn 
(Two to All) 

OTTAWA. CAN. 

Keith 

Sd half (25-28) 
Jana A Whaloa 
Arnant Bros 
Nada Norrina 
Halan Hlggins 
Banway'e CaaaHos 

p'wmwa, w. TA. 

Keith's 

2d half (8(-S8) 
Lana A Ooldoa 

LaValey Co 
Rica A Newton 
Hanaon A Bnrtona 
(One to nil) 

PASSAIC. M. J. 

Plajhowo 

2d half (26-28) 
Waaton A Uutchlna 
Caraon A Kaao 
Jana Johnaoa 
Bonnatt 1 
(Two to flll> 

^TMBMM. K. J. 



Sd half (26-38) 
Carr A Parr 
Stvart A Lash 
lSa» Bov 

(Two to Oil) 

PHLADKLPHIA 
AUoghony (8S> 

Bnlo A Tonny 

F Richardson 
KUngars Rev 

Bert Baker 
(Ona to fill) 



(tS) 

Jaok XiOTlor 

Sailor Boy 
Paul Dewea 
DaWiird A B'wm'n 
(Two to nil) 

Croaa Kayo 

Sd half (Si-S8> 

Hunter A Bailey 
Boger A Donnelly 
Zallla Sla 
T A K Andraws 
(Oao to flU> 



Sd half (SI-S8) 

Cookie Ritsle A M 
Mias Marcelle 
Oolng Straight 
Raavea A Walla 
Bob Bob A B 
(Two to fill) 

NKWABK. N. J. 

Proctor's (tS> 

Rnby Latham t 
Frosinl 

Jarvia A Rarrlaon 
Freda A Palaco 
A A ^ Havel 

NBWBVBOH, M.Y. 



2d half (26-28) 
Bd'unda A F'nchon 
Roaa A Oilbert 
D' Alb' to Clasrio B 
Phil Saod 
(Ona to flll) 

B BB'NSW'K, B J 
BlToU 

' td half (Sf-St) 

Dion Sla 
Stanley Wolf ^o 
Dava Fergrusoa 
(Two to flII) 

NBW HATBN, CT. 



2d half (ti-M) 
P Sydall 

Roblnaon A Paaroo 
Dorothy Kamdan 
Pillard A HlUard 
O'Connor A Vghn 

MBW LONDON CT 

Capitol 

2d half (25-28) 
Harry Bo'den 
McWlnters A FoK 
Taylor Howard 
Daly A Naoo 
Virftala -Baekor 

N. MtLBABS, UL 

Pal»c« 

7d half (Sf-28) 
H'ly Bayn'ds A ■ 

Clarabelle Barrett 
Tony & Oeorge 
Knox A Inman 
Hank Brown 

NIAGABA FALLS 

■A'- 



<tt> 

Senator Murphy 
■gan A Red Heads 
Weeping WiUowa 
Chooo ( Stars 
Kaafnuta A X'fm'n 
Original Bmp Com 4 

Omad O. H. 

Sd half (86-28) 
Jack LaVier 
Dalmars Rav 
Barl HaU 00 

DaWiird A B'wm'n 
(One to fill) 

Kalth's (tS> 

6 Mongadora 
FolUo A LaRoy 
Ralph Offoonioaf 
Busay A Case 
Tha Fakir 
-Reyeo A Hegcdua 
Red Follies 
Dr Rockwall 
Morodlths . 
(Oao to Sll> 
(21) 
Patar HIggina 
Haynea A Beck 
The Lockforda Or 
Carr A Parr 
H Snodgrass 
Bobby Adams 
CThrao to flU> 

Nixoo 

8d half (26-28) 
Medley A Dnpreo 
Dalmars Roy 
BrooM Fito 
Plying Henrys 
(Ona to fill) 



2d half (St-SI) 

Vacaa 

Stlllwell A Fraoer 
Flaahaa of T'ter'd'y 
Back A Toung 
Flshor A Graham 

XOBFOLK. TA. 

Colonial 

2d half (25-88) 
Fitch's Mlnstrsls 

H. ADAMS. MASS. 
Bmplro 

Sd half (25-28) 
Nathano liroa 
HuntinK A Francis 
Gold Mt'diil 4 
Bond & Leon 
7 Stylish Steppera 
(One to fill) 

NORTHAMPTON 
Cnlvto 

Sd hair ^es-S8) 

Bob Fisher 

Ward A Diamond 
4 Flaahcs 
(Ono to fill) 

BOBWICM COBir. 

Broadway 

Sd half (86-28) 
Charlao Martia 



<SI> 

Oardlner'a Maniacs 
Roma A Gaut 
Toto 

Billy Shona 
FUrtatlona 
.Slngsr Sis 

(St) 

4 Bell Boys 
Carl McCullouKh 
Demarcs A Doll 
8 Worasters 
L KendaM Co 
(One to fill) 

Barrls (S2) 

Bxposition Jub 4 

Prince Wonjf 
Miss Phys Culture 
Cleveland A Dowry 
(Two to nil) 

PITTSF'LD .MASS. 

Proctor's 

2d half (Sf-St) 
Ward A Taylor 
In Backyard 
Martin A Martin* 
Lockhart A Kiefer 
Marstoa A Maalay 

riAINF'LD. N. J. 
Oiford 
2d half (25-?l() 
Fen ton A Flelda 
T A K O'Meara 
Kalman Mattos Co 
(Two to fill) 
Bob Fiahea 
Vaffpe 

Ward A Diamond 
4 Flashes 
(Ona to fill) 

Strand 

2d half (25-28) 
Carl A Inez 
Wilbur A Adams 

Kolii & Sylvia 
(Two to nii> 

P'TCHFaSTER. VA. 

Colonial 

2d half (25-28) 
Stenna A Tiean 
Bardell A McNally 
(leo Trlre 
Hall A Rogora 
(Ono to flll) 

rOBTLAND. MR. 

Keith'a 

Sd biif (2:.-?«> 
Barry Wb t'odk'** 
Country Club Glrla 
O A B Oress 



F.mma JC Harroy 
Nilos A Mansfield 
Bdna J. Torroaeo 

lat half (Sf-1> 
Patricola 
Carlisle A TiCMal 
Paul Kodak Co 
C^stletoQ A Mack 
Campo A OroboU 
Courting Oayo 

Sd half ts*f> 
Holaa Bigftas Co 
MeWlntara A Fox 
Moaa A Frya 
Rainea A Avary 
Al Barnea Co 
In a Back Yard 

POBTSMOIJTS, O. 

I« Boy 

Sd half (26-28) 
Barbart A Jackaon 
Pannans A Shailay 
F Shiplda 
Myron Pearl 
(Oao to flll) 

POTTSTIULB. PA. 

Sd half (S8-SS) 
Shapiro A O' Mai ley 
Juva Marconi 
Franklin A Royoo 
Wyath A Wyaa 
Marg Coatea 

P'OHK'PSIB. B. Y. 

Atob 

Sd half (SS-M> 
Frank X Silk 
■rgotti A Harman 
Fantasies of IfST 
Juno Daya 
(Ooo to flll) 

PBO¥ID»CB, a. I. 

Alboo (tS) 

Sherwin Kally 
Caatleton A Mask 
Waltar Foanor 
Mlas Patrloola 
Flaal Rehearsal 

(29) 
Will Mahoney 
Btai Look Hoy 
Davis A DamoU 
Stacy A Lay 
Gautlar's Dogs 



(tl) 

Boldan Bird 
Brown A Damont 
Wost A VanSlokloa 
Dan Colomaa 
(Ono to flll) 

BBADtNG, FA. 



Sd half (86-28) 
Matinee Idola 
Nereid a 

Scanlon Deno Broa 
Lord Willa 
Mathewa A Ayrea 

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"Makim? Playgoing Brighter" 1^ a 
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^oto. 



THE LASH 



London, Nov. 14. 

Play In three nets by Cyril Campion. 
Pre.sfnte'l at the Royalty theatre. Tendon. 

Oct. 'M. riay produtf d by FmnkJyn Dyall. 

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In 4Nitl^ 4!ountrIes , peryerflte . and 
decadent -sons and their companions 
of both' series prevail, and it Is quite 
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The cast could hardly bs better. 



Few I'lays produced in London 
during the last decade have more 
punch. i>ep and promise of trans- 
Atlantic appeal tJjan that produced 
at the Royalty theatre Oct. 26 under 
the title of "The Lish," whicli 
should be a walloping hi*. 

"The Lash" is by Cyril Campion, 
a youthful stage manager, who is 
also responsible for ".\sk I3«'celes," 
anotljer London success at the 
Olohe, whh'h Is, however, more 
doubtful for 7\ni' ri< a. "The I..;it;li" 
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|)rf'dii?al ;ind unrep' nt.mt son deaf 
ami blind to every apin al. strips off 
hi.s coat txnd lashrs liini with a 
leatlier thong under tlie eyes of th< 
boy's mistress in her flat. 

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thflr tons? 

"Tlie Lash" liris n preat human 
njiiteal ^^}lil•h sl.oul'l ■ "rry it f.ir 



Real Englisfli Itep. Cq. 
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Northampton, Mass., Nov. 2S. 
A real Britlali **rep- outfit, kno#B 

fts the Northampton Rep^rtory^ 
(.'ompany, has been jiroduced in 
President Coolldge's home town. 

Departing from th« usual cut and 
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this company Is aiming jat repertory 
plays as England knows them. Paul 
Hannell Is manager and leading 
man, while Charles AV'arburton is 
directing the company. This is 
Hansell'8 second season in North- 
ampton. 

The caht includ« s 15 prln< ipals 
and four fciipers, with two of the 
principals doubling. Last week at 
the fiaturdoy matinee at the Aead- 
omy was "The Devils Disoiple," a 
melodrama of America in '77 by 
(Jeorge Bernard Shaw. It is a atoiry 
of Massachusetts In the days When 
O'UM-al i;iirKoyn<» was rarrying on 
his \io)ent cami>aign to force the 
American colonists to iubmlt to the 
vili of King George III of Eng- 

laiKl. 

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o ho any logical reason why pres- 
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Under New ManavemenC 



SPECIAL RATE« TO TITK 
TKOKKSMON 

Ceiurteey — Cleanllnna— CaiaiM I 
Tba Mast Medifra Oaa and tWileaa 
ApaHmaats Mtb Pvlvata BatJi 
and All Nichf Berrfea^ 

Grencort Hotel 

7th Ave. and SOth St.. VFW TORX 



WBITEBS' NOV. PROGRAM 

Los Anfrele.M, Nov. 23. 
The Writer.s' Club presented four 
playlets for their November pro- 
gram, Including "The Huby." by 
Adam Hull .Shirk, v.ith the rani 
consisiing of CIau<le King, Bertram 
Johns, Rosemary Cooper, Bertram 
rirasby and Willi-im Davidson, and 
"The Ambush." by Rupert Hughes, 
with iJoulgas Fairbanks, Jr., Ekldio 
Pell. Robert Glimore, DeWltte Jen- 
nings, Jason Rbbak'd' and Randolph 
F.iy. 

Jusei»h Ja'k.sori had a skit, en- 
titled "A Man of Peace,** interpret- 
f'd by llobart HoMuorth, RuHsell 
.si!npvf»n and ]\*]<i\ Jrrom<i I'}<bly, 
and "liurglars I'refer Twin Beds," 
a skit by Harold Shumate, was 
p'.avf d by Ijfn Movan, Rheaf Mit- 
chell and fW'or^'e K. Arthur. 



Jamaica for Stock 

l{ob« i r Sff iliiiK \^ li' ^'of i.i 1 infr a 
lease of th* Cai>,t(> l. Jan,al< a. L. 1.. 
new 2.100-senter In cours»» of con- 
st ru< tion by the MorrlH Tuc kev En- 
terprist.s. 

With the s»<'ti«»n figured ov<r- 
th'atrcd with Vaitd^ville and Qlm 
hoMsfv, .'^ti rliiii,' n.'infn th<- theatre 
d.r •sUK'k. Th«tre is n* ith» r • toi k 
nor legit oppos;ti<»n for mil's. 



Good Biz for Moving 
Stocks in OM Staniti 

Trkvellnff atocks are gattliif f 
good play, according to rocojit re- 
ports, dua to the failure of many 
towns to book conaecuMva" raaA 

.shows. 

.Several of tJi** old Ntaiidbys are 
out again, playing time tliut they 
havo religioualy datad for soma 
years. The oldtimc traveling stock 
manager knows what he can do In 
thcHe towns and he sidosteps new 
territory wHh many alibis! 

Dramatic Atocka that ]ilay a week 
in each town have found that some 
of the old time pieccM take better 
than soma of the new ones now 
available for atock purposes." 

Few of thA travelers attfiiipt mu- 
sical pro<lU( tions as the overhead la 
toa much. 



"Blondes'* L. A. Successor 
Is Decided Brunette 

^ ' Loa Angeles, Nov. 28. 

George Arliss. in "Old EngHah" 

will be iho r.iltmorc attraetlon fol- 
b»wir»g t)io t\vo-we» k ( n>r a iTcm^nt of 
"Blossom Time, • which opened this 

w^ak. 

At the new Belasco where "Con- 
tlemeh I'refer 151ond»^s" Is rxirrent 
the nf^vt offering will be "The .Sun 
1 )a .ivhtf>r.'' w ith Dorothv Mackava 
In the leading role.' 



**8quaw Man** to Music 

Rui|(tf^l. .Tanney Ih preparing an 
operetta '.<'r<:f..n of "Tb'^ S'|imw 
.Man, ' v.iih munic by Rudolf* I*»irtl» 
for spring launching. 



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